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Functional inhibition of microRNA-92a increases endothelial regeneration and reduce neointimal formation after vascular injury by targeting kruppel-like factor-4.
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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
Inhibition of miR-92a increases endothelial proliferation and migration in vitro as well as reduces neointimal proliferation in vivo after vascular injury.
No full textThe role of miR-92a on vascular remodelling
after injury is currently unknown. Thus, the aim of the
present study was to evaluate the role of miR-92a on rat
endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells proliferation
and migration in vitro as well as after balloon injury or
arterial stenting in vivo. MiR-92a was highly expressed in
RAO-ECs and vascular endothelium, but not in RAOSMCs
or medial smooth muscle as assessed by real-time
RT-PCR. Importantly, BrdU incorporation and wound
healing assay provide evidence that functional inhibition of
miR-92a resulted in an increased RAO-ECs proliferation
and migration, but had no effect on RAO-SMCs proliferation
or migration in vitro. Immunoblotting analysis
revealed an increased phosphorylation of ERK1/2, JNK/
SAPK as well as eNOS and phospho-eNOS increased
expression level in RAO-ECs as a consequence of miR-92a
inhibition. Using gain and loss of function experiments, we
showed that miR-92a modulates regulation of KLF4 and
MKK4 expression level in endothelial cells. Finally,
in vivo administration of antagomiR-92a significantly
enhanced re-endothelialization in injured carotid arteries
and reduced neointimal formation after balloon injury or
arterial stenting. These data provide the first evidence that
inhibition of miR-92a may represent a novel strategy to
improve endothelial regeneration and reduce restenosis
after vascular injury
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
MIR-21 ANTAGONISM IMPROVES LEFT VENTRICULAR REMODELLING AND FUNCTION AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN MICE.
No full textAppropriate 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
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