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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
Effect Of Procurement Management Practices On Performance Of The Kenya Tea Development Agency Factories
Get PDFProcurement management practices play an important role in the performance of an
organization. The general objective of the study was to examine the effects of
procurement management practices on the performance of Kenya Tea Development
Agency (KTDA). The specific objectives of the study were to assess the effect of
supplier alliance on the performance of the KTDA; determine the effect of procurement
cost control practices on the performance of the KTDA; examine the effect of
procurement risk management practices on the performance of the KTDA and; explore
the effect of technology adoption in procurement processes on the performance of the
KTDA. This study was premised on resource-based view theory, balanced score card
theory, systems theory and transaction cost theory. The descriptive research design was
used with data being collected using quantitative and approaches. The target population
of the study was the staff working in all the 66 Tea Factories under KTDA. The unit
of observation was each factory while the unit of analysis was the employees. In these
factories, there are 594 workers. These can be categorized broadly into Procurement
officers, operational officers, and finance officers. Stratified proportionate random
sampling techniques was utilized to choose the sample and estimate overall population
parameters more precisely, resulting in a more representative sample. Simple random
sampling was utilized to choose 198 respondents for the study. A questionnaire was
used to collect data for analysis. To draw inferences and make generalizations about
the population, the researcher used descriptive statistics. SPSS software was used to
obtain mean, frequencies, descriptive, and inferential statistics for the study. To link the
independent factors to the dependent variable, a multiple linear regression model was
utilized. The findings show that there were significant relationships between the
Performance of KTDA Factories and independent variables as follows: supplier
alliance, r=0.892, p<0.05; cost control practices, r=0.827, p<0.05; risk management
practices, r=0. 862, p<0.05; and technology adoption, r=0. 844, p<0.05). Also, the
combined influence of the independent variables could statistically and significantly
predict Performance of KTDA Factories (F= 305.931, p<0.05). In this regard, it can be
concluded that supplier alliance, cost control practices, risk management practices and
technology adoption affected the performance of KTDA factories. The study
recommends that KTDA should keep databases of key suppliers so as to enhance their
contribution to the performance of KTDA factories. Regular meetings and forums
should be put in place to create rapport with existing and emerging key suppliers.
KTDA should continuously review any areas of wastage in the factories. Budgets
should be regularly reviewed to ensure that costs are reduced. In addition, effort should
be put in place to procure high quality goods to reduce maintenance costs of machines
and items. There should be due diligence to enhance risk management practices. Staff
should be regularly trained on risk management strategies. In addition, there should be
effort to ensure that all emergent risks are promptly identified and ways of dealing with
them explored. KTDA should always ensure that new technologies are adopted. All
obsolete technologies should be passed out systematically and replaced with new ones.
A search of the market place for new technology that could create competitive
advantages should be undertaken and such technologies promptly adopted
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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
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