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Bone health in epilepsy
No full textAbstractEpilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorder usually requiring life long treatment. Long term treatment with antiepileptic drugs (AED’s) is associated with chronic side effects which includes effect on bone healthThere is a growing volume of literature suggesting that chronic use of AED in patients with epilepsy significantly reduces bone mineral density (BMD) with an increased fracture risk. The causes of these associations are likely to be multifactorial. Unlike other chronic side effects, symptoms of bone loss are insidious and asymptomatic; hence they are usually not recognized, and thus untreated. Hence one needs to determine the presence of osteoporosis before the overt signs are evident to reduce fracture risk. Evaluation of bone health is mandatory for a comprehensive treatment and to provide calcium and 25-OH vitamin-D 3 supplementation if needed. The goals of epilepsy treatment are to achieve seizure freedom while minimizing adverse effects of treatment. Management goal should include a comprehensive care of the patient and this includes much more than controlling seizures.</jats:p
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
Statut actuel d’occurrence de l’épilepsie en Inde
Full text linkEpilepsy is a chronic disorder of the brain that affects people in every country of the world. The clinical spectrum of epilepsy in India and other developing countries is similar to that of the developed world, but the extent to which patients with epilepsy are recognized, investigated, and managed is different. Various factors which contribute to these differences are etiology, socio-cultural background, economic burden and epidemiology. With a major chunk of Indians living in villages, such epilepsies are often neglected in terms of diagnosis and treatment. Study on prevalence of epilepsy tends to reduce the underestimated burden of the disease especially in remote areas of India.L’épilepsie est une affection chronique du cerveau qui touche toutes les populations du monde Le spectre clinique de l’épilepsie en Inde et dans d’autres pays en voie de développement est similaire à celui des pays développés, mais la mesure dans laquelle les patients souffrant d’épilepsie sont reconnus, examinés, et gérés est différente. Divers facteurs qui contribuent à ces différences sont : l’étiologie, le milieu socio-culturel, la charge économique et l’épidémiologie. Compte tenu que la majeure partie des Indiens vit dans des villages, ces épilepsies sont souvent négligées en termes de diagnostic et de traitement. L’étude sur la prévalence de l’épilepsie tend à réduire la charge sous-estimée de la maladie en particulier dans les zones reculées de l’Inde
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