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The Art of building construction in Al-Alkhalaf village, Saudi Arabia
No full textThis paper illustrates the “Art of Building” in Al-Alkhalaf settlement in Asir region, Saudi Arabia. Here, people’s efforts over the past history of traditional building and village development have produced structures with notable technical, functional and environmental qualities. Social norms and cultural values of people in this village along with the inherited traditions of building have produced “A Pattern Language” with its related components and systems of arrangement visible through Al-Alkhalaf built form. The paper concludes that with respect to modem standards of scale, amenity, safety and permanence, the accomplishments of vernacular architecture can mainly serve to merit our study for its principles, not its froms. A basic re-orientation of the architectural curricula of schools of architecture in Saudi Arabia is necessary in order to introduce architectural students to the inherent viability of preindustrial theory and practice. Reconciling the past with the challenges of the present is necessary within which contemporary architecture of Saudi Arabia can be created
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
No full text“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
No full textWe 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
sj-docx-1-smo-10.1177_20503121231187756 – Supplemental material for Dairy products intake and the risk of postpartum depression among mothers: A pilot study
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-smo-10.1177_20503121231187756 for Dairy products intake and the risk of postpartum depression among mothers: A pilot study by Arwa S Almasaudi, Shoug Alashmali, Baian A Baattaiah, Haya S Zedan, Majid Alkhalaf, Salma Omran, Aseel Alghamdi and Aseel Khodary in SAGE Open Medicine</p
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe 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
Author, publisher and bookseller : a tripartite synergy in Nigerian book industry
No full textThis work is about the roles of Author, Publisher and Bookseller in Book development in
Nigeria. The paper started by delving into the history of Book Publishing in Nigeria after
which it proceeded by defining who an author, a publisher, and a bookseller is and
expatiated on the indispensable roles of these key actors in Nigerian Book Industry and in
the emerging Information Society. Furthermore, the various constraints to book
development were identified while the paper advised on how the Book Industry can be
further promoted in Nigeria. However, the paper concluded and made recommendations
on how the Book sector can help in enhancing scholarship in the country
Mosque architecture in an insular context: Al-Alkhalaf, Saudi Arabia
No full textDepartment of Architecture and Building Sciences, King Saud University,
Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaAs a result of its physical chamcteristics and its cultural and religious role in the Muslim society, the mosque has long attracted the attention of maoy scholars. The mosque cemented be-liefs by providing e physical and psychological focus for the Muslim community. This work examines the traditional mosques of the community of Al-All&&f io Southwestern Saudi Arabia The historical development and achievement of these cultural and religious buildings have notable significance to the architecture and planning of Al-Alkhalaf context. The work describes the relationship of basic Islamic principles to the site. selection, design, construction and use of the mosques. It then documents the design elements of the two remaining traditional structures in the community. It assesses the impact of the early mosque of Prophet Mohammed on the development of Al-AU&f mosque architecture and also notes the influence of the spatial arrangements and pattern of the se.ttlement on the mosque allocation. The study demonstrates that the simplicity of the indigenous design should not necessarily be abandoned in the rush to erect modem “exotic” architecture. Rather today’s architect and planner must take from tradition that which contributed to mosques which perfectly met community requirements both functionally and spiritually
The Thursday Murder Club: Launching a megabrand author - a publishing case study
No full textIn 2020, the Christmas book charts in the UK made headlines: Barack Obama’s eagerly awaited autobiography, The Promised Land, was beaten to the top spot by The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, a debut cosy crime novel set in a retirement village. Not only did Osman’s book beat the former US president’s expected bestseller, it also broke records, becoming the fastest-selling debut crime novel of all time. Although Osman has a certain level of fame in the UK from his TV appearances on shows such as Pointless, his celebrity status does not entirely explain the novel’s huge sales. This article tracks the acquisition, publication, and promotion journey of The Thursday Murder Club in order to understand the industry and cultural context of its success and to interrogate the role of celebrity in the creation of author brands. The findings suggest that the unexpected scale of the success of the book owed to a number of factors, including in-depth editing by the novel’s agent, editor, and author to tighten up the plot, an extensive and strategic promotional campaign, the pandemic (which drove interest in the book’s genre and themes), and the quality of the writing. We find that the book’s success was accentuated by Osman’s celebrity status rather than being entirely reliant on it. This research adds to the growing scholarship on celebrity authorship by means of an in-depth case study and provides insight into the processes behind publishing a ‘celebrity’ book and launching a megabrand author
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