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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
The Demography of Dynastic: An Agent-Based Framwork for Wealth Transmission Across Generations
No full textQuesta tesi indaga i meccanismi alla base della persistenza intergenerazionale della disuguaglianza economica attraverso più generazioni. Gli studi esistenti hanno identificato i principali canali di trasmissione, ma questi approcci si basano spesso su agenti rappresentativi e dinamiche lineari, che presentano limiti nel cogliere la natura complessa, eterogenea e interattiva della trasmissione intergenerazionale della ricchezza.
Per colmare questa lacuna, la tesi si basa su studi precedenti per sviluppare e calibrare un innovativo modello ad Agenti con Generazioni Sovrapposte (Agent-Based Overlapping Generations - AB-OLG), che integra l'Economia Computazionale ad Agenti (Agent-Based Computational Economics - ACE) e la Demografia (ABCD). Questa struttura incorpora una prospettiva dinastica che combina trasferimenti diretti di ricchezza e investimenti indiretti in capitale umano all'interno di un quadro demografico realistico. Il modello funge da laboratorio computazionale per esaminare l'emergenza dal basso verso l'alto (bottom-up) dei modelli di disuguaglianza a livello sistemico, a partire dalle interazioni a micro-livello di agenti eterogenei, che prendono decisioni riguardanti fertilità, istruzione, risparmio ed eredità attraverso molteplici generazioni.
Il modello viene quindi utilizzato per esaminare l'impatto a lungo termine delle politiche di tassazione delle eredità e di redistribuzione sulla disuguaglianza della ricchezza. I risultati suggeriscono che, sebbene le eredità possano comprimere temporaneamente la disuguaglianza, la esacerbano nel lungo periodo a causa dei differenziali comportamenti di risparmio e investimento tra i diversi strati di ricchezza. La tesi conclude che il modello AB-OLG offre un potente strumento complementare per esaminare i meccanismi della persistenza dinastica e per progettare politiche efficaci volte a interrompere i cicli di svantaggio osservati nelle società capitalistiche moderne.This dissertation investigates the mechanism driving the intergenerational persistence in economic
inequality across multiple generations. Existing studies have identified key transmission channels,
and these approaches often rely on representative agents and linear dynamics, which have limitations
in capturing the complex, heterogeneous, and interactive nature of intergenerational wealth
transmission.
To address this gap, this dissertation build from earlier studies to develop and calibrate a novel
Agent-Based Overlapping Generations (AB-OLG) model, which integrates Agent-Based Computational
Economics (ACE) and Demography (ABCD). This framework incorporates a dynastic
perspective that integrates both direct wealth transfers and indirect human capital investments
within a realistic demographic framework, which serves as a computational laboratory to examine
the bottom-up emergence of system-level inequality patterns from the micro-level interactions of
heterogeneous agents, who make decisions regarding fertility, education, savings, and inheritance
across multiple generations.
The model is then used to examine the long-termimpact of inheritance taxation and redistribution
policies on wealth inequality. Findings suggest that while inheritances may temporarily compress
inequality, they exacerbate it in the long run due to differential savings and investment behaviours
across wealth strata. The thesis concludes that the AB-OLG framework offers a powerful complementary
tool in examining the mechanisms of dynastic persistence and for designing effective
policies to disrupt cycles of disadvantage observed in modern capitalist societies
Ismaila monstrosa bergh (Copepoda:Splanchnotrophidae) found parasitizing in Ercolania funerea (Costa) (Gastropoda: Ascoglossa)
No full textThe parasitic copepod Ismaila monstrosa Bergh is recorded from the ascoglossan opisthobranch Ercolania funerea (Costa). One specimen of E.funerea from St. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands, contained one egg-bearing female and one male copepod. This is the first record from the type locality since the original description of I. monstrosa, and the first certain record of an identifiable endoparasitic copepod from an ascoglossan. All records of endoparasitic copepods from shell-less opisthobranchs are listed. Some systematic problems of the family Splanchnotrophidae are discussed. Keys to generic identification of females and males of the four genera of copepods occurring as endoparasites of shell-less opisthobranchs are presented.</p
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
COPD Exacerbations, Costs, and Health Care Resource Utilization Before and After Initiation of Fluticasone Furoate/Umeclidinium/Vilanterol in Routine Care in the USA
No full textNicola A Hanania,1 Scott H Bunner,2 Lindsay GS Bengtson,2 Afisi S Ismaila,3,4 Michael Bogart5 1Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; 2Optum, Eden Prairie, MN, USA; 3Value Evidence and Outcomes, GSK, Collegeville, PA, USA; 4Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; 5US Value Evidence & Outcomes, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC, USACorrespondence: Afisi S Ismaila, Value Evidence and Outcomes, GSK, 1250 S. Collegeville Road, Collegeville, PA, 19426-0989, USA, Tel +1 919-3158229, Email [email protected]: To examine the impact of initiating fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol (FF/UMEC/VI) in a single device on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations, COPD exacerbation-related costs, and all-cause and COPD-related healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) and costs in patients with COPD.Methods: Retrospective database analysis of patients with COPD aged ≥ 40 years who initiated FF/UMEC/VI between September 1, 2017, and December 31, 2018 (index date: first pharmacy claim for FF/UMEC/VI), following evidence of multiple-inhaler triple therapy (MITT) (≥ 30 consecutive days) in the year prior to index. COPD exacerbations, COPD exacerbation-related costs, and all-cause and COPD-related HCRU and costs were compared between the baseline period (12 months prior to and including index) and follow-up period (12 months following index).Results: Data from 912 patients (mean [SD] age: 71.2 [8.1], 51.2% female) were included in the analyses. Among the overall cohort, mean count of total COPD exacerbations (moderate or severe) per patient was statistically significantly lower in the follow-up period compared to baseline (1.2 vs 1.4, p=0.001). The proportion of patients with ≥ 1 COPD exacerbation (moderate or severe) was also statistically significantly lower in the follow-up period compared to baseline (56.4% vs 62.4%, p=0.001). All-cause and COPD-related HCRU were similar during follow-up compared to baseline, although the proportion of patients with COPD-related ambulatory visits was lower during follow-up (p< 0.001). COPD-related office visit costs, emergency room visit costs, and pharmacy costs were statistically significantly lower during follow-up compared to baseline (p< 0.001; p=0.019; p< 0.001, respectively).Conclusion: In a real-world setting, patients on MITT who subsequently initiated FF/UMEC/VI in a single device had significant reductions in the rate of COPD exacerbations (moderate or severe). Switching to FF/UMEC/VI also resulted in improvements in some HCRU and cost outcomes. These data support the use of FF/UMEC/VI among patients at high risk of exacerbation to reduce future risk and improve outcomes.Keywords: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, exacerbations, healthcare utilization, multiple-inhaler triple therapy, FF/UMEC/VI, single-inhaler triple therap
The construction of Karen Karnak: The multi-author-function
No full textThis thesis is situated within the comparatively recent developments of Web 2.0 and the emergence of interactive WikiMedia, and explores the mode of authorship within a Read/Write culture compared to that of a Read/Only tradition. The hypothesis of this study is that the role of the audience has become merged with the author, and as such, represents new functions and attributes, distinct from a more conventional concept of authorship, in which the roles of audience and author are more separate. Read/Write and participatory culture, as defined by this study, is focused on collaboration, and includes the influences of D.I.Y. culture, Open-Source practices and the production of text by multiple authors. Multi-authorship presents a re-thinking of several concepts which support the notion of the individual author, since the focus of multi-authorship is not on attribution and ownership of a finished text, but on the continued malleability of a text. Modes of multi-authorship, demonstrated in the use of the pseudonyms Alan Smithee and Karen Eliot, represent declarative authors whose names signify multiple origins, whilst concurrently indicating a distinct body of work. The function of these names form an important context to this study, since primary research involves the construction of an experimental mode of multi-authorship utilising WikiMedia technology and the interaction of thirty nine participants, who are invited to create a body of work under the collective pseudonym Karen Karnak. The data generated by this experiment is analysed using aspects of Michel Foucault's author-function to identify and determine power structures inherent in the WikiMedia context. The interplay of power structures, including concepts such as identity, ownership and the body of work, affect the resulting mode of authorship and contribute to the construction of Karen Karnak, suggesting further areas of research into the emerging multi-author
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
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 Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
The vanishing author in computer-generated works: a critical analysis of recent Australian case law
No full textAbstract
The use of software is ubiquitous in the creation of many copyright works, yet the requirement in copyright law that every work have a human author who engages in independent intellectual effort means that its use may prevent copyright subsistence. Several recent Australian cases have refocused attention on authorship as an essential criterion of copyright subsistence, and these cases suggest that much computer-produced output may be authorless and thus lack copyright protection. This article, the first in a two-part series, analyses how each case deals with the question of authorship of computer-produced works and why the use of software diminishes copyright protection for a significant number of computer-generated works. The article critiques the application of conventional notions of human authorship developed in the pre-computer age to modern productions and suggests alternative approaches to authorship that satisfy both the major objectives of copyright policy and the need to adapt to the computer age. The article argues that, without a broader judicial approach to authorship of computer-generated works, Parliament must remedy the lacuna in protection for these ‘authorless’ works. Possible solutions for reform are suggested. In a forthcoming article, the author comprehensively examines those reform proposals
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