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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
Factitious disorder imposed on another: Literature scan
Full text linkPurpose
The purpose of this literature scan is to provide up-to-date information on what is
known about children and young people affected by Factitious Disorder Imposed on
Another (FDIA; previously known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy). It is hoped
that this literature scan will contribute to kaimahi being able to articulate the
importance of safety-organised assessment and planning when working with
affected families or whānau. This is particularly important in assessing the ability of
affected families and whānau to achieve safety into the future, as agencies and
others step back. As such, this literature scan has multiple intended uses:
• to be shared with kaimahi as required
• to inform professional practice responses to requests for assistance when
Oranga Tamariki has kaimahi working with families or whānau where FDIA
may be present
• to know more about this area to inform future policy and practice work.
The intended audience for this work is social work practitioners working in care and
protection, specifically kaimahi across Oranga Tamariki. The focus is on what is
needed for the safety of children and young people experiencing FDIA
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
Dynamic risk factors and treatment change : exploring the mechanisms of sexual offending onset and desistance
Full text linkThe concept of change and the ability for individuals to reduce their level of risk through targeted intervention is a core feature of current rehabilitation frameworks used with individuals who have engaged in sexually harmful behaviours. However, despite the large emphasis placed on dynamic risk factors and the acknowledgement of the ability for individuals to make prosocial change, relatively little attention is given to furthering our understanding of how dynamic risk meaningfully relates to the aetiology of sexual offending, and to developing theories of the mechanisms underlying the change process. The current thesis therefore addressed this gap in the literature by investigating the factors and characteristics that play a causal role in sexual offending behaviour, and by exploring the underlying nature of offender change to help inform ongoing theory generation in this area.
Study One began with a validation of an influential theory of the aetiology of sexual offending, Ward and Siegert’s (2002) Pathways Model of Child Sexual Offending. The study used pre-treatment scores on a psychometric battery completed by 1,134 male sexual offenders against children to conduct a Latent Profile Analysis (LPA), which is a statistical technique used to identify meaningful latent classes of individuals within a given sample. Results suggested that the sample was best captured by five classes of individuals that mapped closely to the five hypothesised pathways in the Pathways model, with a few notable exceptions. Overall, the study provided tentative support for the Pathways Model and its proposed mechanisms and aetiological pathways, provided guidance for potential amendments to the model, and highlighted the heterogeneity in the offender population and causes of offending.
Studies Two, Three and Four then went on to explore the nature and characteristics of sexual offender change, with the aim of providing valuable insights to inform ongoing theory generation regarding the mechanisms and nature of change. Study Two provided the first known study to explore whether sexual offender treatment change is best conceptualised as categorical or dimensional, by using standardised residual change scores from 346 male sexual offenders against children to conduct a taxometric analysis of change. Results from the analysis suggested that offender change is best conceptualised as a categorical construct; that is, that differences in treatment change between individuals are best understood as differences in the types of change made, rather than simply the amount of change made.
Study Three explored the implications of Study Two’s findings further by attempting to identify what these change categories might look like. The study used standardised residual change scores from 1,170 sexual offenders against children to conduct an LPA, which found that three classes provided a best fit for the data. These classes represented individuals who had made Poor Change, Moderate Change, or Good Change over the course of treatment, with individuals in the Good Change group reoffending at significantly lower rates than individuals in the other two groups. The study suggested that meaningful distinctions can be made between different kinds of change made over the course of treatment, but did not provide much information regarding the mechanisms underlying these change patterns.
Study Four therefore provided a further investigation of these groups, by assessing the pre-treatment needs, static risk, and historical or demographic characteristics associated with each change group. Results indicated that there were no significant differences in static risk or most historic or demographic factors between groups, but that individuals in the Good Change group showed significantly lower rates of pre-treatment needs than individuals in the Poor Change group (with individuals in the Moderate Change group falling in between). This suggested that perhaps individuals in the Good Change group were already on a pathway to desistance prior to entering treatment.
Together, the results from this thesis suggest that internal factors, such as motivation to change and cognitive transformation (i.e. the adoption of a pro-social identity), may be key mechanisms underlying change demonstrated by offenders. They also highlight the heterogeneity of pathways into sexual offending and related treatment needs, and add to a growing body of research supporting the need for individualised assessment and intervention that focusses on the promotion of prosocial identity and skill acquisition
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
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