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Photometric and imaging characterization for evaluating the visual performances of translucent glass panes
Small-angle X-ray scattering and Reyleigh scattering studies of the microstructure of some optical glasses
Several optical glass samples were studied by small-angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) in order to verify the presence of inhomogeneity in the range (1-100 nm). The results were compared with Rayleigh scattering measurements in order to verify a possible correlation between microstructure and scattering losses. For most glasses investigated, the presence of phase separation was excluded and the Rayleigh scattering intensities were attributed to refractive index fluctuations. For glasses ZKN7 and SK11 evidence of phase separation, with size of about 8 nm and less than 2 nm respectively, was obtained using SAXS. The particle size was insensitive to annealing treatments in the case of SK11 and showed a continuous growth with annealing time at 610 °C in the case of ZKN7. For these two glasses the overall Rayleigh scattering intensity includes a contribution due to the presence of phase separated particle
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CEMS study of tin in the hot end coatings of glass containers
Tin oxide coatings are applied to glass containers as adhesion promoters for the organic lubricants. In this article, room temperature conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy (CEMS) is used to analyse a range of tin oxide coated containers. Readable CEMS curves could be obtained even for the thinnest (30 CTU or about 6 nm) coatings. The hyperfine parameters calculated from the spectral curves show that tin is tetravalent in crystalline form with a preferential grain orientation, which is reduced on annealing. The presence of tin in other oxidation states and dissolved in the matrix was excluded
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
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
“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
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