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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
Are prostate biopsies mandatory in patients with prostate-specific antigen increase during intravesical immuno or chemotherapy for superficial bladder cancer?
No full textBACKGROUND. Aim of this study was to evaluate if there was a significant association between intravesical immuno- or chemotherapy and the increase of PSA serum level. It could be
important to avoid useless prostate biopsies.
METHODS. PSA values were determined in 106 male patients who had undergone intravesical immuno- (77 cases) or chemotherapy (29 cases) from 2001 to 2005. Blood samples
were obtained before and after the induction course of instillation therapy and at 3, 6, and 12 months during the maintenance course.
RESULTS. 41.6% of patients at the end of theBCGinduction course and 45.5% at 3 months from
the beginning of the immunotherapy showed a clinically and statistically significant increase of
PSA that returned to the baseline levels within 12 months. Prostate biopsies, performed in
10 patients during BCG therapy, showed inflammatory pictures in 9 cases and a prostate cancer
in 1 patient with persistently elevated PSA at 12 months. In 1 case a prostate cancer was
histologically found following radical cistectomy for disease progression. A statistically but
not clinically significant difference of PSA level was registered in patients treated with chemotherapy.
CONCLUSIONS. Our results confirm that a statistically and clinically significant PSA increase is registered during immunotherapy but not during chemotherapy. PSA elevation in patients treated with intravesical BCG is self-limited and prostate biopsies are not mandatory in these
patients and could be delayed at 12 months, while monitoring PSA. On the other side, prostate biopsies are mandatory in patients with PSA abnormal elevation during chemotherap
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
Endovascular snare kit in the combined antegrade and retrograde management of ureteral avulsion: report of two cases
No full textWe report the feasible and safe use of the Amplatz Goose Neck(R) Snare kit for avulsed ureter retrieval during
ureteroscopy. A 49-year-old lady and a 61-year-old man complaining of urolithiasis underwent ureteroscopy; following stone
fragmentation, and basketing avulsion of the ureter occurred. Using the Amplatz Goose Neck(R) Snare kit it was possible to place
an indwelling ureteral catheter in both cases aiming at restoring the urinary upper tract continuity. The snare-assisted endovascular
technique may be an interesting tool even in endourology for the management of ureteral avulsion. This endoscopic mini-invasive
procedure makes it possible to avoid an immediate invasive surgical approach often resulting in nephrectomy, having time for
planning a possible durable conservative treatment
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
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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