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Optimized White Reflectance in Photonic‐Network Structures
Full text link3D disordered networks are receiving increasing attention as they represent a versatile architecture for highly scattering materials. However, due to their complex morphology, little is known about the interplay between their structural and optical properties. A simple algorithm that allows for the generation of photonic‐network structures inspired by that of the Cyphochilus beetle, famous for the bright‐white reflectance of its thin cuticular scales, is described. This model allows the degree of structural anisotropy and filling fraction of the network to be varied independently, revealing the key contribution of these two parameters to the overall scattering efficiency. Rigorous numerical simulations show that structures obtained with the use of this algorithm can exceed the broadband reflectance of the beetle while using less material, providing new insight into the design of advanced scattering materials
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
Light scattering optimization of chitin random network in ultrawhite beetle scales
No full textAmong the natural white colored photonics structures, a bio-system has become of great interest in the field of disordered optical media: the scale of the white beetle Chyphochilus. Despite its low thickness, on average 7 μm, and low refractive index, this beetle exhibits extreme high brightness and unique whiteness. These properties arise from the interaction of light with a complex network of chitin nano filaments embedded in the interior of the scales. As it’s been recently claimed, this could be a consequence of the peculiar morphology of the filaments network that, by means of high filling fraction (0.61) and structural anisotropy, optimizes the multiple scattering of light. We therefore performed a numerical analysis on the structural properties of the chitin network in order to understand their role in the enhancement of the scale scattering intensity. Modeling the filaments as interconnected rod shaped scattering centers, we numerically generated the spatial coordinates of the network components. Controlling the quantities that are claimed to play a fundamental role in the brightness and whiteness properties of the investigated system (filling fraction and average rods orientation, i.e. the anisotropy of the ensemble of scattering centers), we obtained a set of customized random networks. FDTD simulations of light transport have been performed on these systems, observing high reflectance for all the visible frequencies and proving the implemented algorithm to numerically generate the structures is suitable to investigate the dependence of reflectance by anisotrop
Propagazione di luce in mezzi disordinati: Misure di trasporto diffusivo tramite imaging stazionario
Full text linkNel presente lavoro di tesi è stato effettuato uno studio del trasporto di luce in sistemi diffusivi. Per effettuare tale studio è stato allestito un apparato sperimentale ottimizzato per acquisire profili di trasmissione risolti spazialmente di campioni con geometria a slab. Tramite delle misure su un campione diffusivo di riferimento è stato valutato il funzionamento dell’apparato e sono stati effettuati dei test per ottimizzare il procedimento di misurazione. L’apparato è stato poi impiegato per condurre un’analisi del trasporto in un altro sistema disordinato particolarmente interessante, una scaglia di scarafaggio bianco Chyphochilus. Questa specie presenta una bianchezza unica in natura, per via della particolare struttura ottica insita nelle sue scaglie. Le misure effettuate su questo campione hanno rivelato la presenza di anisotropia di trasporto, elemento che potrebbe rivestire un ruolo centrale nelle eccezionali proprietà macroscopiche della scaglia. Sia l’analisi sul campione diffusivo che sulla scaglia di Chyphochilus dimostrano come l’apparato messo a punto permetta di investigare le proprietà microscopiche e strutturali del processo di trasporto di luce, consentendo di stimare il grado di anisotropia dei sistemi esaminati. L’intero lavoro di tesi è stato svolto presso il laboratorio Europeo di Spettroscopia Non-lineare LENS di Firenze all’interno dell’attività di ricerca del gruppo di ottica dei sistemi complessi di Diederik Wiersma. Il campione di scaglia di Chyphochilus è stato fornito dal prof. Peter Vukusic dell’Università di Exeter, UK
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
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