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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
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
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
Are there any possibilities of establishments of home for elderly in the Czech Republic in the year 2012?
No full textThe objective of this thesis is to point out the possibilities of establishing home for elderly private investors. In the theoretical part of the thesis, the theoretical embedding of the pensioner's care is outlined under the terms of social policy and social services. The legal embedding and the financing of the home for elderly is also delineated. In the practical part of the thesis, the pensioners'stance to the use of home for elderly in the Pelhřimov district is investigated
Social services and their availability in South Bohemian region, case study of home for elderly in Bechyně
No full textCílem diplomové práce je zmapovat pobytové sociální služby pro seniory v Jihočeském kraji a zhodnotit jejich dostupnost. Pozornost je věnována domovům pro seniory, které nabízejí komplexní sociální služby pro seniory. V teoretické části jsou vymezeny základní pojmy a východiska péče o seniory v rámci sociálního zabezpečení. Dále je zmapováno financování českých domovů pro seniory a porovnáno s vybranými formami financování sociální péče ve Švýcarsku, Německu a Rakousku. V praktické části je analyzována dostupnost domovů pro seniory v Jihočeském kraji na úrovni okresů a obcí s rozšířenou působností. V případové studii je provedeno srovnání nákladů, kapacity lůžek a kvality péče nově vybudovaného Domova pro seniory v Bechyni nahrazující zrušený menší domov pro seniory ve stejném městě. Pomocí terénního výzkumu jsou vyhodnoceny dopady na klienty, kteří byli do nového domova v Bechyni přestěhováni ze zrušeného Domova pro seniory v Tučapech.Aim of this master thesis is to map social housing services for elderly citizens in South Bohemian Region and assess its affordability availability. It focuses on senior houses offering complex social services for senior citizens. In theoretical part are defined essential concepts and bases of care for senior citizens in social security framework. It continues with characterisation of homes for elderly' funding and compared with system of social care funding in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. In practical part is analyzed affordability availability of homes for elderly in South Bohemian Region on level of districts or municipalities with extended authority. In case study there is a comparative analysis of costs, bed capacity and quality of care in newly constructed Home for elderly in Bechyně and former Home for elderly which was closed and replaced. Effects on clients transferred from former home for elderly in Tučapy to new home for elderly in Bechyně are evaluated with data from field research
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
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