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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
Preparação de hidroxiapatite nanométrica com características adequadas ao processamento coloidal para aplicações biomédicas
Full text linkMestrado em Ciência e Engenharia de MateriaisNeste trabalho foram sintetizados pós de hidroxiapatite nanométrica com
características morfológicas e físico-químicas adequadas ao processamento
coloidal, através de um processo químico de precipitação. Este processo tem
por base a mistura de duas soluções distintas, uma fonte de cálcio e a outra a
fonte de fósforo, que misturadas em proporções adequadas permitem a
obtenção de diferentes produtos consoante os parâmetros de processamento
adoptados.
Portanto, uma primeira parte do trabalho centrou-se no estudo dos efeitos dos
parâmetros mais relevantes do processo de precipitação, nomeadamente:
- razão Ca/P;
- concentração das soluções iniciais;
- temperatura;
- tempo de reacção.
Os resultados deste estudo permitiram estabelecer as condições
experimentais adequadas à obtenção de hidroxiapatite estequiométrica e
padronizar procedimentos que possibilitam a obtenção de pós com
características previamente especificadas. Os pós obtidos foram
caracterizados através de análise química e mineralógica (constituição de
fases cristalinas), e análises estectroscópicas, granulométrica, e morfológica.
Verificou-se que a presença de aglomerados fortes era uma característica
comum a todos os precipitados, pouco atractiva com vista ao uso dos pós no
processamento por via coloidal de materiais bioceramicos.
Com o intuito de ultrapassar estas limitações, procedeu-se a um estudo
complementar com vista à obtenção de precipitados estabilizados in situ
através da adição de um agente superficialmente activo. Com estes pós foi
possível a preparação de suspensões com características adequadas às
etapas subsequentes de processamento, permitindo assim ultrapassar as
etapas de secagem e de calcinação dos precipitados. Deste modo, o processo
de produção de suspensões coloidais de pós de fosfatos de cálcio tornou-se
muito mais célere e com gastos energéticos muito reduzidos.In this work, nanometric hydroxylapatite powders were synthesized with
morphological and physicochemical characteristics suitable for colloidal
processing, through a chemical process of precipitation. This process consists
in preparing two distinct solutions, one is the calcium source and the other is
the phosphorous source that when mixed in suitable proportions enable
obtaining different products according to the processing parameters used.
Therefore, the first part of this work focused on studying the effects of the most
relevant experimental process variables on the characteristics of the final
products, namely:
- Ca/P ratio;
- concentration of the initial solutions
- temperature;
- time of reaction.
The results of this study permitted to establish the set of experimental
conditions that could lead to the formation of stoichiometric hydroxylapatite and
to standardise the procedures enabling to obtain powder with characteristics
previously specified. The features of the as obtained powders were
characterised through different analysis (chemical, mineralogical (crystalline
phase assemble), spectroscopic, particle size and morphological). It could be
concluded that the presence of strong agglomerates was a common features to
all the precipitated powders, limiting their attractiveness as raw material for
colloidal processing of bioceramic materials.
In order to overcome the first stage limitations, a complementary study was
undertaken aiming at obtaining precipitated powders in situ stabilized by adding
a surface active agent to the precipitating media. This part of the study enabled
colloidal suspensions with suitable rheological and processing characteristics to
be obtained, avoiding the drying and calcinations steps. In this way, the
process of obtaining colloidal suspensions of calcium phosphates became
much faster with a simultaneous decreasing of energetic consume
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
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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