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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
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
Abstract 1951: RORα activation opposes MYCN signaling and restores the circadian clock in neuroblastoma
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Background. MYCN activation is a hallmark of advanced tumor stage in neuroblastoma (NB), characterizing high-risk patients prone to resistant disease. MYCN is also a potent regulator of metabolic reprogramming that favors NB adaptation to its microenvironment. The retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor α (RORα) is a key regulator of cell metabolism, immunity, as well as the circadian rhythm. Importantly, RORα activates the transcriptio of BMAL1, a master circadian transcription factor frequently deregulated in human cancers. Moreover, synthetic ligands RORα agonists (i.e. SR1078) have been recently optimized with great therapeutic potential.
Methods. Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified low levels of RORα as independent predictors of EFS and OS survival in large NB patients’ cohorts (n=890 patients). MYCN inducible over-expression and knock-down NB lines were generated and Q-PCR assays used to assess MYCN-mediated disruption of central components of the clock machinery. Growth-suppressive and pro-apoptotic effects of genetic RORα over-expression and RORα activation (via SR1078) were tested in a panel of MYCN-amplified and non-amplified lines, as well as in MYCN-inducible MYCN-3 cells (Tet-ON). MYCN-amplified xenografts were used to test in vivo therapeutic response to SR1078.
Results. Ectopic MYCN expression upregulates the circadian repressor REV-ERBα and suppresses the circadian activator RORα and the central clock BMAL1. In contrast, MYCN silencing effectively restores their expression levels. Interestingly, the expression of the main regulators of the clock machinery (RORα, REV-ERBα, and BMAL1) are also profoundly altered in MYCN-amplified NB patient samples. Specifically, RORα and BMAL1 are uniformly repressed in MYCN-amplified NB and their reduced levels independently correlate with poor survival in large patients’ cohorts (n=890 patients total, p<0.0001). Importantly, re-activation of RORα (via SR1078) strongly suppresses MYCN transcription and restores BMAL1 levels, inhibiting cell survival. Moreover, SR1078 reduces cell viability and induces apoptotic cell death to a higher extent in MYCN-amplified compared to MYCN-non amplified lines. Lastly, both SR1078 treatment and inducible RORα over-expression significantly (p=0.020) inhibit tumor growth in MYCN NB xenografts. Together, our data suggest that RORα loss promotes MYCN-induced disruption of molecular clock, contributing to NB tumorigenesis. Restoration of RORα opposes these MYCN functions, representing an effective strategy for MYCN-amplified NB.
Citation Format: Myrthala Moreno-Smith, Ling Tao, Ronald Bernardi, Kathleen De Preter, Mario Capasso, Sanjeev Vasudevan, Jason M. Shohet, Eveline Barbieri. RORα activation opposes MYCN signaling and restores the circadian clock in neuroblastoma [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2017; 2017 Apr 1-5; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2017;77(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 1951. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2017-1951</jats:p
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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