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The Schillinger System of Musical Composition and Contemporary Computer Music
No full textThe author will describe the results of a research project involving the investigation of Joseph Schillinger\u27s theories of rhythm and tonality as they relate to contemporary areas of algorithmic composition such as fractal music. In particular, the author will describe his work in the following areas:
a) the use of Schillinger\u27s fundamental technique of interference
b) the relationship of Schillinger\u27s notion of geometrical projection to techniques of fractal musical composition.
c) the application of fractal processes to Schillinger\u27s emotional and semantic(connotational) schemes (i.e., the psychological dial)
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe 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
Keys to the Schillinger System : Course B - the Theory of Rhythm
No full textThis is the first serious contribution to field of Schillinger studies since 1946 when the original books first appeared. Course B distills all the rhythmic techniques described by Schillinger into one coherent overview and shows how the System may be used effectively to compose music of real substance. This is a significant insight and advancement of the subject and involves much original thought in the form of compositional examples and the synthesis of ideas into new configurations. Schillinger’s ideas are reevaluated in the light of current trends in musical culture and psychology. The book contains important original research in the field of North Indian classical music and shows how its rhythmic structure agrees with certain key aspects of Schillinger’s theory
B. Emich, G. Signori, Kriegs/Bilder in Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit (Jean Schillinger)
No full textPragmatic Case Studies as a Source of Unity in Applied Psychology
No full textTo unify or not to unify applied psychology: that is the question. In this article we review pendulum swings in the historical efforts to answer this question—from a comprehensive, positivist, “top-down,” deductive yes between the 1930s and the early 60s, to a postmodern no since then. A rationale and proposal for a limited, “bottom-up,” inductive yes in applied psychology is then presented, employing a case-based paradigm that integrates both positivist and postmodern themes and components. This paradigm is labeled “pragmatic psychology” and, its specific use of case studies, the “Pragmatic Case Study Method” (“PCS Method”). We call for the creation of peer-reviewed journal-databases of pragmatic case studies as a foundational source of unifying applied knowledge in our discipline. As one example, the potential of the PCS Method for unifying different angles of theoretical regard is illustrated in an area of applied psychology, psychotherapy, via the case of Mrs. B. The article then turns to the broader historical and epistemological arguments for the unifying nature of the PCS Method in both applied and basic psychology.Peer reviewe
B. Windhuis, Untersuchungen von Kommunikationsstrukturen an ausgewählten Flugschriften zum Großen Nordischen Krieg (1700–1721)(Jean Schillinger)
No full textImportance of sympathetic activation for the expression of Na+-Ca2+ exchanger in end-stage failing human myocardium
No full textAims In end-stage heart failure, an alteration in the expression of the Na+-Ca2+ exchanger has been reported. Regulation of its expression is largely unknown. We sought to find out whether Na+-Ca2+ exchanger in human heart failure is regulated by sympathetic activation. In addition, since Na+-Ca2+-exchange is electrogenic, we conjectured whether increased expression of Na+-Ca2+ exchanger is associated with an increased incidence of cardiac arrhythmias. Methods and Results Twenty-three patients suffering from end-stage cardiac failure were examined in the hours preceding cardiac transplantation. Plasma levels of norepinephrine, epinephrine, atrial natriuretic peptide, renin activity, aldosterone, tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, and TNF-receptors were measured. All parameters were elevated relative to 21 healthy control subjects. As determined by immunoblots, protein levels of the Na+-Ca2+ exchanger were increased by 56% and protein levels of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+-ATPase were decreased by 20% in left ventricles of the explanted failing hearts. A significant correlation between protein and neurohumoral levels was exclusively found for the Na+-Ca2+ exchanger with norepinephrine (r=0(.)64; P=0(.)01). Recent Holter ECGs revealed that patients with sustained or nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (more than three consecutive beats) had significantly higher Na+-Ca2+ exchanger protein and plasma norepinephrine levels than patients with a maximum of two consecutive beats (Na+-Ca2+ exchanger: 109 +/- 10 vs 83 +/- 7, n = 11 each, P<0(.)05; norepinephrine: 1359 +/- 159 vs 656 +/- 88 pg.ml(-1), n = 9 each, P<0(.)001). Conclusions Sympathetic activation may enhance the expression of Na+-Ca2+ exchanger in end-stage heart failure. The data support the hypothesis that increased Na+-Ca2+-exchange could favour malignant ventricular arrhythmias
Dr. Edwin Wright Collection: Author Unknown
No full textNotes - The author relates several short stories about his neighbours including Alex McDonell, homesteading and life around Meanook and Athabasca (1 page
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe 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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