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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
Implementation of the regulation on environmental cleaning products and – services in procurement contracts and its impact on companies
No full textLõputöö raames koostas autor küsitluse „Keskkonnaministri määrus nr 35 ning teadlikkus selle
olemasolust“. Osales selles 32 inimest, kes kõik puutuvad oma igapäevatöös kokku puhastusteenuseid
puudutavate hangetega.
32 vastaja hulgas oli puhastusteenuse pakkujaid ning puhastusteenuse ostjaid. Keskmiselt oldi
heakorratöödega seotud hankelepingutega kokku puututud 4 aastat. Vastanute hulgast oli kõigest üks
inimene, kes Keskkonnaministri määrusest nr 35 teadlik ei olnud. Mis puudutab määruse rakendamise
kontrolli, siis ei ole jõutud selge arusaamani, kas seda peaks tegema teenuse osutaja või teenuse ostja.
Keskkonnahoidlikkust puhastustoodete ja -teenuste puhul peetakse oluliseks, 10 – palli süsteemis oli
keskmiseks tulemuseks 8,63. Määrusest tulenevate nõuete täitmise osas kajastavad tulemused endas
seda, et neid küll täidetakse, kuid mitte ideaalselt. Nimelt neid nõutakse küll hangetes, kuid puudub
tegelik ülevaade täitmise osas. 12 osalejat vastasid, et täidavad kõiki kriteeriumeid ning kõige vähem
tähelepanu pööratakse puhastuse käigus tekkinud tahkete jäätmete koguse vähendamisele. Et tagada oma
töötajate pädevust, olid puhastusteenuse osutajad märkinud, et rakendatud on organisatsioonisiseseid
koolitusi, organisatsiooniväliseid koolitusi ning E – koolitusi. Keskkonnamõju oli hinnanud kõikide
vastanute hulgas kõigest 8, neist 4 seda osaliselt. Digitaalset seiramist oli kasutanud vaid 3 vastanut ning
tulemused näitavad, et seirete digitaliseerimiseks on teenuse osutajad rohkem valmis, kui teenuse ostjad.
Teenuse osutajate keskmine tulemus 10 – palli süsteemis oli 7,2 ning teenuse ostjatel 4,2.
Võrreldes Eestit teiste riikidega, milleks olid Läti, Hispaania, Saksamaa, Soome, Suurbritannia ja
Iirimaa, selgus, et Eesti on teinud õigeid samme keskkonnasäästlikumate protsesside saavutamiseks.
Saksamaa, Soome ja Suurbritannia pole enda riiklikus strateegias puhastustoodete ja -teenuste
keskkonnahoidlikke kriteeriumeid välja toonud. Nendest kolmest oli olukord selgeim Soomel, kes
määruse puudulikkusest olenemata, on tekitanud head võimalused keskkonnasõbralike toodete
leidmiseks, tagamaks ka keskkonnasõbraliku puhastusteenuse. Lätis võeti määrus vastu aastal 2017,
Hispaanias 2019 ning Iirimaal 2021 nagu Eestiski. Kõige rohkem sarnaneb Eestis vastu võetud määrus
Iirimaaga, kus kriteeriumite hulgas oli kõigest üks erinevus. Informatsiooni otsimisel aitasid kaasa
näiteks Läti poolt Jānis Ozoliṇš (Läti Koristusettevõtete Liidu tegevjuht) ja Suurbritanniast pärit Keith
Baker ISSA Euroopa (The Woldwide Cleaning Industry Association) pikaaegne juht.
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Võttes arvesse uurimuse tulemusi ning võrdlust teiste Euroopa riikidega, on Eesti liikumas õiges suunas.
Et praegused tulemused paraneksid, nõuab see pikka protsessi. Esmalt peab läbi viima seireid, mis
sisaldaksid just määruses välja toodud kriteeriumeid. Samaaegselt peab liikuma ka seirete
digitaliseerimise poole, et oleks rohkem andmeid, mille alusel järeldusi teha. Puhastusteenindajaid ning
samuti ülejäänud personali peab teadlikult koolitama uute oskuste rakendamiseks ning koolitustele peab
järgnema järjepidev treenimine ja kontroll. See tagab reaalse kasu, mille saabki vaid juhul, kui tegelikult
hakkavad inimesed koolituste tulemusel efektiivsemal viisil käituma ja/või mõtlema. Lisaks peaksid
hankelepingud sisaldama punkti, mis paneb paika määruse korrektse rakendamise kontrolli eest
vastutava osapoole.The following thesis “Implementation of the regulation on environmental cleaning products and –
services in procurement contracts and its impact on companies” explores the increasing importance of
environmental sustainability and innovative solutions, particularly in the field of cleaning services.
Existing cleaning agents and practices have become obsolete due to new regulations, necessitating
adherence to new standards. The focus is on Estonian businesses and institutions affected by regulations
related to environmentally friendly cleaning products and services. Specifically, the thesis examines the
implementation of Minister of the Environment Regulation No. 35 and its impact on these entities.
Additionally, the study extends to six other European countries, comparing their experiences with
Estonia.
A survey was conducted among people involved in cleaning services and procurement contracts in
Estonia. The 32 respondents, comprising both service providers and buyers, demonstrated an average
experience of four years in dealing with cleaning-related procurement contracts. The survey revealed
varying levels of awareness of Regulation No. 35, with only one participant being unaware of its
existence. The survey participants did not unanimously agree on whether the responsibility for enforcing
the regulation lies with the service provider or the service buyer.
Environmental friendliness in cleaning products and services was deemed important, receiving an
average score of 8,63 on a 10-point scale. While respondents indicated compliance with the regulation's
requirements, attention to reducing solid waste generated during cleaning was identified as an area for
improvement.
Concerning competence development amongst workers, respondents noted the implementation of
internal and external organizational training, as well as e-training for their employees. Environmental
impact assessments were conducted by only eight respondents. Digital monitoring was employed by a
limited number of participants, indicating that service providers are more ready to pick up digitalization
than service buyers.
A cross-country comparison highlighted Estonia's positive steps towards more environmentally
sustainable practices. Germany, Finland, and Great Britain lacked specific criteria for environmentally
friendly cleaning products and services in their national strategies. Estonia's regulation closely resembled
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Ireland's, with only one differing criterion. The thesis concludes that Estonia is on the right path, but
improvements require continuous monitoring, digitization of processes, ongoing training, and clear
clauses in procurement contracts assigning responsibility for regulation compliance
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
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
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