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Laparoscopic Uteropexy (Mesometrium Imbrication) in Three Mares Using a Barbed Suture
No full textThe aim of this study is to describe the surgical technique, complications and outcome of laparoscopic uteropexy in three mares using an absorbable barbed suture. Three old multiparous mares were referred for laparoscopic uteropexy. History information included abnormal uterine position, regular ovarian activity and recurrent uterine fluid accumula- tion during estrus or post-breeding. The mares had been unsuccessfully bred for years. Physical examination of each mare revealed an abnormal perineal conformation and a large pendulous uterus. Per rectum ultrasound examination failed to reveal any abnor- malities. Laparoscopic uteropexy was performed using an absorbable suture with unidi- rectional shallow barbs. There were no complications neither intraoperative nor postoperative. Follow-up examination confirmed that uterine position was more dorsally in the abdomen. Two mares became pregnant without other treatments the following breeding season and delivered two live foals. This is the first report on the use of a barbed suture in laparoscopic uteropexy. With Barbed suture is a new surgical suture that gives surgeons the possibility to perform suture without making knots. Barbed suture could be useful during laparoscopic surgery when performing knots represents a difficult and time consuming procedure. Despite barbed suture is becoming popular in human laparoscopic surgery, there are very few reports on its use in horses
"USO DELL’ECOGRAFIA TRANSADDOMINALE PER LA LOCALIZZAZIONE DEI TESTICOLI NEI CAVALLI CRIPTORCHIDI"
No full textVerificare l’efficacia dell’impiego dell’ecografia inguinale e transaddominale per
la localizzazione dei testicoli nei cavalli criptorchidi
L'impiego della membrana amniotica equina nella terapia della cheratite ulcerativa del cavallo
No full textL’impianto di membrana amniotica a carico della superficie corneale danneggiata
da un processo ulcerativo, è in grado di favorirne la riepitelizzazione, riducendo, al tempo stesso, il
dolore, la neovascolarizzazione e la fibrosi del tessuto corneale danneggiato. La principale caratteristica
della membrana amniotica è rappresentata dall’abbondante contenuto in fattori di crescita
che favoriscono lo sviluppo, l’adesione e la differenziazione delle cellule epiteliali, impedendo
contemporaneamente l’apoptosi cellulare
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
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
Uso dell’ecografia in corso di sindrome colica nel cavallo: studio retrospettivo su 158 casi chirurgici
No full textThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of abdominal
ultrasonography as a diagnostic tool in colic horses requiring surgery. Left kidney,
stomach, duodenum, loops of the small intestine (SI), large colon (LC) and amount of
peritoneal fluid were assessed. One hundred fifty-eight horses with signs of acute
abdomen were included. The results support previous data obtained for definitive
diagnosis involving SI, in particular strangulating obstruction, and strangulating LC
volvulus. Thickened wall loops may be present in horses with obstruction,
intussusception, and inflammatory bowel diseases. Ultrasound examination is very
sensitive for renosplenic entrapment. Large colon should be carefully evaluated since LC
lesions could represent the primary disease even if abnormal SI loops are identified
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