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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
The 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
“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
We 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
We 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
We 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
Entwicklung von Modell-zu-Modell-Transformationen für Benutzungsschnittstellen in der Domäne der Industriellen Automatisierungstechnik
Benutzungsschnittstellen (UIs) dienen in der Domäne der industriellen Automatisierungstechnik der Bedienung und Beobachtung technischer Prozesse. Das sogenannte Model-based User Interface Development (MBUID) stellt ein vielversprechendes Konzept zur automatischen Erzeugung solcher UIs dar. Allerdings erfordert die Umsetzung dieses Konzeptes für einen spezifischen Anwendungsfall jeweils die Entwicklung einer oder mehrerer Modell-zu-Modell-Transformationen (M2M). Hierbei handelt es sich unter Verwendung aktueller Ansätze für Transformations-Frameworks um einen aufwändigen, fehleranfälligen und daher kostenintensiven Prozess. Dies gilt vor allem für Entwickler ohne tiefgreifendes Wissen über modellbasierte Technologien und kann unter Umständen sogar die durch die MBUID propagierten Vorteile aufwiegen.
Zur Erleichterung des Prozesses der Entwicklung von Modelltransformationen schlägt diese Arbeit eine spezielle Methodik sowie deren prototypische Implementierung in Form des PAMTraM-Frameworks vor. Die Methodik greift dabei die speziellen Rahmenbedingungen bei der UI-Entwicklung in der Domäne der industriellen Automatisierungstechnik auf und basiert auf drei Hauptkonzepten:
Die Basis stellt die Konfiguration von M2M-Transformationen in mehrdeutigen, bedingten Abbildungsmodellen dar. Diese Abbildungsmodelle beschreiben dabei lediglich Zuordnungen zwischen Elementen der Quell- und Ziel-UI-Beschreibungssprache einer durchzuführenden Transformation. Im Gegensatz zu existierenden Ansätzen erlaubt die entwickelte Methodik die explizite Berücksichtigung mehrdeutiger Abbildungen, die in der Domäne der UI-Entwicklung häufig auftreten. Darüber hinaus können explizite Kontextbedingungen formuliert werden, die die Notwendigkeit der Anpassung bzw. Neu-Erstellung eines Abbildungsmodells bei Vorliegen eines geänderten Nutzungskontextes (z.B. einer neuen Hardware-Plattform) verhindern.
Konkrete Transformationen für ein oder mehrere Quell- und Kontextmodelle können anschließend auf Basis eines konfigurierten Abbildungsmodells durchgeführt werden. Hierzu wird ein spezieller generischer Transformations-Algorithmus vorgestellt. Dieser ist in der Lage, basierend auf einer selbstständigen Analyse der Ziel-UI-Beschreibungssprache auch unvollständige Abbildungsmodelle auszuführen. Hierdurch muss der Entwickler eines Abbildungsmodells weniger Informationen in dieses integrieren. Allerdings führt dieses Vorgehen auch dazu, dass im Rahmen der Durchführung einer Transformation an verschiedenen Stellen Mehrdeutigkeiten auftreten können. Zur Auflösung dieser Mehrdeutigkeiten stellt diese Arbeit unterschiedliche Strategien wie z.B. die Konsultation des Nutzers vor.
Das dritte Hauptkonzept wird durch zwei Ansätze für sog. Higher-Order Transformations gebildet. Diese ermöglichen die teilweise semi-automatische Erstellung bzw. Vervollständigung von Abbildungsmodellen u.a. im Rahmen iterativer Entwicklungsprozesse. Dadurch wird die Entwicklung von Abbildungsmodellen weiter vereinfacht und die während einer Transformation auftretenden Mehrdeutigkeiten können schrittweise soweit notwendig reduziert werden.
Ein Nachweis über die Funktionalität der entwickelten Methodik sowie deren prototypischer Implementierung erfolgt zum einen anhand repräsentativer Fallstudien aus der betrachteten Domäne und zum anderen auf Basis einer Analyse hinsichtlich allgemeiner Kriterien zur Bewertung von Transformations-Frameworks. Eine abschließende Bewertung zeigt, dass die entwickelte Methodik die speziellen Anforderungen in Bezug auf die UI-Entwicklung in der Domäne der industriellen Automatisierungstechnik erfüllt und zur Vereinfachung der Entwicklung von Modelltransformationen geeignet ist.User Interfaces (UIs) in the domain of industrial automation serve the operation and monitoring of technical processes. The Model-based User Interface Development (MBUID) represents a promising concept for the automatic generation of such UIs. However, the realization of this concept for a specific use case requires the development of one or multiple model-to-model (M2M) transformations. Using existing transformation frameworks, this represents a complex, error-prone, and thus costly task. This applies especially to developers without deep knowledge of model-based technologies and can in some circumstances even cancel out the advantages promised by MBUID.
In order to simplify the process of developing model transformations, this thesis proposes a specific methodology as well as its prototypic implementation by means of the PAMTraM framework. This methodology addresses the special underlying conditions of UI development in the domain of industrial automation and is based on three main concepts:
The basis is formed by the configuration of M2M transformations in ambiguous, conditional mapping models. These only capture mappings between elements of the source and the target UI modeling language of a transformation. In contrast to existing approaches, the developed methodology explicitly takes into account the possibility for ambiguous mappings that are common in the domain of UI development. Furthermore, developers can specify explicit context conditions that prevent the necessity of a modification or redevelopment of a mapping model in case of a changed context of use (e.g. a new hardware platform).
Individual transformations for one or multiple source and context models can be executed based on a configured mapping model. Therefore, a special generic transformation algorithm is presented. By autonomously analyzing the target UI modeling language, this algorithm is even capable of executing incomplete mapping models. As a result of this, the developer has to integrate less information in the mapping model. However, due to this approach, ambiguities may occur at various points during the course of a transformation. In order to be able to resolve these ambiguities, various strategies like the consultation of the user are presented in this thesis.
The third main concept is formed by two approaches for higher-order transformations that allow the partial semi-automatic generation resp. completion of mapping models among others in the context of iterative development processes. This further simplifies the development of mapping models and allows for the step-wise reduction of occurring ambiguities as far as necessary.
Representative case studies from the considered domain as well as an analysis with regard to general criteria for the assessment of transformation frameworks prove the functionality of the proposed methodology and its prototypical implementation. A concluding evaluation shows that the developed methodology satisfies the specific requirements concerning UI development in the domain of industrial automation and is suited to simplify the development of model transformations
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
In 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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