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An untargeted metabolomics approach to explore the metabolic modulation of HepG2 cells exposed to low doses of bisphenol A and 17β-estradiol 2
No full textThe model xeno-estrogen bisphenol A (BPA) has been extensively studied over the past two decades, contributing to major advances in the field of endocrine disrupting chemicals research. Besides its well documented adverse effects on reproduction and development observed in rodents, latest studies strongly suggest that BPA disrupts several endogenous metabolic pathways, with suspected steatogenic and obesogenic effects. BPA's adverse effects on reproduction are attributed to its ability to activate estrogen receptors (ERs), but its effects on metabolism and its mechanism(s) of action at low doses are so far only marginally understood. Metabolomics based approaches are increasingly used in toxicology to investigate the biological changes induced by model toxicants and chemical mixtures, to identify markers of toxicity and biological effects. In this study, we used proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) based untargeted metabolite profiling, followed by multivariate statistics and computational analysis of metabolic networks to examine the metabolic modulation induced in human hepatic cells (HepG2) by an exposure to low and very low doses of BPA (10-6M, 10-9M, and 10-12M), vs. the female reference hormone 17β-estradiol (E2, 10-9M, 10-12M, and 10-15M). Metabolomic analysis combined to metabolic network reconstruction highlighted different mechanisms at lower doses of exposure. At the highest dose, our results evidence that BPA shares with E2 the capability to modulate several major metabolic routes that ensure cellular functions and detoxification processes, although the effects of the model xeno-estrogen and of the natural hormone can still be distinguished
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
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
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe 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
Impacts of a prenatal exposure to bisphenol A on the thyroid function and the metabolome of the fetal central nervous system
No full textLe bisphénol A (BPA) présente des propriétés perturbatrices thyroïdiennes. Compte-tenu du rôle essentiel du système thyroïdien sur le développement du système nerveux central, l'exposition de la femme enceinte au bisphénol A est très préoccupante. Ainsi, cette thèse visait à déterminer les conséquences d'une exposition gestationnelle au BPA sur le développement du SNC conjointement aux effets sur la fonction thyroïdienne dans un contexte d'exposition interne parfaitement documenté et évalué par rapport aux expositions décrites chez l'être humain. L'exposition de brebis gestantes au BPA perturbait l'homéostasie thyroïdienne maternelle et modulait chez le fœtus, le métabolome de différentes structures cérébrales. Les modulations observées suggéraient que le BPA pouvait altérer la neurogenèse, la plasticité neuronale, la structure membranaire et le métabolisme énergétique au niveau central. La dose induisant les perturbations de la fonction thyroïdienne maternelle et du système nerveux central fœtal conduisait à des concentrations sériques en BPA similaires à celles décrites chez l'homme.Bisphenol A (BPA) is able to disturb the thyroid function. Given the key role of thyroid function in the development of the central nervous system (CNS), gestational exposure to BPA is a matter of particular concern. Our goal was to evaluate the consequences of a BPA gestational exposure on the developing CNS jointly to its effects on the thyroid function within a context of a well-documented internal exposure compared to BPA human exposure. BPA exposure of pregnant ewes disrupted the maternal thyroid homeostasis and modulated the metabolome of specific fetal brain regions. The different modulations we observed suggested that BPA might alter neurogenesis, neuronal plasticity, membrane structure and energy metabolism. Interestingly, the BPA dose inducing maternal thyroid disruption and fetal CNS modulations led to BPA serum concentrations similar to those described in human biomonitoring studies
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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