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Recognition of Collective Management Organization among local independent composers / Muhammad Noh Zulazfar Mohd Jamali
Get PDFThe existence of Collective Management Organization can be traced back from 1791. Collective Management Organization in the music area dates from 1851 when the French society SACEM (Society of Authors, Composers, and Music Publishers) was established to administer public performance rights in musical works. The date is significant because it predates the adoption of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works in 1886. Despite the long history of Collective Management Organization and the increasing number of the local independent composer, their concern to the existence of the CMO become questionable matter. Therefore, this research presents the recognization on the CMO among the independent composer in Malaysia. A qualitative methodology was adopted as the method of this research. The results of this research according to the objectives of the research were achieved explaining the understanding of the local composer towards the CMO. Their understanding of their own right and the roles and functions on the CMO are concerning as they understand their own right and the roles and functions of CMO but they do not understand it in total. This is due to lacks of exposure on the importance of the CMO and Copyright Law. This study serves as a promising and helpful reference for future research as this research give an insight into this matter. Therefore, improvement action needs to be taken by all parties to improve the identified conundrum from this research
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
Effects of Kinesio taping on skill-related physical fitness following fatigue induction among recreational athletes: a randomized-controlled trial / Muhammad Noh Zulfikri Mohd Jamali
Get PDFThis study aimed to determine the effects of Kinesio® taping (KT) on dynamic balance, agility, explosive leg power and postural control following fatigue induction among recreational athletes. It is hypothesized that the application of KT limits the effects of fatigue on dynamic balance, agility, explosive leg power and dynamic postural control among recreational athletes. This study used a randomized controlled trial recruited 72 male recreational athletes, randomized to one of the four groups (Group A: KT and fatigue; Group B: no tape and fatigue; Group C: KT and no fatigue; Group D: no tape and no fatigue). Fatigue was induced using the adapted Functional Agility Short Term Fatigue Protocol (FAST-FP). The rectus femoris of quadriceps, biceps femoris of the hamstring and medial gastrocnemius of the dominant leg were taped. The dynamic balance, agility, explosive leg power and dynamic postural control were assessed pre and post fatigue. For dynamic balance, a significant change was found among the groups over time (p//=0.13). The main effect was not significant (p=0.45, t]p 2=0.04). For explosive leg power, a significant interaction was found between the group and time (pO.OOl, t]p =0.554), the main effect of time (pO.OOl, rjp 2=0.60) and the main of groups (p=0.004, tjp 2=0.\8). A post hoc comparison using the Bonferroni test indicated a significant difference between Group B and Group C (p0.05, tf/O.OOl), lateral symmetry (p=0.84, ^/=0.001) and lateral variability (p=0.50, t]p 2=0.02). A significant main effect of time was observed for anterior-posterior position (p>0.05, t]p 2=0.\5) while non-significant for anterior-posterior variability (p=0.82, J//=0.002), lateral (p=0.65, t]p 2=0.007) and lateral variability (p>0.05, t]p 2=0A2). For the main effect of the two groups was not significant for the anterior-posterior position (p=0.42, t}p 2=0.Q2), anterior-posterior variability (p=0.74, rjp 2=0.004), lateral symmetry (p=0.73, ?//=0.004) and lateral variability (p=0.87, J/P 2=0.001). In conclusion, KT application did not limit the effects of fatigue on the dynamic balance, agility, explosive leg power and postural control. Moreover, KT application did not enhance dynamic balance, agility, explosive leg power and postural
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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