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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
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
Characterization of a sensory complex involved in antimicrobial peptide resistance
Full text linkIn their habitats, microorganisms are often in competition for limited nutrients. In order to succeed, many Gram-positive bacteria resort to production of peptide antibiotics. Therefore, resistance mechanisms against these compounds are essential. The first step of ensuring survival is the perception of the harmful drugs and mediation of resistance against it. In recent years, a group of ABC-transporters have been recognized as important resistance determinate against antimicrobial peptides. The expression of these transporters is generally regulated by a two-component system, which in most cases is encoded next to the transporter. Together they are described as detoxification modules. The permeases of the transporters are characterized by a large extracellular domain, while the histidine kinases lack an obvious input domain. One of the best understood examples is the BceRS-BceAB system of Bacillus subtilis, which mediates resistance against bacitracin, mersacidin and actagardine. For this system it was shown that the histidine kinase is not able to detect the substrate directly and instead has an absolute requirement for the transporter in stimulus perception. This describes a novel mode of signal transduction in which the transporter is the actual sensor and therefore regulates its own expression. To date, mechanistic details for this unique mode of signal transduction remain unknown. Several other examples have been described for transport proteins that have acquired additional sensing or regulatory functions beyond solute transport, and these have been designated trigger transporters. For these bifunctional transporters a direct protein-protein interaction with membrane-integrated or soluble components of signal transduction relays has been postulated. However, for most sensor/co-sensor pairs, conclusive proof of such an interaction is lacking, and so far little is known about the sites that might mediate contacts between the putative protein interfaces and how communication is achieved. Based on sequence and architectural similarities, we identified over 250 BceAB-like transporters in the protein database, which occurred almost exclusively in Firmicutes bacteria. To whether the regulatory interplay between the ABC transporter and the two-component system was a common theme in these antimicrobial peptide resistance modules, we carried out a phylogenetic study of these identified systems. We identified a clear coevolutionary relationship between transport permeases and histidine kinases. Furthermore, we identified conserved putative response regulator binding sites in the promoter regions of the transporter operons. Additionally, we were able to provide a tool to identify TCSs for transporters lacking a regulatory system in their genomic neighbourhood, which was based on the coclustering of histidine kinases and transporter permeases. These findings also suggested the existence of a sensory complex between BceAB-like transporters and BceS-like histidine kinases. To further investigate the signaling mechanism, we performed a random mutagenesis of the transport permease BceB with the aim to identify regions or residues within the transporter that are involved in signaling and/or resistance. With this approach we were able to identify mutations that affected either the ability for signaling or mediation of resistance. This showed a partial genetic separation of the two qualities, which could be achieved by single amino acid replacements. These results provide first insights into the signaling mechanism of the Bce system. In order to analyse the proposed communication between two-component system and ABC transporter, we further characterized their interactions by in vivo and in vitro approaches. We could demonstrate that the transporter BceAB is indeed able to interact directly with the histidine kinase. Because it was unknown how the signal perception by BceAB-type transporters occurs, we next analyzed substrate binding by the transporter permease BceB and could show direct binding of bacitracin by BceB. Finally, in vitro signal transduction assays indicated that complex formation with the transporter influenced the activity of the histidine kinase. In summary this thesis clearly shows the existence of a sensory complex comprised of BceRS-like two-component systems and BceAB-like ABC transporters and provides first functional insights into the mechanism of stimulus perception, signal transduction and antimicrobial resistance mechanism employed by these wide spread detoxification systems against antimicrobial peptides.Um sich in solch hart umkämpften Habitaten wie dem Boden zu behaupten sind Bakterien dazu übergegangen Antibiotika zu produzieren, um das Wachstum der Konkurrenz einzudämmen. Eine Gruppe solcher Substanzen sind antimikrobielle Peptide, die von Gram-positiven Bakterien produziert werden. Zum Schutz vor Peptidantibiotika haben Gram-positive Bakterien eine Vielzahl verschiedener Resistenzmechanismen entwickelt. Den effizientesten Resistenzmechanismus gegen Peptidantibiotika stellt eine Gruppe ATP-abhängiger ABC-Transporter dar. Diese Transporter weisen einen besonderen Transmembranaufbau auf. Sie bestehen aus zehn Transmembranhelices und einer großen extrazellulären Domäne. Die Expression dieser Transportergruppe wird durch ein Zweikomponentensystem reguliert. Die Histidinkinase besitzt ebenfalls einen ungewöhnlichen Transmembranaufbau, da sie keine offensichtliche Bindedomäne besitzt. Zusammen bilden der Transporter und die Histidinkinase ein Resistenzmodul gegen Peptidantibiotika, das in Firmicutes weit verbreitet ist. Eines der am besten verstandenen Systeme ist das BceRS-BceAB System in Bacillus subtilis. Dieses System vermittelt Resistenz gegen Bacitracin, Actagardin und Mersacidin. Für dieses System konnte gezeigt werden, dass die Histidinkinase BceS alleine nicht in der Lage ist, auf Bacitracin zu reagieren, sondern stattdessen für die Reizwahrnehmung und die Vermittlung der Resistenz auf den Transporter BceAB angewiesen ist. Der Transporter reguliert somit eine eigene Produktion. Wie der Resistenzmechanismus in diesem System genau funktioniert konnte bisher aber noch nicht hinreichend geklärt werden. Dass Transporter neben ihrer Funktion Substrate über eine Zellmembran zu transportieren auch an der Reizwahrnehmung und der Antwortregulation beteiligt sein können, ist in unterschiedlichsten Beispielen beschrieben worden. Um die Signalweiterleitung an membranständige oder zytoplasmatische Komponenten des Signalwegs gewährleisten zu können, müssen diese miteinander interagieren, zum Beispiel durch direkte Protein-Protein Interaktionen. Bisher konnte jedoch für viele solcher Sensorkomplexe keine endgültige Erklärung für solch eine Interaktion dargestellt werden. Basierend auf einer Datenbankanalyse konnten über 250 BceAB-artige Transporter identifiziert und ein Großteil davon einer BceS-artigen Histidinkinase zugeordnet werden. Durch eine phylogenetische Studie konnte weiterhin gezeigte werden, dass BceRS-artige Zweikomponentensysteme und BceAB-artige Transporter in Firmicutes Bakterien weit verbreitet sind und sich über Ko-Evolution gemeinsam zu Resistenzmodulen gegen Peptidantibiotika entwickelt haben. Dazu konnte eine konservierte Antwortregulator-Bindestelle in den Promoter Regionen der Transporteroperons bestimmt werden. Zudem war es möglich aufgrund dieser Klassifizierung für diejenigen Permeasen ohne ein benachbartes Zweikomponentensystem anhand der Genomsequenz ein mögliches Regulationssystem zuzuordnen. Diese Erkenntnisse unterstützten die Vermutung über einen sensorischen Komplex zwischen BceS-ähnlichen Histidinkinasen und BceAB-ähnlichen ABC Transportern. In einer weiteren Studie konnten mittels zufälliger Mutagenese der Transporterpermease BceB Aminosäurereste identifizierte werden, die an der Signalweiterleitung und/oder Resistenzvermittlung beteiligt waren. Durch einige der eingefügten Mutationen wurde nur die Signalweiterleitung bzw. nur die Resistenz beeinträchtigt. Dies spricht dafür, dass eine partielle genetische Trennung der Aufgaben des Transporters möglich ist. Hierdurch konnten erste wichtige Einblicke in den Signalweiterleitungsmechanismus des Bce-Systems gewonnen werden. Um die vorgeschlagene Kommunikation zwischen Zweikomponentensystem und ABCTransporter weiterführend zu untersuchen, wurden Interaktionsstudien durchgeführt. Die auf in vitro und in vivo Studien basierenden Ergebnisse konnten eine direkte Interaktion zwischen BceS und BceAB darstellen. Darüber hinaus konnten wir in dieser Arbeit durch eine Oberflächenresonanz- Spektroskopie zum ersten Mal zeigen, dass die Transporterpermease Bacitracin direkt und spezifisch bindet. Außerdem konnte durch eine in vitro Rekonstruktion des Signalwegs im Bce-System gezeigt werden, dass die Aktivität der Histidinkinase durch die Anwesenheit des Transporters beeinflusst wird. Zusammenfassend zeigt die vorliegende Arbeit direkte Hinweise, dass BceRS-artige Zweikomponentensysteme und BceAB-artige ABC-Transporter zusammen einen sensorischen Komplex für Peptidantibiotika bilden. Dies wird unterstützt durch erste funktionelle Einblicke in die Mechanismen der Reizwahrnehmung und Signalweiterleitung in diesen in Firmicutes Bakterien weit verbreiteten Resistenzsystemen
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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