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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Get PDF“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
Get PDFWe 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
Estudo do bioconjugado crotoxina/poli(n,n’-dimetilacrilamida-co-vinil pirrolidona) segundo a teoria da reptação
Get PDFRecently, our laboratories have explored the synthesis of new materials to delivery
of drugs specifically to cancerous tissues, for enhanced therapeutic efficacy and reduced
systemic toxicity. In this work, the synthesis of poly(N,N´-dimethylacrylamide-co-NVinyl-
2-pirrolidone) copolymers (PDMAm-co-VP) loaded with crotoxin is described.
Crotoxin have interesting antitumour property and so may be used in patients with
advanced cancer. Our particular interest is the reduction of the neurotoxic effects of
crotoxin by their entrapment in the bioerodible PDMAm-co-VP copolymer. In this work
we report the study on the diffusion of a crotoxin from PDMAm-co-VP. A mathematical
model was developed to describe the release of protein from the PDMAm-co-VP polymer
according to the reptation model. Using the reptation model it is shown that the diffusion
process measured by the diffusion coefficient, D, is dominated by the chain length, degree
of polymerization, N, and the chain architecture. By considering the reptation motion of
chain ends across the interface, it has been shown that the interfacial width increases with
t¼. The second stage of chrotoxin interdiffusion occurs at times greater than tr (reptation
time) where the diffusion process is predicted to change to give an interfacial width that
grows with a t½ dependence, recovering the classical picture of Fickian diffusion. The
experimental results suggested a sort of tuning of parameters that are related to the
molecular properties of the polymer, and the drug, such as the polymer molecular weight,
the water and the drug diffusion coefficient, the equilibrium volume fractions of the
crotoxin, and the water-polymer interaction parameter, could result in sustained zero-order
release system. Our study indicated that the PDMAm-co-VP copolymers confer stability to
crotoxin, causing controlled release and reduction of the toxic effects of protein.Recentemente, nossos laboratórios têm explorado a síntese de novos materiais para
liberação de drogas, especificamente para tecido, especialmente tecidos cancerosos, para
melhorar a eficácia terapêutica e reduzir a toxidade do sistema. Neste trabalho, a síntese de
copolímeros poli (N,N’-dimetilacrilamida-co-vinil pirrolidona) (PDMAm-co-VP)
carregado com crotoxina é descrito. A crotoxina apresenta interessante propriedade anti -
tumoral e também pode ser usada em pacientes com câncer avançado. Nós temos interesse
na redução dos efeitos neurotóxicos da crotoxina através do seu aprisionamento no
copolímero bioerodível PDMAm-co-PV. Um modelo matemático foi desenvolvido para
descrever a liberação de proteína do polímero PDMAm-co-VP de acordo com o modelo da
reptação. Dentro do modelo de reptação é mostrado que o processo de difusão medido pelo
coeficiente de difusão,D, é dominado pelo comprimento da cadeia, pelo grau de
polimerização, N, e pela arquitetura da cadeia. Considerando o movimento de reptação das
extremidades da cadeia através da interface, tem sido mostrado que a espessura interfacial
cresce com t1/4. O segundo estágio da interdifusão da crotoxina ocorre para tempos maiores
t r (tempo de reptação) sendo prevista uma modificação no processo de difusão onde a
espessura interfacial cresce proporcionalmente a t1/2, caracterizando a figura clássica da
difusão Fickiana. Os resultados experimentais sugerem que a afinação apropriada de
parâmetros seja relatada para as propriedades moleculares do polímero, os coeficientes de
difusão da droga e da água, as frações de volume da crotoxina no equilíbrio e o parâmetro
de interação entre a água e o polímero, poderia resultar em um sistema de liberação de
ordem zero. Nossos estudos indicaram que os copolímeros PDMAm-co-VP conferem
estabilidade para a crotoxina, causando liberação controlada e reduzindo os efeitos tóxicos
da proteína
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe 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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