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MeSH term explosion and author rank improve expert recommendations
No full textInformation overload is an often-cited phenomenon that reduces the productivity, efficiency and efficacy of scientists. One challenge for scientists is to find appropriate collaborators in their research. The literature describes various solutions to the problem of expertise location, but most current approaches do not appear to be very suitable for expert recommendations in biomedical research. In this study, we present the development and initial evaluation of a vector space model-based algorithm to calculate researcher similarity using four inputs: 1) MeSH terms of publications; 2) MeSH terms and author rank; 3) exploded MeSH terms; and 4) exploded MeSH terms and author rank. We developed and evaluated the algorithm using a data set of 17,525 authors and their 22,542 papers. On average, our algorithms correctly predicted 2.5 of the top 5/10 coauthors of individual scientists. Exploded MeSH and author rank outperformed all other algorithms in accuracy, followed closely by MeSH and author rank. Our results show that the accuracy of MeSH term-based matching can be enhanced with other metadata such as author rank
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
"Closing the R&D Gap, Evaluating the Sources of R&D Spending"
No full textBoth spending and tax policies have been implemented in the United States with the goal of stimulating private sector research and development (R&D). Karier questions whether current R&D policy, especially the research and experimentation tax credit, can contribute to closing the gap between nondefense expenditures on R&D in the United States and such expenditures in other countries, such as Japan and Germany. He also explores possible changes to our current R&D policy to make it more effective.
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe 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
Scholarly Communication and Publishing Lunch and Learn Talk #11: The ULS Open Access Author Fee Fund
No full textAt the May 2014 talk, you will learn about the ULS Open Access Author Fee Fund--what it is, why we do it, how it works, and how the program is going so far
The R&D Tax Incentives
No full textThis article sets out some background information and reflections of the author on the R&D tax incentive schemes included in the Common Corporate Tax Base (CCTB) Proposal. In particular the author analyzes the stimulus to private R&D through ad hoc tax incentives included in the CCTB Proposal and dives into the actual provisions included in the Proposal highlighting the most relevant issues connected with their design and interpretation. Moreover, the author explores the interaction between the CCTB Proposal and the granting by Member States of domestic R&D tax incentives
Potentiel de découverte par le détecteur ATLAS du boson de Higgs produit par fusion de bosons vecteurs et mise au point de la mesure de l'énergie transverse manquante calorimétrique
No full textThe subject of this thesis is the evaluation of the discovery potential of the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider for the Standard Model Higgs boson in vector boson fusion (VBF) production and a subsequent decay into a τ -lepton pair (H → τ ^+ τ^ −). This is one of the most promising discovery channels in the low mass range, which is the mass range favored from precision measurements of the electroweak interaction. The decay modes where both τ leptons decay leptonically and where one τ lepton decays leptonically and the other one hadronically were studied. The characteristic vector boson fusion topology, which consists of two jets in the forward regions of the detector and the Higgs boson decay products in the central region, provides a unique signature allowing the suppression of background. In addition, since vector boson fusion is a purely electroweak process, no QCD activity is expected and thus no central jets are expected for signal events. This allows the central jet veto cut application to further reject background processes. A cut-oriented analysis was used, focusing on the central jet veto cut optimization. The main ob jective was to investigate the Higgs boson ATLAS discovery potential with an integrated luminosity of 30 fb^−1 in the mass range 115 GeV ≤m_H ≤140 GeV, for an LHC energy at the center of mass √s=14 TeV. After the application of all cuts, an excess above 5σ of signal significance was found for the mass range 115 GeV ≤m_H ≤125 GeV. In H → τ^ + τ^ − decay channel, transverse missing energy (E_T ) resolution is of high importance since it affects directly the resolution of the Higgs boson mass. This was the initial motivation for performing and presenting in this thesis a calorimetric commissioning study based on E_T quantities, focused on the electronics noise E_T contribution, measured with cosmics data of the period fall 2008. A Gaussian behavior of noise in all liquid argon calorimeters was found, whereas a region of non-Gaussian tails in scintillating tile calorimeter was high-lighted. For the latter, a new noise model was tested using a double Gaussian parameterization resulting in a more realistic description. Finally, this analysis provided a useful calorimeter commissioning tool, which allowed the observation and the correction of several features in the ATLAS calorimeter behavior.Le but de cette thèse est d'évaluer le potentiel de découverte par le détecteur ATLAS au Large Hadron Collider (LHC) du boson de Higgs du modèle standard. Le mode de production etudié est défini par la fusion de bosons vecteurs (VBF) suivie de la désintégration en une paire de leptons τ (H → τ ^+ τ ^−). C'est l'un des canaux de découverte les plus prometteurs pour un boson de Higgs de basse masse, qui est favorisé par les mesures de précision dans le secteur électro-faible. Deux modes de désintégration ont été étudiés: celui où les deux leptons τ se d´esintègrent en lepton et celui où un lepton τ se désintègre en lepton et l'autre en hadron. La topologie caractéristique de fusion de bosons vecteurs, qui est constituée des deux jets vers l'avant du détecteur et des produits de désintégration de boson de Higgs dans la région centrale, fournit une signature unique permettant la suppression du bruit de fond. En outre, puisque la fusion des bosons vecteurs est un processus purement électro-faible, aucune activité de QCD n'est prévue et donc aucun jet central n'est attendu pour des événements de signal. Ceci permet l'application de la coupure de “central jet veto” pour encore réduire le bruit de fond. Une analyse basée sur des coupures a été utilisée, se concentrant sur l'optimisation de la coupure de “central jet veto”. L'objectif principal était d'étudier le potentiel de découverte du boson de Higgs avec ATLAS, sous une luminosité intégrée de 30 fb^−1 dans la gamme de masse 115 GeV≤ m_H ≤140 GeV, pour une énergie au centre de la masse √s=14 TeV. Après l'application des coupures, un excès au-dessus de 5σ de signal significance a été trouvé pour la gamme de masse 115 GeV ≤ m_H ≤125 GeV. Dans le canal de désintégration H → τ^ + τ ^ −, la résolution de l'énergie transverse manquante ( E_T ) est importante puisqu'elle affecte directement la résolution sur la masse du boson de Higgs. Cela a été la motivation initiale pour réaliser et présenter dans cette thèse une étude de “commissioning” calorimétrique basé sur les quantités E_T , plus particulièrement sur la contribution du bruit de l'électronique, mesurée dans des événements cosmiques enregistrés pendant l'automne 2008. Un comportement gaussien de bruit dans tous les calorimètres de l'argon liquide a été trouvé, tandis qu'un comportement non-gaussien dans une partie du calorimètre à tuile scintillante a été observé. Pour ce dernier, un nouveau modèle de bruit a été examiné utilisant une paramétrisation de double gaussienne ayant pour résultat une description plus réaliste. En conclusion, cette analyse a fourni un outil de “commissioning” du calorimètre, qui a permis l'observation et la correction de plusieurs effets dans le comportement des calorimètres d'ATLAS
Commissioning of the ATLAS calorimeters with perspective on early physics
No full textThe ATLAS calorimeters have recorded millions of cosmic ray and random trigger. Detailed understanding and improvement of the signal reconstruction has made it possible to study the performance on these events of higher level quantities such as missing ET and jets. The talk will in particular show that these performances are already close to expectation. This reinforces the confidence of the capability of ATLAS in some key early physics item which will be discussed
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