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Thierry Chappuis, nouveau professeur de génie chimique à l\u27Ecole d\u27Ingénieurs et d\u27Architectes de Fribourg (EIA-FR) : FH – HES
No full textThierry Chappuis is a new professor of chemical engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland in Fribourg (EIA-FR). His main fields of interest are thermal safety of chemical processes and advanced optimization techniques (chemometrics, neural networks or genetic
algorithms) applied to process intensification. He joined the industrial chemistry team at EIA-FR in February 2008, where the main research goal is to develop innovative optimization strategies targeting the chemical industry and sustainable process development. This article briefly presents
the roles he plans to play in the EIA-FR R&D dynamics
Panis quotidianus animae, sive, Meditationes in singulos anni dies
No full texta R. P. Joanne Chapuis ... Callice edit
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
Total ozone determination by chappuis band absorption at an urban location
No full textTotal columnar ozone was estimated at College Park, Maryland, from spectral measurements of the direct beam solar radiation in the visible wavelength spanning the Chappuis continuum (550 < A < 700 nm). A comparison of total ozone derived by the Chappuis band measurements with Dobson spectrometer measurements of total ozone showed that the Chappuis band method differed from the Dobson method by approximately ±20% on the most stable days. These differences can be attributed to a combination of: large aerosol optical depths; diurnal variation of aerosol optical depth; the deviation from the assumed power law relationship used to estimate the change in aerosol optical depth with wavelength; and uncertainty in the values of ozone absorption coefficients.The loan of the NASA/GLA narrowband transmissometer used in this study was arranged by Dr. W. L. Barnes through Grant GSFC79-2(E) to the University of Maryland. Valuable discussions with Dr. M. D. King are greatly appreciated. The Computer Science Center at the University of Maryland provided the computer time.http://revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx/index.php/RGI/article/view/112
"Closing the R&D Gap, Evaluating the Sources of R&D Spending"
No full textBoth spending and tax policies have been implemented in the United States with the goal of stimulating private sector research and development (R&D). Karier questions whether current R&D policy, especially the research and experimentation tax credit, can contribute to closing the gap between nondefense expenditures on R&D in the United States and such expenditures in other countries, such as Japan and Germany. He also explores possible changes to our current R&D policy to make it more effective.
Comparative effects of rosiglitazone and pioglitazone on fasting and postprandial low-density lipoprotein size and subclasses in patients with Type 2 diabetes
No full textTo assess the effects of pioglitazone and rosiglitazone on fasting and postprandial low-density lipoprotein (LDL) size and subclasses in patients with Type 2 diabetes
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
EXPERIMENTAL GROWTH CONDITIONS AFFECT DIRECT AND INDIRECT DEFENCES IN TWO COTTON SPECIES
No full textThe file "R code CHappuis et al. 2023.txt" contains the R code for all the analyses shown in the research article "EXPERIMENTAL GROWTH CONDITIONS AFFECT DIRECT AND INDIRECT DEFENCES IN TWO COTTON SPECIES". The other files contain the raw data used for the analyses
Letter from R. R. Zellick, Assistant Trust Officer, Anglo California National Bank of San Francisco, to Joseph R. Goodman, October 2, 1942
No full textLetter from R. R. Zellick, Assistant Trust Officer at The Anglo California National Bank of San Francisco, to Joseph R. Goodman, regarding property owned by Dave Tatsuno. Zellick mentions a dispute between current tenants and Tatsuno, and that Tatsuno has asked Goodman to help locate trustworthy tenants.Personal correspondence, organizational records, government documents, publications, and other papers created or collected by Joseph R. Goodman documenting the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, as well as organized resistance to incarceration. Included in the collection are records of the Japanese Young Men's Christian Association and the Japanese American Citizens' League in San Francisco, including papers of the Japanese YMCA's executive secretary Lincoln Kanai; Sakai family papers; Goodman's correspondence to and from Japanese American incarcerees, organizations opposing forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, the War Relocation Authority, and others; publications, photographs, and ephemera from the Topaz Relocation Center, where Goodman taught high school; War Relocation Authority records and publications; and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and reports about forced removal and incarceration created by various government, religious, and civic organizations, in California and nationwide
Bilateral congenital diaphragmatic hernia associated with brachyesophagus
No full textObjectives: The authors report the case of an infant presenting with a bilateral, postero-internal diaphragmatic hernia associated with a brachyesophagus and vertebral malformation. The surgical care and the follow-up of this malformation complex are discussed. Methods: The antenatal examination identified only a left hernia; complete assessment of the malformation was performed at birth. Repair of the hernias was performed 20 h after birth by suturing the hernial orifices, involving neither prosthetic material nor transposition of the muscle. A Collis gastroplasty procedure was carried out 3 months later with repositioning of the hiatus and Toupet fundoplication. The existence of a thoracic vertebral hemiblock led to the development of scoliosis: the child was submitted to orthopedic treatment at the age of 24 months. Conclusion: This case demonstrates the difficulties involved in precise antenatal diagnosis of certain diaphragmatic malformations, and difficulties concerning surgical repair of wide muscular defects with aplasia of the pillars. This polymalformation syndrome requires multidisciplinary care and long-term follow-up
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