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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
Virtual Reality som stöd för projektering
No full textProjekteringsprocessen är en fas med syfte att skapa ett byggnadsverk som uppfyller
byggherrens alla önskemål och krav. Under projekteringsprocessen är många olika
projektörer från olika discipliner inblandade. För att lyckas med projekteringen krävs det att
kommunikationen mellan dessa projektörer är god.
Den här studien baserades på en fortsatt studie från examensarbetet En effektivare
byggprocess genom standardisering, kommunikation och erfarenhetsåterföring, skriven av
Malin Persson och Veronica Sköld. I kapitlet Förslag på fortsatta studier framgick det att
man skulle kunna undersöka vilka olika tekniska hjälpmedel som finns att tillgå gällande till
exempel 3D-visualiseringar.
Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka om kommunikationen kan förbättras under
projekteringen med hjälp av 3D-visualisering i form av VR-teknik. Främst handlar det om de
huvudburna glasögonen. Studiens syfte var även att undersöka synpunkter kring VR-tekniken
från projektörer som har, respektive inte har arbetat med denna teknik under
projekteringsprocessen. Genom denna kvalitativa frågeformulärstudie har författarna kunnat
dra slutsatser hur arbetet upplevdes. Studien omfattar visualisering av byggnader, det vill säga
interagera med 3D-modeller i form av VR-teknik genom användandet av huvudburna
glasögon.
Metoden som användes för att komma fram till ett resultat för detta examensarbete var en
kvalitativ frågeformulärstudie med 14 strategiskt utvalda projektörer. Enkäter med frågor
angående projektering, kommunikation, BIM samt VR skickades ut till respondenterna.
Grunden till teorin baserades på litteraturstudier.
Frågeställningarna som ställdes för att klarlägga om VR-tekniken kan underlätta
kommunikationen mellan projektörerna under projekteringsprocessen var följande:
Kan VR underlätta projekteringen med avseende på kommunikation?
Hur upplever projektörer att arbeta med VR?
Resultatet som kom fram via frågeformuläret visade att majoriteten av respondenterna ställde
sig positivt till användningen av VR-tekniken inom byggbranschen. Det skall noteras att
endast 15 stycken personer svarade av 50 tillfrågade, varav ett svar fick förkastas eftersom
alla frågor inte var besvarade. Respondenterna som tillfrågades var projektörer från olika
företag i form av; BIM-samordnare, projektledare samt konstruktörer.
Gällande den första frågeställningen kan författarna dra slutsatsen att projektörerna ser på
VR-tekniken som ett förbättrande verktyg för att underlätta kommunikationen, främst mellan
projektörer och brukare. Gällande den andra frågeställningen kan författarna dra slutsatsen att
projektörerna upplevde det som positivt att arbeta med VR-tekniken. Förståelsen ökade,
kommunikationen förbättrades och de såg VR som ett spännande framtidsverktyg.
Under projekteringen av NSM, Nya sjukhusområdet i Malmö, var sjuksköterskor, läkare och
annan sjukvårdspersonal närvarande och aktiva under projekteringen. Deras erfarenhet av
utformningen av lokaler och ytor av sjukhusområden lyssnades till i syfte att optimera
lokalerna. Deras åsikter och synpunkter sammanfördes efter att de använd sig utav VRiv
glasögon baserade på BIM-modeller. Sjukvårdspersonalen som var involverade vid
användningen av huvudburna VR-utrustningen uppfattade volymer och ytor på ett mer
förståeligt sätt jämfört med traditionella 2D-ritningar. Sjukvårdspersonalen kände sig mer
engagerade i projektet när huvudburna VR-utrustningar användes.The design phase is a process aimed at creating a building that meets the building clients’
wishes and requirements. During the design phase, many different designers from different
disciplines are involved. In order to succeed with the design phase, communication between
these designers is crucial. The communication requirements of the designers have increased
as the designers are becoming increasingly specialized in their respective areas.
The purpose of this study was to investigate how communication problems can be bridged
during the design phase using 3D-visualization with VR-technology. The purpose was also to
investigate the designers’ aspects of the VR-technology. Through this qualitative
questionnaire study, the authors have been able to draw conclusions about how the work is
experienced.
The questions posed to clarify whether VR-technology could facilitate communication
between the designers during the design phase were as follows:
Can VR facilitate the design phase with regard to communication?
How do the designers experience working with VR?
The method used to conclude the results was a qualitative questionnaire study with a number
of strategically selected designers. The theory was based on literature studies.
The results obtained through the questionnaire showed that the majority of respondents
expressed their support for the use of VR-technology in the construction industry.
The authors can conclude that the designers see VR-technology as an enhancing tool for
facilitating communication, primarily between them and the users. The designers also
experienced it as positive to work with VR-technology. Understanding increased,
communication improved and it was an exciting future tool
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
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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