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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
Contribution à l'étude de la biocyclisation d'oxydo-2,3 polyènes vis-à-vis de l'oxydo-2,3 squalène stérolcyclase du foie de porc
No full textRésumé Dans ce travail, nous décrivons l'étude du comportement d'oxydo-2,3 polyènes, analogue de l'oxydo-2,3 squalène, modifiés au niveau de la double liaison D18-19 vis-à-vis de l'oxydo-2,3 squalène stérolcyclase du foie de porc. Ce travail a nécessité la synthèse de ces oxydo-2,3 polyènes, leur mise en réaction avec la stérolcyclase du foie de porc, la séparation et l'identification des produits de réaction et le cas échéant, leurs purifications afin d'en déterminer leurs structures. Nous avons pu préciser les limites d'acceptation et de tolérance de la cyclase du foie de porc vis-à-vis d'oxydo-2,3 polyènes modifiés. En effet, alors que l'enzyme est inerte vis-à-vis de l'oxydo-2,3 polyène comportant deux chaînes n-propyles sur le carbone C-19 (substrat retrouvé inchangé après réaction prolongée avec l'enzyme), son homologue possédant une entité alkylidène cyclohexane est biotransformé essentiellement en un dérivé tétracyclique de type lanostérol. Ainsi, l'incorporation du carbone C-19 dans une unité cyclique à six chaînons diminue l'encombrement stérique et restaure ainsi la capacité de la cyclase à transformer ce polyène. Nous avons en outre montré pour la première fois que la biocyclisation d'un oxydo-2,3 polyène en dérivé de type lanostérol n'est pas stéréospécifique à l'inverse des précédents travaux du laboratoire. En effet, l'oxydo-2,3 polyène de stéréochimie Z, possédant sur le carbone C-19 une entité éthyle et une entité n-propyle, est transformé en deux dérivés tétracycliques 20 S et 20 R dans un rapport 79/21. Les structures de ces deux composés ont été établies par une étude spectroscopique et par comparaison de leurs caractéristiques spectroscopiques avec celles d'échantillons authentiques. Ces derniers ont été synthétisés selon une stratégie impliquant la dégradation de la chaîne latérale du lanostérol suivie de la reconstruction des chaînes alkyles adéquates.Abstract In this work, we describe the study of the behaviour of several 2,3-oxidopolyenes analogs of 2,3-oxidosqualene modified at the 18-19 double bond with the 2,3-oxidosqualene sterolcyclase of pig liver. This work has required the synthesis of these 2,3-oxidopolyenes, their reaction with the sterolcyclase of pig liver, the separation and identification of the reaction products and if necessary their purifications to establish their structures. We could specify the limits of acceptance and tolerance of the pig liver's cyclase towards the modified 2,3-oxidopolyenes. Indeed, whereas the 2,3-oxidopolyene bearing two n-propyl chains on the C-19 carbon is inert to the enzyme (unchanged substrate recovered after prolonged time in the presence of the enzyme), its counterpart having an alkylidene cyclohexane moiety is mainly biotransformed in a tetracyclic lanosterol-type derivative. Thus, the incorporation of the C-19 carbon in a cyclic six-membered unit, decreases the steric demand and restores the capacity of the cyclase to transform this polyene. Moreover, we also showed for the first time that the biocyclisation of a 2,3-oxidopolyene in lanosterol-type derivative is not stereospecific. Indeed, the 2,3-oxidopolyene with the Z stereochemistry bearing on the C-19 carbon an ethyl and a n-propyl moiety is transformed into two tetracyclic derivatives (20S, 20R) in a 79/21 ratio. Their structures were established by a spectroscopic study and by comparison of their spectroscopic characteristics with those of authentic samples. The latter were synthesized according to a strategy implying the lanosterol side-chain degradation followed by the rebuilding of the adequate alkyl chains.(DOCSC02)--FUNDP, 200
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
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