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Cognitive System Dynamics
No full textCognitive System Dynamics (CSD) is an original research framework developed by Aryo Kiani to explore how beliefs evolve, persist, and distort under recursive cognitive feedback. It integrates system-level modeling methods with a novel epistemological foundation to address longstanding challenges in the study of bias, misinformation, and rational failure.
This project space is a timestamped, author-verified archive for foundational materials supporting the development of the CSD research program. Select preprints, diagrams, and working papers are made publicly visible for scholarly dialogue and citation. All documents are shared with full attribution requirements under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
A geodatabase to measure the blood pressure level of individuals living in the city of Mashhad, Iran
No full textThis geodatabase provides a set of individual, demographic and environmental data for measuring blood pressure in the metropolis of Mashhad, Iran. Datasets can be utilized for epidemiological and spatial analysis
A dataset of subjects who infected by SARS-CoV-2 in the first wave of the pandemic in the city of Mashhad, Iran
No full textThis database consists of two data files and a help file that cover data related to subjects infected by SARS-CoV-2 in the first wave of the pandemic in the city of Mashhad, Iran
Variations on the Author
No full text“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
No full textWe 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
Passiivisten bioreaktoreiden kehittäminen erityyppisten vähähiilisten jätevesien käsittelyyn kylmissä ilmasto-olosuhteissa
No full textAbstractWoodchip bioreactors have been used as an engineered solutions for mitigating nitrate from contaminated water. However, their year-round treatment performance and possible solutions for enhancing their removal efficiency under cold climate conditions still needs more research. In this thesis, we investigated nitrogen removal from aquaculture and mine-influenced water as an indoor and outdoor treatment system under several experimental conditions. This thesis attempts to identify design parameters (e.g., optimal hydraulic retention time (HRT) and nitrate removal rate) and enhancement solutions for woodchip bioreactors under cold climate conditions such as additional carbon source, hydraulic design and use of a floating aquatic as a hybrid system. The results show that woodchip bioreactors can successfully remove nitrate from recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) discharge and mine-influenced water under cold climate conditions. Two-year results from a full-scale woodchip bioreactor showed that selected design parameters from a laboratory-scale were sufficient to complete denitrification at the full-scale. The denitrification followed first-order reaction for RAS effluent and optimal HRT ranged between 1.5 to 2 d to achieve a nitrate removal rate of 25.8 g NO-3-N m-3d-1 and 74% removal efficiency. A layer of 50 cm of dry woodchips combined with snow cover (20‐30 cm) was sufficient to prevent frost, the water temperature never dropped lower than 7.3 °C during cold winter conditions (minimum air temperature = -24.7 ℃). Design of the hybrid unit was improved by inserting two inner plates along the water flow and adding floating hook-moss improved the hydraulic efficiency from poor (λ=0.06) to satisfactory (λ=0.51) which led to higher removal rates.Original papersOriginal papers are not included in the electronic version of the dissertation.Kiani, S., Kujala, K., T. Pulkkinen, J., Aalto, S. L., Suurnäkki, S., Kiuru, T., Tiirola, M., Kløve, B., & Ronkanen, A.-K. (2020). Enhanced nitrogen removal of low carbon wastewater in denitrification bioreactors by utilizing industrial waste toward circular economy. Journal of Cleaner Production, 254, 119973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.119973Self-archived versionKiani, S., Lehosmaa, K., Kløve, B., & Ronkanen, A.-K. (2022). Nitrogen removal of mine-influenced water in a hybrid bioreactor with floating hook-moss (Warnstorfia fluitans) in cold climate conditions. Ecological Engineering, 177, 106562. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2022.106562Self-archived versionPulkkinen, J. T., Ronkanen, A.-K., Pasanen, A., Kiani, S., Kiuru, T., Koskela, J., Lindholm-Lehto, P., Lindroos, A.-J., Muniruzzaman, M., Solismaa, L., Klöve, B., & Vielma, J. (2021). Start-up of a “zero-discharge” recirculating aquaculture system using woodchip denitrification, constructed wetland, and sand infiltration. Aquacultural Engineering, 93, 102161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaeng.2021.102161Self-archived versionKiani, S., Khan, U. A., T. Pulkkinen, J., Kujala, K., Kløve, B., Ronkanen, A.-K. (2022).
Design parameters of woodchip bioreactors under cold climate conditions (from laboratory to full scale). Manuscript in preparation.TiivistelmäPuuhakebioreaktoreita on käytetty puhdistusratkaisuna veden nitraattipitoisuuden vähentämiseksi. Niiden ympärivuotinen käsittelyteho ja mahdolliset ratkaisut poistotehokkuuden parantamiseksi kylmissä ilmasto-olosuhteissa vaativat kuitenkin lisätutkimuksia. Tässä opinnäytetyössä tutkittiin typenpoistoa vesiviljelyn ja kaivosten puhdistusta vaativista vesistä sisä- ja ulkokäsittelyjärjestelmänä useissa koeolosuhteissa. Tässä työssä tunnistettiin suunnitteluparametreja (esim. optimaalinen HRT ja nitraatinpoistonopeus) ja parannusratkaisuja puuhakebioreaktoreille kylmissä ilmasto-olosuhteissa, kuten lisähiililähde, hydraulinen suunnittelu ja kelluvan vesikasvattamon käyttö hybridijärjestelmänä. Tulosten perusteella puulastubioreaktoreilla voidaan onnistuneesti poistaa nitraattia sekä sisäisen kierron kalankasvattamojen (RAS) että kaivosten kuormittamasta vedestä kylmissä ilmasto-olosuhteissa. Kahden vuoden tulokset täysimittaisella puuhakebioreaktorilla osoittivat, että laboratoriomittakaavassa valitut suunnitteluparametrit riittivät täyteen denitrifikaatioon täysimittaisessa mittakaavassa. Denitrifikaatio noudatti ensimmäisen järjestyksen reaktiota RAS- järjestelmänjäteveden osalta, ja optimaalinen HRT-aika vaihteli 1,5 ja 2 päivän välillä, jotta saavutettiin 25,8 g NO-3-N m-3d-1 ja 74 prosentin poistotehokkuus. 50 cm:n kerros kuivaa puuhaketta yhdistettynä lumipeitteeseen (20‐30 cm) riitti estämään järjestelmänjäätymisen, eikä veden lämpötila laskenut kokeen aikana alle 7,3 °C:n kylmien talviolosuhteiden aikana (ilman alin lämpötila = -24,7 ℃). Hybridiyksikön suunnittelua parannettiin lisäämällä kaksi sisälevyä veden virtauksen suuntaisesti ja kelluvaa koukkusammalta lisäämällä parannettiin hydraulista tehokkuutta huonosta (λ=0,06) tyydyttävään (λ= 0,51), mikä johti suurempiin poistomääriin.OsajulkaisutOsajulkaisut eivät sisälly väitöskirjan elektroniseen versioon.Kiani, S., Kujala, K., T. Pulkkinen, J., Aalto, S. L., Suurnäkki, S., Kiuru, T., Tiirola, M., Kløve, B., & Ronkanen, A.-K. (2020). Enhanced nitrogen removal of low carbon wastewater in denitrification bioreactors by utilizing industrial waste toward circular economy. Journal of Cleaner Production, 254, 119973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.119973Rinnakkaistallennettu versioKiani, S., Lehosmaa, K., Kløve, B., & Ronkanen, A.-K. (2022). Nitrogen removal of mine-influenced water in a hybrid bioreactor with floating hook-moss (Warnstorfia fluitans) in cold climate conditions. Ecological Engineering, 177, 106562. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2022.106562Rinnakkaistallennettu versioPulkkinen, J. T., Ronkanen, A.-K., Pasanen, A., Kiani, S., Kiuru, T., Koskela, J., Lindholm-Lehto, P., Lindroos, A.-J., Muniruzzaman, M., Solismaa, L., Klöve, B., & Vielma, J. (2021). Start-up of a “zero-discharge” recirculating aquaculture system using woodchip denitrification, constructed wetland, and sand infiltration. Aquacultural Engineering, 93, 102161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaeng.2021.102161Rinnakkaistallennettu versioKiani, S., Khan, U. A., T. Pulkkinen, J., Kujala, K., Kløve, B., Ronkanen, A.-K. (2022).
Design parameters of woodchip bioreactors under cold climate conditions (from laboratory to full scale). Manuscript in preparation.Academic dissertation to be presented with the assent of the Doctoral Programme Committee of Technology and Natural Sciences of the University of Oulu for public defence in the Arina auditorium (TA105), Linnanmaa, on 8 December 2022, at 12 noonAbstract
Woodchip bioreactors have been used as an engineered solutions for mitigating nitrate from contaminated water. However, their year-round treatment performance and possible solutions for enhancing their removal efficiency under cold climate conditions still needs more research. In this thesis, we investigated nitrogen removal from aquaculture and mine-influenced water as an indoor and outdoor treatment system under several experimental conditions. This thesis attempts to identify design parameters (e.g., optimal hydraulic retention time (HRT) and nitrate removal rate) and enhancement solutions for woodchip bioreactors under cold climate conditions such as additional carbon source, hydraulic design and use of a floating aquatic as a hybrid system. The results show that woodchip bioreactors can successfully remove nitrate from recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) discharge and mine-influenced water under cold climate conditions. Two-year results from a full-scale woodchip bioreactor showed that selected design parameters from a laboratory-scale were sufficient to complete denitrification at the full-scale. The denitrification followed first-order reaction for RAS effluent and optimal HRT ranged between 1.5 to 2 d to achieve a nitrate removal rate of 25.8 g NO-3-N m-3d-1 and 74% removal efficiency. A layer of 50 cm of dry woodchips combined with snow cover (20‐30 cm) was sufficient to prevent frost, the water temperature never dropped lower than 7.3 °C during cold winter conditions (minimum air temperature = -24.7 ℃). Design of the hybrid unit was improved by inserting two inner plates along the water flow and adding floating hook-moss improved the hydraulic efficiency from poor (λ=0.06) to satisfactory (λ=0.51) which led to higher removal rates.Tiivistelmä
Puuhakebioreaktoreita on käytetty puhdistusratkaisuna veden nitraattipitoisuuden vähentämiseksi. Niiden ympärivuotinen käsittelyteho ja mahdolliset ratkaisut poistotehokkuuden parantamiseksi kylmissä ilmasto-olosuhteissa vaativat kuitenkin lisätutkimuksia. Tässä opinnäytetyössä tutkittiin typenpoistoa vesiviljelyn ja kaivosten puhdistusta vaativista vesistä sisä- ja ulkokäsittelyjärjestelmänä useissa koeolosuhteissa. Tässä työssä tunnistettiin suunnitteluparametreja (esim. optimaalinen HRT ja nitraatinpoistonopeus) ja parannusratkaisuja puuhakebioreaktoreille kylmissä ilmasto-olosuhteissa, kuten lisähiililähde, hydraulinen suunnittelu ja kelluvan vesikasvattamon käyttö hybridijärjestelmänä. Tulosten perusteella puulastubioreaktoreilla voidaan onnistuneesti poistaa nitraattia sekä sisäisen kierron kalankasvattamojen (RAS) että kaivosten kuormittamasta vedestä kylmissä ilmasto-olosuhteissa. Kahden vuoden tulokset täysimittaisella puuhakebioreaktorilla osoittivat, että laboratoriomittakaavassa valitut suunnitteluparametrit riittivät täyteen denitrifikaatioon täysimittaisessa mittakaavassa. Denitrifikaatio noudatti ensimmäisen järjestyksen reaktiota RAS- järjestelmänjäteveden osalta, ja optimaalinen HRT-aika vaihteli 1,5 ja 2 päivän välillä, jotta saavutettiin 25,8 g NO-3-N m-3d-1 ja 74 prosentin poistotehokkuus. 50 cm:n kerros kuivaa puuhaketta yhdistettynä lumipeitteeseen (20‐30 cm) riitti estämään järjestelmänjäätymisen, eikä veden lämpötila laskenut kokeen aikana alle 7,3 °C:n kylmien talviolosuhteiden aikana (ilman alin lämpötila = -24,7 ℃). Hybridiyksikön suunnittelua parannettiin lisäämällä kaksi sisälevyä veden virtauksen suuntaisesti ja kelluvaa koukkusammalta lisäämällä parannettiin hydraulista tehokkuutta huonosta (λ=0,06) tyydyttävään (λ= 0,51), mikä johti suurempiin poistomääriin
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) calls geodatabase in the city of Mashhad, Iran.
No full textGiven the vital role of high-quality and efficient emergency care in saving patients’ lives from unpredicted life-threatening injuries or critical conditions, the EMS goal is to concentrate on providing timely and well-monitored care. To achieve this goal, it is crucial to have a deeper understanding of EMS system including the epidemiological and geographical characteristics of the callers and distribution of resources
Q&As Data
No full textThis is the data set which was used for performing analyses in the article entitled 'Concept Based Auto-Assignment of Healthcare Questions to Domain Experts in Online Q&A Communities' submitted to the International Journal of Medical Informatics
Extending Pervasive Devices with the Semantic Grid: A Service Infrastructure Approach
No full textPervasive computing devices are gradually becoming increasingly prevalent in our everyday life, enabling the users in the physical world to interact with the digital world. Grid computing provides a vision of accessing computational resources automatically on demand to deliver the services required with the appropriate quality. Semantic Web technologies enable automation and interoperability. It is the interaction of Semantic Grid and the physical world (pervasive devices) that will enable us to a new concept of "ambient intelligence", the notion of intelligence in the surrounding environment supporting the activities and interactions of the users. This paper presents a service approach that extends pervasive devices with semantic Grid services by using a device-proxy-Grid system infrastructure. OWL-S is used to describe different proxy devices' capability in order to realize automatic proxy service discovery. A context model is also discussed to enhance the intelligence of the system. © 2006 IEEE
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