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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
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
Analysis of the linear spectral mixture model applied to MODIS images for the mapping of irrigated rice culture in Rio Grande do Sul
No full textO monitoramento e a previsão de safras agrícolas são fundamentais para a economia de um país ou região, pois a partir dos dados gerados é possível obter informações a respeito da oferta de produtos no mercado, sendo estas informações necessárias, tanto na definição de preços, quanto nas políticas públicas de estoque. Com base na necessidade de fornecer dados objetivos, complementando os dados divulgados pelos órgãos oficiais responsáveis, este trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar o uso das imagens fração geradas a partir da aplicação do modelo linear de mistura espectral para classificação automática da área cultivada com arroz irrigado no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, levando em conta o comportamento temporal desta cultura. A área utilizada para a realização deste estudo compreende a região orizícola do Estado. Para isso, foram utilizadas imagens do sensor EOS-MODIS, produto MOD13, índice de vegetação (NDVI – Normalized Difference Vegetation Índex), com resolução espacial de 250 m, e correspondente ao período do ciclo da cultura de arroz irrigado no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, (de novembro de 2005 a abril de 2006). Estas imagens foram integradas a um banco de dados georreferenciados utilizando o aplicativo Spring versão 4.3.3. Para isto, foi necessária a utilização do aplicativo ConvGeotiff, para a conversão da imagem MODIS que é disponibilizada em 16 bits, para 8 bits, Após, foi feita a segmentação da imagem e classificação, adotando o algorítimo ISODATA, para o cálculo da área cultivada com arroz irrigado. Para implementar o modelo linear de mistura espectral e gerar as imagens fração foram utilizadas as bandas do vermelho, do infravermelho próximo e do infravermelho médio, contidas no produto MOD13. A avaliação da qualidade dos resultados da classificação das áreas cultivadas com arroz irrigado no Estado e a eliminação das confusões com áreas úmidas não relacionadas ao cultivo de arroz geradas pelo algoritimo de classificação automática, foi feita através da comparação com o mapeamento feito com imagens Landsat, para o mesmo ano safra 2005/2006. Dada a natureza do produto MODIS, problemas com a nebulosidade não constituíram limitação à geração de um mapa para todo o Estado. Verificou-se que a melhor data para a classificação automática das áreas de arroz irrigado é o momento de entrada de água na lavoura. A área estimada com arroz irrigado no Rio Grande do Sul, através das imagens MODIS aproxima-se dos dados oficiais, sendo, portanto, possível a adoção desta metodologia como mais uma ferramenta para auxiliar em programas de previsão e monitoramento de safras agrícolas, complementando os métodos convencionais utilizados atualmente na previsão de safras no Brasil. O método proposto é rápido, de fácil implementação e tanto as imagens adotadas quanto o software utilizado são gratuitos, resultando em custo reduzido.Monitoring and forecasting crops is fundamental for the economy of a country or region, since having such data enables the obtaining of information on the offer of products in the market. Such information is necessary for the definition of prices, as well as for the definition of stockpiling public policies. Based on the necessity of supplying objective data which may complement the data published by the official departments in charge of this task, this works aims at evaluating the use of fraction images generated by the application of linear spectral mixture model for the automatic classification of the cultivated area of irrigated rice in Rio Grande do Sul State, taking into account the temporal behavior of such culture. The area in which this study was performed comprises the riziculture region of the State. To achieve the data, the images used were captured by the sensor EOS-MODIS, product MOD13, vegetation index (NDVI – Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) with spatial resolution of 250m, corresponding to the period of the irrigated rice culture cycle in Rio Grande do Sul (from November, 2005 to April, 2006). These images were integrated to a georeferenced database using the software Spring, version 4.3.3. It was necessary to use the software ConvGeottif to convert the MODIS image, which is available at 16 bits, to 8 bits. After this, the image was segmented and classified, using the ISODATA algorithm for the calculation of the irrigated rice cultivated area. In order to implement the linear spectral mixture model and to generate the fraction images, the bands of red, near-infrared and mid-wavelength infrared from the MOD13 product were used. The quality of the classification results for the irrigated rice cultivated areas in the State and the elimination of the confusion with humid areas not related to rice cultivation generated by the automatic classification algorithm were carried out by means of a comparison of the mapping carried out with Landsat images for the same crop year 2005/2006. Due to the nature of MODIS, problems with nebulosity did not constitute a limitation for the generation of a map for the whole state. It was noticed that the best date for the automatic classification of irrigated rice areas is the beginning of water entrance in the fields. The estimated area of irrigated rice in Rio Grande do Sul obtained by the MODIS images is close to the official data, thus being possible to adopt such methodology as an additional tool to help programs for monitoring and forecasting crops, complementing the conventional methods used nowadays to forecast crops in Brazil. The method proposed is fast, easily implemented and the images used, as well as the software, are free, resulting in low costs for the work
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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