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    Recurrent pulmonary embolization of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: a case report

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    We report a case of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor affecting the pulmonary artery in a 15-year-old male, presenting with a clinical scenario of recurrent pulmonary embolisms. During diagnostic workup for persistent fever, a mass in main pulmonary artery was detected at echocardiography and confirmed at angio-CT scan. The patient underwent a first successful surgical resection and discharged home with no echocardiographic evidence of residual lesions, but, after 5 months, he was admitted for hemoptysis and an angio CT-scan showed a mass in right pulmonary artery with multiple distal perfusion defects, suspicious for both thrombotic and secondary lesions. To prevent further embolisms, the patient was scheduled for a second surgical procedure, which allowed a complete removal of the tumor from major branches of right pulmonary arteries. Our experience highlights that, despite of its intermediate malignancy, inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor may behave as an extremely dangerous condition, requiring multiple surgeries an integrated and multidisciplinary approach

    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The 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

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    “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

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    We 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

    The presence of an additional ventricular chamber does not change the outcome of Fontan circulation: a comparative study

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    The role of an additional ventricle in patients with a functional single ventricle undergoing the Fontan operation has been debated due to conflicting data. Our goal was to report our experience with Fontan circulation for complex congenital heart disease, with a focus on the influence that an additional ventricular chamber may have on early and long-term clinical outcomes
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