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A review of catalytic processes for the destruction of PCDD and PCDF from waste gases
No full textThe current literature concerning the catalytic destruction of dioxins and of related model compounds is reviewed. Several different catalyst formulations have been tested, but V-rich vanadia-tungsta-titania catalysts seem to be mostly applied and allow reducing the dioxins
concentration well below the limits of 0.1 ng TEQ/Nm3, as required by the EU directives. Other catalysts (in particular the noble metal-based ones) seem to be less efficient, due to deactivation effects and/or a considerable amount of polychlorinated by-products formation during oxidation activity. The coupled de-NOx and dioxin destruction systems compete with activated carbon adsorption for efficiency in PCDD/F removal from gases
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
PATOLOGIA DA PROTOZOI DEL GENERE Aggregata E BIOMETRIA in Sepia officinalis
No full textA research on Aggregata sp. infection inSepia officinalis and the influence of parasitosison biometrics was carried out. Parasiteswere found in the 100% of samples(gills 96.7%, caeca 90%, intestina 43.3%).The frequency and gravity of infection werenot related to mantel length, weight andthickness. Finally, potential implications ofinfection on cephalopods quality were discussed.[...
CO2 capture by functionalized alumina sorbents: DiEthanolAmine on γ-alumina
No full textAlumina-based mesoporous solid sorbents have been successfully prepared in high amount, directly from commercial pellets functionalized with diethanolamine (DEA). The effectiveness of the deposition procedure is confirmed by the detection of diagnostic IR bands characterizing the DEA organic molecule, whose intensity is increasing almost linearly at increasing DEA contents. These materials have shown interesting results in CO2 adsorption both in dry and humid conditions (from12to28mgCO2ads/g), very good resistance to water vapour in the feed and a remarkable regeneration capacity in very mild conditions. Increasing the DEA loading from 15% to 36 wt% resulted in superior capture capacity and useful adsorption time, although the correlation found between DEA content and adsorbed CO2 is less than linear, likely due to a strong interaction between the DEA and the support. Mechanistic spectroscopic IR studies in static conditions point out that CO2 chemisorbs on the amine sites, mainly in form of carbamate species, whose formation should be favoured by the high degree of the surface hydroxylation. On the other side, urea formation is also likely, mainly over samples having the highest DEA content
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
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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