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Daydreaming Devices
Full text linkThesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2008.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-65).Daydreaming Devices is a project on aspects of daydream and the design of convertible furniture within the context of art. This thesis addresses the concepts and the design of two daydreaming devices developed during my studies at MIT, the Dreaming Lounge and the Working Unit. Both works create a place for contemplation and generate what I call "ambiguous forms of knowledge." These art works cultivate relations between personal and collective agency while demystifying implicit aspects of socialization. They were designed as utilitarian and emotional artifacts; existing in public or semipublic spaces, they reach their maximum potential when activated within a group of people. Their aim is to affect an understanding of the waking life, sometimes uselessly and strictly relegated to the obscurity of intimacy.by Ana Sofia Lopes da Ponte.S.M
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
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
Intervenções de enfermagem na promoção de conforto ao doente com demência em fim de vida em contexto domiciliar
No full textRelatório de Prática Clínica apresentado à Escola Superior de Saúde Dr. Lopes Dias do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Cuidados Paliativos, realizado sob a orientação científica da Doutora Ângela Sofia Lopes Simões.O presente relatório é parte integrante do 6º Curso de Mestrado em Cuidados Paliativos da Escola Superior de Saúde Lopes Dias, do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, tendo como finalidade a obtenção de grau de Mestre, onde reflito sobre as competências/conhecimentos adquiridos ao longo do ensino teórico, com aplicação na prática clínica. A Prática Clínica compreendeu um total de 300 horas realizadas na Equipa Intra-hospitalar de Suporte em Cuidados Paliativos de um Hospital da região Centro do País. Esta foi uma opção muito refletida e serviu para desenvolver a área temática a aprofundar – Intervenções de enfermagem na promoção de conforto ao doente com demência em fim de vida em contexto domiciliar. Ao longo da prática clínica, planei, executei e avaliei os planos de cuidados estabelecidos e dirigidos aos doentes que acompanhei, utilizando os conhecimentos teórico-práticos adquiridos ao longo do Mestrado. Para que pudesse aprofundar a área temática, ao nível do projeto de intervenção na Equipa Intra-hospitalar de Suporte em Cuidados Paliativos de um Hospital da região Centro do País, realizei uma revisão sistemática da literatura, assumindo como importante a recolha de evidências que me orientassem na prestação de cuidados paliativos a pessoas com demência em fim de vida no domicílio. Neste contexto, apresento dois estudos de caso de doentes com Doença de Alzheimer em fim de vida em contexto domiciliar, a partir dos quais mais consolidei o pressuposto que a prestação de Cuidados Paliativos tem de ter em conta o respeito pela unicidade individual de cada doente/família.ABSTRACT: This report is an integral part of the 6th Masters Course in Palliative Care at the Lopes Dias High School of Health, at the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, aiming to obtain a Master's degree, where I reflect on the skills / knowledge acquired during the course. theoretical teaching, with application in clinical practice. The Clinical Practice comprised a total of 300 hours in the In-Hospital Support Team in Palliative Care of a Hospital in the central region of the country. This was a very well-considered option and served to develop the thematic area to deepen - Nursing interventions in the promotion of comfort to the patient with dementia at the end of life in a home context. Throughout the clinical practice, I planned, performed and evaluated the care plans established and directed to the patients I followed, using the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired during the Masters. In order to deepen the thematic area, at the level of the intervention project in the In-hospital Support Team in Palliative Care of a Hospital in the central region of the country, I carried out a systematic review of the literature, assuming as important the collection of evidence that guided me in the provision of palliative care to people with dementia at the end of life at home. In this context, I present two case studies of patients with end-of-life Alzheimer's disease in a home context, from which I further consolidated the assumption that the provision of Palliative Care must take into account respect for the individuality of each individual patient/family
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
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