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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
DS_10.1177_0022034520914519 – Supplemental material for Caries-Associated Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in <i>Streptococcus mutans</i>
No full textSupplemental material, DS_10.1177_0022034520914519 for Caries-Associated Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Streptococcus mutans by S.S. Momeni, S.M. Beno, J.L. Baker, A. Edlund, T. Ghazal, N.K. Childers and H. Wu in Journal of Dental Research</p
Protecting Animals 36: Author Witi Ihimaera
No full textIn this very special episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by beloved New Zealand author Witi Ihimaera. Witi has written many books featuring nonhuman animals. He offers us a non-colonial lens through which to think about the human/nonhuman relationship
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn 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
Iniziative di cooperazione internazionale nel settore delle colture in vitro dell'olivo: esperienze condotte presso il DSAA di Perugia.
No full textNegli ultimi anni si sta assistendo ad una fortissima diffusione della coltivazione dell’olivo, soprattutto fuori dal bacino del Mediterraneo, che continua a rappresentare comunque la zona di produzione classica. Tra i Paesi principalmente coinvolti in questo fenomeno possiamo annoverare: Stati Uniti, Messico, Brasile, Cile, Argentina, Australia, Nuova Zelanda, Iran, Egitto, Pakistan, Giappone, Tailandia, India e Cina, nella maggior parte dei quali la costituzione dei nuovi impianti si basa sull’utilizzo di poche cultivar, per lo più di provenienza europea. Ciò dà un’idea solo parziale sull’importanza economica del “nuovo” vivaismo olivicolo mondiale e di come sia indispensabile rendere più funzionale ed organizzato il commercio del materiale di propagazione verso i Paesi olivicoli emergenti. Inoltre, risulta crescente la richiesta da parte di questi di conoscenze in materia di propagazione, tecniche colturali e tecnologie di trasformazione. In questo contesto si inseriscono le ormai numerose iniziative inerenti la formazione e la ricerca, che coinvolgono i Paesi produttori tradizionali e quelli emergenti e che si traducono in continui scambi tecnico-scientifici, in alcuni dei quali, in diversa forma e modalità, è stato coinvolto anche il personale che opera nel “Laboratorio di colture in vitro” del Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali (DSAA) dell’Università degli Studi di Perugia, grazie anche alla riconosciuta esperienza maturata da diversi anni nel settore delle tecniche e tecnologie in vitro applicate all’olivo. Con questo lavoro si è, quindi, inteso fornire una testimonianza dei principali risultati scientifici ottenuti attraverso alcune collaborazioni con ricercatori stranieri che hanno frequentato a vario titolo il suddetto laboratorio, interessati ad acquisire esperienze e competenze, in particolare, su alcuni temi inerenti la micropropagazione e la tecnologia dell’incapsulamento di espianti vitro-derivati di varie cultivar di olivo
Author in Essay by I. A. Goncharov “Pepiniere”
No full textFeatures of the embodiment of the author’s position in the essay by I. A. Goncharov “Pepiniere” are considered. The relevance of the study is due to the poorly studied poetics of this work. A review of the scientific literature on relevant topics is performed. Methodological and theoretical definitions are given. The scientific novelty of the article is in the fact that for the first time attention is paid to artistic techniques that allow to identify the author's position in the specified literary text. The author of the article grounds her opinion from the fact that, despite the dominance of the subjective point of view, other characters’ views stand out in the work. It is concluded in the study that the text of the work represents a biographical author and author-creator. It was established that the position of the author-creator is expressed through the title, epigraphs, which are quotes, as well as through different points of view, including the author-character, the author-narrator, the characters of the work. The author of the article dwells in detail on different ways of expressing the points of view of the author-character and the author-narrator. It is proved that the point of view of the author-character and the author-narrator can intersect, they are interchanged. The author's development of the term comic “point of view” is presented in the article
Espai i identitat en l'obra de Jordi Pere Cerdà. Una geografia literària cerdaniana
No full textL'obra de l'autor nord-català Jordi Pere Cerdà (1920-2011) teixeix una cartografia literària que abasta tota dimensió espacial -real, imaginada i ficcional. Les prospeccions que assagen els seus texts es fonen en el medi natural i rural, canten a l'amor, als veïns i als éssers fantàstics del folklore català, es comprometen amb els refugiats encarant-se a tota frontera i, també, a tot abisme interior i exterior que oprimesca l'ésser. El mapatge cognitiu i literari que crea Cerdà sobrepassa qualsevol obstacle per construir espais oberts i possibles, en comunió amb l'altre. Partint d'una aproximació teòrica geocrítica, aquest treball d'investigació aprofundeix en diverses nocions sobre l'espacialitat lligades a un context convuls, ple de transformacions a nivell socioeconòmic, polític, cultural i lingüístic, el qual determinarà la vida d'un autor i d'un territori transfronterer com el de la Cerdanya i la Catalunya del Nord. En definitiva, la rica experiència vital de Jordi Pere Cerdà ens permet reflexionar sobre les relacions que vulguem establir entre els individus i amb el nostre hàbitat natural i cultural, a fi d'esdevenir membres actius que participen de la transformació dels espais que configuren les nostres identitats.The work of the North Catalan author Jordi Pere Cerdà (1920-2011) weaves a literary cartography which reaches all spatial dimensions -real, imagined and fictional. The prospections proved by their texts merge with the natural and rural environment, sing to love, neighbours and the fantastic beings of the Catalan folklore. Such prospections also commit themselves with the refugees facing every frontier and, also, facing all interior and exterior abyss that oppresses the being. The cognitive and literary mapping created by Cerdà overcomes any obstacle to construct opened and possible spaces, in communion with the other. Based on the theoretical approach called geocriticism, this research study delves into various notions about spatiality linked to a convulsive context, full of transformations at a socioeconomic, political, cultural and linguistic level; these transformations will determine the life of an author and a cross-border territory such as Cerdagne and Northern Catalonia. In short, the rich experience of Jordi Pere Cerdà allows us to reflect on the relationships we want to establish between individuals, as well as between human groups and our natural and cultural habitat, in order to become active members that participate in the transformation of the spaces that make up our identities.Programa de Doctorat en Llengües Aplicades, Literatura i Traducci
Els llibres d'il·lustració infantil i juvenil en l'Educació Artística. Un cas concret a partir de l’autora Olga de Dios
No full textTreball Final de Grau en Mestre o Mestra d'Educació Primària (Pla de 2018). Codi: MP1840. Curs acadèmic: 2021/2022El treball de fi de grau que aneu a veure a continuació, és un projecte que consisteix en com es poden
treballar a les aules de primària els llibres de l’autora i il·lustradora Olga de Dios. Tractant de treballar
el llibre com a objecte artístic a nivell elemental. A més, de presentar a l’autora i il·lustradora, donarla a conèixer i veure els valors que transmet, també llegiríem quatre de les seues obres a l’aula com
són: “Leotolda”, “En familia”, “Rana de Tres Ojos”, i “Pájaro Amarillo”. Tot açò sumat a la
realització d’un quadern de classe on es colorejaria alguns dels seus personatges de les obres seguint
pautes a nivell curricular. Realitzaríem també una eixida a la biblioteca municipal, on a banda de
rebre una educació no formal, ens facilitaria una mica el fet d’endinsar-nos al món de la il·lustració
infantil, on allí dins, el professional encarregat ens guiarà pels llibres que hi haurà a la biblioteca. I,
per a concloure, elaboraríem un llibre creat per l’alumnat on seguint unes pautes establertes per Olga
de Dios al seu llibre “Leotolda” buscaríem fer una retroalimentació intentant contactar amb ella.
D’aquesta manera tancaríem el cicle que vam començar donant-la a conèixer com a escriptora i
il·lustradora, i exploraríem on està el límit de la creativitat del propi alumnat.The final degree project you are going to see below is a project that looks at how books by author and
illustrator Olga de Dios can be worked on in primary school classrooms. Considering the book as an
artistic object at an elementary level. Besides presenting the author and illustrator, introducing her,
and seeing the values she transmits, we would also read four of her works in the classroom, such as:
"Leotolda”, "In the family", "Three-Eyed Frog", and "Yellow Bird.". All this, in addition to the
creation of a class notebook in which some of his characters from her work would be colored
following guidelines at the curricular level. We would also go out to the local library, where in
addition to receiving a non-formal education, it would make it a little easier for us to enter the world
of children's illustration, where inside, the professional in charge will guide us through the books
which will be in the library. And, to conclude, we would make a book created by the students, where
following some guidelines established by Olga de Dios in her book "Leotolda" we would look for
feedback by trying to contact her. In this way, we would close the cycle that we started by presenting
her as an author and illustrator, and we would explore where the limit of creativity of the students
themselves is
A comparison of self-rated health among Iranians in Teheran, Iranian immigrants and Swedes in Stockholm : a cross-sectional study on self-rated health, mental health and sleep quality among three urban populations, aged 60–75 years
No full textBackground: Self-rated health (SRH) is one of the most widely used single measures of perceived current health status. It is used across disciplines to explore and explain people’s perceived health. SRH reflects an interaction between five broad health dimensions: physical and functional health, psychological resources and health, attitudes and expectations regarding health and aging, social support, and demographics. This thesis explores the SRH of three growing populations aged 60 to 75 years old: Iranians in Tehran and Iranian immigrants and Swedes in Stockholm. The health of this particular population is currently on the agenda for policy and decision makers, who aim to proving care that is appropriate and fits the needs of the elderly. A goal of this thesis is to also add to the body of knowledge regarding this age group, such that healthcare personal and policy makers stand on firmer ground when making decisions.Aim: To describe the process of developing and testing the validity and reliability of the study specific questionnaire “Self-reported health and health-care needs among elderly” (Sub-study I). To establish factors that influence SRH in the above mentioned groups in order to better understand health outcomes (Sub-study II). To investigate and compare self-reported factors of mental health and depressive symptoms (Sub-study III). To investigate variables that could explain sleep quality (Sub-study IV).Method: A quantitative approach was adopted, using a study specific questionnaire created for the intention of exploring aspects of SRH in the above mentioned populations. The first version of the questionnaire was constructed in Farsi, and then translated by bilingual researchers from Farsi into Swedish. An independent professional translator back-translated the questionnaire to Farsi in order to compare the congruency between the Swedish and Farsi versions. The data collection started at the same time in both countries, and finalized during 2005. The total number of respondents in the entire sample was 1088; 515 (49 %) men and 542 (51 %) women ranging from 60 to 75 years (mean age = 67). The three groups did not differ significantly with regard to age or gender.Results: In sub-study I, the development phases of the questionnaire is described which confirmed the validity and reliability of the final version of the questionnaire. In sub-study II the results demonstrated that women generally reported lower SRH than men. Both Iranian groups reported having lower SRH compared to the Swedish group. The two Iranian groups had three common factors influencing SRH; education, satisfaction with ones social life and sleep quality. Other factors important to SRH among Iranians in Iran included nocturia (night time urination), weight loss, feeling weak, and income satisfaction. The Swedes was the only group where depression and satisfaction with leisure activities were found to be important. In sub-study III, with regards to gender aspects the Iranians in Iran revealed differences in almost every item concerning mental health whereas the Swedes and Iranian immigrants exhibited differences in only three of the ten items. Women reported more depressive symptoms in almost all cases. SRH, smoking, satisfaction of social life and sense of connection to ones cultural roots and traditions were statistically significant factors related to mental health. Demographic variables that were found to be significant were group belonging (Swedes vs. Iranians), sex and satisfaction with income. In sub-study IV, aspects of self-reported sleep quality were explored showing that both Iranian samples reported sleep problems to a greater extent than the Swedish sample. Sex was found to be a significant factor only in the Swedish group. Nocturia was found to be important among all three groups. Other factors important for sleep quality in the Swedish group was SRH, how one views the future and being happy and in a good mood. Education, marital status, depression and appetite were only found to be significant in the Iranians in Iran.Conclusion: In general women report lower scores than men with regard to SRH and thereto related dimensions , e.g., sleep quality and mental health. The different sub-studies also concludes that more attention should be given to the impact of SRH and related aspects such as sleep quality, sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors calling for more attention by healthcare workers in both countries so that good quality. The findings also indicate that the Iranian populations living in both Tehran and Stockholm report poorer SRH, mental health and sleep quality to an extent that raises concern. Although researchers have repeatedly acknowledged the importance of SRH, being the strongest predictor of future morbidity and mortality, this recognition and awareness has yet not gained the full attention it deserves from policy makers and healthcare workers in both countries.List of scientific papersI. Emami, A., Momeni, P., Malekafzali, H., Maddah, S. Developing a questionnaire for conducting cross-national studies-'Self-reported health and needs among elderly Iranians and Swedes. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 2010: 24 (2), 372-379. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6712.2009.00706.x II. Momeni, P., Hasson, D., Maddah, S., Emami, A. Factors important for self-rated health among Iranians in Tehran, Iranian immigrants and Swedes in Stockholm aged 60–75 years. [Manuscript]III. Momeni, P., Wettergren, L., Tessma, M., Maddah, S., Emami, A. Factors of importance for self-reported mental health and depressive symptoms among ages 60-75 in urban Iran and Sweden. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 2011 Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6712.2011.00880.x IV. Momeni, P., Hasson, D., Maddah, S., Emami, A. Self-rated sleep quality in 60-75 years old in Tehran and Stockholm. [Submitted]</p
The construction of Karen Karnak: The multi-author-function
No full textThis thesis is situated within the comparatively recent developments of Web 2.0 and the emergence of interactive WikiMedia, and explores the mode of authorship within a Read/Write culture compared to that of a Read/Only tradition. The hypothesis of this study is that the role of the audience has become merged with the author, and as such, represents new functions and attributes, distinct from a more conventional concept of authorship, in which the roles of audience and author are more separate. Read/Write and participatory culture, as defined by this study, is focused on collaboration, and includes the influences of D.I.Y. culture, Open-Source practices and the production of text by multiple authors. Multi-authorship presents a re-thinking of several concepts which support the notion of the individual author, since the focus of multi-authorship is not on attribution and ownership of a finished text, but on the continued malleability of a text. Modes of multi-authorship, demonstrated in the use of the pseudonyms Alan Smithee and Karen Eliot, represent declarative authors whose names signify multiple origins, whilst concurrently indicating a distinct body of work. The function of these names form an important context to this study, since primary research involves the construction of an experimental mode of multi-authorship utilising WikiMedia technology and the interaction of thirty nine participants, who are invited to create a body of work under the collective pseudonym Karen Karnak. The data generated by this experiment is analysed using aspects of Michel Foucault's author-function to identify and determine power structures inherent in the WikiMedia context. The interplay of power structures, including concepts such as identity, ownership and the body of work, affect the resulting mode of authorship and contribute to the construction of Karen Karnak, suggesting further areas of research into the emerging multi-author
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