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A Literature Review of Maathulai Oaddu Choorna for Kalichal in Siddha Medicine
Full text linkFour systems of traditional medicine have been adopted in Sri Lanka; Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Deshiya Chikitsa. The Siddha system of medicine is a traditional medical system that uses a scientific and holistic approach to provide preventive, promotive, curative, rejuvenating and rehabilitative healthcare. ‘Maathulai oaddu Choorna’ (MC) is of the internal medicine which is the poly herbal formulation. Maathulai oaddu Choorna is one of the most important drugs in Siddha Ayurvedha Government hospitals in Sri Lanka. Therefore, we selected this drug to literature review related its ingredients for ‘Kalichal’. Data for this review on 14 ingredients from 8 families were collected from relevant books, peer review journals and websites from October to December 2024. The characteristics of the ingredients that were identified for the review were plant morphology, parts used, Principal properties of each ingredient such as taste, potency and biotransformation, pharmacological actions, phytochemicals and medicinal uses. Among these ingredients, all were identified as herbal materials and 2 (14%) of species were found in Poaceae, Zingiberaceae, Lauraceae and Umbelliferae families. Based on the plant morphology 5 (35%) and 4 (28%) plants were herbs and trees respectively. 5 (35%) species were used as dry fruits. Among these ingredients 10 (71.4%) were pungent in taste, 8 (57.14%) were hot potency and 11 (78.5%) were pungent Vipaka. Pharmacological actions such as stomachic 10 (71.42%), carminative 9 (64.28%) and stimulant 8 (57.14%). Phytochemicals such as tannin 9 (64.28%) and volatile oil 8 (57.14%) were highly found in these ingredients. This literature review provides useful documentary evidences related its ingredients for Kalichal. There is need further extensive scientific studies should be carried out to justify in future
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
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
Chuntaivatral Chooranam (Polyherbal Formulation) in Siddha Medicine- A Literature Review
Full text linkChuntaivatral Chooranam is a polyherbal preparation which is used in the treatment of various diseases such as diarrhea, dysentery, indigestion, and haemorrhoids. This Chooranam is mentioned in Siddha Vaitya Thirattu and is prepared with 7 ingredients. This review study is focused to develop scientific documentary evidence for medicinal ingredients of Chuntaivatral Chooranam. This study presents an organized compilation and analysis of data sourced from traditional Siddha Medicine textbooks and research publications on website. The data drawn from variety of ancient and contemporary texts were systematically collected and categorized from Oct to Nov 2024. Collected data were processed and analyzed by using MS Excel spreadsheets. All ingredients of Chuntaivatral Chooranam are herbs, which are from 7 different families. According to the data, parts used in the plants are 7 different sources as dried fruit, leaf, dried pericarp, kernel, fruit rind, fruit, and seed; each of them represents 14.28%. Out of 7 ingredients 42.85% has astringent taste, 57.14% with cold potency and 85.71% with pungent efficacy. Based on phytochemical analysis among the ingredients; 100% of the ingredients constitute flavonoids, tannin, phenol, saponin, volatile oil, alkaloid, and ascorbic acid, while 42.85% of them are carbohydrates and protein (42.85%). All the ingredients show astringent, antimicrobial and antioxidant activity, 85.71% of them exhibit anti-diarrheal while 57.14% shows stomachic, anthelmintic and anti-diabetic activity each. Therefore, this review provides useful documentation of Chuntaivatral Chooranam. However further scientific studies should be performed in future regarding chemical and toxicity analysis
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
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