1,721,313 research outputs found
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
Architect Wolfgang Braunbock
Full text linkThe bachelor's thesis provides a detailed analysis of Johann Wolfgang Leonhard Braunbock's architectonic work. The thesis aims to explore the activities of this regional author, who worked during the height of the Baroque era in Western Bohemia. Based on the field research of the individual buildings and a thorough style analysis, the author of the thesis presents a basic monographic overview of Braunbock's work. This approach is confronted with the extant specialist literature on the topic. The thesis provides a comprehensive introduction to Wolfgang Braunbock's work as a builder, within the context of the period he lived in
The effect of Pavel Janak's work at the Prague Castle
Full text linkThe subject of this thesis is to assess the work of Pavel Janák, a former chief architect at the Prague castle, who is utterly connected with the period of major modifications and reconstruction at the Prague castle during the years of his architectural supervision in 1936 to 1955. Therefore the main emphasis is to focus on suggested period when Pavel Janák realized several of his major renovations. Studied period gives the author an opportunity to explore Janák's seldom approach to monumental preservation that was closely linked to his professional life. Hence this thesis also demonstrates to what extent the interest in monumental preservation influenced Janák's approach to conservation of historical monuments and architecture as such. Having closely studied available materials and documents from archives, the aim of this thesis is to map Janák's professional life during his residence at Prague castle. Eventually the author elaborates how the relation to monumental preservation changed during Janák's life
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
Forgotten villa by Karel Hannauer and the sociology of family housing
No full textThe impulse for this work was the archive discovery that enabled identification of an early work of the architect Karel Hannauer. In Prague quarter Libeň the author revealed a functionalist villa, previously known only from an article in a contemporary journal, hidden under a radical reconstruction made in the late thirties. The work covers several thematic issues. It deals with Karel Hannauer's participation in forming the Czechoslovak interwar architecture and his contribution to the transition of foreign influences (especially Le Corbusier's) to the Czech architectural design. The author focuses particularly on the architecture of family houses and in details describes four villas that Hannauer designed during the period of ten years before World War II. She also follows the changes of the political regimes influenced the structure of inhabitants and how the usage patterns and the appearance of the houses were changed during the time. By this way the thesis concerns also the relationship of the architecture and the sociology of housing. Coincidently Hannauer theoretically studied and taught the sociology of the architecture in the forties and fifties, when the totalitarian regimes restricted him from his architectonical work. Besides literature, the work is based on archival documentation studies, a..
Forgotten villa by Karel Hannauer and the sociology of family housing
Full text linkThe impulse for this work was the archive discovery that enabled identification of an early work of the architect Karel Hannauer. In Prague quarter Libeň the author revealed a functionalist villa, previously known only from an article in a contemporary journal, hidden under a radical reconstruction made in the late thirties. The work covers several thematic issues. It deals with Karel Hannauer's participation in forming the Czechoslovak interwar architecture and his contribution to the transition of foreign influences (especially Le Corbusier's) to the Czech architectural design. The author focuses particularly on the architecture of family houses and in details describes four villas that Hannauer designed during the period of ten years before World War II. She also follows the changes of the political regimes influenced the structure of inhabitants and how the usage patterns and the appearance of the houses were changed during the time. By this way the thesis concerns also the relationship of the architecture and the sociology of housing. Coincidently Hannauer theoretically studied and taught the sociology of the architecture in the forties and fifties, when the totalitarian regimes restricted him from his architectonical work. Besides literature, the work is based on archival documentation studies, a..
Facades of townhouses in Slavonice
Full text linkThis bachelor's thesis focuses on the issues facades of Renaissance townhouses in Slavonice. It deals with the diversity of its architectural division and sgraffito. It observes factors, which probably influenced the formation of their unique shape. It describes in detail the fourteen selected houses and also contains photographs of houses taken by the author of the bachelor's thesis. It searches and compares Renaissance houses in the surrounding Slavonice, which have similar characteristics. It refers to unique collection of houses of Slavonice, especially given by the quality of sgraffito decoration and the simultaneous occurrence diamond vault. It highlights the exceptional cultural value and necessity of conservation, which tries to help
- …
