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    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    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

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    “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

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    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

    Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts

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    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

    Author Index

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    koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist

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    We 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

    Contribution to the study of the MIG-MAG welding under mixture Ar-CO₂-O₂ : physical and physico-chemical diagnostics

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    Le soudage à l’arc avec fil fusible est un procédé très utilisé, mais la compréhension des mécanismes régissant son fonctionnement comporte toujours quelques interrogations compte tenu de sa complexité. La composition du gaz de protection a une très forte influence sur le procédé : l’ajout de gaz actif modifie, par exemple, le courant nécessaire à la transition entre les différents régimes et est responsable de l’apparition d’oxyde de fer (gangue) à l’extrémité du fil fusible. Pour mener à bien l’étude du soudage MIG-MAG sous mélanges Ar-CO₂-O₂, plusieurs études sont réalisées pour caractériser et mieux comprendre les phénomènes physico-chimiques qui gouvernent le soudage MIG-MAG afin d’optimiser à terme le procédé. Un diagnostic spectroscopique, avec la mise en place d’un système d’acquisition composé de deux spectromètres qui permet d’enregistrer simultanément les raies spectrales de fer et d’argon, permet d’évaluer les distributions radiales de température et densité électronique dans la colonne de plasma. Une étude par cinématographie rapide est également menée pour tenter d’évaluer la formation et l’écoulement de la couche d’oxyde apparaissant en régime globulaire à la surface de l’anode fusible. Et enfin, des analyses micrographiques des électrodes sont réalisées pour étudier l’influence des modifications chimiques et structurales sur le comportement général du procédé pour différents types de paramètres utilisés. Les conséquences d’un changement de gaz de protection sont également appréhendées : Ar-CO₂, Ar-O₂ et Ar-CO₂-O₂. Il s’avère que la température électronique de l’arc évolue en présence d’oxygène dans le gaz de protection et que la modification du gaz actif modifie le type d’oxyde de fer formé.The arc welding with consumable wire is a process widely used, but understanding the mechanisms governing its operation still has some questions given its complexity. The composition of the shielding gas has a very strong influence on the process: the addition of active gas changes, for example, the current necessary for the transition between the different metal transfers and is responsible for the appearance of an iron oxide (gangue) at the end of the consumable wire. To carry out the study of MIG-MAG welding under mixtures Ar-CO₂-O₂, several studies are performed to characterize and understand the physical and chemical phenomena that govern the MIG-MAG welding to optimize the process. A spectroscopic diagnosis, with the establishment of an acquisition system consisting of two spectrometers to record simultaneously the iron and argon spectral lines, allows to estimate the radial distributions of temperature and electron density in the plasma column. A study by rapid cinematography is also conducted to try to estimate the formation and flow of the iron oxide layer appearing in globular regime on the surface of the anode consumable. And finally, micrographic analyzes of the electrodes are made to study the influence of chemical and structural changes on the general behavior of the process for different types of parameters used. The consequences of a shielding gas change are also apprehended: Ar-CO₂, Ar-O₂ and Ar-CO₂-O₂. It turns out that the electron temperature of the arc changes in the presence of oxygen in the shielding gas and the change of the active gas modifies the type of iron oxide formed

    Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902

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    In 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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