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Resveratrol affects DNA damage induced by ionizing radiation in human lymphocytes in vitro
No full textResveratrol (3,4′,5-trihydroxystilbene; RSV) acts on cancer cells in several ways, inducing cell cycle delay and apoptotic death, and enhancing ionizing radiation (IR)-mediated responses. However, fewer studies have examined RSV effects on normal cells. We have treated human lymphocytes in vitro with RSV, either alone or combined with IR, to evaluate its potential use as a radioprotector. We measured the effects of RSV on induction of DNA damage, repair kinetics, and modulation of histone deacetylase activity. © 2016 Elsevier B.V
On the Optimal Design of a Broadcast Data Dissemination System over VANET providing V2V and V2I Communications —The Vision of Rome as a Smart City—
No full textIn different this paper we present the performance evaluation study of a simple broadcast data dissemination technique in new emerging Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs). Differently from the traditional Mobile Ad hoc NETworks (MANETs), VANETs require particular routing protocols, due to the high dynamism of the network topology, and to different traffic and mobility patterns. For safety and emergency message applications, broadcast data dissemination is an important key factor in VANETs. However, the design of optimal deployment of relay nodes in different network scenarios allows to enhance system performance. At this aim, this work analyzes vehicular network performances in terms of throughput and delays, for different traffic scenarios, exploiting both inter-vehicular communications, as well as the availability of fixed network infrastructure
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
Microwave-Assisted Steam Reforming in an Ultracompact Catalytic Reactor
No full textIn the last years the decarbonization of industrial chemical processes has become necessary and in this sense the use of H2 as an energy vector is strategic. Electrified hydrogen production may allow to avoid energy-related emissions. In this work, the use of microwaves as energy source for the methane steam reforming (MSR) process is proposed. Therefore, starting from commercial silicon carbide monoliths, two Ni/Ceria/Alumina structured catalysts able to absorb microwaves (with two different Ni loadings) were prepared, characterized, and tested at a gas hourly space velocity (GHSV) of 3300 h-1 by means of a specifically set-up laboratory plant. The results showed that the catalyst with the higher Ni loading (15wt% with respect to Ceria and alumina) approached the thermodynamic equilibrium values for both methane conversion and hydrogen yield at about 780°C. In terms of energy efficiency, both the systems showed an average value of 50%. These results evidenced that an effective and feasible process intensification is possible with this innovative system, mainly for a distributed hydrogen production
Microwave-susceptible structured catalysts for the highly selective dehydrogenation of propane to propylene
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