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    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The 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

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    “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

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    We 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

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    We 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

    Author Index

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    koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist

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    We 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

    Luukuoliot lapsuusiällä tai nuorella aikuisiällä syövän sairastaneilla

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    AbstractTreatment-related late effects have increasingly become important, since the majority of children, adolescents and young adults with cancer become long-term survivors. Osteonecrosis (ON) is recognized as a potential debilitating sequel in patients with cancer.The aims of this work were to define the incidence of and clinical risk factors for ON identified with end-of-therapy magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) screening among patients with childhood cancer and to investigate the incidence of and risk factors for ON requiring total joint arthroplasty (TJA) in patients treated for cancer in childhood, adolescence or young adulthood in a register-based study.MRI of the lower extremities revealed ON in 23 (24%) of the 97 patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at the end of treatment. High body mass index, female gender, older age at diagnosis, and higher cumulative dexamethasone dose were independent risk factors for ON. Six of the 32 patients (19%) treated for lymphoma or solid tumor had ON in MRI scans at the end of the treatment. All of these patients with ON had non-Hodgkin lymphoma or Hodgkin lymphoma.In a register-based study, patients diagnosed with cancer before 31 years of age were identified from the Finnish and Danish Cancer registries. These data were combined with data from the National Hospital Discharge and the Finnish Arthroplasty registers. The cohort consisted of 6,358 patients diagnosed with hematologic malignancy and 18,542 patients diagnosed with solid tumor from 1975 to 2000 in Finland and from 1975 to 2006 in Denmark. The estimated cumulative incidence of TJA was 4.5% at 20 years for patients treated for chronic myeloid leukemia, followed by 2.1% for patients treated for acute myeloid leukemia and 0.4% for patients treated for ALL. Allogeneic stem cell transplantation increased the risk of TJA.In conclusion, ON as determined with MRI is a common complication in children after treatment for ALL. High BMI was identified as a new significant risk factor for ON in patients with pediatric ALL. The incidence of ON requiring TJA was highest among children, adolescents and young adults treated for myeloid leukemias.TiivistelmäSyöpähoitojen aiheuttamien myöhäisvaikutusten merkitys on viime vuosina kasvanut, koska suuri osa lapsena tai nuorena aikuisena syöpään sairastuneista paranee. Syöpähoitojen seurauksena voi syntyä luukuolioita, jotka heikentävät merkittävästi elämänlaatua ja liikuntakykyä.Tämän väitöskirjatyön tarkoituksena oli selvittää magneettitutkimuksella luukuolioiden ilmaantuvuus ja riskitekijät syöpähoitojen lopetusvaiheessa lapsuusiän syövän sairastaneilla sekä selvittää rekisteritutkimuksella tekonivelleikkausta vaativan luukuolion ilmaantuvuus ja riskitekijät lapsena tai nuorena aikuisena hoidetuilla syöpäpotilailla.Akuutin lymfaattisen leukemian (ALL) sairastaneista 23/97:lla (24 %) todettiin alaraajojen magneettitutkimuksessa luukuolioita. Korkea painoindeksi, naissukupuoli, vanhempi ikä diagnoosihetkellä ja suurempi kumulatiivinen deksametasoniannos lisäsivät luukuolion todennäköisyyttä. Lymfooman tai kiinteän kasvaimen sairastaneista 6/32:lla (19 %) todettiin luukuolioita.Tutkimme tekonivelleikkausta vaativan luukuolion ilmaantuvuutta Suomen ja Tanskan väestöpohjaisten rekistereiden avulla. Tutkimuskohorttimme muodostui 6 358 leukemiaan ja lymfooman sekä 18 542 kiinteään kasvaimeen Suomessa ja Tanskassa alle 31-vuotiaana sairastuneesta potilaasta. Tekonivelleikkausta vaativan luukuolion kumulatiivinen ilmaantuvuus 20 vuoden seurannan aikana oli kroonisen myelooisen leukemian sairastaneilla 4,5 %, akuutin myelooisen leukemian sairastaneilla 2,1 % ja ALL:n sairastaneilla 0,4 %. Allogeeninen kantasolujen siirto lisäsi luukuolioiden todennäköisyyttä.Tässä väitöskirjatyössä osoitettiin, että ALL:n sairastaneilla lapsilla magneettitutkimuksella todetut luukuoliot ovat yleinen haittavaikutus. Korkea painoindeksi on luukuolioiden uusi merkittävä riskitekijä. Tutkimus antoi myös uutta tietoa tekonivelleikkausta vaativan luukuolion ilmaantuvuudesta ja riskitekijöistä lapsuusiällä tai nuorella aikuisiällä syövän sairastaneilla.Academic Dissertation to be presented with the assent of the Doctoral Training Committee of Health and Biosciences of the University of Oulu for public defence in Auditorium 12 of Oulu University Hospital, on 24 January 2014, at 12 noonAbstract Treatment-related late effects have increasingly become important, since the majority of children, adolescents and young adults with cancer become long-term survivors. Osteonecrosis (ON) is recognized as a potential debilitating sequel in patients with cancer. The aims of this work were to define the incidence of and clinical risk factors for ON identified with end-of-therapy magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) screening among patients with childhood cancer and to investigate the incidence of and risk factors for ON requiring total joint arthroplasty (TJA) in patients treated for cancer in childhood, adolescence or young adulthood in a register-based study. MRI of the lower extremities revealed ON in 23 (24%) of the 97 patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at the end of treatment. High body mass index, female gender, older age at diagnosis, and higher cumulative dexamethasone dose were independent risk factors for ON. Six of the 32 patients (19%) treated for lymphoma or solid tumor had ON in MRI scans at the end of the treatment. All of these patients with ON had non-Hodgkin lymphoma or Hodgkin lymphoma. In a register-based study, patients diagnosed with cancer before 31 years of age were identified from the Finnish and Danish Cancer registries. These data were combined with data from the National Hospital Discharge and the Finnish Arthroplasty registers. The cohort consisted of 6,358 patients diagnosed with hematologic malignancy and 18,542 patients diagnosed with solid tumor from 1975 to 2000 in Finland and from 1975 to 2006 in Denmark. The estimated cumulative incidence of TJA was 4.5% at 20 years for patients treated for chronic myeloid leukemia, followed by 2.1% for patients treated for acute myeloid leukemia and 0.4% for patients treated for ALL. Allogeneic stem cell transplantation increased the risk of TJA. In conclusion, ON as determined with MRI is a common complication in children after treatment for ALL. High BMI was identified as a new significant risk factor for ON in patients with pediatric ALL. The incidence of ON requiring TJA was highest among children, adolescents and young adults treated for myeloid leukemias.Tiivistelmä Syöpähoitojen aiheuttamien myöhäisvaikutusten merkitys on viime vuosina kasvanut, koska suuri osa lapsena tai nuorena aikuisena syöpään sairastuneista paranee. Syöpähoitojen seurauksena voi syntyä luukuolioita, jotka heikentävät merkittävästi elämänlaatua ja liikuntakykyä. Tämän väitöskirjatyön tarkoituksena oli selvittää magneettitutkimuksella luukuolioiden ilmaantuvuus ja riskitekijät syöpähoitojen lopetusvaiheessa lapsuusiän syövän sairastaneilla sekä selvittää rekisteritutkimuksella tekonivelleikkausta vaativan luukuolion ilmaantuvuus ja riskitekijät lapsena tai nuorena aikuisena hoidetuilla syöpäpotilailla. Akuutin lymfaattisen leukemian (ALL) sairastaneista 23/97:lla (24 %) todettiin alaraajojen magneettitutkimuksessa luukuolioita. Korkea painoindeksi, naissukupuoli, vanhempi ikä diagnoosihetkellä ja suurempi kumulatiivinen deksametasoniannos lisäsivät luukuolion todennäköisyyttä. Lymfooman tai kiinteän kasvaimen sairastaneista 6/32:lla (19 %) todettiin luukuolioita. Tutkimme tekonivelleikkausta vaativan luukuolion ilmaantuvuutta Suomen ja Tanskan väestöpohjaisten rekistereiden avulla. Tutkimuskohorttimme muodostui 6 358 leukemiaan ja lymfooman sekä 18 542 kiinteään kasvaimeen Suomessa ja Tanskassa alle 31-vuotiaana sairastuneesta potilaasta. Tekonivelleikkausta vaativan luukuolion kumulatiivinen ilmaantuvuus 20 vuoden seurannan aikana oli kroonisen myelooisen leukemian sairastaneilla 4,5 %, akuutin myelooisen leukemian sairastaneilla 2,1 % ja ALL:n sairastaneilla 0,4 %. Allogeeninen kantasolujen siirto lisäsi luukuolioiden todennäköisyyttä. Tässä väitöskirjatyössä osoitettiin, että ALL:n sairastaneilla lapsilla magneettitutkimuksella todetut luukuoliot ovat yleinen haittavaikutus. Korkea painoindeksi on luukuolioiden uusi merkittävä riskitekijä. Tutkimus antoi myös uutta tietoa tekonivelleikkausta vaativan luukuolion ilmaantuvuudesta ja riskitekijöistä lapsuusiällä tai nuorella aikuisiällä syövän sairastaneilla
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