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Continuities of Thinking, Austrification and Critique of Modernization. Adolf Helbok and Folklore Studies in Austria after 1945
No full textUsing the example of folklorist and historian Adolf Helbok (1883–1968), a leading representative of racial-biological folklore research during National Socialism, this article shows how he and his work fit into Austrian folklore studies after 1945. It illustrates the persistence of epistemological perspectives and the simultaneous conceptual adaptations that were made, for instance, by orienting his “genius research” towards a new national ideology of Austria and, thereby, making these stocks of knowledge available. Despite his distance from the University of Innsbruck, Helbok was also part of a folklorist Austrian milieu which gathered primarily in the work for the Austrian Folklore Atlas. Until the 1960s, folklore studies in Austria was, thus, characterized in many ways by continuities of ethnic thinking which manifested in ‘Austrified’ knowledge formats and associated with a conservative, culturally pessimistic critique of modernization
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
No full text“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
No full textWe 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
Journal for European Ethnology and Cultural Analysis / Continuities of Thinking, Austrification and Critique of Modernization : Adolf Helbok and Folklore Studies in Austria after 1945
No full textUsing the example of folklorist and historian Adolf Helbok (1883-1968), a leading representative of racial-biological folklore research during National Socialism, this article shows how he and his work fit into Austrian folklore studies after 1945. It illustrates the persistence of epistemological perspectives and the simultaneous conceptual adaptations that were made, for instance, by orienting his “genius research” towards a new national ideology of Austria and, thereby, making these stocks of knowledge available. Despite his distance from the University of Innsbruck, Helbok was also part of a folklorist Austrian milieu which gathered primarily in the work for the Austrian Folklore Atlas. Until the 1960s, folklore studies in Austria was, thus, characterized in many ways by continuities of ethnic thinking which manifested in ‘Austrified’ knowledge formats and associated with a conservative, culturally pessimistic critique of modernization.Version of recor
Journal for European Ethnology and Cultural Analysis / Continuities of Thinking, Austrification and Critique of Modernization : Adolf Helbok and Folklore Studies in Austria after 1945
No full textUsing the example of folklorist and historian Adolf Helbok (1883-1968), a leading representative of racial-biological folklore research during National Socialism, this article shows how he and his work fit into Austrian folklore studies after 1945. It illustrates the persistence of epistemological perspectives and the simultaneous conceptual adaptations that were made, for instance, by orienting his “genius research” towards a new national ideology of Austria and, thereby, making these stocks of knowledge available. Despite his distance from the University of Innsbruck, Helbok was also part of a folklorist Austrian milieu which gathered primarily in the work for the Austrian Folklore Atlas. Until the 1960s, folklore studies in Austria was, thus, characterized in many ways by continuities of ethnic thinking which manifested in ‘Austrified’ knowledge formats and associated with a conservative, culturally pessimistic critique of modernization.Version of recor
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe 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
Author, publisher and bookseller : a tripartite synergy in Nigerian book industry
No full textThis work is about the roles of Author, Publisher and Bookseller in Book development in
Nigeria. The paper started by delving into the history of Book Publishing in Nigeria after
which it proceeded by defining who an author, a publisher, and a bookseller is and
expatiated on the indispensable roles of these key actors in Nigerian Book Industry and in
the emerging Information Society. Furthermore, the various constraints to book
development were identified while the paper advised on how the Book Industry can be
further promoted in Nigeria. However, the paper concluded and made recommendations
on how the Book sector can help in enhancing scholarship in the country
The Thursday Murder Club: Launching a megabrand author - a publishing case study
No full textIn 2020, the Christmas book charts in the UK made headlines: Barack Obama’s eagerly awaited autobiography, The Promised Land, was beaten to the top spot by The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, a debut cosy crime novel set in a retirement village. Not only did Osman’s book beat the former US president’s expected bestseller, it also broke records, becoming the fastest-selling debut crime novel of all time. Although Osman has a certain level of fame in the UK from his TV appearances on shows such as Pointless, his celebrity status does not entirely explain the novel’s huge sales. This article tracks the acquisition, publication, and promotion journey of The Thursday Murder Club in order to understand the industry and cultural context of its success and to interrogate the role of celebrity in the creation of author brands. The findings suggest that the unexpected scale of the success of the book owed to a number of factors, including in-depth editing by the novel’s agent, editor, and author to tighten up the plot, an extensive and strategic promotional campaign, the pandemic (which drove interest in the book’s genre and themes), and the quality of the writing. We find that the book’s success was accentuated by Osman’s celebrity status rather than being entirely reliant on it. This research adds to the growing scholarship on celebrity authorship by means of an in-depth case study and provides insight into the processes behind publishing a ‘celebrity’ book and launching a megabrand author
Comparison of biological stability and metabolism of CCK2 receptor targeting peptides, a collaborative project under COST BM0607.
No full textItem does not contain fulltextPURPOSE: Stability of radiolabelled cholecystokinin 2 (CCK2) receptor targeting peptides has been a major limitation in the use of such radiopharmaceuticals especially for targeted radionuclide therapy applications, e.g. for treatment of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). The purpose of this study was to compare the in vitro stability of a series of peptides binding to the CCK2 receptor [selected as part of the COST Action on Targeted Radionuclide Therapy (BM0607)] and to identify major cleavage sites. METHODS: Twelve different 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-N,N',N'',N'''-tetraacetic acid (DOTA)-minigastrin/CCK conjugates were provided within an European COST Action (BM0607) by different laboratories and radiolabelled with (177)Lu. Their in vitro stabilities were tested in fresh human serum. Radiochemical yields (RCY) and intact radioligands for half-life calculations were determined by radio-HPLC. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) analysis of metabolites was performed to identify cleavage products using conjugates labelled with excess stable (nat)Lu, incubated in serum at 37 degrees C. Urine metabolite analysis after injection in normal mice was performed by radio-HPLC analysis. RESULTS: Variable stability in human serum was found for the different peptides with calculated half-lives between 4.5 +/- 0.1 h and 198 +/- 0.1 h (n = 2). In urine of normal mice only metabolised peptide fragments were detected even at short times after injection for all peptides. MALDI-TOF MS revealed a major cleavage site of all minigastrin derivatives between Asp and Phe-NH(2) at the C-terminal end. CONCLUSION: Development of CCK2 receptor ligands especially for therapeutic purposes in patients with MTC or small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is still ongoing in different laboratories. This comparative study provided valuable insight into the importance of biological stability especially in the context of other results of this comparative trial within the COST Action BM0607.01 augustus 201
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