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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
Identificación y análisis de retos para la reforma del SAAD
No full textEl SAAD es una herramienta clave para la atención integral de calidad, pero se encuentra en crisis social, administrativa y estratégica. En este contexto, la Fundación Caser pretende posicionarse como una institución de referencia en la reforma del SAAD, mediante una iniciativa de revisión en profundidad de los elementos que explican la actual situación, así como la elaboración de un programa de propuestas para su reforma con participación de todos los agentes implicados: administraciones, sociedad civil, usuarios, técnicos, gestores e investigadores. El objetivo de este estudio es la identificación de las principales dificultades organizativas, económicas y de prestación de servicios del SAAD, y la consiguiente elaboración de una estrategia de propuestas de mejora, liderada por la Fundación CASER
CasER 3.0: modelado de base de datos en la nube
No full textEste trabajo plantea la realización de una nueva versión de CasER mejorando versiones anteriores de escritorio. Su nombre es CasER 3.0: Modelado de base de datos en la nube. En la actualidad, la manera de vivir en la sociedad ha evolucionado a pasos agigantados; los dispositivos móviles, la manera de comunicación, el acceso a internet, entre otros, condujo a esta nueva versión como una herramienta WEB, e integrar en ella algunos componentes de Google. Se pensó en el manejo de usuarios (creando una cuenta asociada a la de Gmail) para poder obtener estadísticas e información de personas que la utilizaban, a que facultades pertenecen y a que se dedican (mediante Google Analytics), y a su vez que cada usuario pueda tener su área de trabajo, donde guardar y poder compartir proyectos, mediante Google Drive. Todas estas nuevas características, sumadas a un nuevo look and feel, que mejora la interfaz de usuario notablemente, hacen de CasER 3.0 una herramienta que asiste al usuario al diseño de la base de datos, aportando nuevas funcionalidades, optimización de tiempo utilizado en el proceso de diseño, y facilidad para aprender a usarla.Licenciado en SistemasUniversidad Nacional de La PlataFacultad de Informátic
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
Author, publisher and bookseller : a tripartite synergy in Nigerian book industry
No full textThis work is about the roles of Author, Publisher and Bookseller in Book development in
Nigeria. The paper started by delving into the history of Book Publishing in Nigeria after
which it proceeded by defining who an author, a publisher, and a bookseller is and
expatiated on the indispensable roles of these key actors in Nigerian Book Industry and in
the emerging Information Society. Furthermore, the various constraints to book
development were identified while the paper advised on how the Book Industry can be
further promoted in Nigeria. However, the paper concluded and made recommendations
on how the Book sector can help in enhancing scholarship in the country
High value products, supermarkets and vertical arrangements in Indonesia
No full text" Indonesian economy has experienced some major changes during the last three decades and transformed from a predominantly agricultural economy to one that relies more heavily on its non-agricultural sector. Within agriculture, there has also been a change in the contribution of different sub sectors and high value products have grown relatively rapidly making agriculture more diversified. Similar to the changes in agricultural production, food consumption in Indonesia has shown a pattern of change over the past three decades, from a diet characterized primarily by the staple foods of cereals and cassava, to one that includes a larger share of fruits, fish, meats, dairy products and processed foods. Alongside the change in composition of food demand, newer forms of retail have also come up commonly known as supermarkets. However, the emergence of modern retailing has other consequences that go beyond consumers. It requires deep integration with farmers and can influence the production and transaction costs at farm level. It can also influence the distribution of value among different agents involved in production, intermediation, and retailing. In this paper we pursue three interrelated objectives. First, we review the structural changes that have taken place in Indonesian agriculture for the last three decades and the state of high value products. Second, we examine the driving forces behind the production of high value products and the constraints that limit their production. Third, we review the emergence of supermarkets and the vertical arrangements among farmers, traders/distributors, and supermarkets. We have relied both on primary and secondary data sources. Most of the secondary data has come from government directorates, different ministries and the central bureau of statistics (CBS) of the Government of Indonesia. In cases where secondary information was not readily available, we have also collected primary data. Our findings suggest that during the last three decades, there has been a significant structural change in Indonesian agriculture and the production of high value commodities and products –estate crops, livestock, fisheries, fruits and vegetables, and floriculture – has grown faster than the cereals. However, the extent of diversification towards high value products has remained limited to few regions and to few products within each sub sector. Factors that have contributed most in diversification are the rapid growth in income and accompanied changes in urban consumption in favor of high value products and agricultural mechanization. The economic crisis that was triggered by the currency crisis has had a long negative impact on agriculture sector. Structural changes in Indonesian agriculture have been accompanied by changes in consumption pattern in urban areas in favor of high value products and by a major change in retailing in the form of growth of modern supermarkets. To cater to the demand of changed urban consumption needs, supermarkets have been integrating with farmers through formal and informal contracts. This vertical relationship between farms and supermarkets that has been emerging in Indonesia has been helpful to follow grades and standards, to improve quality, and to reduce transaction costs and information asymmetries. It has also been helpful to reduce price and production risks at farm level and to ensure a higher price for farmers compared to traditional value chain. However, it seems that the participation of small holders in the vertical relationship depends largely on vendors. Within the vertical chain, supermarkets appropriate a monopsony rent. Important policies that can be drawn from this study are the greater emphasize on rural infrastructure, user right of state-owned estate to smallholders, promotion of public-private partnerships, encouragements of vertical arrangements, grades and standards, and bringing up the modern retailing sector under the purview of regulatory oversights." Authors' AbstractDiet ,High value agricultural products ,Supermarkets ,
[Report to Chief J. E. Curry, by an unknown author #2]
No full textReport to Chief J. E. Curry, by an unknown author. The report contains a list of officers who gave depositions to the United States Attorney
[Report to Chief J. E. Curry, by an unknown author #1]
No full textReport to Chief J. E. Curry, by an unknown author. The report contains a list of officers who gave depositions to the United States Attorney
Diagn\uf3stico para la Posible Creaci\uf3n de una Cooperativa de Producci\uf3n Agr\uedcola para los Peque\uf1os Productores del Caser\uedo La Boca . Guarico - Estado Lara
No full textEl presente trabajo est\ue1 referido al Diagn\uf3stico para la posible Creaci\uf3n de una Cooperativa de producci\uf3n Agr\uedcola para los peque\uf1os productores del Caser\uedo "La Boca", Guarico-Estado Lara. El desarrollo de \ue9sta investigaci\uf3n est\ue1 contenida en cinco cap\uedtulos, en los cuales se describe en primer lugar el planteamiento del problema, objetivos generales y espec\uedficos como tambi\ue9n la justificaci\uf3n del mismo. Seguidamente est\ue1 el marco te\uf3rico de la investigaci\uf3n donde se sustenta las experiencias en organizaciones agr\uedcolas que se han desarrollado en Europa , en Venezuela y particularmente en el Estado Lara, a objeto de impulsar su desarrollo socioecon\uf3mico, reducir los costos, incrementar la productividad y mejorar las condiciones de vida de los productores. As\ued mismo, se describen las bases te\uf3ricas y el tipo de organizaciones permitidas en el pa\ueds, a fin de tomar de cada una de ellas aquellos aspectos que nos permite diagnosticar la pertinencia o no de la creaci\uf3n de una cooperativa de producci\uf3n agr\uedcola para los peque\uf1os productores del caser\uedo en estudio. El trabajo de campo, de car\ue1cter descriptivo se llev\uf3 a cabo a trav\ue9s de una entrevista realizada a los peque\uf1os productores del caser\uedo La Boca , detect\ue1ndose all\ued las fortalezas, debilidades y oportunidades de \ue9ste caser\uedo, y al analizar las variables y confrontar con la bibliograf\ueda utilizada, se determin\uf3 que el modelo de organizaci\uf3n que se adapta a \ue9stos peque\uf1os productores es el de una Cooperativa de Producci\uf3n Agr\uedcola, estilo SUNACOOP, en experiencia muy particular en el Estado Lara, que representar\ue1 un medio para alcanzar el fin econ\uf3mico de mejoramiento de la productividad y rentabilidad del trabajo agr\uedcola y por ende de las condiciones de vida de los peque\uf1os productores del Caser\uedo "La Boca", Guarico-Estado Lara
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