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Numerical modelling of a peripheral arterial stenosis using dimensionally reduced models and kernel methods
No full textIn this work, we consider 2 kinds of model reduction techniques to simulate blood flow through the largest systemic arteries, where a stenosis is located in a peripheral artery, i.e., in an artery that is located far away from the heart. For our simulations, we place the stenosis in one of the tibial arteries belonging to the right lower leg (right posterior tibial artery). The model reduction techniques that are used are on the one hand dimensionally reduced models (1-D and 0-D models, the so-called mixed-dimension model) and on the other hand surrogate models produced by kernel methods. Both methods are combined in such a way that the mixed-dimension models yield training data for the surrogate model, where the surrogate model is parametrised by the degree of narrowing of the peripheral stenosis. By means of a well-trained surrogate model, we show that simulation data can be reproduced with a satisfactory accuracy and that parameter optimisation or state estimation problems can be solved in a very efficient way. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that a surrogate model enables us to present after a very short simulation time the impact of a varying degree of stenosis on blood flow, obtaining a speedup of several orders over the full model
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
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
Wellenüberlaufströmung bei Seedeichen - Experimentelle und theoretische Untersuchungen
No full textWave overtopping is one of the most important processes for the design of seadikes which was responsible for many severe dike failures in the past. Wave overtopping can not be avoided due to the random nature of the waves and the uncertainties associated with the determination of the design water level. The present design on wave overtopping is based on average overtopping rates. Nevertheless, average overtopping rates are not sufficient for the design of seadikes, because overtopping velocities and overtopping layer thicknesses are required to assess the infiltration and erosion on the landward side of seadikes by overtopping water. The objective of the present thesis is the determination of the velocities and layer thicknesses on the seaward slope, the dike crest and the landward slope as a function of the relevant wave and dike parameters by means of theoretical and experimental investigations. Small scale model tests have been carried out in a wave flume with typical dike profiles by using regular waves and wave spectra. Small scale model tests are influenced by scale effects and the transfer of the results to nature might be affected. Therefore, theoretical investigations on the influence of viscosity and surface tension on the model results are performed. It can be concluded that the results of the present study are not significantly influenced by scale effects and can be transfered to prototype scale. Wave overtopping is dependent on the processes associated to wave breaking and wave run-up on the seaward slope. Therefore, these processes are investigated first. Breaker type, breaking water depth, wave run-up height, wave run-down and the impact point of the breaking wave on the seaward slope are determined and described by means of empirical equations. The main part of this thesis is the determination of layer thicknesses and velocities on the seaward slope, the dike crest and the landward slope. Layer thickness and wave run-up velocities on the seaward slope are closely connected to the wave run-up height. Empirical formulae for layer thicknesses and a theoretical approach for overtopping velocities are derived for the dike crest. Overtopping velocities and layer thicknesses on the landward slope are derived on the basis of the two-dimensional momentum equation and the continuity equation. All derived formulae are calibrated by model tests with regular waves and verified by model tests with wave spectra
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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