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Index theorems for pairs of holomorphic self-maps in the Lehmann-Suwa framework
Full text linkLet M be a n-dimensional complex manifold, let S be a globally irreducible compact analytic hypersurface with regular part S'=S-Sing(S), and let (f,g) be a pair of distinct holomorphic self-maps coinciding on S and such that g is a local biholomorphism over an open neighborhood of S'. We show that under certain hypotheses, on the pair (f,g) or on the way S' sits into M, we are able to define a 1-dimensional holomorphic foliation on S' and related partial holomorphic connections on some holomorphic vector bundles over S'. Consequently, we can obtain index theorems using the so-called Lehmann-Suwa machinery, which is based on localization of characteristic classes in Cech-de Rham cohomology
Glutathione peroxidase activity and its relationships with cortisol and oppioid responses to training in trotters.
No full textAim of the study was to assess how physical exercise influenced Gluthatione Peroxidase (GPx) activity in trotter athletic horses. The experiment was carried out on October-November 2004, on a group of 7 trotters, aged 2-3 years, after the beginning of their training period. Each trotter was subject to a standard training (ST) (20 minutes): after a warm up of 3 laps horses went at a steady trot for two laps. Blood samples were taken just before beginning the ST (T1), soon after (T2), and after 60 (T3), 120 (T4), 180 (T5) and 240 minutes (T6) the end of the ST. Blood -endorphin, cortisol, PCV, SOD and GPx were determined. Data were statistically analysed using GLM and correlation analysis. Training induced significant increases (P<0,001) of cortisol, PCV and HR at T2 (P<0,05), with values returning to baseline within 1 hour after ST (T3). Plasma beta-endorphin concentrations showed a similar trend but differences were not significant. GPx activity also significantly (P<0,001) increased after the ST, but peak values were observed at T4 and values remained still elevated to T6. Non significant variations of GPx activities were recorded for age, sex, and individuals
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
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
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