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Multipoint-to-point data aggregation using a single receiver and frequency-multiplexed intensity-modulated ONUs
No full textWe demonstrate 2.5-GHz-spaced frequency multiplexing capable of aggregating 64 intensity-modulated end-users using low-speed electronic and optoelectronic components. All optical network units (ONUs) achieved high per-user capacity with dedicated optical bands, enabling future low latency applications
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
Optical frequency comb generation and applications in coherent optical communications
Full text linkOptical frequency combs (OFCs) are a multi-wavelength source consisting of a series of sharp discrete spectral tones exhibiting broadband frequency coherence. Over the past decade, frequency combs have enabled significant developments in the fields of metrology, spectroscopy, microwave photonics and optical communications. Coherent communications in particular has seen significant interest in leveraging the coherence of OFCs to enable low-complexity and high-performance DSP. However, many existing comb generation techniques possess sub-optimal properties for coherent WDM systems with respect to their power-per-tone, optical signal to noise ratio (OSNR), spectral flatness and bandwidth. In addition, many applications of OFC frequency coherence have yet to be explored, particularly the potential benefits and limitations of OFCs for transmitter-side nonlinearity mitigation.
There are two main focal points of this thesis. The first focus is on the generation of optical frequency combs specifically designed for the requirements of coherent WDM communications systems, with an emphasis on the optical fibre platform, high optical power-per-tone, high OSNR, flatness and broad bandwidths. To this end, an electro-optic-modulator-based comb generator was designed, numerically modelled and experimentally tested to generate an optical frequency comb spanning the C-band using tailored optical pulse shaping and fibre-based nonlinear mixers. In addition, a novel nonlinear fibre waveguide called silicon core fibre was modelled, tested and evaluated as an ultra-short nonlinear mixer for compact fibre comb generation architectures.
The second focal point of this thesis is on the application of frequency combs in coherent communication systems. The efficacy of frequency comb sources for fibre nonlinearity mitigation was investigated numerically in the presence of various frequency noise impairments such as laser phase noise and frequency dither. A coherent recirculating loop testbed was used to experimentally investigate comb-based nonlinearity mitigation in various transmission scenarios
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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