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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
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
Prasugrel in comparison to double dose clopidogrel in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, who have been deemed resistant to normal dose clopidogrel, as measured with the use of the VerifyNow assay
No full textOBJECTIVES:The primary aim of the study was to determine the antiplatelet effects of prasugrel versus high-dose clopidogrel in patients with high on-treatment platelet reactivity (HTPR) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and, secondarily, their relation to cytochrome (CYP) 2C19*2 carriage.BACKGROUND:High on-treatment platelet reactivity after clopidogrel administration after PCI is linked to the loss-of-function CYP2C19*2 allele and accompanied by an increased risk of adverse events.METHODS:We performed a prospective, randomized, single-blind, crossover study of platelet inhibition by prasugrel 10 mg/day versus high-dose 150 mg/day clopidogrel in 71 (of 210 screened; 33.8%) post-PCI patients with HTPR. Platelet function was assessed by the VerifyNow assay (Accumetrics, San Diego, California), and real-time polymerase chain reaction genotyping was performed for CYP2C19*2 carriage.RESULTS:The primary endpoint of platelet reactivity (measured in platelet reactivity units) at the end of the 2 treatment periods was lower after prasugrel compared with clopidogrel (least-squares estimates 129.4, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 111.1 to 147.7 versus 201.7, 95% CI: 183.2 to 220.2; p < 0.001). The least-squares mean difference between the 2 treatments was -122.9 (95% CI: -166.7 to -79.2, p < 0.001), and -47.5 (95% CI: -79.5 to -15.4, p = 0.004), in carriers and noncarriers of at least 1 mutant allele, respectively. The HTPR rates were lower for prasugrel than for clopidogrel, in all patients (7.5% vs. 35.8%, p < 0.001), in carriers (5.3% vs. 47.4%, p = 0.007), and in noncarriers (8.8% vs. 29.4%, p = 0.005), respectively.CONCLUSIONS:In patients with HTPR after PCI, prasugrel is more effective compared with high clopidogrel in reducing platelet reactivity, particularly in CYP2C19*2 carriers. Genotyping guidance might be helpful only in case an increased clopidogrel maintenance dose is considered.ΣΤΟΧΟΙ:Ο πρωταρχικός στόχος της μελέτης ήταν ο προσδιορισμός της αντιαιμοπεταλιακής δράσης της πρασουγρέλης έναντι της υψηλής δόσης κλοπιδογρέλης σε ασθενείς με υψηλή αντιδραστικότητα των αιμοπεταλίων κατά τη θεραπεία (HTPR) μετά από διαδερμική στεφανιαία επέμβαση (PCI) και, δευτερευόντως, η σχέση της με την παρουσια του αλληλίου κυτοχρώματος (CYP) 2C19 * 2.ΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΟ:Η υψηλή αντιδραστικότητα των αιμοπεταλίων κατά τη θεραπεία μετά τη χορήγηση κλοπιδογρέλης μετά από PCI συνδέεται με το αλλήλιο CYP2C19 * 2 και συνοδεύεται από αυξημένο κίνδυνο καρδιαγγειακών συμβαμάτων.ΜΕΘΟΔΟΙ:Πραγματοποιήσαμε μια προοπτική, τυχαιοποιημένη, μονή τυφλή, διασταυρούμενη μελέτη της αναστολής των αιμοπεταλίων από πρασουγρέλη 10 mg / ημέρα έναντι υψηλής δόσης κλοπιδογρέλης 150 mg / ημέρα σε 71 (από 210 ασθενείς που ελέγχθησαν, 33,8%) μετά από PCI με HTPR. Η λειτουργικότητα των αιμοπεταλίων προσδιορίστηκε με τη δοκιμασία VerifyNow (Accumetrics, San Diego, California) και διεξήχθη γονοτυπική ανάλυση με αλυσιδωτή αντίδραση πολυμεράσης σε πραγματικό χρόνο για την παρουσία του αλληλίου CYP2C19 * 2.ΑΠΟΤΕΛΕΣΜΑΤΑ:Το πρωτογενές καταληκτικό σημείο της αντιδραστικότητας των αιμοπεταλίων (μετρούμενο σε μονάδες αντιδραστικότητας των αιμοπεταλίων) στο τέλος των 2 περιόδων θεραπείας ήταν χαμηλότερο μετά την πρασουγρέλη σε σύγκριση με την κλοπιδογρέλη (εκτιμήσεις ελαχίστων τετραγώνων 129,4, 95% διάστημα εμπιστοσύνης [CI]: 111,1 έως 147,7 έναντι 201,7, 95 % CI: 183,2 έως 220,2 • ρ <0,001). Η μέση διαφορά ελάχιστων τετραγώνων μεταξύ των δύο θεραπειών ήταν -122,9 (95% CI: -166,7 έως -79,2, p <0,001) και -47,5 (95% CI: -79,5 έως -15,4, p = 0,004) σε φορείς και μη φορείς του τουλάχιστον 1 μεταλλαγμένου αλληλίου, αντίστοιχα. Οι συχνότητες HTPR ήταν χαμηλότερες για την πρασουγρέλη σε σχέση με την κλοπιδογρέλη σε όλους τους ασθενείς (7,5% έναντι 35,8%, p <0,001), σε φορείς (5,3% έναντι 47,4%, p = 0,007) και σε μη φορείς (8,8% έναντι 29,4%, ρ = 0,005), αντίστοιχα.ΣΥΜΠΕΡΑΣΜΑΤΑ:Σε ασθενείς με HTPR μετά από PCI, η πρασουγρέλη είναι πιο αποτελεσματική σε σύγκριση με την υψηλή δόση κλοπιδογρέλης στη μείωση της αντιδραστικότητας των αιμοπεταλίων, ιδιαίτερα σε φορείς του CYP2C19 * 2. Η γονοτυπική καθοδήγηση μπορεί να είναι χρήσιμη μόνο στην περίπτωση που εξετάζεται η θεραπεία συντήρησης με αυξημένη δόση κλοπιδογρέλης
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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