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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Get PDF“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
Get PDFWe 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
Get PDFWe 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
Post-caesarean septic complications
Get PDFDepartment of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau,
Republic of Moldova, The 8th International Medical Congress for Students and Young Doctors, September 24-26, 2020Introduction. Obstetrics and gynecology are facing various problems, one of them being
septic-purulent disorders in the post-operative period, which increase the maternal mortality
rate. WHO experts report that the rate of maternal mortality worldwide is inadmissibly high.
Every day, due to complications caused by pregnancy and childbirth, around 800 women die
in the world. Due to effective antimicrobial preparations, maternal deaths due to infection have
become less frequent. The mortality rate related to the infection is almost 25 times in the case
of caesarean section versus vaginal birth.Maternal mortality and morbidity after caesarean
section is almost five times that of vaginal births, especially the risks of hemorrhage, sepsis,
thromboembolism and embolism with amniotic fluid. In a subsequent pregnancy, caesarean
section increases the risk of anterior placenta and adherent placenta, which may further lead to
an increased risk of hemorrhage and peripartum hysterectomy, technical difficulties due to
adhesions increase the risk of injury to the bladder and intestine. A large number of factors
modify the risk of infection, the most important being prophylactic antibiotics. That is why the
problem of septic-purulent complications is current and requires continuous study.
Aim of the study. Analysis and highlighting of the factors associated with the high rate of
post-cesarean complications compared to vaginal births.
Materials and methods.To achieve the goal, a retrospective study was conducted, were
studied the medical records of clinical observation of the patients hospitalized with septicpurulent
complications in the septic gynecology section a IMSP SCM1 in 2016-2018. The
study included 200 patients with puerperal septic complications, which according to the birth
method are divided into two groups: Lot I -116 cases, patients with septic complications after
birth per vias naturalis. Lot II- 84 cases patients with septic complication after caesarean
section.
Results. The study was carried out on a batch of 200 patients, selecting data from the archive,
during the years 2016-2018, with extremes of 18 and 44 years respectively, the average age
being 31 years. Age distribution: the patients aged 18-20 years were 25 patients (12.5%), 21-
30 years -108 patients (54%), 31-40 years -60 patients (30%),> 41 years -7 patients (3.5%).
The vast majority of patients studied were primiparous, which constituted 120 (60%): group I-
55 (27.5%) cases and in group II - 65 (32.5%). In 48 (37.49%) cases. The multiparous patients
were: group I in 43 (21.5%) cases and group II 37 (18.5%). We mention that the clinical picture
of puerperal septic complications, both after birth per vias naturalis and after caesarean section,
results with the same symptoms: fever over 38, once with chills, accelerated pulse, altered state
of intoxication, pain and lower abdomen region , pathological eliminations - the slime becomes
abundant, gray, then purulent, with a fetid odor in depending on the pathogen. The estimation
of the results of the laboratory examination found pathological deviations in the
hemolithogram, vaginal smear, smear bacteriology, ultrasonographic examination. Studying
somatic anamnesia, we determined that extragenital pathologies were present in 36 (18%)
patients in group I and in 13 (6.5%) patients in group II. In the structure of the supported
extragenital pathology, the first place belongs to the chronic pyelonephritis present in 19 (9.5%)
patients and the anemia found in 17 (8.5%) patients, the second place - cholecysto-pancreatitis,
appreciated in 6 (3%), cases, obesity in 5 (2.5%) patients, autoimmune thyroiditis 2
(1%)patients, hemorrhoid disease 1 patient, pregnancy-induced HTA 4(4%) patients.
According to the results obtained, the septic-purulent complications of puerperium determined
in the study were Lot I- endometritis - 116 (58%), metroendometrita -8 (4%) patients,
dehiscence of the suture in the perineal suppuration and -27 (23.2%).Lot number IIEndometritis
56 (28%) patients, methoendometritis 20 (10%) cases, paravezical hematoma- 7
(3.5%) patients, abscess with intra-abdominal fistula- 4 (2%) patients, suppuration and dehiscence of the wound in the uterus -12 (14.2%) . The average length of hospitalization for
patients in Group I-13.36 days, patients in Group II-7.1 days. In the etiology of puerperal
complications, bacterial infection plays a major role, the microbial agents determined in the
vagina were in about 50-60% cases presented by E. Coli, Enteroco- 30-35%, Mixed flora 10-
15%.
Conclusions. The predisposing are: complicated obstetric anamnesis, inflammatory
extragenital pathology, birth complications and the presence of hematoma after birth . Early
diagnosis and complex treatment reduce the generalization of the septic process that requires
enlarged surgery, amputation of the uterus with / without appendages, which severely affects
the woman's subsequent reproductive function
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
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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