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Media Literacy And Its Significance For The Past One Decade: A Study Of Literature Published By Springerlink Database Through Bibliometric Lens, Amit Kumar, Lalduhzuali Pachuau, Manashjyoti Deka, Dibanjyoti Buragohain

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present paper seeks to review the literature, through bibliometric lens, published by SpringerLink for the past decade on the concept ‘media literacy’. This study provides a detailed concept and definition of media literacy and review of related literature. The bibliographic details retrieved from SpringerLink database (https://link,springer.com) by using keywords such as ‘media literacy,’ ‘media’, ‘literacy’. The bibliographical details of literature published were recorded in MS-Excel 2007 sheet. The paper shows that during 2011-2020, different categories of literature have been published and Chapter has occupied the most literature published by Springer Link. This paper also reveals that ranking …

Availability And Use Of Reference Source As Correlates Of Promotion Of Reading Culture Among Secondary Students In Oyo State, Nigeria, Monsuru Quadri

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study sought to establish the availability and use of reference source as correlates of promotion of reading culture among secondary students in Oyo state, Nigeria. Reading habit enhances the academic performance of students. Therefore, students should be encouraged to inculcate in them the reading habit by providing enabling environment and infrastructures that will stimulate students to read. The study recommended that the school authorities should employ qualified school librarians to be in charge of the school libraries. Government should equip the existing school libraries with good, up-to-date, and sufficient library resources that are rich in quality, quantity and that …

Productivity Trends And Pattern Of Scientific Collaboration Of Bibliometric Research: An Exploratory Analysis, Sk Sofik, Ziaur Rahman Dr, Sabahat Nausheen Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Bibliometrics is an emerging thrust area of research and has become a standard tool of science policy and research management in the last decades and attracted much attention because of the substantial expansion of literature. This study aims to systematically review the worldwide productivity trends, the pattern of scientific collaboration, and research outputs of Bibliometrics research from Web of Science (WoS) web database, Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E). A bibliographic database of scientific papers published by authors affiliated worldwide, and containing the keywords “Bibliometric(s)” or “Scientometric(s)” or “Informetric(s)” or “Altmetric(s)” was built. A corpus of 9,630 publications was obtained and …

Librarians As Academics In Nigerian Universities: Revisiting The Quest For Justification And Matters Arising, Goodluck Ifijeh, Felicia Yusuf Dr, Sola Owolabi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The quest for librarians to be given their rightful place as academics in Nigerian Universities prompted this paper. From a comparative viewpoint, the need for librarians to enjoy the same rights and privileges as lecturers was highlighted. The paper provided ample justifications for granting librarians academic status in Nigerian Universities. It also discussed matters arising from the implementation of the National Universities Commission’s directive on the academic status of librarians. The paper proposed the systematic implementation of PhD Qualification for librarians, review of librarians’ cadres vis-à-vis those of lecturers and the need for the Librarians’ Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN) …

Measuring Research Performance Of 19th Century British Era Universities Of Indian Subcontinent, Imran Hussain, Abid Iqbal, Vaseem Jaweed, Yasir Javed, Shakil Ahmad

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the research productivity of universities established by the British rulers during the 19^th century in un-divided Indian sub-continent. Another objective of the study is to explore the collaboration patterns and to perform impact analysis on the research produced by the studied universities.

Methods: Bibliometric method was used to perform this analysis on the data retrieved from Scopus database. Research yield of studied universities in the form of bibliographic records of research publications was the sample of this study.

Results: Chemistry was the most published subject area in the studied universities. Researchers in the …

Bibliometric Study Of Masters’ And Ph. D. Theses Accepted By Indian State Agricultural Universities (Saus) In 2018, Kailash Chandra Garg Dr, Sonia Bansal Ms

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

An analysis of 5,703 theses accepted by 54 Indian State Agricultural Universities in 2018 and indexed by Krishikosh, a digital repository of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) indicates that male scholars produced more than half of the theses at different levels of education, i.e. M.Sc., M.V. Sc., M.B.A., M. Tech and Ph.D. However, at M. Tech level, female scholars produced more theses than their male counter parts. Highest number of theses was produced by Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (Pant Nagar) followed by Punjab Agriculture University (Ludhiana). Agronomy and soil science was the area emphasized by …

Scientometric Analysis Of Scholarly Publications Of University Of Mumbai From 2001 To 2019, Santosh Chaturbhuj, Sadik M. Batcha Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study deals with the analysis of research output by the University of Mumbai from 2001 to 2019. The University has published 3362 articles, out of which 3205 research articles, proceeding articles, and reviews are taken for study. The year-wise distribution shows the highest publications found in 2008 with 260 articles. The study used Domestic Collaboration Index (DCI) and International Collaboration Index (ICI). It shows the highest domestic collaboration in 2011 (112.36) and the highest international collaboration in 2006 (179.15). The study used the specialisation index (SI), and as per SI, the University of Mumbai has specialised in Engineering with …

Efficient Model For Electronic Transport In High Energy-Density Matter, Liam G. Stanton, Michael S. Murillo

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

A wide-ranging effective Boltzmann approach, originally intended for ionic transport, is applied to the computation of electronic transport coefficients without modification. Comparisons with datasets that resulted from a recent transport coefficient workshop and molecular dynamics simulations are made. While this model contains correlation information through its effective potential and strong scattering through its use of cross sections, it misses details of attractive, possibly quantum, interactions; comparisons with that dataset reveal the relative importance of these physics inputs. Through comparisons of data for electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, temperature relaxation, and stopping power (including a new formula for the energy split due …

Academic And Demographic Cluster Analysis Of Engineering Student Success, Farshid Marbouti, Jale Ulas, Ching Ho Wang

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Contribution: This article uses student semester grade point average (GPA) as a measure of student success to take into account the temporal effects in student success. The findings highlight the student performance based on their demographic status and use of university resources such as financial aid. College campuses should not only increase current resources but also raise awareness of current resources and make them more accessible (e.g., easier to apply or automatic applications). This is especially important for some demographics such as Hispanic first-generation students. Background: Higher education institutions are facing retention and graduation problems. One way to improve this …

Spatio-Temporal Analysis Of The Roadside Transportation Related Air Quality (Startraq) And Neighborhood Characterization, Jaymin Kwon, Yushin Ahn, Steve Chung

Mineta Transportation Institute

To promote active transportation modes (such as bike ride and walking), and to create safer communities for easier access to transit, it is essential to provide consolidated data-driven transportation information to the public. The relevant and timely information from data facilitates the improvement of decision-making processes for the establishment of public policy and urban planning for sustainable growth, and for promoting public health in the region. For the characterization of the spatial variation of transportation-emitted air pollution in the Fresno/Clovis neighborhood in California, various species of particulate matters emitted from traffic sources were measured using real-time monitors and GPS loggers …

Scientometric Analysis Of Indian Journal Of Traditional Knowledge (Ijtk), 2014-2020, Dr. Santosh Gupta, Rakesh Kumar Sahu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Traditional knowledge (TK) is indigenous knowledge, innovation, and practices developed, preserved, and passed down from one generation to other within a community, typically as a part of the community's cultural or spiritual identity. Traditional knowledge in its broadest sense encompassed both contents of knowledge and traditional cultural expressions, including specific signs and symbols associated with it. Scientometric is a technique and tool used to measure quantitative scientific activity and productivity of publication. This paper provides research trends in traditional knowledge through a critical scientometric analysis of 705 research articles published in 28 issues of the “Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge …

Top 100 Cited Publications In Physics Education In The Last Thirty Years: A Bibliometric Analysis, Nadi Suprapto, Binar K. Prahani, Utama A. Deta

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study's focus is to analyze the top 100 cited papers (classic papers) in the field of physics education in the last thirty years. The study is aimed to provide insight into the citation pattern, authorship pattern, year, journals, countries of these classic papers with the help of bibliometric analysis. The data for the study was extracted from the Scopus database. The study indicated that among these top 100 papers maximum were in the form of research articles. The majority of these top-cited papers were published during the five years from 2012 to 2016. The average citation per paper …

Research Output Analysis Of The Highest Productive Department Of Mizoram University: A Study Based On Scopus Database, Nayana Borah, S. N. Singh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In this study, an attempt has been made to analyze the research productivity of the highest productive department of the Mizoram University indexed in SCOPUS database. Since it is the only central university in the state of Mizoram and scientometric profile of the highest productive department of Mizoram University is not analyzed until now. Agricultural and Biological Sciences has the highest number of publications i.e., 303 indexed in SCOPUS database. The study revealed that highest number of publications is on 2020; highest number of documents are published as research article; Hazarika, T. K. is the most productive author with 36 …

Application Of Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning In Libraries: A Systematic Review, Rajesh Kumar Das, Mohammad Sharif Ul Islam

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

As the concept and implementation of cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning has become relevant, academics, researchers and information professionals involve research in this area. The objective of this systematic literature review is to provide a synthesis of empirical studies exploring application of artificial intelligence and machine learning in libraries. To achieve the objectives of the study, a systematic literature review was conducted based on the original guidelines proposed by Kitchenham et al. (2009). Data was collected from Web of Science, Scopus, LISA and LISTA databases. Following the rigorous/ established selection process, a total of thirty-two articles were …

Stability Of Earth's Trajectory Inside A Binary Star System, Michael Krunic

Master's Theses

The evolution of the solar system is an interesting dynamical problem in celestial mechanics. Computer simulations have shown that planetary bodies in multiple-body systems become unstable after a long time. In this thesis, through numerical simulations, we investigate the stability of the Earth in a binary star system. In the Sun, Earth, and Jupiter three-body system, we treat Jupiter as the second star (Star 2) and we simulate the Earth's orbit over many orbital periods. In our program, we generate the positions, velocities, accelerations, and other orbital elements of each body using Newton's laws of motion. We explore four types …

The Relationship Between Different Forms Of Exercise And Adhd Symptomatology, Matthew A. Reynolds

Master's Theses

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder associated with executive function deficits as well as negative life outcomes in both childhood and adulthood. Current treatments to reduce symptoms of ADHD include stimulant medications that act as catecholamine agonists. These medications often cause undesirable side effects, to which end better understanding the effects of non- pharmacological treatments on symptoms of ADHD is critical. Research conducted in children suggests that exercise may be an effective tool for symptom reduction. However, the relationship between exercise and ADHD symptoms remains unclear for adults. The aim of this study was to address this …

Deep Reinforcement Learning With Accelerated Reward Function Technique For Robotics Task Planning, Shifabanu Mohammed Rafiq Shaikh

Master's Theses

The objectives of this research are to investigate, design, develop, and implement a DRL-based reward function enhanced robotics technique to achieve ”human-like” operations for a six DoF robot. Technical challenges for robotics applications arise nowadays with a need to achieve human-like intelligence. DRL can formulate human-likeintelligence by maximizing a long-term reward function. However, the design of states, actions, policies, and reward functions having continuous values turns out to be quite tricky. Lastly, to reach a target position, control motion behavior without calculating inverse kinematics, and update state space for actions and policy optimizations are also challenging. Inspired by Google Deepmind’s …

Examination Of Flow Patterns During Droplet Formation And In Venous Valve Mimic Using Μ-Piv, Vignesha Vijayananda

Master's Theses

In this work, particle image velocimetry (PIV) was used for fluid flow visualization in both continuous and segmented-flow microfluidics. Droplet microfluidics is known for its precise and consistent volume dispersion between microliters and picoliters in volume for application ranging from molecular synthesis, drug discover, and diagnostics. But the influence of junction geometry on the process of drop formation has not been investigated. In this study, µ-PIV was used to study the internal flow during the drop formation process in flow-focus microfluidic device with and without constriction. It was found that in case of flow-focus with constriction, the shear force on …

The Role Of Self-Efficacy And Academic Mindset On Middle School Math Achievement For At Promise Youth: An Explanatory Study, Michael Lockwood Mansfield

Dissertations

California’s accountability system has blended its focus on noncognitive factors of achievement as well as evidence of academic growth. School districts are becoming increasingly interested in developing noncognitive factors in their students to help increase student achievement. With the wide variety of mandates and responsibilities schools are shouldering, it will be important to continue developing methods to increase all school accountability metrics in relation with each other. This research aims to explore the relationship between noncognitive factors and mathematics achievement as measured by the Northwest Evaluation Association’s Measure of Academic Progress assessment (MAP). This study surveyed 8th graders throughout a …

Closing The Gaps: Understanding And Disrupting Deficit Thinking And Exclusionary Discipline Practices In A Latinx School, Edgar Ivan Alcaraz

Dissertations

Improving the academic outcomes for low-income underserved students has become imperative for districts who are committed to equity and justice. School cultures that emphasize college and career readiness for all have been found to improve the academic achievement of low-income students of color. This dissertation explores the efforts of a Latino middle school principal striving to build a college and career readiness culture. Deficit thinking, coupled with exclusionary discipline practices, were the biggest challenges to overcome while promoting a college and career readiness culture. The findings of this study highlight the need to address and disrupt these ideologies as a …

Ddc-Wise Subject Mapping Of Ndli Indexed Multileveled, Multilingual Resources: A Special Reference With Indian Languages, Debasis Majhi, Sibsankar Jana, Amit Nath, Soumik Kerketta

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study helped with the subject mapping of the resources on 22 languages included in the Indian constitution that were indexed in the National Digital Library of India from 2018 and covering the different fields of arts and humanities, social sciences, science, engineering, technology, and history. The subject mapping is based on the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) 22nd edition. The relevant/required data was collected from the official website of the National Digital Library of India (https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/) on 4th April 2021, Sunday by browsing subject-wise.

(https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/result?q={"t":"subject","b":{"browse":"subject","filters":[]}}) and filtering one by one of 22 officially recognized Indian languages in the Indian constitution. …

Optimal Distributed Generator Placement - A Bibliometric Survey, P. S.D. Bhima Raju, K. V. S. Ramachandra Murthy, Ravindra K

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In this paper, Bibliometric survey has been carried out on Optimal Distributed Generator Placement from 1982 to 2021. Data is extracted from Scopus database for the analysis. There were total 1298 documents found on the topic of ‘Optimal Distributed Generator Placement’. The statistical analysis is carried out source wise, year wise, area wise, Country wise, University wise, author wise, and based on funding agency. Network analysis is also carried out based on Co-authorship, Co-occurrence, Citation Analysis and Bibliographic coupling. Results are presented. During 2019, there were 170 documents published which is the highest. International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy …

Types Of Models Identified By First-Year Engineering Students, Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Angela Thompson, Matthew A. Verleger, Farshid Marbouti, Nishith Shah, Pujan Thaker

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

This is a Complete Research paper. Understanding models is important for engineering students, but not often taught explicitly in first-year courses. Although there are many types of models in engineering, studies have shown that engineering students most commonly identify prototyping or physical models when asked about modeling. In order to evaluate students' understanding of different types of models used in engineering and the effectiveness of interventions designed to teach modeling, a survey was developed. This paper describes development of a framework to categorize the types of engineering models that first-year engineering students discuss based on both previous literature and students' …

A Quasi-Experimental Study Of The Impact Of Virtual Service-Learning On College Students’ Development Of Compassion And Motivation For Service, Alma Acosta Sanchez

McNair Research Journal SJSU

The purpose of this research is to explain the impact of virtual service-learning (vSL) on college students’ development of compassion and motivation for service. The goal of the study is an effort to gain insight into the effect of several factors (the age of prior community service experience, academic motivations for self-selecting to enroll in a service-learning (SL) course, academic motivations for choosing virtual service-learning) on expectations and rating greater frequency for feeling compassion along with more motivation for virtual service-learning in the future. The benefits of virtual-service learning to acquire compassion will focus on a desire to help and …

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McNair Research Journal SJSU

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‘The Sconul Seven Pillars Of Information Literacy: Core Model’ To Test The Skills Of Lis Students, University Of Jammu, India, Ravi Shukla

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This article represents the level of information literacy of students in the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Jammu using latest attributes and abilities mentioned in SCONUL’s core model of information literacy. This paper attempts to analyze the effect of demography and the various attributes on their information literacy level. This study used a survey method, with 48 students enrolled in both the courses of the department. Information literacy calculated, have a significant difference with Pillar 3: Constructing strategies for locating information and data, Pillar 4: Reviewing the research process and compare and evaluate information and data with …

Research Collaboration By Faculty Members In Physics In The University Of Calcutta During 2001-2019: Using Bibliometrix R, Souvik Koner, Samir Kumar Jalal Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper analyses 775 publications by the faculty members in the Department of Physics, University of Calcutta, collected from Scopus database for the period of 19 years (2001-2019). A number of bibliometric indicators e.g. total publications, citations, journal cites score, h-index, year-wise productivity, national and international collaborations, the most preferred and cited journal are employed for analysing the nature of publications. Bibliometric technique and open source software like Publish or Perish and Bibliometrix R Package are used for data analysis. The findings of the study revealed that 775 papers published in 173 journals with 9090 citations. The average citations per …

Digital Literacy And Reading Habits Of The Central University Of Tamil Nadu Students: A Survey Study, Subaveerapandiyan A, Priyanka Sinha

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study attempted to understand the University students' digital reading habits and their related skills. It also has a view of students' preferred sources of reading, whether physical or digital resources. For this study, we conducted a survey study with students and research scholars of the Central University of Tamil Nadu, India. The instrument was a structured questionnaire distributed with various modes. The result found that the majority of the students are well known about digital tools and usage, most of the students are excellent in digital literacy skills and other findings is however they are good in digital literacy …

Bibliometric Studies Of Journal Of Indian Library Association (Jila) During 2015-2020, Mahendra Kumar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper presents a bibliometric study of the journal titled “Journal of Indian Library Association (JILA) for the period between 2015-2020. The present study reveals the results of a bibliometric study of 148 articles published in the Journal of ILA. The analysis cover mainly the number of articles, authorship pattern, subject-wise distribution of articles, average number of references per articles, forms of documents cited, year wise distribution of cited journals etc. Study reveals that most of the contributions are from India with 99.61% and the rest 0.39% only from foreign sources. Maximum authors are from Karnataka and highest numbers of …