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Le dispersioni polimeriche acquose per i rivestimenti filmogeni delle forme farmaceutiche solide
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
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
“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
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
Evaluation of time-temperature parameters in the stabilization of the membrane structure obtained by coating with aqueous dispersions
The use of colloidal silica as splitting agent in film with aqueous dispersion with acrylic resin
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
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
Use of Colloidal Silica as a Separating Agent in Film Forming Processes Performed with Aqueous Dispersion of Acrylic Resins
Aqueous dispersion of polymers are going to take the place of the corresponding organic solution in the film forming process of tablets, pellets and granules, because of some definite advantages. Among the additives used in formulation techniques, talc, that is normally utilized as an antiadherent and polishing agent, presents some problems connected with its tendency to form sedimentation. For this reason, during the film coating operation, the dispersion must be always kept under constant and proper agitation, however, the danger of blocking the piping and the spraying system of the equipment employed cannot be completely avoided. On the bases of these observations, the aim of this research work is to evaluate the possibility of substituting talc with colloidal silica as separating agent in aqueous dispersion of film acrylic resins, normally used in the preparation of prolonged release systems. Results concerning fluid bed coating processes of pellets prepared by extrusion-spheronization technique have been reported, with particular attention to usable concentration of colloidal silica and to possible influence of these on the drug release characteristics of the systems obtained
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