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Termalismo e fisioterapia per il cavallo atleta
No full textAim of the work belongs to the experimental evaluation of the effects of physiotherapy by the use of swimming pool on sporting horses from different breeding, involved in different racing and jumping competitions. Positivity of therapeutical intervention was measured on the basis of quality of horses performances, related to their category, before and after the effect of pool physiotherapy. 81 horses were observed during a period of 3 years. 29 were thoroughbred, 20 standardbred, 20 jumping thoroughbred and crossbred performing hurdle, steeple-chase and cross-country races, 12 horse-riding italian saddle and irish hunter. 68.2% total observed horses (80% horse-riding) using pool physiotherapy performed good results and subjects came back to the same level competitions. Most frequent pathologies exibited by the observed animals were tendinous or muscular inflammations (50%). 50% total horses were 4-5 years old; only 2.3% were under 3 years old, confirming low technical use of swimming pool in training young horses. Efficacy of therapeutic treatment was confirmed by the short medium attendance period at the centre. 43.2% medium length period was less than 2 months and 25% was longer than 2 months. Males and geldings were predominant than females
Fisioterapia in piscina per il cavallo sportivo
No full textRIASSUNTO L’indagine ha avuto per oggetto la valutazione sperimentale degli effetti della terapia in piscina su cavalli di razze diverse utilizzati in attività agonistiche differenziate. La stima della eventuale positività della terapia è stata valutata in base all’acquisizione delle prestazioni sportive ottenute dai soggetti prima dell’inizio dell’intervento terapeutico ed alla verifica delle stesse al momento del reinserimento, qualora avvenuto, nelle medesime competizioni, anche in rapporto alla categoria. Sono stati osservati complessivamente, per un intero triennio, 81 soggetti, dei quali: 29 purosangue inglese, 20 trottatori, 20 purosangue e mezzosangue utilizzati in corse di siepi, steeple e cross-country, 12 tra sella italiano e hunter irlandese utilizzati in discipline attinenti l’equitazione. Il 68,2% di tutti i soggetti trattati (80% dei soggetti impiegati in attività equestri) è tornato a competere allo stesso livello agonistico precedente. Nei cavalli osservati le patologie più frequentemente riscontrate attengono a processi infiammatori tendinei o muscolari (50%). L’età media è pari a 4-5 anni nel 50% dei casi, mentre l’utilizzo della piscina nella preparazione dei giovani risulta ancora molto ridotto (2,3%). L’efficacia del trattamento terapeutico è avvalorata dalla limitatezza del periodo di presenza al centro e di terapia: nel 43,2% dei casi la durata risulta inferiore ai 2 mesi,mentre solo nel 25% il periodo è più lungo.Infine si osserva netta prevalenza dei soggetti maschi e castroni rispetto alle femmine. SUMMARY Aim of the work belongs to the experimental evaluation of the effects of physiotherapy by the use of swimming pool on sporting-horses from different breeding, involved in different racing and jumping competitions. Positivity of therapeutical intervention was measured on the basis of quality of horses performances, related to their category, before and after the effect of pool physiotherapy. 81 horses were observed during a period of 3 years. 29 were thoroughbred, 20 standardbred, 20 jumping thoroughbred and crossbred performing hurdle, steeple-chase and crosscountry races, 12 horse-riding italian saddle and irish hunter. 68.2% total observed horses (80% horse-riding) using pool physiotherapy performed good results and subjects came back to the same level competitions. Most frequent pathologies exibited by the observed animals were tendinous or muscular inflammations (50%). 50% total horses were 4-5 years old; only 2.3% were under 3 years old, confirming low technical use of swimming pool in training young horses. Efficacy of therapeutic treatment was confirmed by the short medium attendance period at the Centre. 43.2% medium length period was less than 2 months and 25% was longer than 2 months. Males and geldings were predominant than females
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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