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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Get PDF“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
Get PDFWe 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
Multifunctional polymer nanocomposites through the addition of graphene nanoplatelets and their uses in automotive fuel tanks
Get PDFPolymers offer a light-weighting alternative to many applications, especially in the automotive industry, but their properties are not always satisfactory. Combining a polymer with a nanofiller can allow for a composite with tunable properties, creating a multifunctional material. Current automotive fuel tanks are made from a layered structure, with the bulk being high density polyethylene (HDPE) sandwiched around a barrier polymer such as polyamide 610. The HDPE provides mechanical stability, while the barrier polymer prevents fuel from evaporating out of the system. Replacing this structure with a nanocomposite could offer a way to improve the efficiency of the system. Graphene nanoplatelets (GnP) are a few layered stack of graphene produced in a cost effective process They have excellent mechanical, thermal and electrical properties, and their platelet structure offers potential improvements to the barrier properties of a polymer This dissertation explores the addition of GnP to both HDPE and a barrier polymer.GnP and HDPE were compounded through melt mixing and the properties of the composites were characterized over a large concentration range, 0-40 wt. percent GnP. It was found that the flexural modulus and strength of the materials increased with increasing GnP content. However, the impact resistance fell sharply. The thermal stability of the composites was improved, and the barrier properties to both oxygen and fuel were improved up to 20 wt. percent GnP, after which a plateau occurred. This was attributed to misalignment and dispersion issues of the GnPAlternative processing techniques were explored to overcome the limits of melt mixing. Microlayer co-extrusion yielded highly aligned platelet, but the absolute value was not improved over melt mixing. Solution mixing yielded a better dispersion of the platelets, but that advantage was lost when re-processed through a melt mixing process. Cryo-milling the HDPE resulted in a small improvement to the dispersion of the GnP, resulting in improved barrier properties, but the mechanical properties were weakened. Coating the platelets with a low modulus, HDPE compatible material resulted in recovery of some lost impact resistance, but weakened the flexural improvements, and did not yield large improvements in barrier properties.An alternative approach was to lay thin layers of GnP onto the surface of polymer using layer by layer deposition to control the completely control the alignment and dispersion of the GnP. This was done by both alternating the GnP with a cationic polymer, and by depositing monolayers of GnP successively onto the surface. Both methods resulted in 60% reductions in oxygen permeability with less than 1 wt. percent GnPThe final method explored was the melt mixing of GnP and a biobased polyamide. As with the HDPE composites, the flexural properties of the composite increased while the impact resistance was lessened. The thermal stability of the polymer was greatly improved. The barrier properties were also improved, and it was also found that increasing the mixing time in the melt extrusion process resulted in further enhancements. The electrical conductivity of the samples was unsatisfactory. To improve this, carbon nanotubes (CNT) and carbon nanofibers (CNF), one dimensional nanofillers, were added to the composites in small quantities. It was found that through the addition of these, the electrical conductivity was greatly improved by over an order of magnitude.Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Chemical Engineering, 2017Includes bibliographical reference
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe 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
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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