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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
Condicionamento fisiológico de sementes, componentes produção e produtividade de soja
No full textA cultura da soja apresenta importância comercial extremamente relevante, sendo hoje, o complexo soja considerado como a principal cadeia produtiva do agronegócio mundial. O condicionamento fisiológico das sementes é uma técnica de melhoraria da qualidade fisiológica de sementes, sobretudo daquelas submetidas a condições de estresse. Dentro desse contexto, a pesquisa teve como objetivo avaliar o comportamento agronômico em plantas oriundas de sementes de soja condicionado em diferentes potenciais osmóticos em função dos níveis de vigor, em condições de campo. Inicialmente, as sementes foram qualitativamente avaliadas em laboratório. A partir da caracterização qualitativa, as sementes, então consideradas de alto vigor, foram artificialmente envelhecidas para obtenção das sementes com médio e baixo vigor (36 e 48h). As amostras de sementes com médio e baixo vigor foram submetidas ao condicionamento osmótico, por um período de 12 horas, contados a partir da instalação do tratamento. O experimento foi disposto em blocos ao acaso, em esquema fatorial, 3x2+1, correspondendo a três potencias osmóticos (Testemunha (sementes envelhecidas não condicionadas), -1,0 e -1,2 MPa) e dois níveis de vigor...The soybean has relevant commercial importance and is considered as the main agribusiness chain worldwide. Seed priming is a technique used to improve seed quality, especially those subjected to stress conditions. Thus, this research aimed at to evaluate the agronomic performance of soybean seeds “primed” under different osmotic potentials, from seed with different levels of vigor. Initially, the seeds quality was assessed in laboratory. Following, the seeds were artificially aged to obtain seeds with medium and low vigor (36 and 48h). Seeds were subjected to priming, for a period of 12 hours. The experiment was arranged in a randomized block design in a factorial scheme 3x2+1, corresponding to three osmotic potential, control, -1.0 and -1.2 MPa and two levels of vigor (medium and low), and a treatment corresponding to dry seeds of high vigor without conditioning. In the filed each experimental unit consisted of five rows of 3 m length each. For the evaluations were considered the three central lines, disregarding 0.50 m from each of its ends and a row on each side of the plot. We evaluated the components of soybean production and productivity. Priming influences the components of production, except for plant height, yield and weight of... (Complete abstract click electronic access below
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
Condicionamento fisiológico de sementes, componentes produção e produtividade de soja
No full textA cultura da soja apresenta importância comercial extremamente relevante, sendo hoje, o complexo soja considerado como a principal cadeia produtiva do agronegócio mundial. O condicionamento fisiológico das sementes é uma técnica de melhoraria da qualidade fisiológica de sementes, sobretudo daquelas submetidas a condições de estresse. Dentro desse contexto, a pesquisa teve como objetivo avaliar o comportamento agronômico em plantas oriundas de sementes de soja condicionado em diferentes potenciais osmóticos em função dos níveis de vigor, em condições de campo. Inicialmente, as sementes foram qualitativamente avaliadas em laboratório. A partir da caracterização qualitativa, as sementes, então consideradas de alto vigor, foram artificialmente envelhecidas para obtenção das sementes com médio e baixo vigor (36 e 48h). As amostras de sementes com médio e baixo vigor foram submetidas ao condicionamento osmótico, por um período de 12 horas, contados a partir da instalação do tratamento. O experimento foi disposto em blocos ao acaso, em esquema fatorial, 3x2+1, correspondendo a três potencias osmóticos (Testemunha (sementes envelhecidas não condicionadas), -1,0 e -1,2 MPa) e dois níveis de vigor...The soybean has relevant commercial importance and is considered as the main agribusiness chain worldwide. Seed priming is a technique used to improve seed quality, especially those subjected to stress conditions. Thus, this research aimed at to evaluate the agronomic performance of soybean seeds “primed” under different osmotic potentials, from seed with different levels of vigor. Initially, the seeds quality was assessed in laboratory. Following, the seeds were artificially aged to obtain seeds with medium and low vigor (36 and 48h). Seeds were subjected to priming, for a period of 12 hours. The experiment was arranged in a randomized block design in a factorial scheme 3x2+1, corresponding to three osmotic potential, control, -1.0 and -1.2 MPa and two levels of vigor (medium and low), and a treatment corresponding to dry seeds of high vigor without conditioning. In the filed each experimental unit consisted of five rows of 3 m length each. For the evaluations were considered the three central lines, disregarding 0.50 m from each of its ends and a row on each side of the plot. We evaluated the components of soybean production and productivity. Priming influences the components of production, except for plant height, yield and weight of... (Complete abstract click electronic access below
Influence of residual lime in the acquisition of the physiological quality of wheat seeds produced in direct sowing system
No full textA aquisição da qualidade fisiológica de sementes é influenciada por fatores como as condições ambientais e o nível de nutrição da planta mãe. Por exemplo, solos ácidos podem afetar a qualidade fisiológica das sementes produzidas, devido a menor disponibilidade de nutrientes para a planta. O uso de corretivos como a prática da calagem, se torna essencial para a resolução desse problema, onde o calcário, através da hidrólise, libera bases capazes de neutralizar a atividade dos íons acidificantes. No sistema de plantio direto, o calcário é aplicado de forma superficial, podendo ter seu efeito residual atuante por muitos anos, melhorando a estrutura e as propriedades químicas do solo e auxiliando na atividade microbiana. Portanto, o presente trabalho teve o objetivo de estudar a qualidade fisiológica e a expressão de genes associados a longevidade em sementes de trigo, produzidas em solos com diferentes doses de calcário. As sementes de trigo da cultivar CD116, foram produzidas na Fazenda Experimental Lageado, pertencente à Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas – UNESP-Botucatu, na safra agrícola do ano de 2014. Os tratamentos consistiram em sementes produzidas sem calagem, dose recomendada de calcário (2000 kg.ha⁻¹) e o dobro da dose recomendada (4000 kg.ha⁻¹). Avaliou-se a porcentagem de germinação, o vigor (índice de velocidade de germinação e T50), longevidade de sementes e a estado nutricional das sementes. Para o estudo de genes relacionados a longevidade, foram selecionados dois tempos (0 e 60 dias) do teste de longevidade para averiguar o efeito das doses de calcário. A expressão gênica foi realizada usando a técnica de PCR em tempo real, onde o RNA total foi extraído e o cDNA foi utilizado para a quantificação dos genes relacionados a longevidade. A ausência da calcário não influenciou a germinação e o vigor das sementes de trigo, todavia a longevidade foi afetada. Os genes associados com a longevidade apresentaram expressão superior na presença residual de calcário. Este fato pode explicar a baixa longevidade de sementes de trigo procedentes de cultivo sem calagem.Acquisition of the physiological quality of seeds is influenced by factors such as environmental conditions and the level of nutrition of the mother plant. For instance, acidic soils may affect the physiological quality of the seeds produced due to the lower availability of nutrients to the plant. The use of correctives, such as the practice of liming, becomes essential to solve this problem, where limestone, through hydrolysis, releases bases capable of neutralizing the activity of acidifying ions. In the no-tillage system, limestone is applied superficially and can have its residual effect acting for many years, improving the structure and chemical properties of the soil and assisting in microbial activity. Therefore, the present work had the objective of studying the physiological quality and expression of genes associated with longevity in wheat seeds, produced in soils with different limestone doses. The wheat seeds from the cultivar CD116 were produced at the Experimental Farm Lageado, belonging to the Faculty of Agronomic Sciences – UNESP-Botucatu, in the crop season of the year 2014. Treatments consisted of seed produced without liming, recommended limestone dose (2000 kg.ha⁻¹) and twice the recommended dose (4000 kg.ha⁻¹). Germination percentage, vigor (germination speed index and T50), seed longevity and nutritional status were evaluated. For the study of genes related to longevity, two times (0 and 60 days) of the longevity test were selected to investigate the effect of limestone doses on gene expression. Gene expression was performed using the real-time PCR technique, where total RNA was extracted and cDNA was used for the quantification of genes related to longevity. The absence of limestone did not influence germination and vigor of wheat seeds, however, longevity was affected. Genes associated with longevity showed superior expression in the residual presence of limestone. This fact may explain the poor longevity of wheat seeds produced in soil lacking liming.Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES
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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