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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
Factors Affecting the Applicability of Infrared Thermography as a Measure of Temperament in Cattle
Get PDFAnimal temperament, defined as consistent behavioral and physiological responses to stressors, plays a crucial role in cattle welfare, productivity, and safety during handling. This motivates researchers to identify objective, non-invasive methods for temperament assessment. Infrared thermography (IRT) has emerged as a promising tool to detect superficial temperature changes associated with stress and temperament in cattle. This study aimed to evaluate how superficial temperature variations measured by IRT in fattening bulls are influenced by environmental temperature, humidity, and temperament. The study involved 223 bulls at approximately 7.5 months old, while thermal images of eye and muzzle regions were captured at baseline and during restraint in a squeeze chute. Temperament was assessed using chute score and flight time, and environmental conditions were recorded via a temperature–humidity index (THI). Results showed significant increases in eye and muzzle temperatures during handling. Notably, changes in eye temperature were independent of environmental THI but correlated with flight time, with more temperamental bulls displaying larger temperature increases. In contrast, changes in muzzle temperature were strongly influenced by ambient THI and its variation at handling, consistent with the region’s thermoregulatory function. Temperament explained a small proportion of temperature variation. A follow-up experiment on a subset of 104 bulls around 11 months old showed no significant age effects on the IRT–temperament relationship. These findings indicate that IRT, particularly of the eye region, holds promise as a non-invasive, objective method to assess stress responses related to temperament in cattle. Careful selection of thermal regions and accounting for environmental influences are critical. While IRT alone accounts for limited variability, its integration with other behavioral and physiological measures could enhance temperament evaluation. This approach offers novel opportunities for improving animal welfare and management by identifying highly temperamental individuals without invasive procedures. Future research with higher temporal resolution and varied stressors is warranted to further elucidate temperature dynamics associated with temperament
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
Ultrasonographic alterations of bovine claws sole soft tissues associated with claw horn disruption lesions, body condition score and locomotion score in Holstein dairy cows
Get PDFAppropriate 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
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