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Diffusive author(s), cohesive author: Analysis of S/N (1994)
No full textThis study indicates the ways in which various aspects of the author(s) are brought forth in Dumb type’s performance art, the S/N production. Previous research has suggested a non-hierarchical organization of Dumb type and the absence of a “privileged author” in Dumb type’s collaborative work, S/N. However, the results that I have investigated from member’s interviews on the creative process of S/N along with my analysis of the recorded images of S/N, indicate a different aspect of the author(s). First, S/N was created through, so to speak, the collective ideas of the members of Dumb type. Further, S/N has at least nine quotations from previous performances, installations, and printed writings, besides the work-in-progress technique. Explicating one of the “author functions” as given by Michel Foucault, each text has plural subjects of the author. However, it has been revealed from members’ interviews that Teiji Furuhashi had a decision-making role in selecting the members’ ideas within the performance. Since then, S/N has had plural subjects of creation; however, Furuhashi is one of the subjects of creation along with the “privileged author.” S/N has plural authors (diffusive authors) yet at the same time, it has a “privileged author,” Teiji Furuhashi (cohesive author)
Clinical outcome of rhabdomyosarcoma in adolescent and adult patients: Single center experience from Turkey
No full textUSTUNER, Z., BASARAN, M., DIZDAR, Y., AGAOGLu, F.Y., BILGic, B., SAKAR, B., BASARAN, G.A., DARENDELILER, E., OZGER, H., ONAT, H. and BAVBEK, S. Clinical Outcome of Rhadomyosarcoma in Adolescent and Adult Patients: Single Center Experience from Turkey. Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 2007, 213 (3), 221-229 - Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is rare disease in adults (age >= 16 years). The data from randomized prospective trials are scarce; the clinical outcome of these patients seems poor with the currently available treatment strategies. In this study, we report a single institution's experience in the treatment of adult RMS. We reviewed the medical records of patients with RMS who were >= 16 years and have been treated in our institution between 1988 and 2003 retrospectively. We analyzed the survival outcome of these patients and the prognostic impact of clinical/ pathological factors on their survival. In total, 23 patients with RMS were identified. Median age was 26 years (range, 16-72 years). Majority of patients were male (n: 17, 73.9%), and had large tumors ( >= 5 cm, n: 13, 56.5%), localized disease (NO, MO, n: 12, 52.2%), and embryonal histology (n: 10, 43.5%). Median overall survival was 31.3 months, and the 3-year progress ion-free survival and overall survival rates were 19.9% and 34.94%, respectively. Patients with smaller tumors (< 5 cm) (p < 0.04), local disease (p < 0.01), and normal lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) level (p < 0.01) at the time of diagnosis were found to have better survival outcome. The tumor size, serum LDH level, and metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis are potential predictors of outcome in patients with adult RMS. Adult RMS is an aggressive disease with poor survival despite treatment. The data from prospective, randomized multicenter trials are necessary in order to improve the clinical outcome of adult RMS patients. - rhabdomyosarcoma; adult; lactic dehydrogenase; survival; adolescent (0 2007 Tohoku University Medical Pres
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
Genotoxicity evaluation of dentine bonding agents by comet assay
No full textKaya A, Undeger U, Aydin S, Omurlu H, Basaran N. Genotoxicity evaluation of dentine bonding agents by comet assay. International Endodontic Journal, 44, 807-816, 2011
Thermomechanical Finite Element Analysis of Problems
No full textThe finite element procedure with the unified disturbed state modeling concept presented in Part I, Basaran et al. (1998
Fuzzy Correlation and Fuzzy Non-linear Regression Analysis
No full textIn this chapter, we will deal with fuzzy correlation and fuzzy non-linear regression analyses. Both correlation and regression analyses that are useful and widely employed statistical tools have been redefined in the framework of fuzzy set theory in order to comprehend relation and to model observations of variables collected as either qualitative or approximately known quantities which are no longer being utilized directly in classical sense. When fuzzy correlation and fuzzy non-linear regression are concern, dealing with several computational complexities emerging due to the nature of fuzzy set theory is a challenge. It should be noted that there is no well-established formula or method in order to calculate fuzzy correlation coefficient or to estimate parameters of the fuzzy regression model. Therefore, a rich literature will accompany with the readers. While extension principle based methods are utilized in the computational procedures for fuzzy correlation coefficient, the distance based methods preferred rather than mathematical programming ones are employed in parameter estimation of fuzzy regression models. That extension principle combined with either fuzzy arithmetic or non-linear programming is two different methods proposed in the literature will be examined with small but illustrative examples in detail for fuzzy correlation analysis. Fuzzy non-linear regression has been a relatively new studied method when compared to fuzzy linear regression. However, both employ similar tools. S-curve fuzzy regression and two types of quadratic fuzzy regression models in the literature will be discussed
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe 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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No full textCan archives of audiovisual TV interviews be used to make authors more visible to students, and thereby reduce the learning gap between native and non-native language speakers in college classes? We examined students in a college course who learned about one scholar's ideas through watching an audiovisual TV interview (i.e., visible author format) and about another scholar's ideas through reading a formal text description (i.e., invisible author format). For the invisible author, native language speakers scored significantly higher than the non-native language speakers on a corresponding exam question (i.e., a cognitive measure), generated more words on the exam question (i.e., a motivational measure), and mentioned the author's name more often in answering the exam question (i.e., an affective measure). For the visible author, the groups did not differ on any of these measures. These findings provide evidence for the idea that making the author visible through audiovisual TV interviews can eliminate the learning gap between native and non-native language speakers. 3 Universities around the world serve students who are non-native speakers of th
The vanishing author in computer-generated works: a critical analysis of recent Australian case law
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The use of software is ubiquitous in the creation of many copyright works, yet the requirement in copyright law that every work have a human author who engages in independent intellectual effort means that its use may prevent copyright subsistence. Several recent Australian cases have refocused attention on authorship as an essential criterion of copyright subsistence, and these cases suggest that much computer-produced output may be authorless and thus lack copyright protection. This article, the first in a two-part series, analyses how each case deals with the question of authorship of computer-produced works and why the use of software diminishes copyright protection for a significant number of computer-generated works. The article critiques the application of conventional notions of human authorship developed in the pre-computer age to modern productions and suggests alternative approaches to authorship that satisfy both the major objectives of copyright policy and the need to adapt to the computer age. The article argues that, without a broader judicial approach to authorship of computer-generated works, Parliament must remedy the lacuna in protection for these ‘authorless’ works. Possible solutions for reform are suggested. In a forthcoming article, the author comprehensively examines those reform proposals
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