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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
Enteral Nimodipine in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Real-World Application and Challenges
Get PDFBackground: Guidelines recommend nimodipine as the standard of care for patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). Compared with placebo, this agent has been shown to reduce death and dependency on others for activities of daily living. However, retrospective data suggest that patients may not receive full treatment with nimodipine.
Objectives: The primary objective was to determine the proportion of patients with aSAH admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) or high-acuity unit (HAU) at a tertiary referral hospital who received the guideline-recommended dose and duration of nimodipine. A secondary objective was to describe barriers to receiving full treatment.
Methods: This retrospective chart review involved a convenience sample of 100 patients with aSAH who were admitted to the ICU or HAU of a tertiary referral hospital between January 1, 2012, and August 31, 2022. The analysis was based on descriptive statistics.
Results: Of the 100 patients with aSAH admitted to the ICU or HAU, 1 (1%) received the guideline-recommended dose and duration of nimodipine. Ninety-five (95%) of the patients experienced a delay to initiation, mainly due to transfer from another hospital (n = 45, 47%) and/or lack of a safe enteral route (n = 62, 65%). Sixty-six (66%) of the patients received alternative dosing, most because their blood pressure was below target (n = 16, 24%) or because of vasospasm requiring a higher blood pressure target (n = 22, 33%). A total of 99 patients (99%) had early discontinuation and/or treatment interruption of nimodipine; reasons included vasospasm requiring a higher blood pressure target (n = 12, 12%) and nimodipine not being continued on transfer or discharge (n = 14, 14%).
Conclusions: Most of the patients in this study did not receive the full course of nimodipine therapy due to multiple barriers. Pharmacists can play a role in optimizing treatment by educating staff at transferring sites about timely initiation of therapy, reconciling medications on transfer or discharge, and mitigating interactions with concomitant medications.
Keywords: aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral vasospasm, nimodipine, calcium channel blocker
RÉSUMÉ
Contexte : Les lignes directrices recommandent la nimodipine comme la norme de soins pour les patients atteints d’une hémorragie sous-arachnoïdienne anévrismale (HSA). Il a été démontré que ce médicament réduisait la mortalité et la dépendance à l’égard d’autrui pour les activités de la vie quotidienne, par rapport au placebo. Cependant, des données rétrospectives indiquent que les patients pourraient ne pas recevoir le traitement complet à base de nimodipine, tel que prescrit.
Objectifs : L’objectif principal consistait à déterminer la part de patients atteints d’une HSA admis en unité de soins intensifs (USI) ou en unité de soins de haute acuité (USHA) dans un hôpital de référence tertiaire ayant reçu la dose de nimodipine recommandée par les lignes directrices pendant la durée du traitement également recommandée. L’objectif secondaire consistait quant à lui à décrire les obstacles empêchant le patient de recevoir le traitement complet, tel que prescrit.
Méthodologie : Cette étude rétrospective des dossiers portait sur un échantillon de commodité de 100 patients atteints d’une HSA, admis en USI ou en USHA d’un hôpital de référence tertiaire entre le 1er janvier 2012 et le 31 août 2022. L’analyse se basait sur des statistiques descriptives.
Résultats : Sur les 100 patients atteints d’une HSA admis en USI ou en USHA, un seul (1 %) a reçu la dose de nimodipine recommandée par les lignes directrices pendant la durée de traitement recommandée. L’initiation du traitement était retardée chez 95 patients (95 %), les raisons principales étant le transfert depuis un autre hôpital (n = 45, 47 %) et l’absence d’une voie entérale sécuritaire (n = 62, 65 %). Soixante-six patients (66 %) ont reçu un autre dosage, soit parce que la valeur de leur tension artérielle était inférieure à la cible (n = 16, 24 %), soit en raison d’un vasospasme nécessitant une valeur cible de tension artérielle plus élevée (n = 22, 33 %). Au total, 99 patients (99 %) ont vu l’arrêt précoce ou l’interruption de leur traitement par nimodipine; les raisons comprenaient un vasospasme nécessitant une valeur cible de tension plus élevée (n = 12, 12 %) et la non-continuité de la nimodipine lors du transfert ou du congé de l’hôpital (n = 14, 14 %).
Conclusions : La plupart des patients de cette étude n’ont pas reçu le traitement complet à base de nimodipine en raison de multiples obstacles. Les pharmaciens peuvent jouer un rôle pour optimiser le traitement en sensibilisant le personnel des établissements de transfert à l’initiation rapide de la thérapie, en conciliant les médicaments lors du transfert ou du congé et en atténuant les interactions avec les médicaments concomitants.
Mots-clés : hémorragie sous-arachnoïdienne anévrismale, vasospasme cérébral, nimodipine, bloqueur des canaux calcique
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
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Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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