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Multicriteria performance evaluation to support the management of the research and postgraduate board of the Federal Technological University of Paraná, Campus Pato Branco: a constructivist perspective
No full textThe present work aims to build a unique model of performance evaluation to meet the Research and Graduate Directorate of the Federal Technological University of Paraná, Pato Branco Câmpus, using the MCDA-C vision - Multicriteria Decision Support Methodology Constructivist, taking into account the perceptions of the decision maker through this methodology. The research is characterized as exploratory, descriptive and qualitativequantitative. The instruments used for data collection and analysis are: Knowledge Development Process- Constructivist (Proknow-C) and MCDA-C methodology.In relation to Proknow-C, this process allowed the selection of 15 international articles and 15 national articles aligned to the theme, with the following main results: (i) bibliometric analysis allowed to identify the main authors, articles and periodicals; (ii) the systemic analysis allowed the following results to be obtained: a) the performance evaluation models proposed and/or applied in the researches do not show concern in developing a singular model, specific to the context that gave rise to it, or what is important Measure according to the values of the decision maker; b) it was verified that most of the models carry out the measurement, however, it does not integrate the criteria; c) most of the models allowed to diagnose the strengths and weaknesses of the contexts evaluated; d) the models showed concern in proposing actions to generate improvement actions, highlighting the international portfolio.The following results were obtained through MCDA-C: (i) identification of 64 primary evaluation elements (EPAs) which were explored and discussed, giving rise to 89 action-oriented concepts; (ii) finding two major dimensions of decision-maker concern - quality and management, the first large area of which is related to the research and graduate studies stricto sensu, to the research groups and to the lato sensu graduate studies; And the second is related to the image and internal processes; (iii) creation of 5 maps of means and ends relationships, in which, according to the identified dimensions, operational concerns (means concepts) and strategic concerns (concepts ends) were allocated; (iv) formulation of 51 performance indicators with the full participation of the decision maker; (v) construction of the descriptors by means of ordinal scales and form the reference levels for each indicator; (vi) transformation of ordinals into cardinal (quantitative) scales; (vii) conducting the independence analysis; (viii) construction of value functions; and (ix) determination of replacement rates. It is concluded from the theoretical affiliation adopted that the structuring of the proposed performance evaluation model will be useful to support the management of the UTFPR research and graduate board, Câmpus de Pato Branco, as well as the comparison of the indicators of the Literature with the developed model contributes theoretically to the literature.A presente dissertação tem como objetivo construir um modelo singular de avaliação de desempenho para atender a Diretoria de pesquisa e pós-graduação da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Câmpus de Pato Branco, utilizando a visão da MCDA-C –Metodologia Multicritério de Apoio à Decisão Construtivista, levando-se em consideração as percepções do decisor por meio dessa metodologia.A pesquisa caracteriza-se como exploratória, descritiva e quali-quantitativa. Os instrumentos utilizados para a coleta e análise dos dados são: Knowledge Development Process- Constructivist (Proknow-C) e metodologia MCDA-C. Em relação ao Proknow-C, esse processo permitiu selecionar 15 artigos internacionais e 15 artigos nacionais alinhados ao tema, tendo como principais resultados: (i) a análise bibliométrica permitiu identificar os principais autores, artigos e periódicos; (ii) a análise sistêmica permitiu chegar aos seguintes resultados: a) os modelos de avaliação de desempenho propostos e/ou aplicados nas pesquisas não demonstram preocupação em desenvolver um modelo singular, específico para o contexto que lhe deu origem, ou o que é importante medir segundo os valores do decisor; b) verificou-se que a maioria dos modelos realiza a mensuração, porém, não realiza a integração dos critérios; c) a maioria dos modelos permitiram diagnosticar os pontos fortes e fracos dos contextos avaliados; d) os modelos demonstraram preocupação em propor ações para gerar ações de aperfeiçoamento, destacando-se o portfólio internacional. Por meio da MCDA-C foram obtidos os seguintes resultados: (i) identificação de 64 elementos primários de avaliação (EPAs)os quais foram explorados e discutidos originando 89 conceitos orientados à ação; (ii) constatação de duas grandes dimensões de preocupação do decisor - qualidade e gestão, sendo que a primeira grande área está relacionada à pesquisa e pós-graduação stricto sensu, aos grupos de pesquisa e à pós-graduação lato sensu; e a segunda está relacionada à imagem e aos processos internos; (iii) criação de 5 mapas de relações meios e fins, nos quais, conforme as dimensões identificadas,as preocupações operacionais (conceitos meios) e as preocupações estratégicas (conceitos fins)foram alocadas; (iv)formulação de 51 indicadores de desempenho com a participação integral do decisor; (v) construção dos descritores por meio de escalas ordinais e forma determinados os níveis de referência para cada indicador; (vi) transformação das ordinais em escalas cardinais (quantitativas); (vii) realização da análise de independência; (viii) construção das funções de valor; e (ix) determinação das taxas de substituição.Concluise a partir da filiação teórica adotada, que a estruturação do modelo de avaliação de desempenho proposto será útil para dar apoio à gestão da diretoria de pesquisa e pós-graduação da UTFPR, Câmpus de Pato Branco, bem comoo cotejamento dos indicadores da literatura com o modelo desenvolvido contribui teoricamente para a literatura
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
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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