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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Caractérisation cytogénétique et clinique des gènes de fusion impliquant MLL dans les leucémies
No full textLe gène MLL (Mixed-Lineage Leukemia), un homologue du gène trithorax de la Drosophile, localisé à la bande chromosomique 11q23, est fréquemment réarrangé dans plusieurs types de leucémies, essentiellement suite à des translocations chromosomiques. Dans les différentes translocations chromosomiques, la partie N-terminale de MLL est fusionnée avec les séquences d’un gène partenaire. Malgré le grand nombre de partenaires de fusion rapportés, peu de fusions MLL ont été bien caractérisées sur le plan moléculaire. De plus, l’impact pronostique de plusieurs fusions moins fréquentes n’est pas bien établi. L’objectif de mon projet est de caractériser plusieurs translocations MLL qui ont été détectées dans 39 spécimens leucémiques collectés par la Banque de cellules leucémiques du Québec (www.bclq.gouv.qc.ca), et d’établir une corrélation entre les résultats de la cytogénétique et différents paramètres biologiques et cliniques des leucémies respectives.
L’identification des gènes partenaires de fusion (GPF) dans notre série (30 échantillons étudiés), a révélé la fusion de MLL à un gène partenaire très récurrent dans 26 leucémies: MLLT3(AF9), AFF1(AF4), MLLT4(AF6), MLLT1(ENL), ELL; à un GPF modérément commun dans 1 leucémie : MLLT6(AF17); et à un partenaire rare de MLL dans 3 leucémies : GAS7 et AF15/CASC5 (2 cas). Nous avons poursuivi notre travail avec la caractérisation des points de cassure de deux fusions, soit MLL-ELL associée à un syndrome myéloprolifératif (une association rare), et MLL-GAS7 (une fusion rare de MLL), associée à une leucémie aiguë myéloïde. L’analyse des transcrits de fusion par RT-PCR et séquençage a révélé respectivement la fusion de l’exon 9 de MLL à l’exon 2 de ELL et des exons 7 ou 8 de MLL (deux transcrits) à l’exon 2 de GAS7. Ce travail permettra d’effectuer des études fonctionnelles et des projets de recherche translationnelle en utilisant ces spécimens de leucémies avec différents réarrangements de MLL, bien caractérisés sur le plan clinique et moléculaire.The MLL (Mixed-Lineage Leukemia) gene, a human homolog of the Drosophila trithorax gene, located at chromosomal band 11q23, is frequently rearranged in several types of leukemia, mostly by chromosomal translocations. In different chromosomal translocations, the N-terminal part of MLL is fused to sequences of the partner gene. Despite the large number of fusion partners that have been reported, several gene fusions remain poorly characterized at the molecular level. Moreover, the prognostic impact of less frequent fusions is not well established. The aim of my project is to characterize different MLL fusions detected in 39 leukemic samples, collected by the Quebec Leukemia Cell Bank (www.bclq.gouv.qc.ca) and to correlate cytogenetics with the clinical and biological features of the corresponding leukemia. Identification of fusion partner genes in our series (30 samples studied), revealed fusion of MLL to one of the most frequent partners in 26 leukemias: MLLT3(AF9), AFF1(AF4), MLLT4(AF6), MLLT1(ENL), ELL; to a moderately common MLL fusion partner in 1 leukemia: MLLT6(AF17); and to a rare partner in 3 leukemias: GAS7 and AF15/CASC5 (2 cases). We have characterized the breakpoints of two fusions, MLL-ELL in a myeloproliferative syndrome (a rare association) and MLL-GAS7 (a rare MLL fusion) associated with acute myeloid leukemia. Fusion transcripts analysis by RT-PCR and sequencing revealed respectively, a fusion of MLL exon 9 to ELL exon 2 and of MLL exon 7 or exon 8 (two transcripts) to GAS7 exon 2. This study is essential to perform functional studies and translational research projects using these well characterized leukemic specimens with different MLL rearrangements
Caractérisation cytogénétique et clinique des gènes de fusion impliquant MLL dans les leucémies
Get PDFLe gène MLL (Mixed-Lineage Leukemia), un homologue du gène trithorax de la Drosophile, localisé à la bande chromosomique 11q23, est fréquemment réarrangé dans plusieurs types de leucémies, essentiellement suite à des translocations chromosomiques. Dans les différentes translocations chromosomiques, la partie N-terminale de MLL est fusionnée avec les séquences d’un gène partenaire. Malgré le grand nombre de partenaires de fusion rapportés, peu de fusions MLL ont été bien caractérisées sur le plan moléculaire. De plus, l’impact pronostique de plusieurs fusions moins fréquentes n’est pas bien établi. L’objectif de mon projet est de caractériser plusieurs translocations MLL qui ont été détectées dans 39 spécimens leucémiques collectés par la Banque de cellules leucémiques du Québec (www.bclq.gouv.qc.ca), et d’établir une corrélation entre les résultats de la cytogénétique et différents paramètres biologiques et cliniques des leucémies respectives.
L’identification des gènes partenaires de fusion (GPF) dans notre série (30 échantillons étudiés), a révélé la fusion de MLL à un gène partenaire très récurrent dans 26 leucémies: MLLT3(AF9), AFF1(AF4), MLLT4(AF6), MLLT1(ENL), ELL; à un GPF modérément commun dans 1 leucémie : MLLT6(AF17); et à un partenaire rare de MLL dans 3 leucémies : GAS7 et AF15/CASC5 (2 cas). Nous avons poursuivi notre travail avec la caractérisation des points de cassure de deux fusions, soit MLL-ELL associée à un syndrome myéloprolifératif (une association rare), et MLL-GAS7 (une fusion rare de MLL), associée à une leucémie aiguë myéloïde. L’analyse des transcrits de fusion par RT-PCR et séquençage a révélé respectivement la fusion de l’exon 9 de MLL à l’exon 2 de ELL et des exons 7 ou 8 de MLL (deux transcrits) à l’exon 2 de GAS7. Ce travail permettra d’effectuer des études fonctionnelles et des projets de recherche translationnelle en utilisant ces spécimens de leucémies avec différents réarrangements de MLL, bien caractérisés sur le plan clinique et moléculaire.The MLL (Mixed-Lineage Leukemia) gene, a human homolog of the Drosophila trithorax gene, located at chromosomal band 11q23, is frequently rearranged in several types of leukemia, mostly by chromosomal translocations. In different chromosomal translocations, the N-terminal part of MLL is fused to sequences of the partner gene. Despite the large number of fusion partners that have been reported, several gene fusions remain poorly characterized at the molecular level. Moreover, the prognostic impact of less frequent fusions is not well established. The aim of my project is to characterize different MLL fusions detected in 39 leukemic samples, collected by the Quebec Leukemia Cell Bank (www.bclq.gouv.qc.ca) and to correlate cytogenetics with the clinical and biological features of the corresponding leukemia. Identification of fusion partner genes in our series (30 samples studied), revealed fusion of MLL to one of the most frequent partners in 26 leukemias: MLLT3(AF9), AFF1(AF4), MLLT4(AF6), MLLT1(ENL), ELL; to a moderately common MLL fusion partner in 1 leukemia: MLLT6(AF17); and to a rare partner in 3 leukemias: GAS7 and AF15/CASC5 (2 cases). We have characterized the breakpoints of two fusions, MLL-ELL in a myeloproliferative syndrome (a rare association) and MLL-GAS7 (a rare MLL fusion) associated with acute myeloid leukemia. Fusion transcripts analysis by RT-PCR and sequencing revealed respectively, a fusion of MLL exon 9 to ELL exon 2 and of MLL exon 7 or exon 8 (two transcripts) to GAS7 exon 2. This study is essential to perform functional studies and translational research projects using these well characterized leukemic specimens with different MLL rearrangements
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“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
Get PDFWe 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
Get PDFWe 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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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