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Chirurgia del carcinoma avanzato dell’ovaio.
No full textLa chirurgia del carcinoma ovarico avanzato prevede la citoriduzione primaria che si estende a tutta la cavità addominale includendo la resezione intestinale e la linfoadenectomia. In caso di chirurgia primaria con residuo di malattia si procede ad una chemioterapia e ad una exeresi successiva. Nel trattamento della neoplasia ovarica trova impiego anche la chemioterapia intraperitoneale.The advanced ovarian cancer surgery involves the primary cytoreduction that extends to the entire abdominal cavity including the intestinal resection and lymphadenectomy. In case of residual disease after primary surgery we will proceed to chemotherapy followed by surgery. In ovarian cancer treatment intraperitoneal chemotherapy is also used
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
Uterine myomas: focused ultrasound surgery
No full textUterine fibroids are the most common neoplasm in women. These lesions may be associated with impaired fertility and adverse obstetric outcomes. Medical treatment, myomectomy, hysterectomy and uterine artery embolization have been employed for the management of uterine fibroids. Focused ultrasound surgery (FUS) is a relatively recent technique that relies on mechanical and thermal energy of ultrasound for the ablation of a target tissue under an imaging guidance, that can be either ultrasound (US-guided FUS, USgFUS) or magnetic resonance (MR-guided FUS, MRgFUS). Pre- and peri-menopausal women are potential candidates for treatment; however, individual criteria need to be evaluated in order to establish the eligibility for the procedure. FUS procedure can be performed in an outpatient setting; it is a safe and effective treatment that has demonstrated to reduce symptoms associated with uterine fibroids. The adverse event rate is 8.7% and only 0.2% of patients experiences major complications. Pregnancy is possible after the treatment, and no damage to the endometrium has been observed following FUS procedure
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
High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Surgery of Uterine Myomas
No full textUterine fibroids (UFs) are the most common benign neoplasms of the uterus, observed in more than 50% of women. Such tumors can be asymptomatic or can cause symptoms requiring treatment. Current treatment methods include medical therapy, myomectomy, hysterectomy, uterine artery embolization (UAE), percutaneous ablation and focused ultrasound surgery (FUS). FUS is a relatively recent technique that uses the thermal and mechanical effects of ultrasounds, inducing the ablation of a target tissue without damaging the surrounding structures. FUS can be conducted under an imaging guidance, which can be either ultrasound (US-guided FUS, USgFUS) or magnetic resonance (MR-guided FUS, MRgFUS). Patient characteristics and UF morphological features have to be checked prior to treatment, in order to assess eligibility for the procedure. As a minimally invasive method, it can be performed in an outpatient setting, without requiring general anesthesia. FUS has been demonstrated to reduce UFs related symptoms, with low adverse event and reintervention rates. Pregnancy is possible after treatment, although there is still a lack of good-quality data on this topic
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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