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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
Tibial shaft fractures and post-operative physical therapy management: a case report
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Background and Purpose: Tibial fractures rank as the most common long bone fracture site in the body and frequently require surgical repair followed by intense physical therapy to regain optimal function. Unfortunately, protocols for rehabilitating this injury are limited in scope to surgical, not physical therapy, management or are altogether non-existent. Therefore, this case report aims to give physical therapists guiding principles for rehabilitating patients with tibial shaft fractures.
Case Description: The patient is a 44-year-old male who had a motor vehicle accident and fractured both his right tibia shaft and fibula. He had a tibial open reduction internal fixation and no operative repair to his fibula. On intake, the patient reported extreme pain and lack of range of motion in his knee and ankle. In addition, the patient had pain in a common peroneal nerve distribution that extended down the lateral aspect of the calf on to the dorsum of the foot. The interventions given included therapeutic exercises, neuromuscular re-education and manual therapy for the knee, ankle, and joints of the foot.
Outcomes: Ankle and knee range of motion and strength improved significantly to allow for patient return to daily functional tasks. Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS) score improved from 15 to 34 and 5 Times Sit to Stand (5xSTS) improved from unable to perform to 10 seconds. Patient pain level measured via Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) went from a three with post-operative oxycodone use to a four without opioid use.
Discussion: Physical therapy interventions targeting the knee, ankle, and joints of the foot may be beneficial for increasing range of motion and strength in patients with ORIF tibial shaft fracture repair
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
A critical appraisal of "Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of neuromuscular exercise and back care counseling in female healthcare workers with recurrent non-specific low back pain: a blinded four-arm randomized controlled trial"
Get PDFLow back pain is a common injury for nurses and physical therapists, two professions that
involve large loads being placed on the lumbar spine during patient transfers and lifting
maneuvers. Unfortunately, scant research has been done into the role that therapeutic exercise
may play in reducing low back pain. The article being reviewed sought to answer the question of
"In workers suffering from job-related low back pain, are therapeutic exercises effective in
reducing pain?"�. Through a randomized controlled trial consisting of four different groups,
(lifting form counseling only, therapeutic exercise only, combined counseling and exercise, and
control) the authors found that therapeutic exercises alone are not effective in reducing low back
pain. Unfortunately, the authors' lack of transparency undermined the credibility of this claim.
By not including the specific exercise program that was administered, the authors failed to make
the experiment replicable by a broader audience. Also, by not taking any measurements of low
back pain prior to six months of treatment completed, the authors did not account for the
possibility of a short-term decrease or increase in back pain to occur. When the authors do
exercise transparency, the reader learns that 10.5% of subjects in the therapeutic exercise only
group completed zero exercise sessions, likely skewing the results towards therapeutic exercise
not being effective. Therefore, the study fails to create a compelling or credible addition to
current low back pain treatment literature
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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