1,720,964 research outputs found
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
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
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
Untersuchungen zum Stellenwert der diffusionsgewichteten Kernspintomographie in der Verlaufsbeurteilung nach primärer Strahlentherapie des Lungenkarzinoms
Full text linkHintergrund: Die Computertomographie (CT) ist die Standarduntersuchung in der Nachsorge des nicht-kleinzelligen Lungenkarzinoms (NSCLC) nach erfolgter Radio(chemo)therapie. Die CT weist allerdings häufig Limitierungen bei der diagnostischen Abgrenzung des Primärtumors von einer radiogenen Schädigung der Lunge (Radiation-induced Lung Toxicity [RILT]) auf. Die diffusionsgewichtete Kernspintomographie (DWI) ermöglicht prinzipiell eine genauere Erkennung von vitalem Tumorgewebe.
Ziel der Studie ist es, den diagnostischen Mehrwert der DWI im Vergleich zur CT im Rahmen der Nachsorge des NSCLC zu untersuchen.
Patienten und Methoden: Bei 12 Patienten mit einem NSCLC in den Stadien I–III mit Indikation für eine Radio(chemo)therapie wurden vor der Strahlentherapie sowie anschließend nach 3, 6 und 12 Monaten eine CT- und zusätzlich eine MRT-inkl.-DWI-Untersuchungen durchgeführt. Für die thorakale MRT wurden mittels eines 1,5T-Scanners (Siemens, Magnetom@ Aera) atemgetriggerte axiale T2-Sequenzen sowie, ohne Atemgating, DWI-Sequenzen akquiriert (b = 0, 800, 1400 und eine ADC-Map). Die Primärtumore wurden volumetriert und ihre Größenänderung im Verlauf nach RECIST (Version 1.1) ausgewertet. Die Beurteilung der RILT erfolgte nach einem für CT und MRT einheitlichen vierstufigen Scoring-System (0 = keine RILT, 1 = retikuläre Parenchymveränderungen, 2 = inhomogene Konsolidierungen, 3 = homogene Konsolidierungen).
Ergebnisse: Es ergab sich kein signifikanter Unterschied in der Auswertung des längsaxialen Durchmessers (LD) der untersuchten Tumore und des Tumorvolumens zwischen MRT und korrespondierender CT (p = 0.6221 und p = 0.25). Die Auswertung der RILT zeigte eine sehr hohe Korrelation zwischen MRT und CT (3-Monatskontrolle: r = 0.8750, und 12-Monatskontrolle: r = 0.903). Die Analyse der ADC-Werte suggeriert, dass Patienten mit einem guten lokalen Tumoransprechen bereits initial und im weiteren Verlauf höhere ADC-Werte aufweisen als Patienten mit einem geringeren lokalen Ansprechen.
Schlussfolgerung: Die DWI-MRT ist im Rahmen der Nachsorge vergleichbar mit der CT bei der Bestimmung des Tumorvolumens. Die Ausprägung radiogener Lungenschäden (RILT) kann verlässlich in der MRT erfasst werden. Die DWI-MRT ermöglicht im Vergleich mit der CT insgesamt eine zuverlässigere Beurteilung des Tumoransprechens. ADC-Werte haben möglicherweise einen Stellenwert als prognostische Marker.Background: Computed tomography (CT) is the standard examination in the follow-up of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after radio(chemo)therapy. However, CT often has limitations in the diagnostic differentiation of the primary tumour from radiogenic damage to the lung (radiation-induced lung toxicity [RILT]). Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) in principle allows a more accurate detection of vital tumour tissue. The aim of the study is to investigate the diagnostic added value of DWI compared to CT in the follow-up of NSCLC.
Patients and methods: In 12 patients with stage I–III NSCLC with indication for radio(chemo)therapy, CT and MRI including DWI examinations were performed before radiotherapy and subsequently after 3, 6 and 12 months. For thoracic MRI, breath-triggered axial T2 sequences and, without breath gating, DWI sequences were acquired using a 1.5T scanner (Siemens, Magnetom@ Aera) (b=0, 800, 1400 and an ADC-map). The primary tumours were volumetrised and their size change during the course was evaluated according to RECIST (version 1.1). RILT was assessed according to a four-level scoring system uniform for CT and MRI (0 = no RILT, 1 = reticular parenchymal changes, 2 = inhomogeneous consolidations, 3 = homogeneous consolidations).
Results: There was no significant difference in the evaluation of the longitudinal axial diameter (LD) of the examined tumours and tumour volume between MRI and corresponding CT (p = 0.6221 and p = 0.25). Evaluation of RILT showed a very high correlation between MRI and CT (3 month control: r = 0.8750, and 12 month control: r = 0.903). The analysis of the ADC values suggests that patients with a good local tumour response already initially and in the further course show higher ADC values than patients with a lower local response.
Conclusion: DWI-MRI is comparable to CT in determining tumour volume in the context of follow-up. The extent of radiogenic lung damage (RILT) can be reliably detected by MRI. DWI MRI provides a more reliable overall assessment of tumour response compared to CT. ADC values may have value as prognostic markers
- …
