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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Get PDF“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
Get PDFWe 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
Get PDFWe 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
Synthèse, évaluation biologique et caractérisation d'hexopyranoses fluorés
No full textUn intérêt croissant est porté à la préparation de glucides polyfluorés. Le remplacement de fonctions hydroxyles par des atomes de fluor sur des squelettes d'hexoses pourrait permettre de découvrir de nouvelles molécules aux propriétés uniques. Les glycomimétiques fluorés sont des outils précieux pour l’étude de divers processus biochimiques. Dans nos activités de recherches visant à l’élaboration de nouvelles voies d’accès aux glucides fluorés, nous avons décrit la synthèse d’une série de galactopyranosides mono- et polyfluorés. Le défi synthétique que cela représente, associé à la rareté de certains de ces composés, nous a incités à évaluer leur profil biologique sur une protéine galactophile modèle, la PA-IL, qui est un facteur de virulence de Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Ces travaux de recherche ont porté sur la synthèse d'inhibiteurs d’intérêt pharmaceutique de faibles poids moléculaires qui contournent les inconvénients généralement associés aux oligosaccharides naturels. Seul un nombre limité de glucides fluorés ont été utilisés dans des études biologiques en raison de la difficulté inhérente à leur préparation. Cela nous a poussés à développer diverses voies de synthèse stéréosélectives de dérivés de sucres polyfluorés. Une grande diversité moléculaire a été obtenue grâce à une méthode de synthèse utilisant une approche Chiron à partir de lévoglucosan peu coûteux, processus qui est détaillé dans la présente thèse. Est décrite ici la préparation de composés fluorés dérivés d'hexopyranoses, de glycocluster, disaccharidiques, de glycopeptides et de glycoconjugué d'acide lipoïque. Des analyses structurales et des études RMN ont permis de confirmer la configuration et la conformation des molécules fluorées synthétisées. Certaines propriétés physico-chimiques comme la lipophilie ont été mesurées et l’influence de la stéréochimie relative des atomes de fluor contigus a pu être évaluée. Ces résultats mettent clairement en évidence les défis liés à la préparation de molécules organiques complexes polyhalogénées et ouvrent la voie à de nouveaux outils pertinents pour la chimie médicinale.There is a growing interest in the preparation of polyfluorinated carbohydrates. The replacement of hydroxyl groups by fluorine atoms on hexopyranoside scaffolds may allow access to the discovery of new chemical entities possessing unique properties. Fluorinated glycomimetics are invaluable tools to study various biochemical processes. As part of ongoing activities toward the preparation of fluorinated carbohydrates, the synthesis of a series of mono- and polyfluorinated galactopyranosides is described. The synthetic challenge they present combined with the scarcity of some of these compounds prompted us to evaluate their biological profile on a model galactophilic protein, PA-IL, a virulence factor from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This research focused on the chemical synthesis of “druglike” low-molecular weight inhibitors that circumvent drawbacks typically associated with natural oligosaccharides. A limited number of fluorinated carbohydrates have been used in biological investigations because of the challenge they present. This encouraged us to develop diverse synthetic routes towards the stereoselective synthesis of polyfluorinated sugars derivatives. Hence, we report the synthesis of various heavily fluorinated compounds using a Chiron approach from inexpensive levoglucosan. A rich molecular diversity has been achieved, and herein is described the preparation of heavily fluorinated hexopyranoses derivatives, glycocluster, disaccharides, glycopeptides and lipoic acid glycoconjugate. Structural analysis and NMR studies confirm the configuration and conformation for fluorinated carbohydrate analogs, and some physicochemical properties, such as lipophilicities, have been measured and corroborated with the relative stereochemistry of multi-vicinal fluorine atoms. These results clearly highlight challenges related to the preparation of polyhalogenated complex organic molecules and pave the way to access novel medically relevant tools
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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