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    Identificación genética de Pediococcus acidilactici de fluido ruminal y efecto de dos ionóforos en su actividad fermentativa

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    Se aisló una bacteria de ovinos con acidosis ruminal usando medios selectivos para el crecimiento de bacterias productoras de ácido láctico. La bacteria fue identificada genéticamente usando una secuencia parcial de 800 nucleótidos del gen ARNr 16S obtenida por el método de la reacción en cadena de la polimerasa (PCR). Para evaluar in vitro el efecto de los ionóforos monensina y lasalocida en la actividad metabólica de la bacteria se usó una dosis de 30 y 40 g ton-1 de Rumensin (monensina) y Bovatec (lasalocida). Tubos de cultivo con 9 mL de medio de cultivo anaerobio y 0.1 g de una dieta para ovinos alta en carbohidratos de fácil fermentación fueron inoculados con una concentración de 108 bacterias mL-1 de medio de cultivo. A las 24, 48 y 72 h de incubación se midió: pH, AGV (acetato, propionato y butirato), lactato y DIVMS. La bacteria ruminal aislada resulto un coco Gram positivo de 1.5 a 2 µm de diámetro, en pares o cadenas de cuatro células, catalasa negativo sin motilidad. De acuerdo al análisis del 16S rARN, la bacteria pertenece a la especie Pediococcus acidilactici con un 99% de semejanza. Después de 24,48 y 72 h de incubación la concentración de lactato y la DIVMS fue menor (P<0.05), y la concentración de AGV y el pH fue mayor (P<0.05) con la adición de monensina o lasalocida con respecto a los tratamientos sin ionóforos. Los ionóforos también disminuyeron el crecimiento de P. acidilactici a las 3 y 6 h de incubación. Debido a la semejanza morfológica y metabólica entre P. acidilactici y Streptococcus bovis, se sugiere realizar estudios enfocados a determinar la importancia de P. acidilactici en la incidencia y control de la acidosis ruminal._________A bacterium from lambs with rumen acidosis was isolated using selective media for growth of lactic acid-producing bacteria. This bacterium was genetically identified comparing a 800 nucleotides gen fragment of its RNAr 16S obtained by the polymerase chain reaction method (PCR). The effect of monensin and lasalocid ionophores on the bacterium metabolic activity was evaluated in vitro with 30 and 40 g ton-1 doses of Rumensin (monensin) and Bovatec (lasalocid). Culture tubes containing 9mL of anaerobic culture medium and 0.1 g of a lamb´s diet with high content of fast fermentable carbohydrates were inoculated with 108 bacteria mL-1 of culture medium. The pH, VFA (acetate, propionate and butyrate), lactate and IVDMD were measured after 24, 48 and 72 h of incubation. The isolated rumen bacterium was a Gram positive coccus, 1.5 -2.0 µm in diameter, occurs in pairs and tetrads, catalase negative and nonmotile. According with the 16S rRNA analysis, this bacterium belongs to the specie Pediococcus acidilactici with 99% of nucleotide homology. Lactate concentration and IVDMD were lower (P<0.05), and VFA concentration and pH were higher (P<0.05) with monensin or lasalocid addition than without them after 24, 48 and 72 h of incubation. The ionophores also decreased the growth of P. acidilactici after 3 and 6 h of incubation. Considering the morphology and metabolic similarities between P. acidilactici and Streptococcus bovis, it is suggested to do studies focused on the role of P. acidilactici on the incidence and control of rumen acidosis.Tesis ( Doctorado en Ciencias, especialista en Ganadería).- Colegio de Postgraduados, 2008.CONACY

    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

    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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