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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
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
Novel use of famotidine in treatment of frozen shoulder: a case report
Get PDFFamotidine is a H2 receptor blocker used to reduce gastric acid secretion. This case report highlights a novel use of famotidine. It may be used in the treatment of frozen shoulder. Frozen shoulder is a pathological condition characterised by restricted shoulder movement. We present a case report of a diabetic and hypertensive patient suffering from frozen shoulder along with hyperacidity and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Famotidine was prescribed for treatment of GERD. Famotidine not only provides relief from acidity but also results in decrease in pain score, disability score and shoulder pain and disability index (SPADI) due to frozen shoulder with improved movement. This therapeutic importance encourages us to report the significance of Famotidine in frozen shoulder. This also opens a new dimension in the role of acidity in the study of pathophysiology of frozen shoulder
Phenylephrine causes anuria in a patient with benign prostatic hyperplasia
Get PDFPhenylephrine is classified as an alpha-adrenergic agonist and used as a nasal decongestant. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a common progressive disease in males over the age of 40, leading to urethral constriction. Alpha-1A (α1A) receptor blockers such as Silodosin are commonly prescribed to manage BPH symptoms. They relax the smooth muscle around the bladder exit, in the lower urinary tract and prostate gland to facilitate the passage of urine in BPH. However, when combined with alpha-adrenergic agonists such as Phenylephrine, this mechanism may be disrupted. This case report highlights contraindication of Phenylephrine in patients with BPH. It may induce anuria in patients with BPH. We present a case report of a diabetic, hypertensive and hypothyroidism patient with BPH suffering from anuria due to administration of an over-the-counter medicine containing Phenylephrine. Caution should be taken while prescribing Phenylephrine in BPH patients on medication with alpha-1A (α1A) receptor blockers
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
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