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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

    An updated byosystematic approach to the Leiosaurid genus Pristidactylus

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    A general discussion of the intra- and intergeneric biological relationships of the leiosaurid genus Pristidactylus has been carried out. Its cis-trans cordilleran species groups are reported and compared, also in agreement with results of the very recent molecular and morphological research by Frost et al.(2001). The new family Leiosauridae, including Enyalius, Diplolaemus, Leiosaurius and Pristidactylus, is taking into account and ancient evoilutionary relationships of the last named genus are considerd. Present specific characters of Chilean, but mainly of Argentinian Pristidactylus taxa are analyzed and compared. They are likely adaptive features from ancestral times of their common preglacial origin. Critical comments on now postulated primitive position of the terrestrial forms instead of the formerly accepted arboreal forms as plesiomorphic evolutionary stage are presented as well.Fil: Cei, José Miguel. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Departamento de Economía, Política y Administración Rural.; ArgentinaFil: Scolaro, Jose Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico. Instituto de Diversidad y Evolución Austral; ArgentinaFil: Videla, Fernando. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentin

    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

    Air Pollution Characterization and Modeling of an Industrial Intermediate City

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    Bahia Blanca is one of the most important port cities in Argentina, with a significant economic growth accompanied by air pollution caused by industrial and vehicle emissions. The ambient concentrations of gases like NOx, CO, NH3 and SO2 and concentrations of particulate matter have been measured by the local environmental authority between 1997 and 2008. The pollutants were monitored near an industrial complex, providing useful information to evaluate tendencies, to estimate the compliance of regulations and to evaluate the effects of control strategies, but giving only limited indication of spatial variation in concentration and source contribution to air quality. In order to complete the information provided by the monitoring data, pollutant dispersion was simulated with the CALPUFF modeling system. All industrial emissions were included in the model using detailed inventories requested by the local environmental authority. The mobile sources emissions were calculated according to EMEP/CORINAIR methodology, including road, air, railway and ship transportation. Residential and fugitive sources were also included in the simulation. Modeling results show that NOx, SO2, and NH3 concentrations were significant in the town of Ingeniero White, located 10 km SE of Bahia Blanca. CO higher concentrations however, were located downtown in Bahia Blanca since they are associated to road traffic. Simulated PM10 concentrations presented high spatial variability associated to the multiple sources of this pollutant. Although the urban center is strongly influenced by industries, their impact may not be significant due to the fact that all these emissions are subject to a bigger dispersion and dilution than traffic related emissions.Fil: Allende, David Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza; Argentina. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional de Mendoza; ArgentinaFil: Castro Videla, Fernando Horacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza; Argentina. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional de Mendoza; ArgentinaFil: Puliafito, Salvador Enrique. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza; Argentina. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional de Mendoza; Argentin
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