Introduction to the Symposium on the Twentieth Anniversary of Lisa Wedeen’s Ambiguities of Domination: Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria

2013 marks the twentieth anniversary of the Branch Davidian tragedy in Waco, Texas. On 18 April 2013 an academic symposium was held at Baylor University featuring more than half a dozen speakers who explored topics related to the Branch Davidian religious community, the raid and siege, the fire, and the aftermath. On 19 April 2013 a memorial service was held in Waco that included speakers, a reading of the names of the dead, and the unveiling of a new museum exhibit about the Branch Davidians. The two events, recounted here, provided public forums for acknowledging and reflecting on the events that took place in Waco in 1993.

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“WHAT THERE IS A RHETORIC AND WHAT CONTAINS IT''S DOCTRINE?”: TO THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RUSSIAN RHETORICAL ASSOCIATION

HUMANITARIAN RESEARCHES ◽

10.21672/1818-4936-2017-61-1-023-025 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 61 (1) ◽

pp. 023-025

Author(s):

Tatiana I. Vostrikova ◽

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Anniversary

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Bibliometric Analysis of Current Drug Metabolism: The Twentieth Anniversary from 2000-2019

Current Drug Metabolism ◽

10.2174/1389200221666200826094233 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (9) ◽

pp. 685-703

Author(s):

Waseem Hassan ◽

Jean Paul Kamdem ◽

Mohammad Amjad Kamal ◽

Joao Batista Teixeira da Rocha

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Drug Metabolism ◽

Bibliometric Analysis ◽

Continuous Growth ◽

H Index ◽

Current Drug ◽

The Usa ◽

Twentieth Anniversary ◽

Number Of Publications ◽

Number Of Citations

Background: Scopus is regularly covering Current Drug Metabolism from 2000 onwards. Objective: The major objective is to perform the 1st bibliometric analysis of Current Drug Metabolism (CDM). Methods: The data was retrieved from Scopus in April-May 2020 for detail analysis. Results: The total number of publications was found to be 1551, with 955 reviews (61.57%) and 466 articles (30.05%). From 2000 onwards, we calculated the relative growth rate and doubling time. Based on the number of publications, total 4418 authors, 3235 institutions and 83 countries were directly involved in all publications. M.A. Kamal is the highly productive scientist with fifty-three (53 or 3.73%) publications, King Abdulaziz University is the top university with the highest number of publications (58 or 4.13%) and the USA is the top-ranked country with 365 publications (25.96%). We also provided the h-index, total citations (TC), h-index without self-citations (WSC) and total WSC of the top ten authors, universities and countries. In citations analysis, Prof. Zhou S.F. was the top scientist with the highest (1594) number of citations. In institutional category Department of Drug Metabolism, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, United States, is the top ranked institutes with 654 total citations. While, United States is the top-ranked country with 18409 total citations. In co-words analysis, 3387, 30564 and 17333 terms in titles of the manuscripts, abstracts and keywords were recorded, respectively. This indicated that CDM principally focused on understanding drug development ranging from its efficacy to delivery, metabolism, distribution, safety and mechanism of actions. Similarly, various specific drugs were thoroughly discussed in publications. Various enzymatic, genetics, proteins and cancer-related aspects were also described. For data presentations, we used VOSviewer graphical maps. Conclusion: The data confirm that CDM showed continuous growth in the number of publications and citations. However significant measures are needed to make overall progress and improve the rankings in relevant categories.

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The Catholic Church in America, the Discipline of Bioethics, and the Culture of Life

The Linacre Quarterly ◽

10.1080/002436311803888221 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 78 (4) ◽

pp. 415-436

Author(s):

Mark S. Latkovic

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Moral Reasoning ◽

Catholic Church ◽

Care Ethics ◽

Positive Influence ◽

Health Care Ethics ◽

Twentieth Anniversary ◽

American Society ◽

The Church ◽

The Catholic Church

In this paper, I will first briefly discuss why the Catholic Church has always had and continues to have such a great concern for bioethics or health-care ethics, while I also highlight the biblical roots of this concern. Secondly, I will describe some of the ways in which the Catholic Church in America has exercised a positive influence in the field of bioethics, or what was in the mid-twentieth century often called medical ethics. Thirdly, I will sketch how and why the Church has to a large extent lost this influence, tracing how secularization both inside and outside the Church contributed to the destruction of the so-called “Catholic ghetto” and to the assimilation of ideas from the culture that were often alien to the Gospel and sound moral reasoning. Finally, I will offer some general reflections on how the Church can regain her influence in this area—especially with the goal in mind of building a culture of life in American society—and how Catholic scholars in particular can contribute to this effort by following the lead of the late Pope John Paul II's 1995 encyclical on bioethics, Evangelium vitae, whose twentieth anniversary is fast approaching.

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