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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
Development of a plasmonic sensor for air quality control
No full textL’objectif de ce travail de thèse est le développement d’un tout nouveau type de capteur plasmonique différentiel basé sur l’effet du switch optique. Ce capteur est appliqué à la détection de deux polluants atmosphériques, le dioxyde d’azote NO2 et l’ozone O3, à l’origine de nombreux problèmes de santé publique. L’effet du switch plasmonique, créé avec un réseau de diffraction métallique profond, consiste en une bascule de l’énergie entreles ordres diffractés -1 et 0 et permet une mesure différentielle de leurs efficacités, s’affranchissant notamment des variations d’intensité de la source lumineuse. L’utilisation conjointe de couches de matériaux fonctionnels (phtalocyanine de cuivre et indigo) a pour but d’améliorer la sélectivité du capteur vis-à-vis de ces deux gaz (NO2 et O3). Le coeur de ce travail est la présentation et l’étude de cette bascule d’énergie pour une utilisation en tant que capteur. L’effet switch plasmonique est analysé en fonction des différents paramètres du réseau (période, profondeur, forme et rugosité du profil) à l’aide de sa réponse angulaire. Une structure diffractive unique surmontée de l’une ou l’autre des deux couches fonctionnelles (Phtalocyanine de cuivre ou indigo) a été optimisée pour la détection des gaz NO2 et O3. Une exploration exhaustive des traitements numériques opérés sur les signaux de mesure est effectuée. Les résultats expérimentaux de ce travail offrent une excellente sensibilité à une variation d’indice de réfraction à une interface métal/air avec une limite de détection de l’ordre de 10-7 RIU. De plus, la structure diffractive sur laquelle est déposée une couche de phtalocyaninede cuivre a montré une sensibilité satisfaisante au dioxyde d’azote (limite de détection de 20 ppm) et une bonne sensibilité à l’ammoniac (limite de détection de l’ordre du ppm).The objective of this thesis is the development of a brand-new type of differential plasmonic sensor based on the optical switch effect. This sensor is applied to the detection of two atmospheric pollutants, nitrogen dioxide NO2 and ozone O3, causing public health problems. The effect of the plasmonic switch, created with a deep metallic diffraction grating, consists in an energy transfer between the diffracted orders -1 and 0 and allows a differential measurement of their efficiencies, in particular overcoming intensity variations of the light source. The joint use of functional materials thin films (copper phthalocyanine and indigo) aims to improve the sensor selectivity with respect to these two gases (NO2 and O3). The core of this work is the presentation and study of this energy transfer for use as a sensor. The plasmonic switch effect is analyzed according to the different parameters ofthe grating (period, depth, shape and roughness of the profile) using its angular response. A unique diffractive structure coated by one or the other of the two functional layers (Copper Phthalocyanine or Indigo) has been optimized for the detection of NO2 and O3 pollutants. An exhaustive exploration of the digital processing on the measurement signals is carried out. The experimental results of this work offer excellent sensitivity to an index variation atthe metal/air interface with a detection limit in the order of 10-7 RIU. Moreover, the diffractive structure on which a copper phthalocyanine layer has been deposited, showed suitable sensitivity to nitrogen dioxide (detection limit of 20 ppm) and good sensitivity to ammonia (detection limit of 1 ppm)
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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