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Acute changes in renal function in IgA nephropathy
No full textAcute changes in renal function in IgA nephropath
Proteinuria, hypertension and renal failure in a patient with unilateral renal agenesis [clinical conference]
No full textProteinuria, hypertension and renal failure in a patient with unilateral renal agenesis [clinical conference
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
Relationship between serum vitamin D metabolites and dietary intake of phosphate in patients with early renal failure
No full textSerum vitamin D metabolites and their relationship with dietary intake of phosphate were evaluated in 41 adult patients with early renal failure (glomerular filtration rate [GFR] 50 +/- 12 ml/min). On free diet, mean serum levels of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3] were reduced and were a function of GFR and dietary intake of phosphate (beta-weight coefficients were 0.69 and -0.49, respectively). Serum levels of 24, 25(OH)2D3 were comparable to controls and were significantly correlated with serum 25(OH)D3 concentrations only. After 29 +/- 2 months of phosphate restricted (700 mg), calcium supplemented (1,300-1,800 mg) diet, serum phosphate and parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels were unchanged and serum calcium, 1,25(OH)2D3 and 24,25(OH)2D3 concentrations significantly increased in those patients whose GFR did not change. On the other hand, serum PTH increased and serum vitamin D metabolites remained persistently low in those patients whose GFR declined to 12 +/- 5 ml/min. A retrospective analysis of bone histology in 234 patients with chronic renal failure showed that in early renal failure (GFR 75-31 ml/min) the prevalence of osteomalacia and bone resorption was reduced by phosphate restriction (12 vs. 33%, p less than 0.05, and 12 vs. 28%, p = not significant, respectively). In advanced renal failure (GFR 30-10 ml/min), phosphate restriction reduced the prevalence of osteoclastic bone disease (17 vs. 61%, p less than 0.001), but did not change that of osteomalacia (35 vs. 32%, not significant).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS
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
CONFRONTO TRA DENSITOMETRIA OSSEA A SINGOLO E A DOPPIO RAGGIO FOTONICO IN PAZIENTI CON INSUFFICIENZA RENALE CRONICA
No full textDispelling 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
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