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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
P-439 Production of ovine fertilizable oocytes using innovative in vitro (iv) technologies applied to preantral follicles growth.
No full textStudy question:
Considering the early pool of gametes potentially able to generate offspring, what actions should be taken to optimize ivF thus increasing fertilizable oocytes availability?
Summary answer:
The standardization of long-term gonadotropin stimulation is a key step to implement ivF in order to promote both reproductive targets, oogenesis and follicle steroidogenesis activation.
What is known already:
Increasing in childhood cancer survivors points up an urgent need in fertility preservation (FP) strategies to overcome the negative impact of cancer treatments on reproductive cell cycle. Because of a concern exists on the possible re-introduction of malignant cells following ovarian transplantation, in vitro (iv) culture of early stage follicles still remains a potential alternative to obtain fertilizable oocytes that contribute to biological offspring. Since technologies advances are required to transfer iv Follicologenesis (ivF) from bench to bedside, monovulatory large mammal becomes ideal translational models to validate cultural conditions enhabling synergic follicles-oocyte iv development.
Study design, size, duration:
The present research aimed to study the influence of 2 different gonadotropins (oFSH vs Pregnant Mare’s Serum Gonadotropin/PMSG) on ivF cultures of single ovine preantral follicle (PA). The ivF outcomes obtained by using the specie-specific (oFSH) or the trans-species chorionic gonadotropin (PMSG) were analyzed after 14 days of culture by comparing follicle/oocyte growth, timing and percentage (%) of antrum differentiation as well as % of Methaphase II (MII) oocytes after iv Maturation (IVM).
Participants/materials, setting, methods:
Preantral follicles, mechanically isolated from slaugterhoused prepubertal ovaries, were incubated as 3D single follicle culture and exposed to 25 ug oFSH or to different PMSG doses (from 0,4 to 40 IU/ml). In order to compare the degree of meiotic competence, MII oocytes obtained adopting an advanced IVM, consisting of cumulus oocytes complexes co-cultured with walls antral follicle-derived somatic cells, were analyzed.
Main results and the role of chance:
The PMSG influence on ivF performances was strictly dose-dependent. More in detail, 4 IU was the concentration of PMSG able to enhance follicular diameter increment (Δ%: 63.7±28.9 vs 43.4±19.3 and 52.7±33.4, respectively for 4, 0.40, 40 IU; p<0.05). Conversely, any significant increase in antrum differentiation upon PMSG treatment (4, 0.4, 40 IU) was observed. The chorionic gonadotropin was more effective than oFSH in promoting ivF outcomes. Indeed, preantral follicles stimulated with 4 IU PMSG displayed a significantly greater growth than those exposed to oFSH (Δ%: 63.7±28.9 vs 52±31; p=0,038). Moreover, PMSG promoted a complete meiotic competence in the majority of collected oocytes (58.3% MII, 2.8% GVBD, 38.8% GV). Of note, the MII oocytes were all isolated by early antral follicles with Δ%>40 (p<0.01). On the contrary, only a very small fraction of the oocytes isolated from oFSH-treated follicles was able to resume meiosis and no one reached the MII stage (83,30% GV, 16,70% GVBD; p<0.001).
Wider implications of the findings:
These proof-of-concept PMSG experiments establish a way for new protocols optimizing ivF and allow to identify a trans-species hormone to functionalize biomaterials. Both strategies might support follicle development in large animal models and humans with the hope of translating this technology for fertility preservation purposes
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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