1,720,983 research outputs found
La povertà minorile richiede massima attenzione e soluzioni
No full textPiù di 1,3 milioni di bambine, bambini e adolescenti vivono in povertà assoluta e più di un minore su quattro (28,5%) è a rischio povertà o esclusione sociale”. Si discutono gli aspetti rilevanti del problema e le azioni che andrebbero previste per fare fronte ad un problema che riguarda anche il mondo della sanità e i pediatr
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
Retinal thickness analysis with time and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. Cross-platform interchangeability of manual measurements
No full text{BACKGROUND} {AND} {AIM} {OF} {THE} {WORK:} retinal thickness values obtained by automated analysis with new spectral-domain optical coherence tomography ({OCT)} devices exceed those measured by old time-domain {OCTs.} Aim of the present work is to assess reproducibility and comparability of manual measurements performed on both time-domain and spectral-domain {OCT} scans. {METHODS:} 6 eyes were scanned using Stratus {OCT3} and Cirrus hd-{OCT.} Raw exported images were analyzed by ordinary computer software; multiple manual measurements of retinal thickness were taken at different eccentricities. Stratus Retinal Thickness ({SRT)} was measured from Internal Limiting Membrane ({ILM)} to the photoreceptors Internal-Outer Segment interface ({IS/OS)}, while two series of measurements were performed in Cirrus images: {CRT} = Cirrus-{RT} (from {ILM} to the Retinal Pigment Epitelium, {RPE)} and {cCRT} = corrected-{CRT} (from {ILM} to {IS/OS).} Measurements were repeated twice in two eyes and reproducibility was assessed by Intra-Class correlation ({ICC)} and Coefficient of Variation ({CV).} Bland-Altman plots, paired t-test and {ICC} were used for comparative analysis between Stratus and Cirrus measurements. {RESULTS:} Mean {SRT}, {CRT} and {cCRT} values +/- {SD} were respectively 244.75 +/- 34.78 microm, 275.78 +/- 34.36 microm and 244.95 +/- 33.78 microm. Paired t-test resulted in p{\textless}0.0001 comparing {SRT} and {CRT} series, versus p=0.6544 between {SRT} and {cCRT} series. {ICC} was 0.65 between {SRT} and {CRT} and 0,94 between {SRT-cCRT.} Reproducibility of the measurements was excellent ({CV=2},13\% for Stratus and 1,62\% for Cirrus; {ICC=0},994 for both devices). {DISCUSSION:} while a systematic error affects comparison of Stratus and Cirrus macular thickness maps, manual linear measurements result interchangeable, hence allowing comparison of images acquired with either {OCT} systems. (www.actabiomedica.it)
Near-infrared fundus autofluorescence imaging in a case of photic maculopathy
No full textHerein we describe the characteristics of scanning laser ophthalmoscope imaging (SLO), and particularly of near-infrared fundus autofluorescence modality (IRAF), in photic maculopathy. IRAF visualizes selectively the melanin granules contained in the cells of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE), which are normally localized in the apical portion of RPE cells, a favorite target of the photic damage to the retina. In the present work we report a three-month follow-up of a case of photic maculopathy, showing that the retinal alterations found by IRAF precisely matched the retinal anomalies found by macular optical coherence tomography, and had a parallel evolution. We think that IRAF could represent a useful imaging modality, together with more conventional imaging, in the management of photic maculopathy
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
- …
