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Dataset for Strain distribution on a finger link: A static simulation study
No full textThe dataset for figure 4-8 of:
Liu, J., Chappell, P., & White, N. (2018). Strain distribution on a finger link: A static simulation study. Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology. </span
Strain distribution on a finger link: a static simulation study
No full textFunctional prosthetics hands which have the ability to help amputees perform tasks in daily life have been developed over many years. These hands need a control system which is fed information from sensors mounted on a prosthetic hand and human–machine interface. A variety of sensors therefore been developed for the prosthetic hand to measure fingertip force, joint angle (position), object slip, texture and temperature. However, most of the strain/stress sensors are attached to the fingertip. In this paper, the potential positions for strain sensors on the side of the finger link of the prosthetic hand are investigated that, in the future, will allow for force control in a lateral or key grip. With modified links of a Southampton Hand, some promising positions for strain sensors have been determined. On some of the links, the strain sensor can be used as an indicator to show the angle of the finger during a curling operation
Ferroptosis-related long noncoding RNA signature predicts the prognosis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma / Liu Jiawen
No full textClear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma (ccRCC) is very common and accounts for most kidney
cancer deaths. While many studies are being conducted in finding the prognosis
signatures of ccRCC, we believe that ferroptosis, that involves programmed cell death
dependent on iron accumulation has therapeutic potential in ccRCC. Recent research
showed that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been shown to be involved in
ferroptosis-related tumor processes and are closely related to survival in patients with
ccRCC. Hence in this study we aim to further explore the role of ferroptosis-related
lncRNAs (FRLs) in ccRCC, hoping to establish a signature to predict the survival
outcome of ccRCC. Here we analyzed transcriptome data from The Cancer Genome Atlas
database (TCGA) and ferroptosis-related genes (FRGs) from FerrDb to identify FRLs
using Pearson’s correlation. Lasso Cox regression analysis and multivariate Cox
proportional hazards models screened seventeen optimal FRLs for developing prognostic
signatures. Kaplan–Meier survival curves and receiver operating characteristic (ROC)
curves were then plotted for validating the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of the
identified signatures. CIBERSORT algorithm were deployed to explore the role of these
FRLs in tumor microenvironment (TME). It was concluded that these models
demonstrate excellent performance in predicting prognosis among patients with ccRCC
and which also indicated association with the clinicopathologic parameters such as tumor
grade, tumor stage and tumor immune infiltration. In conclusion, our findings provide
novel insights into ferroptosis-related lncRNAs in ccRCC which are important targets for
investigating the tumorigenesis of ccRCC
Intravascular atherosclerotic imaging with combined fluorescence and optical coherence tomography probe based on a double-clad fiber combiner
Get PDFAbstract not availableShanshan Liang, Arya Saidi, Joe Jing, Gangjun Liu, Jiawen Li, Jun Zhang, Changsen Sun, Jagat Narula and Zhongping Che
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
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