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Morphometric characterization and analysis of starch granules from raw and fermented mesquite (neltuma glandulosa; strombocarpa pubescens)
No full textThesis (M.A.)-- Wichita State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dept. of AnthropologyStarch analysis has become a popular avenue of identifying plant use in the past, but the method is less commonly used in North America, particularly in the U.S. Southwest. Starch analysis has the potential to elucidate questions about cooking processes and contribute microbotanical data to supplement the macrobotanical record in the region. Various species of mesquite are well represented in the macrobotanic record of the Southwest, but the plant has received little attention in terms of starch analysis in North America, despite its role as a staple resource throughout prehistory and into colonial periods. Here, starch grains from two mesquite species, Neltuma glandulosa and Strombocarpa pubescens, are characterized through recent standardized approaches to starch analysis. Damages to starch grains caused by fermenting mesquite are assessed. Results indicate that there is a difference in the size distribution between the two species, and a slight difference in hilum position, though more data is needed to confirm this. Of importance is the difference between mesquite and Zea mays, which have significantly different size distributions, but share similarities in other morphological features. Fermenting mesquite causes unique damage to the starch grains that is not seen in fermentation experiments on other taxa, including minor to moderate swelling, and significant damage at the margins. Identifying mesquite starch can help better determine its geographic range in the past, and damaged mesquite starch paired with contextual evidence could provide evidence for the production of mesquite beer, aiding in the understanding of the temporal and geographic range of fermentation in the region
Preliminary analysis of the Boxed Springs (41UR30) 2023 ceramic assemblage
No full textPresented to the 20th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) held at the Rhatigan Student Center, Wichita State University, April 26, 2024.Research completed in the Department of Anthropology, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.The Boxed Springs site (41UR30) is an Early Caddo (900-1200 CE) mound center located within the Sabine River valley in East Texas. Since 2019, Wichita State University has conducted archaeological investigations at this site, contributing to the understanding of the temporal associations and layout of Boxed Springs. This study analyzes the ceramic assemblage (n=255) recovered during the 2023 field season, drawing upon methodology from previous analysis of Boxed Springs ceramics. Results indicate consistency with previous ceramic analysis and other archaeological investigations, placing the Boxed Springs site as Early Caddo. Of interest is the recovery of Leon Plain pottery, most heavily associated with the Toyah complex, which contributes the knowledge of interaction between the Toyah and Caddo at Boxed Springs. This also strengthens the growing consideration of Boxed Springs as a multi-component site.Graduate School, Academic Affairs, University Librarie
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
Preliminary analysis of the ceramic Assemblage from Etzanoa (14CO3)
No full textPresented to the 20th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) held at the Rhatigan Student Center, Wichita State University, April 26, 2024.Research completed in the Department of Anthropology, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.Etzanoa (14CO3) is an ancestral Wichita site located in south central Kansas on the confluence of the Walnut and Arkansas rivers. The site lies within the Lower Walnut Focus, a component of the Great Bend aspect and it is characterized by a diverse and regionally distinct archaeological assemblage. This study explores the ceramic assemblage recovered during the 2017 to 2019 field seasons conducted by Wichita State University. To facilitate this research, the ceramic assemblage was assessed for attributes such as raw material use, temper, atmospheric firing, surface treatment, decoration, form, and ware type. These attributional features were then compared to previously known and established ceramic assemblages in the Great Bend aspect. Though the primary intent of this study was to assess the ceramic assemblage for distinct attributes, the temporal associations found within nonlocal ceramics are a critical component of our research. Because ceramics change more rapidly than other forms of material culture, this analysis is necessary to better understand chronological sequencing in the Great Bend aspect.Graduate School, Academic Affairs, University Librarie
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
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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