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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
Dietitian-led programming and creation of a mobile application, MealPlot, to induce sustainable and significant weight losses in obese adults
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Previous issue date: 2021-04-26Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 118648
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Reason: Author requested closed access (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD systemAuthor requested closed access (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD systemLimitedIntroduction:
National and international rates of overweight and obesity have dramatically risen in recent decades due to changes in the global food landscape. Overweight and obesity are linked to many health problems: cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, elevated cancer risk, and others. Despite best efforts, a sustainable weight management solution does not exist. Existing programs are high cost, have low success rates, and low sustainability. The Individualized Dietary Improvement Program (iDip) and MealPlot mobile application are two projects aiming to develop a weight management program that leads to sustainable weight losses of greater than 5% initial body weight, contributes to healthful dietary changes, and is lower in cost than previous, similarly successful programs.
Methods:
iDip was a two-year before and after study design without a control group. It occurred in-person at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from March 2019-2021. Thirty participants from the surrounding community were enrolled and completed 19 in-person dietitian-led education sessions, three individual advising meetings, dietary monitoring via 24- hour dietary records and food frequency questionnaire, body composition and measurements, and daily self-weighing. Dietary records were collected bi-monthly throughout year 1; food frequency questionnaires at baseline, 12 months, 24 months; and body composition, waist and hip circumference at baseline, 6 months, 15 months, and 24 months. Participants received individualized feedback via weekly weight monitoring charts and the novel, protein-fiber food displays. Outcomes were analyzed using mean, Students t-test, and regression analysis.
MealPlot was developed in coordination with the University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign Applied Research Institute from January 2020-Present. Strategies from iDip 2, namely protein-fiber food displays, weight charts, health assessment, and communication with advisors, are heavily utilized in the application. MealPlot was developed on a HIPAA-secure server pulling data from the USDA Nutrition Database and the participant’s Wi-Fi scale.
Results:
At 12 months, 22 participants (73.3% retention, 13 females) remained enrolled. Mean baseline age and body mass index was 49.3 (11.5, SD) years and 37.4 (5.1) kg/m2, respectively. Mean weight loss was -6.5 (8.4)% and mean body mass index change was -2.33 kg/m2. Weight loss primarily occurred in the first six months, and early weight losses were predictive of long-term weight losses. On both the food frequency questionnaires and dietary records, participants significantly increased protein (p<1e-6) and fiber (p<0.001) densities and significantly reduced caloric intake (p<0.01) and intake of non-nutrient dense foods (p<1e-4). iDip 2 had insignificant improvements in weight loss versus iDip 1 and was significantly lower in cost than similarly successful programming.
The three core features of MealPlot were developed and internally tested: Meal Planner, One Day Record, and Weight Chart. MealPlot will be incorporated in the EMPOWER programming.
Conclusions:
iDip lead to clinically significant weight losses in many participants. However, weight losses were highly variable among participants. Dietary improvements were significant but inconsistent among dietary records. Follow-up studies and larger cohorts are needed to identify the sustainability of weight losses and dietary changes. MealPlot’s core features are fully developed and await incorporation into the EMPOWER program. Based on participant feedback, MealPlot will be updated with additional features.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2023-05-01The student, Annabelle Shaffer, accepted the attached license on 2021-04-20 at 09:41.The student, Annabelle Shaffer, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2021-04-20 at 09:43.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2021-04-26 at 16:46
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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