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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
Interfaces fonctionnelles pour l'immobilisation de protéines membranaires : concept, caractérisation et applications
No full textThis thesis is dedicated towards the development of supramolecular assemblies, which are capable of mimicking the amphiphilic nature of the cytoplasmic cell membranes. To this effect, Supported Lipid Bilayers (SLB) was designed to incorporate FhuA (an E.coli outer membrane protein). The interaction of FhuA present in the SLB, with pb5 (the bacteriophage T5 protein), was then studied using QCM-D. Further, Tethered Lipid Bilayer Membranes (tBLM) were constructed on Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAMs) of a novel synthetic anchoring thiol. In this study, the tBLM formation was elaborately investigated using a host of techniques such as QCM-D, AFM and EIS, to infer upon the role of the anchoring thiol in the tBLM formation process. Further, a biotinylated Amphipol (B-PCApol) was employed to immobilize membrane proteins such as FhuA and the human αvβ3 integrin on streptavidin containing surfaces. Using their respective assemblies, the dissociation constant of the FhuA-pb5 complex was determined, whereas the interactions of integrin with its ligand vitronectin were studied by SPR. The last part of this thesis, deals with the study of biomolecular recognition events between a lectin (ConA) and multivalent sugars presented on a RAFT scaffold.Cette thèse est consacrée au développement d'assemblages supramoléculaires, qui miment la nature amphiphile des membranes cellulaires. A cette fin, des bicouches lipidiques supportées (SLB) ont été conçues pour l'insertion de la FhuA (protéine de membrane externe d’E. coli). L'interaction de FhuA présente dans la SLB, avec le pb5 (la protéine du bactériophage T5) a ensuite été étudiée par QCM-D. De plus, des bicouches lipidiques suspendues (tBLM) ont été construites sur des monocouches auto-assemblées (SAM) d'un nouveau thiol d'ancrage. Dans cette étude, la formation de tBLM a été minutieusement étudiée par différentes techniques telles que la QCM-D, l'AFM et l'EIS, afin de déduire le rôle du thiol d’ancrage dans le processus de formation de tBLM. En outre, un amphipol biotinylé (B-PCApol), a été employé pour l’immobilisation des protéines membranaires, par exemple la FhuA et de l'intégrine avß3 (humain) sur des surfaces contenant la streptavidine. Avec leurs assemblages respectifs, la constante de dissociation du complexe FhuA-pb5 a été déterminée, tandis que les interactions de l'intégrine avec vitronectine (son ligand naturel) ont été étudiées par SPR. La dernière partie de cette thèse est dédiée à l'étude d'événements de reconnaissance biomoléculaire entre une lectine (ConA) et des sucres multivalents présentés sur un châssis moléculaire, RAFT
Functional interfaces for the immobilization of membrane proteins : concept, characterization and interactions
No full textCette thèse est consacrée au développement d'assemblages supramoléculaires, qui miment la nature amphiphile des membranes cellulaires. A cette fin, des bicouches lipidiques supportées (SLB) ont été conçues pour l'insertion de la FhuA (protéine de membrane externe d’E. coli). L'interaction de FhuA présente dans la SLB, avec le pb5 (la protéine du bactériophage T5) a ensuite été étudiée par QCM-D. De plus, des bicouches lipidiques suspendues (tBLM) ont été construites sur des monocouches auto-assemblées (SAM) d'un nouveau thiol d'ancrage. Dans cette étude, la formation de tBLM a été minutieusement étudiée par différentes techniques telles que la QCM-D, l'AFM et l'EIS, afin de déduire le rôle du thiol d’ancrage dans le processus de formation de tBLM. En outre, un amphipol biotinylé (B-PCApol), a été employé pour l’immobilisation des protéines membranaires, par exemple la FhuA et de l'intégrine avß3 (humain) sur des surfaces contenant la streptavidine. Avec leurs assemblages respectifs, la constante de dissociation du complexe FhuA-pb5 a été déterminée, tandis que les interactions de l'intégrine avec vitronectine (son ligand naturel) ont été étudiées par SPR. La dernière partie de cette thèse est dédiée à l'étude d'événements de reconnaissance biomoléculaire entre une lectine (ConA) et des sucres multivalents présentés sur un châssis moléculaire, RAFT.This thesis is dedicated towards the development of supramolecular assemblies, which are capable of mimicking the amphiphilic nature of the cytoplasmic cell membranes. To this effect, Supported Lipid Bilayers (SLB) was designed to incorporate FhuA (an E.coli outer membrane protein). The interaction of FhuA present in the SLB, with pb5 (the bacteriophage T5 protein), was then studied using QCM-D. Further, Tethered Lipid Bilayer Membranes (tBLM) were constructed on Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAMs) of a novel synthetic anchoring thiol. In this study, the tBLM formation was elaborately investigated using a host of techniques such as QCM-D, AFM and EIS, to infer upon the role of the anchoring thiol in the tBLM formation process. Further, a biotinylated Amphipol (B-PCApol) was employed to immobilize membrane proteins such as FhuA and the human αvβ3 integrin on streptavidin containing surfaces. Using their respective assemblies, the dissociation constant of the FhuA-pb5 complex was determined, whereas the interactions of integrin with its ligand vitronectin were studied by SPR. The last part of this thesis, deals with the study of biomolecular recognition events between a lectin (ConA) and multivalent sugars presented on a RAFT scaffold
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
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