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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
Étude de la prévalence du virus de l'hépatite E dans des bleuets et des produits à base de foie de porc au Canada
No full textThèse ou mémoire avec insertion d'articles.Le virus de l'hépatite E (HEV) provoque des cas sporadiques d'hépatite aiguë dans les pays industrialisés par le biais d'une transmission zoonotique via l'alimentation. Les porcs et plusieurs espèces animales de la faune sauvages ont été identifiés comme hôtes du HEV. La principale source de transmission du HEV à l'humain est la consommation de viande de porc crue ou insuffisamment cuite. Une autre voie potentielle d'exposition pourrait être la consommation de baies, cultivées en plein champs, dans des zones à proximité d'animaux sauvages infectés par le HEV. En effet, les fèces animales infectés contamineraient l'environnement et les fruits par contact direct. Toutefois, les données quantitatives sur la présence du HEV dans les aliments produits au Canada sont limitées. Le but du projet a donc été d'évaluer le niveau de contamination par le HEV dans des bleuets et des produits à base de foie de porc vendus dans deux provinces du Canada. Pour ce faire, 150 échantillons de bleuets ont été récoltés au Québec et au Nouveau-Brunswick. Pour les produits carnés, 83 échantillons de pâtés de foie de porc et 79 échantillons de foies de porc crus ont été collectés uniquement au Québec. La présence ou l'absence de HEV a été déterminée par détection moléculaire. Parmi les 150 échantillons de bleuets testés, aucun n'a été détecté positif au HEV. En revanche, concernant les pâtés de foie de porc et foies de porc crus, de l'ARN de HEV a été trouvé dans respectivement 29 % (24/83) et 4 % (3/79) des échantillons testés. Ces résultats suggèrent que (1) le risque de contamination des bleuets canadiens par le HEV semble être faible et ainsi, que le risque de transmission du HEV aux humains par l'ingestion de bleuets contaminés est probablement minime, (2) l'ARN du HEV peut être retrouvé dans des produits à base de foie de porc vendus dans les épiceries québécoises et potentiellement conduire à une infection par le HEV chez les consommateurs., voire à des formes graves chez les sujets à risque. Les résultats mis en avant dans ce projet incite à mener des études de prévalence plus larges et à surveiller le HEV dans certains produits alimentaires.The hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes sporadic acute hepatic cases in industrialized countries through a zoonotic transmission and foodborne origin. Pigs and wild animals have been characterized as HEV-hosts. The main source of transmission of HEV to humans is the consumption of raw or undercooked pork products. Another possible route of transmission could be the presence of wild animals carrying the virus in berry fields. They would contaminate the environment and fruit by direct contact with their infected feces. However, quantitative data on the presence of HEV in Canadian food is limited. The aim of this project was to assess the level of HEV contamination in blueberries and pork liver products sold in two provinces of Canada. To do so, 150 blueberry samples were collected in Quebec and New Brunswick. For meat products, 83 samples of pork liver pâtés and 79 samples of raw pork livers were collected in Quebec only. The presence or absence of HEV was determined by molecular detection. Out of the 150 tested blueberry samples, none showed HEV detection. In contrast, 29 % (24/83) pork liver pâtés and 4 % (3/79) raw pork livers were found positive for HEV RNA. These results suggest that (1) the risk of HEV contamination of Canadian blueberries appears to be low and thus the risk of transmission of HEV to humans through ingestion of contaminated blueberries is likely to be minimal, (2) HEV RNA can be found in pork liver products sold in Quebec grocery stores and potentially lead to HEV infection in consumers and even severe forms in at-risk individuals. The results highlighted in this project encourage larger prevalence studies and monitoring of HEV in certain food products
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
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
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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