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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Full text link“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
Full text linkWe 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
The effect of the addition of gelatinized flour on dough rheology and quality of bread made from brown wheat flour
Full text linkAlthough brown wheat flours are healthier than refined ones, baking quality is poor. To improve the workability and quality of brown wheat flour, we tested the addition of gelatinized flour during the production of salt-free bread. Dough rheology and bread quality were investigated in two trials. The first tested the addition of three levels of water and two levels of gelatinized brown flour. Brown flour gel addition significantly affected dough rheology and bread quality. Doughs made with gel required more water. Furthermore, significant interactions between gelatinized brown flour and water content were found for bread volume and crumb hardness. The second trial tested effects of gelatinized brown flour addition in doughs prepared with optimal water content (gelatinized flour samples required more water to reach optimum levels). Dough rheology was improved with the use of gelatinized brown flour; bread samples had significantly higher volume and lower hardness and chewiness. The addition of gelatinized brown flour may represent a good strategy to improve the baking performance of brown wheat flours, notably dough rheology and bread quality. The technique does not require the addition of new ingredients and preserves the high nutritional value of brown flour
Impact of Thermally Inactivated Non-Saccharomyces Yeast Derivatives on White Wine
No full textWhile a recent characterization of non-Saccharomyces thermally inactivated yeasts (TIYs) in a wine-like solution highlighted the release of oenologically relevant compounds and different oxygen consumption rates and antioxidant activity, here the impact of TIYs derived from Saccharomycodes ludwigii (SL), Metschnikowia pulcherrima (MP), Torulaspora delbrueckii (TD), and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SC), as the reference strain, was evaluated in white wine. Wine treatment with TIYs resulted in an increase in polysaccharide concentration compared to the untreated wine, with SL-TIY exhibiting the highest release. Additionally, all TIYs, particularly SL-TIY, improved protein stability by reducing heat-induced haze formation. The addition of TIYs also demonstrated an effect on color parameters through phenolic compound adsorption, preventing potential browning phenomena. All TIYs significantly impacted the wine's volatile profile. Overall, it was shown that an improvement in wine quality and stability may be obtained by using TIYs in the winemaking process
Monitoring of Sangiovese Red Wine Chemical and Sensory Parameters along One-Year Aging in Different Tank Materials and Glass Bottle
Full text linkThe aim of this research was to study how different tank materials affected the chemical composition and the sensory profile of a red wine during aging. For this purpose, a single varietal Sangiovese wine was aged at the same time by using different tank materials including stainless steel, epoxy-coated concrete, uncoated concrete, earthenware raw amphorae, and new and used oak barrels. Phenolic and volatile compounds, elemental content, tartaric stability, and sensory discriminant attributes of Sangiovese wine from the 2018 harvest were measured after 6 and 12 months of aging in tanks and 6 months in glass bottle (after the aging of 6 months carried out in each relevant container). The results showed that the different tanks significantly differentiated the wines on the base of all the chemical and sensory parameters considered. In particular, wines aged in earthenware raw amphorae and uncoated concrete registered a high content of polymeric pigments as the wine aged in the new oak barrel, resulting in materials that better promote the wine color stabilization. The same wines also showed the highest pH and tartaric stability, mostly likely related to the observed release of inorganic compounds from the tank material. Moreover, bottle aging enhanced the chemical and sensory differences between all the wines: they were characterized by a higher content of varietal volatiles such as norisoprenoids and terpenes, probably due to the reductive conditions in the bottle. The bottle also affected the perceived quality of the wines aged in concrete (uncoated and epoxy-coated) associated to the floral flavor, floral odor, sweetness attributes, and, to a lesser extent, acidity, while the ones aged in stainless steel and amphorae is associated to the berry jam odor
Schizosaccharomyces japonicus/Saccharomyces cerevisiae mixed starter cultures: New perspectives for the improvement of Sangiovese aroma, taste, and color stability
Full text linkSchizosaccharomyces japonicus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae were inoculated in Sangiovese grape must and the impact of simultaneous (co-inoculation) and sequential inoculation protocols on growth and fermentation kinetics, and on the analytical and sensory profiles of the experimental wines, was evaluated at the end of the alcoholic fermentation and after aging in bottle. While Sch. japonicus proved to affect S. cerevisiae growth and fermentative performances solely in sequential inoculation, the combined activity of the two yeasts always resulted in significantly higher total polysaccharides concentrations (p < 0.05), no matter the inoculation protocol utilized. Moreover, Sch. japonicus modulated the concentration of some volatile compounds when in mixed culture. In particular, ethyl acetate, that reached high levels at the end of alcoholic fermentation, showed a significant decrease after twenty-four months of bottle aging (p < 0.05), when the occurrence of hydrolysis/esterification reactions led to a significant increase of other acetate esters (p < 0.05). As a result, sensory analyses showed no significant differences for the ethyl acetate perception in mixed fermentation and control aged wines. Moreover, sequentially inoculated wines showed significantly higher sweetness compared to control wines, possibly due to the higher glycerol and polysaccharide content
Kinetic modeling of a Sangiovese wine’s chemical and physical parameters during one-year aging in different tank materials
Full text linkThe present study aimed to model the kinetics of factors involved in wine aging to highlight the effects caused by different tank materials. It is known that materials affect wine composition through releasing of tannins, elementals and allowing different level of oxygen permeation. To monitor how the composition of a red wine was influenced by the contact with different kind of material, a Sangiovese red wine from the 2018 harvest was aged for one-year simultaneously in six different 5 hL tank materials including stainless steel, epoxy-coated concrete, uncoated concrete, raw earthenware, new and used oak wood. The registered differences were described through kinetic modeling of some wine’s chemical and physical parameters. In particular, the one-year evolution of the dissolved oxygen, redox potential and phenolic composition of the wines showed significant differences according to the tank material. Like the oak barrels, the raw earthenware amphorae and uncoated concrete tanks enhanced the polymerisation of the phenolic fraction of the wine. Instead, the stainless steel and epoxy-coated concrete proved to be the most chemically inert materials as they showed the least variability of redox potential and the lowest degree of color evolution
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe 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
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