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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
Intervenção nutricional em doentes com risco de desenvolver diabetes mellitus tipo 2
No full textDissertação de mestrado em Nutrição Clínica, apresentada à Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de CoimbraIntrodução e Objetivos: A DM2 configura-se hoje como uma epidemia mundial, traduzindose
num grande desafio para os sistemas de saúde de todo o mundo. O envelhecimento da
população, a urbanização crescente e a adoção de estilos de vida pouco saudáveis como
sedentarismo, dieta inadequada e obesidade são os grandes responsáveis pelo aumento da
incidência e prevalência da diabetes em todo o mundo. O objetivo deste estudo é avaliar e
comparar resultados em doentes com risco de desenvolver DM2 antes e após IN
(recomendações nutricionais, plano alimentar e AF).
Material e Métodos: Estudo quantitativo, não experimental, transversal, descritivo e
correlacional, efetuado a doentes referenciados pela 1ª vez à consulta de Apoio Nutricional.
Foi aplicado um questionário de avaliação de risco (FINDRISK), análises laboratoriais
(HbA1c e PTGO), e avaliação nutricional. Após 6 meses de IN, foi efectuada nova avaliação
(aplicação do questionário, análises laboratoriais e parâmetros nutricionais). Para o tratamento
estatístico, utilizou-se o programa SPSS® v. 19.0.
Resultados: A amostra é constituída por 106 utentes com idade média de 52.27 anos. O score
de risco de desenvolver DM2 dentro de 10 anos, antes da IN, mostrou que 54.7%dos utentes
apresentava um risco “moderado” ou seja que 1 em cada 6 utentes desenvolverá a doença,
44.3% tinham risco “alto” (1 em cada 3 desenvolverá a doença) e 1.0% risco “muito alto” (1
em cada 2 desenvolverá a doença).
Após a IN (com mudanças nas MA – peso, PA, NGV; estilo de vida – alimentação e AF)
observamos uma diminuição do score de risco nos grupos “alto” e “moderado”, embora o
grupo mais representado continue a ser o “moderado” com 48.0%. 40.8% têm um risco alto,
mas 11.2% têm um risco ligeiro, ou seja que 1 em cada 25 utentes desenvolverá a doença, não
existindo nenhum utente com risco muito alto. A IN levada a cabo durante seis meses foi
benéfica para os utentes, com a diminuição do risco de desenvolver diabetes nos próximos 10
anos. Esta diminuição no score de risco dos utentes é significativo (Z=-3.900; p=.000***),
Conclusão: A TN é reconhecida como indispensável à gestão global da diabetes. As
sociedades científicas internacionais recomendam que a TN deve fazer parte do tratamento de
Intervenção Nutricional em Doentes com Risco de desenvolver Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2
primeira linha para todas as pessoas com diabetes, quer tenham DM1, DM2 ou DG. A TN é
ainda considerada fundamental nas fases da hiperglicemia intermédia.Introduction and goals: Nowadays, DM2 is seen as a worldwide epidemic, resulting in a
major challenge for health systems around the world. The population aging, the growing
urbanization and the adoption of unhealthy lifestyles such as sedentariness, inappropriate diet
and obesity are the great responsible for the increasing incidence and prevalence of Diabetes
all over the world. The object of this study is to evaluate and compare results in patients at
risk of developing DM2 before and after nutritional intervention (NI) - nutritional
recommendations, eating plan and physical activity (PA).
Material and methods: Quantitative, not experimental, transversal, descriptive and
correlational study, accomplished to first time at Nutritional Support appointment referenced
patients. It was applied an evaluation risk quiz (FINDRISK), laboratory tests (HbA1c and
PTGO) and nutritional evaluation. After six months of NI, it was made another evaluation
(quiz application, laboratory tests and nutritional parameters). For the statistics analysis it was
used the SPSS® v. 19.0 program.
Results: The sample is composed by 106 users on average at the 52.27 of age. The risk score
of developing DM2 within ten years, before the NI, showed that 54.7% of the users had a
“moderated” risk, that is to say that one in each six users will develop the disease, 44.3% had
“high” risk (one in each three will acquire the disease) and 1.0% “very high” risk (one in each
two will develop the disease).
Afterwards the NI, (with changes in the Anthropometric Measurements (AM) – weight,
Abdominal Perimeter (AP), Visceral Fat Level (VFL); lifestyle – supply and Physical
Activity (PA) it was observed a risk score reduction at the “high” and “moderated” groups,
although the most represented group is still the “moderated” with 48.0%. 40.8% have an
increased risk, but 11.2% have a slight risk, in other words, it means that one in each twentyfive
users will acquire the disease, and there were no users at the very high risk. The NI,
carried out by six months, was helpful for the users, with the decrease of the risk to acquire
diabetes in the ten years coming. This reduction at the risk score is significant (Z=-3.900;
p=.000***).
Conclusion: The Nutritional Therapeutic (NT) is known as essential to the overall
management of the diabetes. The international scientific companies recommend that the NT
Intervenção Nutricional em Doentes com Risco de desenvolver Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2
must be a part of the first line treatment to all the people with diabetes, whether they have
DM1, DM2 or DG. NT is still considered to be essential at the intermediate stages of
hyperglycemia
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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