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Search for geo-neutrinos and rare nuclear processes with Borexino
No full text Borexino was designed to measure solar neutrinos in the MeV or sub-MeV energy range. The unprecedented radiopurity of the detector has allowed the detection of geo-neutrinos and the determination of competitive limits on the rate of rare or forbidden processes. In this paper, we review the basic principle of neutrinos and antineutrinos detection in Borexino and we describe the results of the geo-neutrinos measurements and their implications. Then we summarize the search for Borexino events correlated with gamma ray bursts and for axion induced signals, and the limits achieved on Pauli forbidden transitions and on the electron charge conservation. </jats:p
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
Image and scintillator data analysis in the AEgIS experiment
No full textJeden z mnoha testů, které byly velmi přesně změřeny pro hmotu, ale nikoliv pro antihmotu, je takzvaný princip slabé ekvivalence, který je velmi úzce spojen s měřením gravitační interakce. Prvotním fyzikálním cílem experimentu AEgIS je přímé změření gravitačního zrychlení g neutrálního antivodíkového svazku, a tedy potvrzení tohoto principu. Produkční mechanismus, který byl kolaborací vybrán, se nazývá rezonantní nábojová výměna mezi antiprotonovým plazmatem a vysoce excitovanými atomy pozitronia. K úspěšnému provedení tohoto měření je potřeba efektivní tvorby antivodíkových atomů. Tato diplomová práce shrnuje všechny kroky, které byly uskutečněny k úspěšné produkci antivodíku, společně se samotným produkčním mechanismem. Částí práce je také detailní popis celé experimentální aparatury. Na konci práce je provedeno vylepšení jedné z diagnostických částí experimentu, dekonvoluce obrazu z Micro-Channel Plate.Whilst the validity of the Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP) has been demonstrated to a high precision with normal matter, it has yet to be tested to such a rigorous degree for antimatter. Testing the WEP for antimatter forms the primary scientific goal of the AEgIS experiment, which seeks to directly measure the Earth's local gravitational acceleration g on a neutral antihydrogen beam. The production mechanism chosen by the collaboration is a resonant charge-exchange between the antiproton plasma and a cloud of excited Rydberg Ps atoms. Before the measurement can be performed however, an effective means of producing antihydrogen is required. This thesis presents a technical overview of the steps taken to produce antihydrogen, as well as a description of the experimental apparatus comprising AEgIS. The key findings of the experiment are summarised, and the future direction of the collaboration is examined. The remainder of the thesis is concerned with image and scintillator data analysis. Specifically, results for image refinement via deconvolution are presented and discussed
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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