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Potential of granulated Metarhizium spp. control of phase not parasitic the tick Rhipicephalus microplus
No full textRhipicephalus microplus is one of the main parasites found in Brazilian cattle herds; it is vector of pathogens causing severe economic losses. Currently, the control of R. microplus is conducted almost exclusively by the use of chemical products applied to parasitized hosts; however, the continued use of these products may lead ticks to resistance, and human health to damage. New methods for tick control that causes low damage to humans and to the environment are required; therefore, the use of entomopathogenic fungi has been investigated for biological control purposes, and the fungus Metarhizium has shown efficacy against R. microplus. The current study investigated the the efficacy of M. anisopliae and M. robertsii to control the non-parasitic phase of R. microplus. Bioassays were conducted in Petri dishes containing 5 g of sterile soil and 0.003 g of granules of formulated fungi spread evenly over the soil surface. One engorged female was placed in each plate for evaluation of their biology. The mean number of hatched larvae obtained from groups of females treated with granules of the isolate CG 632 was 604, while 385 larvae were obtained from the groups treated with granules of CG 168, and 87 from groups treated with CG 47; in the control groups, 2,896 larvae hatched. The mean oviposition period of females treated with granules of CG 168 or CG 632 was, respectively, 2.8 and 0.9 days, while in the control groups the mean oviposition period was 14.2 days. The statistical analysis revealed that both the oviposition period of engorged females and the number of hatched larvae showed significance at 1% of probability (P<0.01). The current study revelaed that the fungal isolates tested, M. anisopliae and M. robertsii, formulated in granules were able to reduce progeny of R. microplus under controlled conditions, suggesting their potential to control the non-parasitic phase of the R. microplus tick.Rhipicephalus microplus é um dos principais parasitos presentes no rebanho bovino brasileiro; é transmissor de agentes patogênicos causadores de doenças como anaplasmose e babesiose, e causador de sérios prejuízos financeiros. Atualmente, o controle de R. microplus é realizado quase que exclusivamente por produtos químicos empregados na fase parasitária; no entanto, a sua utilização contínua pode causar resistência desses parasitos e danos à saúde humana. Desse modo, é necessário descobrir novos meios capazes de realizar o controle dos carrapatos sem causar danos ao ser humano e ao ambiente. A utilização de fungos entomopatogênicos vem sendo estudada para fins de controle biológico e os fungos do gênero Metarhizium vêm mostrando eficácia contra R. microplus. O presente estudo teve o objetivo de investigar o controle da fase não parasitária de R. microplus com os fungos entomopatogênicos: M. anisopliae (CG 47 e CG 168 ) e M. robertsii (CG632). Ensaios foram conduzidos utilizando-se placas de Petri com 5 g de latossolo vermelho estéril e 0,003 g de grânulos fúngicos dos respectivos isolados espalhados de forma homogênea sobre a superfície do solo. Uma fêmea ingurgitada foi colocada em cada placa (10 Placas para cada isolado e 10 placas para o controle de cada isolado) para avaliação de seus parâmetros biológicos. O período de postura das fêmeas tratadas com os isolados CG 168 e CG 47 foi 2,8 e 0,9 dias, enquanto no grupo controle o período de postura foi 14,2 dias. O número médio de larvas recuperadas foi 604 nos grupos tratados com grânulos formulados com o isolado CG 632, enquanto 385 larvas foram recuperadas nos grupos tratados com CG 168, e 87 nos grupos tratados com CG 47; no grupo controle foi observada eclosão média de 2.896 larvas. Houve diferença significativa entre o número médio de larvas eclodidas e o período médio de postura das fêmeas submetidas aos diferentes tratamentos. A análise estatística revelou que tanto o período médio de postura das fêmeas quanto o número de larvas eclodidas, apresentou significância ao nível 1% de probabilidade (P<0,01). O presente estudo permitiu concluir que os isolados testados de M. anisopliae e M. robertsii, formulados em grânulos, foram capazes de reduzir a progênie de R. microplus em condições controladas, sugerindo assim seu potencial para controle da fase não parasitária desse carrapato
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
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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