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Evaluation of fast PCR reagents for rapid and sensitive detection of human herpesvirus 8.
No full textThe potential advantage of using fast PCR to detect human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) was tested by running
a rapid cycling protocol (5 s-steps) in one standard and two fast ramping thermal cyclers to evaluate
the performance of 8 different fast reagents. Under this extremely short time profile, assay sensitivity
comparable to that of the original protocol was maintained using fast reagents from five suppliers. Reproducibility
was higher using fast ramping thermal cyclers, suggesting that fast chemistry may be better
matched with advanced instruments. Few fast reagents showed a 2-log-increase in sensitivity and good
consistency, that allowed the substitution of the standard nested PCR method with the fast, single round
technique. Overall, these studies indicate that some of the fast reagents tested may be used to perform a
highly sensitive and reproducible HHV-8 detection with a considerable time saving
Saliva and the transmission of human herpesvirus 8: potential role of promoter-arthropod bites.
No full textCrosstalk between the mesothelium and lymphomatous cells: insight into the mechanisms involved in the progression of body cavity lymphomas.
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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
HTLV-I and HTLV-II infections in subjects at risk for HIV-I infection from southeastern Italy (Apulia region).
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