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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
The 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
FIGURES 20–21 in New Oligaphorura species (Collembola: Onychiuridae) from the forests of East Asia
FIGURES 20–21. Oligaphorura kedroviensis sp. nov.: 20, dorsal chaetotaxy; 21, ventral chaetotaxy of abdomen. Scale 0.1 mm.Published as part of Sun, Xin, Shveenkova, Yu. B., Xie, Zhijing & Babenko, A. B., 2019, New Oligaphorura species (Collembola: Onychiuridae) from the forests of East Asia, pp. 256-270 in Zootaxa 4661 (2) on page 268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4661.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/337944
Search for direct CP violation in D0→h−h+ modes using semileptonic B decays
A search for direct CP violation in D0 → h-h+ (where h = K or π) is presented using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb-1 collected in 2011 by LHCb in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. The analysis uses D0 mesons produced in inclusive semileptonic b-hadron decays to the D0μX final state, where the charge of the accompanying muon is used to tag the flavour of the D0 meson. The difference in the CP-violating asymmetries between the two decay channels is measured to be ΔACP = ACP(K-K+) - ACP(π-π+) = (0.49± 0.30 (stat) ± 0.14 (syst))%
Miscellaneous correspondence from the H. B. Clawson papers, 1872-1895
Miscellaneous Correspondence from the H. B. Clawson papers, 1872-1895: (1) Letter dated 24 December 1872 at Salt Lake City, Utah, by Robert Williams to Hiram B. Clawson, thanking him for gifts (1 page); (2) Letter dated 6 May 1878 at Liverpool, England, by Charles Nibley to Bradley Clawson (1 page); (3) Letter dated 21 December 1886? at Chicago, Illinois, by B. R. Wells of M.D. Wells & Company to Hiram B. Clawson, regretting missing him when he was in town (1 page); (4) Letter dated 2 March 1881 at Middlefield [State unknown] by Matthew Smith to "Mrs. Clawson" (Ellen S. Clawson, Hiram\u27s first wife) (2 pages); (5) Letter dated 29 January 1884 at South Bend, Indiana, by Mrs. G. Foote (probably mother of James Foote, who married Ellen\u27s daughter Georgia) to Mrs. [Ellen S.] Clawson, prior to the expected visit of Ivie Clawson (2 pages); (6) Letter dated 21 April 1881 at New York City by Titus B. Eldridge to H. B. Clawson, upon receiving a gift of the Book of Mormon (2 pages); (7) Letter dated 18 August 1891 at Hayden, Idaho, by "Ed" to Ivie Clawson at Soda Springs, Idaho, describing his travels from Salt Lake City through Idaho; (8) Letter dated 26 April 1892 at East Mill Creek by Nellie Fisher to Ellen Clawson, with questions about the history of "Primary" (2 pages); (9) Letter dated 29 March 1894 at San Francisco, California, by Florence [no surname given], to her cousin Ivie Clawson at Salt Lake City, Utah (4 pages); (10) Letter dated 23 August 1894 at Paris, Idaho, by Lilian Spencer to her cousin Ivie Clawson at Salt Lake City (3 pages); (11) Letter dated 1 January 1895 at Boston, Massachusetts, by Jean C. Thatcher to Ivie Clawson Greene, congratulating her on her marriage (pages); (12) Letter dated 13 April 1895 by Henry F. CLark, Manager of the Literary Bureau, Curtis Publishing Company, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to E. C. Clawson, providing information on author Edward Bellamy; (13) Letter dated 6 April [no year] by John T. White to Ivie and Winnie Clawson; (14) Letter [undated] by Mary DeVol (?) at Council Bluffs to Mrs. [Ellen S.] Clawso
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
We 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
Extension of the sun-synchronous Orbit
Through careful consideration of the orbit perturbation force due to the oblate nature of the primary body a secular variation of the ascending node angle of a near-polar orbit can be induced without expulsion of propellant. Resultantly, the orbit perturbations can be used to maintain the orbit plane in, for example, a near-perpendicular (or at any other angle) alignment to the Sun-line throughout the full year of the primary body; such orbits are normally termed Sun-synchronous orbits [1, 2]. Sun-synchronous orbits about the Earth are typically near-circular Low-Earth Orbits (LEOs), with an altitude of less than 1500 km. It is normal to design a LEO such that the orbit period is synchronised with the rotation of the Earth‟s surface over a given period, such that a repeating ground-track is established. A repeating ground-track, together with the near-constant illumination conditions of the ground-track when observed from a Sun-synchronous orbit, enables repeat observations of a target over an extended period under similar illumination conditions [1, 2]. For this reason, Sun-synchronous orbits are extensively used by Earth Observation (EO) platforms, including currently the Environmental Satellite (ENVISAT), the second European Remote Sensing satellite (ERS-2) and many more. By definition, a given Sun-synchronous orbit is a finite resource similar to a geostationary orbit. A typical characterising parameter of a Sun-synchronous orbit is the Mean Local Solar Time (MLST) at descending node, with a value of 1030 hours typical. Note that ERS-1 and ERS-2 used a MLST at descending node of 1030 hours ± 5 minutes, while ENVISAT uses a 1000 hours ± 5 minutes MLST at descending node [3]. Following selection of the MLST at descending node and for a given desired repeat ground-track, the orbit period and hence the semi-major axis are fixed, thereafter assuming a circular orbit is desired it is found that only a single orbit inclination will enable a Sun-synchronous orbit [2]. As such, only a few spacecraft can populate a given repeat ground-track Sun-synchronous orbit without compromise, for example on the MLST at descending node. Indeed a notable feature of on-going studies by the ENVISAT Post launch Support Office is the desire to ensure sufficient propellant remains at end-of-mission for re-orbiting to a graveyard orbit to ensure the orbital slot is available for future missions [4]. An extension to the Sun-synchronous orbit is considered using an undefined, non-orientation constrained, low-thrust propulsion system. Initially the low-thrust propulsion system will be considered for the free selection of orbit inclination and altitude while maintaining the Sun-synchronous condition. Subsequently the maintenance of a given Sun-synchronous repeat-ground track will be considered, using the low-thrust propulsion system to enable the free selection of orbit altitude. An analytical expression will be developed to describe these extensions prior to then validating the analytical expressions within a numerical simulation of a spacecraft orbit. Finally, an analysis will be presented on transfer and injection trajectories to these orbits
A grounded theory of female adolescent behaviour in the sun: comfort matters.
The aim of the research was to generate a grounded theory to explain the behaviour of young women in the sun. The study sought to explore the sun-related experiences of
young women in order to gain new insights into the influences upon them. The study was qualitative by design and utilised grounded theory method as developed by Glaser.
Twenty female participants, aged 14 to 17 years old were included in the study. They formed six groups. Thirteen interviews were carried out with the groups and six one-to one interviews took place with individuals. All interviews were semi-structured and were based upon the participants' experiences of being in the sun. Data was analysed using the
constant comparative method of data analysis, concordant with Glaserian grounded theory method. Five explanatory categories emerged from the data; Fitting In, Being Myself,
Being Physically Comfortable, Slipping Up and a core category of Being Comfortable. One of the issues that emerged was that some young women believed their social
acceptance depended on their appearance and they conformed to this end. The theory, derived from the categories, proposes that when in the sun, young women direct their
activities toward meeting physical and psychosocial comfort needs. Comfort matters to them because it has implications for their wellbeing. This thesis contributes to the literature about the behaviours of young women in the sun.
By increasing understanding of the factors that influence them, it also adds to the body of knowledge related to the primary prevention of skin cancer with teenage girls in the United Kingdom. The outcome of the research and its contribution to knowledge is a grounded theory, which explains the basis of the behaviours of young women in the sun. It appears that no other study has explored the experiences of UK adolescent females specifically, in
a qualitative way and with the intention of producing a theory to explain them
Erratum: “Setup for meV-resolution inelastic X-ray scattering measurements and X-ray diffraction at the Matter in Extreme Conditions endstation at the Linac Coherent Light Source” (Review Of Scientific Instruments (2018) 89 (10F104) DOI: 10.1063/1.5039329)
In the original paper1 the co-author E. J. Gamboa was erroneously omitted. The corrected author list is identical to that of this erratum, and repeated below for clarity: E. E. McBride,1,2,a) T. G. White,3 A. Descamps,1,4 L. B. Fletcher,1 K. Appel,2 F. Condamine,5,6 C. B. Curry,1,7 F. Dallari,8 S. Funk,9 E. Galtier,1 E. J. Gamboa,1 M. Gauthier,1 S. Goede,2 J. B. Kim,1 H. J. Lee,1 B. K. Ofori-Okai,1,10 M. Oliver,11 A. Rigby,11 C. Schoenwaelder,1,9, P. Sun,1 Th. Tschentscher,2 B. B. L. Witte,1,12 U. Zastrau,2 G. Gregori,11 B. Nagler,1 J. Hastings,1 S. H. Glenzer,1 and G. Monaco8 1 SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA 2 European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, D-22869 Schenefeld, Germany 3 University of Nevada at Reno, Reno, Nevada 89506, USA 4 Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA 5 Sorbonne Universits, UPMC, LULI, UMR 7605, Case 128, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France 6 LULI, Ecole Polytechnique, CEA-CNRS-UPS, 91228 Palaiseau, France 7 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada 8 Dipartimento di Fisica, Universit`a di Trento, via Sommarive 14, 38123 Povo, TN, Italy 9 Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-N ̈urnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany 10 Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA 11 Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom 12 Universit ̈at Rostock, Institut f ̈ur Physik, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
Midnight Sun
Photograph - A view of the midnight sun at Fort McPherson, Northwest Territorie
Constraining differential rotation of Sun-like stars from asteroseismic and starspot rotation periods
In previous work, we identified six Sun-like stars observed by Kepler with exceptionally clear asteroseismic signatures of rotation. Here, we show that five of these stars exhibit surface variability suitable for measuring rotation. We compare the rotation periods obtained from light-curve variability with those from asteroseismology in order to further constrain differential rotation. The two rotation measurement methods are found to agree within uncertainties, suggesting that radial differential rotation is weak, as is the case for the Sun. Furthermore, we find significant discrepancies between ages from asteroseismology and from three different gyrochronology relations, implying that stellar age estimation is problematic even for Sun-like stars
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