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Termination kinetics of dibutyl itaconate free-radical polymerization studied via the SP-PLP-ESRTechnique
No full textThe termination kinetics of dibutyl itaconate(DBI) bulk polymerization was studied via SP-PLP-ESR single pulse-pulsed laser polymerization with time-resolved detection of free-radical concentration by electron-spin resonace, at temperature of PLP experiments,termination rate coefficients,k(1)(i,i), are measured for radicals of (almost) identical chain length (CL)i. CL-averaged , for chain lenghts up to 200 monomer units, and also k(t)(0) referring to termination of very small-size radicals are directly deduced from measured DBI radical concentration vs time traces. At 45degreesC, is (3.4 +/-0.6) (.) 10(5) L (.) mol(-1 .) s(-1) and k(t)(0) is (7.2 +/- 1.0) (.) 10(5) L (.) mol(-1) (.) s(-1). Both rate coefficients are independent of monomer conversion up to the highest experimental conversion of 18%. The associated activation energies are E-A() = 23.0 +/- 3.2 kJ (.) mol(-1) and E-A(k(0)(t)) = 27.6 +/- 2.8 kJ (.) mol(-1), respectively. "Model-dependent" and "model-free" analyses of radical concentration vs time profiles indicate a pronouced CL dependence of k(t)(i,i) for DBI radicals of moderate size, 5 and k(t)(0) from laser-induced photopolymerization of DBI
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
High-temperature functional behavior of single crystal Ni51.2Ti23.4Hf25.4 shape memory alloy
No full textIn this work the functional behavior of the new Ni51.2Ti23.4Hf25.4 high temperature shape memory alloy is investigated along three crystal orientations in compression and compared with the polycrystal behavior. Transformation temperatures were measured following specific aging treatments with the aim to optimize the shape memory and pseudoelastic behaviors. Two aging treatments were then selected in order to fulfill the optimum pseudoelastic behavior (500°C/4 h), and the maximum transformation temperatures (550°C/10 h) without compromising the alloy functionality. High temperature X-ray diffraction was utilized to determine the crystal orientations in the austenite phase for the single crystal specimens. The martensite structure was found to be the B19 orthorhombic, in contrast with monoclinic structure for lower Hf contents. Digital image correlation was successively used during isobaric strain-temperature experiments on the single crystal and polycrystal specimens. Large strain heterogeneities were found for the single crystals which pair with X-ray diffraction data that show un-transformed austenite below the martensite finish temperature. This reveals the heterogeneity of the austenite-to-martensite transformation for the present NiTiHf alloy which explains the divergence between the theoretical and experimental transformation strains. In addition, using digital image correlation it is possible to capture the local strain fields associated with fully transformed specimen regions. The transformation strains calculated locally are in close agreement with the theoretical transformation strains calculated with lattice deformation theory for the cubic austenite to the orthorhombic martensite phase transformation
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
Free‐Radical Termination Kinetics Studied Using a Novel SP‐PLP‐ESR Technique
No full textA novel method for measuring termination rate coefficients, k(t), in free-radical polymerization is presented. A single laser pulse is used to instantaneously produce photoinitiator-derived radicals. During subsequent polmerization, radical concentration is monitored by time-resolved electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy. The size of the free radicals, which exhibits a narrow distribution increases linearly with time t, which allows the chain-length dependence of k(t), to be deduced. The method will be illustrated using dodecyl methacrylate polymerization as an example
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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