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Clinical Outcomes and Stifle Osteoarthritis Assessment of Nine Cats Before and After Tibial Plateau Levelling Osteotomy
Full text linkThis study aimed to evaluate the clinical and radio graphical outcome of cats following TPLO surgery for cranial cruciate ligament deficiency. Each cat underwent orthopedic assessment, pre-operative radio graphical evaluation, surgical procedure, postoperative management and clinical re-examination 1, 2, and 12 months following surgery. Age, body weights, TPAs, meniscal tears, implants and osteoarthritis progression were recorded. Postoperative OA score was compared with that obtained 1 year after surgery using a paired t-test with commercially available software. Radio graphical evaluation performed 1 year after surgery showed no significant OA progression (P-value > 0.1). Minor complications occurred in one case (#7) in which a mild to moderate seroma was observed ten days after surgery. No major complications were recorded. Although TPLO surgery in cats remains controversial, this study suggests that it was a suitable option for surgical treatment of feline cranial cruciate ligament rupture, but considering the ex vivo outcomes recently published, further in vivo evaluation is strongly recommended.Studija je obavljena radi evaluacije kliničkih i radiografskih posleidca kod mačaka kod kojih je urađena TPLO operacija usled defi cijencije kranijalnog krucijalnog ligamenta. Kod svakog pacijenta, urađena je ortopedijska procena, pre-operativna radiografska evaluacija, hirurška procedura, posleoperativna procedura i kliničko posmatranje jedan, 2 i 12 meseci posle operacije. Za svaku mačku, beleženi su podaci u vezi starosti, telesne mase, TPA, rascepa meniskusa, kao i napredak u odnosu na implant i osteoartritis. Posle operativni OA skor je, upotrebom parnog t-testa (komercijalno dostupan softver), upoređivan sa onim koji je dobijen godinu dana posle operacije. Radiografska evaluacija koja je obavljena godinu dana posle operacije, nije pokazala statistički značajan napredak u OP skoru (p>0,1). U jednom slučaju (pacijent broj 7), deset dana posle operacije, uočene su blage komplikacije u smislu pojave seroma blagog do srednjeg intenziteta. Uopšteno, nisu uočene bilo kakve komplikacije. Iako se smatra da je TPLO hirurška intervencija kod mačaka kontroverzan zahvat, ova studija ukazuje da se ipak radi o prihvatljivoj opciji za hirurški tretman rupture kranijalnog krucijalnog ligamenta kod mačaka. Međutim, imajući u vidu ex vivo posledice koje su nedavno opisane, ipak je neophodno da se obavi dalja evaluacija ove procedure
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
Combined intra-extra articular technique for stabilisation of coxofemoral luxation: preliminary results in two dogs
Full text linkSUMMARY. Objective:to report a new echnique for repairing traumatic coxofemoral luxation in two dogs. Methods:stabilization of hip luxation was carried out in two dogs, a year-old male Border Collie and an eight-year-old female American Staffordshire. A caudal approach was performed to expose the hip joint; a 2.5 mm hole was drilled through the acetabular wall at the original attachment of the round ligament, followed by a tunnel between the fovea capitis and the proximal third of the femur. Nylon tape was tied in a clove hitch knot around the femoral neck. The tape was placed as a bridge over the ischial spine to create an acetabular roof in order to increase the articular stabilization. Results:follow-up examinations were performed at 10, 40 and 90 days after surgery, and the dogs did not show any signs of lameness, pain or reoccurrence of the luxation. Clinical Significance: This technique enables reinforcement of the acetabular roof to increase the stability of the joint
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
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
STRAIN ELASTOGRAPHY EVALUATION OF PATELLAR LIGAMENTS IN HEALTHY DOGS AND AFTER TPLO/TTA, FOCUS ON SEMIQUANTITATIVE EVALUATION
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