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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
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
Expression von Gonadotropin-Releasing-Hormon und Gonadotropin-Releasing-Hormon-Rezeptor in Endometriose-Gewebe
Get PDFBackground and Research Focus Endometriosis represents growth and establishement of endometrium-like tissue outside the uterine cavity. Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease, which occurs in approximately 5 – 15% of women in the reproductive age, but in women with infertility problems and chronic pelvic pain, the incidence is much higher at about 50%. Evidence supports that the growth of the endometriosis tissue is steroid hormone-dependent. This present investigation explored the expression of gonadotropin releasing hormone 1 (GnRH1) und gonadotropin releasing hormone receptor 1 (GRHR1) in endometriosis tissue in contrast to normal endometrium. Materials and Methods Directly from the operation room, endometriosis tissue (22 samples) and endometrium (15 samples) was biopsied, RNA was extracted and the gene expression of GnRH1 and GnRHR1 was examined by RT-PCR. Subsequently RNA was made into cDNA and GnRH1 and GnRHR1 was quantitated using Realtime-PCR. Statistical evaluation was conducted using Microsoft Excel and a SPSS data bank system. Analysis of the clinical data was conducted using a questionnaire and patient medical records. Observations and Results Within the examined collective we could show that there was no expression of GnRHR1 in the endometriosis tissue in contrast to normal endometrium. Furthermore, the concentrations of GnRH1 mRNA in average were higher in endometriosis tissue than in normal endometrium tissue. Implications Expression of GnRHR1 was lost in endometriosis tissue, however higher GnRH1 concentrations were found compared to normal Endometrium, where both GnRH1 and GnRHR1 expression was found. We propose that the lack of GnRHR1 could lead to a loss of growth control.Hintergrund und Ziele Endometriose, d.h. das Vorkommen von Endometrium-ähnlichem Gewebe außerhalb der Gebärmutter, ist eine chronische entzündliche Erkrankung, von der wohl 5 – 15% aller Frauen im reproduktionsfähigen Alter betroffen sind. Bei Frauen mit unerfülltem Kinderwunsch und chronischen Unterbauchschmerzen liegt die Inzidenz deutlich höher. Das Wachstum des Endometriosegewebes gilt als steroidhormonabhängig. Gonadotropin Releasing Hormon stimuliert die Freisetzung der Gonadotropine in der Hypophyse und führt so über einen erhöhten Östrogenspiegel zur Proliferation von Vaginalepithel und Endometrium. Außerdem besteht möglicherweise ein direkter, proliferationshemmender Effekt auf die Endometriumzelle, vermittelt über den Gonadotropin Releasing Hormon Rezeptor. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wurde die Expression von Gonadotropin Releasing Hormon 1 (GnRH1) und Gonadotropin Releasing Hormon Rezeptor 1 (GRHR1) in Endometriosegewebe und in normalem Endometrium untersucht. Methoden Aus intraoperativ entnommenem Endometriosegewebe (22 Proben) und Endometrium (15 Proben) wurde RNA extrahiert und die Genexpression von GnRH1 und GnRHR1 mittels reverse-transcribed(RT) - PCR geprüft. Anschließend wurde die RNA in cDNA umgewandelt und mittels Realtime-PCR erneut auf die Expression von GnRH1 und GnRHR1 untersucht. Die statistische Auswertung erfolgte mit Hilfe von Microsoft Excel und eines SPSS-Datenbanksystems, die Auswertung der klinischen Daten mittels Fragebogen und Krankenakte. Ergebnisse Im von uns untersuchten Kollektiv konnte gezeigt werden, dass in Endometriosegewebe im Gegensatz zu Endometriumgewebe kein GnRHR1 exprimiert wird. Außerdem waren durchschnittlich in Endometriosegewebe höhere Konzentrationen an GnRH1 vorhanden als in Endometriumgewebe. Schlussfolgerungen In den Untersuchungen konnte das Fehlen des GnRHR1 in Endometriosegewebe nachgewiesen werden, bei gleichzeitig höheren GnRH1-Konzentrationen als in normalem Endometrium. Das Fehlen des GnRHR1 scheint zu einem Verlust der Wachstumskontrolle zu führen
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