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The Androgynous Twins of Zinc - Raw data and Models
No full textThis archive contains the original data, results, and EVPSC modeling files for the paper on the effect of pressure on {10-12} twins in Zinc. In fact, under ambient conditions Zn is a hexagonal metal with a large c/a ratio of 1.856. Plastic deformation is then accommodated by basal slip and {10-12} twins which, in this case, are compressive, i.e. are activated with a shortening of the crystal’s c-axis. As pressure increases, however, Zn’s c/a ratio decreases and crosses the critical threshold of c/a = sqrt(3) below which {10-12} twins are predicted to change from compressive to tensile in nature. This is what we test with these series of experiments, investigating deformation in zinc at low pressure, when {10-12} twins should be compressive, high pressure, when {10-12} twins should be tensile, and at the transition between both regimes
Deformation Behavior across the Zircon-Scheelite Phase Transition
No full textThe pressure effects on plastic deformation and phase transformation mechanisms of materials are of great importance to both Earth science and technological applications. Zircon-type materials are abundant in both nature and the industrial field; however, there is still no in situ study of their deformation behavior. Here, by employing radial x-ray diffraction in a diamond anvil cell, we investigate the dislocation-induced texture evolution of zircon-type gadolinium vanadate (GdVO4) in situ under pressure and across its phase transitions to its high-pressure polymorphs. Zircon-type GdVO4 develops a (001) compression texture associated with dominant slip along {001} starting from 5 GPa. This (001) texture transforms into a (110) texture during the zircon-scheelite phase transition. Our observation demonstrates a martensitic mechanism for the zircon-scheelite transformation. This work will help us understand the local deformation history in the upper mantle and transition zone and provides fundamental guidance on material design and processing for zircon-type materials
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
Microstructures and anisotropy of pyrolite in the Earth’s lower mantle : insights from high pressure/temperature deformation and phase transformation experiments
No full textMicrostructures in mantle rocks impact the way seismic waves travel through the Earth and are dependent on the pressure, temperature, and deformation applied to the rock. At approximately 660 km depth, an increase in seismic wave velocities mark a distinct boundary that separates the upper and lower mantle. Another boundary is found at approximately 2700 km depth and marks the beginning of the D" layer. Furthermore, observations of seismic anisotropy at these discontinuities have been made. These boundaries are largely believed to be related to phase transitions from ringwoodite [(Mg,Fe)2SiO4, space group Fd3m] to bridgmanite [(Mg,Fe)SiO3, space group Pbnm] to post-perovskite [(Mg,Fe)SiO3, space group Cmcm]. In order to make interpretations of these seismic observations, however, a sound understanding of what generates these microstructures is required.Here, we approach this problem through high pressure and high temperature experiments. We identify microstructures in polycrysalline mantle minerals resulting from in-situ transformation and deformation using radial and multigrain X-ray diffraction in the diamond anvil cell. In the first study we transform a bridgmanite analogue, NaCoF3, from a perovskite to post-perovskite structure. The following two studies investigate the transformation of an average mantle composition, pyrolite, at conditions relevant to the 660 km discontinuity and further deformation at pressures and temperatures corresponding to depths between 500 and 2400 km. In the final study, we test an aluminum rich 'pyrolite' composition (pyrolite minus olivine) in order to compare transformation and deformation microstructures to those observed in experiments on pure pyrolite.Results from radial diffraction experiments show the transformation from perovskite to post-perovskite in NaCoF3 are reconstructive in nature and for which we identify the orientation relationships. Major takeaways from the multigrain X-ray diffraction experiments are as follows: i) the decomposition from (ringwoodite + garnet) to (bridgmanite + davemaoite + ferropericlase) result in non-reconstructive 001 transformation textures in bridgmanite, 101 and 111 textures in davemaoite, and no preferred orientation in ferropericlase. ii) With further deformation, bridgmanite changes to 100 and 010 orientations with no change in either davemaoite or ferropericlase. iii) Textures in bridgmanite and davemaoite in pyrolite minus olivine are similar to those observed in our experiments on pure pyrolite.Finally, we use the results of these experiments to build a model for S and P-wave seismic anisotropy within a subducting slab and the surrounding mantle for multiple scenarios and compare our results to those of the literature. This interplay between experiments and seismic models are important in order to provide constraints on deformation, dynamics, and history of the Earth's interior
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
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