scholarly journals Analyzing the Main Paths of Knowledge Evolution and Contributor Roles in an Open Learning Community

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iassen Halatchliyski ◽  
Tobias Hecking ◽  
Tilman Goehnert ◽  
H. Ulrich Hoppe
Keyword(s):  
Learning Community ◽  
Directed Acyclic Graphs ◽  
Knowledge Development ◽  
Online Learning Community ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Acyclic Graphs ◽  
Individual Contributions ◽  
Scientometric Method ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Knowledge Building Communities

This paper introduces the scientometric method of main path analysis and its application in an exemplary study of the paths of knowledge development and the roles of contributors in Wikiversity. Data from two scientific domains in this online learning community has been used. We see this as a step forward in adapting and adopting network analysis techniques for analyzing collaboration processes in knowledge building communities. The analysis steps are presented in detail including the description of a tool environment (“workbench”) designed for flexible use by non-computer experts. By identifying directed acyclic graphs, the meaningful interconnections between developing learning resources are analyzed by considering their temporal sequence. A schema for the visualization of the results is introduced. The potential of the method is elaborated for the evaluation of the overall learning process in different domains as well as for the individual contributions of the participants. Different outstanding roles of contributors in Wikiversity are presented and discussed

scholarly journals Direct and indirect path leading to contraceptive use in urban Africa: An application to Burkina Faso, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Gourbin ◽  
Guillaume Wunsch ◽  
Lorise Moreau ◽  
Agnès Guillaume
Keyword(s):  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Fertility Transition ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Directed Acyclic Graphs ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Capital Cities ◽  
Acyclic Graphs ◽  
Indirect Path ◽  
The Individual

RésuméCet article examine le recours à la contraception dans les capitales de quatre pays africains, le Burkina Faso, le Ghana, le Maroc et le Sénégal. L’article cherche à répondre à deux questions : (i) quel est l’ordre hiérarchique des relations causales entre les caractéristiques individuelles associées au recours à la contraception dans les quatre populations urbaines considérées ? Plus particulièrement, (ii) comme l’instruction est un facteur majeur de la transition démographique, les données confirment-elles les deux chemins indirects allant de l’instruction au recours à la contraception qui ont été proposés dans la littérature, à savoir un chemin union-re­production et un chemin socio-culturel ? À partir d’une analyse secondaire des En­quêtes Démographie et Santé (EDS), la méthodologie se base sur des modèles structurels récursifs représentés par des graphes acycliques orientés. L’analyse em­pirique confirme l’importance de variables telles que le désir d’enfants et l’accord parental en matière de planification familiale pour expliquer le recours à la contraception. L’analyse met aussi en relief un chemin structurel union-reproduction as­sociant instruction féminine et recours à la contraception. En revanche, l’analyse aboutit à rejeter l’existence d’un chemin socioculturel, celui-ci étant infirmé par les données disponibles. La validité de ces résultats est discutée.AbstractThis study examined contraceptive use in the capital cities of four African countries, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Morocco and Senegal. The article sought to answer two questions: (i) what is the hierarchical ordering of causal relationships among the individual factors involved in the use of contraception in the four urban populations considered? More particularly, (ii) as education is a major factor of fertility transition, are two main indirect pathways that have been proposed in the literature (a union-reproductive path and a socio-cultural one), leading from women’s education to contraceptive use, confirmed by the data? Having recourse to a secondary analysis of Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data, the methodology is based on recursive structural models represented by directed acyclic graphs. The empirical analysis confirms the importance of variables such as the desire for children and partner agreement on family planning in explaining contraceptive use. It also highlights a structural union-reproductive path linking female education and contraceptive use. On the contrary, the analysis leads to a tentative rejection of the socio-cul­tural path, as it is falsified by the data available. The validity of these results is discussed. 

A Handbook to Eddic Poetry: Myths and Legends of Early Scandinavia, ed. Carolyne Larrington, Judy Quinn, and Brittany Schorn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016, xii, 413 pp., 12 b/w ill.

Mediaevistik ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 366-366
Author(s):  
Albrecht Classen
Keyword(s):  
Old Norse ◽  
Entire Volume ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Critical Studies ◽  
Individual Contributions ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Made In ◽  
Scandinavian Literature

Eddic poetry constitutes one of the most important genres in Old Norse or Scandinavian literature and has been studied since the earliest time of modern-day philology. The progress we have made in that field is impressive, considering the many excellent editions and translations, not to mention the countless critical studies in monographs and articles. Nevertheless, there is always a great need to revisit, to summarize, to review, and to digest the knowledge gained so far. The present handbook intends to address all those goals and does so, to spell it out right away, exceedingly well. But in contrast to traditional concepts, the individual contributions constitute fully developed critical article, each with a specialized topic elucidating it as comprehensively as possible, and concluding with a section of notes. Those are kept very brief, but the volume rounds it all off with an inclusive, comprehensive bibliography. And there is also a very useful index at the end. At the beginning, we find, following the table of contents, a list of the contributors, unfortunately without emails, a list of translations and abbreviations of the titles of Eddic poems in the Codex Regius and then elsewhere, and a very insightful and pleasant introduction by Carolyne Larrington. She briefly introduces the genre and then summarizes the essential points made by the individual authors. The entire volume is based on the Eddic Network established by the three editors in 2012, and on two workshops held at St. John’s College, Oxford in 2013 and 2014.

Employee Surveys and Sensing

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Computational Linguistics ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Organization Culture ◽  
Employee Survey ◽  
Passive Data ◽  
Individual Contributions ◽  
Action Taking ◽  
The Individual

This volume comprises 27 chapters focused on the design and execution of employee survey programs. These chapters reflect the latest advances in technology and analytics and a pervasive emphasis on driving organizational performance and effectiveness. The individual chapters represent the full range of survey-related topics, including design, administration, analysis, feedback, and action-taking. The latest methodological trends and capabilities are discussed including computational linguistics, applications of artificial intelligence, and the use of qualitative methods such as focus groups. Extending beyond traditional employee surveys, contributions include the role of passive data collection as an alternative or supplement in a comprehensive employee listening system. Unique contextual factors are discussed including the use of surveys in a unionized environment. Individual contributions also reflect increasing stakeholder concerns for the protection of privacy among other ethical considerations. Finally, significant clarifications to the literature are provided on the use of surveys for measuring organization culture, strategic climate, and employee engagement.

Knowledge First

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Adam Carter ◽  
Emma C. Gordon ◽  
Benjamin W. Jarvis
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Mind ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Contemporary Research ◽  
Timothy Williamson ◽  
Research Themes ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Individual Contributions ◽  
The Individual

In this introductory chapter, the volume’s editors provide a theoretical background to the volume’s topic and a brief overview of the papers included. The chapter is divided into five parts: Section 1 explains the main contours of the knowledge-first approach, as it was initially advanced by Timothy Williamson in Knowledge and its Limits. In Sections 2–3, some of the key philosophical motivations for the knowledge-first approach are reviewed, and several key contemporary research themes associated with this approach in epistemology, the philosophy of mind and elsewhere are outlined and briefly discussed. The volume’s papers are divided into two broad categories: foundational issues and applications and new directions. Section 4 discusses briefly the scope and aim of the volume as the editors have conceived it, and Section 5 offers an overview of each of the individual contributions in the volume.

scholarly journals Directed acyclic graphs: An under-utilized tool for child maltreatment research

2019 ◽  
Vol 91 ◽  
pp. 78-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna E. Austin ◽  
Tania A. Desrosiers ◽  
Meghan E. Shanahan
Keyword(s):  
Child Maltreatment ◽  
Directed Acyclic Graphs ◽  
Acyclic Graphs

scholarly journals On directed analogues of expander and hyperfinite graph sequences

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Endre Csóka ◽  
Łukasz Grabowski
Keyword(s):  
Directed Acyclic Graphs ◽  
Acyclic Graphs ◽  
Probabilistic Construction

Abstract We introduce and study analogues of expander and hyperfinite graph sequences in the context of directed acyclic graphs, which we call ‘extender’ and ‘hypershallow’ graph sequences, respectively. Our main result is a probabilistic construction of non-hypershallow graph sequences.

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