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MISE-PIPE: Magnetic Induction-based Wireless Sensor Networks for Underground Pipeline Monitoring
No full textUnderground pipelines constitute one of the most important ways to transport large amounts
of fluid (e.g. oil and water) through long distances. However, existing leakage detection
techniques do not work well in monitoring the underground pipelines due to the harsh
underground environmental conditions. In this paper, a new solution, the magnetic
induction (MI)-based wireless sensor network for underground pipeline monitoring
(MISE-PIPE), is introduced to provide low-cost and real-time leakage detection and
localization for underground pipelines. MISE-PIPE detects and localizes leakage by jointly
utilizing the measurements of different types of sensors that are located both inside and
around the underground pipelines. By adopting an MI waveguide technique, the
measurements of different types of the sensors throughout the pipeline network can be
reported to the administration center in real-time. The system architecture and operational
framework of MISE-PIPE is first developed. Based on the operational framework,
research challenges and open research issues are then discussed
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
BorderSense: Border Patrol through Advanced Wireless Sensor Networks
No full textThe conventional border patrol systems suffer from intensive human involvement. Recently,
unmanned border patrol systems employ high-tech devices, such as unmanned aerial
vehicles, unattended ground sensors, and surveillance towers equipped with camera
sensors. However, any single technique encounters inextricable problems, such as high
false alarm rate and line-of-sight-constraints. There lacks a coherent system that coordinates
various technologies to improve the system accuracy. In this paper, the concept of
BorderSense, a hybrid wireless sensor network architecture for border patrol systems, is
introduced. BorderSense utilizes the most advanced sensor network technologies,
including the wireless multimedia sensor networks and the wireless underground sensor
networks. The framework to deploy and operate BorderSense is developed. Based on the
framework, research challenges and open research issues are discussed
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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