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Editorial: What We See Through Cardiac Imaging
No full textThe evolving landscape of cardiac imaging continues to redefine our ability to diagnose, stratify risk, and monitor cardiomyopathies [...
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
Biopsy-Proven Myocarditis: Gender Differences and Serum Autoantibody Markers of Dismal Prognosis
No full textPrognostic features in endomyocardial biopsy (EMB)-proven myocarditis remain poorly defined. Purpose: We assessed role of gender and of serum anti-heart (AHA), anti-intercalated disk (AIDA), anti-endothelial (AECA) and anti-nuclear autoantibodies (ANA) at diagnosis as possible predictors of death or heart transplantation (HTx).
Methods: Our prospective cohort studied 250 consecutive myocarditis patients (117 with active, 102 borderline lymphocytic, 10 giant cell, 21 other histology types), 87 female, aged 37 ± 24 years, follow-up 57 ± 49 months. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to detect viral genomes on EMB. AHA (organ-specific, partially organ-specific or cross-reactive types) and AECA, AIDA, ANA were detected by indirect immunofluorescence on human heart and skeletal muscle. Univariate and multivariable Cox regression analyses for death or HTx status were used.
Results: At last follow-up in May 2012, 179 patients were alive, 38 were dead or transplanted, 33 were lost to follow-up. In 20% of patients viral PCR was positive. Frequencies of positive antibody tests were as follows: AHA 55%, AIDA 17%, ANA 17%, AECA 10%. Actuarial survival at 6 years was lower in females (72% vs 87%, P=0.02). Females compared to males had higher frequency of family history of heart disease (45% vs 26%, p=0.003), extra-cardiac autoimmune disease (p=0.008), presentation with heart failure (p=0.01), higher NYHA class (p=0.03), higher frequency (p=0.009) and higher titer ANA (p=0.03). Univariate predictors of death/HTx in the whole cohort were: longer symptom duration, giant cell myocarditis, NYHA II-IV, presentation with ventricular dysfunction/symptomatic heart failure, echocardiographic and hemodynamic indexes of biventricular dysfunction, AECA, ANA. Independent predictors were female gender (p=0.01), young age (p=0.04), high titre ANA (p=0.001), high titre organ-specific AHA (p=0.02), lower echocardiographic LV ejection fraction at diagnosis (p=0.000).
Conclusions: In EMB-proven myocarditis, an autoimmune pathogenesis, identified by high titer organ-specific AHA and ANA, is associated with a dismal prognosis, particularly in young females. This may reflect the well-known predilection of autoimmune disease for the female gender
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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