1,721,436 research outputs found
MALDI-TOF mass spectra from <i>Pseudoalteromonas (PAL)</i> isolates.
No full text<p>The mass spectrum of <i>P. tetraodonis</i> was added to the database after identification of an isolate by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Isolate S49, with some similarities to the mass spectral pattern of <i>PAL</i> is also included in the comparisons. Panel A shows spectra of all <i>PAL</i> isolates for the range of <i>m/z</i> 3000–10000. Panels B to E show similarities and differences between the <i>PAL</i> isolates at different <i>m/z</i>. The order of isolates in all panels is as labelled in panel A.</p
Exploring the potentials of behavioral system dynamics: insights from the field
No full textPurpose – This study aims to contribute to the ongoing debate on behavioral operational research (BOR),
specifically discussing the potential of system dynamics (SD) models to analyze decision-making heuristics.
In more detail, the study suggests using an SD model as an ex-post research tool adopted not only to mimic a
role-playing game (RPG) – reproducing the whole physical structure, and the complete set of decision rules
specified for a supply chain (SC) management game – but also, and specifically, to replicate and analyze the
players ’ in-game behavior and decision-making.
Design/methodology/approach – After presenting a brief literature review devoted to highlighting the
key concepts of the emerging streams of research named BOR and behavioral system dynamics (BehSD), the
study presents the characteristics and results of an SC management-based RPG and describes the SD model
that was developed to mimic the game and provide the base-run. A triangulation of data sources (which
included feedback questionnaires and reports drawn up by 86 participants, as well as notes collected through
direct observation of one of the authors) was used to infer information about and in-game decisions.
Subsequently, four alternative versions of the SD model were calibrated to reproduce, investigate and explain
ex-post the players ’ in-game behavior and decision-making heuristics; this study specifically refers to one of
them.
Findings – The SD model can be considered as the first output of this research. The model was calibrated to
mimic the game and subsequently used to develop a few alternative models, helpful to replicate players ’
behavior and analyze decision-making heuristics. The findings reveal not fully rational decisions taken by the
players and share common findings with previous literature on the emergence of sub-optimal strategies (e.g.
phantom ordering and hoarding strategies). The data collected from questionnaires, reports and direct
observation additionally revealed that stress and behavioral factors played a role in affecting in-game
decision-making.
Practical implications – Considering a specific RPG setting, the SD model developed in this study
replicated and captured the range of factors affecting decision-making heuristics, allowing an ex-post analysis
of in-game decisions. Notably, the research design presented and used in this study can be considered a
generic one, which could be applied subsequently in a variety of contexts, also in combination with
simulation/gaming tools and techniques different from role-playing, and both for educational and training
purposes, and for research validation.
Originality/value – This study builds on and makes a contribution to the debate related to the emerging
stream of research of BOR and more speciically, provides insights and evidence for the yet growing fi eld of
BehSD, at the same time advocating and suggesting further research in this area. Overall, the research
revealed that behavioral factors may play a relevant role in driving and affecting human decision-making in
simulation/gaming contexts
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
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
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