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AN UNCHARTED NEXUS: TRANSFORMING POTENTIAL OF CRYPTOCURRENCY ON NIGERIA'S ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE
Get PDFThis research study explores the transformative potential of cryptocurrency on the economy of Nigeria. Cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin and ethereum, offer several advantages over traditional financial systems, including faster and more secure transactions, increased transparency, and the potential for financial inclusivity. Nigeria, with its large unbanked population and reliance on remittances, presents a suitable environment for cryptocurrency adoption. However, there are challenges to overcome, such as regulatory uncertainties and technological infrastructure limitations. The study aims to investigate the opportunities, challenges, risks, and benefits associated with cryptocurrency adoption in Nigeria. It evaluates the potential impact on financial inclusion, remittances, monetary policy, economic growth, and decentralized finance. By conducting a comprehensive review of existing literature and examining global case studies, the research provides valuable insights into the current state of cryptocurrency adoption in Nigeria. Findings of the study highlight the need for clear regulatory frameworks, enhanced cyber security measures, and collaboration between government agencies, regulators, and industry stakeholders. It emphasizes the importance of addressing challenges and risks while maximizing the benefits of cryptocurrency adoption. The research contributes to informed discussions and provides policymakers, researchers, and industry stakeholders with recommendations to guide their decision[1]making processes, ultimately fostering sustainable economic growth in Nigeria
BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY AND FINANCIAL INCLUSION IN NIGERIA: AN ANALYSIS OF THE MISSING LINK
Get PDFThis research study analyzes the missing link between blockchain technology and financial inclusion in Nigeria. The study aims to examine the current state of financial inclusion in Nigeria, explore the potential of blockchain technology in addressing the identified challenges, identify key barriers to its adoption, and propose practical strategies and recommendations to bridge the gap. The research methodology includes a comprehensive review of existing literature, data analysis, and case studies of blockchain-based financial inclusion projects in Nigeria. The findings reveal that although Nigeria has made progress in improving financial inclusion, significant gaps and challenges persist, including gender disparities, geographical limitations, and regulatory uncertainties. Blockchain technology offers potential solutions by providing secure, affordable, and accessible financial services to the unbanked population. However, challenges such as regulatory constraints, infrastructure limitations, lack of awareness and education, trust and security concerns, and socioeconomic and cultural factors hinder its implementation. The study recommends the development of clear regulatory frameworks for blockchain technology, improvement of infrastructure and technological capabilities, awareness and education campaigns, addressing trust and security concerns, and tailored approaches that consider the local context
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
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
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