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Nondestructive repair and rehabilitation of structural elements using high strength inorganic polymer composites
No full textResults reported in this dissertation focus on the development of an inorganic polymer composite for rapid, nondestructive repair and rehabilitation of physical infrastructure. The composite consisting of an alkali-aluminosilicate made of nano/micro size particles and high strength fibers was evaluated for repair and strengthening of concrete structural elements. In the area of repairs, the focus was to repair small width voids such as delaminations and cracks developed due to restrained shrinkage and long-term distress in concrete bridge decks and other similar structural elements. A strengthening study was done to increase the capacity of reinforced concrete beams with carbon fibers. Uniqueness of the strengthening system with inorganic matrix is its fire resistance. For the repair system, the matrix composition was evaluated for flowability using plexiglass models and concrete slabs, bond strength using slant shear and bending specimens, and durability studies using wet/dry and freeze/thaw conditions. Delivery of the composite to cracks and delaminations was also investigated using equipment that is currently used with organic polymers. The temperature resistant repair system with carbon fibers was evaluated using strengthened concrete beams heated to over 1,000°F at the maximum bending moment location. The following are all the major findings of the investigation: The inorganic nano/micro composite flows well into cracks – even cracks that are between 0.03 and 0.04 inches wide. Commercially available equipment can be used for the inorganic matrix. The hardened matrix bonds well with concrete and provides a structurally integral repair. Strength tests showed that the strength at the repaired locations is higher than the strength of the parent material. In addition, since the modulus of elasticity of the inorganic system is comparable to concrete, the repaired structural components regain full structural integrity as compared to mere cosmetic repairs provided by organic polymers. The system is durable under wetting/drying and freezing/thawing conditions. For both, strength and durability increases with the nano-size material content and improves performance. The heat tests showed that the repaired beams can be heated up to 1,385°F repeatedly with minimum loss of strength.Ph. D.Includes bibliographical referencesIncludes vitaby Matthew J. Klei
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
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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