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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
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
Time of penetration of Salmonella Heidelberg through eggshell of commercial white em reg eggs
No full textThis study aimed to determine the minimum time after the contact of
commercial white and red eggs with material contaminated by Salmonella
Heidelberg and its penetration to the inner side of the eggs. White and red eggs
recently collected from among layer hens aged between 45 50 weeks,
proceeding from a commercial farm in Uberlândia MG, were artificially
contaminated by contact with wettish ribbands in inoculated liquid at a stagnant
phase of growth (103-104 UFC.g-1 of Salmonella Heidelberg). In the study of
each kind of egg, the eggs were subdivided into the following groups: the
negative control (without artificial contamination), the positive control (analyzed
externally after contamination and internally after the maximum period of
maintenance of the test group) and the test group, four repetitions were
conducted. The eggs of the test group were maintained at temperature between
25ºC and 30ºC and its contents were analyzed after 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210
and 240 minutes, as for the presence of Salmonella in 25g of sample. Each
sample unit was compounded of five eggs. The analysis protocol used was the
traditional one with pre-enrichment, selective enrichment, plateled in selective
agar, biochemical and serological tests. The results obtained were submitted to
logistics regression that indicated that the presence of Salmonella Heidelberg in
the inner side of the red eggs happens after 168 minutes of contact and in the
white eggs after 141 minutes of contact.Mestre em Ciências VeterináriasEste estudo objetivou determinar o tempo mínimo após contato de ovos
comerciais brancos e vermelhos com material contaminado com Salmonella
Heidelberg e sua penetração para o interior dos ovos. Ovos brancos e
vermelhos recém coletados de galinhas poedeiras com idade entre 45 50
semanas, provenientes de uma granja comercial em Uberlândia MG foram
contaminados artificialmente pelo contato com maravalha umedecida com
inóculo líquido em fase estacionária de crescimento (103-104 UFC.g-1 de
Salmonella Heidelberg). Para o estudo em cada tipo de ovo, os ovos foram
subdivididos nos seguintes grupos: controle negativo (sem contaminação
artificial), controle positivo (analisados externamente após contaminação e
internamente após o período máximo de manutenção do grupo teste) e grupo
test, sendo realizadas quatro repetições. Os ovos do grupo teste foram
mantidos à temperatura ambiente controlada variando de 25ºC a 30ºC e seus
conteúdos foram analisados após 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210 e 240 minutos,
quanto à presença de Salmonella em 25g de amostra. Cada unidade amostral
foi composta por cinco ovos. O protocolo de análise utilizado foi o tradicional
com pré-enriquecimento, enriquecimento seletivo, plaqueamento em ágar
seletivo, provas bioquímicas e sorológicas. Os resultados obtidos foram
submetidos à regressão logística que indicou que a presença de Salmonella
Heidelberg no interior dos ovos vermelhos acontece após 168 minutos de
contato e nos ovos brancos após 141 minutos de contato
Francisella noatunensis orientalis em tilápias (Oreochromis niloticus) cultivadas em tanques-rede na bacia hidrográfica do rio Araguari-Minas Gerais
No full textA franciselose em peixes podem causar sérias perdas econômicas aos produtores. Os objetivos dessa pesquisa foram estimar e identificar a prevalência de Francisella noatunensis orientalis em Oreochromis niloticus cultivadas em tanques-rede na bacia hidrográfica do rio Araguari – Minas Gerais – Brasil. Foram coletadas aleatoriamente 150 amostras de baço de Oreochromis niloticus oriundas de cultivos em tanques-rede localizados em reservatórios de hidrelétricas localizadas na bacia hidrográfica do rio Araguari - Minas Gerais, Brasil e abatidas em três frigoríficos distintos. Foram mensurados o comprimento padrão (cm) e a massa corpórea (g) dos peixes. Antes da coleta do baço, foi identificado o sexo dos peixes. O baço foi utilizado para identificar a Francisella spp. pelo método de qPCR. As fêmeas apresentaram uma massa corpórea e um comprimento padrão menores significativamente (p0,05). Os resultados da qPCR identificaram a Francisella spp. em seis amostras, correspondendo a prevalência de 4 %. Dessas, duas foram encaminhadas para a realização do sequenciamento do gene iglC pertencente à região 16S do RNA ribossômico, o qual identificou a presença de Francisella noatunensis orientalis em ambas. Esse achado de prevalência pode levar à instauração, por parte dos órgãos governamentais, de condutas de vigilância dos casos de franciselose no país, devido às importantes perdas econômicas geradas por seu agente etiológico.Francisellosis in fishes can cause serious economic losses to producers. The aims of this research were to estimate and verify the prevalence of Francisella noatunensis orientalis in Oreochromis niloticus grown in cages system in Araguari river hydrographic basin – Minas Gerais state – Brazil. It was collected, randomly, 150 spleen samples of Oreochromis niloticus derived crops in cages located in hydroelectric reservoirs placed in Araguari river hydrographic basin – Minas Gerais state – Brazil, from three different slaughterhouses. It was measured the fishes standard lenght (cm) and the body mass (g). Before the collection of the spleen, the gender of the fishes was identified. The spleen was used to identify the Francisella spp. by qPCR method. The female showed a body mass and significantly smaller standard lenght (p0,05). The qPCR results identified Francisella spp. in six samples, representing a prevalence of 4 %. From these, two were directed to the achievement of the sequencing of the gene iglC belonging to the 16S ribosomal RNA identified the presence of Francisella noatunensis orientalis on both. This prevalence finding may lead to the establishment, from government departments, monitoring behavior of francisellosis cases in Brazil, due to major economic losses generated by its etiological agent
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
Francisella noatunensis orientalis em tilápias (Oreochromis niloticus) cultivadas em tanques-rede na bacia hidrográfica do rio Araguari-Minas Gerais
No full textA franciselose em peixes podem causar sérias perdas econômicas aos produtores. Os objetivos dessa pesquisa foram estimar e identificar a prevalência de Francisella noatunensis orientalis em Oreochromis niloticus cultivadas em tanques-rede na bacia hidrográfica do rio Araguari – Minas Gerais – Brasil. Foram coletadas aleatoriamente 150 amostras de baço de Oreochromis niloticus oriundas de cultivos em tanques-rede localizados em reservatórios de hidrelétricas localizadas na bacia hidrográfica do rio Araguari - Minas Gerais, Brasil e abatidas em três frigoríficos distintos. Foram mensurados o comprimento padrão (cm) e a massa corpórea (g) dos peixes. Antes da coleta do baço, foi identificado o sexo dos peixes. O baço foi utilizado para identificar a Francisella spp. pelo método de qPCR. As fêmeas apresentaram uma massa corpórea e um comprimento padrão menores significativamente (p0,05). Os resultados da qPCR identificaram a Francisella spp. em seis amostras, correspondendo a prevalência de 4 %. Dessas, duas foram encaminhadas para a realização do sequenciamento do gene iglC pertencente à região 16S do RNA ribossômico, o qual identificou a presença de Francisella noatunensis orientalis em ambas. Esse achado de prevalência pode levar à instauração, por parte dos órgãos governamentais, de condutas de vigilância dos casos de franciselose no país, devido às importantes perdas econômicas geradas por seu agente etiológico.Francisellosis in fishes can cause serious economic losses to producers. The aims of this research were to estimate and verify the prevalence of Francisella noatunensis orientalis in Oreochromis niloticus grown in cages system in Araguari river hydrographic basin – Minas Gerais state – Brazil. It was collected, randomly, 150 spleen samples of Oreochromis niloticus derived crops in cages located in hydroelectric reservoirs placed in Araguari river hydrographic basin – Minas Gerais state – Brazil, from three different slaughterhouses. It was measured the fishes standard lenght (cm) and the body mass (g). Before the collection of the spleen, the gender of the fishes was identified. The spleen was used to identify the Francisella spp. by qPCR method. The female showed a body mass and significantly smaller standard lenght (p0,05). The qPCR results identified Francisella spp. in six samples, representing a prevalence of 4 %. From these, two were directed to the achievement of the sequencing of the gene iglC belonging to the 16S ribosomal RNA identified the presence of Francisella noatunensis orientalis on both. This prevalence finding may lead to the establishment, from government departments, monitoring behavior of francisellosis cases in Brazil, due to major economic losses generated by its etiological agent
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
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