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Tecnologias digitais carismáticas, imaginário sócio-técnico e ambivalência: um estudo qualitativo sobre a utilização de tablets por pessoas idosas em Minas, Uruguai
No full textSince 2015 Uruguay has been developing Plan Ibirapitá—a program that consists of the delivery of tablets to low-income older people for free, who can also access training. This article frames this program as a ‘sociotechnical imaginary’, based on ‘charismatic technologies’, and presents a qualitative study of a group of how a group of older people negotiate the presence of the tablet in their lives. Data was gathered through semi-structured interviews in the city of Minas (the capital of Lavalleja Department, with the oldest population in the country) and analyzed through thematic analysis. The central category is ‘generalized ambivalence’, which interpenetrates with other categories. These other categories are related to ‘training resources’, a ‘lack of patience to operate the tablet’, ta ‘lack of Internet’, the fact that ‘tablets broke down and required updates’, and the notion that the busy lives of elderly people affect their use of the tablets. In accordance with recent empirical findings and theoretical approaches, the article suggests that it may be inappropriate to presuppose abstract, pre-existing technological needs of older people that can be identified and translated into their well-being through charismatic-technological interventions.Desde 2015 Uruguay ha desarrollado el Plan Ibirapitá, un programa que consiste en la entrega de tablets a personas mayores de bajos ingresos a quienes también se les ofrece capacitación. Este artículo enmarca este programa como un ‘imaginario sociotécnico’, basado en ‘tecnologías carismáticas’, y presenta un estudio cualitativo de cómo un grupo de personas mayores negocian la presencia de la tablet en sus vidas. Los datos fueron recogidos por medio de entrevistas semi-estructuradas en la ciudad de Minas (la capital del Departamento de Lavalleja, el más envejecido del país) y analizados con codificación temática. La categoría central es ‘ambivalencia generalizada’, que está interrelacionada con otras categorías entre las que se incluyen ‘los recursos de capacitación’, ‘la paciencia necesaria para operar la tablet’, ‘la falta de internet’, ‘las tablets se rompen y que requieren actualizaciones’, y que ‘las personas mayores entrevistadas llevan una vida ajetreada que incide en su uso’. De acuerdo con hallazgos empíricos y abordajes teóricos recientes, el artículo sugiere la posibilidad de que sea inadecuado presuponer necesidades tecnológicas preexistentes y abstractas de las personas mayores, y que estas sean identificadas y traducidas en su bienestar por medio de intervenciones tecnológicas carismáticas.Desde 2015, o Uruguai desenvolveu o Plan Ibirapitá, um programa que consiste em fornecer tablets a pessoas idosas de baixa-renda, a quem também é oferecida formação. Este artigo considera este programa como um "imaginário sócio-técnico", baseado em "tecnologias carismáticas", e apresenta um estudo qualitativo de como um grupo de pessoas idosas negocia a presença do tablet nas suas vidas. Os dados foram coletados através de entrevistas semi-estruturadas na cidade de Minas (capital do Departamento de Lavalleja, com a população mais idosa do país) e analisados com codificação temática. A categoria central é "ambivalência generalizada", que está inter-relacionada com outras categorias, entre as quais incluem-se "recursos de formação", "paciência necessária para utilizar o tablet", "falta de Internet", "os tablets se quebram e requerem atualizações", e que "as pessoas idosas entrevistadas levam vidas ocupadas que têm impacto na sua utilização". De acordo com recentes dados empíricos e abordagens teóricas, o artigo sugere a possibilidade de ser inadequado pressupor necessidades tecnológicas pré-existentes e abstratas das pessoas idosas, e que estas sejam identificadas e traduzidas para o seu bem-estar através de intervenções tecnológicas carismáticas.Desde 2015, o Uruguai desenvolveu o Plan Ibirapitá, um programa que consiste em fornecer tablets a pessoas idosas de baixa-renda, a quem também é oferecida formação. Este artigo considera este programa como um "imaginário sócio-técnico", baseado em "tecnologias carismáticas", e apresenta um estudo qualitativo de como um grupo de pessoas idosas negocia a presença do tablet nas suas vidas. Os dados foram coletados através de entrevistas semi-estruturadas na cidade de Minas (capital do Departamento de Lavalleja, com a população mais idosa do país) e analisados com codificação temática. A categoria central é "ambivalência generalizada", que está inter-relacionada com outras categorias, entre as quais incluem-se "recursos de formação", "paciência necessária para utilizar o tablet", "falta de Internet", "os tablets se quebram e requerem atualizações", e que "as pessoas idosas entrevistadas levam vidas ocupadas que têm impacto na sua utilização". De acordo com recentes dados empíricos e abordagens teóricas, o artigo sugere a possibilidade de ser inadequado pressupor necessidades tecnológicas pré-existentes e abstratas das pessoas idosas, e que estas sejam identificadas e traduzidas para o seu bem-estar através de intervenções tecnológicas carismáticas
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Full text link“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
Full text linkWe 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
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
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
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