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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
Praktyka eutanazji w belgii jako owoc przemian społeczno-obyczajowych
Get PDFThe Belgian act legalising euthanasia was passed on 28th May 2002 and was amended on 28th February 2014. The new law has made euthanasia accessible to minors without age restrictions and is an innovation which violates basic Christian values. But openness to the killing of innocent lives might be the beginning of society\u27s self-destruction. It is a dangerous thought that minors, who are limited in their rights because of their immaturity, are allowed to choose destruction of the greatest gift: life itself. This is fruit of social and civil changes and specially consequence of process of secularization.A rapid increase of euthanasia applications of patients with certain conditions and who fear losing consciousness, raises questions about the future and safeguarding. The current situation may actually infuse people with fear and insecurity. There is also a question of trust in doctors, who under Belgian law may bring death in the name of providing healthcare. A doctor may only proceed with the performance of euthanasia in accordance with certain procedures, but many times procedures are violated and lives are endangered.Artykuł podejmuje analizę etycznych aspektów eutanazji w Belgii. Ustawa z 28 maja 2002 roku dopuszczająca eutanazje w Belgii uległa 28 lutego 2014 nowelizacji, umożliwiając dokonywanie eutanazji na osobach nieletnich bez ograniczeń wiekowych. Otwarcie się na zabijanie niewinnych może stać się początkiem samozagłady społeczeństwa. Bardzo niebezpieczną kwestią jest to, iż osoby nieletnie, które są pozbawione wielu praw z powodu niedojrzałości, mogą decydować o zniszczeniu największego daru, jakim jest życie.Szybko rosnąca ilość składanych wniosków o dokonanie eutanazji w przyszłości, w przypadku utraty świadomości połączonej z określoną kondycją zdrowotną, niesie w sobie pytanie o przyszłość i bezpieczeństwo. Dokonujący eutanazji lekarz jest zobowiązany do przestrzegania procedur, ale często procedury są łamane, a życie człowieka jest zagrożone
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
Transformations of the practice of sacramental confession in the 20th century Belgium on the example of Pastoral Ministry Capuchin Friars
No full textWydział Teologii, Instytut Nauk Teologicznych; promotor rozprawy doktorskiej: ks. prof. dr hab. Andrzej DerdziukPodstawowym celem studium "Przemiany praktyki spowiedzi sakramentalnej w Belgii w XX wieku na przykładzie posługi duszpasterskiej Braci Kapucynów" było przedstawienie teologiczno-społecznych aspektów związanych z przemianą praktyki sakramentalnej spowiedzi w Belgii. Zagadnienie zostało przeanalizowane na przykładzie posługi braci kapucynów prowincji flandryjskiej, którzy stanowili punkt odniesienia w złożonych uwarunkowaniach teologiczno-społecznych. Treścią pierwszego rozdziału był krótki rys historyczny, dziejowa analiza sytuacji Kościoła katolickiego w Belgii, jego dynamika, skrajny rygoryzm, panorama kreowania się posługi spowiedniczej w rodzącej się wspólnocie kapucynów. Rozdział drugi był spojrzeniem na kontekst historyczno-teologiczny przemian soborowych, z uwypukleniem roli formowania się nowego oblicza Kościoła. Treścią rozdziału trzeciego była próba nakreślenia problemu i charakterystyki przejawów kryzysu spowiedzi. W rozdziale czwartym podjęto próbę analizy wpływu kryzysu spowiedzi na całokształt życia wspólnoty eklezjalnej. W ostatnim rozdziale poddano analizie inicjatywy wnoszące nadzieję w odrodzenie praktyki sakramentu pokuty. W rozważanaich skupiono się na przejawach charyzmatycznej posługi braci kapucynów. Praca ukazała również Kościół skonfrontowany z działalnością wrogich mu nurtów, nie zawsze znajdujący w odpowiedzi właściwą metodologię działań. Zamiarem pracy było wskazanie najważniejszych przyczyn odejścia wiernych od spowiedzi. Osiągnięciem pracy było zaprezentowanie bardzo skomplikowanego czasu przemian psoborowych w Belgii.The dissertation entitled "Transformations of the practice of sacramental confession in the 20th century Belgium on the example of pastoral ministry of Capuchin Friars" has aimed to demonstrate socio-theological aspects related to the transformation of the practice of sacramental confession in Belgium. The issue has been analysed on the example of the ministry of capuchin friars of the Province of Flanders, who were the reference point in complex socio-theological conditions. The first chapter presents a short historical outline: an analysis of the historical situation of the Catholic Church in Belgium, its dynamics, extreme rigorism, and an overview of the development of penitential ministry in the newly established capuchin community. In the second chapter illustrates historical and theological context of conciliar changes, emphasising the role of the formation of the new image of the Church. The third chapter attempts tom outline problems and characteristic manifestations of the crisis of sacramental confession. In the fourth chapter the author has attempted to analyse the impact of the crisis of sacramental confession on the entire life of the Church's community. The last chapter analyses new initiatives bringing hope of the rebirth of the practice of sacramental penance. The point of focus has been placed on some examples of charismatic ministry of capuchin friars. The dissertation has also shown the Church in conflict with some currents inimical to her, to which currents the Church had often failed to respond with appropriate methodology of action. The dissertation has aimed to indicate the crucial grounds for the decline of the practice of sacramental confession among the faithful. The dissertation has succeeded in presenting the very intricate time of post-conciliar changes in Belgium
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
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