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Reply: The Barcelona Bio-HF Calculator: A Contemporary Web-Based Heart Failure Risk Score
No full textA modern fairy tale
No full textOver the past century, life expectancy has increased by
approximately 8 years. Although this is a remarkable
achievement, it is also a mixed blessing, and there is
a distinct downside to this success, mainly the dramatic
inversion of the population pyramid that is projected
to take place in the not too distant future. The
consequences of this evolution, together with the drop
in the birth rate in Western societies, have major effects
in terms of demographic changes.
The aging of the post-baby boom population means that
there will not be enough young people to ensure the
sustainability of the funding of healthcare and pension
benefits for the elderly. This will have important socioeconomic
consequences, which we are already starting to
have to come to grips with in the Western world
Biophysical signalling from and to the (stem) cells: a novel path to regenerative medicine
No full textBiophysical signalling from and to the (stem) cells: a novel path to regenerative medicin
‘Observational medicine’: registries and Electronic Health Recording for science and health systems governance
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The future of cardiovascular prevention: between fiction and reality
No full textThe coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 pandemic has exacerbated the flow of ‘health’ care systems worldwide, which, actually, are ‘sick’ care systems, activated only when somebody is not well. One of the lessons learnt is that, in the future, a real ‘health’ care system has to care for the maintenance of individuals’ wellbeing and reduce the number of times individuals become patients.1 This needs an improvement in the delivery of prevention and it is the focus of this editorial
The evolution of cardiology: Changes, future challenges and opportunities
No full textThe field of cardiovascular medicine continues to rapidly evolve in both diagnostic and therapeutic arenas. Subspecialization is required to keep pace with evolving practice; however, a multidisciplinary approach in a framework of cost-benefit care will be equally crucial in the management of increasing numbers of complex patients. Information technology and translational medicine may radically change clinical research and practice. It is important to consider the evolution of medicine and reflect on it in order to set the right course to achieve patient-centered goals. Therefore, we present an overview of this evolving picture, a glimpse into the near future aimed at reflecting on the upcoming changes, challenges and opportunities to improve patient care
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
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