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Arcuatitibia Luo, Lu & Cai
No full textArcuatitibia Luo, Lu & Cai, gen. n. Type species of genus: Arcuatitibia kerzhneri Luo, Lu & Cai, sp. n. Diagnosis. Size large. Head cylindrical, shorter than pronotum (Figs. 1, 2); eyes large, protruded laterally; ocellus small, somewhat widely separated; anteocular portion of head longer than postocular (Fig. 2), transverse constriction situated behind eyes; rostrum robust, second segment longest; first antennal segment thickest and shortest, distinctly shorter than head; second antennal segment longest. Collar developed; pronotum wider than long, anterior pronotal lobe distinctly shorter and narrower than posterior (Fig. 1); anterior pronotal lobe longitudinally depressed at middle; posterior pronotal lobe much wider than anterior, anterior portion widely depressed along middle, along middle depression with two longitudinal carinae (Fig. 1), lateral angles rounded; scutellum unarmed; fore and mid femora obviously thicker than hind femur, fore and mid tibiae obviously bent and with small sponge furrow each. Female abdomen dilated, male abdomen nearly parallel laterally. Distribution: China. Etymology: The generic name alludes to its arcuate tibiae. Feminine. Remarks: The new genus can be easily distinguished from other related genera of Reduviinae by its fore and mid tibiae being obviously curved.Published as part of Luo, Zhaohui, Lu, Zhaozhi & Cai, Wanzhi, 2009, Arcuatitibia kerzhneri, a new genus and species of Reduviinae (Hemiptera: Reduviinae) from China, pp. 64-68 in Zootaxa 2121 on page 65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18811
Enchanted Prophet in the Disenchanted World: A Comparative Study of Max Weber and Kahili Gibran’s Conceptualization of Prophet
Full text linkSince its first publication in 1923, Kahili Gibran’s The Prophet has been exceptionally well received as the highest-selling and most-translated books ever (Waterfield 1998, 257; Buck 2010, 113; Kalem 2018). The ironical popularity of this religious figure – a prophet who preaches in enchanted terms rather than scientific language – in modern times, which we generally consider disenchantment of the world, is worthy of inquiry. So, this essay attempts to investigate what it means to be a “prophet” in modern times and how conditions of disenchantment are thought through and dealt with through such a spiritual figure. It adopts Max Weber’s formulation of disenchantment because he indicates the persistence of prophetic beings when theorizing disenchantment in his two lectures, The Scholar’s Work (1917) and The Politician’s Work (1919). Through a close reading of Weber’s work lectures and Gibran’s spiritual poetry in a comparative manner, this paper demonstrates that, despite their apparent opposition, in Weber’s conceptualization of scholars and politicians, two modern works that take the place of religious prophets and Gibran’s conceptualization of the universalized prophet in modern time, they both emphasize the self-restraint of authority and the autonomy of individuals. They turn to the practice of work as an alternative way for individuals to obtain the meaning of life when religion could no longer provide such a thing. More precisely, by working with love in Gibran’s term, that is, with personal conviction and responsibility for Weber, people could come to their own meanings. The search for a new spring of meaning in modern times should be directed inwardly at human beings and individual selves rather than outwardly at divine powers or external authorities. As far as it concerns, we must remain vigilant about the prophetization of Weber and Gibran themselves
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
The Effect of PbO and Se in Different Ratios on Thermal Properties of Bi2Sr2Ca1Cu2Ox BSCCO Glass Ceramic System
No full textIn this study, thermal properties of Bi2Sr2Ca1Cu2Ox (BSCCO) doped PbO and Se in different ratios has been investigated. The glass transition temperature (Tg), the temperature of crystallization initiation (Tc) and the peak temperature of crystallization peak (Tx) values according to DTA measurements were obtained as 733-749 K, 739-759 K and 746-766 K, respectively. The thermal properties of the samples were determined by Differential Thermal
Analysis (DTA). The activation energy values were estimated by using the Kissenger, Takhor, and Augis-Bennett methods, and found to increase with the increasing the amount of incorporation, except PS05 sample. In addition, the thermal stability parameters were calculated by using Mahadevan equality. The PS01 sample is found to be the most stable sample according to the calculations
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
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
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