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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
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
Removal of organic micropollutants in urban wastewater by activated carbon adsorption : understanding of processes and operational implications.
No full textLes stations de traitement des eaux usées sont l’une des principales sources de micropolluants organiques dans les milieux aquatiques récepteurs. L’une des solutions envisagées pour limiter les rejets de micropolluants organiques est l’ajout d’une étape de traitement avancé aux stations de traitement des eaux usées, et parmi les principaux procédés figure l’adsorption sur charbon actif. Ces travaux de thèse s’intéressent à l’élimination de micropolluants organiques des eaux résiduaires urbaines par adsorption sur charbon actif. Le premier chapitre de ce manuscrit porte sur l’évaluation des bénéfices apportés par un traitement avancé par adsorption sur charbon actif par rapport à une filière de traitement conventionnelle. L’étude a été réalisée sur l’usine de Seine-Centre (Colombes, SIAAP) suivie d’un pilote industriel d’adsorption sur charbon actif en micro-grain et lit fluidisé (CarboPlus®, Saur). Le traitement primaire n’est pas efficace pour éliminer les micropolluants organiques, tandis que le traitement biologique permet d’éliminer les molécules biodégradables. Si le gain d’élimination propre au traitement avancé n’est pas significatif pour les molécules déjà bien traitées sur l’usine, l’élimination propre au traitement avancé est importante pour les composés récalcitrants aux traitements conventionnels et permet d’atteindre des abattements globaux satisfaisants. Le deuxième chapitre s’intéresse à l’influence des propriétés des charbons actifs et des micropolluants organiques et de la présence de matière organique dissoute (MOD) sur le processus d’adsorption. Un pourcentage de volume microporeux trop élevé s’avère défavorable à l’élimination de plusieurs molécules en raison d’un blocage de pores plus important engendré par l’adsorption de la MOD. Le processus d’adsorption est défavorisé en présence de MOD, et le blocage de pores est le principal effet négatif engendré par l’adsorption de la MOD plutôt que la compétition pour les sites d’adsorption. Les molécules négatives sont moins bien adsorbées que les molécules positives en raison de la présence de MOD chargée négativement. Les micropolluants organiques et la MOD sont capables d’interagir en solution par la formation de complexes MOD-micropolluant, ce qui favorise indirectement l’élimination des micropolluants et permet de réduire les effets négatifs engendrés par la présence de MOD. Le troisième chapitre porte sur l’étude du couplage entre l’ozonation et l’adsorption sur charbon actif en vue d’améliorer l’élimination des micropolluants organiques. L’ozonation permet d’améliorer l’adsorption des micropolluants en diminuant l’adsorbabilité de la MOD mais seulement à de fortes doses. A des doses d’ozone spécifiques moins élevées, les deux procédés sont complémentaires : l’ozonation est efficace pour éliminer les molécules peu adsorbables, tandis que les molécules réfractaires à l’ozone sont bien adsorbées. Un abattement satisfaisant (> 65% en moyenne) est obtenu pour chaque micropolluant avec une dose d’ozone spécifique de 0,22 gO3/g COD et une dose de charbon actif de 10 mg/L, mais les performances de l’étape d’ozonation sont très dépendantes de la qualité de l’effluent à traiter (présence de nitrite ou de MES).Le dernier chapitre de ce travail est consacré au développement d’outils de suivi des performances en examinant le potentiel de l’UV254 et de la fluorescence 3D pour la prédiction des performances d’élimination des micropolluants par adsorption sur charbon actif. Des corrélations positives sont observées entre l’abattement des micropolluants organiques et de certains indices de fluorescence, et le développement de régressions linéaires multiples permet d’améliorer significativement la prédiction de l’élimination de la majorité des molécules suivies. Ces résultats démontrent que la prédiction des performances d’élimination des micropolluants organiques par adsorption sur charbon actif est possible à l’aide de la fluorescence 3D.Wastewater treatment plants are one of the main sources of organic micropollutants in receiving aquatic systems. One of the solutions considered to limit the release of organic micropollutants is the addition of an advanced treatment step at wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), and one of the main processes is activated carbon adsorption. This work focuses on the elimination of organic micropollutants from urban wastewater by adsorption on activated carbon.The first chapter of this manuscript deals with the evaluation of the benefits of advanced activated carbon adsorption treatment compared to a conventional treatment. The study was carried out at the Seine-Centre WWTP (Colombes, SIAAP) followed by an industrial pilot for adsorption on activated carbon in micro-grain and fluidized bed (CarboPlus®, Saur). Primary treatment is not effective in removing organic micropollutants, while biological treatment removed biodegradable molecules. While the elimination gain provided by the advanced treatment is not significant for molecules already well treated on the WWTP, the elimination specific to advanced treatment is particularly important for compounds that are recalcitrant to conventional treatments and makes it possible to achieve satisfactory overall removals.The second chapter focuses on the influence of the properties of activated carbons and organic micropollutants and the presence of dissolved organic matter (DOM) on the adsorption process. A high percentage of microporous volume is unfavorable to the elimination of several molecules due to a higher pore blockage effect caused by DOM adsorption. The adsorption process is disadvantaged in the presence of DOM, and pore blockage is the main negative effect caused by DOM adsorption rather than competition for adsorption sites. Negative molecules are less adsorbed than positive molecules due to the presence of negatively charged DOM. Organic micropollutants and DOM are able to interact in solution by forming DOM-micropollutant complexes, which indirectly promotes the elimination of micropollutants and reduces the negative effects caused by the presence of DOM.The third chapter deals with the study of the coupling between ozonation and activated carbon adsorption in order to improve the removal of organic micropollutants. Ozonation improves the adsorption of micropollutants by reducing the adsorbability of DOM but only at high doses. At lower specific ozone doses, the two processes are complementary: ozonation is effective in removing poorly adsorbable molecules, while ozone-refractory molecules are well adsorbed. A satisfactory removal of all micropollutants (> 65% on average) is obtained with a specific ozone dose of 0.22 gO3/gCOD and an activated carbon dose of 10 mg/L, but the performance of the ozonation step is highly dependent on the quality of the effluent to be treated (presence of nitrite or suspended solids).The last chapter of this work is devoted to the development of performance monitoring tools by examining the potential of UV254 and 3D fluorescence for predicting the removal performance of micropollutants by adsorption on activated carbon. Positive correlations are found between the abatement of organic micropollutants and some fluorescence indexes, and the development of multiple linear regressions significantly improves the prediction. These results demonstrate the good potential of 3D fluorescence indexes to predict the removal performance of organic micropollutants by activated carbon adsorption
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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