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Complex modulus characterisation of cold-recycled mixtures with foamed bitumen and different contents of reclaimed asphalt
Full text linkCold-in place recycling with foamed bitumen (FB) is currently employed for the rehabilitation of road pavements, from local roads to heavy-duty motorways. The mechanical properties of FB mixtures may vary from that of an improved granular material to that of an asphalt con- crete, depending on their composition. The objective of the present study was to characterise the linear viscoelastic (LVE) response of FB mixtures with different contents of reclaimed asphalt (50%, 70% and 0%). This objective was tackled by measuring the complex Young’s modulus by means of uniaxial cyclic compression tests, in a range of temperatures (from − 20°C to 55°C) and frequencies (from 0.03 to 10 Hz). The thermo-rheological behaviour was modelled using the Huet–Sayegh model, commonly used for bituminous mixtures. In order to focus on the influence of reclaimed asphalt content, the same grading and FB content were used for all the mixtures. In addition, an effort was made to produce mixtures with similar vol- umetric properties. Considering all the tested mixtures, the stiffness modulus ranged between 171 and 4075 MPa, whereas the phase angle ranged between 4° and 18°. Though these values are well below those normally measured on asphalt mixtures, the frequency and temperature variations clearly highlight a typical asphalt-like behaviour. In addition, the time–temperature superposition principle can be considered valid, regardless of the reclaimed asphalt content. Overall the experimental results showed that it is possible to characterise the LVE response of cold-recycled FB mixtures using the same experimental and analytical approach adopted for asphalt mixtures
A procedure for characterizing the curing process of cold recycled bitumen emulsion mixtures
No full textDue to the presence of water, emulsion and cement, cold recycled mixtures (CRM) are evolutive materials and thus require a certain curing time to develop their long-term properties. The present study describes a laboratory approach for characterizing the properties of CRM, focusing on their evolutive behaviour. The experimental activities were carried out in parallel at the École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) in Montréal, Canada and at the Università Politecnica delle Marche in Ancona (UNIVPM), Italy. The evolution of water loss by evaporation and indirect tensile strength (ITS) was measured and analyzed using the Michalis-Menten model, in order to achieve a quantitative characterization of the curing process. The results showed that different dosages of water resulted in different rates of water loss by evaporation, but did not penalize the development of ITS. Moreover, for both CRM, a good correlation was found between water loss and ITS. Finally, the data showed that after 28 days of curing in the selected laboratory conditions, the evaporation process was virtually completed
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
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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