title: Letter to the Editor concerning ‘The Calf Raise App shows good concurrent validity compared with a linear encoder in measuring total concentric work’: Let's not compare apples to oranges

authors: Hébert-Losier, Kim

abstract: The authors state that this study was designed as a validity study, yet it appears to be an add‐on to another prospectively registered study (NCT05323773) with no initial intention of concurrent validation of the Calf Raise App. To properly assess the validity of the systems, similar reference points (e.g., the lateral side of the foot) should be used, and outcomes should be compared to a gold standard, such as 3D motion analysis.

text: Letter to the Editor concerning ‘The Calf Raise App shows good concurrent validity compared with a linear encoder in measuring total concentric work’: Let's not compare apples to oranges The authors state that this study was designed as a validity study, yet it appears to be an add‐on to another prospectively registered study (NCT05323773) with no initial intention of concurrent validation of the Calf Raise App. To properly assess the validity of the systems, similar reference points (e.g., the lateral side of the foot) should be used, and outcomes should be compared to a gold standard, such as 3D motion analysis.

year: 2025

title: Using digital content analysis for online research: Online news media depictions of older adults

authors: Amundsen, Diana Leigh

subjects: elderly

abstract: This case study describes how I used the method of digital content analysis in a research project aimed at understanding how online news media articles depict and represent older adults in a New Zealand context. The focus in this case study is on the methodological practice of collecting and analyzing data using a digital content analysis method. Furthermore, this case study discusses the main differences between traditional print-based content analysis and contemporary online digital content analysis. Specifically, through my research experiences of online news media depictions of older adults, I highlight the advantages, challenges, and implications I encountered when using this methodological approach. Finally, I provide recommendations on how to design a research project if you were to use digital content analysis in future research.

text: Using digital content analysis for online research: Online news media depictions of older adults This case study describes how I used the method of digital content analysis in a research project aimed at understanding how online news media articles depict and represent older adults in a New Zealand context. The focus in this case study is on the methodological practice of collecting and analyzing data using a digital content analysis method. Furthermore, this case study discusses the main differences between traditional print-based content analysis and contemporary online digital content analysis. Specifically, through my research experiences of online news media depictions of older adults, I highlight the advantages, challenges, and implications I encountered when using this methodological approach. Finally, I provide recommendations on how to design a research project if you were to use digital content analysis in future research.

year: 2022

title: Bite

authors: Mitchell, Tori

subjects: poetry

abstract: Bite is a collection of blunt confessional poetry draped in honesty, identity, and 21st century feminism, examined through lived experience with eating disorders, sexuality, trauma, disconnect from family and culture, love and loss, and what it means to be a girl growing up. The collection explores these raw concepts with vulnerability, through the eyes of ‘wolf girl’, in hopes that talking loudly about these topics will force the public to challenge the silence and stigma around them.  

This thesis was inspired by Maori Mythology, and all of the Polynesian poets who showed me how important it is for women of colour to share their stories and experiences. It was also influenced by feminist artists Jenny Holzer, Tracey Emin, and Barbara Kruger, whose art embodies the content of these poems in a literal way: freedom of expression, stripped bare and unflinching. The poetry in this collection is confronting, visceral, and filled with bite.

text: Bite Bite is a collection of blunt confessional poetry draped in honesty, identity, and 21st century feminism, examined through lived experience with eating disorders, sexuality, trauma, disconnect from family and culture, love and loss, and what it means to be a girl growing up. The collection explores these raw concepts with vulnerability, through the eyes of ‘wolf girl’, in hopes that talking loudly about these topics will force the public to challenge the silence and stigma around them.  

This thesis was inspired by Maori Mythology, and all of the Polynesian poets who showed me how important it is for women of colour to share their stories and experiences. It was also influenced by feminist artists Jenny Holzer, Tracey Emin, and Barbara Kruger, whose art embodies the content of these poems in a literal way: freedom of expression, stripped bare and unflinching. The poetry in this collection is confronting, visceral, and filled with bite.

year: 2020