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Islamic banking and finance today: issues and implications
No full textFar from being a curiosity, Islamic banking and finance products have come of age. It has become a force to be reckoned within the international financial market breaking new grounds and making giant strides by the day. This growth and geographical spread has brought in their wake several challenges which could no longer be ignore
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Religious Bodies Crime Control Strategies in Lagos Slums, Nigeria
Full text linkIn Lagos\u27 slum areas, where crime and social instability are rampant, religious bodies are uniquely positioned to influence positive change. This study adopted a qualitative, cross-sectional approach, guided by social disorganisation and stakeholder theories, to examine their impact. Purposive sampling was used to select 61 participants for in-depth interviews and key informant interviews. Findings indicate that religious bodies primarily engage youth through sermons and occasional events but lack structured crime control mechanisms. Key challenges include community resistance, limited police collaboration, resource constraints, and threats from violent youth. Furthermore, doctrinal concerns and fear of backlash hinder interfaith collaboration, with some leaders prioritising internal cohesion over external partnerships. The study recommends formal partnerships with the Nigerian police, proactive crime control strategies, structured evaluation mechanisms, efficient resource mobilisation, and enhanced interfaith cooperation to foster a more coordinated approach
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
The mythical and physical splendour of Tayeb Salih's "The Wedding of Zein
No full textSufism (Islamic Mysticism) depicts different things to different scholars including Muslim mystics themselves. It is even argued by some western scholars (orientalists) that one can be a mystic without adhering to any religion at all . Hence, it is asserted that no basis of mysticism exists unless some such relationship between the human soul and God is pre-supposed… Islamic Mysticism is, however, considered by some Muslim scholars as a higher level of religious vocation or practice, while it is considered a complete aberration by others. We have, against this background, look at the mystical and physical beauty of “The Wedding of Zein.” Zein was a rare and very strange personage of mystical and mysterious idiosyncrasies and temperament, much as the events and happenings in his life were strange and mystical. However, more important is the mystical feat and flair exhibited by NiÑmah, a beautiful lady sought after by all the young and old men of the village, which made their marriage a huge success. She was drowned in the ocean of her mystical thought, so much so that she no longer belonged to the realm of mortals but found a dwelling place for herself in the spiritual realm of the celestial habitat, for unless she did this, their marriage could never have come to pass. The marriage was, no doubt, one of the great wonders witnessed by the villagers in their respective and collective lives owing to its spiritual splendour and mystical colourations.
Keywords: Sufism, Islamic Mysticism, Zein, Muslim, Go
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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