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Honokiol, a Neuroprotectant against Mouse Cerebral Ischaemia, Mediated by Preserving Na(+), K(+)-ATPase Activity and Mitochondrial Functions.
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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
Research note: Estimating the work time effect on hotel room demand
No full text[[abstract]]The introduction of the five-day working week in Taiwan constitutes a natural experiment with treatment and control groups that lends itself to the difference-in-difference approach used in this study. Based on this empirical design, a treatment group consisting of domestic guests and a control group consisting of foreign guests are formed. The study hypothesizes that, after the introduction of this work day system, room demand in the treatment group will exceed the corresponding increase in the control group. This hypothesis is based on the findings of Taiwanese international tourist hotels, which suggest that the implementation of the five-day working week system in 2001 accounted for a significant increase in hotel demand.[[note]]SSC
The influence of religious affiliation on heavy drinking, heavy smoking and heavy betel nut chewing
No full text[[abstract]]The results of a national survey of determinants of drinking, smoking and betel-nut chewing behaviors are analyzed. The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate whether drinking, smoking and betel-nut chewing are influenced by a variety of religions based on Taiwan data. Our results suggest that Buddhism, Taoism and practitioners of Chinese folk region are positively associated with heavy betel nut chewing while the religion effects on heavy smoking and drinking are statistically insignificant. Our findings on religion effects in Taiwan can be a valuable reference for comparison in Christian and western countries. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.[[note]]SC
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
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