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    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The 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

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    “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

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    We 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

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    We 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

    Author Index

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    koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist

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    We 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

    Diagnostico empresarial, plan de mejoramiento y plan de impacto de la Empresa Seapto S.A.

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    En Colombia, las empresas enfocadas a ofrecer servicios han presentado un constante crecimiento gracias a la evolución tecnológica a partir de los años 90’ y el aprovechamiento de las mismas, lo cual creo un desarrollo constante en todas las actividades económicas del país; por consiguiente se generó un incremento en las ofertas de los servicios a base de la tecnología en cada departamento, con tal sentido se busca hacer la vida de las personas un poco más fácil con respecto a ofrecer servicios de base tecnológica. La empresa Seapto SA, la cual tiene una red de servicios ofrecida en el departamento del Tolima, esta aprovecho desde su creación las necesidades de su población objetivo con la finalidad de desarrollar servicios innovadores con la ayuda de las tecnologías de información y comunicación, basadas principalmente en la oferta de juegos de azar; evolucionando a través del tiempo con el ofrecimiento de apuestas deportivas, corresponsal bancaria, recaudo de facturas, giros nacionales, etc. Según los procesos ejecutados por la empresa durante un tiempo considerable se tomó la decisión de desarrollar un estudio investigativo a través de un Diagnostico Empresarial, con el cual se logren detectar fortalezas y debilidades de la empresa en su funcionamiento completo por cada una de las áreas; de igual manera desarrollar un plan de mejora general que permita contrarrestar las debilidades detectadas en el proceso anterior y para el final desarrollar e implementar un plan de impacto que permita generar un incremento en su demanda potencial. Se debe tener en cuenta que este trabajo servirá como una guía futura para la empresa y que no se Seapto SA establecerán costos, valores o precios en los apartados necesarios tales como el plan de impacto, principalmente por los cambios constantes en los precios de las productos y servicios ofrecidos por las empresas Colombianas.In Colombia, the companies focused to offer services have presented a constant growth thanks to the technological evolution from the 90's and the use of them, which created a constant development in all the economic activities of the country; consequently an increase was generated in the offers of the services based on the technology in each department, with such sense it is looked for to make the life of the people a little easier with respect to offer services of technological base. The company Seapto SA, which has a network of services offered in the department of Tolima, is taking advantage since its inception the needs of its target population in order to develop innovative services with the help of information and communication technologies, based mainly on the offer of gambling, evolving over time with the offering of sports bets, banking correspondent, collection of invoices, national drafts, etc.. According to the processes executed by the company during a considerable time the decision was taken to develop an investigative study through a Business Diagnosis, with which it is possible to detect strengths and weaknesses of the company in its complete operation by each one of the areas; in the same way to develop a general improvement plan that allows to counteract the weaknesses detected in the previous process and for the end to develop and to implement an impact plan that allows to generate an increase in its potential demand. It should be borne in mind that this work will serve as a future guide for the company and that it will not be possible to develop an impact plan. Seapto SA establish costs, values or prices in the necessary sections such as the impact plan, mainly due to constant changes in the prices of products and services offered by Colombian companies

    Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902

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    In 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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