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Optimization of Screw Elements by Genetic Algorithm
No full textBASKAL, TAMER/0000-0001-9530-2922In the present study, dimensional optimization of screw system elements, like shaft diameter, arm length and nut height, has been performed by tensile, torsional, and shear strength calculations via genetic algorithm. Genetic algorithm has been used to minimize the objective function work with the idea of natural selection. The volume of the designed screw device has been defined as the object function. The limit function is composed of the total stresses affecting the screw system. The algorithm was set up in this way, due to the fact that it relies on the principle of finding the best in a genetic process. Values of the variables within the limiting intervals ensure that the screw device has an optimum size
Imħabba Siekta
No full textĠabra ta’ poeżiji u proża li tinkludi: Dan Min Hu? ta’ Dun Karm – Ħajja Qasira ta’ Karmenu Vassallo – It-Tliet Grazzji ta’ Ivo Muscat-Azzopardi – Epithalamion ta’ Ġużè Chetcuti – Il-Mewt ta’ Nonny ta’ Baskal – Imħabba Siekta ta’ Dun Karm.N/
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
Application of Genetic Algorithm (GA) for Optimum Design of Module, Shaft Diameter and Bearing for Bevel Gearbox
No full textKulekci, Mustafa Kemal/0000-0002-5829-3489; BASKAL, TAMER/0000-0001-9530-2922In this study selection of optimum module, shaft diameter and rolling bearing for conical gear has been done using genetic algorithm (GA). GA, is a novel stochastic method of optimization. GAs are based on the principles of natural selection and evolutionary theory. Objective function was optimized for the design variables between determined boundary values. The GA was constrained by taking into account the power, moment, velocity, wall thickness and bearing distances. Tooth strength and surface crush were considered to be design constraints for module optimization. The other algorithm constraints are maximum bending and torsion moments for shaft optimization, and working life for bearing optimization
Variations on the Author
No full text“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
No full textWe 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
No full textWe 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
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