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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
Discrimination of beef muscle based on visible-near infrared multi-spectral features: Textural and spectral analysis
No full textThe potential of multispectral VIS-NIR imaging to discriminate beef meat muscles in relation
with their type and animal origin was examined in the present study. Two hundred and forty
muscles of three types (Longissimus thoracis, Biceps femoris and Semimembranosus) were
obtained from the carcasses of three types of animals, two late-maturing cattle types of
animals (Limousin and Blond d'Aquitaine) that grow slowly and deposit more muscles and
less fat, compared to one early-maturing cattle types of animals (Angus) which tends to have
muscles richer in collagen and in intramuscular fat. Two hundred and forty cube images were
collected with nineteen emitting LEDs (405 to 1050 nm) using the Videometer Lab2 device.
The image cubes were processed in order to extract image mean spectra and image shape
features from co-occurrence and difference of histogram matrices. The results of the PLSDA
performed on image texture features and spectral data show a maximum ranging from 63.5 to
83% of good classification depending on the muscle and breed considered. This study demonstrated the promising potential of the VIS-NIR multispectral imager to characterize beef meat muscles based on muscle type and its animal origin
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
Study of the chronology of expression of ten extracellular matrix molecules during the myogenesis in cattle to better understand sensory properties of meat
No full textThe sensory properties of beef are known to depend on muscle fiber and intramuscular connective tissue composition (IMCT). IMCT is composed of collagens, proteoglycans and glycoproteins. The differentiation of muscle fibers has been extensively studied but there is scarcity in the data concerning IMCT differentiation. In order to be able to control muscle differentiation to improve beef quality, it is essential to understand the ontogenesis of IMCT molecules. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the chronology of appearance of 10 IMCT molecules in bovine Semitendinosus muscle using immunohistology technique at five key stages of myogenesis. Since 60 days post-conception (dpc), the whole molecules were present, but did not have their final location. It seems that they reach it at around 210 dpc. Then, the findings emphasized that since 210 dpc, the stage at which the differentiation of muscle fibers is almost complete, the differentiation of IMCT is almost completed. These data suggested that for the best controlling of the muscular differentiation to improve beef sensory quality, it would be necessary to intervene very early (before the IMCT constituents have acquired their definitive localization and the muscle fibers have finished differentiating), i.e., at the beginning of the first third of gestation
Structural and biochemical properties of intramuscular connective tissue and beef tenderness
No full textLa perception de la viande bovine par le consommateur est un enjeu crucial pour l’industrie de la viande. La tendreté reste l’une des qualités organoleptiques essentielle aux yeux du consommateur, avec la jutosité et la flaveur. L’objectif de ma thèse a été d’étudier les propriétés structurales et biochimiques du tissu conjonctif intramusculaire responsables de la dureté de base et de faire le lien avec la tendreté et plus largement avec les qualités organoleptiques de la viande. Le développement et la mise au point d’une méthode d’analyse d’images a permis d’étudier objectivement les caractéristiques des composantes périmysiale et endomysiale du tissu conjonctif intramusculaire et de montrer que la surface occupée par ces deux structures influençait la tendreté de la viande. Préalablement à l’étude biochimique et moléculaire du tissu conjonctif intramusculaire le dosage des protéoglycanes totaux a été développé et mis en place au laboratoire. Les résultats de cette deuxième partie ont permis de mettre en avant la complémentarité entre protéoglycanes, collagène total et liaisons de réticulation au sein du muscle et leur rôle sur la jutosité. Par ailleurs, nous avons pu mettre en évidence le rôle positif des protéoglycanes de haut poids moléculaire sur la jutosité, alors que les protéoglycanes de faible poids moléculaire, telle que la décorine,joueraient plutôt un rôle sur la dureté de la viande. L’ensemble des résultats obtenus confirme nos hypothèses, à savoir que la composante structurale ainsi que les molécules minoritairement présentes dans le tissu conjonctif peuvent influencer les qualités organoleptiques de la viande bovine.The perception of beef by consumers is a crucial issue for the meat industry. Tenderness remains one of the sensory qualities essential to the consumer, with the juiciness and flavour. The aim of my thesis was to study the structural and biochemical properties of intramuscular connective tissue responsible for the background toughness and study relationships with tenderness and more widely with the sensory qualities of beef. The development of a method of image analysis was used to study objectively the characteristics of the perimysial and endomysial component of the intramuscular connective tissue. The results showed that the area occupied by these two structures influenced the beef tenderness. An assay for total proteoglycan measurement has been developed previously to the study of biochemical and molecular characteristics intramuscular connective tissue. The results obtained in this second part have highlighted the complementarities between proteoglycans, total collagen and cross-links within the muscle and their role on the juiciness. Furthermore, we were able to highlight the positive role of high molecular weight proteoglycans on juiciness, while low molecular weight proteoglycans, such as decorin, rather played a role in beef toughness. The overall results confirm our hypothesis that the structural components of the connective tissue and the small quantity of extracellular matrix molecules could influence the sensory qualities of beef
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
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
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