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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
The right ventricle in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Get PDFHeart failure (HF) and sudden cardiac death (SCD) in congenital heart disease (CHD) is prevalent and can relate to abnormal right ventricular (RV) physiology and abnormalities of QRS duration, and QRS, JT and QT dispersion (d). Characterising disease and identifying factors that may predict adverse outcome in those with either a subpulmonary or subsystemic RV, as well as investigating potential avenues to ameliorate abnormal RV physiology is necessary to improve outcomes in this young population. I undertook several studies during the course of this Thesis to examine and further understand these two separate physiological substrates: In the first I studied the effect of isolated percutaneous (PPVI) pulmonary valve implantation on surface ECG parameters. PPVI represents a pure model of RV mechanical and electrophysiological changes post replacement as compared to surgical replacement: Ninety nine PPVI procedures in patients with CHD (aged 23.1±10 yrs) were studied pre, post and 1-year following PPVI with serial ECG’s and echocardiography/ magnetic resonance imaging (CMR). 43% had pulmonary stenosis, 27% pulmonary regurgitation (PR) and 29% mixed lesions. In those with predominantly PR (n=26), QRS duration decreased significantly (135±27 to 128±29ms; p=0.007). However, in the total cohort no significant change in QRS duration at 1 year was observed (137±29 to 134±29ms). QTc, QRSd, QTd and JTd all significantly reduced at 1 yr (p≤0.001). RV EDV correlated with pre-procedure QRS duration (r=0.34; p104ms and QTc >406ms had a sensitivity/specificity for predicting death of 96%/66% and 96%/56% respectively. Two year mortality was 36% when QRS104ms (p<0.0001 for difference). Further, compared to those with uncomplicated surgery, patients with complex surgical history had higher NT-proBNP levels (55±26 vs 20±35pmol/L; P=0.002) and longer QRS duration (116±28ms vs 89±11ms; P=0.0004) whilst showing no difference in NYHA class and RV function. There was a significant relationship between diastolic and systolic RV volumes and both NT-proBNP levels (r=0.43, P=0.01; r=0.53, P=0.001 respectively) and QRS duration (r=0.47, P=0.004; r=0.53, P=0.001 respectively). These findings suggest that QRS width and corrected QTc interval on surface ECG are associated with increased risk of death in adults late after atrial switch repair of TGA. Given that a QRS of only 104ms defines a high risk population, careful examination of the ECG is desirable in all patients and therapy to reduce risk attempted. Further, together with these simple surface ECG parameters, circulating NT-proBNP levels constitute safe, cost effective and widely available surrogate markers of systemic RV function and provide additional information on heart failure status. Both measures hold promise as prognostic markers and their association with long-term outcome should be determined. Lastly, I examined the mechanisms of late RV failure and studied their relationship to subjective quality of life assessment as this are poorly characterised. Equilibrium Contrast CMR imaging was used to quantify extracellular volume (ECV) in the septum and RV free wall of adults presenting to a specialist clinic late after atrial redirection surgery for TGA. These were compared to age and sex matched healthy volunteers. Patients were also assessed with a standardised CMR protocol, NT-proBNP and surface ECG measurement, and cardiopulmonary exercise (CPEX) testing. Patients also completed a Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) self assessment. I determined that mean septal ECV was significantly higher in patients than controls (0.254±0.036, vs 0.230±0.032; p=0.03). NT-proBNP positively related to septal ECV (p=0.04; r=0.55) but chronotropic index (CI) during CPEX testing negatively related to ECV (p=0.04; r=-0.58). No relationship was seen with other CMR or CPEX parameters. Median MLHFQ score was 6(2-19), median NT-pro BNP 24 (16-43) and mean peak VO2 24±7mL/kg/min. There was a significant positive correlation between MLHFQ score and NT-proBNP (p=0.001, r=0.34) and a significant negative correlation with peak VO2 (p=0.001, r=0.49. ). Septal interstitial expansion is seen in adults late after atrial redirection surgery for TGA. It correlates well with NT-proBNP and CI and may have a role in the development of RV systolic impairment. The MLHFQ correlates highly with NT-proBNP and exercise capacity in patients with systemic RV impairment. The ability of the MLHFQ in predicting HF events and prognosis in adults with CHD needs further evaluation
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
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