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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
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
Interpretation of Richard III
No full textThis thesis aims to interpretation of William Shakespear?s play Richard III. The word ?interpretation? is used to describe generally valid analysis of the play, not an individual reading of the text.
The aim of the thesis is to search for the limits of this text and on the other side to detect the variability of the drama. Author is interested especially in those parts of the play, which could be explicated in more different ways.
The chapters are focused on conditions in the world of Richard III, on the position of Richard in the society, and describe Richard?s attitude to this world as well.
Special attention is payed to Richard?s clashes with other characters, causes of Richard?s fall and circumstances beyond his control.
The last part describes the theatrical potential of this drama
Photonics and lasers : an introduction / Richard S. Quimby.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references (p. 493-494) and index.xii, 519 pages :Filling an important gap in the existing curriculum, this book takes account of the mathematical capabilities of undergraduate students. At the same time, the author focuses on devices and physical interpretations rather than mathematical developments
Backyard Sculpture: Gnomon One 2019
No full textBackyard Sculpture, Group Exhibition at Domo Baal London, curated by Neil Gall and David Gates, 21.6.19- 20.7.16Exhibiting Artists:Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Alice Wilson, Alison Wilding, Andrew Curtis, Andrew Logan, Aubrey Haskard, Benjamin Houlihan, Brendan Reid, Carl D'Alvia, Carol Robertson, Cathy De Monchaux, Chantal Powell, Clare Mitten, Dan Knight, David Gates, Derek Jarman, Derrick Guild, Drew Edwards, Eduardo Paolozzi, Edward Chell, Eric Bainbridge, Finn Thomson, Gavin Turk, Ian Dawson, International Lawns, Jack Lavender, James Rielly, Jen Binnie, Jock McFadyen, Joel Tomlin, John Chilver, Lothar Götz, Mark Francis, Matt Calderwood, Matt Hale, Maud Cotter, Mel Kendrick, Mhairi Vari, Michelle Segre, MillsPower, Neil Gall, Neil Zakiewicz, Nicky Hirst, Peter László Péri, Phyllida Barlow, Rachel Adams, Richard Woods, Roger Ackling, Rosa Nguyen, Rupert Ackroyd, Simon English, Stefan Löffelhardt, Stephen Nelson, Tash Kahn, The Rural College of Art, Trevor Sutton.Domo Baal is delighted to present Backyard Sculpture: a collection assembled by David Gates & Neil Gall inside and outside the gallery, opening on the first day of Summer. Gall & Gates present an exhibition that looks at sculpture that was not sent to the fabricators … probably. Sculpture that might have a junk/backyard aesthetic, sculpture that might actually be junk alongside sculpture that is well made but looks like junk. Sculpture that might refer to the garden in a literal way. Some sculpture will be placed in the front yard and some in the backyard and some in the gallery.Gall writes:A 'proper' curatorial team might run with the idea of 'Backyard Sculpture' along a historical timeline starting with Picasso's early cubist/guitar cardboard sculptures (circa 1912) moving up the 20th Century with Julio Gonzales through to Jean Tinguely, David Smith maybe onto Richard Stankiewicz perhaps taking a detour onto early Cy Twombly and Rauschenberg finding time to spend some time in England looking up Paolozzi … and what about this guy, George Fullard? … I mean there is a lot out there that might be termed 'Backyard' in the world of sculpture … ok, here we go, what do I mean by 'Backyard Sculpture'? Does it mean sculpture that is made from junk/scrap metal, anything other than marble or bronze, well partly but not really.David Gates and Neil Gall (me), as you probably know are not curators and it’s an idiosyncratic/artists approach that has resulted in this 'assemblage'. All artists have other artist friends or have at least relationships with other like–minded types … so friendship and chance encounters have largely been the guiding principles in bringing this bunch of stuff together.The idea for the show started through musings on the humble beginnings, back garden sculpting really of 20th Century SculptGods Henry Moore and Anthony Caro. There is a great photo of Caro standing proudly next to 'Woman in Pregnancy' in his garden in Hampstead in 1955 but what's really great is that Shelia (Girling, painter and also Mrs Caro) can be seen in the kitchen window doing the dishes … or maybe filling the kettle to make a cuppa for the thirsty 'man' sculptor. And as you probably know, Moore cast his early lead works (mid to late 1930's) in the garden of his Kentish cottage, 'Burcroft' assisted by Bernard Meadows (amusingly described as the 'boy' in a letter to friends at the time), using a saucepan on a Primus stove to liquify the raw material before pouring into a mould. By the time I'd read a John Berger essay on Peter Laszlo Peri, with Berger spying odd sculptures in another Hampstead garden, sometime in the late 1940's before he'd made the acquaintance of their maker, there was more than a germ of a show 'idea'.Something about sculpture that was a little less than heroic, perhaps suburban even, sculpture that was certainly not sent to the fabricators, art that might be epitomised as an art of 'make–do' with a 'can–do' kind of attitude.David Gates spent a year working on the Ray Johnson archive (Johnson of course being a kind of junk poet himself) he recalls seeing signs for 'Backyard Wrestling' on his journeys to and from Manhattan. So here you have the origins of the show title … and also another geographic point of reference, somewhere beyond North London.I always imagine that NY artists let it all hang loose as the city heats up during the summer and head up–state where they unleash their creative energy to make strange, probably hippyish junk sculptures, away from the pressures of the commercial artworld and making stuff that is, if not unsellable then at least probably pretty difficult to.We have brought together art that has a largely D.I.Y feel, much of it might have a junk aesthetic but not necessarily. Some works such as Gavin Turks simply 'refer' to the garden part of our show title, Clare Mitten's sculpture is both junky and plant–like, Derek Jarman is in the mix for similar reasons.Picasso is not in the show but I like to think of him as a Junk–King–Overlord, he was the guy you did not want moving in next door. The Picassos (apart from a brief bourgeois period with Olga) always brought the neighbourhood down … all those animals, goats, dogs and junk, all that crap he needed to feed off … he was a terrible hoarder, ultimate neighbour from Hell.Both myself (sorry neighbours) and David Gates do our own Backyard casting, we had hoped to collaborate on some works, next time I guess, Backyard Sculpture … the sequel.(Neil Gall, North London, June 2019
Micro-crack detection in CFRP laminates using coda wave NDE
Get PDFCoda Waves or diffuse field has been touted to be an NDE method that does not require the damage to be in the path of the ultrasound. The object is insonified with ultrasound and instead of catching the first or second arrival, the waves are allowed to bounce multiple times. This aspect is very important in structural health monitoring (SHM) where the potential damage development location is unknown. Researchers have used Coda waves in the interrogation of seismic damage and metallic materials. In this work we have applied the technique to composite material, and present the results herein. The coda wave and acoustic emission signals are recorded simultaneously and corroborated. Development of small incipient damage in the form of micro-crack and their detection is the objective of this work.This proceeding may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing.
This proceeding appeared in Dayal, Vinay, Dan Barnard, and Richard Livings. "Micro-crack detection in CFRP laminates using coda wave NDE." In AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1949, no. 1, p. 210001. AIP Publishing LLC, 2018., and may be found at
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No full textCan archives of audiovisual TV interviews be used to make authors more visible to students, and thereby reduce the learning gap between native and non-native language speakers in college classes? We examined students in a college course who learned about one scholar's ideas through watching an audiovisual TV interview (i.e., visible author format) and about another scholar's ideas through reading a formal text description (i.e., invisible author format). For the invisible author, native language speakers scored significantly higher than the non-native language speakers on a corresponding exam question (i.e., a cognitive measure), generated more words on the exam question (i.e., a motivational measure), and mentioned the author's name more often in answering the exam question (i.e., an affective measure). For the visible author, the groups did not differ on any of these measures. These findings provide evidence for the idea that making the author visible through audiovisual TV interviews can eliminate the learning gap between native and non-native language speakers. 3 Universities around the world serve students who are non-native speakers of th
Richard M. Murray [People in Control]
No full textThis issue of IEEE Control Systems Magazine speaks with Richard Murray, the recipient of the 2017 IEEE Control Systems Award; Yongxin Chen, the lead author of the paper that received the 2017 George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award; and Joseph Bentsman, the chair of the IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) Technical Committee on Power Generation
Measurement of Gaseous Emissions from Animal Housing
Get PDFAnimal housing and manure storage facilities are two principal on-farm sources of gaseous emissions to the atmosphere. The most important pollutants emitted are ammonia (NH3), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O).The chapter is published as Hassouna, Mélynda, Salvador Calvet, Richard S. Gates, Enda Hayes, and Sabine Schrade. "Measurement of Gaseous Emissions from Animal Housing." In: Holden, N. M., Wolfe, M. L., Ogejo, J. A., & Cummins, E. J (eds.) Introduction to Biosystems Engineering (2020): 1-21. DOI: 10.21061/IntroBiosystemsEngineering/Gaseous_Emissions. Posted with permission.</p
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