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Quantifying the Influence of C-H···pi Interactions on Non-Aqueous Electrolyte Solubility
No full textFor redox active organic molecules (ROMs) used in grid-scale energy storage applications, such as redox flow batteries, solubility is an essential physicochemical property. Specifically, solubility is directly proportional to the volumetric energy density of an energy storage device and thus affects its corresponding spatial footprint. Recently pyridiniums have been introduced as a class of ROMs with high persistence in multiple redox states at low potentials. Unfortunately, solubility of pyridinium salts in non-aqueous media remains low (generally less than 1 M), and relatively few practical molecular design strategies exist for generalized improvement of ROM solubility. Herein, we convey the extent to which discrete, attractive interactions between C-H groups and the p-electrons of an aromatic ring (C-H···pi interactions) can describe the solubility of N-substituted pyridinium salts in a non-aqueous solvent (acetonitrile). We find a direct correlation between the extent of crystalline C-H···pi interactions for each pyridinium salt and its solubility in acetonitrile (R2 = 0.93, solubility range = 0.3 – 2.1 M). The presence of C-H···pi interactions reveals how large disparities in solubility between (e.g.) N-(p-tolyl)-4-phenyl-2,6-dimethylpyridinium (0.32 ± 0.03 M) and N-(p-tolyl)-4-(p-tolyl)-2,6-dimethylpyridinium (1.06 ± 0.03 M) tetrafluoroborate may arise despite differing in structure by only three atoms. The correlation presented in this work highlights a surprising consequence of disrupting strong electrostatic interactions with weak dispersion interactions, showing how minimal structural change can have dramatic effects on ROM solubility
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
Viral detection in parotid lymph nodes at 48 h pi.
No full text(A) Quantification of ASFV DNA using real-time PCR. Real-time PCR results were categorized as negative (Ct> 45), weakly positive (44 ≥ Ct > 37), positive (36 ≥ Ct > 26) and strongly positive (Ct < 25). The mean was fitted with a linear mixed-effect model. (B) Virus labelling at 48 h pi in parotid lymph nodes (inoculation side) for pigs receiving a high ASFV dose alone. (C) Virus labelling at 48 h pi in parotid lymph nodes (inoculation side) for pigs receiving a high ASFV dose and tick salivary gland extract. Virus protein VP72 was labelled by immunofluorescence. PLI: parotid lymph node on inoculation side; PLO: parotid lymph node on opposite side.</p
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
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