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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
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
EXTENSION MEDIA CONTACT BY THE URBAN PEOPLE IN RECEIVING GARDENING INFORMATION
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Submitted to Department of Entomology,
Faculty of Agriculture.
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University,
Dhaka-
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
MASTERS OF SCIENCE (MS)
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION & INFORMATION SYSTEMThis study aimed to determine the extension media contact of the rooftop/balcony
gardeners for receiving gardening information and explore the relationship of the
selected characteristics of the gardeners with their extension media contact. Data were
collected from 108 rooftop/balcony gardeners of two wards (40 & 41) of Sher-e-Bangla
Nagar Thana under Dhaka North City Corporation during the period from January 10,
2023, to February 10, 2023. Descriptive statistics, including mean, standard deviation,
range, and percentage were used for data analysis. Person’s Product Moment correlation
analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between gardeners' characteristics
and their extension media contact for receiving gardening information. The findings
revealed that the majority 58.4% of the rooftop/balcony gardeners had medium
extension media contact for receiving gardening information, while 29.6% had low, and
12% had high extension media contact for receiving gardening information. According
to descending order of the Standardized Media Contact Index (SMCI), 'YouTube'
ranked 1
st
followed by 'Facebook', 'Television', 'Internet', 'Nursery Owners',
'Friends/Relatives/ Neighbors', 'Agriculture/Tree Fair', 'Newspaper', 'Leaflet/Booklet/
Magazine', 'Agricultural Extension Agents', 'Agricultural Researchers/Academicians',
and 'Radio.' Correlation results revealed that family size, crop diversification, gardening
experience, time spend in gardening, and knowledge on gardening of the gardeners had
significant positive relationship with their extension media contact for receiving
gardening information. Above half (50.93%) of the gardeners faced medium problems
in rooftop/balcony gardening, compared to 37.96% of gardeners faced low problems in
rooftop/balcony gardening, while 11.11% faced severe problems in rooftop/balcony
gardening. Based on the Standardized Problem Faced Index (SPFI), 'lack of space'
ranked 1st, followed by 'lack of seed/seedling', 'lack of good quality fertile soil', 'high
input cost', 'lack of labor', 'lower yield', 'higher insect attack', 'lack of proper knowledge
of rooftop/balcony gardening', 'higher disease attack', 'higher mortality rate', 'lack of
organic fertilizers', 'lack of pesticides', and 'lack of irrigation facilities'. The study
recommends that relevant organizations such as the Department of Agricultural
Extension (DAE), Horticultural Center, Metropolitan Agriculture Office, and relevant
NGOs should increase their contact with the urban gardeners to increase their extension
media contact for receiving gardening information
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
Health Care Service for International Students in Turku
Get PDFThis study looked at the problems that international students have getting medical care in Turku, Finland, especially when they try to make appointments. Language barriers, regional differences, and complicated procedures make it harder for people to get care quickly. Service design techniques, such as Customer Journey Mapping, were used to identify these problems and find solutions.
By utilizing service design tools like Customer Journey Mapping, this study visualized the entire service experience for the students. Key findings showed that to improve the user experience and cut down on wait times, there needs to be help in more than one language, easier booking processes, and platforms that are driven by technology. Workshops and qualitative research showed that the current method is not fully inclusive or efficient enough.
This study also provided guidance to students on how to navigate the healthcare system of Turku, Finland
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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