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Evaluation of the Prevalence of ESBL Multi-Resistant Bacteria, Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Urinary Tract Infections
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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
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
CHESTIONARUL ”NOSQ-2002” AR PUTEA FI O METODĂ DIAGNOSTICĂ UTILĂ ÎN SUPRAVEGHEREA STĂRII DE SĂNĂTATE A PERSONALULUI MEDICAL DIN SECTORUL MEDICINEI DENTARE – UN STUDIU ROMÂNESC
No full textOccupational skin diseases are under-reported in many countries, especially in the Eastern Europe, including Romania. Improper healthcare legislation and regulations in the field of health and safety at work might be a few causes of developing occupational skin diseases, but also the lack of standardised diagnostic criteria and evaluation tools are common in these countries. Dental staff is exposed to a wide range of occupational hazards, many of them being haptens, which could cause occupational skin diseases. The most common occupational skin diseases in contact dermatitis. Without a reliable diagnostic tool in place, usually the dental staff (as many other professions) overlook and underestimate the presence of occupational skin diseases, which can lead to unproper prevention, chronic skin lesions, disability and loose of efficiency and productivity. Periodic medical examination is mandatory in many countries all over the globe, comprising in a minimum set of investigations, including clinical examination, questionnaires, blood tests and additional procedures, tailored on the occupation, workplace, industrial sector and potential exposure. It is important to standardise the employees’ periodical medical evaluation using reliable tools oriented to the skin pathology. The Nordic Occupational Skin Questionnaire (NOSQ) might represent one of these tools which might be useful for a comprehensive evaluation of the potential occupational skin diseases. NOSQ was created by a group of experts from the Nordic countries and it is meant to assess the presence and clinical features of occupational skin diseases in the workplace. Key words: dental healthcare, occupational diseases, skin, questionnaireBolile profesionale ale tegumentului au o raportare relativ scăzută în multe țări, în special în Europa de Est, implicit în România. Legislația și reglementările necorespunzătoare în domeniul sănătății și al securității la locul de muncă pot fi câteva din cauzele aparției bolilor profesionale ale pielii, dar deasemenea lipsa criteriilor standard de diagnostic și ale metodelor de evaluare sunt frecvente în aceste țări [1]. Personalul medical care lucrează în cabinetele stomatologice este expus la o gamă largă de riscuri profesionale, multe dintre ele fiind antigene ce pot produce dermatoze profesionale. Cea mai frecventă dermatoză profesională este dermatita de contact. Fără metode de diagnostic, personalul din stomatologie (ca și alte multe profesii), subestimează prezența bolilor dermatozelor profesionale, ceea ce duce la o prevenție ineficientă, dizabilități și pierderea eficienței și productivității muncii. Examinarea medicală periodică este obligatorie în multe țări de pe glob, cuprinzând un set minim de investigații, inclusiv examen clinic obiectiv, chestionare, analize de sânge și investigații suplimentare în funcție de locul de muncă, sectorul industrial și potențiala expunere. Este important ca evaluarea medicală periodică să fie standardizată, utilizandu-se metode de evaluare și diagnostic orientate către patologiile tegumentului. Chestionarul ”Nordic Occupational Skin Questionnaire” (NOSQ) poate reprezenta una dintre aceste metode care poate fi utilă într-o evaluare completă a potențialelor boli profesionale ale pielii. NOSQ a fost creat de către un grup de experți din țările nordice și este menit să evalueze prezența și caracteristicile clinice ale bolilor profesionale ale pielii la locul de muncă. Cuvinte cheie: servicii stomatologice, boli profesionale, piele, chestiona
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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