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Dynamic Machine Testing of Running Specific Prostheses Based on User-Specific Input Parameters
Full text linkThis paper presents a new testing protocol for running-specific prostheses that aims to better simulate real running conditions. Unlike traditional methods that often use fixed conditions and lack standardization, this approach adjusts the rotation of the bottom platform and the vertical compression force, based on findings from treadmill tests and static analyses. The study tests two prosthetic footblade models by simulating two different running styles. To evaluate the accuracy of these dynamic tests, the study compares the vertical and horizontal forces measured during testing to those recorded from actual users running. The most accurate test showed only a 2.46% error in the ratio of horizontal to vertical forces and a 2.38% standard deviation compared to real-life data. These findings indicate that the testing method closely matches real-world conditions, demonstrating its reliability. In the future, this dynamic testing method could be standardized to improve the evaluation of prosthetic running blades across various models and stiffness levels, helping to bridge the gap between laboratory tests and real-world usage
Finite Element Model Updating Applied to a Lower Limb Prosthesis Through the Optimisation of Its Mechanical Properties
No full textIn the context of elite sports for lower limb amputees, the use of advanced materials and pioneering designs has enhanced athletes’ performance by improving the energy storage and return capability of prosthesis feet. The knowledge of the behaviour of these components is crucial to meet athletes’ requirements and needs. Given their inherent anisotropic nature, the modelling of these components entails fine-tuning several parameters, i.e., Young moduli, Poisson ratios and shear moduli along three directions. This research aims to develop an automated algorithm, implemented in Matlab, for the automated fitting of the material properties. An experimental modal analysis in free-free conditions has been conducted on the blade prosthetic to extract natural frequencies and mode shapes. Subsequently, in the optimisation code, modal simulations are performed on a finite element model, using Nastran. The optimisation procedure is based on the comparison to the experimental data previously evaluated. The optimisation outcomes, in terms of material properties, enable the development of a numerical model capable of predicting the experimental dynamic behaviour up to 400 Hz
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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