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Unlocking the Secrets of Bird Conservation through Ringing: A Review
Get PDFBird ringing, a widely employed technique for marking and studying birds, plays a crucial role in bird conservation. As the human population increases and natural habitats are threatened, birds face numerous challenges that necessitate effective conservation efforts. This paper examines the significance of bird ringing in gathering vital data for conservation and outlines the process and benefits of this technique. Bird ringing provides essential information for understanding bird populations and their behaviours. By capturing and marking birds, researchers can collect data on demographics, habitat usage, feeding patterns, and breeding seasons. Advanced techniques, such as radio-labelled rings, enable tracking of bird movements and migration routes. Through ringing, researchers can examine diseases, assess the presence of microorganisms that may impact both bird and human health and contribute to the understanding of bird-related biosecurity. The process of bird ringing involves careful capture and handling of birds using various techniques tailored to different species and habitats. Rings made of appropriate materials are applied to the birds for identification purposes. Thus, bird ringing is valuable for gathering critical data on bird populations, behaviour, and health, contributing significantly to bird conservation and sustainability. By providing insights into migration patterns, habitat usage, and health status, bird ringing enables conservationists to make informed decisions and implement effective measures to protect bird species and their habitats. Continued research and collaboration in the field of bird ringing are essential for the long-term preservation of avian biodiversity and the maintenance of healthy ecosystems
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
An overview on major diseases, damage pattern, and management of Mango (Mangifera indica L.) fruit and tree
Get PDFMango is one of the most important tropical fruits grown throughout the world particularly in Asia with high economic and nutritional value. However, several diseases and pests cause significant damages to different parts of mango trees and mango fruits, resulting in severe economic losses to farmers and the agricultural sector. Some of the major mango diseases are anthracnose, powdery mildew, die back, and mango malformation. These diseases affect various parts of mango tree, including leaves, flowers, fruits, stems, and roots. The causative organisms of mango diseases include fungi, bacteria, and viruses. Of these, the majority is caused by fungi. Some of the common fungal diseases of mango include anthracnose, powdery mildew, stem-end rot, and sooty mould. Therefore, it is a pressing need to accurately identify the causative organisms for determination of the best management strategy for an effective control. To manage mango diseases, farmers and researchers use several approaches, including cultural practices, chemical control, biological control, and genetic resistance. In this article, the major mango diseases, damage patterns, and management strategies for sustainable mango production has been critically reviewed and presented
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
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