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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe 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
Cirrhimuraena odishaensis Mohanty & Behera & Patro & Mohapatra 2023, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Cirrhimuraena odishaensis</i> sp. nov. Proposed commom name: Odisha fringe-lip eel <p>(Figs. 2–4; Table 1).</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 5BB58FDF-C693-4432-891D-4FBA52172932</p> <p> <b>Holotype.</b> EBRC /ZSI/F 11811 (395 mm TL), Palur canal (19.47068889°, 85.14005833°), Odisha, India, 2 Aug. 2021.</p> <p> <b>Paratype.</b> EBRC /ZSI/F 14713 (320 mm TL), Talasari Fish Landing Centre (21.60361111°, 87.46027778°), Odisha, India, 2 Mar. 2022.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Dorsal fin origin directly above midpoint of pectoral fin; single row of mandibular teeth; 1–4 rows of vomerine teeth; 13 total cirri on upper jaw (8 before anterior nostril and 5 between nostrils); and vertebral count of pre-dorsal 10, pre-anal 46–47, and total 160–162; small pectoral fin (4.0– 4.9 in HL).</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Body elongated, with depth at gill opening of 58.1–62.7 in total length (TL) and depth at anus of 52.7–62.7 in TL. Tail longer than head and trunk, 1.5 in TL. Anus present before midbody and pre-anal (head and trunk), 3.0– 3.1 in TL. Dorsal fin originates above midpoint of pectoral fin. Pre-dorsal length 9.4–10.1 in TL. Head moderate, length 11.0– 11.5 in TL. Eye small, located closer to snout tip than rictus, diameter 18.0– 18.6 in head length (HL). Snout pointed at tip, length 6.0– 6.8 in HL. Space between eye slightly convex and 15.6–18.6 in HL. Length of upper jaw is greater than lower jaw, upper jaw with small tubular anterior nostrils present near tip of snout and flap-like posterior nostrils present slightly anterior to orbit on maxilla, edge of upper lip with 5 small cirri in between anterior and posterior nostrils, and 8 small cirri behind posterior nostril. Lower jaw lacks cirri and tip of jaw reaching in front of anterior nostrils. Pectoral fin lanceolated, originates in front of gill opening, length 43.9–53.3 in TL and 4.0– 4.7 in HL, and pectoral-fin base length 12.0– 15.5 in HL. Gill opens at latero-ventral side of body; depth 9.0– 9.6 in HL.</p> <p>Dorsal fin with 298–303 rays, anal fin with 197–198 rays, and pectoral fin with 9 rays. Pre-dorsal vertebrae 10, pre-anal vertebrae 46–47, and total vertebral 160–162.</p> <p>Head pores: supraorbital 4; infra-orbital 5; mandibular 3; temporal 1; supra-temporal 3. Lateral line pores before gill opening 11; before dorsal-fin origin 12; before anus 49, and total lateral-line pores 137+ (not clear towards tail tip).</p> <p>Tooth band formed by tiny, club-shaped, pointed teeth, closely grouped together and slightly curved at tip. Prevomer with patch of 14 teeth. Vomerine teeth arranged in 3–6 rows, extending near to posterior maxillary tip. Maxillary teeth in 3–7 rows of small, conical, and club-shaped teeth in unique pattern as shown in Figure 3. Mandibular teeth in one row of teeth on each side.</p> <p> <b>Colour.</b> Dorsal side of body is pale brown and ventral side of body is milky white. Dorsal, ventral, and pectoral fins are white.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> The species was collected from the Palur canal, very near the Chilika lagoon, and from a creek close to the Subarnarekha Estuary (Talasari fish landing centre), Odisha, India. Both specimens were caught from channels connecting estuaries to the sea and are not very frequent. It may be possibly caught during the migration.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The species is named <i>Cirrhimuraena odishaensis</i> based on the collection site “ Odisha ” — a state of India. The common name of the species is proposed as “ Odisha fringe-lip eel.”</p> <p> <b>Comparative materials.</b> <i>Cirrhimuraena indica</i> (Holotype) — EBRC /ZSI/F 11811 (232 mm TL), Paradeep fishing harbour, Odisha, India, 10 May 2019. Paratypes EBRC /ZSI/F 12062, 1 ex. (345 mm TL), Non-type EBRC/ ZSI/F 12063 (400 mm TL), EBRC /ZSI/F 12064, 1 ex. (512 mm TL), EBRC /ZSI/F 12065, 1 ex. (353 mm TL) and EBRC /ZSI/F 12066, 1 ex. (380 mm TL), Paradeep fishing harbour, Odisha, India, 25 October 2019, EBRC/ZSI/F 12067 (1 ex, 401 mm TL) and MARC /ZSI/F 7778 (1 ex, 381 mm TL), Petuaghat Fishing Port, West Bengal, India, 16 Jan. 2020.</p> <p> <i>Cirrhimuraena playfairii</i> — EBRC /ZSI/F12060, 1 ex. (452 mm TL), Paradeep fishing harbour, Odisha coast, India, 25 October 2019, EBRC /ZSI/F1576, 1 ex. (502 mm TL), Upapara, near Kakinada (Godavari Estuary), Andhra Pradesh, India, 18 Mar. 1995.</p>Published as part of <i>Mohanty, Swarup Ranjan, Behera, Rajesh Kumar, Patro, Shesdev & Mohapatra, Anil, 2023, A new species of cirri-bearing eel of the genus Cirrhimuraena (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the coastal Bay of Bengal, India, pp. 575-583 in Zootaxa 5315 (6)</i> on pages 576-580, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5315.6.5, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/8142547">http://zenodo.org/record/8142547</a>
Pragmatic Case Studies as a Source of Unity in Applied Psychology
No full textTo unify or not to unify applied psychology: that is the question. In this article we review pendulum swings in the historical efforts to answer this question—from a comprehensive, positivist, “top-down,” deductive yes between the 1930s and the early 60s, to a postmodern no since then. A rationale and proposal for a limited, “bottom-up,” inductive yes in applied psychology is then presented, employing a case-based paradigm that integrates both positivist and postmodern themes and components. This paradigm is labeled “pragmatic psychology” and, its specific use of case studies, the “Pragmatic Case Study Method” (“PCS Method”). We call for the creation of peer-reviewed journal-databases of pragmatic case studies as a foundational source of unifying applied knowledge in our discipline. As one example, the potential of the PCS Method for unifying different angles of theoretical regard is illustrated in an area of applied psychology, psychotherapy, via the case of Mrs. B. The article then turns to the broader historical and epistemological arguments for the unifying nature of the PCS Method in both applied and basic psychology.Peer reviewe
Synthesis and characterization of linear dendritic homo and copolymers acrylated behera amine
No full text<div><p>A co-polymerizable dendron of first generation synthesized from behera amine was homopolymerized and copolymerized with commercial monomers such as styrene, methyl methacrylate, and N-vinyl pyrrolidone. Characterization of the co-polymers was performed and it was found with the help of FT-IR and proton and carbon NMR that copolymerizable dendron, ACTES (<b>AC</b>rylated <b>T</b>ri<b>ES</b>ter, first-generation dendron of acrylated behera amine) was incorporated in the co-polymer chains. Besides, the reactivity ratio pairs of the ACTES monomer with both styrene and n-vinyl pyrrolidone were determined. The reactivity ratio pair for ACTES and MMA could not be determined by neither gravimetrically nor with NMR. After experiments and calculations, the reactivity ratio pair for styrene and ACTES was found to be <i>r</i><sub>st</sub> = 0.27 and <i>r</i><sub>ac</sub> = 0.44 and for NVP and ACTES <i>r</i><sub>nv<i>p</i></sub> = 0.36 and <i>r</i><sub>ac</sub> = 1.01. By utilization of the reactivity ratio of ACTES, “<i>Q</i>” and “<i>e</i>” values were determined in order to be able to draw some conclusions about the reactivity behavior during copolymerizations. “<i>Q</i>” = 1.152 and “<i>e</i>” = 0.66 were found with respect to styrene as reference. These values indicates the steric effect of ACTES was more dominant in copolymerizations.</p></div
Dr. Edwin Wright Collection: Author Unknown
No full textNotes - The author relates several short stories about his neighbours including Alex McDonell, homesteading and life around Meanook and Athabasca (1 page
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe 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
Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions B(B0→K∗0γ )/B(B0s→φγ ) and the directCP asymmetry inB 0→K∗0γ
No full textThe ratio of branching fractions of the radiative B decays B0→K⁎0γ and B0s→ϕγ has been measured using an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb−1 of pp collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of s√=7TeV. The value obtained is
B(B0→K⁎0γ)B(B0s→ϕγ)=1.23±0.06(stat.)±0.04(syst.)±0.10(fs/fd),
where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is the experimental systematic uncertainty and the third is associated with the ratio of fragmentation fractions fs/fd. Using the world average value for B(B0→K⁎0γ), the branching fraction B(B0s→ϕγ) is measured to be (3.5±0.4)×10−5.
The direct CP asymmetry in B0→K⁎0γ decays has also been measured with the same data and found to be
ACP(B0→K⁎0γ)=(0.8±1.7(stat.)±0.9(syst.))%.
Both measurements are the most precise to date and are in agreement with the previous experimental results and theoretical expectations
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