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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
Supplementary_Tables_1_12_Sep24_xyz268777d1d25d8 – Supplemental material for Systematic Review: Genetic Associations for Prognostic Factors of Urinary Bladder Cancer
No full textSupplemental material, Supplementary_Tables_1_12_Sep24_xyz268777d1d25d8 for Systematic Review: Genetic Associations for Prognostic Factors of Urinary Bladder Cancer by Nadezda Lipunova, Anke Wesselius, Kar K Cheng, Frederik J van Schooten, Jean-Baptiste Cazier, Richard T Bryan and Maurice P Zeegers in Biomarkers in Cancer</p
FIGURE 1 in Lovell Augustus Reeve (1814-1865): malacological author and publisher
No full textFIGURE 1. Lithograph portrait of Lovell Reeve by T. H. Maguire, dated 1849. Reproduction courtesy of the Ewell Sale Library, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.Published as part of Petit, Richard E., 2007, Lovell Augustus Reeve (1814-1865): malacological author and publisher, pp. 1-120 in Zootaxa 1648 (1) on page 8, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1648.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/510392
Computer education of chemists
No full textRichard H. Heist ( with H. Saltsburg and T. Olsen) is a contributing author, The Microcomputer in the Undergraduate Laboratory , Chapter 8.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/engineering-books/1045/thumbnail.jp
An examination of quantitative methods for Forensic Signature Analysis and the admissibility of signature verification system as legal evidence.
Full text linkThe experiments described in this thesis deal with handwriting characteristics which are involved in the production of forged and genuine signatures and complexity of signatures. The objectives of this study were (1) to provide su?cient details on which of the signature characteristics are easier to forge, (2) to investigate the capabilities of the signature complexity formula given by Found et al. based on a different signature database provided by University of Kent. This database includes the writing movements of 10 writers producing their genuine signature and of 140 writers forging these sample signatures. Using the 150 genuine signatures without constrictions of the Kent’s database an evaluation of the complexity formula suggested in Found et al took place divided the signature in three categories low, medium and high graphical complexity. The results of the formula implementation were compared with the opinions of three leading professional forensic document examiners employed by Key Forensics in the UK.
The analysis of data for Study I reveals that there is not ample evidence that high quality forgeries are possible after training. In addition, a closer view of the kinematics of the forging writers is responsible for our main conclusion, that forged signatures are widely different from genuine especially in the kinematic domain. From all the parameters used in this study 11 out of 15 experienced significant changes when the comparison of the two groups (genuine versus forged signature) took place and gave a clear picture of which parameters can assist forensic document examiners and can be used by them to examine the signatures forgeries. The movements of the majority of forgers are signi?cantly slower than those of authentic writers. It is also clearly recognizable that the majority of forgers perform higher levels of pressure when trying to forge the genuine signature. The results of Study II although limited and not entirely consistent with the study of Found that proposed this model, indicate that the model can provide valuable objective evidence (regarding complex signatures) in the forensic environment and justify its further investigation but more work is need to be done in order to use this type of models in the court of law. The model was able to predict correctly only 53% of the FDEs opinion regarding the complexity of the signatures.
Apart from the above investigations in this study there will be also a reference at the debate which has started in recent years that is challenging the validity of forensic handwriting experts’ skills and at the effort which has begun by interested parties of this sector to validate and standardise the field of forensic handwriting examination and a discussion started. This effort reveals that forensic document analysis field meets all factors which were set by Daubert ruling in terms of theory proven, education, training, certification, falsifiability, error rate, peer review and publication, general acceptance. However innovative methods are needed for the development of forensic document analysis discipline. Most modern and effective solution in order to prevent observational and emotional bias would be the development of an automated handwriting or signature analysis system. This system will have many advantages in real cases scenario. In addition the significant role of computer-assisted handwriting analysis in the daily work of forensic document examiners (FDE) or the judicial system is in agreement with the assessment of the National Research Council of United States that “the scientific basis for handwriting comparison needs to be strengthened”, however it seems that further research is required in order to be able these systems to reach the accomplishment point of this objective and overcome legal obstacles presented in this study
Richard T. Carson: Contingent valuation: a comprehensive bibliography and history
Full text linkFor those of us who have been involved in willingness to pay studies for some time, Contingent Valuation: A comprehensive bibliography and history by Richard Carson is a fascinating read, tracking the early development of the method and debates around it from an insider’s perspective. As someone who has not only been involved in contingent valuation research over many years, but who has also been instrumental in shaping it, Richard Carson is the ideal author of this carefully crafted book
A choral Christmas, December 4, 1999
No full textRecorded during a live performance at Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, December 4, 1999, 8:00 p.m., the 190th concert of the School of Music's 1999-2000 season.Collegiate Singers, Joe Miller conductor (1st work) ; Women's Chorus, Dee Gauthier, conductor ; Jamie Brachel, piano (2nd-6th works) ; combined choirs (7th work) ; various vocal soloists and instrumentalists.Sacred vocal music for mixed chorus and women's voices, in part with piano or instrumental ensemble.Information from performance program.Magnificat in D major, BWV 243. Magnificat ; Et exsultavit spiritus meaus (Elizabeth Sullivan, soprano) ; Quia respexit humilitatem (Kari Lynn Kracht, soprano) ; Omnes generations ; Quia fecit mihi magna (Jeff May, baritone) ; Et misericordia (Jamie Shew, alto ; Bryan Lynn Fowler, tenor) ; Fecit potentiam ; Deposuit potentes (Chad Johnson, tenor) ; Esurientes implevit bonis (Miriam Esper, alto) ; Suscepit Israel ; Sicut locutus est ; Gloria Patri / Johann Sebastian Bach (instrumental ensemble: Blake Espy, David Ford, violins ; Sara Sears, viola ; Gonça Ulucay, cello ; Christopher R. Hill, bass ; Melissa Sinda, Julie Guy, flutes ; Michael Miller, Stephanie Foote, oboes ; Jason Kramer, bassoon ; Jason Covey, Stephen Jones, Marsha Postma, trumpets ; Richard Dietrich, timpani ; Karl Schrock, organ) -- Gaudete / [from] Piace [i.e. Piae] cantiones, 1582 ; arranged by Michael Neaum -- A child is born : a Christmas round / Richard T. Gore -- O lux / Tobin Stokes -- Pie Jesu / Michael Cleveland -- Nowell, nowell / James McCray -- Gloria / John Rutter (instrumental ensemble: Jason Covey, Marsha Postma, Stephen Jones, Adam Bergeron, trumpets ; Tim Davis, Angel Thomas, Matt Westgate, trombones ; Larry Rich, tuba ; Richard Dietrich, timpani ; Sarah Wagar, percussion ; Karl Schrock, organ)
We other Chaucerians: diverse perspectives in adaptations of the Canterbury Tales
No full textIn an examination of modern adaptations of Chaucer, an understanding of Chaucer as an intertextual author and through a shared relationship with postmodern critical analyses of Chaucer‘s relevance today is integral in providing new diverse and inclusive perspectives into Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. By eschewing traditional adaptation studies methods of examining the fidelity of an adaptation towards its source material, the goal is to understand the adaptations as separate but equal works of art that help to make Chaucer more modern and more accessible for students who ascribe to a variety of marginalized identities. The Canterbury Tales directed by Jonathan Myerson and published by the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) employs female animators to offer feminist outlooks on Chaucer’s presentation of women with proto-feminist values, while also managing to explore the nature of masculinity through the tales of the Reeve and Miller. In the Italian filmmaker and poet Pier Paolo Pasolini’s adaptation I racconti di Canterbury, the author employs his queer perspectives on Chaucer’s tales and examines the dueling natures of social normalcy and deviancy to question the nature of a regressive society. In Marilyn Nelson’s adaptation, The Cachoeira Tales, she explores the nature of the pilgrimage through the experiences of a member of the African-American diaspora and uses Chaucer to create an African American history in the face of centuries of erasure of black identity. Each adaptation engages with postmodern Chaucerian critics and provides for new methods of understanding and relating to Chaucer in relation to growing student diversity on campuses across America, while destabilizing the privileged readings of Chaucer as a symbol of English nationalism.M.A.Includes bibliographical referencesby Richard T. Milliga
A New Framework for the Citation Indexing Paradigm
Full text linkA new citation indexing paradigm is proposed: the cascading citation indexing framework (c2IF, for short). It improves the way research publications are assessed for their impact in promoting science and technology. Given a collection of articles and their citation graph, citations are considered at the (article, author) level. Each one article is uniquely identified by means of the Digital Object Identifier (DOI, http://www.doi.org). To identify each one author uniquely, a Universal Author Identifier (UAI) scheme is established. In addition to the citations directly made to a given (article, author) pair, citation paths that target each one citing article are also considered. The granularity of the paradigm is further increased by introducing the concept of the chord, whereby a citation path of length one co-exists with paths of length two or higher, involving the same source- and target- articles. The c2IF output emerges in the form
of a medal standings table, analogous to the one that ranks teams at athletic events: when two (article, author) pairs receive the same number of (direct) citations, the one that is cited by more popular articles (i.e. articles that comprise targets to a larger number of paths in the citation graph), is assigned a higher rank value
Review of 'Richard Linklater ' by David T. Johnson
No full textIn her 2006 summary of the history of debates on authorship in general and in cinema in particular, Pam Cook observes that ‘the function of the author/artist at one time limited to art cinema has extended to popular commercial cinema’ and moreover that: ‘Art cinema could provide a means of critical entry into commercial cinema, not in terms of the confirmation of traditional auteur analysis, but in the interests of understanding the relationship between art cinema and commercial cinema in order to question the conventional division between “art” and “entertainment”’ (1). By ‘traditional’ auteur analysis Cook means the kind of ahistorical approaches associated with the New Wave politique des auteurs, long since out of favour, that accorded to the film director a God-like status transcending industrial and other contextual circumscriptions. Instead, she emphasises the rise of the notion of the author as marketing category in contemporary scholarship. However, her comments about the usefulness of the art cinema author paradigm, most closely associated with the work of David Bordwell, for approaching more mainstream cinemas are acutely relevant to the films of Richard Linklater and to David T. Johnson’s unapologetically auteurist analysis of the
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