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Antiplatelet activity of β-blockers: new light on existing data
No full textComment onEffect of β-blockers on platelet aggregation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2014]Extensive evidence of cardiovascular protectionwith β-blockers has been obtained from large-scalerandomized clinical trials and meta-analyses. However,limited information is available from head-to-head com-parisons of new and old compounds concerning majorcardiovascular events. Heterogeneity among individualcompounds appears evident. The evidence of anantiplatelet activity endowed in some β-blockers needs tobe substantiated by further clinical investigation
XXIV National Congress of the Italian Society for Thrombosis and Hemostasis - SISET: Abano Terme (PD), Italy 9-12 November 2016
No full textPlatelet microparticles are generated from activated platelets and have a role in arterial thromboembolism. Microparticles were isolated from healthy subjects and stimulate with arachidonic acid, ADP, a thrombin analogue, epinephrine or collagen in the presence or absence of ASA, the TP receptor antagonist SQ29548, apyrase and the P2Y12 inhibitor PBS-0739. Both ADP ans thromboxane A2 are required as amplifier of micropaticles shedding. The engagement of either the fibrinogen or the collagen receptor are necessarily implicated in microparticles generation
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
Antiplatelet Agents Inhibit The Generation Of Platelet-Derived Microparticles
Full text linkPlatelet microparticles (PMPs) contribute to thrombogenesis but the effects of antiplatelet drugs on PMPs generation is undefined. The present study investigated the cellular events regulating PMP shedding, testing in vitro platelet agonists and inhibitors. Platelet-rich plasma from healthy subjects was stimulated with arachidonic acid, U46619, collagen type-I (10 and 1.5 µg/mL), epinephrine, ADP or TRAP-6 and pre-incubated with acetylsalicylic acid (ASA, 100 and 10 µmol/L), SQ-29,548, apyrase, PSB-0739, or eptifibatide. PMPs were detected by flow-cytometry using CD61 and annexin-V as fluorescent markers. Platelet agonists induced annexin V-positive PMP shedding. The strongest response was to high concentration collagen. ADP-triggered PMP shedding was dose-independent. ASA reduced PMPs induced by arachidonic acid- (645, 347-2946 vs 3061, 446-4901 PMPs/µL; median ad range, n=9, P<0.001), collagen 10 µg/mL (5317, 2027-15935 vs 10252, 4187-46316 PMPs/µL; n=13, P<0.001), collagen 1.5 µg/mL (1078, 528-2820 vs 1465, 582-5948 PMPs/µL; n=21, P<0.001) and TRAP-6 (2008, 1621-2495 vs 2840, 2404-3031 PMPs/µL; n=3, P<0.01) but did not affect the response to epinephrine or ADP. The ADP scavenger apyrase reduced PMPs induced by U46619 (1256, 395-2908 vs 3045, 1119-5494 PMPs/µL, n=6, P<0.05), collagen 1.5 µg/mL (1006, 780-1309 vs 2422, 1839-3494 PMPs/µL, n=3, P<0.01) and TRAP-6 (904, 761-1224 vs 2840, 2404-3031 PMPs/µL, n=3, P<0.01). The TP receptor antagonist SQ-29,548 and the P2Y12 receptor antagonist PSB-0739 markedly inhibited PMPs induced by low doses of collagen. Except for high-dose collagen, eptifibatide abolished agonist-induced PMP release. Both TXA2 generation and ADP secretion are required as amplifiers of PMP shedding. The crucial role of the fibrinogen receptor and the collagen receptor in PMPs generation, independently of platelet aggregation, was identified
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
A challenging case of fever of unknown origin (FUO)
Full text linkIntroduction. Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is challenging for physicians as there are more than 200 differential diagnosis of FUO. The diagnosis often requires numerous non-invasive and invasive procedures and sometimes the etiology remains unknown. Clinical case. Our patient is a 24-year-old Caucasian female under contraceptive vaginal ring treatment who presented the first time to the emergency department with fever (38,5°C) and stomach ache. Haematological parameters showed thrombocytosis (728000/mmc) and anemia (10,2 g/dl). Ultrasonography of the abdomen revealed a 4 cm hepatic angioma. She was diagnosed a gastropathy and treated with PPI. Then she was studied deeper because of elevated inflammation markers, persistent thrombocytosis and low-grade fewer combined with fatigue and stomach ache. Despite multiple blood and urine cultures, serology, autoimmune serology, bone marrow biopsy, echocardiography, PET/CT, total body CT, brain MRI scan, transvaginal sonography and gynecological examination no clinical focus could be identified. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy was negative but the histological examination was suggestive of mild celiac disease. Thus, this diagnosis was unlikely because serologic tests and haplotypes DQ2 and DQ8 were negative. Abdomen RMI was suggestive of a 4 cm hepatic adenoma. After surgical resection of the adenoma platelet count normalized and fever disappeared. Conclusions. Hepatic adenoma is an uncommon liver tumor associated with use of oral contraceptive and can be a rare cause of FUO. MRI scan can be a useful tool to detect this tumor
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