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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
Modélisation des performances d'un moteur d'avion à gain de pression
No full textInternational audienceAs the gas turbine designs used today are reaching the limits of their performance, despite various optimization techniques adopted in recent years, the need arises for new types of propulsion devices. Pressure Gain Combustion (PGC) technology is an actively pursued area of innovation for gas turbine cycles that can be implemented in aerospace propulsion and land-based power generation. The advantages of pressure gain combustion, such as higher thermodynamic cycle efficiency and lower specific fuel consumption, make it an attractive alternative to conventional Brayton cycle, which uses constant pressure heat addition. Various pressure gain combustion technologies such as Pulse Detonation Engines (PDE) and Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE) are currently being investigated for propulsion applications, either as standalone propulsive devices or as constant pressure - PGC hybrid engines. Based on specific engine data, this paper aims at assessing the performance of pressure gain combustion in the framework of aircraft propulsion using the in-house simulation tool ‘TRANSEO’
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
Contribution au développement des outils de simulation numérique de la combustion supersonique
No full textfichier pdf généré le 2006-04-21This thesis, consisting of four chapters, concerns the improvement and development of models for the numerical simulation of the supersonic combustion. Chapter 1 describes the theoretical base of a computational code dedicated to the simulation of compressible reactive turbulent flows. Chapter 2 presents the improvements introduced in the k-epsilon turbulence model, namely the implementation of the Pope and Sarkar corrections and the validation of the model for compressible flows such as the plane mixing layer and round jet. A stabilizing limitation has been proposed for the Pope correction ensuring an accurate prediction of the jet spreading rate. A postprocessing of data from a direct simulation of a turbulent non-isothermal two-species mixing layer permitted to evaluate the ratio of the turbulent Prandtl and Schmidt numbers. Chapter 3 is devoted to the chemical kinetic models. A new method for the automatic reduction of chemical kinetic mechanisms has been elaborated and then applied to the development of reduced chemical models for the reactive mixtures CH4-H2-air and H2-vitiated air. A new empirical correlation for the autoignition delay time of the CH4-H2-air mixture has been proposed. The reduced mechanisms have been validated for homogeneous conditions and for a diffusive medium. Chapter 4 presents the methodology and results of a numerical study on a supersonic combustion chamber. The methodological aspects of this study are: the validation of numerical models, the choice of the boundary conditions, the mesh adaptation, and the comparison of two- and three-dimensional configurations.Cette thèse, composée de quatre chapitres, porte sur l'amélioration et le développement de modèles pour la simulation numérique de la combustion supersonique. Le 1er chapitre décrit les bases théoriques d'un code de calcul destiné à la simulation des écoulements compressibles réactifs turbulents. Le 2e chapitre présente les améliorations apportées au modèle de turbulence k-epsilon, notamment l'implantation des corrections de Pope et Sarkar et la validation du modèle pour des écoulements compressibles tels que la couche de mélange plane et le jet rond. Une limitation stabilisatrice a été proposée pour la correction de Pope assurant une prédiction précise de l'épanouissement du jet rond. Un post-traitement de données d'une simulation directe d'une couche de mélange turbulente non isotherme bi-espèces a permis d'évaluer le rapport des nombres de Prandtl et de Schmidt turbulents. Le 3e chapitre est consacré aux modèles cinétiques chimiques. Une nouvelle méthode de réduction automatique de mécanismes cinétiques chimiques a été élaborée puis appliquée au développement de modèles chimiques réduits pour les mélanges réactifs CH4-H2-air et H2-air vicié. Une nouvelle corrélation empirique pour le délai d'autoinflammation du mélange CH4-H2-air a été proposée. Les mécanismes réduits ont été validés dans des conditions homogènes et dans un milieu diffusif. Le 4e chapitre présente la méthodologie et les résultats d'une étude numérique sur une chambre de combustion supersonique. L'aspect méthodologique de cette étude concerne : la validation des modèles numériques, le choix des conditions aux limites, l'adaptation du maillage et la comparaison des configurations bi- et tridimensionnelle
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