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Hearing the twilight of an empire: A soundscape study of Dianshizhai Pictorial and late 19th Century Sino-Western cultural exchanges, 1884-1898
No full textIn the twilight of the late Qing dynasty in the 19th century, an essential chapter of Chinese music history was enshrouded in silence due to the scarcity of textual materials, and it became obscure due to the absence of visual documentation. Among the salient resources unearthed is the Dianshizhai Pictorial, initiated by Ernest Major, a British merchant and editor, during his tenure in Shanghai. This periodical, pioneering the pictorial genre in China from 1884 to 1898, emerged as a pivotal influence in the Late Qing epoch, offering rich insights for historical musicology research. This investigation further incorporates a synthesis of visual and auditory data, notably Berthold Laufer’s Collection of Chinese recordings from Shanghai and Peking, circa 1901-1902, postulated as the earliest instances of Chinese sound recording. The aim of my PhD thesis is to reconstruct an overlooked chapter in the late 19th-century Chinese musical narrative. Positioned at the confluence of music iconography, philology, historiography, and ethnomusicology, this study endeavors to unravel the complexities of Sino-Western musical interrelations and their enduring influence on subsequent intercultural exchanges. This study sits at the crossroads of music iconography, philology, historiography and ethnomusicology. Finally, this study will discuss the intersection between Sino-Western music cultures and its inspiration to later generations of cross-cultural material
Fast Computational Methods for Reservoir Flow Models
No full text1 online resource (PDF, 20 pages, includes illustrations)Chen, Teng; Gewecke, Nicholas; Li, Zhen; Rubiano, Andrea; Shuttleworth, Robert; Yang, Bo; Zhong, Xinghui. (2009). Fast Computational Methods for Reservoir Flow Models. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/180403
A systematic review of locus coeruleus degeneration detected by neuromelanin sensitive MRI technique in patients with Alzheimer’s disease
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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
Caring for patients in mental health services during COVID-19 outbreak in China
No full textThis article reflects on some radical changes made in mental health services in China which include the implementation of the initial triage system and the special isolation ward, the early screening and testing for both patients and staff, the smaller teams working on rotating shifts on-site, and the adequate provision of PPE. These measures would be of great value as a reference to the effective delivery of mental health services in other countries through this pandemic
Locus Coeruleus in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease: a systematic review
Full text linkThe locus coeruleus (LC) is a nucleus in the brain stem producing noradrenaline. While cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease (AD) has primarily been related to cholinergic depletion, evidence indicates extensive LC degeneration as its earliest pathological marker. The current study aimed to systematically evaluate current evidence investigating the role of the LC in the pathogenesis of AD. A systematic search of the literature was performed on electronic databases including PubMed and Web of Science. Twelve animal, human post mortem, and human imaging studies were included in this review. Screening, data extraction, and quality assessment were undertaken following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines for preferred reporting of systematic reviews. Significant associations were identified between LC changes and cognitive decline. Significant reductions in fiber density, neuronal number, and LC volume were seen to correlate with other pathological degenerative markers. Current evidence indicates an important role of the LC in pathogenesis of AD and suggests its potential in both diagnosis and treatment of AD. This systematic review advances our understanding of the role of the LC in AD by synthesizing available evidence, identifying research gaps, highlighting methodological challenges, and making recommendations for future work.</p
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