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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
Depression in later life: a review of the effectiveness and efficiency of psychological therapies and an empirical exploration of the predictors of attitudes to seeking psychological help and recognition of depression.
Get PDFBackground: Depression within the older adult population is common. Previous reviews of
the literature have considered the efficacy of psychological therapies for older adults.
However, they have exclusively focussed on evidence provided by randomised controlled
trials neglecting emergent evidence from other therapeutic modalities.
Despite the efficacy of psychological and pharmacological treatments many depressed older
people go without treatment. The barriers to treatment remain unclear, however the literature
has previously suggested that they may fall within three factors; patients, health care
providers and health care organisations. This study focussed on patient related factors. The
literature has suggested that older adults not be as accurate in recognising symptoms of
depression than adults of working age. In turn, lack of recognition of the presence of a mental
health problem may influence older adult’s attitudes to seeking psychological help. The
literature suggests a number of factors may influence treatment seeking attitudes in older
people. These may include accuracy of depression recognition, cognitive fusion; engagement
in valued activities although these did not appear to have previously been considered.
Aims: The aims of this thesis were addressed by the systematic review of the literature and
empirical research paper comprising it.
Systematic review aimed, in light of a recent efficiency target issued by the The
Scottish Government to update the literature relating to the efficacy of standalone
psychological therapies for older adults and to consider the efficiency implications of the
results.
The empirical article had two overall aims. It sought to determine the predictive effect
of attitudes to ageing and degree of depression on older adult’s ability to conceptualise their
symptoms of psychological distress as depression. This study also sought to consider, in light
of a paucity of empirical evidence to date, the relative predictive effect of attitudes to ageing,
depression, recognition of depression symptoms, cognitive fusion and engagement in valued
activities on the treatment seeking attitudes of a cohort of depressed older adults.
Method: A systematic review of the literature was undertaken to consider the efficacy and
efficiency of psychological therapies in the treatment of late life depression.
An empirical cross sectional survey recruiting older adults (n = 281), aged ≥ 65 years
was undertaken to examine the effects of depression, cognitive fusion, attitudes to ageing, and
valued behaviour on attitudes to seeking professional psychological help.
Results: In the systematic review, of the 1493 articles identified 11 were retained for review.
Papers reviewed considered the effectiveness psychological interventions including:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapies, Reminiscence Therapies, Acceptance and Commitment
Therapy and Problem Solving Therapy.
The results of the statistical analysis in the empirical work suggested that a significant
proportion of ‘depressed’ older adults (n = 43) recruited to our study were not able to
recognise they were depressed at the time of their participation in the study. A binomial
logistic regression suggested that depression severity rather than attitudes to ageing predicted
depression recognition in this sample. A hierarchical multiple regression undertaken to
analyse the predictive influence of depression, depression recognition, cognitive fusion,
attitudes to ageing and engagement in valued activities suggested that non of these variables
significantly predicted our sample’s attitudes to seeking professional psychological help.
Conclusions: Our results demonstrate that there is increasing evidence that some
psychological therapies could be offered as alternatives to antidepressant medication for older
people and within an efficient model of stepped care.
The results of the empirical element of this project suggest that attitudes to ageing and
cognitive fusion are both predictors of attitudes to treatment seeking. The results further
suggest that many depressed older people don’t recognise when they are depressed suggesting
a lack of mental health. These findings suggest several implications for clinical practice,
psychological therapies and public health
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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