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The World Health Organisation International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: a conceptual model and interface for the OMERACT process
No full text"What to measure" refers to domains stable over time. "How to measure" is constantly evolving. Lacking a common terminology and common underlying conceptual model of functioning and disability, what and how to measure have been described differently in the various OMERACT Core Sets. With the approval of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) by the World Health Assembly in 2001, we now have a universally conceptual model that integrates the biomedical and societal model of functioning and disability. The so-called ICF Core Sets can be used as a basis for the further specification of OMERACT domains addressing aspects of functioning. In line with the successful approach taken by OMERACT, it is suggested to comprehensively specify the domain "function" when defining "what should be measured," and only then to recommend how to measure or which health status measure to use. We recommend comparing the specifications of domains addressing aspects of functioning of OMERACT Core Sets already established with the ICF Core Sets, and examine whether the ICF Core Sets may be useful for the further specification of these domains
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
PRIME-IPD SERIES Part 3. The PRIME-IPD tool fills a gap in guidance for preparing IPD for analysis
No full textThis is the accepted manuscript version of the work published in its final form as Dewidar, Omar; Riddle, Alison; Ghogomu, Elizabeth; Hossain, Alomgir; Arora, Paul; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A; Black, Robert E; Cousens, Simon; Mathew, Christine; Trawin, Jessica; Tugwell, Peter; Welch, Vivian; Wells, George A. Plant Breeding; Volume: 136; Pages: 224-226; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.05.001
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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
The Effectiveness of Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in the Treatment of Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis
No full textRapidly progressive diffuse systemic sclerosis (dSSc) is a life-threatening condition characterized by increased mortality with few effective therapies, typically only helpful in stabilizing disease. Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) is the only treatment that has demonstrated improved survival. Despite promising results from three randomized controlled trials (RCTs), best practice use of AHSCT in the real-world setting is not well established. The primary objective of this thesis was to summarize the clinical efficacy, limitations and utilization of AHSCT in the management of rapidly progressive dSSc. Specifically, we conducted (1) a systematic review to describe the efficacy of AHSCT in dSSc as well as practice variation in patient selection and treatment regimens; and (2) a multicenter retrospective cohort study to compare outcomes for subjects who received AHSCT in France compared to those who received conventional care in Canada. There was important variability in the criteria for patient selection and treatment protocols. While AHSCT is associated with improved overall survival, skin fibrosis and lung function, further studies are needed to understand its potential for expanded eligibility and effects on other disease manifestations
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