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Proteinase-activated receptors (PARs): crossroads between innate immunity and coagulation.
No full textCoagulation cascade and innate immunity are intimately linked in their endeavor to organize the body's response to injury. Protease-activated receptors (PARs) are important mediators of inflammatory response that can be activated by proteases of the coagulation cascade. Their recent discovery has shed new light on the crosstalk between coagulation and innate immunity. Recent studies have investigated the physiological relevance of PARs in the context of immunity and vascular injury, suggesting that these receptors could be used as therapeutic targets for the treatment of pathologies related to innate immunity, endothelial functions and coagulation processes
Involvement of mast cells and extrinsic visceral afferents in the protective effect of proteinase activated receptor 2 (PAR-2) on intestinal ischemia and reperfusion
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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
Proteinase-Activated Receptor 2 agonist prevents mesenteric ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats: partila involvement of Substance P (SP) and Calcitonin-Gene Related Peptide (CGRP)
No full textAppropriate 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
Activation of proteinase-activated receptor 2 prevents gastrointestinal transit delay induced by ischemia/reperfusion in rats
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