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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
Modèle dynamique analytique de la nage tridimensionnelle anguilliforme pour la robotique
Full text linkThe presented work in this thesis is devoted to the development of a dynamic model for the an- guilliform swimming suited to the real time control of the future biomimetic "Eel-like robot" of the ROBEA-CNRS project of the same name. The computation of the interactions between a deformable body and the fluid, in which it moves, is a complex problem requiring the integration of the Navier-Stokes equations and the non-linear dynamic equations of the body enduring finished transformations. Pursuing goals of control for robotic, the suggested solution is based on the fusion of two theories : the Slender Body Theory of the fluid mechanic and Cosserat Beam Theory of the solid mechanic. The first theory models the 3-D flow around fish by the stratification "slices by slices" of the 2-D flows and transverse with the principal axis of the animal's body. Basing on the second theory, the fish is modeled by a continuous assembly of rigid sections that represents the animal's vertebrae or the eel-like robot's rigid platforms. On the basis of this model, the purpose of the presented work is to establish the dynamics of the head and the vertebrae of fish in order to work out a numerical algorithm based on the "Newton-Euler formalism". Finally, the obtained simulator works in real time with a good level of precision (i.e. lower than 10%) compared with the numerical computations of the Navier-Stokes equations.Le travail présenté dans ce manuscrit est consacré à l'élaboration d'un modèle dynamique de la nage pour la commande du futur "Robot Anguille" du projet ROBEA-CNRS du même nom. Dans l'absolu, le calcul des interactions entre un corps déformable et le fluide sur lequel il s'appuie pour se déplacer, est un problème complexe nécessitant l'intégration des équations de Navier-Stokes couplées aux équations non-linéaires de la dynamique du corps soumis à des transformations finies. Poursuivant des objectifs de commande pour la robotique, la solution proposée dans ce travail est basée sur la fusion de deux théories : celle du "corps mince" issue de la mécanique des fluides et celle des "poutres Cosserat" de la mécanique du solide. La première théorie permet de remplacer l'écoulement 3-D autour du poisson par la stratification "tranche par tranche" d'écoulements plans, transverses à l'axe principal du corps de l'animal. Quant à la seconde, elle assimile le poisson à l'assemblage continu de sections rigides modélisant ses vertèbres ou, dans un contexte plus technologique, les plate-formes parallèles de notre robot bio-mimétique. Sur la base de cette modélisation, le travail présenté a pour but d'établir les dynamiques de la tête et des vertèbres du poisson afin d'élaborer in fine un algorithme de simulation numérique basé sur le "formalisme de Newton-Euler" de la robotique, ici étendu aux robots locomoteurs continus. Finalement, le modèle élaboré réalise une généralisation du modèle de Lighthill au cas de la nage tridimensionnelle d'un corps élancé autopropulsé. Outre ce résultat purement analytique, le simulateur qui en résulte nous a permis de mettre au point des allures jamais étudiées jusqu'alors. Qui plus est, il tourne en "temps réel", tout en maintenant un bon niveau de précision (i.e. inférieur à 10%) comparé à la référence basée sur la résolution numérique des équations de Navier-Stokes
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
Modèle dynamique analytique de la nage tridimensionnelle anguilliforme pour la robotique
No full textThe presented work in this thesis is devoted to the development of a dynamic model for the an- guilliform swimming suited to the real time control of the future biomimetic "Eel-like robot" of the ROBEA-CNRS project of the same name. The computation of the interactions between a deformable body and the fluid, in which it moves, is a complex problem requiring the integration of the Navier-Stokes equations and the non-linear dynamic equations of the body enduring finished transformations. Pursuing goals of control for robotic, the suggested solution is based on the fusion of two theories : the Slender Body Theory of the fluid mechanic and Cosserat Beam Theory of the solid mechanic. The first theory models the 3-D flow around fish by the stratification "slices by slices" of the 2-D flows and transverse with the principal axis of the animal's body. Basing on the second theory, the fish is modeled by a continuous assembly of rigid sections that represents the animal's vertebrae or the eel-like robot's rigid platforms. On the basis of this model, the purpose of the presented work is to establish the dynamics of the head and the vertebrae of fish in order to work out a numerical algorithm based on the "Newton-Euler formalism". Finally, the obtained simulator works in real time with a good level of precision (i.e. lower than 10%) compared with the numerical computations of the Navier-Stokes equations.Le travail présenté dans ce manuscrit est consacré à l'élaboration d'un modèle dynamique de la nage pour la commande du futur "Robot Anguille" du projet ROBEA-CNRS du même nom. Dans l'absolu, le calcul des interactions entre un corps déformable et le fluide sur lequel il s'appuie pour se déplacer, est un problème complexe nécessitant l'intégration des équations de Navier-Stokes couplées aux équations non-linéaires de la dynamique du corps soumis à des transformations finies. Poursuivant des objectifs de commande pour la robotique, la solution proposée dans ce travail est basée sur la fusion de deux théories : celle du "corps mince" issue de la mécanique des fluides et celle des "poutres Cosserat" de la mécanique du solide. La première théorie permet de remplacer l'écoulement 3-D autour du poisson par la stratification "tranche par tranche" d'écoulements plans, transverses à l'axe principal du corps de l'animal. Quant à la seconde, elle assimile le poisson à l'assemblage continu de sections rigides modélisant ses vertèbres ou, dans un contexte plus technologique, les plate-formes parallèles de notre robot bio-mimétique. Sur la base de cette modélisation, le travail présenté a pour but d'établir les dynamiques de la tête et des vertèbres du poisson afin d'élaborer in fine un algorithme de simulation numérique basé sur le "formalisme de Newton-Euler" de la robotique, ici étendu aux robots locomoteurs continus. Finalement, le modèle élaboré réalise une généralisation du modèle de Lighthill au cas de la nage tridimensionnelle d'un corps élancé autopropulsé. Outre ce résultat purement analytique, le simulateur qui en résulte nous a permis de mettre au point des allures jamais étudiées jusqu'alors. Qui plus est, il tourne en "temps réel", tout en maintenant un bon niveau de précision (i.e. inférieur à 10%) comparé à la référence basée sur la résolution numérique des équations de Navier-Stokes
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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