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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

    Comparison of different preservatives by challenge testing in liquid food

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    Inledning En tredjedel av den mat som produceras i världen slängs (United Nations Development Programme [UNDP], 2020) och de livsmedelsförstörande mikroorganismerna är ett vanligt förekommande problem och en bidragande orsak till det globala matsvinnet (Snyder & Worobo, 2018). Livsmedelsindustrin använder därför olika hurdletekniker för att minimera risken för tillväxt av förskämningsorganismer (Snyder & Worobo, 2018). En strategi för att kontrollera om olika hurdletekniker uppfyller sitt syfte är att utsätta ett livsmedel för ett belastningstest. Syfte Syftet med studien var att genom ett belastningstest i ett flytande livsmedel jämföra konserveringsmedlen lingonjuice och kaliumsorbat + natriumbensoat samt att undersöka produktens fysikaliska och kemiska förändringar över tid.  Material och metod Ett flytande livsmedel (n = 73 á 180 ml) inokulerades i ett belastningstest med log 2–3 mikroorganismer per ml livsmedel. Därefter tillsattes konserveringsmedlen lingonjuice (n = 24) eller kaliumsorbat + natriumbensoat (n = 25). En tredjedel av proverna (n = 24) lämnades utan konserveringsmedel. Provtagning för analys av tillväxt, färg, pH och viskositet (mPas) utfördes vid 0, 14 och 30 dagar efter livsmedlet inokulerats med mikroorganismer.   Resultat Resultatet visade mikrobiell tillväxt i samtliga livsmedel vid dag 0. Dag 14 identifierades tillväxt i livsmedlet med kaliumsorbat + natriumbensoat samt lingonjuice. Vid analysen på dag 30 identifierades tillväxt i livsmedlet med kaliumsorbat + natriumbensoat och i livsmedlet utan konserveringsmedel. Över tiden skedde även fysikaliska förändringar i viskositet och kemiska förändringar av pH-värdet. Gällande färg skedde enbart marginella förändringar. Slutsats Resultatet av belastningstestet visade att lingonjuice är det konserveringsmedel som har bäst effekt med avseende på produktstabilitet genom att hämma tillväxt av tillsatta mikroorganismer. Resultaten av de fysikaliska mätningarna visade på förändringar över tid med avseende på viskositet. Färg visade enbart minimala förändringar. Resultatet av den kemiska mätningen visade på förändringar av pH-värdet över tid.Introduction One third of food produced in the world is discarded (United Nations Development Program [UNDP], 2020) and food-destroying microorganisms are a common problem and a contributing cause of global food waste (Snyder & Worobo, 2018). The food industry therefore uses various hurdle techniques to minimize the risk of growth of spoilage organisms (Snyder & Worobo, 2018). One strategy to check whether different hurdle techniques meet their purpose is to expose foods in a challenge test. Aim The aim of the study was to compare the preservatives lingonberry juice and potassium sorbate + sodium benzoate and examine any physical and chemical changes over time through a challenge test on a liquid food product. Material and method A liquid food (n = 73 á 180 ml) was inoculated in a challenge test with log 2-3 microorganisms per ml food. Thereafter preservatives lingonberry juice (n = 24) or potassium sorbate + sodium benzoate (n = 25) were added. One third of the samples (n = 24) were left without preservatives. Sampling for analysis of growth, color, pH and viscosity (mPas) was performed at 0, 14 and 30 days after the food was inoculated with microorganisms. Results The results showed microbiological growth in all food products at day 0. Day 14 growth were found in the food with potassium sorbate + sodium benzoate and lingonberry juice. By the analysis on day 30 growth in the food with potassium sorbate + sodium benzoate and in the food without preservatives were showed. Over time physical changes of viscosity and chemical changes of pH occurred. Regard to color only marginal changes occurred. Conclusion The result of the challenge test showed that lingonberry juice is the preservative that has the best effect regard to product stability through inhibiting the added microorganisms. The results of the physical measurements showed changes regard to viscosity over time. Color only showed marginal changes. The result of the chemical measurement showed changes of pH over time

    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

    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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