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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
Exploring contexts for participation in daily and physical activities among adolescents with and without disabilities
No full textParticipation, encompassing both attendance and involvement in daily and physical activities, is vital for the development and health of children and adolescents. Combinations of activities, places, people, objects, and time create contexts for participation. Participation varies with disabilities, socioeconomic status, gender, and age, factors which individually or collectively interact with these contexts. While assessments of participation commonly focus on activities, it is necessary to understand the contexts to promote participation. It remains unclear which contexts for daily activities are assessed by the Swedish participation instrument FUNDES-Child-SE, and how participation in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) contexts is distributed and shaped among adolescents. Therefore, this thesis aims to explore contexts for participation in daily activities, and the patterns and conditions for adolescents’ participation in MVPA contexts. Two studies were conducted and presented in four articles. In Study I, data from 163 caregivers of 6-18-year-olds with disabilities were analyzed. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and coefficient alpha, were used to assess the structural validity of the FUNDES-Child-SE and identify contexts for participation in daily activities. In Study II, data from 3494 adolescents were analyzed through cluster analysis and coincidence analysis to explore patterns of and conditions for participation in MVPA contexts of sports and physical exercise. Study I found that FUNDES-Child-SE assesses participation in both informal (activities within and outside the home) and formal contexts (activities at school and in society). In Study II, two clusters characterized by participation in sports were associated with having a disability. Among older adolescents, most of the identified clusters were associated with sex, with female sex being linked to half of the non-participation clusters in MVPA. The conditions for the non-participation cluster in physical exercise differed for girls and boys. While socioeconomic status was a key condition for girls, boys had several interrelated conditions for belonging to this cluster. The discussion focuses on access to contexts through accommodation and affordability. To facilitate participation in formal contexts such as sports, adolescents with disabilities may need accommodations including aids, organizational adaptations, and peer support. Organizational adaptations and peer support may also accommodate girls’ participation. The influence of socioeconomic status on girls’ participation in MVPA may be due to gender stereotypes affecting affordability. Researching contexts for organized activities is complex, as these activities may be inseparable from other contextual factors such as people or places. In conclusion, this thesis emphasizes the importance of considering contexts broadly to promote adolescents' participation in daily and physical activities. Facilitating access and participation involves more than simply focusing on the activities. Future research should employ interdisciplinary multi-method designs to further investigate the participation construct, to examine the sports and physical exercise contexts for MVPA more deeply, and to investigate the acceptability of MVPA contexts, specifically for adolescents with disabilities and for girls
Exploring contexts for participation in daily and physical activities among adolescents with and without disabilities
No full textParticipation, encompassing both attendance and involvement in daily and physical activities, is vital for the development and health of children and adolescents. Combinations of activities, places, people, objects, and time create contexts for participation. Participation varies with disabilities, socioeconomic status, gender, and age, factors which individually or collectively interact with these contexts. While assessments of participation commonly focus on activities, it is necessary to understand the contexts to promote participation. It remains unclear which contexts for daily activities are assessed by the Swedish participation instrument FUNDES-Child-SE, and how participation in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) contexts is distributed and shaped among adolescents. Therefore, this thesis aims to explore contexts for participation in daily activities, and the patterns and conditions for adolescents’ participation in MVPA contexts. Two studies were conducted and presented in four articles. In Study I, data from 163 caregivers of 6-18-year-olds with disabilities were analyzed. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and coefficient alpha, were used to assess the structural validity of the FUNDES-Child-SE and identify contexts for participation in daily activities. In Study II, data from 3494 adolescents were analyzed through cluster analysis and coincidence analysis to explore patterns of and conditions for participation in MVPA contexts of sports and physical exercise. Study I found that FUNDES-Child-SE assesses participation in both informal (activities within and outside the home) and formal contexts (activities at school and in society). In Study II, two clusters characterized by participation in sports were associated with having a disability. Among older adolescents, most of the identified clusters were associated with sex, with female sex being linked to half of the non-participation clusters in MVPA. The conditions for the non-participation cluster in physical exercise differed for girls and boys. While socioeconomic status was a key condition for girls, boys had several interrelated conditions for belonging to this cluster. The discussion focuses on access to contexts through accommodation and affordability. To facilitate participation in formal contexts such as sports, adolescents with disabilities may need accommodations including aids, organizational adaptations, and peer support. Organizational adaptations and peer support may also accommodate girls’ participation. The influence of socioeconomic status on girls’ participation in MVPA may be due to gender stereotypes affecting affordability. Researching contexts for organized activities is complex, as these activities may be inseparable from other contextual factors such as people or places. In conclusion, this thesis emphasizes the importance of considering contexts broadly to promote adolescents' participation in daily and physical activities. Facilitating access and participation involves more than simply focusing on the activities. Future research should employ interdisciplinary multi-method designs to further investigate the participation construct, to examine the sports and physical exercise contexts for MVPA more deeply, and to investigate the acceptability of MVPA contexts, specifically for adolescents with disabilities and for girls
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
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
Exploring contexts for participation in daily and physical activities among adolescents with and without disabilities
No full textParticipation, encompassing both attendance and involvement in daily and physical activities, is vital for the development and health of children and adolescents. Combinations of activities, places, people, objects, and time create contexts for participation. Participation varies with disabilities, socioeconomic status, gender, and age, factors which individually or collectively interact with these contexts. While assessments of participation commonly focus on activities, it is necessary to understand the contexts to promote participation. It remains unclear which contexts for daily activities are assessed by the Swedish participation instrument FUNDES-Child-SE, and how participation in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) contexts is distributed and shaped among adolescents. Therefore, this thesis aims to explore contexts for participation in daily activities, and the patterns and conditions for adolescents’ participation in MVPA contexts. Two studies were conducted and presented in four articles. In Study I, data from 163 caregivers of 6-18-year-olds with disabilities were analyzed. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and coefficient alpha, were used to assess the structural validity of the FUNDES-Child-SE and identify contexts for participation in daily activities. In Study II, data from 3494 adolescents were analyzed through cluster analysis and coincidence analysis to explore patterns of and conditions for participation in MVPA contexts of sports and physical exercise. Study I found that FUNDES-Child-SE assesses participation in both informal (activities within and outside the home) and formal contexts (activities at school and in society). In Study II, two clusters characterized by participation in sports were associated with having a disability. Among older adolescents, most of the identified clusters were associated with sex, with female sex being linked to half of the non-participation clusters in MVPA. The conditions for the non-participation cluster in physical exercise differed for girls and boys. While socioeconomic status was a key condition for girls, boys had several interrelated conditions for belonging to this cluster. The discussion focuses on access to contexts through accommodation and affordability. To facilitate participation in formal contexts such as sports, adolescents with disabilities may need accommodations including aids, organizational adaptations, and peer support. Organizational adaptations and peer support may also accommodate girls’ participation. The influence of socioeconomic status on girls’ participation in MVPA may be due to gender stereotypes affecting affordability. Researching contexts for organized activities is complex, as these activities may be inseparable from other contextual factors such as people or places. In conclusion, this thesis emphasizes the importance of considering contexts broadly to promote adolescents' participation in daily and physical activities. Facilitating access and participation involves more than simply focusing on the activities. Future research should employ interdisciplinary multi-method designs to further investigate the participation construct, to examine the sports and physical exercise contexts for MVPA more deeply, and to investigate the acceptability of MVPA contexts, specifically for adolescents with disabilities and for girls
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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