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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
Impressions from the 4th EDGG Research Expedition to Sicily: community composition and diversity of Mediterranean grasslands.
No full textTorilis pseudonodosa Bianca (Apiaceae) – new species for the flora of Ukraine
No full textWe report the first record of Torilis pseudonodosa Bianca (Apiaceae) from Ukraine. It was found on 28th of May 2021 in the “Potiivska” section of the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve near the village of Zaliznyi Port (Southern Ukraine). Torilis pseudonodosa previously was known from various countries in the Mediterranean Basin and Western Asia, but not from Ukraine nor elsewhere in Eastern Europe. We discovered a hitherto unknown population of Torilis pseudonodosa during the 15th EDGG Field Workshop, an international expedition of the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) taking place in Southern Ukraine, from 23 May to 2 June 2021. We present the taxon, its morphology and general distribution, describe its first Ukrainian site ecologically and coenologically and provide photos of the site and the species. The species occurred in a saline steppe, close to the Black Sea coast. The vegetation was dominated by Agropyron pectinatum and Halimione verrucifera, with Artemisia santonica, Festuca callieri agg., Milium vernale and Vicia hirsuta as subdominants. The classification of the saline steppe of the “Potiivska” section of the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve near is problematic, because species composition represents a mixture of steppic and halophytic plants. A definitive decision would require comprehensive phytosociological analyses. Since there was no indication of anthropogenic influence at the site, we assume that Torilis pseudonodosa reached it as a result of natural migration of its propagules (e.g. with birds). Thus, the species can be considered as nonsynathropic in the flora of Ukraine
Impressions from the 4th EDGG Research Expedition to Sicily: community composition and diversity of Mediterranean grasslands
No full textQUO VADIS KUBA? IMPLIKACJE DLA EUROPY I POLSKI (NOWY PROJEKT BADAWCZY CESLA, 2012-2013, FINANSOWANY PRZEZ NARODOWE CENTRUM NAUKI; WWW.QUOVADISCUBA.COM)
No full textKuba od dziesięcioleci stanowi jeden z punktów odniesienia w studiach latynoamerykańskich i kwestiach związanych z relacjami Unia Europejska – Ameryka Łacińska. Jest wiele czynników, które się do tego przyczyniają. Jednym z elementów jest geopolityczne położenie wyspy. Już w czasach kolonialnych była traktowana przez Hiszpanię jako symboliczny klucz do Nowego Świata. Jej obecna trudna sytuacja polityczna i gospodarcza oraz przejawy łamania praw człowieka stanowią kolejną przesłankę do intensywnego zainteresowania UE promocją wartości demokratycznych w tym kraju. Jednocześnie drzemiący potencjał ekonomiczny i oczekiwanie rychłych zmian
politycznych przyciągają uwagę inwestorów zagranicznych. Z tego powodu można mówić o niegasnącym zainteresowaniu tym państwem głównych aktorów stosunków międzynarodowych (USA, krajów Unii Europejskiej, Rosji Chin i ostatnio – Brazylii).
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Protecting Animals 36: Author Witi Ihimaera
No full textIn this very special episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by beloved New Zealand author Witi Ihimaera. Witi has written many books featuring nonhuman animals. He offers us a non-colonial lens through which to think about the human/nonhuman relationship
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
Velia Cecilia Bob (ed.), “Cuba: ¿ajuste o transición? Impacto de la reforma en el contexto del restablecimiento de las relaciones con Estados Unidos”, FLACSO, México 2015, ss. 168. (Book Review)
No full textCuban Studies przeżywają aktualnie renesans, a to za sprawą otwierania się gospodarki Kuby oraz dokonującej się w tym wyspiarskim społeczeństwie transformacji. Wiodącymi ośrodkami naukowymi w zakresie studiów nad Kubą i Kubańczykami były i są północnoamerykańskie placówki, związane z uniwersytetami jak i organizacjami pozarządowymi. W ramach ich wydawnictw ukazuje się wiele pozycji ciągłych i zwartych dedykowanych Kubie i jej stosunkom międzynarodowym. Ogromny wkład w rozwój tej części area studies mają również badacze kubańscy i latynoamerykańscy, którzy aktywizują ośrodki poza Stanami Zjednoczonymi, aby te podejmowały studia dotyczące Kuby. Tak jest w przypadku omawianej pozycji zatytułowanej „Cuba: ¿ajuste o transición? Impacto de la reforma en el contexto del restablecimiento de las relaciones con Estados Unidos” [Kuba: dostosowanie czy transformacja? Skutki reform w kontekście przywrócenia stosunków ze Stanami Zjednoczonymi] opublikowanej pod koniec 2015 roku przez międzynarodową organizację FLACSO2, pod redakcją Velii Cecilii Bobes
The Contemporary and the Future Cuba. Economic Reality versus Political and Social Transformation
No full textWspółczesna Kuba zmienia swoje oblicze, pomimo
nieugiętego stanowiska rządu Raula Castro wobec nacisków
ze strony Stanów Zjednoczonych i UE. Reformy
ostatnich 5 lat oraz zapowiedź ponownego nawiązania
stosunków dyplomatycznych między wyspą
a USA skutkują przemianami społecznymi i gospodarczymi,
wykraczającymi poza dotychczasowy model.
Niniejszy artykuł jest próbą odpowiedzi na pytanie,
jakie konsekwencje społeczno-gospodarcze i polityczne
mają implementowane przez rząd kubański reformy,
zarówno w skali lokalnej, jak i regionalnej.The contemporary Cuba is changing its image, despite
the strong position of the government of
Raul Castro to the pressures of the US and the
EU. The reforms implemented during the last five
years, as well as the announcement of the reestablishment
of diplomatic relations between Cuba
and the US, are affecting the insular society and
economy, and go beyond the current model. This
article attempts to indicate the socio-economic
and political consequences of the implemented reforms,
both local and regional dimension
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