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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
Kompetensi pensyarah dalam proses pengajaran: satu kajian di Politeknik Port Dickson
No full textCabaran utama yang dihadapi oleh sistem pendidikan di Malaysia dewasa ini
ialah untuk menghasilkan tenaga keija yang mempunyai kemahiran dan kompetensi
khusus bagi membolehkan mereka menjalankan peranan masing-masing. Oleh itu,
pensyarah politeknik perlu memastikan mereka melengkapkan diri dengan pelbagai
kompetensi-kompetensi agar proses pengajaran dapat ditingkatkan di politeknikpoliteknik.
Kajian yang dijalankan ini adalah bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti
kompetensi-kompetensi yang perlu ada pada seseorang pensyarah dalam menghasilkan
proses pengajaran yang efektif. Kajian ini telah dijalankan ke atas 105 orang pensyarah
yang sedang berkhidmat di Politeknik Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan. Dapatan kajian
menunjukkan pensyarah-pensyarah tersebut beranggapan bahawa kompetensikompetensi
pengajaran adalah perlu mereka kuasai dalam menghasilkan pengajaran
yang efektif. Mereka juga merasakan mereka mempunyai kompetensi pengajaran yang
tinggi. Kompetensi-kompetensi pengajaran yang perlu bagi pensyarah berdasarkan
keutamaan ialah kompetensi perancangan pengajaran, perlaksanaan pengajaran,
penilaian pencapaian pelajar dan hubungan interpersonal. Oleh itu, seseorang pensyarah
hendaklah memastikan mereka mempunyai kompetensi-kompetensi tersebut dalam
menghasilkan pengajaran yang efektif
The effectiveness of specific health education in providing better quality of life among asthmatic patients at primary care setting in HUSM
Get PDFThe global increase in asthma morbidity requires a closer examination on the aspects of
asthma management. The cornerstone of asthma management is achieving adequate
symptom control, better quality of life and patient education. The aim of this
interventional study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a specific health education
programme in the asthmatic patients.
Thus, an interventional study was enrolled among asthmatic patients in Klinik Rawatan
Keluarga, HUSM from April2004 through end of January, 2005. A hundred and thirty
asthmatic patients were recruited, 60 of whom were assigned to the intervention group
and another 70 to the control group. The outcomes measured were the quality of life .
The Malay version of Asthma Quality of Life (AQLQ) Questionnaire was used to
assess the quality of life among the asthmatics.
The intervention group attended the programme as scheduled which was conducted
individually in the first health education and followed by group counseling of five to tenparticipants each in the second health education. They were carried out in an interactive
way. The programme included information about asthma, instruction on the appropriate
use of medication and training in the metered dose inhaler (MDI) technique and
information about the identification and control of asthma attacks and the recognition of
early signs of exacerbation. The control group was submitted to the standard care
provided at the clinic, with usual asthmatic advice regarding asthma control.
As a result, the intervention group showed significant differences when compared to the
control group with respect to the overall quality of life comprising of activity limitations,
symptoms, emotional function and environmental stimuli. The global rating of
each questionnaire also showed an increase number of those who scored 'better' in the
intervention group compared to the control group. However, no significant differences
observed in terms of PEFR measurements in the intervention group.
It is concluded that the educational programme led to a significant improvement in the
quality of life of the asthmatics and the implementation of such programme is possible
at the primary care level
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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