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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
Act of Altruism in Nicola Davies’ Whale Boy
Get PDFEco-consciousness deals with the concern of human beings towards nature. Nature protects humans in all
aspects unless they harm them. This act of selflessness is referred to as “altruism” in literature. Altruism
is the literary term describing humanity or kindness. The kind behaviour of nature is characterised as a
non-profitable aid to humans. There won't be any expectations, yet kindness will be expressed in a
natural way. According to ethology, altruistic behaviour can be found in humans and animals. It is
merely distinguished as a kinship between the two different groups. The novel Whale Boy deals with the
behavioural attitudes of a whale and a boy. Nicola Davies, an English zoologist and author, described the
kind behaviour of a wild creature towards humans. The novel centers on Michael Fontaine, a young boy
who wants to go whale-watching and fishing in the deep ocean off the coast of his island. Nicola Davis
focuses on marine wildlife and the issue of whaling and conservation. This article relates to the
relationship between Michael and the whale. Thus, through the act of altruism, the article attempts to
reflect the kinship between whales and humans
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
Mother Tongue Influence on English Pronunciation: A Case study in College Students
Get PDFMother tongue interference can affect students’ English speaking skill especially in pronouncing the
words intrinsically. Considering Tamil language is the dominant mother language used by students
at College level, the students as EFL learners often use their mother tongue in daily communication
and at campus, and College students pronounce English words in a different way. This study
investigated the forms of Tamil language interfering students in pronouncing English words, and
how they were interfered. This was a descriptive study in the field of English pronunciation
elaborated in a qualitative way. Recorded interviews and pronunciation testing were the main
techniques of collecting data. Interview guide, validated pronunciation test, and document analysis
were the instruments. In conclusion, the interference was positive since Tamil language’s phonemic
sounds have some similarities to those of English, so this condition does not potentially change the
meanings of English words
A Study on the Necessity of Blended Learning in Classroom after the Pandemic Period
Get PDFRescheduling the usual elements of educational materials predominantly helps the learner to seek
knowledge much easier than before. Developing e-sources is the next level of advancement in
providing support for all learning categories. This study is an attempt to find out the necessity of
blended learning in the classroom after the pandemic period .This study was conducted with a
quantitative research design using a survey methodology to gather data about the learners’ interest
among the blended learning from the sample of 50 undergraduate students in the state of Tamil
Nadu, India. The necessity of updating to the present scenario is challenging the teachers to upgrade
themselves and support the students. During the pandemic, the teaching and learning process is quite
difficult to acquire education, but the integration of technology balances the mutuality. The core
objective of this study is to examine the effects of the online mode of education among students and
find out the requirements of blended learning for future education
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
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