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A new real time Doppler centroid estimator for airborne SAR systems
No full textWe present a new algorithm to estimate the Doppler centroid (DC) of a SAR signal, and discuss its real-time implementation. The algorithm is called the Zero-crossing Doppler Estimator (ZDE), since it exploits the fact that the number of zero-crossings of the in-phase and quadrature channels is minimum when the azimuth received signal is processed by using the correct DC. We prove that the ZDE algorithm is appropriate for real-time applications, since it is computationally very efficient, needs very little storage memory, and is fully automatic; a first guess of DC is not needed. Nevertheless, the results obtained with simulated data prove that the computational efficiency is not achieved at the expense of the estimate accuracy, which is in fact comparable to the one of the existing techniques
Autofocus of Wide Azimuth Angle SAR Images by Contrast Optimisation
No full textThe authors address the problem of focusing synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images for wide azimuth angle of observation. In these applications a second order polynomial approximation does not accurately fit the phase term due to the platform motion. Therefore, image focusing requires higher order polynomial approximation. The authors propose a simple and effective autofocusing method based on the contrast optimisation of the image. They also present and discuss simulation results to illustrate the effectiveness of the metho
New time-domain clutter-lock algorithm
No full textThe authors present a new clutter-lock
algorithm to estimate the Doppler spectrum
centre frequency. The algorithm is based on the
fact that the number of zero crossings in the inphase
and quadrature channels is minimum when
the azimuth received signal is base-band
converted by using the correct Doppler centroid.
Although the problem of estimating the Doppler
centre frequency is of interest in many fields, the
authors investigated the performance of the
proposed algorithm when used in the context of
SAR data focussing. First, the authors briefly
recall the problem of SAR signal processing, then
they introduce the proposed algorithm. Its
validity is demonstrated by applying it both to
simulated and real data. Finally, the algorithm is
compared to existing clutter-lock techniques in
terms of both estimation accuracy and processing
time
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
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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