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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
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
Caracterização do Sistema de Esgotamento Sanitário do Município de Santarém, Pará
Full text linkThe sanitary sewage system comprises activities, infrastructures and operations of collection, transportation, treatment and final disposal, from building connections to the final release in the receiving water body. The present study aimed to evaluate the sewage collection and treatment service in Santarém-PA, based on the characterization of the system. The research was carried out in the municipality of Santarém located in the western region of Pará. The study was carried out through documentary, bibliographic and field research, with a quantitative and qualitative approach. In the documentary and bibliographic research, information was sought on the coverage indexes and indicators of the sanitary sewage service for the municipality of Santarém. To this end, we consulted the Database of the National Sanitation Information System belonging to the Ministry of Regional Development, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics and Santarém City Hall, in addition of cientific literature survey. A structured questionnaire was prepared and applied with 30 open and closed questions addressed to the manager responsible for the sanitary sewage service. After the application of the questionnaires, the quantitative data were systematized in the form of tables and graphs, and adding the qualitative information, the characterization and evaluation of the sanitary sewage system in Santarém, PA was carried out. The system is managed and executed by the Companhia de Saneamento do Pará (COSANPA), consisting of two Sewage Treatment Plants implemented in 2016, serving 3,103 active economies corresponding to 15 thousand inhabitants (~ 6% of the urban population). It was observed that the universalization of the service is still challenging, having as main obstacle the investments for the sector and the regulation of the services, which compromises the improvements, operation and efficiency of the services, thus contributing to the low coverage and consequently impairing the population’s quality of life and environmental integrity.El sistema de alcantarillado sanitario comprende actividades, infraestructuras y operaciones de recolección, transporte, tratamiento y disposición final, desde la construcción de conexiones hasta el vertido final en el cuerpo receptor. El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo evaluar el servicio de recolección y tratamiento de aguas residuales en Santarém-PA a partir de la caracterización del sistema. La investigación ocurrió en el municipio de Santarém ubicado en la región occidental de Pará, el estudio se llevó a cabo mediante investigación documental, bibliográfica y de campo, con un enfoque cuantitativo y cualitativo. En la investigación documental y bibliográfica se buscó información sobre los índices de cobertura e indicadores del servicio de alcantarillado sanitario para el municipio de Santarém. Para ello, se consultó la Base de Datos del Sistema Nacional de Información de Saneamiento perteneciente al Ministerio del Desarrollo Regional, Instituto Brasileño de Geografía y Estadística y Ayuntamiento de Santarém, además de consultas en la literatura científica. Se elaboró y aplicó un cuestionario estructurado con 30 preguntas abiertas y cerradas dirigidas al gerentes responsable del servicio de alcantarillado sanitario. Luego de la aplicación de los cuestionarios, los datos cuantitativos fueron sistematizados en forma de tablas y gráficos, y sumando la información cualitativa, se realizó la caracterización y evaluación del sistema de alcantarillado sanitario en Santarém, PA. El sistema es administrado y ejecutado por la Compañía de Saneamento do Pará, que consta de dos Plantas de Tratamiento de Aguas Servidas (ETE) implementadas en 2016, que atienden a 3.103 economías activas correspondientes a 15 mil habitantes (~ 6% de la población urbana).. Se observó que la universalización del servicio sigue siendo un desafío, teniendo como principal obstáculo las inversiones para el sector y la regulación de los servicios, lo que compromete las mejoras, operación y eficiencia de los servicios, contribuyendo así a las bajas tasas de cobertura y consecuentemente perjudicando la calidad de vida de la población y la integridad ambiental.Compõem o sistema de esgotamento sanitário as atividades, infraestruturas e operações de coleta, transporte, tratamento e disposição final, compreendendo as ligações prediais até o emissário de lançamento final no corpo receptor. O presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar o serviço de coleta e tratamento de esgoto em Santarém-PA, a partir da caracterização quali-quantitativa do sistema. O estudo foi desenvolvido no município de Santarém localizado na região Oeste do Pará, por meio de pesquisa documental, bibliográfica e de campo, com abordagem quantitativa e qualitativa. Na pesquisa documental e bibliográfica buscou-se informações sobre os índices de cobertura e indicadores do serviço de esgotamento sanitário, para tanto, consultou-se o Banco de Dados do Sistema Nacional de Informações sobre Saneamento (SNIS) pertencente ao Ministério do Desenvolvimento Regional, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) e Prefeitura Municipal de Santarém, além de consulta a literatura científica. Para a pesquisa de campo, foi elaborado e aplicado questionário estruturado com 30 perguntas abertas e fechadas direcionadas ao gestor responsável pelo serviço de esgotamento sanitário. Após a aplicação dos questionários, os dados quantitativos foram sistematizados na forma de tabelas e gráficos e somado as informações qualitativas, foi realizada a caracterização e avaliação do sistema de esgotamento sanitário de Santarém-PA. O sistema é gerenciado e executado pela Companhia de Saneamento do Pará (COSANPA), sendo composto por duas Estações de Tratamento de Esgoto (ETE) implantadas em 2016, que atendem a 3.103 economias ativas que correspondem a 15 mil habitantes (~6% da população urbana). Observou-se que a universalização do serviço ainda é desafiadora, tendo como principal entrave os investimentos para o setor e a regulação dos serviços, o que compromete as melhorias, operação e eficiência, contribuindo assim para os baixos índices de cobertura e prejudicando a qualidade de vida da população e a integridade ambiental
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
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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