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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
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
Development of 2D Spin-Echo Rosette MR Spectroscopic Imaging of the Human Brain at 3 Tesla
Full text linkMagnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) is a non-invasive method for measuring brain tissue metabolite concentrations in vivo. A challenge in 1H-MRSI is that extracranial adipose tissue gives rise to lipid signals which appear in the MR spectra of voxels within the brain, hindering reliable quantification of metabolites-of-interest. The goal of this thesis was to develop a pipeline for acquisition, reconstruction, processing and quantification of whole-slice 1H-MRSI of the human brain, with a focus on mitigating lipid contamination. My first aim involved the development of a 2D spin-echo rosette MRSI pulse sequence, and optimization of echo time and spatial resolution. My second aim was to expand on reconstruction and pre-processing pipeline for rosette MRSI data in the FID-A toolkit. Finally, using these approaches, I demonstrated the acquisition of rapid high-resolution 2D 1H-MRSI maps with minimal lipid contamination. Overall, the methods presented in this work will advance MRSI for neurochemistry studies.M.Sc
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
Exploring the Effect of Phospholipase A2 Inhibition on Brain Metabolism and Pathology in a Rat Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Full text linkCurrent treatments of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) show limited efficacy, making alternative treatments necessary to explore. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) studies have shown elevated choline levels in both humans and preclinical AD models, which suggests an increase in cell membrane breakdown by phospholipase A2 (PLA2). PLA2 has also been linked to multiple hallmarks of AD pathology, indicating its inhibition may be beneficial in AD. The present study aimed to explore the effect of PLA2 inhibition in AD via the global PLA2 inhibitor mepacrine. Neurochemistry, behaviour, and pathology were observed within the same animals via MRS, Barnes maze, and immunoreactive staining, respectively. Mepacrine treatment significantly reduced total choline and increased total creatine. Contrary to our expectations, mepacrine treatment did not improve spatial memory or AD pathology. In conclusion, global PLA2 inhibition may lead to metabolically favourable changes in the brains of AD patients without affecting other aspects of AD pathology.M.Sc
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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