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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Get PDF“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
Get PDFWe 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
Get PDFWe 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
Sustainable principles of wedding dresses
No full textTrajnostni princip v tekstilstvu je v zadnjem desetletju med glavnimi nalogami za boljšo razvojno usmeritev ohranjanja naravnih virov za prihodnost. Ena od velikih onesnaževalcev okolja je tudi hitra moda, ki je cenovno dostopna, proizvaja velike količine oblačil, ki jih potrošniki hitro zavržejo. S tem se kopičijo velike količine tekstilnih odpadkov na deponijah. Pojavljajo se alternativne rešitve, kako predelati tekstilne odpadke. Neuporabni tekstil se predela s sosežigom, kar omogoča pridobivanje energije, lahko ga zbiramo in nato sortiramo za socialno šibkejše, uporabimo za termično izolacijo, lahko pa s pomočjo kreativnega recikliranja iz odpadnih oblačil in tekstilij izdelamo nova oblačila ter ostale izdelke. Trajnost in ekološka ozaveščenost sta pomembni tudi v poročni modi, tako pri uporabljenih materialov, kot tudi v porabi materiala in ponovni uporabi izdelkov ter oblačil. Trajnostna poročna oblačila oblikujemo po več principih, kot sta upciklaža, reciklaža in krojenje brez odpadka. V diplomskem delu smo reciklirali staro poročno obleko in izdelali novo, sodobno poročno obleko. V teoretičnem delu diplomskega dela je opisana zgodovina poročnih oblek od samega začetka do danes, izpostavljene so tudi najpopularnejše poročne obleke v različnih časovnih obdobjih. Predstavljeni so pomen in simbolika, najznamenitejše poročne obleke ter trajnostni principi oblikovanja oblačil in razlika med butično ter konfekcijsko izdelavo. Predelava osnovne obleke v novo in potek tehnoloških operacij sta opisana v eksperimentalnem delu. Namen diplomskega dela je preoblikovati staro poročno obleko v novo sodobno, moderno obleko s čim večjim izkoristkom obstoječega materiala in s čim manjšim dodajanjem novega. Navdih za novo obleko je črpan iz elegantnih in preprostih linij letošnjih modnih trendov poročnih kolekcij. Izdelava nove poročne obleke je predstavljena s skico in tehnično skico s tehnološkim opisom, kosovnico, predstavljeni so izdelava krojev in modelacija ter tehnološki plan končnega izdelka. Modelirane krojne dele obleke smo skrojili iz stare poročne obleke, krojni deli so bili razporejeni tako, da je odpadek čim manjši. Odločitev za recikliranje vpliva na ekološko ozaveščanje in skrb za okolje.The principle of sustainability in the textile industry has been one of the most important issues for better human development and conservation of natural resources for the future in the last decade. One of the biggest polluters is fast fashion, which is affordable and produces large quantities of clothing that are quickly discarded by consumers, resulting in large amounts of textile waste. Unusable textiles are recycled through co-incineration, collecting the energy generated and sorting the lumps for the socially vulnerable or using them for thermal insulation. Creative recycling to make new clothes and other products from old garments or textiles is possible. Sustainability and environmental awareness are also important in bridal fashion, both in terms of material use and reuse of products and garments. Sustainable wedding dresses can be designed using different principles such as upcycling, recycling and zero waste. In this diploma thesis, we recycled an old wedding dress and designed a new modern wedding dress. In the theoretical part, the history of wedding dresses from the beginning to the modern era is described and the most popular wedding dresses in different eras are highlighted. The meaning and symbolism as well as the most famous dresses are presented, with a conclusion on the main sustainable principles and the ready-to-wear industry. In the experimental part, the transformation of an old wedding dress into a new one, all the technological processes are described. The goal of the diploma is to transform an old wedding dress into a new, modern dress, using as much as possible of the existing material and adding as little as possible new material. The inspiration for the new wedding dress comes from the elegance and simple, sleek lines of the current bridal collections. The making of the new dress is illustrated with a sketch, a technical sketch with a technical description, a material list, a modelling of the pattern and a technical plan of the finished product. The shaped pattern pieces of the dress were cut from an old wedding dress and the pieces were arranged to minimise waste. The decision to recycle has implications for environmental awareness and protectio
British Columbia’s Carbon Tax
No full textA carbon tax, implemented in the Canadian province of British Columbia in 2008, is intended as an incentive to decrease greenhouse gas emissions, leading to a more sustainable future. The purpose of this project is to determine whether British Columbia’s carbon tax is an effective solution to rapidly rising carbon dioxide (CO2). This study applies Robert Gibson’s seven-part framework for analyzing environmental policies to the BC carbon tax. Results indicate that BC’s carbon tax is not a successful policy solution for decreasing CO2 emissions as it does not fully meet the requirements of Gibson’s framework
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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