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Controlled Bubble Formation From a Microelectrode Single Bubble Generator
No full textIn this work, a new micro-electrode bubble generator is presented that employs a microelectrode installed inside a small nozzle enabling the production of bubbles with controllable size and frequency. This bubble generator can be employed as a simple and potentially cheap method for the generation of single bubbles in a liquid, as long as it enables ion exchange, as an alternative to more complicated methods such as timely injection of a gas through a nozzle, which requires sophisticated nozzle design, manufacturing, and monitoring of the injected gas flow rate. A systematic investigation was conducted to assess the effect of the bubble generator dimensions, applied voltage, and electrolyte flow conditions on the size and frequency of the generated bubbles. It was shown that when the micro-electrode is thinly concealed within the nozzle, this bubble generator can successfully produce bubbles covering a wide range of diameters from 0.4 to 1.4 mm with a size distribution standard deviation of about 25%. The mechanism of single and continuous bubbles formation from the proposed bubble generator is also discussed. While this paper introduces this new micro-electrode bubble generator, further work is required to optimize it, enabling more accurate control over bubble size and frequency.Bo Yang, Mehdi Jafarian, Navid Freidoonimehr, Maziar Arjomand
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Parametric analysis and optimization of the supercritical ejector refrigeration cycle with different working fluids using Artificial neural network and particle swarm optimization algorithm
No full textIn this paper, parametric analysis and optimization of the transcritical ejector refrigeration cycle using different working fluids have been proposed which can be employed in the parts of solar energy processes. The main advantages of using ejector in the refrigeration cycles, which often use instead of the compressor, are simplicity in construction and maintenance, high reliability and low cost. In this study, the transcritical ejector refrigeration cycle is modelled using EES software and the effects of different parameters such as temperature and pressure of different parts of cycle on the coefficient of performance and entrainment ratio are investigated. In continued, the coefficient of performance of the transcritical ejector refrigeration cycle for four different working fluids is optimized using the combination the Artificial Neural Network and Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm
Variations on the Author
Full text link“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
Full text linkWe 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
Full text linkWe 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
Entropy Generation Analysis for an MHD Slip Nano-Fluid Flow over a Stretching Permeable Surface
No full textThe main propose of the present article is to study the second law of thermodynamics over a stretching permeable surface in the presence of the uniform vertical magnetic field in the slip nano-fluid regime. In this study, four types of nanoparticles i.e. Copper , Copper oxide , Aluminum oxide , and Titanium dioxide and also water as the base fluid are considered. Entropy generation equations, for the first time in this problem, are derived as a function of velocity and temperature gradients. Velocity profile as well as temperature distribution and averaged entropy generation are obtained using Homotopy Analysis Method (HAM). An excellent agreement exists between the present result and the other researchersâ result. The obtained result of present study presents that by decreasing magnetic parameter, nanoparticle volume fraction parameter, suction parameter, Reynolds number, Brinkman number, and Hartmann number as well as increasing the slip velocity parameter, the generated entropy reduces
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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