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Data Augmentation to Address Various Rotation Errors of Wearable Sensors for Robust Pre-impact Fall Detection
No full textObjective : This paper proposes a novel application of data augmentation to address various rotation errors of wearable sensors for robust pre-impact fall detection. In such systems, sensor rotation errors are inevitable because of loose attachment and body movement during long deployment. Methods: Two augmented models with uniform and normal strategies were compared with a non-augmented model on the original dataset (no rotation error) and a validation dataset (with rotation error). The validation dataset was constructed with three types of rotation errors, namely, pitch, roll, and compound roll and pitch (CRP) at three levels of range (low: 15°, medium: 30°, and high: 45°). Results: Five-fold cross validation showed the two augmented models maintained accuracy (>98.5%) as high as the non-augmented model on the original dataset but showed considerable improvements of 6.11% and 6.50% on the validation dataset, respectively. CRP error negatively affected the model accuracy the most, followed by pitch and then roll errors. In addition, the normal model had advantages over the uniform model in the low-to-medium range of error, which is expected to be the typical error range in practical applications. As for lead time, similarly, the augmented models achieved performance similar to the non-augmented model on the original dataset but showed significant improvements on the validation dataset. Conclusion and significance: Data augmentation had notable capacities to address sensor rotation errors for practical applications and augmented models especially the normal model showed good potential to be embedded in a wearable system for robust pre-impact fall detection and injury prevention.
Integrated vortex beam emitter in the THz frequency range: design and simulation
No full textCompact vortex beam emitters have emerged as new light sources for novel applications in areas including spectroscopy, particle manipulation and communications. Reported devices depend on linear optical phenomena and emit light in the near-infrared regime. Here, we propose and numerically evaluate a nonlinear vortex beam emitter that functions in the THz regime. The design utilises a LiNbO3 microring, a Si microdisk, and a Au second-order top grating to convert waveguide-coupled infrared light into a freely propagating THz beam via difference-frequency generation. The output beam carries a topological charge that is tuneable with input wavelengths. Three devices are evaluated in a test frequency range from 9 THz to 13.5 THz, and the topological charge can change from -2 to 4. A frequency shift accompanies the change in the topological charge, and its magnitude depends on the planar dimensions of the emitter
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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