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STABILITY OF COORDINATION COMPOUNDS OF SOME d-METAL IONS WITH SUCCINIC ACID ANION IN AQUEOUS-ETHANOL SOLVENTS
No full textThe paper provides an overview of own data on complexation of nickel (II), cobalt (II) and cooper (II) ions with succinic acid anion in water-organic mixed solvents. Proper data are compared with data reported in literature for d-metal complexes with anions of maleic and succinic acids. The effect of aqueous ethanol solvent compositions on the stability of coordination compounds of M2+ with succinic acid anion as well as on pK values of stepwise succinic acid dissociation was carried out by a potentiometric titration at ionic strength of 0.1 maintained with sodium perchlorate at 298.15 +/- 0.10 K. Mono ligand complexes of Ni2+, Co2+ and Cu2+ ions with succinic acid anion become stronger when ethanol content rises. In aqueous solutions Cu2+ ion forms stronger complexes with succinic and maleic acid anions than Ni2+ and Co2+ ions. In the studied water - ethanol solution this ratio is maintained for complexes with succinic acid anion, but a water-isopropanol solvent exerts leveling effect on the stability of complexes of nickel (II) and cobalt (II). An increase in the stability of complexes of d-metal with anions of maleic and succinic acids is due to the destabilization of the ligand with increasing ethanol concentration. The principal contribution of the changes in the solvation state of ligand is a typical for the stability changes of d-metal complexes with amine, glycinate, and acetate type ligands in water-organic mixed solvents
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
Thermodynamics of complex formation between hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin and quercetin in water–ethanol solvents at T = 298.15 K
No full textQuercetin (QCT) is a flavonoid possessing many activities, such as neuro-/cardioprotective, anti-inflammatory and anticancer, but its pharmacological application is severely curtailed by its low water solubility and in vivo bioavailability. The formation of a QCT-hydroxypropyl-b-cyclodextrin (HPbCD) host-guest complex is promising to improve QCT therapeutic potential. Therefore, here the heat effects of HPbCD solutions with QCT solutions in water-ethanol solvents at different concentrations were studied by calorimetric titration, and the stability of molecular complexes was assessed by UV-Vis spectrophotometry. Calorimetric titrations revealed the formation of a QCT/HPbCD host-guest complex with a stoichiometric ratio of 1:1 in X(EtOH) = 0.00, 0.05 and 0.10 molar fractions of solvents at pH = 7.0 and pH = 8.1. Thermodynamic parameters of the complex formation reaction (lgK; Delta H-r; T Delta S-r) were obtained in these experimental conditions. Differently, no complex formation was noticed in water-ethanol mixed solvent when ethanol volume fraction exceeded 0.2 at neutral and alkaline pH, as well as a volume fraction higher than 0.1 at acidic pH. Furthermore, the results of differential scanning calorimetry tests run on dried HP beta CD after dissolution in hydroalcoholic solutions indicated that ethanol and water compete for the complexation within the hydrophobic cavity of HP beta CD. This explains the decreased QCT complexation efficacy in the presence of ethanol beyond 0.1 or 0.2 volume fraction
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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