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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
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
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
Pleine conscience, performance et santé dans le sport
No full textThis thesis aimed at emphasizing the connections between sports club participation, performance, and health as well as studying the extent of mindfulness meditation inside these interrelations. At first, the interrelations between sports club participation, performance, and health have been observed among a large sample of young people. It is demonstrated that: a) sports club participation would lead to a better level of performance and health, and b) some sports practices (more than others) are associated with greater benefits to physiological and psychological factors that influence performance and health. Then, through a systematic review, the effects of mindfulness short periods on a health psychophysiological biomarker (heart rate variability) have been evaluated. Our results underline the lack of randomised controlled trials to be able to state that the autonomic nervous system would benefit from mindfulness. Finally, we have tested the effects of mindfulness short periods meditation combined with high intensity running training on performance and health. Our randomised controlled trial highlights that: a) mindfulness meditation would produce differences (compared in a control group) in cardiorespiratory endurance, and b) mindfulness meditation would improve certain psychological skills in sport and in athletes' well-being. Our results also show that mindfulness meditation would not affect heart rate variability, ratings of perceived exertion, and other components of physical fitness.Cette thèse avait pour objectif d‘appréhender les relations entre la pratique sportive en club, la performance et la santé, et d'étudier la place de la pleine conscience dans ces relations. Tout d'abord, nous avons observé les rapports entre la pratique sportive en club, la performance et la santé auprès d'un large échantillon de jeunes. Nos résultats montrent que : a) la pratique sportive fédérale s'associerait à un meilleur niveau de performance et de santé, et b) certaines pratiques sportives (plus que d'autres) présenteraient des avantages plus importants sur des médiateurs physiologiques et psychologiques influençant la performance et la santé. Puis, nous avons évalué (autour d'une revue systématique) les effets de temps brefs de pleine conscience sur un biomarqueur psychophysiologique de la santé : la variabilité de la fréquence cardiaque. Nos résultats mettent en avant le manque d'essai contrôlé randomisé pour affirmer que la pleine conscience aurait des effets bénéfiques sur le système nerveux autonome. Pour finir, nous avons testé les effets combinés de temps brefs de pleine conscience associés à un entraînement de course à pied à haute intensité sur la performance et la santé. Notre essai contrôlé randomisé souligne que : a) la pleine conscience engendrerait des différences (comparée à la condition contrôle) sur l'endurance cardiorespiratoire, et b) la pleine conscience améliorerait certaines habiletés psychologiques dans le sport et le bien-être des athlètes. Nos résultats indiquent également que la pleine conscience n'impacterait pas la variabilité de la fréquence cardiaque, la perception de l'effort et les autres composantes de la condition physique
Mindfulness, performance and health in sport
No full textCette thèse avait pour objectif d‘appréhender les relations entre la pratique sportive en club, la performance et la santé, et d'étudier la place de la pleine conscience dans ces relations. Tout d'abord, nous avons observé les rapports entre la pratique sportive en club, la performance et la santé auprès d'un large échantillon de jeunes. Nos résultats montrent que : a) la pratique sportive fédérale s'associerait à un meilleur niveau de performance et de santé, et b) certaines pratiques sportives (plus que d'autres) présenteraient des avantages plus importants sur des médiateurs physiologiques et psychologiques influençant la performance et la santé. Puis, nous avons évalué (autour d'une revue systématique) les effets de temps brefs de pleine conscience sur un biomarqueur psychophysiologique de la santé : la variabilité de la fréquence cardiaque. Nos résultats mettent en avant le manque d'essai contrôlé randomisé pour affirmer que la pleine conscience aurait des effets bénéfiques sur le système nerveux autonome. Pour finir, nous avons testé les effets combinés de temps brefs de pleine conscience associés à un entraînement de course à pied à haute intensité sur la performance et la santé. Notre essai contrôlé randomisé souligne que : a) la pleine conscience engendrerait des différences (comparée à la condition contrôle) sur l'endurance cardiorespiratoire, et b) la pleine conscience améliorerait certaines habiletés psychologiques dans le sport et le bien-être des athlètes. Nos résultats indiquent également que la pleine conscience n'impacterait pas la variabilité de la fréquence cardiaque, la perception de l'effort et les autres composantes de la condition physique.This thesis aimed at emphasizing the connections between sports club participation, performance, and health as well as studying the extent of mindfulness meditation inside these interrelations. At first, the interrelations between sports club participation, performance, and health have been observed among a large sample of young people. It is demonstrated that: a) sports club participation would lead to a better level of performance and health, and b) some sports practices (more than others) are associated with greater benefits to physiological and psychological factors that influence performance and health. Then, through a systematic review, the effects of mindfulness short periods on a health psychophysiological biomarker (heart rate variability) have been evaluated. Our results underline the lack of randomised controlled trials to be able to state that the autonomic nervous system would benefit from mindfulness. Finally, we have tested the effects of mindfulness short periods meditation combined with high intensity running training on performance and health. Our randomised controlled trial highlights that: a) mindfulness meditation would produce differences (compared in a control group) in cardiorespiratory endurance, and b) mindfulness meditation would improve certain psychological skills in sport and in athletes' well-being. Our results also show that mindfulness meditation would not affect heart rate variability, ratings of perceived exertion, and other components of physical fitness
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