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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
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
Novel direct UV written devices
No full textThis thesis reports a series of developments based on UV writing of novel waveguide structures. The first section is an investigation into the production of Direct UV-written channel waveguides on the perimeter of a cylindrical substrate. Cylindrical waveguides were produced using variants of the Modified Chemical Vapour Deposition (MCVD) and Flame Hydrolysis Deposition for the fabrication of thin films on either surface of the cylinder. Three layer, buried waveguide structures were produced using three techniques, and channel waveguides Directly UV-written into one of the samples. The second section concerns the simultaneous definition of channel waveguides and Bragg grating structures in planar substrates. This new process used two overlapped, tightly focused UV laser beams to generate a ~3µm writing spot with an interference pattern within the intensity profile. Translation of the writing spot with the power set to a continuous value averages out the effect of the interference pattern, defining channel waveguides. Modulation of the intensity of the writing spot in the fabrication process results in the definition of channel waveguides and Bragg gratings at the same time. The structure of the grating is defined by the precise motion and modulation of the writing spot, a function controlled by a computer and is not an absolute function of the interference pattern. Using this Direct Grating Writing technique, grating and channel structures were written into blank photosensitive 3-layer silica-on-silicon samples producing gratings with peak reflection intensities between 0dB and >30dB. Bragg gratings with peak centre wavelength reflections spanning 488nm were written in a single fabrication run, all with equalised grating strengths. Direct Grating Writing was also used to produce a range of 2-dimensional planar structures including y-splitters and directional couplers. The gratings produced using this new technique were used to investigate sample photosensitivity and waveguide dispersion. Other results include; superimposed gratings, the superposition of a grating onto an etched structure and a Bragg grating based sensor
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
Comparison of teachers' and expert judgement's perceptions of the Integrated Thematic Instruction (ITI/HET) Affordances of Highlands Elementary school grounds
Full text linkUniversity of Minnesota M.S. thesis. November 2014. Major: Landscape Architecture. Advisor: David G. Pitt. 1 computer file (PDF); ix, 186 pages, appendices p. 145-186 pages.Highlands Elementary school grounds were originally constructed for play. Use of settings for teaching using Highlands Integrated Thematic Instruction (ITI) approach varied; some teachers were unaware of teaching opportunities that the settings "afforded." The author hypothesized that by comparing teachers' affordance perceptions with the author's "expert judgment" perceptions, opportunities could be identified to improve the "fit" of teachers' and expert judgments' perceptions in ways that would enhance suitability for teaching.Three settings were rated by teachers and expert judgment. Data was interpreted at and across settings regarding Science, Health, Social Studies, Student Inquiry, and teaching using Students' Senses ITI affordances. Relatively similar patterns were found in Science, Student Inquiry, and teaching using Students' Senses affordances. Health and Social Studies affordances were perceived differently. Differences helped interpret and infer potential opportunities to alter teaching activities and intervene in setting design to enhance suitability for teaching, and in suggestions for professional development.Pates, Gregory Daniel. (2014). Comparison of teachers' and expert judgement's perceptions of the Integrated Thematic Instruction (ITI/HET) Affordances of Highlands Elementary school grounds. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/170002
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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