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Machine learning-based improvement of empiric models for an accurate estimating process of global solar radiation
No full textDemircan, Cihan/0000-0003-2094-0473WOS: 000514838400011The change of the solar radiation reaching the earth depending on specific conditions brings the execution of system planning meticulously and optimally by solar power researchers to the fore. For the estimation of the solar radiation, the most frequently used model is the Angtrom-Prescott model. In this model, sunshine ratio plays an important role. In the study, it is attempted to enhance the annual and semi-annual models developed for the city of Mugla, Turkey and to congregate the semi-annual models in a single model by using the Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm. The results obtained have revealed that in the multiple model relying on only the sunshine duration, the statistical error values were not reduced to very low levels. In order to cope with this problem, the multiple model relying on both the sunshine duration and the sunset-sunrise hour angle has been proposed. In this way, the statistical errors are found to be reduced by about 40% using the ABC algorithm and the multiple model. It was seen that the models recommended are superior to all the models especially in summer and spring months when there is plenty of sunshine
Determination of optimum insulation thickness for environmental impact reduction of pipe insulation
No full textDemircan, Cihan/0000-0003-2094-0473WOS: 000379636500012This paper reports on the use of a new method to evaluate the optimal insulation thickness according to life cycle assessment (LCA) in pipe insulation applications. In this study, the optimum insulation thickness in the pipes is analysed based on two different methods (life cycle assessment - LCA and life cycle cost - LCC) used to determine the optimum insulation thickness for the environmental impact reduction of pipe insulation. Thus, the LCC analysis is used to evaluate the accuracy of this new method; data are collected from the insulation and energy markets, and the results are compared. The effects on the environmental and cost parameters of insulation thickness are also discussed in detail. The results indicate that the total environmental impacts are almost the same values in both methods, whilst the optimum insulation thickness is overestimated by up to eight-fold in the LCA analysis. As a result, the LCC analysis can be used in the determination of the optimum insulation thickness; however, it must be supported with the LCA analysis for environmental impact reduction. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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
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
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