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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
Assessment of peptides specificity for cellular targeting: a fluorescence-based binding assay
No full textLAUREA MAGISTRALEL'introduzione di acidi nucleici (NAs) in cellule target con l'utilizzo di sistemi di delivery polimerici o lipidici è nota come gene delivery non virale. Questi tipi di sistemi presentano grandi vantaggi, come bassi effetti citotossici e immunogenici e la possibilità di trasportare una più elevata quantità di NAs rispetto ai vettori virali. Tuttavia, i vettori non virali hanno un'efficienza di trasfezione limitata dovuta anche alla bassa specificità per il target cellulare. Per migliorare l'efficacia dei vettori non virali, recenti lavori di ricerca si sono quindi concentrati sulla funzionalizzazione di vettori esistenti, in particolare con peptidi targeting. La coniugazione di sistema di delivery con questo tipo di peptidi può migliorare notevolmente la capacità di targeting, evitando così il trasferimento di NAs a cellule fuori target. Sebbene l'uso di peptidi targeting rappresenti una strategia molto promettente nel campo del gene delivery, in letteratura manca un'indagine approfondita dei meccanismi alla base dell'interazione tra il peptide di interesse e il recettore presente sul tipo cellulare considerato. Per questo motivo, partendo dai saggi di binding presenti in letteratura, il seguente lavoro si propone di ideare e ottimizzare un protocollo che definisca l'affinità del peptide considerato per il target cellulare, attraverso la quantificazione del segnale di fluorescenza dato dal binding di queste componenti. La procedura è stata ottimizzata su due peptidi e sul loro target cellulare: VGVAPGC per le cellule muscolari lisce e CREDVW per le cellule endoteliali. Dopo una valutazione preliminare per la definizione delle migliori condizioni sperimentali, sono stati eseguiti saggi di saturazione con l'obiettivo di valutare il legame specifico dei peptidi considerati. L'analisi del binding ha dimostrato che il peptide CREDVW mostra una specificità per le cellule endoteliali, mentre il peptide VGVAPGC non ha un legame preferenziale con le cellule muscolari lisce. Complessivamente, questi risultati hanno confermato la necessità di valutare l'effettiva selettività dei peptidi targeting con una procedura di analisi di binding standard, prima di utilizzarli in applicazioni di gene delivery.The introduction of nucleic acids (NAs) into target cells with the use of polymer or lipid-based delivery vehicles is known as non-viral gene delivery. These types of systems have great advantages, such as low cytotoxic and immunogenic effects, and large cargo capacity. However, non-viral vectors are affected by limited transfection efficiency due also to the low specificity for the cellular target. To enhance the effectiveness of non-viral vectors, recent research works have been focusing on functionalizing existing vectors, especially with targeting peptides. The conjugation of targeting peptides to the delivery system can strongly improve the targeting ability, avoiding NAs transfer to off-target cells. Although the use of peptides for targeting applications represents a very promising strategy in the field of gene delivery, the literature overall lacks a thorough investigation of mechanisms at the basis of the interaction between the peptide of interest and the receptor found on the cell type considered. For this reason, starting from the binding assay procedures found in the literature, this work aims to devise and optimize a straightforward, fluorescence-based protocol that defines the affinity of the considered peptide for the desired cellular target. The procedure was optimized on two peptides and their cellular target: VGVAPGC for smooth muscle cells and CREDVW for endothelial cells. After preliminary assessments of the best experimental conditions, saturation binding assays were performed with the aim of evaluating the specific binding of the beforementioned peptides. The binding analysis demonstrated that the CREDVW peptide shows specificity for endothelial cells, while the VGVAPGC peptide does not have a preferential binding to smooth muscle cells. Overall, these results confirmed the need to first assess the actual selectivity of targeting peptides with a standard binding assay procedure, before using them in gene delivery applications
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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