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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“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
Mine Risk Education in Uganda
Get PDFAlthough Uganda declared itself mine-free in 2012, explosive remnants of war (ERW) still contaminate the country. To prevent resulting deaths and injuries, ERW risk education must be accessible to civilians
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe 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
Budget Constraints, ODA and Gender Disparity in Primary Education and Literacy in Uganda 1997-2006
No full text초등교육과 식자교육에서의 성평등을 실현하고자 했던 우간다의 UPE 프로그램의 노력은 창설 10년 만에 사실상 실패하였다. 우간다 정부의 노력에 힘입어 초등학교 입학률은 2배 이상 증가하였으나, UPE의 연간 예산분배의 65%가 이 증가율을 따라잡지 못했다. 더욱 심각한 것은 초등교육에 할당된 공적개발원조는 여전히 미미한 상태이며, 우간다 정부가 1999년 HIPC안에 따라 PAF자금을 창설하자 총 UPE 예산은 1996년 80%에서 2000년 32.4%로 감소하였다. 결과적으로 전체적인 식자율을 여전히 낮은 수치를 나타내고 있으며, 18세 이상 여성의 과반수(42%)가 문맹인데 반해 18세 이상 남성 문맹률은 20%에 그치고 있다.
이 논문은 1997년과 2006년 사이에 예산제한과 UPE프로그램에 대한 불충분한 공적개발자금으로 인해 우간다의 UPE 정책이 초등교육과 식자교육에서 성평등을 달성하지 못했다고 주장한다.
예산 제한에서 비롯된 부정적 요인들은 여아들의 지속적인 자퇴율과 제한된 입학률의 원인이 되고 있으며 이는 우간다의 초등교육과 식자 교육에서의 고질적인 성불평등으로 이어지고 있다. UPE 프로그램에 대한 예산증가가 이루어 지지 않는 한, 우간다의 초등교육과 식자교육에서의 성 불평등은 향후 10년간 지속될 것이다.;One decade after establishment, Uganda’s UPE’s attempt to promote gender parity in primary education and literacy in Uganda has ordinarily failed. The 65% annual budgetary allocations did not match with the doubling increments in enrollment due to the government call for universal primary education. To make things worse, the ODA allocated to primary education remained low and fell from over 80% in 1996 to only 32.4% of the total UPE budget by 2000 when the GoU created PAF funds under the HIPC initiative of 1999. Hence, the overall literacy rate has remained low, with almost half (42%) of the women aged 18 years and above being illiterate while only 20% of males were illiterate. This thesis argues that because of budget constraints and insufficient amount of ODA allocated to the UPE Programme, Uganda’s UPE policy did not achieve gender parity in primary education and literacy during 1997 to 2006. Negative factors resulting from budget constraints have been responsible for the persistent drop out and limited school enrollments by girls leading to persistent gender disparity in primary education and literacy in Uganda. Without escalating the budget allocations to the UPE Programme, gender disparity in primary education and literacy in Uganda is there to stay for another decade.Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION = 1
Ⅱ. LITERATURE REVIEW = 8
A. Female education, literacy and socio economic development = 8
B. ODA and Primary Education = 14
Ⅲ. UGANDA’SUPEPROGRAMME = 20
A. UPE financial resources during 1997 to 2006 = 21
B. Uganda’s UPE Achievements and challenges = 26
C. Analytical Framework = 36
D. The missing gaps and the present study = 41
Ⅳ. ANLAYSIS: BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, ODA, AND GENDER DISPARITY IN PRIMARY EDUCATION AND LITERACY = 43
A. Gender disparities in primary education and literacy in Uganda. = 43
B. Impact of budget constraints and the insufficient ODA allocations on the success of UPE programme = 45
C. GoU budget allocations to the UPE programme = 54
D. The ODA to the UPE programme = 60
Ⅴ. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS = 64
A. Conclusions = 64
B. Policy Recommendations = 67
REFERENCES = 71
APPENDICES = 82
ABSTRACT IN KOREAN = 8
Malnutrition: Prevalence and associated factors among people living with HIV attending HIV Clinic in Arua Hospital
No full textBackground: In Uganda, nutrition is integrated into the essential package of care, treatment and support for people living with HIV/AIDS, however, effective intervention and strategies for improving nutritional intake are still lacking. Literature on prevalence and factors associated with malnutrition among People Living with HIV (PLHIV) are limited. The study therefore established the magnitude and factors associated with malnutrition; also and determined the prevalence of malnutrition among PLHIV. The results of the study could inform the
development of strategies for nutrition interventions in care and support services and also determine the extent to which PLHIV in care and treatment services may need nutrition care services,
Objectives: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with malnutrition among adults PLHIV attending HIV clinic in Arua regional referral hospital.
Methods: A health facility based cross-sectional study with qualitative and quantitative data collection methods were conducted between August and September 2017 among 225 adults PLHIV in Arua hospital. Study participants were selected using systematic sampling. Malnutrition was measured using Body Mass Index (BMI) and the prevalence of malnutrition among adults PLHIV was calculated as percentage of PLHIV who had BMI < 18.5kgm2 over the whole sample size of 225. Quantitative data were collected using an interviewer administered questionnaire. Qualitative data were collected through key informant interviews using a topic guide and was analyzed by thematic analysis using a top-down approach basing on the question topic guide.
Quantitative data were analyzed using STATA version 12®. Multivariable logistic regression was used to determine factors associated with malnutrition and to estimate odds ratios, 95% confidence intervals and p-values of independent predictors associated with malnutrition
Results
A total of 225 PLHIV were included in the study. The overall prevalence of malnutrition was 15.6% (95% CI: 11.40- 20.90). After adjusting for sex, marital status, religion, land ownership, size of land, level of education, monthly income, waiting time in health facility; we noted that WHO clinical stage two (AOR=4.48; 95% CI: 2.54-13.07) and travelling more than three kilometers to get services (AOR=5.03; 95% CI: 1.98-8.68) were associated with higher odds of malnutrition in PLHIV. Being older (above 35years) was protective against malnutrition, (AOR=0.275; 95% CI: 0.11-0.69).
Conclusion
Traveling more than 3 km to the hospital and WHO clinical staging two were significantly associated with higher odds of malnutrition in PLHIV while age of 35 year or more was associated with lower odds of malnutrition
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe 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
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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