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Female Sexual Violence: A 12-Year Experience at a Single University Hospital in North-East Italy
Full text linkThis retrospective study analyzed a case series of female sexual violence (SV) victims who were admitted to the emergency department of the University Hospital in Udine between January 2012 and April 2023. A total of 155 cases were divided into two groups according to their age: 115 adult victims and 40 minors. Compared with minors, adults had risk factors such as psychiatric disorders and past experience of SV, and reported bodily injuries and extragenital lesions more frequently. Moreover, a positive screening for sexually transmitted diseases and its association with genital injuries turned out to be significantly more present among adult victims than minors. In contrast, victims younger than 18 years tended to delay seeking medical help and more often did not report genital penetration. To conclude, a deeper knowledge of the different characteristics of sexual abuse among female adults and minors may help us to understand what the focus of prevention programs and public awareness campaigns should be
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
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
Dienogest vs. combined oral contraceptive: A systematic review and meta-analysis of efficacy and side effects to inform evidence-based guidelines
Full text linkIntroduction: Dienogest is a synthetic fourth-generation progestin that has been approved for the medical treatment of endometriosis, and its efficacy on pain symptoms and quality of life is well established even in the long term. Nowadays, only a few controlled trials evaluating the safety of dienogest compared with other hormonal therapies have been published. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to compare efficacy and tolerability data between dienogest and combined oral contraceptives (COC) in patients taking hormonal therapy for endometriosis treatment in order to inform evidence-based guidelines. Material and Methods: PubMed (Medline), Web of Science, and Google Scholar were systematically searched from the inception of each database until October 2024. Selection criteria included any articles comparing efficacy outcomes and at least one tolerability data between dienogest and COC in patients diagnosed with endometriosis. Studies comparing COC containing Dienogest or another type of hormonal treatment were excluded. A random-effects meta-analysis was conducted if adequate data were available from at least three studies, reporting pooled mean differences and odds ratios between groups using Review Manager V.7.9.0. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42024598455. Results: A total of four randomized control trials and one observational study were included, showing moderate risk at bias assessment. Meta-analysis did not show any statistical difference in improving pelvic pain after treatment [CI 95% (−1.45–1.17); I2 = 86%; p = 0.84]. In contrast, dyspareunia after treatment was significantly lower in the COC group [CI 95% (0.64–1.33); I2 = 0%; p < 0.00001]. No statistical difference was found in terms of vaginal bleeding [OR = 0.88; CI 95% (0.39–1.96); I2 = 41%; p = 0.75], nausea and vomiting [OR = 0.51; CI 95% (0.16–1.63); I2 = 67%; p = 0.26], headache [OR = 0.91; CI 95% (0.38–2.21); I2 = 59%; p = 0.84], hot flushes [OR = 1.16; CI 95% (0.54–2.48); I2 = 0%; p = 0.71], and hair loss [OR = 1.69; CI 95% (0.52–5.53); I2 = 46%; p = 0.39]. Treatment discontinuation rate was similar between groups. Conclusions: Dienogest is comparable to COC in terms of efficacy and tolerability. The therapeutic choice should be based on the patient's preference, clinical history, and experience
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
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