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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
Cognitive Translation & Interpreting Studies Today. An Introduction for Linguists
No full textCognitive Translation & Interpreting Studies (CTIS) is a research domain within Cognitive Science that draws primarily and equally from linguistics and psychology, as well as from other disciplines. The field experienced a renewed embrace of multidisciplinarity around the turn of the century. This expansion led to alternative terms such as ‘Translator Studies’ and the more overlapping ‘Translation Psychology’. These alternatives introduced valuable perspectives, but their scopes remain limited: Translator Studies focuses mainly on practitioners, and Translation Psychology narrows the view of the phenomena. The term CTIS now serves as the most accurate and inclusive label for the field.
More recent research has begun to examine the roles of authors, revisers, readers, viewers, and other agents. In the past two decades, new forms of communication across time and space have emerged. Technologies such as machine translation have brought attention to non-professional practices, while the range of language services provided by the industry has grown. These shifts have added complexity and broadened the scope of inquiry. What connects this diverse group of communicative events is a shared condition: at least one party uses more than one natural language variety to facilitate communication between others. This defines the field’s linguistic core. It also challenges the relevance of “intersemiotic translation” and affirms the inherently multimodal nature of communication.
This text is divided into two parts. The first provides a context for CTIS and traces its development. It is intended for readers who are new to the field. The second introduces ten key notions that reflect ongoing debates and research. The overview is not exhaustive or tightly structured. It offers a descriptive and loosely organized narrative that captures some of the ideas that animate current work. Recent methodological trends include greater use of multimethod designs, increased attention to rigor and ecological validity, a move toward intra-subject designs, and stronger international collaboration
THE NATURAL HEBREW ALPHABET ACCORDING TO FRANCIS MERCURY VAN HELMONT
No full textInternational audienceThis paper discusses the work of Francis Mercury van Helmont (1667) on the natural character of the Hebrew alphabet, by which he aimed at teaching the deaf to speak. His essay is placed against the hermetic philosophical background of his days, as well against the linguistic ideas prevailing in the Low Countries of his days. Special attention is given to the valuable phonetic observations of Van Helmont.Dans cet article nous examinons l’ouvrage de François Mercure van Helmont (1667) consacré au caractère naturel de l'alphabet hébreu devant permettre aux sourds d’apprendre à parler. Son essai s’oppose à la philosophie hermétique et aux idées linguistiques en vigueur à l’époque aux Pays-Bas. On prêtera une attention particulière aux observations phonétiques tout à fait intéressantes effectuées par Van Helmont
The observations of a voyager: Stephanus Hanewinckel on the dialects of the Meijerij
No full textThis paper describes the relatively unknown genre of the travelogues, travel journals in which a dilettante anthropologist author presents information about unknown cultures and regions. Some of these travelogues contain linguistic information that is overlooked so far. In this paper a Dutch author of printed travel journals, Stephanus Hanewinckel, will be introduced. His early dialectological remarks and data will be presented and analyzed. Moreover the history of the Parable of the Prodigal Son as a sample text for dialect comparison will be discussed. The article ends with an edition of Hanewinckel’s early 19th century version of the Parable of the Prodigal Son in a Dutch dialect from the province of North Brabant
Mitomycin C in highly myopic eyes - Author reply
No full textOphthalmology. 2005 Feb;112(2):208-18; discussion 219.
Mitomycin C modulation of corneal wound healing after photorefractive keratectomy in highly myopic eyes.
Gambato C, Ghirlando A, Moretto E, Busato F, Midena E.
SourceRefractive Surgery Service and Antimetabolite Therapy Research Unit, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the role of topical mitomycin C in corneal wound healing (CWH) after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in highly myopic eyes.
DESIGN: Prospective, double-masked, randomized clinical trial.
PARTICIPANTS: Seventy-two eyes of 36 patients affected by high (>7 diopters) myopia.
METHODS: In each patient, one eye was randomly assigned to PRK with intraoperative topical 0.02% mitomycin C application, and the fellow eye was treated with a placebo. Postoperatively, mitomycin C-treated eyes received artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months), whereas the fellow eye was treated with fluorometholone sodium 2% and artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months).
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), contrast sensitivity, manifest refraction, and biomicroscopy. Contrast sensitivity was determined using the Pelli-Robson chart. Corneal confocal microscopy documented CWH.
RESULTS: Mean follow-up was 18 months (range, 12-36). No side effects or toxic effects were documented. At 12-month follow-up examination, UCVAs (logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution) were 0.4+/-0.48 and 0.5+/-0.53 (P = .03) in mitomycin C-treated eyes and corticosteroid-treated eyes, respectively. At 1 year, corneal haze developed in 20% of corticosteroid-treated eyes, versus 0% of mitomycin C-treated eyes. At 12, 24, and 36 months, corneal confocal microscopy showed activated keratocytes and extracellular matrix significantly more evident in untreated eyes (Ps = 0.004, 0.024, and 0.046, respectively).
CONCLUSION: Topical intraoperative application of 0.02% mitomycin C can reduce haze formation in highly myopic eyes undergoing PRK.
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Ophthalmology. 2006 Feb;113(2):357; author reply 357-8
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe 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
A Multi-Language Comparison of Influences on Author Verification using Character N-Grams
No full textWe create a new multi-language corpus for author verification based on Wikipedia talkpages, and evaluate the influence that differences in topic and time have on character n-gram author profiles. Topic alignment between two texts is found to increase author verification precision, and an authors writing style is found to change over time, but not more significantly after 3 years than after 1 year.Information ArchitectureWISElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
A 0.12mm<sup>2</sup> Wien-Bridge Temperature Sensor with 0.1°C (3σ) Inaccuracy from -40°C to 180°C
No full text Resistor-based temperature sensors can achieve much higher resolution and energy efficiency than conventional BJT-based sensors [1], but they typically occupy more area (> 0.25 mm 2 ) and have lower operating temperatures (le 125 {circ} {C}) [2]-[4]. This work describes a 0.12mm 2 resistor-based sensor that uses a Wien-bridge (WB) filter to achieve 0.1 {circ} {C} (3 sigma) inaccuracy from - 40 {circ} {C} to 180 {circ} {C}. Compared to a state-of-the-art WB sensor [4], it occupies 6 × less area and achieves comparable relative accuracy over a 76% wider operating range. Session 10.3 Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Electronic InstrumentationMicroelectronic
The status of -o- or on the allomorphy of neo-classical compounds
No full textThis paper aims at solving an old descriptive problem in dealing with neoclassicalcompounds: the status of the segment -o- which usually appears between the two elements ofneoclassical compounds as in hamburgerology, buyology, bacteriology and epidemiology
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