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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
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
Le rôle de la lipide kinase PIKfyve dans le remodelage ventriculaire et l'insuffisance cardiaque : vers de nouvelles perspectives thérapeutiques
No full textLe remodelage cardiaque est un élément central dans le développement et la progression de l'insuffisance cardiaque, une cause majeure de morbi/mortalité dans le monde. Il est
défini par les changements structurels, métaboliques et fonctionnels du ventricule gauche qui se manifestent cliniquement par des modifications de taille et de forme du cœur dans diverses situations pathologiques telles que l'hypertension, l'infarctus du myocarde ou l'obésité. Il s'agit donc d'un procédé complexe et dynamique qui implique une hypertrophie des cardiomyocytes, une production massive de radicaux libres (ROS) et une perte importante de cardiomyocytes par apoptose/nécrose. Cette perte cellulaire induit l'activation des fibroblastes cardiaques et le développement progressif d'une fibrose interstitielle conduisant à l'insuffisance cardiaque. Mon projet de thèse est centré sur l'étude du rôle de la kinase PIKfyve dans le remodelage ventriculaire et l'insuffisance cardiaque. PIKfyve est une lipide kinase conservée au cours de l'évolution qui régule de nombreuses fonctions cellulaires fondamentales. Par des approches in vitro et in vivo sur des modèles murins d'insuffisance cardiaque, mes travaux de thèse identifient PIKfyve et son produit le phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate comme acteurs clés de l'altération du statut cardiométabolique et de l'intégrité mitochondriale en conditions pathologiques. L'inhibition pharmacologique et épigénétique de l'enzyme préserve l'intégrité mitochondriale, réduit le stress oxydant, l'apoptose cardiomyocytaire, et culmine par l'amélioration des fonctions cardiaques dans un modèle d'insuffisance cardiaque liée à l'obésité. De plus, mes travaux identifient un nouveau mécanisme de régulation de la réponse au stress cellulaires par PIKfyve qui implique une voie de la désacétylase mitochondriale SIRT3. Egalement, mes travaux montrent que la kinase joue un rôle prépondérant dans l'activation des fibroblastes cardiaques et le processus de remodelage fibrotique en régulant la voie de signalisation TGF-beta/Smad. Dans leur ensemble, mes travaux de thèse identifient pour la première fois PIKfyve comme nouveau régulateur du remodelage cardiaque et ouvrent la voie à des perspectives thérapeutiques alternatives en proposant
PIKfyve comme cible moléculaire pour le traitement des pathologies cardiométaboliques et fibrotiques.Cardiac remodeling is a key process in the development and the progression of heart failure, one of the leading causes of morbi/mortality in modern societies. It is defined as a
combination of structural, metabolic and functional modifications that clinically manifest as changes in size and shape of the heart, and under the influence of risk factors such as hypertension, myocardial infarction and obesity. Cardiac remodeling is a complex and dynamic process characterized by cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation leading to a massive loss of cardiomyocytes by apoptotic/necrotic cell death. Altogether, these events trigger the differentiation of cardiac fibroblasts into myofibroblasts and the progressive development of interstitial fibrosis leading to cardiac dysfunction. My thesis work focuses on the role of the lipid kinase PIKfyve in cardiac remodeling and heart failure. PIKfyve is the product of an evolutionary conserved single-copy gene and is known to regulate pleiotropic cellular functions. Combining in vitro and in vivo studies in mouse models of cardiac remodeling, my work identifies PIKfyve and its product phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate as master regulators of the cardiometabolic status and mitochondrial integrity under pathological conditions. Pharmacological or epigenetic inhibition of the enzyme preserves mitochondrial integrity, reduces oxidative stress, myocyte apoptotic death and culminates with improved cardiac function in a mouse model of obesity induced heart failure. These effects are mediated by the mitochondrial deacetylase SIRT3. My work also demonstrates that PIKfyve is a necessary factor in the differentiation of cardiac fibroblasts into myofibroblasts during cardiac remodeling, regulating the TGF-beta/Smad pathway. Altogether, my thesis work unravels a novel role for PIKfyve in myocardial remodeling and paves the way for alternative therapies as a new molecular target for the treatment of cardiometabolic and fibrotic diseases
The role of the lipid kinase PIKfyve in cardiac remodeling and heart failure : towards new therapeutic perspectives
No full textLe remodelage cardiaque est un élément central dans le développement et la progression de l'insuffisance cardiaque, une cause majeure de morbi/mortalité dans le monde. Il est défini par les changements structurels, métaboliques et fonctionnels du ventricule gauche qui se manifestent cliniquement par des modifications de taille et de forme du cœur dans diverses situations pathologiques telles que l'hypertension, l'infarctus du myocarde ou l'obésité. Il s'agit donc d'un procédé complexe et dynamique qui implique une hypertrophie des cardiomyocytes, une production massive de radicaux libres (ROS) et une perte importante de cardiomyocytes par apoptose/nécrose. Cette perte cellulaire induit l'activation des fibroblastes cardiaques et le développement progressif d'une fibrose interstitielle conduisant à l'insuffisance cardiaque. Mon projet de thèse est centré sur l'étude du rôle de la kinase PIKfyve dans le remodelage ventriculaire et l'insuffisance cardiaque. PIKfyve est une lipide kinase conservée au cours de l'évolution qui régule de nombreuses fonctions cellulaires fondamentales. Par des approches in vitro et in vivo sur des modèles murins d'insuffisance cardiaque, mes travaux de thèse identifient PIKfyve et son produit le phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate comme acteurs clés de l'altération du statut cardiométabolique et de l'intégrité mitochondriale en conditions pathologiques. L'inhibition pharmacologique et épigénétique de l'enzyme préserve l'intégrité mitochondriale, réduit le stress oxydant, l'apoptose cardiomyocytaire, et culmine par l'amélioration des fonctions cardiaques dans un modèle d'insuffisance cardiaque liée à l'obésité. De plus, mes travaux identifient un nouveau mécanisme de régulation de la réponse au stress cellulaires par PIKfyve qui implique une voie de la désacétylase mitochondriale SIRT3.[...]Cardiac remodeling is a key process in the development and the progression of heart failure, one of the leading causes of morbi/mortality in modern societies. It is defined as a combination of structural, metabolic and functional modifications that clinically manifest as changes in size and shape of the heart, and under the influence of risk factors such as hypertension, myocardial infarction and obesity. Cardiac remodeling is a complex and dynamic process characterized by cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation leading to a massive loss of cardiomyocytes by apoptotic/necrotic cell death. Altogether, these events trigger the differentiation of cardiac fibroblasts into myofibroblasts and the progressive development of interstitial fibrosis leading to cardiac dysfunction. My thesis work focuses on the role of the lipid kinase PIKfyve in cardiac remodeling and heart failure. PIKfyve is the product of an evolutionary conserved single-copy gene and is known to regulate pleiotropic cellular functions. Combining in vitro and in vivo studies in mouse models of cardiac remodeling, my work identifies PIKfyve and its product phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate as master regulators of the cardiometabolic status and mitochondrial integrity under pathological conditions. Pharmacological or epigenetic inhibition of the enzyme preserves mitochondrial integrity, reduces oxidative stress, myocyte apoptotic death and culminates with improved cardiac function in a mouse model of obesity induced heart failure. These effects are mediated by the mitochondrial deacetylase SIRT3. My work also demonstrates that PIKfyve is a necessary factor in the differentiation of cardiac fibroblasts into myofibroblasts during cardiac remodeling, regulating the TGF-beta/Smad pathway. Altogether, my thesis work unravels a novel role for PIKfyve in myocardial remodeling and paves the way for alternative therapies as a new molecular target for the treatment of cardiometabolic and fibrotic diseases
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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