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    Study of dynamic processes at the electrochemical interface by in situ high speed STM: Surface diffusion and adsorbate interactions

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    The knowledge about surface diffusion and adsorbate-adsorbate interactions is important for deep understanding of various processes on surfaces and interfaces, such as crystal growth, phase transitions, self-assembly or catalysis. Up to now, the direct microscopic measurements of adsorbate-adsorbate interactions were done in a number of selected systems under ultra-high vacuum condition, but no such studies were performed at solid-liquid interfaces. This work is a continuation of the recent in situ high-speed STM (scanning tunneling microscopy) study of tracer diffusion of sulphur adsorbates on Cu(100) in aqueous solution of 0.01 M HCl performed by T. Tansel [1]. It revealed a linear dependence of diffusion barriers on the electrode potential, which originates from electrostatic interaction of the adsorbate dipole moment with the electric field in the double layer. In the present work, development of software for image recognition and further quantitative analysis allowed the extraction of adsorbate-adsorbate interactions and diffusion barriers of adsorbates in the vicinity of neighboring adsorbates from experimental video sequences. For measurements of interactions between adsorbates, two different methods— dynamic and equilibrium analysis—were applied, providing consistent results, obtained for the first time at an electrochemical interface. The measured pairwise interatomic potential for Sad showed anisotropic behavior, with pronounced repulsion at nearest neighbor sites and attraction at next-nearest neighbor sites of the c(2 × 2) adlattice. The Sad diffusion barriers were considerably decreased in the vicinity of neighboring Sad, as compared to the tracer diffusion barrier of isolated Sad. In further STM measurements, the model system was modified by introducing species possessing a different (cationic) nature, such as Pb adsorbates. The results of tracer diffusion for Pbad revealed a similar potential dependence, as in the case of Sad. This behaviour was not expected because of different adsorbate dipole moments of these species, which are opposite in direction. The observed trend was rationalized by the dominant contribution of neighboring Clad forming the c(2 × 2) lattice to the total surface dipole moment during a single jump event. In addition, attractive pair interactions on the order of 20 meV were found between Pbad at nearest and next-nearest neighbor sites of the c(2 × 2) lattice. In the potential regime corresponding to Pb underpotential deposition on Cu(100), a Pb surface alloy phase nucleated at steps and continued by growing along the upper terraces. With our high temporal and spatial resolution STM we could study the fast dynamic processes associated with surface phase transitions during Pb alloying/dealloying. The formation of a novel transient (4×3) alloy phase with 0.25 ML Pb coverage and its continuous transformation into a c(4 × 4) Pb alloy phase with a coverage of 0.375 ML was observed. By changing the potential sweep in positive direction, Pb dissolution started, resulting in formation of a novel transient c(4 × 4) Pb alloy phase with lower coverage. Further Pb dissolution lead to the re-adsorption of Clad forming c(2 × 2) domains and development of closed-loop Pb ribbon structures. Based on analysis of high resolution STM images we have suggested a new model for this structure

    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

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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

    Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902

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    In 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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