1,720,973 research outputs found
Genetics of exopolysaccharide synthesis in rhizobium species strain TAL1145 that nodulates tree legumes
Get PDFPh.D
Investigating the Memorization of the Quran Using the Grounded Theory Methodology
Get PDFGrounded theory methodology was utilized to investigate the process of memorization of the Quran in India from a psychological perspective as it occurs in the absence of semantic comprehension of the Arabic language. Data collection methods included participant observation in a seminary, semi-structured interviews with students and teachers of memorization, study of documents employed during the learning process, and practical demonstrations. Sample comprised of thirteen individuals including students and teachers. Data coding and analyses resulted in a large number of open codes, and eleven axial code categories besides a selective code that gave a comprehensive summation of the research study and facilitated in the generation of a substantive theory of memorization of the Quran in India. Different methods of data display were construction of matrices and tables, diagrammatic representation of axial codes to depict the main theme, case summaries, in-vivo quotes of the subjects, and summations of practical demonstrations. The research employed five methods of implementing evaluative criteria including: triangulation, audit trail, reflexivity, prolonged engagement and persistent observation, and rich, thick description to ensure the credibility of the data, research process, and research outcomes which was to generate a comprehensive understanding of memorization as a unique learning paradigm
Practical Demonstration: A Method for Generating Behavioural Evidence to Study Memorisation of the Holy Qurʾān
No full textPractical Demonstration evolved as a method of data collection for investigating the memorisation of the Holy Qurʾān and its attendant learning processes. Its objective was to generate data that must be authentic, have ecological validity and be empirical, and at the same time be replicable and have conceptual clarity. It is a structured interaction between the researcher and the subject about a particular aspect of the memorisation process that has been automatized, is beyond conscious awareness and taken for granted by the subjects. Trying to elicit information about such a phenomenon through questioning gave imprecise answers, especially in the case of children. So, the researcher asked the subjects to ‘show her’ rather than ‘tell her’. Practical demonstrations were used extensively both during the participant observation and semi-structured interviews. They yielded rich evidence on certain aspects of the memorisation process such as multi-modal learning including visual imagery of a particular page; coordination of the articulatory system and the phonological loop during initial stages of memorisation; development of metamemory and its role in learning and memorising; error-monitoring, detection, and rectification; types of errors; and developing a system of retrieval cues and retrieval structure.Practical Demonstration evolved as a method of data collection for investigating the memorisation of the Holy Qurʾān and its attendant learning processes. Its objective was to generate data that must be authentic, have ecological validity and be empirical, and at the same time be replicable and have conceptual clarity. It is a structured interaction between the researcher and the subject about a particular aspect of the memorisation process that has been automatized, is beyond conscious awareness and taken for granted by the subjects. Trying to elicit information about such a phenomenon through questioning gave imprecise answers, especially in the case of children. So, the researcher asked the subjects to ‘show her’ rather than ‘tell her’. Practical demonstrations were used extensively both during the participant observation and semi-structured interviews. They yielded rich evidence on certain aspects of the memorisation process such as multi-modal learning including visual imagery of a particular page; coordination of the articulatory system and the phonological loop during initial stages of memorisation; development of metamemory and its role in learning and memorising; error-monitoring, detection, and rectification; types of errors; and developing a system of retrieval cues and retrieval structure
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
- …
