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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
Implications of nanoparticle-protein interactions on protein assembly and conformation
No full textSubmission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2026-08-01The student, Mahima Unnikrishnan, accepted the attached license on 2024-07-08 at 09:30.The student, Mahima Unnikrishnan, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2024-07-08 at 10:13.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2024-07-10 at 15:54.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #20977 on 2025-02-04 at 21:25:35The interaction between nanoparticles and proteins presents a promising avenue for designing nanoparticulate theranostic and diagnostic agents in the biomedical field. Upon entering the body, it is not the as-synthesized nanoparticles, but biomolecule-coated nanoparticles that dictate their function and therapeutic response. By regulating the composition of protein corona on the particles, it becomes possible to conceal the nanoparticle surface and facilitate specific biological functions. Although some fundamental principles guiding interactions between nanoparticles and proteins have been established and accepted by the scientific community, there is ongoing debate regarding the development of a universally applicable theoretical framework for understanding the protein corona due to missing pieces in the puzzle. The work presented in this thesis aims to expand the current understanding of how nanoparticles can alter protein self-assembly and conformation using colloidal inorganic nanoparticles as a platform for corona formation. Chapter 1 covers how nanomaterials came to be popular in the biomedical field and why studying the molecular mechanisms underlying nanoparticle-protein interactions can significantly contribute to successful translation of in vitro findings to in vivo settings. Dynamic nature of the protein corona and the many analytical techniques used for its characterization are discussed. An overview of changes in protein conformation and activity upon adsorption to a nanoparticle surface, its correlation to various biophysicochemical properties governing the nano-bio interface, and the current research challenges associated with the field are also discussed. Chapter 2 presents a systematic investigation of the effect of unfunctionalized silica nanoparticles on the self-assembly of a bacterial tubulin protein pair in buffer, in cell lysate, and in a living mammalian cell using Förster resonance energy transfer. The common assumption that nanoparticle-biomolecular interactions that are studied intensively in vitro are good predictors of in vivo activity are shown to be invalid in the case of protein assembly of bacterial tubulins. In buffer, silica nanoparticles promote the complex formation of tubulin proteins as a function of nanoparticle concentration. However, upon microinjection of these tubulins into live cells, nanoparticles at similar concentration have no effect on protein assembly, confirming the environment-dependence of corona formation. In chapter 3, conformational changes in soft corona proteins incubated with gold nanoparticles in buffer are explored; the overarching research problem addressed being ‘can transient interactions with nanoparticles induce permanent protein denaturation?’. In the first part of the chapter, interaction of cationic polymer-wrapped nanoparticles with superoxide dismutase is discussed, while the latter portion of the chapter describes studies performed with chymotrypsin and serum albumin proteins exposed to anionic nanoparticles. Interferences in data due to protein interaction with the free ligand as well as the solid-liquid or air-liquid interfaces during the incubation step, and not weak protein-nanoparticle interactions, were identified as the key factors contributing to results from these studies
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
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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