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Performance evaluation of a small size cogenerative system based on a PEM fuel cell stack
No full textThe use of fuel cell systems for distributed generation represents an interesting option due to the intrinsic high efficiency and the potential to reduce the environmental impact of power supply in comparison with thermoelectric plants. In this paper the study of a cogenerative energy system based on a Proton Exchange Membrane fuel cell stack, that should satisfy a small electric utility, is reported; the capability of this cogenerative system to supply electrical and thermal power demand of a civil user has been investigated. In this research the electric efficiency has been calculated as net electric power on chemical power given to the system and the thermal efficiency as thermal power given to user on chemical power in input. Moreover, an energy saving index has been introduced to assess the cogenerative performance of this energy system. The investigation has been developed by experimenting an existing stack of fuel cell and studying its behaviour with a variable power demand. In particular, all the input and output mass flows have been evaluated to have parameters through which the operation of the whole cogenerative system, made by fuel cell stack and all the auxiliaries like compressor and pumps, could be simulated. Copyright © 2005 by ASME
A proposal for the numerical modelling of monotonic and cyclic behaviour of masonry infilled reinforced concrete frames
No full textThis article is aimed at proposing a numerical model for the study of the monotonous and cyclic behaviour of reinforced concrete frames equipped with masonry infills. In fact, the main purpose of this study concerns to derive a reliable model that is able to predict the monotonic and cyclic response of reinforced concrete infilled masonry frames. To this end, after a critical analysis of the available literature, the authors combine two models, one for the monotone response and the other for the cyclic one, showing their reliability with reference to six different experimental cases. The final step considered in this article is to propose an experimental procedure to minimise the error between the numerical analysis and the results of the six experimental literature tests examined, in order to provide a family of 16 new variables that substantially improve the starting models selected
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
Jump rotation in a molecular glass former
No full textThe rotational dynamics of the spin probe 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidin-loxyl (TEMPO) dissolved in the molecular glass former phenyl salicylate (Salol) have been investigated via electron spin resonance spectroscopy. in a temperature interval ranging from the supercooled to the glassy state of Salol. The comparison of experimental data with predictions of both difusive and jump reorientational models has been made. It has been proved that in both the supercooled and the glassy state, the TEMPO spin probe rotates according to a jump process. In the investigated temperature range, the angular jump size Phi has been found to be constant and holds 75degrees. Moreover, the temperature dependence of the reorientational correlation times. which is well described by a double Arrhenius law. has been studied, The crossing temperature from the first to the second Arrhenius regime is found to be near to the glass transition temperature. Comparison with the results of a previous study on the reorientational dynamics of a TEMPO probe in o-terphenyl, has shown that rotational motion happens in structural cages with comparable free volumes
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
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