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Acropimpla taishunensis Liu, He & Chen 2010
No full textAcropimpla taishunensis Liu, He & Chen, 2010 (Fig. 3) Acropimpla taishunensis Liu, He & Chen, 2010. Zootaxa, 2394: 23–40. Holotype: Ƥ, China: Zhejiang (ZJUH). Diagnosis. Face yellow with pentagonal black mark centrally, yellow extending up inner orbits to antennal sockets; propodeum with median longitudinal carinae distinct; clypeus, scutellum and metascutellum yellow; metasomal tergites black with yellowish apical and lateral stripes; ovipositor 2.20 x as long as hind tibia (Liu et al. 2010). Distribution. Recently described from China, this is the first record of A. taishunensis for Vietnam (Fig. 7). Remarks. The specimen from Vietnam has a shorter malar space (0.20 x basal width of mandible versus 0.40 x), a longer hind femur (4.55 x as long as wide versus 3.90 x), and darker metasomal tergites compared with the original description of the species by Liu et al. (2010). In addition, the specimen from Vietnam has the clypeus strongly convex basally and strongly concave apically. Material examined. Nghe An, Phuc Son, Anh Son: 1 Ƥ (IEBR), 250–300 m a.s.l., 23.IV. 2006, hand net, leg. Le X. H., Ich. 893.Published as part of Pham, Nhi Thi, Broad, Gavin R. & Wägele, Wolfgang J., 2011, The genus Acropimpla Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) in Vietnam, with descriptions of three new species, pp. 1-12 in Zootaxa 2921 on page 5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20054
A Pilot Study Using the Chinese Herbal Paste Liu-He-Dan to Manage Radiodermatitis Associated with Breast Cancer Radiotherapy
No full textBackground: During radiotherapy for breast cancer, patients are greatly affected by pain, infection, and delayed healing of wounds caused by radiodermatitis. In the present study, we aimed to determine the efficacy of Liu-He-Dan in treating radiodermatitis. Methods: In 26 breast cancer patients who experienced moist decrustation while receiving radiotherapy, 5 g Liu-He-Dan was applied externally once daily after the wound surface had been cleaned and dried. The healing time was recorded, and a Kaplan–Meier survival curve was applied to analyze the treatment course. Meanwhile, a pain assessment using the Numeric Rating Scale (nrs) recorded the pain level experienced by patients after application of the Liu-He-Dan. Results: After application of Liu-He-Dan, the average healing time for the surface of the moist decrustation wounds was 14.17 ± 2.03 days (range: 5–22 days). Inflammatory seepage decreased significantly and exudation almost disappeared in 3 days. The pain trend line indicated that the average nrs score declined with treatment in all patients. The average nrs scores at days 1, 4, and 7 were 6.13, 3.62, and 2.58 respectively. After 3 days of treatment, pain was remarkably alleviated in 80.76% of patients. After treatment for 1 week, the pain remission rate was 96.15%, without any obvious adverse reactions. Conclusions: Liu-He-Dan was efficacious in treating radiation skin injury with little toxicity and few side effects; the economic efficiency of the treatment was also favourable. The Liu-He-Dan was generally well tolerated by patients. In future, randomized control trials will be established for further observation of the value of Liu-He-Dan in treating radiodermatitis in breast cancer
Duolandrevus (Eulandrevus) hainanensis Liu, He & Ma 2015
No full text4. <i>Duolandrevus</i> (<i>Eulandrevus</i>) <i>hainanensis</i> Liu, He & Ma, 2015 <p> <i>Duolandrevus</i> (<i>Eulandrevus</i>) <i>hainanensis</i> Liu, He & Ma, 2015: 596; Gorochov, 2016: 27.</p> <p>http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:471458</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Female (Fig. 5). Body medium, Occiput somewhat protruding, as wide as pronotum. Lateral ocellus, oblong, located at base side of antennal scape; middle ocellus round, located at midpoint of frontal rostrum top. Frontal rostrum bluntly round, antennal scape semicircular, frontal rostrum wider than antennal scape, almost 1.2 times. Tegmina short, extending to base of the 3th abdominal tergite; with 7 parallel veins on dorsal surface, with 6 longitudinal veins in lateral field. Ovipositor long, sword-shaped, about 0.9 times as long as the length of hind femur.</p> <p> <b>Measurements (mm).</b> Body: 15.2; pronotum: 2.7; tegmen: 4.1; hind femur: 12.1; ovipositor: 11.0.</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> ♀, Jianfengling, Ledong, Hainan, China, 15 November, 2011, collected by Haoyu Liu.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> This species was originally described from a male, and we identified a female specimen which is the same location as holotype. We identify it as <i>Duolandrevus</i> (<i>Eulandrevus</i>) <i>hainanensis</i> and describe it above.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> China (Hainan).</p>Published as part of <i>Shi, Fu-Ming, 2017, Taxonomy of the subgenus Duolandrevus (Eulandrevus) Gorochov (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Landrevinae: Landrevini) from China, with descriptions of three new species, pp. 310-320 in Zootaxa 4317 (2)</i> on page 314, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4317.2.7, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/884343">http://zenodo.org/record/884343</a>
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
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