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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
(Re)Inscribing the Heteronormative Family: Same-sex relationships and parenting ‘after equality’
No full textVariations 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
Réflexion critique sur la relativisation du droit à la protection de l’enfant : les distinctions de traitement du signalement des situations de compromission dans la Loi sur la protection de la jeunesse et dans la législation encadrant la profession d’avocat
Full text linkNotre mémoire traite de la relativisation du droit à la protection de l’enfant qui émane des dispositions en matière de signalement dans la Loi sur la protection de la jeunesse (LPJ). Plus particulièrement, nos deux axes critiques s’articulent autour du traitement législatif de la situation d’enfants maltraités, selon qu’elle doive, ou puisse, être signalée. Des perspectives de droit international, interdisciplinaire (utilisation de la psychologie au service du droit) et de droit comparé (étude du droit suisse) sont notamment utilisées pour bonifier notre étude critique du droit québécois en matière de signalement.
Notre premier axe critique s’intéresse à la distinction de traitement des enfants signalés selon la nature du motif de compromission en cause. Les abus, et le risque d’abus, physiques et sexuels sont visés par une obligation de signalement, contrairement à tous les autres motifs de compromission, lesquels sont visés par une unique possibilité de signalement pour les citoyens et tous les professionnels, sauf les avocats, qui ne sont pas en contact avec les enfants dans l’exercice de leurs fonctions. Nous nous concentrons sur la vérification de la légitimité de cette hiérarchisation des motifs de compromission au stade du signalement à la lumière du besoin de protection particulier des enfants et du corpus de connaissances scientifiques contemporain.
Notre deuxième axe critique concerne la distinction de traitement des enfants signalés selon la catégorie à laquelle appartient le signalant. Les avocats et les notaires sont les seuls exclus du signalement dans la LPJ, lequel lie tous les citoyens et tous les autres professionnels. L’enjeu suivant se dégage donc de cet axe : les droits des enfants et leur besoin de protection différenciée entrent en conflit avec les droits d’adultes, notamment en ce qui concerne le droit du client au secret professionnel de l’avocat qui prime au stade du signalement.
Au terme de nos critiques, nous suggérons des pistes de propositions de réforme actualisées qui sous-tendent des solutions juridiques moins attentatoires au droit à la protection de l’enfant et qui visent à concilier autrement les intérêts des différents acteurs en cause.This thesis examines the degrees of youth protection that emerge from the provisions of the Youth Protection Act (YPA) regarding reporting. Two areas of critical focus are presented with respect to the legislative treatment of abused children, depending on whether their situation should, or could, be reported. International law, an interdisciplinary approach (the use of psychology in service of the law), and comparative law (a study of Swiss law) are used to critically analyze Quebec’s law in respect of reporting.
The first area of critical focus is the distinction based on the grounds on which children are considered to be in danger. While there is an obligation to report physical or sexual abuse and the risk of it, the reporting of other kinds of abuse carry no such obligation and are thus discretionary for citizens and for professionals who are not in contact with children in the exercise of their profession, save for lawyers. The thesis investigates the legitimacy of this prioritization at the reporting stage, doing so in the light of children’s need for particular protection and of contemporary scientific knowledge.
The second area of critical focus is the distinction according to the category to which the reporter belongs. Lawyers and notaries are the only ones excluded from the obligatory and discretionary reporting in the YPA, binding on all other professionals and citizens. The upshot is that children’s rights and their need for tailored protection enter into conflict with adults’ rights, in particular the client’s right to solicitor-client privilege.
Following our critical analysis, we propose reforms that may provide preferable legal solutions, better reconciling the fundamental rights and interests in play
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
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