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An Orthodox View of the Two-Tier Analysis of Congressional Control Over Federal Jurisdiction.
Get PDFCasto, William R.. (1990). An Orthodox View of the Two-Tier Analysis of Congressional Control Over Federal Jurisdiction.. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/165279
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
The Tort Liability of Insane Persons for Negligence: A Critique
No full textIn this law review comment, the author proposes the thesis that insane persons should not be held to the reasonable man standard in negligence actions. The article begins with background history of negligence and contributory negligence. The author then discusses the section of American Law Institute’s Restatement (Second) of Torts that addresses negligence of insane persons. The author provides the American Law Institute’s (ALI) professed policy reasons for holding insane persons to a reasonable man standard. The author then explains why it is not sound policy to hold a truly insane person to the reasonable man standard. The author provides recommendations that address the ALI’s concern that sane persons would be able to avoid penalties by using insanity as a defense. The author then reviews and discusses prior case law that deals with judicial treatment of insane persons in negligence and contributory negligence actions
Advising Presidents: Private Advice vs. Public Advocacy
Get PDFThe focus of this article is on the advisory relationship between General Robert H. Jackson and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The author was able to examine a wealth of primary materials and gain a focus on the advisory process. The author noted interesting discrepancies between what Jackson apparently advised the president in private and what Jackson told others. These discrepancies led the author to consider the implications of advising one thing in private and something significantly different to others
Innovations in the Defense of Official Immunity Under Section 1983
No full textThis article studies the concept of immunity as it relates to section 1983 claims. The article begins with an explanation of the various forms of immunity that affect section 1983 claims. The author provides the Supreme Court’s historical development of official immunity through a discussion of numerous cases. The author then provides a detailed analysis of qualified immunity and absolute immunity. In this analysis, the author evaluates the judiciary’s reasoning behind providing some actions absolute immunity while giving other actions only qualified immunity status. The author follows this discussion with a critique of the official immunity rule and whether this rule can be improved upon. The article includes a brief discussion of the liability of government employers before concluding
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