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    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The 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

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    “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

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    We 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

    ბაქტერიოფაგი - ანტიბიოტიკის ალტერნატივა?

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    The emergence of antimicrobial resistance and increase in side effects of antibiotic therapy is actual problem in pediatrics. Bacteriophages are one of the most promising alternatives to antibiotics for clinical use. The aim of the work was to define the therapy effect of phages administered per os in children with diarrheal diseases. An open observation controlled clinical trial was performed. 52 children aged from 3 to 15 years with diarrheal diseases of bacterial etiology were monitored, as outpatients. According to our clinical trial results (preliminary results) Bacteriophage therapy with SEPTAPHAGE improves clinical course of diarrhea in outpatients aged from 3 to 15 years. Thus, Bacteriophage therapy seems to be effective and safe antimicrobial therapy.ანტიმიკრობული რეზისტენტობის ზრდის ტენდენცია და ანტიბიოტიკოთერაპიის გვერდითი ეფექტები აქტუალური პრობლემაა პედიატრიაში. ბაქტერიოფაგები განიხილება, როგორც ანტიბიოტიკების ერთ-ერთი ყველაზე პერსპექტიული ალტერნატივა. შრომის მიზანი იყო დიარეული დაავადებების მქონე ბავშვებში per os შეყვანილი ფაგების თერაპიული ეფექტის შეფასება. ჩატარდა ღია ობსერვაციული კონტროლირებადი კლინიკური კვლევა. ჩვენი კლინიკური კვლევის შედეგების მიხედვით /წინასწარი შედეგები/ ბაქტერიოფაგით მკურნალობა/ SEPTAPHAGE/ აუმჯობესებს დიარეის კლინიკურ მიმდინარეობას 3-დან 15 წლამდე ასაკის ბავშვებში ამბულატორიულ პირობებში

    მტკიცებითი მედიცინის თანამედროვე ასპექტები

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    In recent years, the pandemic situation had an impact on scientific works, and the main focus had been shifted to the modern problem – COVID-19. Many medical issues have fallen into the shadows, such as evidence-based medicine. The aim of this work is to review articles about evidence-based medicine. Evidence-based Medicine is the integration of best research evidence, clinical expertise, patient values. The concept of evidence-based medicine includes five main steps: Formulation of answerable clinical questions, Searching for evidence, Critical appraisal, Applicability of evidence, Evaluation of performance.Today the evidence-based medicine is the main rule to use the best decision for medical services for individual patients.2019 წლიდან, პანდემიის პირობებში, მეცნიერება სრულად ფოკუსირდა COVID-19-ზე. მედიცინის ბევრი აქტუალური საკითხი მოექცა ჩრდილში, მათ შორის მტკიცებითი მედიცინა.  ჩვენი შრომის მიზანს წარმოადგენდა მტკიცებითი მედიცინის შესახებ ლიტერატურის შეჯერება. მტკიცებითი მედიცინის ფორმატი უზრუნველყოფს პაციენტის ღირებულებებზე საუკეთესო კვლევის შედეგების მორგებას. მისი კონცეფცია აერთიანებს ხუთ ძირითად საფეხურს: კლინიკური კითხვის ფორმულირება, მტკიცებულების მოძიება და მისი სანდოობის  დადგენა, მტკიცებულების გამოყენების შესაძლებლობა და შეფასება.მტკიცებითი მედიცინის ფორმატით დაავადების მართვა გულისხმობს პაციენტისათვის ინდივიდუალურად  საუკეთესო სამედიცინო სერვისის მიწოდებას

    Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts

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    We 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

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    koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist

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    We 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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