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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
Conception d'un capteur de force / couple résonnant multi-axes pour la robotique
No full textLes capteurs de force / couple au poignet utilisés dans les applications robotiques augmentent les performances et la flexibilité des tâches automatisées. Ils offrent également de nouvelles possibilités dans le processus de fabrication, où un contact physique entre la pièce et l'environnement est requis. La large diffusion de ces capteurs est pour le moment limitée par leurs caractéristiques. En guise d'alternative aux capteurs de force existants dans le jeu de contraintes, notre travail présente une structure composite résonante, sensible aux multiples composantes de la force prises en compte via l'effet de précontrainte. Des patchs piézoélectriques liés structurellement sont utilisés pour amener la structure à sa résonance, qui est décalée en fonction des forces appliquées. La relation entre la force et le décalage de fréquence est modélisée en tenant compte de la multi-physique de cette structure intelligente. Un prototype a été testé et validé.Wrist force/torque sensors used in robotic applications increase the performances and flexibility of the automated tasks. They also offer new possibilities in the manufacturing process, where physical contact between the work-piece and environment is required. The wide spreading of these sensors is for now restricted by their features. As an alternative to the existing straingauges force sensors, our work presents a resonant composite structure, which is sensitive to multiple components of force that are considered via the pre-stress effect. Structurally bonded piezoelectric patches are used to bring the structure to its resonance, which is shifted according to applied forces. The relationship between force and frequency shift is modelled considering the multi-physics of this smart structure. A prototype was tested and validated
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
Flexures for High-Precision Manipulation Robots
No full textINSTANT-LABChapter 7. Flexures for High-Precision Manipulation Robots 243 7.1. High-precision industrial robots background 243 7.2. Kinematic analysis of simple flexures 248 7.3. Design method of parallel modular kinematics for flexures 260 7.4. Example of the Legolas 5 robot design 264 7.5. Bibliography 27
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
Non-linear modeling and control of a robotic actuator. Application to object manipulation
No full textLa réalisation de tâches de manipulation dextres requiert une complexité aussi bien dans la conception de préhenseur robotique que dans la synthèse de leurs lois de commande. Une optimisation de la mécatronique de ces systèmes permet de répondre aux contraintes d'intégration fonctionnelle en se passant de capteurs de force terminaux. L'utilisation de mécanismes réversibles rend alors possible la détermination du positionnement du système dans l'espace libre et la détection de son interaction avec les objets manipulés, grâce aux mesures proprioceptives inhérentes aux actionneurs électriques. L'objectif de cette thèse est de parvenir synthétiser, dans le contexte articulaire (un degré-de-liberté), une commande adaptée à la manipulation en tenant compte de ces particularités mécaniques. La méthode proposée est basée sur une commande robuste par rapport aux non-linéarités structurelles dues aux effets gravitationnels et aux frottements secs d'une part et par rapport aux rigidités variables des objets manipulés. L'approche choisie nécessite la connaissance précise de la configuration du système étudié à chaque instant. Une représentation dynamique de son comportement permet de synthétiser un capteur logiciel pour l'estimation des grandeurs indispensables à la commande. Ces différentes étapes sont validées par des essais expérimentaux pour justifier la démarche choisie menant à une commande adaptée à la manipulation d'objets.The realization of dexterous manipulation tasks requires a complexity in robotic hands design as well as in their control laws synthesis. A mecatronical optimization of these systems helps to answer for functional integration constraints by avoiding external force sensors. Back-drivable mechanics allows the free-space positioning determination of such system as far as the detection of its interaction with a manipulated object thanks to proprioceptives measures at electric actuator level. The objective of this thesis is to synthesize a control law adapted to object manipulation by taking into account these mechanical properties in a one degree-of-freedom case. The proposed method is based on a robust control according to structural non-linearities due to gravitational effects and dry frictions on the one hand and with regard to a variable rigidity of manipulated objects on the other hand. The chosen approach requires a precise knowledge of the system configuration at all time. A dynamic representation of its behavior enables a software sensor synthesis for the exteroceptives variables estimation in a control law application purpose. The different steps are experimentally validated in order to justify the chosen approach leading to object manipulation
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