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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
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
Can health workforce management actions positively influence retention and attrition of health workers? : a study on human resources for health in the eastern region of Ghana
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As in many other countries in sub-Saharan Arica, a shortage of well-trained health workers is one of the biggest barriers to quality health-care services in Ghana. Human resources for health deficits must therefore be addressed by improving the effectiveness and performance of the existing and future health workers through improved retention, competence and productivity. This PhD project was carried out in the framework of PERFORM, a health human resource management intervention that aimed at improving the performance of health workers by strengthening District Health Management Teams (DHMTs). Attrition and retention, both important factors of performance, were the main focus of this thesis, which were analysed from the management as well as the health workforce perspective.
Methods
The studies for this thesis were carried out in three districts of the Eastern Region in Ghana by using a mixed-methods approach. Data were collected during three research visits between May 2012 and July 2014 covering 13 months in total. The first study was a qualitative study on DHMT efficiency, which aimed to identify factors resulting in inefficient district health management practices. The second study was an explorative study that investigated current DHMT time use practices by doing daily retrospective time use interviews with all 21 district health managers in the districts over a three-month study period. In order to explore health worker motivation and job satisfaction and their effects on turnover and to also identify how district health managers may improve health workforce retention, 256 clinical health workers from several staff categories (doctors, nursing professionals, allied health workers, and pharmacists) were interviewed for the third study by employing a cross-sectional study design. Given the design of this study with only one measurement in time, turnover intention was used as a proxy of turnover.
Results
Financial constraints, human resource shortages in the DHMTs, low control over financial and human resources, little authority over district activities, and inadequate managing skills regarding planning and time management were identified as key management problems. However, district health managers have higher authority to allocate resources in their districts and to influence certain human resource aspects relevant for staff retention, such as promotions and study leaves. Managers used most of their working time for data management (16.6%), attending workshops (12.3%), financial management (8.7%), training of staffs (7.1%), drug and supply management (5.0%), and travelling (9.6%), while at the same time neglecting other activities such as human resource management (1.3%) and the management of buildings and equipment (0.2%). Of the interviewed health workforce, 69% (95% CI: 63-75) reported to have turnover intentions. Motivation (OR=0.74, 95% CI: 0.60−0.92) and job satisfaction (OR=0.74, 95% CI: 0.57−0.96) were significantly associated with turnover intention and higher levels of both reduced the risk of health workers having this intention. The dimensions of motivation and job satisfaction significantly associated with turnover intention included career development (OR=0.56, 95% CI: 0.36−0.86), workload (OR=0.58, 95% CI: 0.34−0.99), management (OR=0.51. 95% CI: 0.30−0.84), organisational commitment (OR=0.36, 95% CI: 0.19−0.66), and burnout (OR=0.59, 95% CI: 0.39−0.91).
Conclusion
There is a shortage of essential DHMT staff, especially regarding drugs and supply management, administration, and human resources. Hence, most management activities in these areas are neglected, which are sources of health worker dissatisfaction. Financial shortages in the DHAs were identified as another major reason for several of the low job satisfaction outcomes, as they lead to the inability to provide financial incentives to health staff, do regular maintenance of buildings and equipment, and to equip health facilities with the necessary basic supplies. Although district health managers have low authority to solve district specific problems with regard to human resources, findings from PERFORM have shown that adequate human resource management practices have the potential to influence motivation and job satisfaction, which in turn will make health workers more likely to remain in their current positions, thereby improving retention
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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