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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
Ni(II) binding to the 429–460 peptide fragment from human Toll like receptor (hTLR4): a crucial role for nickel-induced contact allergy?
No full textThe FQH431SNLKQMSEFSVFLSLRNLIYLDISH456TH458TR fragment, containing three histidine residues, the conserved H431 and the non-conserved H456 and H458, located from 429 to 460 amino acid residues in the C-terminal portion of human Toll-like-receptor 4 (hTLR4), which is directly activated by nickel, a well known contact allergen, has been tested for Ni(II) binding. The complex formation capability of the 32-amino acid sequence with Ni(II) ions has been followed by potentiometric, UV-Vis, CD, MS and NMR measurements. Ni(II) is able to bind to all three histidines by forming macrocycle complexes at low and physiological pH. From pH 9 on, a 4N diamagnetic species (Nim, 3Nam−) with the participation of an imidazole nitrogen and three deprotonated nitrogens from His28, Ser27 and Ile26 amides from the backbone of the model peptide has been determined. From the NMR results it was possible to determine that His28, which mimics the H456 residue in the protein, together with the environment around it, was mainly involved in the binding
Metal binding ability of cysteine-rich peptide domain of ZIP13 Zn 2+ ions transporter
No full textThe coordination modes and thermodynamic stabilities of the complexes of the cysteine-rich N-terminal domain fragment of the ZIP13 zinc transporter (MPGCPCPGCG-NH2) with Zn2+, Cd2+, Bi3+, and Ni2+ have been studied by potentiometric, mass spectrometric, NMR, CD, and UV-vis spectroscopic methods. All of the studied metals had similar binding modes, with the three thiol sulfurs of cysteine residues involved in metal ion coordination. The stability of the complexes formed in solution changes in the series Bi3+ >> Cd2+ > Zn2+ > Ni2+, the strongest being for bismuth and the weakest for nickel. The N-terminal fragment of the human metalothionein-3 (MDPETCPCP-NH2) and unique histidine- and cysteine-rich domain of the C-terminus of Helicobacter pyroli HspA protein (Ac-ACCHDHKKH-NH2) have been chosen for the comparison studies. It confirmed indirectly which groups were the anchoring ones of ZIP 13 domain. Experimental data from all of the used techniques and comparisons allowed us to propose possible coordination modes for all of the studied ZIP13 complexes
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
Beyond copper: examining the significance of His-mutations in mycobacterial GroEL1 HRCT for Ni(ii) complex stability and formation
No full textRecently, we have studied the coordination chemistry of the Cu(ii)-histidine-rich C-terminal tail (HRCT) complex of the mycobacterial GroEL1 protein. The structure of this domain differs significantly compared to the well-known methionine-glycine-rich GroEL chaperonin - it was predicted that mycobacterial GroEL1 could play a significant role in the metal homeostasis of Mycobacteria, especially copper. However, we found that this particular domain's pattern also repeats in a number of Ni(ii)-binding proteins. Here, we present the studies concerning the properties of GroEL1 HRCT as a ligand for Ni(ii) ions. For this purpose, we chose eight model peptides: L1 - Ac-DHDHHHGHAH, L2 - Ac-DKPAKAEDHDHHHGHAH, and 6 mutants of the latter in the pH range of 2-11. We examined the stoichiometry, stability, and spectroscopic features of copper complexes. We noticed that similar to the Cu(ii)-complex, the presence of a Lys5 residue significantly increases the stability of the system. The impact of His mutations was also examined and carefully studied using NMR spectroscopy. His9 and His13 are the crucial residues for Ni(ii) binding, whereas His12 has minimal relevance in complex formation
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