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    Mechanisms responsible for chemical shifts of core-level binding energies and their relationship to chemical bonding

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    A comprehensive review of different mechanisms which contribute to the chemical shifts of core-level binding energies, BEs, is made. A principle focus is on showing how the mechanisms can be used to relate the BE shifts to features of the chemical bonding and chemical interactions in the studied system. Several initial state mechanisms are identified; while some are well. known, the importance of others has been only recognized fairly recently. A theoretical framework is presented which places the analysis and interpretation of these BE shifts on a firm foundation. A rigorous definition and distinction of initial and final state effects is presented. This definition is applied to show that initial state effects are often the dominant factors for the chemical BE shifts. It is also shown that, in many cases, theoretical approaches involving the use of constrained variations can permit a clear and definitive separation of the contributions of the different mechanisms. Several representative applications to the analysis and interpretation of core-level BE shifts are described which show how the theoretical methods of analysis can be used to identify the mechanisms important for the BE shifts. Often more than one mechanism makes an important contribution to the shifts and it is common that the contributions will be canceling. When all of the relevant mechanisms are taken into account in the analysis of the BE shifts, these shifts do provide valuable information about the chemical bonding and electronic structure of the materials being studied. The mechanisms presented and the theoretical frameworks described provide a unified view of BE chemical shifts

    STUDIES OF THE CU-O BOND IN CUPRIC OXIDE BY X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON-SPECTROSCOPY AND ABINITIO ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE MODELS

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    X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) and ab initio molecular orbital cluster model wavefunctions are used in a combined study of the electronic structure of CuO. High-resolution XPS spectra for single-crystal CuO identify and clarify several features of the core and valence level spectra. The molecular orbital cluster wavefunctions show that there is a significant covalent contribution to the ionic Cu-O bond. For the copper core hole final states, the states where the core hole is screened by charge transfer from O2p to Cud lie at lower binding energy than the states where charge transfer does not screen the core hole. The multiplet splitting of the higher binding energy 2p-hole states is large (ca. 3 eV)

    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
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