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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

    Mediation of the Relationship between Functional Outcome and the Degree of Recanalization by Penumbra Salvage Volume in Acute Ischemic Stroke

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    The main treatment target of mechanical thrombectomy in patients with acute ischemic stroke is to restore the blood supply to the region of brain tissue supplied by the occluded vessel. The ischemic penumbra regularly has persisting blood flow through collaterals but can be transformed into infarction in case no recanalization occurs within a sufficient time period. The role of CTP is the time-sensitive selection of patients, that can still benefit from mechanical thrombectomy. The so-called ischemic penumbra is metabolically viable brain tissue that can be salvage after blood flow restoration through thrombectomy. In this study, we hypothesized that the relation between recanalization degree after mechanical thrombectomy and penumbra salvage directly predicts functional outcome in acute stroke patients. In summary, our results clearly demonstrate that every increase of recanalization has a direct impact on saved brain parenchyma called the salvaged penumbra, which is associated with improved functional outcomes in patients after 90 days of acute stroke. Every degree of recanalization (mTICI 2a to mTICI 3) estimates the salvage of 63 mL of the hypoperfused brain tissue at risk. The results even show the association of penumbra salvage with improved clinical outcomes in 90 days, even in patients with an extensive ischemic core at admission. This once again demonstrates the importance of higher degree of reperfusion after recanalization.Das Hauptziel einer Behandlung mit mechanischer Thrombektomie bei Patienten mit akutem Schlaganfall ist die Wiederherstellung der Blutversorgung der Region des Hirnparenchyms, deren Blutversorgung durch das verschlossene Gefäß vermindert wurde. Die ischämische Penumbra wird durch Kollateralen weiterhin mit Blut versorgt, kann aber irreversibel sein, wenn sie nicht in kurzer Zeit wiederhergestellt wird. Die Rolle der CTP ist die zeitabhängige Auswahl der Patienten, die noch von einer mechanischen Thrombektomie profitieren können. Die so genannte ischämische Penumbra ist metabolisch lebensfähiges Hirngewebe, das nach der Wiederherstellung des Blutflusses durch die Thrombektomie gerettet werden kann. In dieser Studie stellten wir die Hypothese auf, dass die Beziehung zwischen dem Rekanalisationsgrad nach mechanischer Thrombektomie und der Penumbra-Rettung eine direkte Vorhersage für das funktionelle Ergebnis bei akuten Schlaganfallpatienten hat. Zusammenfassend zeigten unsere Ergebnisse deutlich, dass jede Zunahme der Rekanalisationsrate einen direkten Einfluss auf das gerettete Hirnparenchym, die sogenannte gerettete Penumbra, hat, die mit einem verbesserten funktionellen Ergebnis nach 90 Tagen bei Patienten mit akutem Schlaganfall assoziiert ist. Jeder Grad der Rekanalisation (mTICI 2a bis mTICI 3) schätzt die Rettung von 63 mL des hypoperfundierten, gefährdeten Hirngewebes. Die Ergebnisse zeigten sogar eine Assoziation der Penumbra-Rettung mit einem verbesserten klinischen Outcome nach 90 Tagen, was selbst bei Patienten mit einem ausgedehnten ischämischen Kern bei der Aufnahme deutlich identifiziert wurde. Dies demonstriert erneut die Bedeutung eines höheren Reperfusionsgrades nach der Rekanalisation

    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

    Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902

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    In 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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