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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
CALIS - A CALibration Insertion System for the DarkSide-50 dark matter search experiment
No full text© 2017 The Author(s). This paper describes the design, fabrication, commissioning and use of a CALibration source Insertion System (CALIS) in the DarkSide-50 direct dark matter search experiment. CALIS deploys radioactive sources into the liquid scintillator veto to characterize the detector response and detection efficiency of the DarkSide-50 Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber, and the surrounding 30 t organic liquid scintillator neutron veto. It was commissioned in September 2014 and has been used successfully in several gamma and neutron source campaigns since then. A description of the hardware and an excerpt of calibration analysis results are given below
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe 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
Upaya Peningkatan Kemampuan Membaca Dan Menulis (Calis) Permulaan Melalui Media Kartu Gambar Dan Kata Kelompok B Di Tk Islam Bakti II Ngesrep Ngemplak Boyolali Tahun Ajaran 2012/2013
No full textTujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk meningkatkan kemampuan membaca dan menulis (Calis) permulaan pada anak didik kelompok B TK Islam Bakti II Ngesrep, Ngemplak, Boyolali dengan menggunakan Media Kartu Gambar dan Kata. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK) yang dilaksanakan sebanyak tiga siklus dengan tujuh kali pertemuan. Prosedur penelitian ini terdiri dari empat tahapan yaitu perencanaan, pelaksanaan tindakan, observasi, dan refleksi. Subyek dalam penelitian ini adalah guru dan anak didik kelompok B TK Islam Bakti II Ngesrep, Ngemplak, Boyolali tahun pelajaran 2012/2013 sebanyak 20 anak terdiri dari 7 anak laki-laki dan 13 anak perempuan.Tehnik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah Observasi dengan komparatif. Sedangkan Validitas data yang digunakan adalah triangulasi dan analisisnya dengan kualitatif dan kuantitatif. Berdasarkan hasil tindakan siklus I, siklus II, dan siklus III yang telah dilaksanakan selama penelitian, menunjukkan adanya peningkatan kemampuan membaca dan menulis (Calis) permulaan pada anak didik kelompok B TK Islam Bakti II Ngesrep, Ngemplak, Boyolali tahun pelajaran 2012/2013. Hal ini ditunjukkan dengan adanya peningkatan perkembangan kemampuan membaca dan menulis (Calis) permulaan anak yang pada kondisi awal prosentase rata-rata kemampuan berhitung permulaan anak adalah sebesar 50%, siklus I sebesar 60,3%, siklus II sebesar 70,4%, dan pada siklus III meningkat menjadi 80,3%. Dengan demikian, penggunaan media kartu gambar dan kartu kata dapat meningkatkan kemampuan Calis permulaan pada anak didik kelompok B TK Islam Bakti II Ngesrep, Ngemplak, Boyolali tahun pelajaran 2012/2013
CALIS - a CALibration Insertion System for the DarkSide-50 dark matter search experiment
No full textThis paper describes the design, fabrication, commissioning and use of a
CALibration source Insertion System (CALIS) in the DarkSide-50 direct dark
matter search experiment. CALIS deploys radioactive sources into the liquid
scintillator veto to characterize the detector response and detection
efficiency of the DarkSide-50 Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber, and the
surrounding 30 t organic liquid scintillator neutron veto. It was commissioned
in September 2014 and has been used successfully in several gamma and neutron
source campaigns since then. A description of the hardware and an excerpt of
calibration analysis results are given below
Pragmatic Case Studies as a Source of Unity in Applied Psychology
No full textTo unify or not to unify applied psychology: that is the question. In this article we review pendulum swings in the historical efforts to answer this question—from a comprehensive, positivist, “top-down,” deductive yes between the 1930s and the early 60s, to a postmodern no since then. A rationale and proposal for a limited, “bottom-up,” inductive yes in applied psychology is then presented, employing a case-based paradigm that integrates both positivist and postmodern themes and components. This paradigm is labeled “pragmatic psychology” and, its specific use of case studies, the “Pragmatic Case Study Method” (“PCS Method”). We call for the creation of peer-reviewed journal-databases of pragmatic case studies as a foundational source of unifying applied knowledge in our discipline. As one example, the potential of the PCS Method for unifying different angles of theoretical regard is illustrated in an area of applied psychology, psychotherapy, via the case of Mrs. B. The article then turns to the broader historical and epistemological arguments for the unifying nature of the PCS Method in both applied and basic psychology.Peer reviewe
Studio CALIS (Cancer Literacy and Information Seeking) : il ruolo dell'helath literacy, Enpowerment e Information Seeking Behaviour nell'adesione agli screening oncologici
No full textI programmi di screening oncologici necessitano di strategie per implementarne l’adesione. Tra i molteplici fattori che ne influenzano la partecipazione gioca un ruolo decisivo il livello di conoscenze in ambito di tutela della salute (Health Literacy-HL): concetto multidimensionale che si correla anche al concetto di Empowerment (Emp) ed al comportamento relativo alla ricerca di informazioni (Information Seeking Behavior-ISB) [Schulz&Nakamoto 2005]. I soggetti con bassa HL partecipano meno agli screening, mentre gli individui che ritengono di avere una buona conoscenza rispetto ad un determinato tema tendono a cercare meno informazioni, il che si riflette negativamente sui livelli di HL ed Emp e di conseguenza sugli esiti di salute. Inoltre, è noto che i pazienti oncologici presentano un livello di HL mediamente elevato ma non vi sono conoscenze in merito a come esso sia stato raggiunto.
L’obiettivo dello studio è duplice: studiare il ruolo giocato da HL, Emp e credenze dell’individuo relativamente allo screening per il cancro del colon-retto (CCR) ed alla malattia nella decisione di aderire o meno allo screening (CALIS I), e capire come l’ISB si modifica nel tempo e come i pazienti oncologici riescano a raggiungere elevati livelli di HL (CALIS II)
Dr. Edwin Wright Collection: Author Unknown
No full textNotes - The author relates several short stories about his neighbours including Alex McDonell, homesteading and life around Meanook and Athabasca (1 page
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe 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
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