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    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The 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

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    “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

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    We 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

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    We 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

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    koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist

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    We 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

    Comparison of Pro-BNP Levels and Cardiac Functions Before and After Iron Therapy in Children with Congenital Cyanotic Cardiac Disease and Iron Deficiency Anemia.

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    TEZ10371Tez (Uzmanlık) -- Çukurova Üniversitesi, Adana, 2016.Kaynakça (s. 63-72) var.x, 78 s. : tablo ; 29 cm.Amaç: Demir eksikliği anemisi olan doğumsal siyanotik kalp hastalıklı çocuklarda demir tedavisi sonrası NT-proBNP düzeyleri ve kardiyak fonksiyonların karşılaştırılmasıdır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Eylül 2015 - Mart 2016 tarihleri arasında Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Çocuk Kardiyoloji Bilim Dalı polikliniğine başvuran, siyanotik doğuştan kalp hastalığı tanılı, demir eksikliği anemisi saptanan altı ay ile 17 yaşları arasındaki 40 çocuk hasta çalışmaya alınmıştır. Çeşitli sebeplerden dolayı 26 hasta ile sonuçlar değerlendirilmiştir. Hastaların ilk geliş ve üçüncü ay kontrollerinde; demografik verileri, tam kan sayımı, periferik yayma, retikülosit, serum demir, total demir bağlama kapasitesi, ferritin düzeyleri, transferrin satürasyonlarıu, NT-proBNP düzeyleri ve Eko bulguları değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular: Çalışma 26 hasta ile tamamlanmış olup yaş ortalaması 57,7± 54,6 aydı. Hastaların demir tedavisi öncesi ve sonrası laboratuvar değerlerinde; hemoglobin, hematokrit, MCV, MCHC, demir, ferritin, transferin saturasyonu, oksijen saturasyonu değerleri tedavi sonrası istatistiksel olarak anlamlı derece artmıştır. RDW ve NTproBNP düzeyleri yüksekliği kontrol sonuçlarında anlamlı olarak düşmüştür. Ekokardiyografi bulgularından; sol ventrikül sistolik fonksiyonlarından sol ventrikül EF ölçümlerinin ve sağ ventrikül diastolik çap ölçümlerinin değerlendirilmesinde sınırda anlamlı farklılık saptanmıştır. Sağ ventrikül diastolik volüm ölçümlerinin karşılaştırılmasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark bulunmuştur. Sol ventrikül doku dopplerinde; MPİ ölçümlerinde 0. gün ile 90. gün arasında anlamlı farklılık saptanmıştır. Diğer EKO bulgularında anlamlı farklılık saptanmamıştır. Sonuç: Demir tedavisi sonrası siyanotik doğuştan kalp hastalıklı çocuklarda kardiyak fonksiyonlarda iyileşme saptanmış olup NT-proBNP takipte, tedavinin değerlendirilmesinde kullanılabilir.Aim: It is the comparison of NT-proBNP levels and cardiac functions after iron therapy in children with congenital cyanotic cardiac disease and iron deficiency anemia. Material and Method: Forty children between six months and 17 years old who were diagnosed with cyanotic congenital cardiac disease and iron deficiency anemia after referring to Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine Child Cardiology Department polyclinic between September 2015 and March 2016 were included in the study. Results for 26 patients were evaluated due to different reasons. Demographical data, total blood count, peripheral smear, reticulocyte, serum iron, total iron binding capacity, ferritin levels, transferrin saturations, NT-proBNP levels and Echo findings were evaluated in the first visit and third month controls of the patients. Findings: The study was completed with 26 patients and mean age was 57.7± 54.6 months. Laboratory values of the patients before and after iron therapy; hemoglobin, hematocrit, MCV, MCHC, iron, ferritin, transferrin saturation, oxygen saturation values increased statistically significantly after the theraphy. High RDW and NT-proNP levels decreased significantly in control results. Among ECHO findings, a borderline statistically significant difference was detected in the evaluation of left ventricular EF measurements among left ventricular systolic functions and right ventricular diastolic diameter measurements. A statistically significant difference was found in the comparison of right ventricular diastolic volume measurements. There was a significant difference in MPI measurements in left ventricule tissue doppler between 0 and 90th days. No significant difference was detected in other ECHO findings. Result: After iron therapy, recovery was detected in the cardiac functions of the children with cyanotic cardiac disease and NT-proBNP can be used in follow-up and evaluation of the treatment.Bu çalışma Ç.Ü. Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Birimi tarafından desteklenmiştir. Proje No: TTU2015-4408

    Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902

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    In 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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