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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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Avaliação dos conhecimentos e procedimentos em biossegurança de trabalhadores de laboratórios nível de biossegurança 3
No full textFundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BrasilA Biossegurança constitui um campo do conhecimento com limites amplos e em constante construção. Entretanto, no Brasil, sua evolução teve fraco acompanhamento, especialmente em relação aos conhecimentos e procedimentos dos profissionais e infraestrutura dos laboratórios nível de Biossegurança 3, com poucos dados que possam indicar o grau de desenvolvimento e aplicabilidade de suas normas nas diversas instituições de saúde. Contudo, não bastam a adequação e funcionabilidade da infraestrutura predial, mas sim o conhecimento das necessidades dos usuários no sentido de propiciar aceitação das normas de Biossegurança por meio da conscientização dos riscos levando à mudança na conduta e no comportamento. Para isto, torna-se imprescindível a elaboração de treinamentos teóricos e práticos com atualizações constantes dos profissionais da área de saúde que deverão ser avaliados periodicamente para que haja melhorias nos programas de treinamentos oferecidos, uma vez que esses programas visam a garantir a qualidade e a segurança dos profissionais, dos ambientes internos e externos, à população em geral e a qualidade dos resultados pretendidos. Neste contexto, este trabalho teve, como objetivo principal, avaliar, a partir da pesquisa descritiva com abordagem qualitativa e exploratória, os dados coletados por questionários e entrevistas estruturadas, aplicadas aos 37 profissionais e nove gestores dos seis laboratórios NB3 participantes. A análise dos dados foi feita pela abordagem da multirreferencialidade, considerando os conhecimentos e procedimentos em Biossegurança e os possíveis impactos das estratégias dos últimos treinamentos oferecidos a esses profissionais, assim como as condições das instalações laboratoriais no país
Dentre as respostas obtidas, há constatações importantes: alguns profissionais relataram não ter recebido treinamento específico para o início dos trabalhos, demonstrando falta de organização e critérios, por parte das instituições e gestores, para o ingresso de novos trabalhadores em laboratórios NB3; não houve padronização de conceitos e percepções relacionados à Biossegurança dentre os profissionais avaliados; mais da metade dos laboratoristas, incluindo gestores, alegaram trabalhar sozinhos em ambientes nível 3; a maior parte dos profissionais relatou que os laboratórios foram bem construídos mas todos, incluindo usuários e gestores, afirmaram que gostariam que a situação atual fosse melhor. Em relação à gestão dos laboratórios, foram relatadas várias falhas, tais como falta ou não atualização de POP específico para o trabalho em NB3, ausência de documentos de notificação de acidentes, falta de acompanhamento dos profissionais destinados à limpeza do laboratório NB3, ausência de realização de exames clínicos, imunizações e armazenamento de soro base como controle. De acordo com as respostas apresentadas, observamos que nem todos os indivíduos, incluídos neste estudo, trabalham da maneira correta ou seguem uma metodologia de trabalho padronizada, deficiência relatada, inclusive, pela maioria dos próprios profissionais
A realização dos cursos de Biossegurança e treinamentos somente não garantem preparo pleno dos profissionais para o exercício de suas obrigações em laboratórios NB3. Esta atividade e o monitoramento das instalações NB3 devem ser contínuos e de responsabilidade dos profissionais e das instituições, garantindo que as rotinas de trabalho estejam de acordo com as normas de BiossegurançaBiosafety is a field of knowledge with wide limits and constant construction. However, in
Brazil, its evolution
had weak monitoring, especially in relation to knowledge and
professional procedures and infrastructure of Biosafety Level 3 laboratories, with little data
that may indicate the degree of development and applicability of its norms in the various
health in
stitutions. However,
it is
not enough the adequacy and functionality of building
infrastructure, but the knowledge of users' needs in order to provide accepted standards of
biosafety through awareness of risks leading to change in the conduct and behavior.
For this,
it is essential the development of theoretical and practical
trainings
with constant updates of
professionals in the health area
wh
o
should be evaluated periodically
with objectives of
improvements in
the
training programs offered, since these p
rograms aim to ensure the quality
and safety
of
professionals, internal and external environments, the general population and the
quality of intended results. In this context, this work has as main goal,
to
evaluate, from the
descriptive and exploratory qu
alitative research approach, the data collected by questionnaires
and structured interviews, applied to 37 professional
s
and nine
managers of the six
participating
BSL3 laboratories
.
Data analysis was performed by the multi
-
referential
approach, considerin
g the knowledge and procedures on Biosafety and the possible impacts of
the strategies of the last training offered to these professionals, as well as the conditions of
laboratory facilities in the country. Among the responses, there are important findings
: some
professionals reported not having received specific training for the start
ing
of work,
demonstrating lack of organization and criteria of the institutions and managers, for the entry
of new workers in
BSL
3
laboratories, there was no standardization
concepts and perceptions
related to biosafety among professional
s evaluated,
more than half of the laboratory workers,
including managers, work alone
inside
biosafety
level 3 environments, most employees
reported that laboratories were well constructed but
everyone, including users and managers,
said they would like the current situation was best. Regarding the management of laboratories,
several flaws, such as missi
ng or update specific
standard operation procedures
to work in
BSL
3
, absence of accident rep
orting documents, lack of monitoring for the professional
cleaning of
BSL3
laboratory, lack of achievement
s of
reported clinical examinations,
immunizations and basic storage serum as control. According to the answers provided, we
observed that not all ind
ividuals included in this study work in the right way or follow a
standardized methodology,
a
disabilit
y reported
by most professionals themselves. The
completion of
Biosafety
courses and trainings
alone do not
ensure full preparation of
professionals to c
arry out their obligations in BSL3 laboratories. This activity and monitoring
of
BSL
3
facilities
must be
continuous and should be the responsibility of professionals and
institutions, ensuring that the work routines are in accordance with the biosafety
standard
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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