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PROTEOME ANALYSES OF POST-MORTEMBRAIN TISSUE FROM PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA SUGGEST DYSFUNCTION OF OLIGODENDROCYTES AND ASTROCYTES AND POTENTIAL BIOMARKER CANDIDATES?
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Reproducibility, stability, and accuracy of microbial profiles by fecal sample collection method in three distinct populations
Get PDFThe gut microbiome likely plays a role in the etiology of multiple health conditions, especially those affecting the gastrointestinal tract. Little consensus exists as to the best, standard methods to collect fecal samples for future microbiome analysis. We evaluated three distinct populations (N = 132 participants) using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing data to investigate the reproducibility, stability, and accuracy of microbial profiles in fecal samples collected and stored via fecal occult blood test (FOBT) or Flinders Technology Associates (FTA) cards, fecal immunochemical tests (FIT) tubes, 70% and 95% ethanol, RNAlater, or with no solution. For each collection method, based on relative abundance of select phyla and genera, two alpha diversity metrics, and four beta diversity metrics, we calculated intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) to estimate reproducibility and stability, and Spearman correlation coefficients (SCCs) to estimate accuracy of the fecal microbial profile. Comparing duplicate samples, reproducibility ICCs for all collection methods were excellent (ICCs ≥75%). After 4–7 days at ambient temperature, ICCs for microbial profile stability were excellent (≥75%) for most collection methods, except those collected via no-solution and 70% ethanol. SCCs comparing each collection method to immediately-frozen no-solution samples ranged from fair to excellent for most methods; however, accuracy of genus-level relative abundances differed by collection method. Our findings, taken together with previous studies and feasibility considerations, indicated that FOBT/FTA cards, FIT tubes, 95% ethanol, and RNAlater are excellent choices for fecal sample collection methods in future microbiome studies. Furthermore, establishing standard collection methods across studies is highly desirable.</div
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
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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
Investigação de perfis microbianos humanos e sua relação com o câncer gastro-intestinal
No full textThe human microbiome - defined as the microbial communities that live in and on our bodies - is emerging as a key factor in human diseases. The expanding research field that investigates the role of the microbiome on human cancer development, termed oncobiome, has led to important discoveries such as the role of Fusobacterium nucleatum in colorectal cancer carcinogenesis and tumor progression. Motivated by these discoveries, this thesis studied the oncobiome from different perspectives, investigating whether alterations to microbial profiles were associated with disease status or an adverse response to treatment. We used both biopsy tissue samples and 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing (N = 36), as well as privately and publicly available fecal whole metagenomes (N = 764) to investigate microbiome-colorectal cancer (CRC) associations. We observed significant increases in species richness in CRC, regardless of sample type or methodology, which was partially due to expansions of species typically from the oral cavity, as well as an overabundance of specific taxa such as Bacteroides fragilis, Fusobacterium, Desulfovibrio and Bilophila in CRC. Functional potential analysis of CRC metagenomes revealed that the choline trimethylamine-lyase (cutC) gene was over-abundant in CRC, with the strength of association dependent on four identified sequence variants, pointing at a novel potential mechanism of CRC carcinogenesis. Predictive microbiome signatures trained on the combination of multiple datasets showed very high and consistent performances on distinct cohorts (average AUC 0.83, minimum 0.81). To investigate the microbiomes role in response to treatment, we profiled microbial communities of gastric wash samples in gastric cancer patients (N = 36) before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy through 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. Gastric wash microbial communities presented remarkably high inter-individual variation, with significant decreases in richness and phylogenetic diversity after treatment and associations with pH, pathological response and sample collection. The most abundant genera found in patients before or after chemotherapy treatment included Streptococcus, Prevotella, Rothia and Veillonella. Despite limitations inherent to differing experimental choices, this thesis provides microbiome signatures that can be the basis for clinical prognostic tests and hypothesis-driven mechanistic studies, as well as supporting the role of the human oral microbiome in whole-body diseases.O microbioma humano - definido como as comunidades microbianas que vivem sobre e dentro do corpo humano - está se tornando um fator cada vez mais importante em doenças humanas. O campo de estudo que investiga o papel do microbioma no desenvolvimento do câncer humano, denominado oncobioma, está crescendo e já levou a importantes descobertas como o papel da espécie Fusobacterium nucleatum na carcinogênese e progressão tumoral de tumores colorretais. Motivado por estas descobertas, esta tese de doutorado analisou o oncobioma por diferentes perspectivas, investigando se alterações nos perfis microbianos estavam associados à presença da doença ou a uma resposta adversa ao tratamento. Usamos tanto amostras de tecidos de biópsias e o sequenciamento do gene 16S rRNA (N = 36), quanto metagenomas fecais públicos e privados (N = 764), para investigar associações entre o microbioma e o câncer colorretal (CCR). Observamos um aumento significativo da riqueza microbiana no CCR, independentemente do tipo da amostra ou metodologia, que era em parte, devido ao aumento de espécies tipicamente presentes na cavidade oral. Observamos também um aumento da abundância de táxons específicos no CCR, que incluíam Bacteroides fragilis, Fusobacterium, Desulfovibrio e Bilophila. Analisando o potencial funcional dos metagenomas, encontramos um aumento significativo da enzima liase colina trimetilamina (cutC) no CCR, cuja associação era dependente de 4 variantes de sequência, demonstrando ser um possível novo mecanismo de carcinogênese no CCR. Assinaturas preditivas do microbioma treinadas na combinação dos estudos demonstraram ser altamente preditivas e consistentes nos diferentes estudos (média de AUC 0.83, mínimo de 0.81). Para investigar o possível papel do microbioma na resposta ao tratamento, analisamos os perfis microbianos do suco gástrico de pacientes com câncer gástrico (N = 36) antes e depois do tratamento quimioterápico neoadjuvante. As comunidades microbianas apresentaram uma variabilidade inter-individual notavelmente grande, com diminuições significativas na riqueza e diversidade filogenética pós tratamento, além de estarem associadas principalmente ao pH, mas também à resposta patológica e ao tempo da coleta. Os gêneros mais abundantes encontrados nos pacientes antes ou depois da quimioterapia incluíam Streptococcus, Prevotella, Rothia e Veillonella. Apesar das limitações inerentes às escolhas experimentais, esta tese proporciona assinaturas do microbioma que podem servir de base para testes clínicos prognósticos e estudos mecanísticos, além de dar mais suporte ao papel do microbioma oral em doenças humanas
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