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    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The 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

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    “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

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    We 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

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    We 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

    Author Index

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    koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist

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    We 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

    Cannibalism control of Asian seabass Lates calcarifer fry by melatonin hormone administration

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    Cannibalism is one of the causes low survival rate white snapper fry due to its aggressiveness. Melatonin is a hormone that can modulate aggressive interactions in fish. This study aims to evaluate effect of melatonin hormone on the level cannibalism sea bass. This study used completely randomized design (CRD) consisting of four treatments and three replications, namely control (without melatonin hormone administration), melatonin doses of 5, 10, and 15 µg/g fish. Hormone administration was done orally through feed supplementation. Sea bass fry used were 2.82 ± 0.41 cm average length and 0.53 ± 0.08 g average weight. Stocking density was 2 fish/L. Sea bass were reared for 30 days with flow through system and fed three times a day in restricted manner (Feeding rate 15%). The results showed the administration of melatonin hormone can reduce level cannibalism, increase melatonin hormone levels, increase estradiol 17β hormone, and have no effect on body glucose levels sea bass. Melatonin dose 10 µg/g fish can reduce level cannibalism by 40.67% (P<0.05). The highest total cannibalism was found in the control treatment with a value of 58.67% (P <0.05). The administration of melatonin hormone did not affect the growth body weight and length of sea bass (P>0.05). Increasing dose melatonin beyond 10 µg/g fish tends to increase cannibalism. These results indicate the administration of melatonin hormone at a dose of 10 µg/g fish is the optimal dose to reduce cannibalism and increase fry survival, which is expected to increase the productivity of sea bass hatcheries. Keywords: aggressiveness, Asian seabass, cannibalism, melatonin   Abstrak Kanibalisme merupakan salah satu penyebab rendahnya tingkat kelangsungan hidup benih kakap putih akibat sifat agresivitasnya. Hormon melatonin merupakan hormon yang dapat memodulasi interaksi agresif pada ikan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi pengaruh hormon melatonin terhadap tingkat kanibalisme ikan kakap putih. Penelitian ini menggunakan rancangan acak lengkap (RAL) yang terdiri dari 4 perlakuan dan 3 kali ulangan, yaitu kontrol (tanpa pemberian hormon melatonin), melatonin dosis 5, 10, dan 15 µg/g ikan. Pemberian hormon dilakukan secara oral melalui suplementasi pakan. Benih kakap putih yang digunakan berukuran panjang rata-rata 2,82 ± 0,41 cm dan berat rata-rata 0,53± 0,08 g. Padat tebar yaitu 2 ekor/L. Benih kakap putih dipelihara selama 30 hari dengan sistem flow through dan pemberian pakan sebanyak tiga kali sehari secara restricted (Feeding rate 15%). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pemberian hormon melatonin dapat menurunkan tingkat kanibalisme, meningkatkan kadar hormon melatonin, cenderung meningkatkan hormon estradiol 17β, dan tidak berpengaruh terhadap kadar glukosa tubuh benih kakap putih. Melatonin dosis 10 µg/g ikan dapat mengurangi tingkat kanibalisme sebesar 40,67% (P<0,05). Total kanibalisme tertinggi terdapat pada perlakuan kontrol dengan nilai sebesar 58,67% (P<0,05). Pemberian hormon melatonin tidak berpengaruh terhadap pertumbuhan bobot dan panjang tubuh benih kakap putih (P>0,05). Peningkatan dosis melatonin melebihi 10 µg/g ikan cendrung meningkatkan kanibalisme. Hasil ini menunjukkan bahwa pemberian hormon melatonin dosis 10 µg/g ikan merupakan dosis optimal untuk mengurangi kanibalisme dan meningkatkan kelangsungan hidup benih, sehingga diharapkan  dapat meningkatkan produktivitas pembenihan kakap putih. Kata kunci: agresivitas, kakap putih, kanibalisme, melatoni

    Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902

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    In 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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