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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
Short term metabolic and cardiovascular effects induced by physical exercise in subjects with diabetes type 2
No full textAim. The increased prevalence of diabetes in industrialized countries, due to a change in life style, led the WHO to speak about a true "epidemic". Diabetes type 2 includes 90% of all cases of diabetes mellitus and is an important chapter in national health expenses. Sedentary habits and obesity are among the most important risk factors, while regular physical activity is a preventive and therapeutic factor. Several studies have shown that physical exercise, performed with controlled intensity and time, leads to a general improvement of this disease parameters. The aim of this study was to verify the cardiovascular and metabolic effects induced by short time physical exercise in subjects with diabetes mellitus type 2 and to evaluate the psychological effects. Methods. Eleven subjects, mean age 60 years, all suffering from overweight or obesity, and other pathologies such as arterial hypertension, high cholesterol and lipid levels and a strong insulin-resistance. Some controls have been carried out during single visits as well as before and after the whole period of the study. For each subject weight, height, waist and hip were measured. Moreover, the following examinations were carried out: electrocardiogram, complete urine test, blood test including urea, creatinine, hemochrome, glycemia at fast, glycate hemoglobin, chlorine, magnesium and potassium. The levels of type A and type B natriuretic peptides have been evaluated before and after each visit. Results. The qualitative analysis of the findings shows an improvement of the glycemic levels at rest (9 out of 11 <0.01) and a decrease of the glycate hemoglobin level (9 out of 11). The lipid profile, blood triglyceride and cholesterol did not show significant changes as well as tests carried out on urine, hemochrome and urea and creatinine levels. The statistical analysis did not point out a significant decrease of systolic and diastolic arterial pressure. Ten subjects out of 11 showed an improvement of the psychological condition and a positive influence to get a more active life style and a good management of the disease
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
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