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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
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
Faktor-faktor kemerosotan penggunaan kain limar di kalangan masyarakat Melayu / Haslina Hashim
Full text linkKajian ini dijalankan bagi mengenal pasti apakah faktor sebenar kemerosotan penggunaan kain limar di kalangan masyarakat Melayu di samping ingin mengetahui bagaimanakah langkah-langkah yang berkesan untuk mengembalikan kegemilangan hasil tenunan tradisi Melayu yang sangat indah dan unik yang menjadi kebanggaan sesetengah golongan bukan sahaja di kalangan golongan bangsawan tetapi juga rakyat biasa suatu ketika dahulu.
Kajian ini tertumpu di sekitar negeri Terengganu dan Kelantan yang terkenal dengan hasil tekstil tempatan khususnya kain-kain tenunan seperti kain limar.
Penulisan tesis ini merangkumi aspek penggunaan kain limar di kalangan masyarakat Melayu di mana jika dilihat dan diteliti, suatu ketika dahulu kain tenunan ini merupakan sebahagian daripada pakaian bagi menghadiri majlis kenduri dan juga sebagai pakaian harian masyarakat Melayu samada golongan bangsawan mahupun rakyat biasa. Tetapi kini perbezaannya jelas amat ketara di mana kain-kain tenunan ini hanya digunakan sebagai perhiasan dalaman semata-mata bagi menggambarkan keangguhan dan kekayaan si pemiliknya. Selain itu, kain tenunan ini juga dipercayai mempunyai kekuatan tertentu sehingga ia dijadikan sebagai pelaris jualan.
Dapatan kajian menunjukkan terdapat beberapa faktor penyebab mengapa berlakunya kemerosotan perusahaan ini iaitu pihak-pihak pengusaha sudah tidak berminat lagi untuk menghasilkan kembali kain tenunan ini kerana faktor-faktor seperti tidak ada pasaran, masa yang diambil terlalu lama untuk menyiapkan sehelai kain yang bermutu serta tenaga pakerja yang betul-betul mahir dan berminat untuk menenun kain tenunan tempatan tradisi ini. Kajian juga mendapati bahawa sudah tidak ada lagi generasi kini yang berminat untuk mewarisi
A preliminary study on the human body aura for smoker and non smoker using resonant field imaging (RFI) / Haslina Hashim
Full text linkThis paper present a preliminary study on the human body aura condition for smoker and non smoker using Resonant Field Imaging (RFI) system. This research involves 30 samples which 15 samples are smoker and the rest are non smoker. During this research, six point of the human body's frequency mainly focus on chakra area was recorded using RFI. The data was analyzed using aura interpretation for Human Body software by converting the frequency into color, Energy field Score and categorized the frequency. The results demonstrate that 33% of non smoker are in excellent group whereby none of smoker falls into this group. This finding indicate that non smoker have higher energy field score as compared to smoker. Consequently, non smoker in particular are generally healthier than smoker
Linking the past to the present: housing history and the sense of home in temporary public rental housing in Sarawak
Full text link© 2017 Dr. Haslina HashimThe current literature on sense of home argues that security in housing tenure is necessary for people to feel ‘at home’ in their dwelling. In particular, the idea about housing security is framed using the notion of tenure longevity and this definition has been consistently reproduced or implied in recent studies investigating how people experience sense of home. While most studies in this scholarly space are taken from English-speaking, middle-class and high-income contexts, how low income households experience sense of home, particularly in developing countries where housing assistance is scarce, is still under-researched. Similarly, there is limited investigation of how the home is understood in housing situations where tenure longevity is uncertain.
This thesis contributes another view to this scholarly space, using the Sarawak context where public housing is intended solely for transitional purposes. The policy specifies six years of maximum tenancy, after which tenants are expected to exit public housing. This policy is not enforced and tenants may stay on after the maximum period. Such ambiguity in the public housing tenure affects tenants’ sense of home. Given this context, my thesis critically examines how current tenants of the Sarawak public housing experience a sense of home. I use the case study methodology to capture tenants’ lived experiences of home in their former housing and public housing, by employing in-depth interviews, observations and survey as data collection methods.
Despite the insecure tenure, most tenants regard public housing as their home. The findings demonstrate a strong association between housing history and a sense of home in public housing. The ways in which current tenants experience a sense of homeliness or unhomeliness in the facility are specifically shaped by their lived experiences of home in their former housing. This thesis highlights the significance of trade-offs that vulnerable households have to make in their housing decisions, in order to make a home in public housing. In addition, the critical examination of home in the context of this thesis has offered alternative ways to examine important concepts in the housing literature such as housing security and trade-offs in housing decision making
Air pollutants from bauxite mining activity at Bukit Goh, Pahang
Full text linkAir pollution is a major environmental risk to human health. Bauxite mining activity is not known to most Malaysian except recently due to environmental pollution issues in Kuantan, Pahang. These studies focus on the air pollutants from the bauxite mining activity at Bukit Goh, Pahang. Uncontrolled bauxite mining activity is a phenomenon that causes deterioration of air quality at Bukit Goh. Aluminium (Al), iron (Fe), silicon (Si), titanium (Ti), ozone (O3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and total suspended particulate (TSP) are the seven pollutants that were measured in this study. The concentration of air pollutants was measured at four air monitoring stations i.e. station 1, 2, 3, and 4. The air monitoring stations located based on the difference coordinates. From the study, the content of Al, Fe, Si, Ti, and TSP were determined by using the MiniVol Portable Air Sampler. Al, Fe, Si, and Ti were determined by the analysis of the TSP trapped on the filter paper. The readings were recorded for 24 hours. O3and NO2 were measured using Toxic Gas TG-501. The readings were recorded for 1 hour. The samples collected were analysed using the Gaussian Plume Dispersion Model (GPDM) to estimate the concentration of a pollutant. While Surfer 8 Software was used to determine the air pollution distribution. The data of wind speeds were obtained from the Jabatan Meteorologi Pahang. The result of air pollutants was compared using the mean speed of 1.8 m/s and maximum speed of 2.7 m/s. It was found that the maximum concentrations of air pollutants exist at the mean speed of 1.8 m/s. From the results analysis, the concentrations of O3, NO2, TSP, Al, Si, and Ti are 82.250µg/m³, 263.784µg/m³, 306.330µg/m³, 27.496µg/m³, 110.449µg/m³, and 0.5080µg/m³ respectively. But Fe is not found in this study. TSP shows a high value of concentration because it is higher than the value in the Recommended Malaysian Air Quality Guidelines. According to the Recommended Malaysian Air Quality Guidelines, the maximum concentration of TSP is 260µg/m³. This shows that the environment in Bukit Goh is polluted. In this study, the concentrations and distributions of air pollutants are influenced by meteorological factors
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