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    Mathematical Model Of Energy Transferred In A Single Ball Motion In Agitation Mode

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    Particle size reduction process using mechanical milling method is an inefficient energy intensive process. Typically, only 1 to 5 percents of the energy supplied to the process are utilized for the size reduction of the particle, and the remaining energy is dissipated mainly into heat. Since energy is one of the predominant operating costs, a lot of efforts have been expanded to understand the mechanism of particle breakage in size reduction process in order to increase the energy efficiency. In industrial practices, this inefficiency is inevitably accepted by allowing longer processing time

    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The 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

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    “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

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    We 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

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    We 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

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    koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist

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    We 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

    An analysis of learning preferences of Mechanical Engineering undergraduate students at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Pulau Pinang to improve teaching approach / Salina Budin and Shaira Ismail

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    Students learn effectively in a preferable learning environment with suitable teaching approach that matches their learning preferences. Teaching and learning activities which suit students’ learning preferences have an impact on their motivational level to learn. As for the lecturers, it will help lecturers to organize and improve their teaching aids, learning and teaching assessment and learning environment. This work aims to analyze the learning preferences among the Diploma students in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering which can be used to improve teaching approaches. The Dunn and Dunn Learning Styles model consists of five elements namely; environmental, sociological, emotional, physiological and psychological is applied in the survey involving of 131 students. The results show that, the diploma students of Mechanical Engineering posses various learning preferences. For the learning environmental element, majorities are more convenient in cool environment with informal seating design. Whereas for sound background and lighting elements, the students are nearly well balance distributed. Equilibrium distribution of learning preferences is also seen in the emotional element. For the sociological aspect, most of the students chose variations which indicate that, they are able to adapt their learning styles either self, pair, peers or team. Physiological aspect reflects that most of the students are visual learners, morning alert and requires of having snack during classes. They are also hardly to remain seated for a certain period of time. Finally, from the psychological aspect, most of them are analytical learners, left-brain dominants with reflective learning styles. The research outcomes will help lecturers to develop a variety approach in improving teaching and learning activities in order to align with students learning preferences. Consequently, it will improve the teaching approach and enhance the transfer of learning
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