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YOSHIDA (K.).
No full textDubois Patrick. YOSHIDA (K.).. In: Le dictionnaire de pédagogie et d'instruction primaire de Ferdinand Buisson : répertoire biographique des auteurs. Paris : Institut national de recherche pédagogique, 2002. p. 141. (Bibliothèque de l'Histoire de l'Education, 17
YOSHIDA (K.).
No full textDubois Patrick. YOSHIDA (K.).. In: , . Le dictionnaire de pédagogie et d'instruction primaire de Ferdinand Buisson : répertoire biographique des auteurs. Paris : Institut national de recherche pédagogique, 2002. p. 141. (Bibliothèque de l'Histoire de l'Education, 17
Slip Angle Estimation for Lunar and Planetary Robots
No full textVehicle slip is a critical issue for mobile robots driving across loose soil. It is responsible for gradual deviation of the vehicle from the intended course, resulting in large drift and poor performance of localization and control systems, even leading, in extreme cases, to the danger of vehicle entrapment with consequent mission failure. This paper presents a novel method for lateral slip estimation based on visually observing the trace produced by the wheels of the robot, during traverse of soft, deformable terrain, as that expected for lunar and planetary rovers. The proposed algorithm uses a robust Hough transform enhanced by fuzzy reasoning to estimate the angle of inclination of the wheel trace with respect to the vehicle reference frame. Any deviation of the wheel trace from the planned path of the robot suggests occurrence of sideslip that can be detected, and more interestingly, measured. This allows the vehicle to estimate its actual heading angle, usually referred to as the slip angle. The details of the various steps of the visual algorithm are presented and the results of experimental tests performed in the field with an all-terrain rover are described, proving the method to be effective and robust
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
The cardiac renin-angiotensin system in heart failure
No full textThe success of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in reducing cardiovascular morbidity and mortality rates has led to a reexamination of the role of the renin-angiotensin system in pathophysiology. Ventricular dysfunction leading to congestive cardiac failure is associated with sequential activation of the sympathetic system and increases in plasma atrial natriuretic peptide; however, increases in plasma renin and aldosterone do not occur until very late. The renin-angiotensin system is now regarded as both a circulating and tissue hormonal system. All components of the renin-angiotensin system have been detected in the heart. ACE is localized in discrete areas of the heart, including the cardiac valves, coronary vessels, atria, and myocardium. After experimental myocardial infarction in the rat, although plasma renin and aldosterone levels are not increased, ACE in the myocardium is markedly increased. Treatment with ACE inhibitors suppresses cardiac ACE and is associated with hemodynamic improvement, reversal of the neurohumoral activation, prevention of ventricular dilatation, and remodeling and reduction in mortality rates. These results suggest that the beneficial effects of ACE inhibitors in treating congestive cardiac failure, preventing ventricular remodeling, and regressing left ventricular hypertrophy may involve not only reducing preload and afterload but also suppressing the local cardiac renin-angiotensin system
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
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