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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
ANALISI IMMUNOISTOCHIMICA E FUNZIONALE DEL SISTEMA ENDOCANNABINOIDE NELLA MALATTIA PARODONTALE
Full text linkImmunohistochemical and functional analysis of Endocannabinoid System in periodontal disease
Background: The amount of tissue destruction in periodontal disease depends on the equilibrium between pro- and anti-inflammatory mechanisms. Endocannabinoids, including anandamide (AEA) and 2-arachidonoilglicerol (2AG), are important lipid mediators for immunosuppressive effects and they may be involved in wound healing processes in several organs. The physiological role of endocannabinoids in periodontal healing is still unknown, although several studies have been conducted.
The purpose of the present study was to elucidate the role of the endocannabinoid system (ECS) in periodontal healing, comparing the expression and distribution of CB1 and CB2 receptors, the production of AEA and the efficiency of the ECS, in the gingival tissue of individuals with chronic periodontitis and subjects non responders to periodontal therapy, versus healthy patients.
Methods: In 10 periodontally healthy patients scheduled for tooth extraction, 11 patients with chronic periodontitis, and 8 patients “non-responders” to periodontal therapy, a biopsy of the interdental papilla was harvested and processed for immunohistochemistry, quantitative and functional analysis. The expression and distribution of CB1 and CB2 receptors, the amount of AEA and the efficiency of the ECS, through the ratio of G proteins activated on exposed receptors, was assessed within the three groups.
Results: In patients with chronic periodontitis, the mean CB1 percentage on the connective tissue was 2.19 ± 0.76% and CB2 was 2.56 ± 0.80%; in non responders patients CB1 was 4.15 ± 1.39% and CB2 was 3.85 ± 0.73%; in healthy patients the values were 0.13 ± 0.18% and 0.08 ± 0.03% respectively. In patients with chronic periodontitis the mean CB1 value on the epithelium was 2.56 ± 0.80% and CB2 was 3.67 ± 0.73%; in non responders patients CB1 was 12.64 ± 2.65% while CB2 was 13.21 ± 2.58%; in healthy patients the values were respectively 0.06 ± 0.02% and 0.03 ± 0.02%. All the differences between the three groups were statistically significant (Kruskal–Wallis test p<0.05); moreover CB1 and CB2 expression resulted significantly higher in non responders than in chronic and in healthy patients (Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test, p<0.05).
The values of AEA, extracted and quantified from gingival biopsies, were 52.02 ± 11.12 pg/mg in patients with chronic periodontitis, 16.38 ± 8.73 in non responders patients while 22.50 ± 9.59 pg/mg in healthy subjects. The production of AEA was significantly higher in chronic than in healthy and in non responders patients (Kruskal–Wallis test p=0,001). Furthermore there was a statistically significant difference between values obtained from active (52.02 ± 11.12 pg/mg) and healthy site of each chronic patient (22.50 ± 9.59 pg/mg) (Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test, p=0,004).
As regards the functional analysis, the patients with chronic periodontitis shown 30% of G proteins, non responders patients 45%, while in healthy patients the value was about 55%. The ratio of G proteins activated on exposed receptors, which indicate the efficiency of the ECS, were 2.87 in chronic patients, 1.33 in non responders individuals and 183.33 in healthy patients.
Conclusions: These results suggest that the ECS plays a role in periodontal diseases. Summarizing, the healthy patients have poor inflammation with minimal production of AEA, few receptors exposed but the ECS seems to be efficient; the patients with chronic periodontitis, that show a considerable tissue inflammation, produce about twice the amount of AEA, expose more receptors but the system is not efficient alone to contrast the disease. Indeed healing occurs only if the levels of plaque and inflammation are controlled. As regards the “non-responders” group we can conclude that the ECS produces fewer AEA, due to the lower level of inflammation but expose a lot of receptors in order to contrast the tissue destruction, but the system is not able to lead to healing
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
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn 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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