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DESIGN TOOLS FOR BEGINNERS: TEACHING A DESIGN APPROACH TO PRACTITIONERS WITH MIXED BACKGROUNDS
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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
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
Developing (co)design process and tools to innovate education through digital do it yourself
No full textThe current societal trend of digitally enabled self-production (i.e. digital Do-It-Yourself) is emblematic of the contemporary and diffuse attitude to make and create. It also reflects the new attitude of people to rely on the strengthen of collaboration to improve their life. It has been seen as an opportunity for social and technological innovation based on collaboration and knowledge sharing. These practices and technologies have many potentialities that are changing the world on an everyday and community level (i.e. attitudes to consumption, sustainable solutions and community networks). The resurgence of DIY and craft industries “is a strong indicator that people are seeking ways to express their creativity” [1].
In this context where Digital DIY is playing a leading role in developing a more creative society and where everyone does design, professional designers may have to find their new roles.
The paper describes the DiDIY design process as a result of human centred co-design workshops helded within the framework of the EU funded project ‘Digital Do-It-Yourself (DiDIY) in two different countries [2]. The main workshops objective was to test and validate a specific Design process and the related design toolkit, developed by IDEActivity Center, helping non-designer to apply the innovative aspects of DiDIY in their professional field. In the specific case the paper present the application of the process in the Education&Research area investigated by the EU project
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
MYBIAS: A WEB-BASED TOOL TO OVERCOME COMMUNICATION ISSUES AND FOSTER CREATIVITY IN HETEROGENEOUS DESIGN TEAMS.
No full textThe authors, who are researchers and teachers in the field of Design and Engineering, have developed an area of study that deals with the role of biases in heterogeneous teams’ dynamics. In particular they designed, prototyped and tested a web-based exploratory tool called Mybias, aimed at building mutual understanding in heterogeneous teams by making designers more aware of their personal biases when facing a new design issue. Mybias is designed to be used at the very beginning of the design process, the exploratory research. Yet during the first year of development the authors realised that it is worth investigating the effect of the tool on the whole design process. Thus, we decided to experiment with the tool in a real design process by letting 79 students use it during their design studio course, in the context of a Design and Engineering Master Course. The students received the design brief from the teachers and the partner company, later they used the tool to explore the brief and finally they freely used the tool’s output (a set of cards) during the creative phase that was supported by the teachers through a brainstorming session.
Feedbacks on the use of the tools were gathered by a questionnaire. Authors did direct observation during the brainstorming session and qualitative unstructured interviews to a few students at the end of the studio. In the paper the authors discuss the output of this experimentation. It seems that Mybias, a tool designed to support mutual understating among heterogeneous team members, might also support and improve the idea generation and foster creativity by consequently being useful for innovation purposes
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