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Pregnancy outcome and uterine fibroids
No full textMyomas are observed in about 3-12% of pregnant women. Uterine fibroids may affect the outcome of pregnancy. The presence of myomas - in particular of myomas that distort the uterine cavity and larger intramural myomas - has been associated with infertility. In the case of pregnancy, it has been linked to an increased risk of spontaneous abortion, fetal malpresentation, placenta previa, preterm birth, cesarean section, and peripartum hemorrhage. Although fibroids may negatively affect pregnancy outcome, the impact of their treatment, particularly in quantitative terms, is unclear. Hysteroscopic myomectomy is the treatment of choice for submucous fibroids. The comparative efficacy of laparoscopic, laparotomic, or new modalities of treatment of intramural fibroids is not known. Up to date the choice and modalities of treatment of submucous fibroids should not be based on sound evidence but on clinical concerns and the skill of each center
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
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
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
Determinants of the frequency of cesarean section in Italy, 1980-1983
No full textThe frequency and determinants of cesarean section rates in Italy were analyzed using data collected routinely by the Italian Central Institute of Statistics on more than 2,400,000 deliveries in 1980-83. The rate of cesarean section in Italy rose from 11.2/100 deliveries in 1980 to 14.5 in 1983. This increase was comparable with other European countries, although the rate of abdominal deliveries was still about 30-40% lower than in the United States and Canada. In the southern (and less rich) areas, the rate of cesarean section was about 40% lower than in the North or Centre of Italy. The rate of cesarean birth rose constantly with maternal age; being in comparison with teen-agers, about three times higher in women aged 45 years or more. Compared with women with primary or intermediate degree, those with university education reported about 40% higher rate of cesarean section, but this differences was markedly reduced after taking into account maternal age and birth weight. In southern areas of the country the frequency of cesarean birth was about 40% higher in public hospital than in private ones (11.5 and 8.1/100 deliveries, respectively), while in northern and central areas the frequency of cesarean birth was higher in private hospital than public ones (18.5 vs 14.7/100 deliveries in the North, and 19.6 vs 14.6/100 deliveries in the Centre). There were relationships between cesarean rates and birth weight or gestational weeks. The lowest values were observed in very low birth weight (less than or equal to 999 gr) as in babies weighing 3000-3999 gr and in deliveries occurred between the 25th and 27th gestational weeks and in term deliveries. About 55% of deliveries with breech presentation were delivered by cesarean section
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