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Neuronal tuning: Selective targeting of neuronal populations via manipulation of pulse width and directionality
No full textMaking use of paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for plasticity induction by repetitive TMS
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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
Efecto de prebióticos en el crecimiento de Lactobacillus casei Shirota y Escherichia coli en un sistema de simulación del tracto intestinal
Full text linkEl presente trabajo, tuvo como objetivo determinar el efecto de un galactooligosacárido comercial (Oligomate 55) y una proteína (lactoferrina) sobre el crecimiento de Lactobacillus casei Shirota y Escherichia coli buscando estimular el crecimiento del primero y disminuir el del segundo cuando ambos se encontraban en un sistema que simulaba durante 33 h algunas de las regiones del tracto intestinal (intestino delgado, colon ascendente, colon transverso y colon descendente). En los resultados obtenidos al final del experimento, se observó que bajo las condiciones de trabajo utilizadas, el Oligomate 55 incrementó el número de L. casei Shirota y también aumentó la población de E. coli en comparación con el medio control que contenía glucosa, siendo las poblaciones iniciales para L. casei Shirota de 7.6 y 7.599 log10 (ufc/mL) en glucosa y Oligomate 55 respectivamente y finales de 11.334 log10 (ufc/mL) en glucosa y 12.143 log10 (ufc/mL) en Oligomate 55. En el caso de E. coli las poblaciones fueron de 7.457 log10 (ufc)/mL al inicio de la simulación y de 9.424 log10 (ufc)/mL al final en el medio con glucosa y de 7.557 log10 (ufc/mL) al inicio y 10.264 log10 (ufc/mL) al final para el medio con Oligomate 55. Con la combinación de lactoferrina y Oligomate 55 se obtuvieron las menores cantidades de unidades formadoras de colonias, siendo de 7.9 log10(ufc)/mL al inicio y 9.482 log10(ufc/mL) al final para L. casei Shirota y 7.799 log10(ufc)/mL al inicio y 9.398 log10(ufc/mL) al final para E. coli). El análisis de la fuente de carbono contenida en los medios utilizados mostró que los galactooligosacáridos (compuesto prebiótico) contenidos en el Oligomate 55 no fueron consumidos por los microorganismos estudiados, lo que descarta la posibilidad de que exista un efecto de estimulación del prebiótico sobre el crecimiento de L. casei Shirota y de E. coli, y muestra que el crecimiento de ambos, estuvo sostenido por otros azúcares (lactosa, glucosa y galactosa) presentes en la composición del producto utilizado. De acuerdo a lo anterior, la inhibición en el crecimiento de E. coli observada en las pruebas realizadas, podría deberse a la presencia de la bacteria probiótica y a los compuestos inhibidores producidos por uno o ambos microorganismos
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
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