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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe 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
Studying the response to physical exercise using systems biology in racehorses
No full textThe dataset is part of a research project aimed at profiling the prospective transcriptome of trained racehorses (Arabian and Thoroughbred) under three exercise conditions, funded by the National Science Center, Poland (grant number 2021/41/B/NZ7/03548).The dataset consists of FASTQ seqencing data text files compressed using the GZIP programme (.gz). Some of them are divided into two or more parts - see file_list.For assignment of samples into specific groups, see sample_assignment table.</p
Effect of home-refrigerator storage temperature on tomato quality
No full textPostharvest storage, handling and distribution of fruit at low temperatures is the most common and manageable approach to control ripening and subsequent deterioration and to maximize product shelf-life. However, tomatoes, as many other subtropical fruits, are susceptible to develop symptoms of chilling injury, a physiological disorder caused by the exposure to low temperature above the freezing point. Development of chilling injury depends on temperature, time, ripening stage and tomato type/cultivar. We studied the effect of home-refrigerator storage temperature on the quality of two types of tomato: cocktail tomato (cultivars ‘Amoroso’ and ‘Brioso’) and truss tomato (cultivars ‘Capricia’ and ‘Roterno’). Fully ripe tomatoes were stored for 10 days at two temperatures: 4°C as simulation of home-refrigerator storage and 15°C as an optimal storage temperature. We evaluated several quality parameters: weight loss, firmness, soluble solid content, titratable acidity, carbohydrates, titratable acidity and citrate content. Although we did not observe any apparent symptom of chilling injury, we found that 4°C temperature stimulates firmness decay in both cocktail tomato cultivars, increasing fruit susceptibility to mechanical injury. Moreover, already after 5 days of 4°C storage, tomatoes generally showed decreased sugar and increased acid content (especially in cocktail tomatoes) compared to 15°C stored fruit, indicating a loss of sensoric quality at 4°C
Immunological responses to tetanus and influenza vaccination in donkeys
No full textThe dataset concerns the immunological response of donkeys (Equus asinus) to a combined vaccination against tetanus and equine influenza. The data were collected in an experimental study aimed at assessing temporal changes in T and B lymphocyte populations as well as monocyte subpopulations using flow cytometry. This dataset enables evaluation of cell-mediated immune responses in donkeys—a species for which such data are extremely limited in the literature—making it a unique contribution to the fields of veterinary and comparative immunology.The dataset consists of raw tabular result summaries (xlsx, ods). These files document the percentage and mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) of selected immune cell subsets (e.g., CD4+, CD8+, FoxP3+, CD5+, PanB, CD14+) at three time points: pre-vaccination, 30 days after the initial dose, and 30 days after the booster dose. The .csv files also contain demographic information (age, sex) and metadata related to sample collection (date, individual ID).Data acquisition was performed using a BD FACSCanto II flow cytometer and analyzed with Kaluza 1.5 software. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were isolated using SepMate™–Lymphoprep™ kits. In vitro stimulation was carried out using a PMA/ionomycin cocktail with protein transport inhibitors. Antibodies used in this study were selected based on confirmed cross-reactivity with Equus asinus antigens.</p
Pragmatic Case Studies as a Source of Unity in Applied Psychology
No full textTo unify or not to unify applied psychology: that is the question. In this article we review pendulum swings in the historical efforts to answer this question—from a comprehensive, positivist, “top-down,” deductive yes between the 1930s and the early 60s, to a postmodern no since then. A rationale and proposal for a limited, “bottom-up,” inductive yes in applied psychology is then presented, employing a case-based paradigm that integrates both positivist and postmodern themes and components. This paradigm is labeled “pragmatic psychology” and, its specific use of case studies, the “Pragmatic Case Study Method” (“PCS Method”). We call for the creation of peer-reviewed journal-databases of pragmatic case studies as a foundational source of unifying applied knowledge in our discipline. As one example, the potential of the PCS Method for unifying different angles of theoretical regard is illustrated in an area of applied psychology, psychotherapy, via the case of Mrs. B. The article then turns to the broader historical and epistemological arguments for the unifying nature of the PCS Method in both applied and basic psychology.Peer reviewe
Dr. Edwin Wright Collection: Author Unknown
No full textNotes - The author relates several short stories about his neighbours including Alex McDonell, homesteading and life around Meanook and Athabasca (1 page
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe 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
Percezione degli stakeholders delle tecnologie dirompenti: uno studio sulle convinzioni e le aspettative sulla mobilità aerea urbana
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