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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
Fractionation of spent brewer's yeast for high value-added biomolecules production
No full textAtualmente, a biomassa de levedura é um resíduo subutilizado da indústria cervejeira. Além disso, o uso dessa biomassa pode ser uma fonte econômica para a extração de vários compostos, como extrato de levedura, proteínas, β-frutofuranosidase, RNA e 5'-ribonucleotídeos, subprodutos com amplas aplicações na indústria farmacêutica e de alimentos. Diante dessas questões, o objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar e propor uma metodologia integrada para o fracionamento de levedura residual cervejeira em diversas biomoléculas de alto valor agregado. Para isso, os potenciais biotecnológicos da utilização de leveduras são revisados no Capítulo 1. O Capítulo 2 apresenta os resultados dos estágios iniciais de preparação e caracterização da levedura da indústria cervejeira, bem como a avaliação de parâmetros de autólise para maximizar a extração de RNA para subsequente produção de 5'-ribonucleotídeos. O Capítulo 3 descreve o uso de choque ácido no início da autólise, a fim de acelerar o processo autolítico e a extração de proteínas. Os resultados da hidrólise enzimática do RNA para a produção de 5'-ribonucleotídeos usando 5'-fosfodiesterase proveniente de radícula de malte de cevada são apresentados no Capítulo 4. A recuperação da enzima extracelular da β-frutofuranosidase como o primeiro subproduto antes da autólise e estudos sobre sua imobilização em microesferas de alginato de sódio e carvão ativado são descritas no Capítulo 5. Por fim, é proposta no Capítulo 6 uma análise econômica, bem como um projeto de planta de bioprocesso para o processamento de leveduras, a fim de determinar a rentabilidade e viabilidade financeira da a metodologia desenvolvida neste trabalho. A abordagem proposta indica uma excelente estratégia, uma vez que um melhor uso de levedura residual de processos fermentativos pode abrir uma gama de aplicações e agregar valor a esse produto, tornando os setores industriais mais rentáveis.Currently, the yeast biomass is an underutilized waste product of brewing industry. Moreover, the use of this biomass can be an economical source for the extraction of several compounds such as yeast extract, proteins, β-fructofuranosidase, RNA and 5'-ribonucleotides, which are by-products with wide applications in pharmaceutical and food industry. Faced with these issues, the objective of this work was to study and design an integrated bioprocess methodology using spent brewer’s yeast biomass as feedstock for obtaining several high added value biomolecules through fractionation and downstream techniques. For this, the biotechnological potentials of yeast utilization are reviewed in the Chapter 1. The Chapter 2 presents the results of the initial stages of preparation and characterization of yeast from the brewing industry as well as the evaluation of autolysis parameters in order to maximize RNA extraction for subsequent 5'-ribonucleotides production. The Chapter 3 describes the use of acid shock at the beginning of autolysis in order to accelerate the autolytic process and the extraction of proteins. The results of enzymatic hydrolysis of RNA to produce 5'-ribonucleotides using 5'-phosphodiesterase from residual malted barley roots is presented in the Chapter 4. The recovery of extracellular β-fructofuranosidase enzyme as the first by-product before autolysis and studies on its immobilization in sodium alginate and activated charcoal beads were described in the Chapter 5. Finally, an economic analysis as well as a bioprocess plant design for yeast processing is proposed in the Chapter 6 in order to determine the profitability and financial viability of the methodology developed in this work. The proposed approach indicates an excellent strategy, since a better use of spent yeast from fermentation processes in the proposed biorefinery plant can open up a range of applications and add value to this product, making the industrial sectors more profitable.Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)FAPESP: 16/08886-6
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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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