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Lean construction and SDGs: delivering value and performance in the built environment
Full text linkProductivity growth in the construction industry has lagged well behind that in the manufacturing sector in many nations. By incorporating lean principles into the construction sector, these challenges could be overcome. Lean construction aims to address this challenge by implementing lean principles in the construction industry. The chapter explores the concept of lean construction and how it links sustainability in the built environment. The goal of lean construction is to increase productivity in the construction industry by reducing costs and eliminating activities that do not deliver value. The application of lean processes and principles in construction can help in achieving the SDGs including SDG 9 (industry, innovation and infrastructure), SDG 11 (sustainable cities & communities) etc., as lean construction increases productivity, profits, and innovation. Lean construction emphasizes the generation of value in building and construction projects, with a strong emphasis on the prompt and dependable delivery of value
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Full text link“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
The built environment and industry/construction 4.0 technologies towards achieving SDGs
Full text linkSustainability is not an option; it is a way of living that must rapidly adapt to achieve humanity's sustainability. According to the international energy agency, the construction sector accounts for 36% of energy demand and 40% of energy and process-related emissions. The Fourth Industrial Revolution, also called Industry 4.0, directly impacted how we communicate and interact with others. The transition has faced all industries, including the built environment, by moving to “Construction 4.0” era, accelerating the construction sector’s digitalization and automation, showing the relevance of having trusted real-time information supporting decision-making. This chapter discusses the Construction 4.0 concept and how it disrupts the built environment, leading to how existing professions are growing and emerging new ones. It focuses on the established understanding and expected outcomes of the Construction 4.0 concept and analyzes how they support the SDGs such as SDG 9 (Industry Innovation & Infrastructure) and the digitalization of industrial processes
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe 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
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No full textDispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe 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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