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Applications of LiDAR and field reconnaissance in the rapid assessment of karst-based surface morphology, Coconino National Forest, Arizona
No full textKyle Rowinski, Geological Society of America GeoCorps Program, Summer 2015 Subsurface analysis using data obtained from an aerial platform may be regarded as impractical, however recent advancements in Very High Resolution (VHR) remote sensing have rendered the collection of terrain data with a vertical resolution of up to 30 cm highly feasible. Obtained via a process termed Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), data collected provides a 3-dimensional representation of surface morphology with high resolution. Input of LiDAR data into geospatial analysis software such as ArcMap or ArcScene allows for the identification of subtle topographic changes across a land surface. Considering subsurface processes often have observable effects on the surface, a thorough examination of LiDAR terrain data may provide the basis for conclusions regarding subsurface dynamics. Of particular interest is the application of LiDAR in the investigation of karst topography; terrain characterized by sinkholes, surface depressions and areas of subsidence as a result of the dissolution and collapse of underlying soluble rock units. Karst features offer points of recharge or discharge for associated aquifer systems, and are therefore considered important geologic resources. Geospatial analysis of LiDAR data is a preliminary step in the examination of karst topography; potential karst feature locations may be identified and input into a geodatabase. Subsequent field assessment of potential karst features may involve a rapid, broad-scale inventory, or require an in-depth, localized geologic analysis of a specific feature. The former is both time and resource conserving, and allows for a high number of features to be surveyed in a relatively short timeframe. Thus, federal agencies such as the United States Forest Service may incorporate a rapid karst inventory and assessment into a forest resource management and conservation project. Such is the case on the Coconino National Forest, where LiDAR data was used to facilitate a recent cave and karst survey, conducted by participants of the Geological Society of America\u27s GeoCorps America program. Open Access - Permission by Author(s) See Extended description for more information
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Cragin Watershed Protection Project Cave and Karst Survey, 2015
No full textGeological Society of America
, GeoCorps America Program Cragin Watershed Protection Project, Cave and Karst Survey, 2015 BY Kyle Rowinski and Joseph Sadorski Project Mentors: Polly Haessig Carl Beyehelm Open Access - Permission by Author(s) See Extended description for more information
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“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
Get PDFWe 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
Get PDFWe 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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