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    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The 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

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    “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

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    We 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

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    We 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

    Author Index

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    koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist

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    We 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

    Analyse des mécanismes moléculaires et cellulaires conduisant à une inflammation dans l'intestin et une progression tumorale induits par la perte de la sous-unité d'intégrine Alpha6 chez la souris

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    We generated a new mouse model, α6ΔIEC, in which the genetic ablation of α6 integrin from intestinal epithelial cells triggered the development of spontaneous colitis and colorectal cancer. My main goal was to define the mechanisms by which inflamed lesions degenerate into infiltrating adenocarcinomas. Loss of α6 integrin in this model resulted in epithelial barrier damage, enhanced permeability, altered mucus layers, abnormal bacterial segregation, chronic inflammation and tumor development.In order to define the sequence of events and the mechanisms involved at each stage of the disease, from inflamed to tumor lesions, I developed an inducible mouse model, α6ΔIECTAM, in which α6 integrin ablation was induced by tamoxifen treatment. This line recapitulates all aspects of inflammation observed in the α6ΔIEC model, as early as two weeks after tamoxifen treatment. In particular, I tried to define the respective contribution of infection by bacteria and mechanical stress during disease progression.Le laboratoire a établi un modèle de souris α6ΔIEC qui développe une inflammation chronique intestinale associée à la formation d’adénocarcinomes colorectaux. Ce modèle correspond à une délétion ciblée à l’épithélium intestinal de l’intégrine α6β4. Mon projet de thèse a consisté à définir les mécanismes qui influencent la transformation de lésions inflammatoires en adénocarcinomes. La caractérisation du modèle α6ΔIEC a permis de mettre en évidence plusieurs altérations : détachement de l’épithélium, régénération du tissu, prolifération, augmentation de la perméabilité intestinale, hypersécrétion du mucus, ségrégation anormale des bactéries, inflammation chronique et formation de tumeurs.Pour étudier la séquence et la cinétique des mécanismes, j’ai développé un modèle de souris inductible (α6ΔIECTAM). Cette lignée présente, deux semaines après l’invalidation de l’intégrine α6,les mêmes signes d’inflammation que les souris α6ΔIEC. Mon approche a consisté à dissocier les processus impliqués dans chacune des étapes-clés de la pathologie afin de définir la contribution respective de l’infection par les bactéries et du stress mécanique

    Analysis of the molecular signaling in a tumor progression model associated with inflammation in the intestine

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    Le laboratoire a établi un modèle de souris α6ΔIEC qui développe une inflammation chronique intestinale associée à la formation d’adénocarcinomes colorectaux. Ce modèle correspond à une délétion ciblée à l’épithélium intestinal de l’intégrine α6β4. Mon projet de thèse a consisté à définir les mécanismes qui influencent la transformation de lésions inflammatoires en adénocarcinomes. La caractérisation du modèle α6ΔIEC a permis de mettre en évidence plusieurs altérations : détachement de l’épithélium, régénération du tissu, prolifération, augmentation de la perméabilité intestinale, hypersécrétion du mucus, ségrégation anormale des bactéries, inflammation chronique et formation de tumeurs.Pour étudier la séquence et la cinétique des mécanismes, j’ai développé un modèle de souris inductible (α6ΔIECTAM). Cette lignée présente, deux semaines après l’invalidation de l’intégrine α6,les mêmes signes d’inflammation que les souris α6ΔIEC. Mon approche a consisté à dissocier les processus impliqués dans chacune des étapes-clés de la pathologie afin de définir la contribution respective de l’infection par les bactéries et du stress mécanique.We generated a new mouse model, α6ΔIEC, in which the genetic ablation of α6 integrin from intestinal epithelial cells triggered the development of spontaneous colitis and colorectal cancer. My main goal was to define the mechanisms by which inflamed lesions degenerate into infiltrating adenocarcinomas. Loss of α6 integrin in this model resulted in epithelial barrier damage, enhanced permeability, altered mucus layers, abnormal bacterial segregation, chronic inflammation and tumor development.In order to define the sequence of events and the mechanisms involved at each stage of the disease, from inflamed to tumor lesions, I developed an inducible mouse model, α6ΔIECTAM, in which α6 integrin ablation was induced by tamoxifen treatment. This line recapitulates all aspects of inflammation observed in the α6ΔIEC model, as early as two weeks after tamoxifen treatment. In particular, I tried to define the respective contribution of infection by bacteria and mechanical stress during disease progression
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