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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
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
A tactile book as therapeutic medium in occupational therapy
Get PDFUvod: Pri otrocih z okvaro vida razvoj finomotoričnih spretnosti poteka počasneje, zato se soočajo z ovirami pri izvajanju osnovnih dnevnih aktivnostih. Eden izmed načinov, s katerim spodbudimo otroka k učenju spretnosti je lahko tipna slikanica. Tipna slikanica je medij, ki ima širok namen uporabe, saj jo lahko uporabimo za vzpostavitev prvega stika, kot motivacijsko sredstvo, krepitev tipa, razvijanje finomotoričnih spretnosti, pridobivanje novih informacij. Namen: Na podlagi študije ustrezne literature smo izdelali tipno slikanico, ki je služila kot medij oziroma pripomoček za učenje izvedbe vsakodnevnih aktivnosti v delovno-terapevtski obravnavi. Metode dela: Uporabljena je bila študija primera. V študijo primera je bil vključen 6-letni slaboviden otrok. Obravnava z uporabo tipnih slikanic je potekala enkrat ali dvakrat na teden po 60 minut. Na začetku in koncu obravnave sta bila uporabljena dva ocenjevalna instrumenta, in sicer kanadsko ocenjevanje izvedbe okupacije in analiza aktivnosti po spretnostih. Rezultati: Ob koncu delovno-terapevtske obravnave je bil viden napredek pri zavezovanju čevljev z vezalkami. Izidi končnih ocenjevanj izkazujejo višjo oceno učinkovitosti izvedbe in zadovoljstva z izvedbo aktivnosti ter zmanjšanje odstopanj pri spretnostih. Razprava: Sklepamo, da uporaba tipne slikanice v delovno-terapevtski obravnavi prispeva k razvijanju spretnosti ter k večji učinkovitosti in samostojnosti uporabnika pri izvajanju osnovnih dnevnih aktivnosti. Zaključek: Tipna slikanica se je izkazala za zelo uporaben medij v delovno-terapevtski obravnavi, pri kateri lahko vsebino individualno prilagodimo in jo usmerimo proti doseganju ciljev obravnave.Introduction: In children with visual impairment, the development of fine motor skills is slower, due to which they are faced with obstacles whilst performing their basic daily activities. A tactile picture book is one of the ways through which we can encourage a child to learn skills. A tactile picture book is a medium that offers a wide range of possible uses. It can be used to establish a first contact, strengthen the tactile senses, develop fine motor skills, obtain new information, as a motivational tool. Purpose: Based on the study of relevant literature, a tactile picture book was created, which served as a learning medium or tool helping in the performance of basic daily activities during occupational therapy treatment. Methods: A case study was used in which a 6-year-old visually impaired child was included. A 60-minute-long treatment using tactile picture books took place once or twice a week. At the beginning and at the end of the treatment, two assessment instruments were used: Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) and the activity analysis by skills. Results: At the end of the occupational therapy treatment, progress in tying shoelaces was evident. The results of the final assessments show higher marks in performance efficiency and in satisfaction with the performance of the activities, and a decrease in skill discrepancies. Discussion: We conclude that the use of a tactile picture book in occupational therapy treatment contributes to the development of skills and to a greater efficiency and independence of the user in the performance of basic daily activities. Conclusion: The tactile picture book has proven to be a very useful medium in occupational therapy treatment in which the content can be individually adjusted and directed towards the attainment of the goals of the treatment
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