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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
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
Genetic immunization with plasmid DNA mediated by intramuscular electroporation for generation of neutralizing antibodies against botulinum toxin type B
No full textLes neurotoxines botuliques (BoNTs), agents responsables du botulisme, sont les substances les plus toxiques actuellement connues. L'utilisation d'anticorps neutralisants pour l'immunothérapie passive est la seule solution retenue et accréditée par la FDA à l'heure actuelle. L'immunisation génétique par électroporation intramusculaire d'ADN s'est révélée être une alternative crédible à l'immunisation protéique pour produire des anticorps dirigés contre les sérotypes A et E des BoNTs avec un pouvoir neutralisant suffisamment élevé pour satisfaire aux exigences de la Pharmacopée Européenne. Cependant, les résultats se sont avérés décevants dans le cas du sérotype B, troisième type antigénique associé au botulisme humain. Comprendre la raison de la faible immunogénicité de BoNT/B en vaccination ADN et l'optimiser pour produire des anticorps neutralisants dirigés contre cette dernière ont constitué les deux objectifs de mon travail. En combinant différentes approches, nous avons montré que, contrairement à BoNT/A, la sécrétion de l'antigène BoNT/B est inhibée. Nous avons identifié le réticulum endoplasmique (RE) comme étant l'organite de rétention. Nous avons étudié un lien empirique entre la séquence protéique antigénique de BoNT/B et son accumulation intracellulaire et avons conclu que le mauvais repliement de la protéine antigénique était responsable de sa rétention dans le RE. Parmi les stratégies testées afin d'augmenter l'immunogénicité de BoNT/B en vaccination ADN, l'ajout de sites de N-glycosylation a permis de multiplier par 10 le pouvoir neutralisant des anticorps et l'utilisation des dérivés d'acides biliaires comme adjuvants de formulation est prometteuse.Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNT) have been characterized to be the most potent toxic substances identified so far. Passive immunization with antiBoNT antisera is the only treatment for botulism to have gained FDA approval. We have previously shown that genetic immunization by the non-viral intramuscular DNA electroporation technique is an effective alternative to recombinant proteins immunization to raise high titer neutralizing antibodies against BoNT serotype A and E. The neutralizing titers obtained were high enough to fit the European Pharmacopeia while it did not for type B, commonly linked to human disease as well. Finding out why BoNT/B immunogenicity is low after DNA vaccination and how we could improve it for generation of high-titer neutralizing antiBoNT/B antiserum were the two main goals of my work. Combining different approaches, we have first shown that BoNT/B antigen secretion was inhibited, while it did not for BoNT/A. We identified the endoplasmic reticulum to be the organelle of retention. Then, we studied an empirical link between BoNT/B antigenic protein sequence and intracellular accumulation. We concluded that protein misfolding could be the reason for BoNT/B retention in the endoplasmic reticulum. Among different strategies tested to improve BoNT/B immunogenicity in DNA vaccination, addition of N-glycosylation sites yielded 10 fold higher neutralizing antibodies titers. Finally, bile salts could be promising adjuvants for plasmid DNA vaccines
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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