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Predicting Antenatal Care Utilization in the Philippines: A Chi-Squared Automatic Interaction Detector Analysis
Full text linkComplications associated with pregnancy and childbirth are still considered as leading causes of deaths in the reproductive age group of women in many developing countries. This problem may be addressed when pregnant women utilize antenatal care services. However, despite the benefits of this service to the mother and child, it is not fully utilized in the Philippines. Using the 2013 National Demographic and Health Survey, an exhaustive chi-squared automatic interaction detector model- a data mining approach was employed to analyze the predictors of antenatal care (ANC) utilization of reproductive women age 15 to 49 in the Philippines. Findings reveal that the most significant predictor of ANC utilization was the region where a woman resides. Women who were living in NCR, CAR, Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, CALABARZON, Bicol, Western and Central Visayas, Davao and Caraga had the highest likelihood of utilizing ANC than those who lived in MIMAROPA, Eastern Visayas, Zamboanga, Northern Mindanao and SOCCSKSARGEN with the lowest in ARRM. The second most influential factor is the woman’s religious affiliation. If a woman is a Muslim, her utilization is lower than a Christian, regardless of what her socio-economic status is or in what wealth quintile she belongs. The result further shows that wealth quintile and educational attainment are also significant predictors. Policy makers and health providers should intensify their efforts to address differentials between these groups of women and to widen the campaign of at least four antenatal visits during pregnancy as a requirement in all parts of the country
Interactive Learning in Algebra: A Quasi-Experimental Study of MalMath and FX Algebra Solver
Full text linkAlgebra is foundational to mathematics education, underpinning advanced concepts and essential skills like problem-solving and logical reasoning. However, students often struggle with symbolic representation, logical thinking, and applying mathematical concepts. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools, such as MalMath and FX Algebra Solver, offer interactive, step-by-step solutions to address these challenges. This study used a pre-test, post-test non-equivalent control group quasi-experimental design to assess the effectiveness of these applications in improving algebraic achievement. Forty-two second-year BEED students from a state university in Samar, Philippines, were matched by sex, section, and average grades and assigned to experimental or comparison groups using MalMath or FX Algebra Solver, respectively. Both groups showed significant improvements in pre-test and post-test scores, with no significant difference in post-test outcomes, indicating both tools were equally effective. These findings highlight the potential of accessible, technology-based tools to enhance algebra learning and suggest further research on their long-term impacts and broader applications
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Full text link“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
Full text linkWe 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
Full text linkWe 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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