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Trade Centers of the Upper Midwest: 1999 Update
No full textCasey, William. (1999). Trade Centers of the Upper Midwest: 1999 Update. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/2715
Analysis of fault networks and conjugate systems
No full textFaults networks exist over a range of scales and are important for understanding the brittle deformation and fluid transport processes within the Earth’s crust. Analysing fault networks by characterizing the organization of faulting within them; the distribution of numerous attributes (i.e. displacement, density, strain etc.); and assessing their connectivity is essential, as these provide information about a fault networks behaviour, growth and development. This thesis presents an analysis of various strike-slip and normal fault networks from north Devon, New Zealand and Alaska. The fault networks are interpreted using an array of datasets such as field observation, aerial photography, multibeam bathymetry, high resolution seismic profiles and 3-D seismic volumes. These are integrated with ArcGIS and robust methodologies are used to analyse each network.Spatial mapping of various attributes indicates that there is much heterogeneity in the organization of faulting within fault networks. Different domains, defined by their deformation style and/or their kinematic behaviour, can develop within a fault network. Domino domains have a dominant fault set with larger displacements, which controlssystematic rotation of faults and bedding. Conjugate domains form when there are equal sizes and proportions of each fault set and show little or no rotation of bedding. Domains interact with one another and can form large damage zones to accommodate changes in strain. Strain accommodated by each domain can vary within a network and is either distributed across numerous faults or localized to a few large faults, however, the network will preserve strain compatibility between domains.Fault interactions including splays, abutments and cross-cutting relationships are characterized by different displacement profiles. These can be divided into two groups based on their kinematics: antithetic interactions and synthetic interactions, which involve faults with the opposite and same motion senses, respectively. Fault development can be influenced by interactions with pre-existing structures. When earlier fault generations are reactivated they affect the orientation, displacement and distribution of new fault generations.A topological analysis is developed to characterize fault networks and assess connectivity. This considers a network to comprise of nodes (I, Y and X) and branches (I-I, I-C and C-C) between nodes. The number and proportion of each topological component can be used to produce parameters that relate to the connectivity of a network, such as the number of connections per line or per branch. They can also provide information about the clustering and compartmentalization within a network
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
Real Property Value in the Heart of the Upper Midwest.
Full text linkWhen people build things, they literally put down their roots in the land. They create not only the real property assets in the economy, but also the substance of the world's changing human geography. The relationship between real property value and geography is explored in this 1994 study of the twenty-three counties in the commuter areas of the Twin Cities, Rochester, and St. Cloud. The study presents a regional profile of property values, shows how legacy and location have shaped variations in property values, and explores the changing value of property over time and how assessors' records, if they are incorporated into geographic information systems, could provide a national system for monitoring land and value. A summary of this study appears in the March 1994 CURA Reporter.Borchert, John R.; Casey, William. (1994). Real Property Value in the Heart of the Upper Midwest.. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/207810
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
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