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    Forward and Backward Modelling of Spectroscopic Diagnostics in Fusion Plasmas

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    Title: Forward and Backward Modelling of Spectroscopic Diagnostics in Fusion Plasmas Author: Matěj Tomeš Department: Department of Surface and Plasma Science Supervisor: Mgr. Jakub Seidl, Ph.D., Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Abstract: The thesis primarily focuses on developing forward and backward models for fusion diagnostics. It encompasses the development and application of these models for Thomson scattering, the inference of neon concentrations in JET's divertor and for synchrotron radiation. In the first chapter, the forward model of Thomson scattering designed for Cherab is detailed. This includes the development of a laser module intended for a wide range of applications, primarily to facilitate Thomson scattering simulations. An application example is provided by a comprehensive model of the Thomson scattering diagnostic used at the COMPASS tokamak. The model of the diagnostic is combined with experimentally obtained electron profiles to assess its performance. The second half of the chapter focuses on the development of a backward model for Bayesian inference of temperature profiles from measured Thomson scattering data. The effectiveness of this model is compared to the conventional approach based on least square error optimization, revealing clear advantages of..

    Dopředné a zpětné modelování spektroskopických diagnostik fúzního plazmatu

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    Title: Forward and Backward Modelling of Spectroscopic Diagnostics in Fusion Plasmas Author: Matěj Tomeš Department: Department of Surface and Plasma Science Supervisor: Mgr. Jakub Seidl, Ph.D., Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Abstract: The thesis primarily focuses on developing forward and backward models for fusion diagnostics. It encompasses the development and application of these models for Thomson scattering, the inference of neon concentrations in JET's divertor and for synchrotron radiation. In the first chapter, the forward model of Thomson scattering designed for Cherab is detailed. This includes the development of a laser module intended for a wide range of applications, primarily to facilitate Thomson scattering simulations. An application example is provided by a comprehensive model of the Thomson scattering diagnostic used at the COMPASS tokamak. The model of the diagnostic is combined with experimentally obtained electron profiles to assess its performance. The second half of the chapter focuses on the development of a backward model for Bayesian inference of temperature profiles from measured Thomson scattering data. The effectiveness of this model is compared to the conventional approach based on least square error optimization, revealing clear advantages of...Název: Forward and Backward Modelling of Spectroscopic Diagnostics in Fusion Plasmas Autor: Matěj Tomeš Katedra: Katedra fyziky povrchů a plazmatu Vedoucí práce: Mgr. Jakub Seidl, Ph.D., Ústav fyziky plazmatu AV ČR, v. v. i. Abstrakt: Práce se primárně zaměřuje na vývoj dopředných a zpětných modelů pro diagnostiku fúzního plazmatu. Zahrnuje vývoj a aplikaci těchto modelů pro Thomsonův rozptyl, odhad koncentrace neonu v divertoru tokamaku JET a pro synchrotronní záření. V první kapitole je podrobně popsán dopředný model Thomsonova rozptylu napsaný pro simulační software Cherab. To zahrnuje vývoj laserového modulu určeného pro širokou škálu aplikací, především ale pro umožnění simulací Thom- sonova rozptylu. Příkladem aplikace je komplexní model diagnostiky Thomsonova rozptylu z tokamaku COMPASS. Model diagnostiky je kombinován s experi- mentálně získanými profily elektronové teploty a hustoty za účelem zhodnocení jeho přesnosti. Druhá polovina kapitoly se zaměřuje na vývoj zpětného modelu pro bayesovský odhad teplotních profilů z naměřených dat Thomsonova rozptylu. Účinnost tohoto modelu je srovnávána s tradičním přístupem založeným na op- timalizaci součtu nejmenších čtverců, což odhaluje jasné výhody...Faculty of Mathematics and PhysicsMatematicko-fyzikální fakult

    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

    Author Index

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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
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