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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
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
Prevenção da COVID-19 entre profissionais de saúde por meio de ambiente virtual de aprendizagem
Get PDFObjective: to analyze the impact of educational intervention on preventing COVID-19 among health professionals. Methods: quasi-experimental epidemiological study with pre and post-test, with a quantitative analytical approach with correlation between variables carried out in a city in the interior of the state of São Paulo. The study was divided into four stages: pre-test; team training; testing to detect antibodies against COVID-19 in a similar group from another health unit and in the researched group, and post-test. The educational intervention took place through a virtual learning environment using the WhatsApp chat application, with a total of four themes held weekly. Results: 30 professionals participated, of which 83.33% were women, 36.6% were nursing professionals, 30% were over 60 years old; 80% did not present risk conditions and 50% had secondary education. Regarding the function, in the group composed of administrative staff, attendants and cleaning services, it was observed that the variables demonstrated a statistical tendency towards significance, since the value of p=0.02 and 0.008, respectively, in the pre-test, and of p=0.01 and 0.004, in the post-tests. Comparing the values of the independent variables, before and after the intervention, an increase in the mean, median and mode values and a reduction in deviation and standard error are noted. From the results obtained from testing among professionals who took part in the research and those who did not participate, it appears that the positivity rate for participants was 14.94% and for non-participants it was 34.52%. Conclusion: it was found that continuing education provided the construction of knowledge for health professionals towards a safer and more effective practice.Objetivo: Analizar el impacto de las intervenciones educativas en la prevención de la COVID-19 entre los profesionales sanitarios. Método: Estudio epidemiológico cuasiexperimental con pre-test y post-test, utilizando abordaje analítico cuantitativo con correlación entre variables, realizado en una ciudad del interior del estado de São Paulo. El estudio se dividió en cuatro etapas: pre-test; capacitación del equipo; prueba de anticuerpos contra COVID-19 en un grupo similar de otra unidad de salud y en el grupo de investigación; y post-test. La intervención educativa se llevó a cabo a través de un entorno virtual de aprendizaje utilizando la aplicación de chat Whatsapp, con un total de cuatro temas semanales. Resultados: Participaron 30 profesionales, de los cuales 83,33% eran mujeres, 36,6% profesionales de enfermería, 30% tenían más de 60 años, 80% no presentaban condiciones de riesgo y 50% tenían educación secundaria. Con relación a la función, en el grupo formado por administradores, auxiliares y limpiadores, se observó que las variables presentaron una tendencia estadísticamente significativa, con p-valores de 0,02 y 0,008, respectivamente, en el pre-test, y p-valores de 0,01 y 0,004 en los post-tests. Al comparar los valores de las variables independientes antes y después de la intervención, se observó un aumento de los valores de la media, la mediana y la moda y una reducción de la desviación típica y el error. Los resultados obtenidos de las pruebas entre los profesionales que participaron en la investigación y los que no, muestran que la tasa de positividad para los participantes fue del 14,94% y para los no participantes del 34,52%. Conclusión: Se constató que la formación continuada proporcionó a los profesionales sanitarios conocimientos para crear prácticas más seguras y eficaces.Objetivo: analisar o impacto da intervenção educativa na prevenção da COVID-19 entre profissionais de saúde. Método: estudo epidemiológico quase-experimental com pré e pós-teste, de abordagem quantitativa do tipo analítica com correlação entre variáveis realizado numa cidade do interior paulista. O estudo foi dividido em quatro etapas: pré-teste; capacitação da equipe; testagem para detecção de anticorpos contra a COVID-19 em grupo similar de outra unidade de saúde e no grupo pesquisado, e pós-teste. A intervenção educativa se deu por meio de ambiente virtual de aprendizado utilizando o aplicativo de conversas WhatsApp, no total de quatro temáticas realizadas semanalmente. Resultados: participaram 30 profissionais, dos quais 83,33% eram mulheres, 36,6% profissionais de enfermagem, 30% tinham mais de 60 anos; 80% não apresentavam condição de risco e 50% possuíam ensino médio. Com relação à função, no grupo composto por administrativos, atendentes e serviço de limpeza, observou-se que as variáveis demonstraram tendência estatística de significância, visto que o valor de p=0,02 e 0,008, respectivamente, no pré-teste, e de p=0,01 e 0,004, nos pós-testes. Comparando os valores das variáveis independentes, antes e após a intervenção, nota-se aumento dos valores de média, mediana e moda e uma redução de desvio e erro padrão. Dos resultados obtidos das testagens entre os profissionais que fizeram parte da pesquisa e os que não participaram, verifica-se que a taxa de positividade dos participantes foi de 14,94% e dos não participantes foi de 34,52%. Conclusão: verificou-se que a educação permanente proporcionou a construção de conhecimentos para os profissionais de saúde na direção de uma prática mais segura e resolutiva
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
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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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