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    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

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    Du rôle de la dynamique dans le transport des liquides à l’échelle nanométrique

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    Seawater desalination relies on membranes that confine water on a nanometric scale and reject the salt. In contrast to solid materials, liquids are, by their very nature, dynamic, in the sense that a single molecular time scale alone is enough to account for most of their properties. This thesis explores confined liquids and in particular the role of their microscopic dynamics using three main experimental techniques:Firstly, we measure the friction of glycerol on an atomically smooth mica surface as a function of the liquid's internal dynamics. Our measurements, carried out with a specially designed atomic force microscope (AFM), show evidence of a coupling between solid’s phonons and liquid’s vibrations which boosts the interfacial momentum transfer.We then examine the transport of ions (salt) in crystalline nanoscale channels. We propose a new interpretation of 1/f ionic current fluctuations and demonstrate a mechano-sensitivity effect coupling pressure drops to ion conductance, similar to the behavior of biological channels. Finally, we carry out a systematic study of ion transport in supercooled glycerol in two-dimensional confinement. We highlight very significant differences with the unconfined case and demonstrate an enhanced friction-viscosity decoupling in confinement.Our third area of research is based on the exceptional electronic properties of graphene to probe liquids at interfaces. We develop a dedicated AFM that can move micrometric droplets on graphene transistors, and show the first hints of truly mesoscopic nanofluidic effects. In particular, we are studying the effects of specific adsorption of an ionic liquid on the mobility of graphene electrons with direct relevance to energy storage in electrochemical supercapacitors.Le dessalement de l’eau de mer repose sur des membranes qui confinent l’eau à l’échelle nanométrique et rejettent le sel. Contrairement aux solides, les liquides sont par nature dynamiques, en ce sens qu'une échelle de temps moléculaire à elle seule est suffisante pour décrire la majorité de leurs propriétés. Cette thèse explore les liquides confinés et en particulier le rôle de leur dynamique microscopique grâce à trois techniques expérimentales principales :Premièrement, nous mesurons le frottement du glycérol sur une surface de mica atomiquement lisse en fonction de la dynamique interne du liquide. Nos mesures, réalisées avec un microscope à force atomique (AFM) spécialement conçu, montrent des indices d’un couplage entre les vibrations de la surface solide et du liquide qui décuple le transfert de quantité de mouvement à l’interface.Nous nous penchons ensuite sur le transport des ions (du sel) dans des canaux nanométriques cristallins. Nous proposons une nouvelle interprétation des fluctuations de courant en 1/f et mettons en évidence un effet de mécano-sensibilité couplant des différences de pression à la conductance ionique, similaire au comportement des canaux biologiques. Enfin, nous réalisons une étude systématique du transport des ions dans le glycérol surfondu. Nous mettons en évidence un découplage drastique de la friction ionique par rapport à la viscosité en confinement 2d.Notre troisième axe de recherche s’appuie sur les propriétés électroniques exceptionnelles du graphène pour sonder les liquides aux interfaces. Nous développons un AFM dédié permettant de déplacer des gouttes micrométriques sur des transistors de graphène et mettons en évidence un premier effet de nanofluidique mésoscopique. Nous étudions en particulier les effets de l’adsorption spécifique d’un liquide ionique sur la mobilité des électrons du graphène. Ces recherches s’appliquent directement au stockage d'énergie dans les supercondensateurs électrochimiques

    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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