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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
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
Experimental study and performance optimization of Archimedean screw turbine used in micro hydroelectric plants
No full textLe potentiel de production d'hydroélectricité à l'aide de micro centrales hydroélectriques est sous-exploité en Europe. L'exploitation de petites chutes d'eau, à l'aide des vis d'Archimède, est un moyen de production d'énergie renouvelable récent et en voie de développement. Cette thèse étudie les performances hydrauliques de ce type de turbine. Une première partie du travail a porté sur la mise en place d'un dispositif expérimental, à échelle réduite, permettant de tester pour des conditions hydrauliques et des paramètres géométriques variés les performances hydrauliques d'une vis d'Archimède. Un modèle théorique semi-analytique permettant de déterminer les performances de la vis a été développé puis validé à l'aide des résultats expérimentaux. Les écoulements complexes au sein de cette turbine sont étudiés par le biais d'une modélisation numérique 3D instationnaire, validée expérimentalement. La compréhension de la structure de l'écoulement a alors permis de développer un nouveau modèle théorique permettant de déterminer avec plus de précision le débit de fuite qui est à l'origine d'une perte significative de rendement. Ces résultats permettent d'envisager l'implémentation d'un modèle de dimensionnement industriel.The potential for hydropower generation using micro-hydro plants is still under exploited in Europe. The Archimede Screw Generators are a growing technology convenient for low-head hydraulic sites. This thesis studies the hydraulic performance of this turbine. The first part of thiswork presents an experimental device using a laboratory screw scale. This device allows to test screw performance for various hydraulic conditions and geometrical parameters. A theoretical model predicting the screw performance has then been developed and validated with experimental results.The complex flows occurring within the screw are studied thanks to 3D and unsteady numerical simulations. The numerical results are validated experimentally. The insights provided on the flow structure permit to develop a new leakage model. These leakages are a major source of efficiency loss. Eventually, all these results will allow the implementation of an industrial dimensioning model
Etude expérimentale et optimisation des performances hydrauliques des vis d'Archimède utilisées dans les micro centrales hydroélectriques
No full textThe potential for hydropower generation using micro-hydro plants is still under exploited in Europe. The Archimede Screw Generators are a growing technology convenient for low-head hydraulic sites. This thesis studies the hydraulic performance of this turbine. The first part of thiswork presents an experimental device using a laboratory screw scale. This device allows to test screw performance for various hydraulic conditions and geometrical parameters. A theoretical model predicting the screw performance has then been developed and validated with experimental results.The complex flows occurring within the screw are studied thanks to 3D and unsteady numerical simulations. The numerical results are validated experimentally. The insights provided on the flow structure permit to develop a new leakage model. These leakages are a major source of efficiency loss. Eventually, all these results will allow the implementation of an industrial dimensioning model.Le potentiel de production d'hydroélectricité à l'aide de micro centrales hydroélectriques est sous-exploité en Europe. L'exploitation de petites chutes d'eau, à l'aide des vis d'Archimède, est un moyen de production d'énergie renouvelable récent et en voie de développement. Cette thèse étudie les performances hydrauliques de ce type de turbine. Une première partie du travail a porté sur la mise en place d'un dispositif expérimental, à échelle réduite, permettant de tester pour des conditions hydrauliques et des paramètres géométriques variés les performances hydrauliques d'une vis d'Archimède. Un modèle théorique semi-analytique permettant de déterminer les performances de la vis a été développé puis validé à l'aide des résultats expérimentaux. Les écoulements complexes au sein de cette turbine sont étudiés par le biais d'une modélisation numérique 3D instationnaire, validée expérimentalement. La compréhension de la structure de l'écoulement a alors permis de développer un nouveau modèle théorique permettant de déterminer avec plus de précision le débit de fuite qui est à l'origine d'une perte significative de rendement. Ces résultats permettent d'envisager l'implémentation d'un modèle de dimensionnement industriel
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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