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    Preparedness and compliance of jeepney drivers in Iloilo City in light with the PUV modernization program

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    Full text availableThis study aims to determine the preparedness and compliance of jeepney drivers in Iloilo City regarding the PUV modernization program, utilizing an inferential correlation research design. From a population of 200 Jeepney drivers at Tagbak Terminal, 133 were selected using Slovin’s formula through purposive sampling. Descriptive analysis, including mean and standard deviation, was employed. Results show that most participants 63.7% were aged between 40-59 years, and 71.1% of drivers do not own the vehicles they operate. Despite varied daily incomes, the majority exhibited only a somewhat unprepared level for the program, indicating deficient knowledge and readiness. Similarly, compliance with the PUVMP was generally lacking, attributed to distrust in the government and perceived unaffordability of transitioning to modern jeepneys. While there was no significant difference in preparedness and compliance based on age, ownership, and daily income, a strong correlation existed between preparedness and compliance. This suggests a need for increased awareness and support for drivers to comprehend the program's implications and foster compliance. More importantly, it will help open the eyes of the government of the prevailing issue. It could greatly affect the lives of these traditional jeepney drivers since they do not have the financial capacity to cover the cost of a modernized jeepney and if they join a cooperative, their monthly salary will not be enough to sustain the needs of their families.Includes bibliographical referencesBachelor of Science in Psycholog

    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The 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

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    “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

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    We 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

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    We 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

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    koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist

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    We 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

    Decision-making styles of the college students in a private higher education institution

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    Full text availableThis study aimed to determine the decision-making styles of college students in a private higher education institution. The variables of the study were sex, involvement in extracurricular activities, and household income. The researchers used a descriptive-inferential research design. Descriptive statistics used median, range, frequency, and percentage while inferential statistics used were Mann Whitney U Test set at 0.01 level of significance and Kruskal Wallis H Test. The researchers utilized online and face-to-face basis of an adopted questionnaire, comprising two parts: 1) demographic variables, and 2) decision-making styles. The results showed that most students use vigilance style where they tend to pursue decision-making goals by exploring rational and relevant solutions, as well as evaluating various alternatives. When grouped according to sex, both male (Median = 10, Range = 7) and female (Median = 10, Range = 9) students had the highest score in vigilance, when grouped according to involvement in extracurricular activities, vigilance has the highest median score in all categories, and when grouped according to household income, all income levels showed the highest median in vigilance. Statistical analysis using the Mann-Whitney U test indicated a significant difference in Hypervigilance based on sex (p .05).Includes bibliographical referencesBachelor of Science in Psycholog
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