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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
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
"Nada está por acaso nesta casa”: etnografia do design para o bem-estar de crianças com autismo
Get PDFDissertação de mestrado em Design de Produto e ServiçosUm dos papéis do design é a busca de soluções para problemas sociais. Seguindo esta premissa, o objetivo geral deste estudo é perceber de que forma o design pode contribuir para promover o bem-estar
de crianças com Transtorno do Espectro Autista (TEA) no seu ambiente doméstico, através do estudo
aprofundado de uma criança e sua família. As pessoas com autismo interpretam o espaço de forma
singular e precisam que os estímulos sensoriais causados pelo ambiente estejam adequados à sua
condição. Quando estes ambientes são interiores domésticos, ou seja, o seu Lar, estes revelam não só
um espaço físico, mas também um ambiente repleto de valores e significados. Entende-se que a literatura
dos últimos anos está voltada para pesquisas relacionadas com o ambiente construído para pessoas
com TEA e, assim, evidencia novas perspetivas que podem colaborar para a prática de espaços mais
inclusivos e coerentes para estes indivíduos. Também é sabido que o autismo é um espectro, abrangendo
uma ampla variedade de características que diferem de pessoa para pessoa. Pede-se então uma
metodologia sensível e capaz de tratar cada caso como um caso e foi esta noção que informou o desenho
desta investigação. O caso de estudo tomou como base a habitação da criança com TEA e sua família.
Aplicou-se uma metodologia de natureza exploratória e qualitativa, motivada pela busca de familiarizar se com o tema, reunindo informações sobre as relações existentes entre autismo e design de interiores
doméstico. Integraram-se os procedimentos metodológicos de uma pesquisa de design etnográfico,
privilegiando uma coleta de dados através de visitas in loco. Os resultados da análise do trabalho de
campo mostraram que as normas técnicas, diretrizes e boas práticas de design na conceção de espaços
são importantes e muitas das vezes podem ser adequadas à generalidade. Porém, há falta de uma
"atitude positiva" e disponibilidade de designers para aplicar métodos participativos e etnográficos para
que proponham soluções não só funcionais, mas sobretudo adaptadas às características de cada pessoa.
Com isso, pôde-se concluir que ainda existe uma lacuna pouco explorada no que toca ao design de
interiores em ambiente doméstico voltado para crianças com TEA e suas famílias. Assim, esta dissertação
contribui para informar boas práticas de design para ambientes adequados, com segurança e conforto,
e que sobretudo respeitem a privacidade, individualidade e necessidades de cada um.One of the roles of design is to search for solutions to social problems. Following this premise, the main objective of this study is to understand how design can contribute to promoting the well-being of children
with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in their home environment, through an in-depth study of a child
and his family. People with autism interpret space in a unique way and need the environmental sensory
stimuli to be appropriate for them. When these environments are domestic interiors, or in other words
their Home, they comprise not only a physical space, but also an environment full of values and meaning.
Recent literature has focused on research related to the built environment for people with ASD and, thus,
shows new perspectives that can inform more inclusive and coherent spaces for these individuals. It is
also known that autism is a spectrum, encompassing a wide variety of characteristics that differ from
person to person. Therefore, a sensitive methodology capable of treating each case as a case is required
and it was this notion that informed the design of this research. The case study was based on the family
home of a child with ASD. An exploratory and qualitative methodology was applied, motivated by the
desire to gain an in-depth understanding of the situation, while gathering information about the existing
relationships between autism and domestic interior design. The methodological procedures of design
ethnography were observed, favouring data collection through on-site visits. The results of the fieldwork
showed that technical norms, guidelines and best practices for designing spaces are important and are
often adequate for general purposes. However, there is a lack of a “positive attitude” and availability of
designers to apply participatory and ethnographic methods to design solutionsthat are not only functional,
but above all adapted to the characteristics of each person. This research shows that there is still an
unexplored gap when it comes to residential interior design for children with ASD and their families. Thus,
this dissertation contributes to inform best practices for the design of appropriate environments, that are
safe and comfortable, and that above all respect the privacy, individuality and needs of each person
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