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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Full text link“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
Full text linkWe 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
Elaboration of zirconium oxide Nanoparticles : Catalyst Preparation and Application in Biofuel Synthesis
No full textActuellement, la stratégie de la production d’énergie repose sur les 3 concepts d’économie, de régénération et d’écologie. La production de biodiesel s’insère dans cette thématique et fait objet de ce travail. Un suivi cinétique de nucléation-croissance est réalisé sur des nanoparticules monodisperses d’oxo-alcoxydes de zirconium (ZOA). Ces nanoparticules sont préparées par voie sol-gel dans un réacteur à T-micro-mélangeur avec deux flux turbulents de ZNP et c dans 1-propanol à 20°C. Les nanodépôts des nanoparticules de ZOA ont été réalisés sur des substrats en silice et comparés aux nanopoudres récupérées après l’induction du sol de ZOA. Les nanodépôts et les poudres subissent un séchage à 80°C puis une imprégnation humide dans une solution aqueuse de 0,25 mol.L⁻¹ de H₂SO₄. Nous obtenons ainsi les nanodépôts catalytiques après une calcination à des températures comprises entre 500 et 700°C sous O₂. Les techniques de BET, ATG-ATD, MET, DRIFT, analyse élémentaire et DRX sont déployées pour caractériser ces catalyseurs. Les cinétiques du processus d’estérification et de transestérification ont été étudiées en fonction des conditions de la préparartion des catalyseurs nanostructurés. Les nanodépôts catalytiques acides de ZrO₂-SO₄²⁻ possèdent une activité catalytique 50 fois plus élevée que celle des nanopoudres dans la réaction d’estérification de l’acide palmitique dans le méthanol à 65°C. Les nanodépôts calcinés à 580°C ont la meilleure stabilité vis à vis des essais de recyclage. L’activité catalytique des nanodépôts est aussi valable avec d’autres charges dont la composition est similaire à celle des huiles non-comestibles puis celle des déchets gras.In this work, we have realized novel nanoparticulate catalysts ZrO₂-SO₄²⁻ for biofuel production. We have studied nucleation-growth kinetics of zirconium-oxo-alkoxy (ZOA) nanoparticles in the sol-gel process. The monodispersed nanoparticles of 3.6 nm diameter were realised in a sol-gel reactor with rapid (turbulent) micro-mixing of liquid solutions containing ZNP and H₂O in 1-propanol at 20°C. The nanocoatings were realised of stable colloids of ZOA nanoparticles on silica beads along with common powders obtained after precipitation of unstable colloids. The acid ZrO₂-SO₄²⁻" catalysts were prepared after drying at 80°C, wet impregnation in 0.25 mol.L⁻¹ aqueous solution of sulfuric acid and subsequent thermal treatment between 500 and 700°C and studied with BET, DTA-DSC, TEM, DRIFT, elemental analysis, DRX and other methods. The catalyst nanocoatings calcinated at 580°C showed strong activity in esterification reaction of palmitic acid in methanol at 65°C, which is about 50 times higher than that of nanopowders, and also possesses the highest stability towards recycling. Tha catalytic performance of catalytic nanocoatings was also confirmed on unedible and waste oils
Elaboration des nanoparticules d'oxyde de zirconium par voie sol-gel : mise en forme et application pour la synthèse de biodiesel
Full text linkIn this work, we have realized novel nanoparticulate catalysts ZrO₂-SO₄²⁻ for biofuel production. We have studied nucleation-growth kinetics of zirconium-oxo-alkoxy (ZOA) nanoparticles in the sol-gel process. The monodispersed nanoparticles of 3.6 nm diameter were realised in a sol-gel reactor with rapid (turbulent) micro-mixing of liquid solutions containing ZNP and H₂O in 1-propanol at 20°C. The nanocoatings were realised of stable colloids of ZOA nanoparticles on silica beads along with common powders obtained after precipitation of unstable colloids. The acid ZrO₂-SO₄²⁻" catalysts were prepared after drying at 80°C, wet impregnation in 0.25 mol.L⁻¹ aqueous solution of sulfuric acid and subsequent thermal treatment between 500 and 700°C and studied with BET, DTA-DSC, TEM, DRIFT, elemental analysis, DRX and other methods. The catalyst nanocoatings calcinated at 580°C showed strong activity in esterification reaction of palmitic acid in methanol at 65°C, which is about 50 times higher than that of nanopowders, and also possesses the highest stability towards recycling. Tha catalytic performance of catalytic nanocoatings was also confirmed on unedible and waste oils.Actuellement, la stratégie de la production d’énergie repose sur les 3 concepts d’économie, de régénération et d’écologie. La production de biodiesel s’insère dans cette thématique et fait objet de ce travail. Un suivi cinétique de nucléation-croissance est réalisé sur des nanoparticules monodisperses d’oxo-alcoxydes de zirconium (ZOA). Ces nanoparticules sont préparées par voie sol-gel dans un réacteur à T-micro-mélangeur avec deux flux turbulents de ZNP et c dans 1-propanol à 20°C. Les nanodépôts des nanoparticules de ZOA ont été réalisés sur des substrats en silice et comparés aux nanopoudres récupérées après l’induction du sol de ZOA. Les nanodépôts et les poudres subissent un séchage à 80°C puis une imprégnation humide dans une solution aqueuse de 0,25 mol.L⁻¹ de H₂SO₄. Nous obtenons ainsi les nanodépôts catalytiques après une calcination à des températures comprises entre 500 et 700°C sous O₂. Les techniques de BET, ATG-ATD, MET, DRIFT, analyse élémentaire et DRX sont déployées pour caractériser ces catalyseurs. Les cinétiques du processus d’estérification et de transestérification ont été étudiées en fonction des conditions de la préparartion des catalyseurs nanostructurés. Les nanodépôts catalytiques acides de ZrO₂-SO₄²⁻ possèdent une activité catalytique 50 fois plus élevée que celle des nanopoudres dans la réaction d’estérification de l’acide palmitique dans le méthanol à 65°C. Les nanodépôts calcinés à 580°C ont la meilleure stabilité vis à vis des essais de recyclage. L’activité catalytique des nanodépôts est aussi valable avec d’autres charges dont la composition est similaire à celle des huiles non-comestibles puis celle des déchets gras
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe 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
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