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Neutrophil-Lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of haemorrhagic stroke outcomes
Full text linkBackground: Haemorrhagic stroke causes high disability and mortality. Moreover, the prevalence is increasing. There is evidence of the involvement of the inflammatory process in haemorrhagic strokes. The neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a strong and easily assessed marker of inflammation. Objective: This study aims to determine the NLR during hospital admission as a predictor of neurological deterioration in acute haemorrhagic strokes.Methods: This study was a prospective cohort study. The subjects were acute haemorrhagic stroke patients treated at the Stroke Unit of the RSUP Dr. Sardjito between March and November 2018. The demographic and laboratory test data, including NLR and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) measurement upon admission, were investigated. Logistic regression was performed to identify independent risk factors of neurological deterioration.Results: A total of 65 haemorrhagic stroke patients were included in this study. There were 21 subjects experiencing neurological deterioration, and 44 subjects did not. In bivariate analysis, there was a significant association between hyperglycaemia and neurological deterioration (RR=3.073; 95%CI=1.772-5.329; p=0.011). Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) at admission was significantly associated with neurological deterioration (RR=2.732; 95%CI=1.455-5.131; p=0.006) as well as the NLR (RR=3.750; 95%CI=1.229-9.4441; p=0.005). The logistic regression results demonstrated that the variables that independently influenced neurological deterioration were NLR (RR= 4.424; 95%CI=1.196-16.369; p=0.026) and GCS (RR=7.461; 95%CI=1.711-32.526; p=0.007).Conclusion: High NLR can predict deterioration in acute haemorrhagic stroke
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
SOSIALISASI EPILEPSI DAN PELATIHAN PENANGANAN AWAL KEJANG PADA KADER PUSKESMAS CAKRANEGARA
Full text linkBackground: Epilepsy is a brain disorder characterized by a persistent tendency to produce epileptic seizures with neurobiological, cognitive, psychological and social consequences. About 70% of people with epilepsy should be seizure free if properly diagnosed and treated. The risk of death in people with epilepsy is three times higher than in the general population. In Indonesia, the stigma about epilepsy is quite high, there are many wrong assumptions and views about epilepsy. Target and output: The target is the cadres at the Cakranegara Health Center, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara. The output of this activity is to increase knowledge about epilepsy so that it can eliminate the stigma of epilepsy in society. In addition, increasing knowledge about the initial management of seizures. Method: The method is carried out using several media, namely the presentation of material by neurologists, video, posters and discussions. The increase in participants' knowledge was assessed by completing tests, which were carried out before and after the presentation of the material, video dan posters. Result and conclusion: Based on the data obtained, the implementation of this activity has been successful. This can be seen from the post-test scores which increased by 64%
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
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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