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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
Dodecylated and non-dodecylated poly(succinimide)-based polyplexes with pEGFP-N3 plasmid: polymer synthesis, plasmid transfection and GFP expression.
No full textO uso de genes em terapias é um conceito originado em 1970 em consequência do crescimento exponencial de novas tecnologias para liberação de DNA, também pela capacidade de expressão de genes exógenos em células de mamíferos. Propomos, então, a síntese de polímeros catiônicos, em dois grupos, por meio da aminólise da poli(succinimida) (PSI): grupo 1An, polímeros catiônicos com arcabouço poli (ácido aspártico) com cadeias laterais contendo aminas protonáveis; grupo 2An, polímeros catiônicos anfifílicos, contenho o poli (ácido aspártico) como arcabouço, com aminas protonáveis e cadeias dodecilamina. Estudos de SEC mostraram que derivados dodecilados 2An tiveram tamanho menor que os polímeros do grupo 1An, não dodecilados. A capacidade tamponante para todos os polímeros sintetizados foi maior que o bPEI 25, e o grupo 2An apresentou as maiores capacidades tamponantes. Derivados 2An com as aminas A1 a A4 apresentaram menor CMC do que o grupo 1An. Citotoxicidade dos policátions foi dependente das suas concentrações e, entre todos os polímeros, aqueles com aminas A5 e A6 não foram citotóxicos. A presença da cadeia dodecilamina na PSI não diminuiu a viabilidade celular até 250 ?L-1, sugerindo que a porção hidrofóbica não é citotóxica na faixa de concentrações testada. A complexação do pEGFP-N3 com os derivados de PSI foi realizada, bem como a transfecção dos poliplexos em células HeLa. A expressão de GFP dos complexos obtidos com bPEI 25 foi quantificada e comparada com os poliplexos preparados com os derivados da PSI. Ensaios de transfecção mostraram que os derivados dodecilados da PSI apresentaram expressão negligenciável de GFP em células HeLa, sugerindo uma ligação forte entre plasmídeo e os derivados sintetizados e não-liberação do material genético nas células, ou dano celular causado pela cadeia hidrofóbica nas células. Os maiores valores de GFP quantificados foram encontrados nos poliplexos contendo polímeros não-dodecilados e com as aminas A3 e A4, nas razoes N:P 5 a 20 para A3 e N:P 5 para A4. Ambas as estruturas A3 e A4 fazem parte do core do bPEI 25.Genes as drugs for human therapy is a concept originally conceived around 1970, a consequence of the exponential growth in knowledge of human gene function, the more effective technologies for DNA delivery, and the ability to transfer and express exogenous genes in mammalian cells. Here we propose synthesizing two small library groups of cationic polymers via aminolysis of poly(succinimide) (PSI) backbone: group 1An, polycationic polymers with a degradable amide of poly(aspartic) acid backbone, protonable oligoamine side chains into the main polymer structure, and group 2An, amphiphilic cationic polymers with a degradable amide of poly(aspartic) acid backbone, protonable oligoamine side chains into the main polymer structure and dodecyl side chain moieties. SEC showed that dodecylated derivatives 2An had lower size than 1An group, non-dodecylated polyelectrolytes. Buffering capacity of all synthesized polymers was higher than the standard bPEI 25, and the dodecylated 2An group had the highest buffering capacities values. 2An derivatives with amines A1 to A4 showed lower CMC than their non-dodecylated pairs. Cytotoxicity of all polycations was dependent on the concentrations, and among all polymers, those with amines A5 and A6 had lower cytotoxicity than bPEI 25. Moreover, the presence of the hydrophobic dodecyl side chain in the PSI backbone did not decrease the cell viability until 250 ?g mL-1 polymer concentration, thus suggesting the hydrophobic moiety is not cytotoxic in this range. Complexation of pEGFP-N3 plasmid with PSI derivatives grafted with amines A1 to A4 was performed, as well as the transfection of polyplexes into HeLa cells. GFP expression of bPEI25 polyplexes in different complex volumes was quantified and compared with PSI derivatives/pEGFP-N3 polyplexes. Transfection assays showed that dodecylated PSI derivatives had negligible or no GFP expression in HeLa cells, thus suggesting a strong interaction between polycations and pDNA or a cellular damage caused by the hydrophobic moiety, although cytotoxicity assay of polyplexes showed low cytotoxicity of polyplexes. The highest GFP expression values were found for polycations 1A3 and 1A4, both without the dodecylamine side chain, in the N:P ratios 5 to 20 for 1A3, and N:P ratio 5 for 1A4. Both amines A3 and A4 used for the PSI grafting are core structures of bPEI 25
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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