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Rakuväliste vesiikulite vahendatav embrüo ja endomeetriumi rakusuhtluse dünaamika
No full textA Thesis for applying for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Veterinary Science.Väitekiri filosoofiadoktori kraadi taotlemiseks loomaarstiteaduse erialal.ABSTRACT. There has been a global decline in fertility rates in both humans and animals. Embryo implantation, the process by which the embryo attaches to the endometrium, is the first key step in establishing a pregnancy. Effective communication between the embryo and endometrium prior to implantation is essential for achieving a successful pregnancy. Although various cytokines, growth factors, and hormones are believed to play a role in this dialogue, recent research has highlighted the role of extracellular vesicles (EVs) in this interplay. However, the exact mechanisms of EV function in this context are still not completely understood. The main aim of this doctoral study was to identify a protein indicator of embryo-maternal dialogue mediated via EVs and use it to better understand the factors that influence this critical interplay preceding implantation. Using an in vitro embryo implantation model, we demonstrated that embryonic signals, delivered via EVs, can prime receptive endometrial epithelial cells to enrich their secretory proteome with key proteins vital for embryo implantation. Notably, we identified increased secretion of the MFGE8 protein from endometrial cells in response to embryonic EVs, serving as a marker of embryo-maternal communication. Our findings showed that EV mediated embryo maternal dialogue was influenced by a range of factors, including hormonal levels, the receptivity status of endometrial cells, the trophoblast cell microenvironment, EV dose, and the duration of EV-cell interaction. These results suggest that EV-mediated embryo-maternal communication may rely on both embryonic and endometrial factors. The findings of this PhD thesis could pave the way for a deeper understanding of the mechanisms through which embryonic EVs influence implantation, offering new opportunities to enhance fertility treatments for humans and animals.LÜHIKOKKUVÕTE. Kogu maailmas väheneb nii inimeste kui ka produktiivloomade viljakus. Embrüo ja endomeetriumi
rakusuhtlus enne implantatsiooni on siinkohal kriitiliselt oluline. Molekulaarse signaaliraja
mehhanismid embrüo kinnitumisel endomeetriumile e implanteerumisel ei ole veel selgelt teada.
Hiljutised uuringud näitavad, et tsütokiinide, kasvufaktorite ja hormoonide kõrval on oluline roll
rakuvälistel vesiikulitel (extracellular vesicles, EV). Doktoritöö üldeesmärk oli tuvastada valgumarker,
mis iseloomustab EV-de vahendatavat embrüo ja endomeetriumi rakusuhtluse dünaamikat.
Alameesmärgina uuriti selle valgumarkeri funktsionaalsust, et paremini mõista tegureid, mis
mõjutavad implanteerumisele eelnevaid protsesse. Tulemused näitasid, et EV-de vahendatud
signaalid võivad ette valmistada endomeetriumi epiteelirakke, mille proteoom rikastub embrüo
implanteerumise jaoks oluliste sekretoorsete valkudega. Töös tuvastati ka embrüo ja
endomeetriumi rakusuhtluse markerina toimiva valgu MFGE8 suurenenud eritumine
endomeetriumi rakkudest vastusena embrüo EV-dele. Sekreteerumise suurenemist mõjutasid mitu
tegurit, sh hormonaalne tase, endomeetriumi rakkude vastuvõtlikkus, trofoblastirakkude
mikrokeskkond, EV-de annus ja EV-de mõju kestus. Tulemused viitavad sellele, et EV-de
vahendatavat embrüo ja endomeetriumi rakusuhtlust võivad mõjutada nii embrüonaalsed kui ka
endomeetriumist tulenevad tegurid. Valgu MFGE8 sekretsiooni tase ja in vitro embrüo
implanteerumise mudel toetavad EV-de vahendatud mehhanismide selgitamist embrüo ja
endomeetriumi rakusuhtluses.The publication of this dissertation is granted by the Estonian University of Life Sciences and supported by European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 857418
COMBIVET and the European Union through Horizon coordination and support actions under grant agreement No. 101079349 OH-Boost
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
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
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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