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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
Hernioplasty in Elderly High-Risk Adults: Efficacy of Fibrin Glue
Full text linkBackground:
Risk factors as cirrhosis, diabetes, coagulopathies, advanced age, have often been considered a contraindication to perform an inguinal hernioplasty. The aim of this study was to establish whether fibrin glue application to fix the mesh during a Lichtenstein inguinal hernioplasty is useful to prevent complications in high risk patients.
Methods:
From March 2004 to September 2009, 87 high risk patients underwent hernioplasty using fibrin glue to fix mesh prosthesis. Patients were evaluated for immediate and late postoperative pain, presence of haematomas and seromas, infiltration of ascitic fluid, and wound complications.
Results:
Among our patients (mean age 73.6±12.4 years) 38 (44%) had diabetes, 33 (38%) had coagulopathies and 16 (18%) had liver cirrhosis (2 C Child’s grade). During a follow-up period ranging from 12 to 24 months, no complications nor significant post-operative pain were observed.
Conclusions:
This preliminary observational study indicates that fibrin glue application can be considered a very useful way to obtain good results by open hernioplasty in high risk patients
Hernioplasty in elderly high-risk adults: efficacy of fibrin glue.
No full textGroin hernia surgery is common; the
lifetime risk of undergoing surgery for groin hernia is 27%
in men and 3% in women. Elective groin hernia repair is
considered a low-risk procedure, with fewer than one
death per 10,000 operations. By contrast, emergency
repair of hernia is associated with significant morbidity
and mortality; in elderly adults with groin hernias, early
elective surgery is preferre
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe 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
Timing and pharmacological support in the surgical treatment of multiple perianal fistulas in Crohn's Disease
Full text linkWe present a case report on the management of a young woman affected by Crohn's Disease ever since childhood, complicated by complex, multiple perianal fistulas. In literature, there is increasing evidence to support the treatment of perianal fistulas using a combined association of medical and surgical strategies. In the case of our patient, the choice of surgery in association with pharmacological treatment was supported by the consideration of the fact that intervening during a quiescent phase of the disease, from the symptomatic, clinical-biohumoral and endoscopic standpoint, would have reduced the risk of complications and thus promoted healing. (www.actabiomedica.it)
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
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