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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Simulation of the 3γ imaging using liquid xenon Compton telescope
No full textL’imagerie 3γ est une technique innovante d’imagerie médicale nucléaire qui est étudiée au laboratoire SUBATECH. Elle repose sur la localisation tridimensionnelle d’un radioisotope émetteur (β+, γ), le 44Sc, à l’aide d’un télescope Compton au xénon liquide. Le lieu de désintégration de ce radioisotope est obtenu par l’intersection de la ligne de réponse, construite à partir de la détection des deux photons de 511 keV issus de l’annihilation d’un positron, et du cône déterminé à partir du troisième photon. Un prototype de petite dimension XEMIS1 (XEnon Medical Imaging System) a été développé afin de faire la preuve expérimentale de la faisabilité de l’imagerie à 3γ. Les résultats de ce prototype sont très promoteurs en terme de résolution en énergie, de pureté du xénon liquide et de faible bruit électronique. La simulation Monte Carlo est un outil indispensable pour accompagner la R&D et évaluer les performances de la nouvelle technique d’imagerie proposée. Les travaux rapportés dans cette thèse concernent le développement de la simulation du système d’imagerie 3γ avec GATE (Geant4 Application for Tomographic Emission). De nouvelles fonctionnalités ont été implémentées dans GATE afin de simuler un détecteur de type TPC (Time Projection Chamber). Nous avons effectué une simulation du prototype XEMIS1 et obtenu des résultats en bon accord avec nos données expérimentales. La prochaine étape du projet consiste à construire une caméra cylindrique au xénon liquide pour l’imagerie du petit animal. Les résultats des simulations de cette caméra présentés dans cette thèse montrent la possibilité de localiser chaque désintégration le long de la ligne de réponse avec une très bonne précision et une bonne sensibilité de détection. Des premières images de fantômes simples, réalisées évènements par événements, et après reconstruction tomographiques ont également présentées.Nuclear medical 3γ imaging is an innovative technique which is studied at the SUBATECH laboratory. It isbased on the three-dimensional localization of a (β+, γ) radioisotope emitter, the 44Sc, by using a liquid xenon Compton telescope. The position of the disintegration of this radioisotope is obtained by the intersection of the line of response, built by the detection of two 511 keVphotons from the annihilation of a positron, and the cone determined by the third photon. A small prototype XEMIS1 (XEnon Medical Imaging System) was developed to demonstrate experimentally the feasibility of 3γ imaging. The results of this prototype are quite encouraging in terms of energy resolution, purity of liquid xenon and electronic noise. The Monte Carlo simulation is an indispensable tool to support the R&D and to evaluate the new proposed technique of imaging ; this thesis work is to develop the simulation of 3γ imaging system by using GATE (Geant4 Application for Tomographic Emission). New functionalities have been added to GATE to simulate a TPC (Time Projection Chamber) detector. We performed a simulation of XEMIS1 prototype and obtained results in good agreement with our experimental data. The next step of the project is to build a full liquid xenon cylindrical camera for the small animal imaging. The results presented in this thesis of the simulations of this camera demonstrate the ability to locate every decayalong the line of response with very good accuracy and good detection sensitivity. The first direct images of simple phantoms, realized event by event, and after tomographic reconstruction are also presented
Isolated photon production measurement in p-p collisions at √s= 7 TeV with the ALICE detector
No full textLa production de photons de grande impulsion transverse lors des collisions proton-proton (p-p), est décrite par la chromodynamique quantique perturbative (pQCD). Parmi ces photons, ceux issus directement d’un processus partonique énergétique (appelés photons directs) sont particulièrement intéressants car leur mesure permet de tester précisément les prédictions de la pQCD et offre la possibilité de mieux contraindre les fonctions de structure du proton. Ce travail de thèse a pour objectif l’étude et la mesure des photons directs produits dans les collisions p-p à 7 TeV avec le détecteur ALICE. Le calorimètre électromagnétique d’ALICE (EMCal), est utilisé pour réaliser cette mesure qui s’appuie notamment sur l’utilisation d’une procédure d’isolement permettant de réduire le bruit de fond provenant des autres modes de production (fragmentation, décroissance). Les aspects relatifs à la qualité des données dans EMCal, à l’identification des photons, mais aussi ceux liés à la correction du spectre ou encore à sa normalisation sont mis en avant. Finalement, la première section efficace de photons isolés mesurée dans les collisions p-p à 7 TeV avec le détecteur ALICE est présentée et comparée avec les prédictions théoriques avant d’être mise en regard avec les résultats issus des autres grandes expériences du LHC.The high transverse momentum photon production inproton-proton collisions (p-p) is described by perturbativequantum chromodynamics (pQCD). Among thesephotons, those produced directly by an energetic partonicinteraction (called direct photons) are of great interestsince their measurement allows to test pQCDpredictions and it allows also the constraint of protonstructure functions. The work of this thesis aims atstudying and measuring direct photons produced in p-pcollisions at 7 TeV with the ALICE detector. The ALICEelectromagnetic calorimeter (EMCal) is used to achievethis measurement which is based on an isolation procedurethat allows to reduce background coming fromother photon production modes (fragmentation, decay).Multiple aspects like EMCal data quality, photon identificationas well as spectrum correction and its normalizationare highlighted. Finally, the first isolated promptphoton cross-section measured with ALICE detector ispresented, compared to theoretical predictions and tothe last results from other LHC experiments
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“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
Get PDFWe 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
Get PDFWe 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
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