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"Soft" and "Hard" Policy Measures for Young People
No full textAcross Europe there is an increasing consensus that individuals need to become more active in their
own social integration process. Participation in Transition focuses on young people’s motivation in their
transitions from education to work. Through an analysis of case studies the book provides empirical
insight into the transition experiences of young people and examines how different types of transition
policies affect motivation. The key objective is to examine whether and under what conditions the
principle of active participation is effective in re-motivating disengaged young people and argues that
mainstream approaches to activation remain ineffective as they neglect young people’s subjective
realities. The book adopts an innovative interdisciplinary approach that combines discrete research
and policy perspectives on the labour market, youth and citizenship as well as learning and motivation.
The study has been carried out in the framework of the European Group for Integrated Social
Research (EGRIS).
Contents: A. Walther/M. du Bois-Reymond/A. Biggart: Learning, Motivation and Participation in Youth
Transitions: theoretical perspectives · A. Walther: Regulating Youth Transitions: trends, dilemmas and
variations across different ‘regimes’ in Europe · T. Bechmann Jensen/B. Stauber: Researching Motivation
and Participation in Youth Transitions in a Comparative Perspective · M. Cuconato/A. Hayes/G. Lenzi/
A. Walther: ‘Soft’ and ‘Hard’ Policy Measures for Young People · W. Plug/M. du Bois-Reymond: Transition
Patterns between Structure and Agency · B. Stauber/A. Walther: Motivational Careers in Transition:
expectations, experiences, and changes · B. Stauber/A. Holmboe/T. Bechmann Jensen/G. Lenzi/C. Laasch/
P. Leahy/A. López Blasco/W. Plug/H. Seifert: Experiences of Self-determination. Case studies into
biographical effects of participatory practice · A. Pohl/M. du Bois-Reymond/P. Burgess/A. Holmboe/
A. Hayes/L. Iacob/J. Machado Pais/O. Marcovici/M. Santos: Learning Biographies. Case studies into
dimensions and prerequisites of competence development · A. Walther/A. Pohl/P. Burgess: Potentials
of Participation for Citizenship and Social Inclusio
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
Far-infrared spectroscopy of hydrogen bonding in nucleobases, nucleosides, and nucleotides
No full textThe far-infrared dielectric properties of organic acids and bases in the condensed phase are dominated by hydrogen bonding between the individual molecules. We have investigated the dielectric properties of nucleobases, nucleosides, and nucleotides. We find that at cold temperatures distinct vibrational modes are present in the frequency range 0.1-4 THz. These modes originate from ordered hydrogen bonds between the molecules.Fischer, B.; Walther, M.; Jepsen, P.U
Paleoclimatic evolution of the Uvs Nuur basin and adjacent areas (Western Mongolia)
No full textThe investigations presented in this paper focus on the shifts in Pleistocene glaciations and the geomorphic changes in landforms, as well as lake level changes and aeolian deposits of the last glacial-interglacial cycle, including the Holocene. Geomorphic evidence and high lake levels show that the climate was more humid before the last glacial maximum (LGM); however, at least one arid phase also occurred. During the second half of the LGM the climate was dry and cold, turning to wet and cold during the Late Glacial of the last Ice Age. Fluctuations in humidity and temperature occurred during the Holocene. Since about 2000 yr BP the impact of human activity has increased. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved
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
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