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Algebraic and measure-theoretic properties of the structures close to Boolean algebras
Téma této disertační práce je studium konečně aditivních měr na strukturách blízkých Booleovým algebrám. Ve formulaci přijaté v teoretické fyzice jde o vyšetřování stavů na kvantových logikách. Přínos této disertační práce je obsažen v pěti přiložených článcích. V prvním z těchto článků se autor zabývá stavy s hodnotami v obecném tělese charakteristiky nula. Cílem je zobecnit klasickou Hornovu-Tarského větu o rozšiřování stavů (HT). Autor částečně uspěl v některých speciálních případech, ale obecně se ukázalo, že přirozená reformulace věty HT pro tělesa neplatí (kromě znaménkové formulace HT, kde se podařilo původní reálně hodnotovou HT zobecnit na tělesovou formulaci). V druhém článku autor vyšetřuje ortomodulární svazy, které dovolují zavedení symetrické diference. Tyto struktury, které jsou v současné době intenzivně studovány, byly v tomtu článku obohaceny o vhodný pojem stavu. Vznikla pak otázka, kdy se dá daný stav rozšířit na větší logiku (případně i takovou, která není množinově reprezentovatelná). Autor ukázal, že stavová rozšíření jsou možná pokud je stav definován na Booleově algebře. V obecnosti ani logiky velice blízké Booleovským stavová rozšíření nedovolují. Ve třetím článku autor dále analyzoval množinově reprezentovatelné logiky. Jako hlavní výsledky lze jmenovat kritérium pro rozšiřování stavů na Gudderových logikách a příspěvek k jistým fyzikálně motivovaným otázkám pro klasickou hustotní logiku (určitý nový pohled na Banachovy limity). Ve čtvrtém článku se autor zabývá pravděpodobnostně motivovaným pojmem Jauchova-Pironova stavu. Autor nalezl nutnou a postačující podmínku pro rozšiřování stavů definovaných na Booleově algebře a zachovávající při rozšíření Jauchovu-Pironovu vlastnost. Aplikací tohoto výsledku je dokázána věta o rozšiřování Jauchových-Pironových stavů na projektorovou logiku L(H). V pátém článku je zavedeno jisté nekonečné rozšíření Gudderovy logiky. V poněkud překvapivém kontrastu s konečnou Gudderovou logikou je dokázáno, že tyto zobecněné logiky dovolují rozšiřování stavů na potenční množinu.The theme of the thesis is, in general terms, a study of finitely additive measures on the structures similar to Boolean algebras. Formulating this theme in the language of theoretical physics, it is an investigation of states on (algebraic) quantum logic. The contribution of the thesis is based on five papers included in the thesis. In the first paper, the author considers field-valued states for the fields of characteristics zero. The intention is to generalize the classic Horn-Tarski state extension theorem (HT). The author partially succeded in special cases but in general it was shown that a natural formulation of HT cannot be obtained (except for the signed form of HT where the original real-valued HT result allows for the field-valued formulation). In the second paper, the author investigated the orthomodular lattices that can be endowed with a symmetric difference. This orthomodular lattices, recently intensely studied, was enriched in this paper with an appropriate notion of state. Then a question was asked when, given a state, one can extend it over a bigger (possibly non-set-representable) logic. The author showed that this state extension is possible when the ``domain'' logic is a Boolean algebra, but in general even ``almost Boolean'' logics do not allow for a state extension. In the third paper, the author further analyzed the set-representable logics. Main results obtained are a state extension criterion for Gudder's logics and a clarification of certain physically motivated questions on the classic density logic (a certain new view of Banach limits). The fourth paper deals with the quantum-probabilistically justified notion of Jauch-Piron states. The author found a necessary and sufficient condition for the extension of states, as Jauch-Piron states, defined on Boolean algebras. This result, as an application, establishes a Jauch-Piron state extension over the projection logic L(H). The fifth paper brings an infinite generalization of Gudder's logics and shows, in a slightly surprising contrast to Gudder's logics, that the states on these generalized logics allow for the extension over the power set
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
The 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
“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
We 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
We 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
We 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.
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
In Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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