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Echocardiographic Follow-up in Aarskog-Scott Syndrome: Is It Useful? Report of AAS Twins with PFO
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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
Efficacy and tolerability of short contact therapy with tretinoin, clindamycin and glycolic acid gel in acne: A randomised, controlled, assessor-blinded two-centre trial: The MASCOTTE study
No full textRetinoids and antibiotics topical treatments are commonly used as first line therapy in mild to moderate acne. However, irritant contact dermatitis is a common side effect of topical retinoids. A strategy to increase local tolerability is the “short contact therapy” (SCT) approach, consisting in the application of the product with the complete removal after 30 to 60 minutes using a non-aggressive cleanser. A gel containing tretinoin 0.02%, clindamycin 0.8%, and glycolic acid 4% in polyvinyl alcohol (MP-gel) has shown to be effective as monotherapy in mild to moderate acne with a tolerability profile similar to other topical retinoids. So far, no trials have been performed with this gel comparing the tolerability profile of SCT with standard application therapy (SAT). We conducted a 2-center randomized parallel groups, controlled, assessor-blinded study, comparing MP-gel applied as SCT in comparison with MP-gel used as SAT (The “MASCOTTE” trial). Forty-six subjects (nine men and 37 women, mean age 23 ± 4 years, range 18-31 years) with mild-to-moderate acne were enrolled, after their written informed consent in a randomized, parallel groups controlled, assessor-blinded 8-week trial. Twenty-three were assigned to MP-gel once daily (evening application) using the SCT approach (ie, complete removal of product after 1 hour using a gentle cleanser), and 23 were randomized to the SAT approach with the same gel. The primary endpoint was the evolution of the tolerability score (TS) assessed evaluating four items: erythema, dryness, stinging, and burning, using a 4-point score scale (from 0: no symptom to 3: severe symptom). Secondary endpoints were the evolution of global acne grading system (GAGS) score (range: from 0 to >39) and the investigator global assessment (IGA of acne severity) score (range from 0 to 4). TS was evaluated at 2, 4, and 8 weeks. GAGS and IGA scores were evaluated at baseline and at week eight. At week eight, an efficacy global score (EGS) (from 1: no efficacy to 4: very good efficacy) and a tolerability global score (TGS) (from 1: very low tolerability to 3: very good tolerability) evaluation were also done. All the evaluations were performed by an investigator unaware of treatment groups allocation (SCT or SAT). Thirty-eight subjects (83%) completed the 8-week treatment period. Eight subjects (two in the SCT group and six in the SAT group) dropped out prematurely due to low skin tolerability. In the SCT the TS at week two was 1.3 ± 1.7, in the SAT group TS was significantly higher (3.1 ± 1.7) (P =.028). TS was significantly lower in SCT group vs SAT also at weeks four and eight (P =.01; ANOVA test). The GAGS score at baseline was 19 ± 7 in the SCT group and 23 ± 4 in the SAT group (NS). At week 8 the GAGS score in SCT was significantly reduced to 8.5 ± 2.8 (−55%) (P =.001 vs baseline) and was also significantly lower in comparison with SAT group (8.5 vs 15; P =.0054). The IGA scores at baseline were 1.9 ± 0.6 in SCT and 2.4 ± 0.7 in SAT group. At week eight, in comparison with baseline values IGA score was reduced significantly by 48% in SCT and by 30% in SAT. EGS and TGS were significantly higher (better clinical efficacy and better tolerability) in SCT in comparison with SAT (3.6 ± 0.5 and 2.9 ± 0.3 vs 2.7 ± 0.6 and 1.5 ± 0.7; respectively). This tretinoin, clindamycin, glycolic acid gel, applied as SCT, has shown a better skin tolerability and at least a comparable clinical efficacy in comparison with the standard application modality in the treatment of mild-to-moderate acne. The SCT therefore could be an effective treatment strategy which could improve subjects' compliance and adherence
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
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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