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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
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
Mangaan-efedrooni intoksikatsioonist tingitud neuroloogilise kahjustuse patogenees ja kliiniline sümptomaatika
Get PDFVäitekirja elektrooniline versioon ei sisalda publikatsioone.Parkinsonistlike sündroomide põhjuseid on palju, neist kõige sagedasem on Parkinsoni tõbi. Muudeks põhjusteks võivad olla teised neurodegeneratiivsed haigused, ravimid, aju koldelised kahjustused, veresoonkonnahaigused, nakkused ja mürkained. Väitekirja eesmärgiks on kirjeldada parkinsonistlikku sündroomi narkomaanidel, kes süstisid n-ö kodumeetodil valmistatud pseudoefedriini, kaaliumpermanganaadi, äädikhappe ja keeva vee segu. Oksüdatsioonireaktsiooni tulemusel tekkis pseudoefedriinist efedroon ehk metkatinoon, mis on amfetamiinilaadne psühhostimulant. Toksilise kõrvalsaadusena sisaldas lahus suures hulgas mangaani, mis veeni manustatuna ületas mangaani soovitusliku päevase normi ligi 2000 korda.
Ajavahemikul 2006–2012 uuriti kokku 38 patsienti, kelle keskmine vanus oli 33 aastat. Peamisteks sümptomiteks olid tasakaalu-, kõnnaku- ja kõnehäired, jäsemete lihastoonuse häired ning liigutuste aeglustumine. Kliiniline pilt sarnanes klassikalise mangaanimürgistuse puhusega. Efedrooni kasutamise kestuse ja haiguse kliinilise raskuse vahel puudus seos, s.t ka siis, kui narkootikumi oli tarvitatud väga lühikese perioodi jooksul, võis pärast tekkida raske motoorne defitsiit. Neuroloogiline kahjustus oli pöördumatu ning ka tarvitamise lõpetamise korral esines haiguse progresseerumise tendents. Magnetresonantstomograafilisel uuringul ilmnes mangaaniladestusele iseloomulik signaaliintensiivsuse suurenemine basaaltuumades. Isotoopuuringud näitasid, et dopaminergilised neuronid, mis hävinevad Parkinsoni tõve korral, olid uuritavatel säilinud.
Efedrooni tarvitamine on oluline parkinsonistliku sündroomi tekkepõhjus noortel patsientidel Eestis. Narkootilise segu tarvitamise lõpetamise järel puuduvad spetsiifilised muutused, mida oleks võimalik laboratoorsete ja instrumentaalsete uuringutega kindlaks teha, mistõttu on oluline ära tunda mürgistusele omane kliiniline pilt ning küsitleda patsiente efedrooni võimaliku varasema tarvitamise suhtes, et vältida kulukaid ja mittetarvilikke lisauuringuid. Mangaani-efedrooni segu tarvitamine põhjustab olulist füüsilist puuet ja elukvaliteedi halvenemist. Ennetustöö võimaldaks vähendada otseseid ja kaudseid kulutusi rehabilitatsioonile ning sotsiaalhoolekandele.There are many causes of parkinsonian syndromes, among them Parkinson`s disease is the most common. Neurodegenerative diseases, drugs, structural lesions, cerebrovascular diseases, infections and toxicants can all induce parkinsonism. This study describes parkinsonian syndrome in drug addicts, who had injected home-made psychostimulant mixture made of pseudoephedrine, potassium permanganate, acetic acid and boiling water. In the oxidation reaction, pseudoephedrine was converted to ephedrone (methacathinone). As a toxic by-product of the synthesis the final mixture contained high concentration of manganese. The intravenously administered daily manganese load was almost 2000 times higher than recommended.
During 2006 till 2012, we examined 38 patients with a mean age of 33 years. The main motor symptoms were postural instability, gait disorder and speech impairment, limb dystonia and bradykinesia. The clinical symptomatology resembled classic manganese intoxication. There was no correlation between the duration of drug abuse and the severity of symptoms, i.e. a severe motor impairment could develop only after a short time of ephedrone abuse. The syndrome was irreversible after cessation of exposure and there was a trend of worsening. Magnetic resonance imaging showed increased signal intensity in globus pallidus and substantia nigra, these findings are specific to manganese exposure. Molecular neuroimaging studies showed the preservation of dopaminergic neurons, which are decreased in Parkinson`s disease.
Ephedrone abuse is an imortant cause of parkinonism in young Estonian patients. Identifying the cause of an extrapyramidal syndrome in former ephedrone abusers could be difficult, because there are no specific laboratory or imaging findings. Recognising the typical clinical picture and detailed history taking about previous drug abuse, helps to avoid further expensive and unnecessary investigations. The use of homemade manganese-contaminated ephedrone causes significant motor impairmet and decline in quality of life. Preventive measures could reduce the direct and indirect expenses on rehabilitation and social services
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
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn 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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