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Prion protein: does N-terminal domain allow vesicular micronutrients uptake?
Full text linkPrion protein (PrPC) is a cell surface glycoprotein, anchored by the GPI to the cell membrane. It seems to be involved in some neurodegenerative diseases, but its physiological function is still undefined. Many cellular functions were proposed as PrPC roles, such as the modulation of several signal transduction pathways known to promote cellular survival and the protection against oxidative stress. Nevertheless, the main hypothesis on PrPC role is in copper homeostasis. Copper is an essential micronutrient (EMN) and all EMNs (vitamins and metals) are present in bodies and foods in micromolar concentrations. This feature can easily lead to deficiency. It is also clear that deficiency of EMNs produces overlapping diseases symptoms. Also the uptake pathway (endocytosis) is common for many EMN. Thanks to these reasons we hypothesize that prion protein could allow EMNs uptake. The aim of this work is to study these binding processes and their characteristics. So N-terminal domain of mouse PrPC (mPrP23-109) was recombinant expressed and purified. To study specificity and characteristics of metals binding process, mPrP23-109 was titrated with five first transition serie divalent metals (Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn), at several pH values and it was followed in fluorescence spectroscopy. Furthermore, to define if metal binding could drive structural rearrangements in the prion protein N- terminal domain, we performed structural analysis using circular dicroism (CD). To investigate vitamins stacking between triptophan indolic rings, mPrP23-109 was titrated with four vitamins belonging to B group and titrations were monitored by fluorescence anisotropy, that allows to know the fluorophores average molecular rotational speed. Finally, we also investigated the possibility that prion protein N- terminal domain could interact with membrane mimetic systems. Our findings confirm that prion protein has a functional role in copper homeostasis. We also propose that prion protein, together with copper, plays a key role in integrated endocytic uptake pathway, involving all EMNs.La protein prionica (PrPC) è una glicoproteina legata alla superficie extracellulare della membrana tramite l’ancora GPI. Ad essa è stata attribuita la causa di alcune malattie neuro degenerative, ma la sua funzione fisiologica non è ancora stata definita. Molte funzioni sono state proposte, tra cui la modulazione di alcune vie di transduzione del segnale che promuovono la sopravvivenza cellulare e la protezione da stress ossidativo, ma l’ipotesi principale è una funzione nell’omeostasi del rame. Il rame è un micro nutriente essenziale (MNE) e tutti gli MNE sono presenti nel corpo e negli alimenti in concentrazioni micromolari; ciò può determinare facilmente una deficinza. È ormai chiaro che i sintomi da deficienza sono comuni a molti MNE. Inoltre anche le vie di assorbimento di molti MNE sono analoghe fra loro, usando vie endocitiche. Grazie a queste evidenze abbiamo ipotizzato che la PrPC possa essere coinvolta nell’assorbimento degli MNE. Lo scopo di questo lavoro è di studiare questi legami e le loro caretteristiche. Per far ciò, è stato espresso e purificato il dominio N-terminale della proteina prionica di topo (mPrP23-109). Per studiare la specificità e le caratteristiche del legame con i metalli, la proteina ricombinante è stata titolata con cinque metalli divalenti della prima serie di transizione (Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn), a diversi valori di pH utilizzando la spettroscopia di fluorescenza. Per definire se le interazioni osservate fossero funzionali, è stata effettuata l’analisi strutturale in dicroismo circolare. Per verificare la proabile interazione tra le vitamine ed i triptofani della proteina, mPrP23-109 è stata titolata con quattro vitamine, appartenenti al gruppo B, ed è stata monitorata la velocità dei fluorofori mediante l’anisotropia di fluorescenza. Infine è stata anche studiata l’interazione tra dominio N-terminale della PrPC con sistemi mietici di membrane. I nostri risultati confermano che la PrPC ha un ruolo funzionale nell’omeostasi del rame. Inoltre proponiamo che la proteina prionica, insieme con il rame, ricopre un ruolo chiave nell’assorbimento integrato degli MNE, via endocitosi
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
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