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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
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
IS A VIDEO-GAME BASED TRAINING FEASIBLE TO ENHANCE EXECUTIVE FUNCTION IN CHILDREN WITH NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS?
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Executive function (EF) impairment is present across various neurodevelopmental disorders, and it is considered as a transdiagnostic marker of atypical development. Given the ubiquitous presence of EF impairment in neurodevelopmental disorders and its significant impact on quality of life, the development of EF training tools is particularly relevant.
The aim of this study is to assess the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a videogame-based EF training in a sample of primary school children with a diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorder. The videogame was previously tested in a sample of typical children (Rivella et al., 2024; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LC23IgF2Fg). The player must help Little Ello, a young brain, explore Elli's World to reach the treasure rooms, in which the child will encounter the tasks for the enhancement of EF skills (interference control, response inhibition, working memory, and cognitive flexibility) in both auditory and visual format. The game is auto-adaptive so that difficulty increases as the child gets better.
Methods
A total of 16 clinical professionals compiled a usability questionnaire (USE, Lund, 2001) assessing usefulness, ease of use, ease of learning, satisfaction and attractiveness of the training and were administered a semi-structured interview regarding their experience with the training. In addition, 43 children with various diagnoses of neurodevelopmental disorder, aged 7-11, played with the video-game for nine weeks, at home. Children were administered a standardized battery of EF tasks (TeleFE, Rivella et al., 2023) before and after the training.
Results
The training received positive evaluations across all usability scales. From the interviews, it emerged that the training was assessed as attractive due to its gamified features and helpful as a tool to enhance EFs. Auto-adaptiveness and ease of use were evaluated as two particularly positive characteristics. Among the critical aspects, operators noted that explanations were sometimes too lengthy, and activities were occasionally repetitive. The paired samples t-test indicates an improvement in scores on the interference control and cognitive flexibility subscales.
Discussion
Preliminary data suggest that the training is usable even within the context of neurodevelopmental disorders. However, without a control group, it is currently not possible to evaluate the efficacy of the training
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
Il Mondo degli Elli: le caratteristiche del campione possono influenzare l’adesione al percorso di teleintervento?
No full textPresentazione orale: Impact of Distractors on Sustained Attention and Inhibition in Children With ADHD.
No full textkoamabayili/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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