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Computer-aided design of magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles for solid-phase extraction and determination of levetiracetam in human plasma
No full textA novel molecularly imprinted polymer on Fe3O4 nanoparticles was applied to extract antiepileptic drug; levetiracetam from plasma for TDM purposes.</p
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
Development and validation of LC–MSMS assay for the determination of the prodrug dabigatran etexilate and its active metabolites in human plasma
No full textDabigatran etexilate (DABE) is a low-molecular-weight prodrug that is converted after oral administration
to dabigatran (DAB)—a directly acting oral anticoagulant. In this study, an LC–MSMS assay was
developed and validated for the determination of DABE, free DAB and its equipotent O-glucuronide conjugates
in plasma. Owing to the susceptibility of DABE and DAB to chemical hydrolysis, cleavage of the
O-glucuronide moiety was carried out using -glucuronidase enzyme. Free and total plasma concentrations
of DAB were determined in incurred plasma samples before and after enzymatic cleavage (50 C and 3 h), respectively. RP-HPLC separation was carried out using acetonitrile: water (30:70, v/v), adjusted to pH 3.0 using formic acid. Tandem mass spectrometric detection at positive electrospray ionization in the MRM mode was then employed for the determination of DABE and DAB. The analysis was carried out within 5.0 min over a linear concentration range of 1.00–600.00 ng/mL for the prodrug and its active metabolite. Validation was carried out according to FDA guidelines for bioanalytical method. The recov- eries were higher than 89.48%, the accuracy was within 98.33–110.12% and the RSD was below 10% for the studied compounds in both incurred plasma and quality control samples. Results of incurred sample re-analysis and incurred sample stability revealed less than 10% variability. This indicated good assay precision and sufficient stability of target analytes in their real matrix at the employed experimental conditions. The applicability of the assay for therapeutic drug monitoring and the determination of the pharmacokinetic parameters were demonstrated
Electrophoretic behavior of charge regulated zwitter ionic buffers in covalently and dynamically coated fused silica capillaries
No full textAbstractIn this work, the electrophoretic behavior of zwitterionic buffers is investigated in the absence of electroosmotic flow (EOF). Electro mobilization of capillary contents is noted when zwitterionic buffers are employed as the background electrolyte at a pH where the buffering moiety carries a net charge. The bulk flow of capillary contents was demonstrated via monitoring the migration of a neutral marker as well as a free and micellar negatively charged marker and SDS–protein complexes. This electrolyte-driven mobilization (EDM) was investigated in detail using 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)piprazine-1-ethanesulfonic acid (HEPES) buffer over a wide pH range (pH 4.0–8.0). Results confirmed that at a pH where HEPES molecules carry a net negative charge, a bulk flow toward the anode is observed. This was attributed to the migration of HEPES ions toward the anode along with their hydration shells. The relatively large difference in size and solvation number between the ionic buffering moiety and its counter-migrating ions (Na+ or H+) resulted in such a net movement. Results indicated that at constant voltage, plotting the measured current versus buffer pH can be used for determination of the isoelectric point of the zwitterionic buffering moiety. Furthermore, this novel mobilization modality was demonstrated using five different HEPES analogs over pH range 5.0–8.0. More in depth investigations are required in order to explore the applicability of EDM in coated capillaries of different wall chemistries and dimensions
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
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