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Cingulata Illiger 1811
No full textOrder Cingulata Illiger, 1811 Superfamily Chlamyphoroidea (Bonaparte, 1850)Published as part of Moura, Jorge Felipe, Góis, Flávio, Galliari, Fernando Carlos & Fernandes, Marcelo Adorna, 2019, A new and most complete pampathere (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) from the Quaternary of Bahia, Brazil, pp. 401-444 in Zootaxa 4661 (3) on page 405, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4661.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/346057
Holmesina Simpson. They 1930
No full textGenus Holmesina Simpson, 1930 Type species. H. septentrionalis (Leidy) SimpsonPublished as part of Moura, Jorge Felipe, Góis, Flávio, Galliari, Fernando Carlos & Fernandes, Marcelo Adorna, 2019, A new and most complete pampathere (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) from the Quaternary of Bahia, Brazil, pp. 401-444 in Zootaxa 4661 (3) on page 405, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4661.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/346057
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
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
Análise do processo de seleção de projetos seis sigma em empresas de manufatura no Brasil
Full text linkSix Sigma has been considered one of the most important problem solving quality
improvement methodologies to reduce structural problems, among the techniques used around
the world for all companies that want to have competitive advantage on their business. Six
Sigma efficacy has acquired a considerable credibility due to great savings reported by
recognized companies obtained after the development of improvement projects driven by this
methodology. This research presets an analysis of Six Sigma projects selection process in two
manufacturing companies in Brazil that uses this methodology since 2001. It was conducted
referring the drives reported on Six Sigma literature on this theme. From this research it was
possible to conclude the existing of considerable gaps and fragilities on the Six Sigma project
selection process in both companies studied, where most of projects are selected without any
evaluation of the potential results to the company or if there are enough resources to develop
the identified project. Another point was that in both companies the obtained benefits are not
according with the expected, converging with Six Sigma literature that predicts it form
organizations that don’t have an adequate project selection process.O Seis Sigma tem sido considerado uma das principais metodologias de melhoria da
qualidade para solução de problemas estruturais, dentre as ferramentas utilizadas nos últimos
anos por empresas do mundo todo que têm o interesse de garantir vantagem competitiva em
seus negócios. Sua eficácia tem adquirido grande credibilidade, uma vez que diversas
organizações do grande porte têm relatado ganhos consideráveis proporcionados pelo
desenvolvimento de projetos de melhoria norteados pela metodologia. Neste trabalho,
apresenta-se uma análise de duas empresas de manufatura no Brasil, quanto aos seus
processos de seleção de projetos Seis Sigma. Tais empresas fazem uso da ferramenta desde
2001, e ficam situadas no estado de São Paulo. Esta avaliação foi feita tomando-se como
referência as diretivas à seleção de tais projetos, apontadas na literatura sobre Seis Sigma.
Como resultado, foi possível constatar divergências entre estas diretivas e as práticas nas
empresas analisadas. Observou-se que na maioria dos casos, a seleção dos problemas a serem
tratados com a metodologia é feita sem nenhuma avaliação do impacto dos resultados
potenciais ao negócio, ou mesmo da existência de recursos suficientes para se desenvolver o
trabalho. Foi possível observar também que, além de não haver uma estrutura adequada de
seleção de projetos de melhoria, os resultados obtidos com o Seis Sigma estão aquém das
expectativas
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
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