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Pottery and People of the Mycenaean III C Period in the Levant
No full textHankey Vronwy Mary. Pottery and People of the Mycenaean III C Period in the Levant. In: Archéologie au Levant. Recueil à la mémoire de R. Saidah. Lyon : Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée Jean Pouilloux, 1982. pp. 167-171. (Collection de la Maison de l'Orient méditerranéen. Série archéologique, 12
Vergaderingskop, Hankey, Gamtoos Valley, Port Elizabeth
No full textBehind smoke the remains of Sarah Bartmann (ca.1789-1815) were reintered on 9/8/2002. The kop so-called because the earliest Hankey settlers held public meetings there
Pottery and People of the Mycenaean III C Period in the Levant
No full textHankey Vronwy Mary. Pottery and People of the Mycenaean III C Period in the Levant. In: Archéologie au Levant. Recueil à la mémoire de R. Saidah. Lyon : Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée Jean Pouilloux, 1982. pp. 167-171. (Collection de la Maison de l'Orient méditerranéen. Série archéologique, 12
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
Effects of moderate weight loss on anginal symptoms and indices of coagulation and fibrinolysis in overweight patients with angina pectoris
No full textObjective: To evaluate the effects of moderate weight loss, in overweight patients with angina, on plasma coagulation, fibrinolytic indicies and pain frequency. Design: Single- stranded 12-week dietary intervention, an individualised eating plan with quantitative advice delivered by a dietitian. Target weight loss of 0.5 kg per week. Setting: Outpatient research clinic. Subjects: Fifty-four volunteers with angina pectoris were recruited. Five subjects withdrew, so 27 males, 22 females, mean body mass index (BMI) 29.3 (s.d. 4.3) kg/m(2) and age 60.3 (s.d. 6.5) y completed the intervention. Measurements: Body weight and frequency of anginal pain. Plasma fibrinogen, red cell aggregation (RCA), viscosity, factor VII activity, plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI) activity, tissue plasminogen activator antigen (t-PA), plasma cholesterol, triglyceride and insulin. Results: After the 12-week dietary intervention period, mean body weight fell by 3.5 (s.d. 2.6) kg or 4.3% (P = 0.0001), range -11.7 to +1.7 kg. Mean angina frequency fell by 1.8 (s.d. 3.6) from 3.2 to 1.4 episodes/week (P = 0.009) and plasma cholesterol by 0.4 (s.d. 0.7) from 6.3 to 5.9 mmol/1 (P = 0.0001). HDL cholesterol and triglyceride were unchanged. Of the coagulation and fibrinolytic factors, factor VII activity and RCA were significantly reduced by 5 (s.d. 20), IU/dl (P = 0.04) and 1.3 (s.d. 1.3) arbitrary units (P = 0.014), respectively. Conclusions: A conventional dietetic intervention, resulting in 4% weight loss, offers the potential to reduce atherosclerotic and thrombotic risk, and to reduce pain frequency, in angina patients. Given the importance of this result in a public health context, these results indicate that this may be a fruitful area for future nutrition research
An examination of the works of Ancient voices by Michael Sweeney, The headless horseman by Timothy Broege and Cut to the chase by Todd Stalter
No full textMaster of MusicDepartment of MusicFrank C. TraczThis document is based on the preparation, rehearsal, and performance of selected pieces for the Graduate Conducting recital of Joshua D. Hankey. The pieces examined in the theoretical and historical analysis for this report are Ancient Voices by Michael Sweeney, The Headless Horseman by Timothy Broege and Cut to the Chase by Todd Stalter. This document also contains rehearsal plans and procedures for the preparation of the literature. The recital was performed on May 9, 2013 in the Santa Fe Trail Middle School Gymnasium on the campus of Santa Fe Trail Middle School, and was performed by the members of the Santa Fe Trail Middle School 7th grade Intermediate Band, and the Santa Fe Trail Middle School Concert Band
Mitomycin C in highly myopic eyes - Author reply
No full textOphthalmology. 2005 Feb;112(2):208-18; discussion 219.
Mitomycin C modulation of corneal wound healing after photorefractive keratectomy in highly myopic eyes.
Gambato C, Ghirlando A, Moretto E, Busato F, Midena E.
SourceRefractive Surgery Service and Antimetabolite Therapy Research Unit, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the role of topical mitomycin C in corneal wound healing (CWH) after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in highly myopic eyes.
DESIGN: Prospective, double-masked, randomized clinical trial.
PARTICIPANTS: Seventy-two eyes of 36 patients affected by high (>7 diopters) myopia.
METHODS: In each patient, one eye was randomly assigned to PRK with intraoperative topical 0.02% mitomycin C application, and the fellow eye was treated with a placebo. Postoperatively, mitomycin C-treated eyes received artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months), whereas the fellow eye was treated with fluorometholone sodium 2% and artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months).
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), contrast sensitivity, manifest refraction, and biomicroscopy. Contrast sensitivity was determined using the Pelli-Robson chart. Corneal confocal microscopy documented CWH.
RESULTS: Mean follow-up was 18 months (range, 12-36). No side effects or toxic effects were documented. At 12-month follow-up examination, UCVAs (logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution) were 0.4+/-0.48 and 0.5+/-0.53 (P = .03) in mitomycin C-treated eyes and corticosteroid-treated eyes, respectively. At 1 year, corneal haze developed in 20% of corticosteroid-treated eyes, versus 0% of mitomycin C-treated eyes. At 12, 24, and 36 months, corneal confocal microscopy showed activated keratocytes and extracellular matrix significantly more evident in untreated eyes (Ps = 0.004, 0.024, and 0.046, respectively).
CONCLUSION: Topical intraoperative application of 0.02% mitomycin C can reduce haze formation in highly myopic eyes undergoing PRK.
Comment in
Ophthalmology. 2006 Feb;113(2):357; author reply 357-8
FIGURE 1 in Occultia (Scilloideae, Asparagaceae), a new genus from Malawi and Mozambique
No full textFIGURE 1. Occultia ledebourioides (specimen Rulkens 17A). A: Entire plant; B: Flower, side view; C: Flower from above, D: Developing capsule. Scale bars 20 mm (A) and 2 mm (B–D).Published as part of Stedje, Brita, Rulkens, Antonius J.H. & Hankey, Andrew J., 2022, Occultia (Scilloideae, Asparagaceae), a new genus from Malawi and Mozambique, pp. 166-172 in Phytotaxa 575 (2) on page 168, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.575.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/741324
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe 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
FIGURE 1. Bulbine decastroi. A in Bulbine decastroi (Asphodelaceae subfam. Asphodeloideae), a new peatland species with grass tuft-like rosettes from Mpumalanga, South Africa
No full textFIGURE 1. Bulbine decastroi. A. In its natural peatland habitat. The peatland burned a few months before the photograph was taken. Note the high water table in the bottom right of the image. B. This section of the peatland did not burn. The vegetation is very dense. C. Contractile roots. D. A dense cluster of 40 rosettes. Note the glaucous sheen to the leaves. E. Close-up of racemes and flowers. F. Tony de Castro (1970–) after whom B. decastroi is named. Bulbine decastroi grows in the foreground. All photographs: Gideon F. Smith.Published as part of Smith, Gideon F., Grobler, Retief & Hankey, Andrew, 2023, Bulbine decastroi (Asphodelaceae subfam. Asphodeloideae), a new peatland species with grass tuft-like rosettes from Mpumalanga, South Africa, pp. 59-65 in Phytotaxa 587 (1) on page 62, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.587.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/771073
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