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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
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
Proposta de diretrizes para o projeto para manufatura enxuta
Full text linkDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico. Programa de Pós-graduação em Engenharia MecânicaA implementação da Manufatura Enxuta tem tido uma importante participação na busca pelo aumento de eficiência e produtividade de indústrias que enfrentam uma competição de mercado acirrada, como a automotiva. A Manufatura Enxuta encontra seus principais alicerces nas boas práticas desenvolvidas pelas indústrias automotivas japonesas no final da segunda grande guerra, na busca por alta qualidade, baixos custos de transformação, menores lead times e maior flexibilidade. Devido à alta competitividade em diversos setores industriais, particularmente no automotivo, existe um grande esforço pela aplicação da Manufatura Enxuta em níveis cada vez mais profundos. É de fácil verificação que o processo de desenvolvimento de produtos tem forte impacto na eficácia e amplitude de sua aplicação. Por outro lado, verifica-se a falta de elementos para o desenvolvimento de produtos que contribuam com a implantação da abordagem enxuta, buscando eliminar desperdícios na etapa de manufatura a partir das fases iniciais do processo de desenvolvimento de produtos. A preocupação em desenvolver produtos que maximizem características específicas, através da utilização da Engenharia Simultânea, fez surgir o Projeto para Manufatura (DFM). Até o momento, nenhuma ferramenta conseguiu oferecer subsídios suficientes para equipes de desenvolvimento, em sua tarefa de desenvolver produtos que venham a contribuir com a implantação da Manufatura Enxuta em sua totalidade. Da mesma forma, a Engenharia Simultânea não tem sido utilizada de maneira apropriada na busca pelo envolvimento da equipe de desenvolvimento com a Manufatura Enxuta. O presente estudo busca desenvolver e sugerir, na forma de diretrizes para o Design for Lean Manufacturing (DFLM), uma sistematização das melhores práticas para o desenvolvimento de produtos com foco na implantação da Manufatura Enxuta. Estas diretrizes foram reunidas levando-se em consideração a identificação de requisitos pertinentes à implementação da Manufatura Enxuta, durante o processo de projeto. As diretrizes propostas foram aplicadas num estudo de caso junto a uma empresa do setor automobilístico, e os resultados mostraram a relativa facilidade de aplicação das mesmas e também ganhos significativos em termos da redução do lead time do processo produtivo. Lean Manufacturing approach implementation has had an important participation in productivity improvement in first-rate industries. This approach came from the gathering of the best practices used by the Japanese automotive industries as of the end of the Second World War targeting simultaneously high quality, low costs, lower lead time and enhanced flexibility. Due to high competitiveness in first rate industries, mainly automotive, there is a great effort in applying Lean Manufacturing approach in deeper levels. It is not difficult to verify, that product concept has had an important role on its efficacy, and while on the other hand, one can verify a lack of elements for a proper development of products with focus on Lean Manufacturing approach. Concern to design products that maximize specific characteristics through utilization of Simultaneous Engineering gave birth to DFX tools such as Manufacture (DFM). To this date, no DFX tool has offered enough subsidies to the design team in its task of generating products that will contribute with the implementation of Lean Manufacturing in its entirety, also has Simultaneous Engineering not been properly utilized in the job of involving the Product Design team with Lean Manufacturing approach. The present study seeks to bring forward, in the form of a set of guidelines called Design for Lean Manufacturing (DFLM), the systematization of the best supporting practices for the development of products with focus on the implementation of Lean Manufacturing through Simultaneous Engineering. These guidelines have been put together considering the identification of product requisites pertinent with the implementation of Lean Manufacturing. The proposed systematization focuses conceptual design and detailed design phases of Product Development Process. Proposed guidelines were applied in a case study placed in an automotive facility sector and results indicated they were relatively easy to use as well as significant gains regarding productive process lead time were achieved
Dispelling 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
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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