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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
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
The effectiveness of adjuvant intravesical chemotherapy in improving intravesical immunotherapy for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer
Get PDFIntroducere. Spre deosebire de recomandările AAU, protocolul EAU recomandă o doză de chimioterapic intravezical,
imediat postoperator, în toate cazurile de cancer a vezicii
urinare non-invaziv muscular. Eficacitatea acestui tratament, la pacienții supuși instilațiilor BCG întârziate, nu a
fost dovedit. Scopul lucrării. Determinarea eficacității chimioterapiei intravezicale adjuvante cu epirubicină în doză
unică pentru îmbunătățirea acțiunii terapiei cu BCG la pacienții cu cancer a vezicii urinare non-invaziv muscular cu
risc de recurență ridicat. Material si metode. Un studiu
prospectiv, randomizat, controlat, dublu-orb a fost efectuat
în perioada 2018 -2023 pe un lot de 66 pacienți cu cancer
de vezică urinară non-invaziv muscular cu risc crescut de
recurență. Grupul 1 - 33 pacienți, s-a administrat epirubicină imediat postoperator și instilații cu BCG peste 21 zile.
Grupul 2 - 33 pacienți, doar instilații cu BCG peste 21 zile.
Loturile s-au monitorizat prin: citologie urinară, IL urinare,
CD8 și CD4 la 1, 3,6, 9, 12, 18, 24 luni postoperator. Rezultate. Principalele criterii de evaluare a rezultatelor au constituit, timpul până la prima recurență și rata de recurență.
Pe durata supravegherii, 60 % pacienți din grupul 1 și 58
% din grupul 2 nu au prezentat semne de recidivă sau recurență. Nu s-au constatat diferențe statistic relevante între cele 2 grupuri, în ceea ce privește rata de recurență (p =
0,73) sau timpul până la prima recurență (p = 0,095). Analiza Kaplan-Meier a recurenței nu a arătat diferențe semnificative între grupul 1 și grupul 2 (p = 0,0952). Concluzii.
Studiul efectuat nu a demonstrat diferențe semnificative
statistic în ceea ce privește timpul de recurență la pacienții
cu cancer de vezică urinară non-invaziv muscular cu grad de
recidivă sporit, care au administrat epirubicină intravezical
+ tratament instilațional cu BCG și cei care au administrat
numai tratament cu BCG.Background. Unlike the recommendations of the AAU, the
EAU protocol recommends a dose of intravesical chemotherapy immediately postoperatively in all cases of non-muscle
invasive bladder cancer. The effectiveness of this treatment
in patients undergoing delayed BCG instillations has not
been proven. Objective of the study. To determine the effectiveness of adjuvant intravesical chemotherapy with epirubicin in a single dose to improve the action of BCG therapy in patients with high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder
cancer. Material and methods. A prospective, randomized,
controlled, double-blind study was conducted between
2018 and 2023 on a group of 66 patients with high-risk
non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. Group 1 - 33 patients
received epirubicin immediately postoperatively and BCG
instillations over 21 days. Group 2 - 33 patients received
only BCG instillations over 21 days. The groups were monitored through urinary cytology, urinary IL, CD8 and CD4 at
1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, 24 months postoperatively. Results. The
main evaluation criteria for the results were time to first recurrence and recurrence rate. During the follow-up period,
60% of patients in Group 1 and 58% in Group 2 showed no
signs of relapse or recurrence. There were no statistically
significant differences between the two groups regarding
recurrence rate (p = 0.73) or time to first recurrence (p =
0.095). Kaplan-Meier analysis of recurrence showed no
significant differences between Group 1 and Group 2 (p =
0.0952). Conclusion. The study did not demonstrate statistically significant differences in terms of recurrence time
in patients with high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer who received intravesical epirubicin + BCG instillation
treatment compared to those who received only BCG treatment
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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