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    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The 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

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    “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

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    We 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

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    We 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

    Author Index

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    koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist

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    We 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

    Abstract 5463: Disulfiram suppresses metastasis via induction of anoikis and calpain activation in triple-negative breast cancer

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    Abstract Triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC) exhibit aggressive phenotypes and are associated with poor clinical outcomes due to a lack of effective therapeutic strategies. Disulfiram (DSF) is a clinical therapeutic drug for the treatment of alcoholism, and has also been shown to exhibit antitumor activity in TNBC cells in a copper (Cu)-dependent manner, although how this occurs has not been clearly elucidated. We sought to investigate the mechanisms responsible for DSF/Cu-dependent induction of apoptosis and suppression of lung colonization by TNBC cells. DSF/Cu treatment significantly induced apoptosis, accompanied by an increase in the sub-G1 population, as well as caspase-3 activation. DSF/Cu strongly suppressed cell migration and invasion, while inducing suppression of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) phosphorylation and focal adhesions, concomitant with an observed reorganization of cytoskeletal F-actin and collapse of the plasma membrane. These effects were associated with calpain activation, coinciding with the breakdown of vimentin, FAK and talin, presumably allowing for cell detachment. In a xenograft tumor model, DSF suppressed tumor growth and lung colonization, which was also associated with calpain activation. Taken together, these findings warrant further investigation of disulfiram as a potential treatment for metastatic TNBC. Citation Format: Eunhye Oh, Daeil Sung, Youngkwan Cho, Ji Young Kim, Nahyun Lee, Yoon-Jae Kim, Tae-Min Cho, Jae Hong Seo. Disulfiram suppresses metastasis via induction of anoikis and calpain activation in triple-negative breast cancer [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2017; 2017 Apr 1-5; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2017;77(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 5463. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2017-5463</jats:p

    Abstract 2121: Deguelin-derivative, L80 suppresses tumor growth and metastasis via inhibition of STAT3 activation in triple-negative breast cancer

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    Abstract Triple-negative breast cancer TNBC is associated with aggressive metastasis and poor clinical outcomes due to a lack of effective treatment options. Therefore, new drugs that effectively target both cancer cell proliferation and metastasis are needed to improve clinical outcomes. The 90-kDa molecular chaperone heat-shock protein, HSP90 has been implicated in cancer progression and metastasis by modulating the stabilization and maturation of many oncogenic proteins. Our objective was to investigate the mechanism of action of C-terminal HSP90 inhibitor, deguelin-derivative L80 on TNBC proliferation and metastasis in vitro and in vivo. L80 induced apoptosis and suppression of cell viability in TNBC cell lines via inhibition of Akt activation with concomitant nuclear accumulation of p27. L80 treatment also caused a marked suppression of cell migration and invasion. These responses were associated with inhibition of STAT3 phosphorylation (Tyr705) as evidenced by downregulation of STAT3 downstream target genes including cyclin D1 and survivin. The syngeneic orthotopic mouse model with 4T1 cells, L80 administration resulted in significant reduction in tumor growth together with decreased number of Ki-67-positive cells and downregulation of phospho-STAT3. Double-label immunofluorescence analysis showed that individuals receiving L80 exhibited a marked reduction in co-localization and expression of HIF-1α and HSP90 compared to their control groups in vivo. Finally, we observed that L80 administration significantly suppressed lung metastasis, as determined by in vivo bioluminescent imaging system. Our findings suggest that L80 may be potentially effective for the treatment for metastatic TNBC patients. Note: This abstract was not presented at the meeting. Citation Format: Tae-Min Cho, Eunhye Oh, Daeil Sung, Yoon-Jae Kim, Ji Young Kim, Jeewoo Lee, Jae Hong Seo. Deguelin-derivative, L80 suppresses tumor growth and metastasis via inhibition of STAT3 activation in triple-negative breast cancer [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2017; 2017 Apr 1-5; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2017;77(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 2121. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2017-2121</jats:p
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