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A proportional correlation index for space analysis in mixed dentition derived from an italian population sample
No full textAim. The aim of this study was to establish a specific
proportional correlation method for space analysis in
mixed dentition applicable to the Italian population.
Material and Methods. A retrospective analysis
was performed on 300 plaster models taken from
Italian subjects, 156 females and 144 males, aged between
12 and 25 years.
Results. The variance analysis (ANOVA) showed a high
correlation between the dimension of the mesio-distal
diameters of the four mandibular incisor and those of the
upper canine and premolars. The correlation coefficient
showed the existence of a directly proportional, positive
intra-dependence between the two groups.
Discussion. The correlation tables used in the present
study appear to be much more accurate if applied to
groups of patients with similar ethnic backgrounds, thus
explaining the differences between the various prediction
indexes found in previous publications.
Conclusion. This study highlights the need to develop
specific values to fit the features of the different ethnic
group
Distraction Osteogenesis and orthodontic treatment
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The purpose of this study was to compare the rate of orthodontic tooth movement into regenerated bone, created after mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis (DO), with the rate of orthodontic tooth movement in patients who had extractions. The Sample Group (treated subjects) was composed of 14 Class II patients (5 males and 9 females, mean age 25.0±1.1years) treated with a Distraction Osteogenesis appliance. to obtain orthodontic tooth movement in regenerated bone. The Control Group (extraction cases) was composed of 14 subjects (mean age 21.9±3.1 years). This Group was treated with extractions. Both groups were followed by conventional orthodontic treatment for space closure. Teeth movements (amount and rate) were evaluated by measuring the distance between the distal wing of the canine bracket and the mesial wing of the first or the second premolar bracket, depending on the group, using Vernier callipers (Dentaurum). Readings were noted every 2 weeks until space closure was completed. In this study the mean duration of the post-distraction orthodontic treatment was 12±0.3 months. Our study showed that the space created by distraction was closed in 10±1 months; while with conventional orthodontic treatment the average time to complete space closure was 5.90±.9 months. The average space closure was 6.50±0.10mm with conventional orthodontic treatment and 7.90 ±0.38 mm in the patients treated with DO. The mean rate of tooth movement was 1.27±0.23 mm/month in the group with conventional orthodontic treatment and 0.68±0.20mm/month in the group treated with DO. Unpaired t test showed a significant difference between tooth movement in the study sample and in the control group (p<.05). As suggested by most scientific literature, in our sample dental movement was started at the end of the consolidation phase. However, the rate of space closure in the distraction area was higher than with conventional orthodontic treatment. Undoubtedly, this approach can be used for the treatment of very severe skeletal malocclusions and maxillofacial deformities, but it cannot be considered an alternative to conventional orthodontic surgery to accelerate treatment because tooth movement in edentulous spaces created by osteodistraction requires more time
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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