17,197 research outputs found
A case study : evolution of JASIS' Hirsch index
No full textThe evolution of the Hirsch index of the Journal of the American Society of Information Science over the period 1991-2000 is studied using a variable citation window. A relative h-index is introduced
The Hirsch spectrum: a novel tool for analysing scientific journals
No full textThis paper introduces the Hirsch spectrum (h-spectrum) for analyzing the academic reputation of a scientific journal. h-Spectrum is a novel tool based on the Hirsch (h) index. It is easy to construct: considering a specific journal in a specific interval of time, h-spectrum is defined as the distribution representing the h-indexes associated to the authors of the journal articles. This tool allows defining a reference profile of the typical author of a journal, compare different journals within the same scientific field, and provide a rough indication of prestige/reputation of a journal in the scientific community. h-Spectrum can be associated to every journal. Ten specific journals in the Quality Engineering/Quality Management field are analyzed so as to preliminarily investigate the h-spectrum characteristic
Measuring the Research Contribution of Management Academics using the Hirsch-Index
No full textThere is an increasing emphasis on the use of metrics for assessing the research contribution of academics, departments, journals or conferences. Contribution has two dimensions: quantity which can be measured by number/size of the outputs, and quality which is most easily measured by the number of citations. Recently, Hirsch proposed a new metric which is simple, combines both quality and quantity in one number, and is robust to measurement problems. This paper applies the h-index to three groups of management academics – BAM Fellows, INFORMS Fellows, and members of COPIOR – in order to evaluate the extent to which the h-index would serve as a reliable measure of the contribution of researchers in the management field
Temporally resolved growth patterns in diverse maize panel
No full textPlant height is used in many breeding programs for assessing plant health across environments and predicting yield, which can be used in identifying superior hybrids or evaluating abiotic stress factors. This has often been measured at a single time point when plants have reached their terminal height for the season. Collection of plant height using unoccupied aerial vehicles (UAVs) is faster, allowing for measurements throughout the growing season which could facilitate a better understanding of plant-environment interaction and responses. To assess variation in plant height and growth rate throughout development, plant height data was collected weekly for a panel of ~500 diverse inbred lines over four growing seasons. The variation in plant height throughout the season was found to be significantly explained by genotype, year, and genotype-by-year interactions throughout vegetative growth. However, the relative contributions of these different sources of variation fluctuated throughout development. This variation was further captured by Fréchet distance values which identified genotypes with consistently high or low distances in each of the four years - high distance genotypes being more dissimilar between replications and therefore capturing more environmental variation. Genome-wide association studies revealed many significant SNPs associated with plant height and growth rate at different parts of the growing season that would not be identified by terminal height alone. When comparing growth rates estimated from plant height to growth rates estimated from another morphological characteristic, canopy cover, we found greater stability in growth curves estimated by plant height. This potentially makes canopy cover more useful for understanding environmental modulation of overall plant growth and plant height better for understanding genotypic modulation of overall plant growth. Overall, this suggests evaluations of plant growth throughout the season provide more information than terminal plant height alone.Minnesota Corn Growers AssociationNational Science FoundationBayer Crop ScienceUMII-MnDRIVE PhD Graduate AssistantshipSweet, Dorothy D; Tirado, Sara B; Cooper, Julian S; Springer, Nathan M; Hirsch, Cory D; Hirsch, Candice N. (2023). Temporally resolved growth patterns in diverse maize panel. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://doi.org/10.13020/SKJN-QX31
A Survey of Quality Engineering-ManagementJournals by Bibliometric Indicators
No full textThis paper analyses some of the most popular scientific journals in the Quality field from the point of view of three bibliometric indicators: the Hirsch (h) index for journals, the total number of citations and the h-spectrum. In particular, h-spectrum is a novel tool based on h, making it possible to (i) identify a reference profile of the typical authors of a journal; (ii) compare different journals; and (iii) provide a rough indication of their ‘bibliometric positioning' in the scientific community. Results of this analysis can be helpful for guiding potential authors and members of the scientific community in the Quality Engineering/Management area. A large amount of empirical data are presented and discusse
Philanthropy vs. unproductive charity. The case of Baron Maurice de Hirsch
No full textIn Argentina today it has become essential for the State to provide assistance to a large portion of the population; nevertheless, this social work lacks purpose unless it is used to encourage those who are assisted to fend for themselves. Otherwise, the beneficiaries would be condemned to virtual indigence, as they would be indirectly excluded from productive society. This concept of philanthropy as opposed to charity is not new; and it is interesting to note that more than one century ago, in Argentina, a singularly successful philanthropic undertaking was carried out that was imbued with this ideology. In 1891 Baron Maurice de Hirsch founded the Jewish Colonization Association, which was to become one of the greatest philanthropic undertakings of its time, through which a gigantic experiment in social welfare was carried out, based on the organized immigration of thousands of people from the Russian Empire to Argentina, with the aim of setting up agricultural colonies. Immigrants were to be given the opportunity to own their land, although this was not a gift, as they were required to pay for it, just as they were required to repay all the loans in kind received during their transfer through to their first harvests, as well as the corresponding interest. This paper represents a first step in the study of this enterprise. In it, we will center our attention on the views on philanthropy held by Baron de Hirsch, illustrating them by reference to the various projects carried out on the basis of that ideologyBaron Maurice de Hirsch, Jewish Colonization Association, philanthropy
Hirsch, E. and M. Strathern. 2004. Transactions and Creations: Property Debates and the Stimulus of Melanesia
No full textHirsch, E. and M. Strathern. 2004. Transactions and Creations: Property Debates and the Stimulus of Melanesi
Rapport de M. le Dr Hirsch sur le projet de fonder un observatoire cantonal à Neuchâtel
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INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE AND LAND USE IN ALASKA: COMMUNITY IMPACTS OF THE ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT
No full textThrough the utilization of qualitative methods such as archival analysis, semi-structured interviewing, comparative and extended case studies, and observation, this paper closely examines two related Alaska Native communities. Our purpose is to document the impact of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA) on land tenure, land use, and community structure. In all, 41 interviews were conducted, focusing on the following issues: (1) the role of the tribal government in relation to the regional and village corporate structure; (2) the recent changes in traditional land uses; and (3) how group decisions are made regarding land management and distribution of resources. By locating ANCSA within a broader context of economic, political, and cultural globalization that seeks to substitute traditional collective rights in land with individual tenure in a "free market" economy, the findings of this research may carefully and cautiously be applied beyond North America to other indigenous-state struggles regarding control of land and resources.United States. -- [Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act], Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Alaska, Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Alaska, Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Claims, Indians of North America -- Land tenure -- Alaska, Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Government relations -- History, Land Economics/Use,
Herbert and Kaethe Hirsch family collection 1912-1984
No full textThis collection contains the papers of Robin Hirsch and his parents, Herbert and Kaethe. The majority of the collection consists of correspondence, dating from Herbert's time as an artilleryman for the German army in World War I up until his death in 1982. Herbert mostly corresponded with his immediate family and friends. In 1967, Robin relocated to the United States, so later correspondence is mostly between Robin and his parents. Other materials in the collection focus on restitution for Herbert and Kaethe, as well as photographs from Herbert's travels in the 1930s in Europe and Palestine.Herbert Hirsch collected articles and information on anti-Semitism (mainly 1933-1935 German newspapers and 1945 English reporting) and Jewish resistance. He was member of the Juedischer Ruder-Club IVRIA: part of the collection contains material about the club and its history. The collection also contains efforts to document the former Hirsch-family-history and some diary-like writings and texts, most of them written by Herbert Hirsch.Also included are documents about the work of Robin Hirsch as a theater director (posters and leaflets) and as a lecturer.Herbert M. Hirsch was born on January 11, 1898 in Berlin to Bertha née Baer and Max Hirsch. He had one younger brother, Georg. In 1913, Herbert took a commercial apprenticeship at the Orenstein & Koppel (O&K) Company. In 1914, he joined the Jewish rowing club, “Ivria.” During World War I he served in the German army as a field artilleryman. After the war, he returned to O&K until 1921, when his father had a heart attack and forced him to take over the family firm, Max Hirsch & Co., a metal works factory that sold bakelite. In 1938, Herbert’s mother and brother fled to the Netherlands; Bertha died in Bergen-Belsen in 1944, but Georg survived the war. On September 15, 1938, Herbert Hirsch found refuge in England, but was interned on the Isle of Man from June 27, 1940 until 1941. Herbert married Kaethe Lewald in 1939. In London, Hirsch was chairman of the Hampstead Zion House and the Theodor Herzl Society and involved in the Association of Jewish Refugees. Herbert Hirsch died on October 28, 1982.Kaethe Hirsch was born on May 1, 1902 in Berlin to Ernst Lewald and Luise née Felsenthal. Luise was deported in March 1943 and died in the Holocaust. Kaethe had a sister, Herta, who married Werner Eichwald and fled to Argentina. From 1924 to 1928 Kaethe was married to Joachim Lothar Sachs. After moving to England in 1939, she married Herbert and had two children, Robin, born in 1942 and Barbara, born in 1944. Kaethe Hirsch died in June 1990.Robin Hirsch attended Oriel College at Oxford University from 1961-1964. He taught at Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum in 1966 and briefly worked at the Sheffield Playhouse. In 1967, he received Fulbright and English Speaking Union Fellowship scholarships and began a doctorate at Pennsylvania State University. He received his Ph.D. in theater and literature in 1969 and moved to New York City. He married Nancy Volkman in 1972. In July 1977, he opened the Cornelia Street Café with Charles McKenna and Raphaela Pivetta. In addition to running the Café, he also founded the New Works Project, a group devoted to the development of new theater productions. He married his second wife Leona Jaglom in 1984
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