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Qualité de vie, symptômes et satisfaction à moyen terme après promontofixation laparoscopique. Facteurs prédictifs de satisfaction post opératoire
No full textObjectives: the Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) is a common condition that can lead to pelvic disorders, with an impact on the quality of life. Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy (LSCP) is currently considered the reference technique for repair of POP. Published results are focused on anatomical results or short time functional results. The main objective of our study was to evaluate the medium term effect of the LSCP on symptoms with valid self-questionnaires. Our second objective is to determine if some pre and intra-operative factors are associated with post-operative women’s satisfaction. Methods: this retrospective single center trial included women suffering from grade 2 and above POP, who underwent LSCP between October 2004 and January 2011. Included patients had completed a preoperative questionnaire and received a similar postoperative one with specific and valid self-questionnaires. Our study has received a favorable opinion from the French Ethics Committee. Results: 152 patients, average aged of 57.9 (±8.9) were included and 92 returned the completed questionnaire (60.5%). The mean follow up was of 50.5 months (4.2 years). The quality of life of patients were significantly improved after LSCP (p<0.001) and the patients were satisfied (PGI-I score = 1.80 (±1.1)). The mean postoperative PFDI20, PFIQ 7, ICIQ, and PISQ12 score were respectively 52.8 (±47.0), 15.44 (±32.17), 6.1 (±20.8) et de 34.8 (±7.57). The post-operative constipation and the recurrence of POP are associated with a poorer satisfaction. A grade =3 seems to predict a better post-operative satisfaction. Conclusions: at a mean follow up of 4.2 years, the patients’ satisfaction remains high after LSCP. The efficiency of LSCP persists with a permanent improvement of pelvic symptoms and quality of life.Introduction : le prolapsus génito urinaire (PGU) est une pathologie fréquente responsable de symptômes pelviens associés à une altération de la qualité de vie. La promontofixation laparoscopique (PFL) est reconnue comme la technique chirurgicale de référence, selon les données de la littérature, qui s’appuient sur des résultats anatomiques ou des résultats fonctionnels à court terme. L’objectif de cette étude est d’évaluer les symptômes et la qualité de vie des patientes à moyen terme après une PFL. L’objectif secondaire est d’identifier des facteurs prédictifs de satisfaction post opératoire. Matériel et méthode : cette étude rétrospective, monocentrique a inclus les patientes opérées entre 2004 et 2011 par PFL pour un PGU symptomatique de stade = 2, qui avaient rempli un questionnaire pré opératoire. Un questionnaire post opératoire similaire a été envoyé à ces patientes contenant des auto-questionnaires validés et spécifiques au PGU. Cette étude a reçu un avis favorable du comité de protection des personnes. Résultats : 152 patientes ont été incluses et 92 (60,5%), âgées de 57,9 (±8.9) ans, ont rempli le questionnaire post opératoire. La durée de suivi moyen était de 50,5 mois (4,2 ans). La qualité de vie des patientes était significativement améliorée en post opératoire (p<0.001) et les patientes satisfaites (PGI-I = 1.80 (±1.1). Les scores moyens du PFDI20, du PFIQ 7, de l’ICIQ et du PISQ-12 étaient respectivement de 52.8 (±47.0), 15.44 (±32.17), 6.1 (±20.8) et de 34.8 (±7.57). La constipation post opératoire et la récidive du PGU sont associées à une moins bonne satisfaction. Un stade de PGU = 3 semble prédictif d’une meilleure satisfaction post opératoire. Conclusion : cette étude a permis de démontrer la nette satisfaction des patientes à moyen terme après PFL avec une efficacité à moyen terme confirmée par l’amélioration persistante des symptômes et de la qualité de vie des patientes
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
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
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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