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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
Effect of oral contraceptives containing estradiol and nomegestrol acetate or ethinyl-estradiol and chlormadinone acetate on primary dysmenorrhea
No full textObjective: To study the three cycles effect on primary dysmenorrhea of the monophasic 24/4
estradiol/nomegestrol acetate (E2/NOMAC) and of the 21/7 ethinyl-estradiol/chlormadinone
acetate (EE/CMA) oral contraceptive. The tolerability and the effect of both preparations on
metabolism and health-related quality of life were also evaluated.
Design: Prospective observational cohort study.
Setting: Tertiary gynecologic center for pelvic pain.
Patients: Subjects with primary dysmenorrhea requiring an oral contraceptive, who spontaneously
selected either E2/NOMAC (n1⁄420) or EE/CMA (n1⁄420).
Main outcome measures: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score for dysmenorrhea, Short Form-36
questionnaire for health-related quality of life, lipoproteins and days of menstrual bleeding
(withdrawal bleeding during oral contraceptive).
Results: Mean age and body mass index (BMI) were similar between the two groups. The final
analysis was performed on 34 women, 15 in E2/NOMAC and 19 in EE/CMA group. Compliance
with treatment was significantly higher with EE/CMA (100%) than E2/NOMAC (75%) (p1⁄40.02).
Both treatments significantly (p50.0001) reduced VAS of primary dysmenorrhea, similarly
(E2/NOMAC by a mean of 74.7%, EE/CMA by a mean of 78.4%; p1⁄40.973). Only E2/NOMAC
significantly increased SF-36 score (p1⁄40.001), both in physical (p1⁄40.001) and mental domains
(p1⁄40.004). The mean number of days of menstrual bleeding was significantly reduced in
E2/NOMAC group (from 4.86 ± 1.20 d to 2.64 ± 1.59 d, p1⁄40.0005 versus baseline, p1⁄40.007
versus EE/CMA group). BMI did not vary in either group. E2/NOMAC did not change
lipoproteins and apoproteins while EE/CMA increased total cholesterol (p1⁄40.0114), HDLcholesterol
(p1⁄40.0008), triglycerides (p1⁄40.002), apoprotein-A1 (Apo-A1; p1⁄40.0006) and
apopoprotein-B (Apo-B; p1⁄40.008), decreasing LDL/HDL ratio (p1⁄40.024).
Conclusions: Both oral contraceptives reduced similarly primary dysmenorrhea, with E2/NOMAC
also reducing withdrawal bleedings and being neutral on lipid metabolism
L'induzione della crescita follicolare nelle donne con anovulazione [Ovulation induction in anovulatory women]
No full textOvulation induction therapy is administered to stimulate follicular growth and induce ovulation in anovulatory infertile women. In anovulatory women with polycystic ovary syndrome, the treatment of choice is clomiphene citrate, whereas in clomiphene nonresponders, gonadotrophins are given as secondary therapy. Currently, insulin-sensitizing agents are used in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome to restore menstrual cyclicity. In selected patients, laparoscopic drilling has also been suggested. In anovulatory patients affected with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, treatment is based on gonadotrophin replacement therapy or pulsatile gonadotrophin-releasing hormone infusion. In ovulation induction therapy the clinician's attention should be directed at restoring normal ovary function. When pharmacotherapy is required, monofollicular growth should be induced to reduce the risk of multiple pregnancy
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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