<strong>Objectives:</strong> This study aims to present the characteristics of the undergraduate dental curriculum system using network modelling and visualisation analysis based on complex network theory,...<strong>Objectives:</strong> This study aims to present the characteristics of the undergraduate dental curriculum system using network modelling and visualisation analysis based on complex network theory, thus providing a theoretical foundation for the course development and curriculum reform. <strong>Methods:</strong> The correlation coefficient was used to quantify the intensity of the correlation between courses, and a visualisation complex network of the dental curriculum was built to explore the curriculum pattern from a dynamic perspective. Further, the statistical measurements of curriculum network were adopted to express the most relevant topological features. Subsequently, the minimum spanning tree and parallel coordinates plot were drawn to explore the curriculum community structure, quantify the key courses, and present different courses in time and space relationships. <strong>Results:</strong> The correlation analysis results show that the courses are closely related to each other. The main courses focus on pathology, pathophysiology, oral anatomy and physiology, closely connecting almost all medicine-related courses. The whole course network has an average degree value of 41.53, and a clustering coefficient of 0.78, indicating an obvious small-world characteristic. From the perspective of curriculum attributes, the number of public and theoretical courses was more than that of skills and practical courses. Moreover, the academic performance of skills and practical courses was lower than that of public and theoretical courses. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The undergraduate dental courses have a progressive structure from basic professional knowledge to professional skills, which is reasonable for the dental education in China. However, some efforts towards curriculum reform based on this study are needed.展开更多
An experimental study on the effect of cut angle on circular cylinders to the drag force is performed. Six cylinders were cut at different angles and the air flow impinges perpendicular to the cut surface of the cylin...An experimental study on the effect of cut angle on circular cylinders to the drag force is performed. Six cylinders were cut at different angles and the air flow impinges perpendicular to the cut surface of the cylinder. The cut angles applied include: 0°, 30°, 45°, 53°, 55°, and 75°. The shear layer visualisation on the surface of cylinder was conducted as well. Drag force was measured using a wind tunnel force balance and the wind speed was set so that a corresponding Rey-nolds number of 5.3 × 104 was achieved. Visualisation was carried out by covering the cylinder with paper wetted by mixture of oil and titanium dioxide powder. Experimental results show that drag force has similar trend to that of previous experiment results. The minimum drag coefficient is attained at the cut angle of 53°. From oil streak visualisation the streamlines pattern of the flow over the cylinder could be reconstructed.展开更多
脉冲星在天体演化、物理学、计时、深空自主导航、引力波探测等领域均有重要的学术和应用价值,脉冲星搜寻及其应用也成为了当前天文界热点研究之一。为了更好地探究脉冲星搜寻及其应用领域的研究现状和未来发展趋势,在Web of Science(W...脉冲星在天体演化、物理学、计时、深空自主导航、引力波探测等领域均有重要的学术和应用价值,脉冲星搜寻及其应用也成为了当前天文界热点研究之一。为了更好地探究脉冲星搜寻及其应用领域的研究现状和未来发展趋势,在Web of Science(WOS)数据库筛选出有关脉冲星搜寻及应用的964篇文献,在阅读核心文献的基础上,采用数据分析和可视化方法进行深入探讨。结果表明,脉冲星搜寻及应用领域的研究经历了初始探索阶段和稳健发展阶段,目前进入蓬勃增长阶段。该领域各国之间密切合作,形成了三大主要的研究群体。脉冲星搜寻及其应用研究在未来将产生如直接探测引力波、深空自主导航等重要科研价值和实际应用结果,将进一步丰富和多元化脉冲星的研究领域。展开更多
Over the past two decades,machine learning techniques have been extensively used in predicting reservoir properties.While this approach has significantly contributed to the industry,selecting an appropriate model is s...Over the past two decades,machine learning techniques have been extensively used in predicting reservoir properties.While this approach has significantly contributed to the industry,selecting an appropriate model is still challenging for most researchers.Relying solely on statistical metrics to select the best model for a particular problem may not always be the most effective approach.This study encourages researchers to incorporate data visualization in their analysis and model selection process.To evaluate the suitability of different models in predicting horizontal permeability in the Volve field,wireline logs were used to train Extra-Trees,Ridge,Bagging,and XGBoost models.The Random Forest feature selection technique was applied to select the relevant logs as inputs for the models.Based on statistical metrics,the Extra-Trees model achieved the highest test accuracy of 0.996,RMSE of 19.54 mD,and MAE of 3.18 mD,with XGBoost coming in second.However,when the results were visualised,it was discovered that the XGBoost model was more suitable for the problem being tackled.The XGBoost model was a better predictor within the sandstone interval,while the Extra-Trees model was more appropriate in non-sandstone intervals.Since this study aims to predict permeability in the reservoir interval,the XGBoost model is the most suitable.These contrasting results demonstrate the importance of incorporating data visualisation techniques as an evaluation metric.Given the heterogeneity of the subsurface,relying solely on statistical metrics may not be sufficient to determine which model is best suited for a particular problem.展开更多
Background:Osteochondral lesions of the talus(OLTs)are a significant challenge for foot and ankle specialists,which could cause pain and decrease patient function.Researchers can use the findings of this study to shap...Background:Osteochondral lesions of the talus(OLTs)are a significant challenge for foot and ankle specialists,which could cause pain and decrease patient function.Researchers can use the findings of this study to shape future directions for research by exploring global trends and hotspots in OLT.Methods:Web of Science Core Collection was used to retrieve literature related to OLT between 2004 and 2021.This report covers the current state of OLTs,such as publications,journals,trends,hotspots,and the performances of relevant countries,institutions and authors.The co-citation analysis,the coauthorship analysis,the cooccurrence analysis,and the bibliographic coupling analysis were conducted with the Bibliometrix R package,VOSviewer v1.6.10.0,and CiteSpace 5.8.R3.Results:During an 18-year review,717 articles and 76 review articles on OLT published from 2004 to 2021 were reviewed.The USA has made the largest contribution to the OLT-related literature,and a significant contribution has been made by Kennedy JG(48/6.05%)and van Dijk CN(30/3.78%).In terms of total link strength,Foot&Ankle International was the leading journal.Analysis showed that the global research hotspots of OLTs focused on the pathogenesis,diagnosis,clinical research,and surgical treatment of OLT.It would be significant to pay close attention to future research on osteochondral autograft transplantation and management,surgery,multidisciplinary integration and mechanisms of OLT,and its related diseases.Conclusions:The study provides information about the current status and hotspots of research in the domain of OLT over the past 18 years that will assist researchers in identifying potential perspectives on hot topics and research frontiers.展开更多
The application of frequency distribution statistics to data provides objective means to assess the nature of the data distribution and viability of numerical models that are used to visualize and interpret data.Two c...The application of frequency distribution statistics to data provides objective means to assess the nature of the data distribution and viability of numerical models that are used to visualize and interpret data.Two commonly used tools are the kernel density estimation and reduced chi-squared statistic used in combination with a weighted mean.Due to the wide applicability of these tools,we present a Java-based computer application called KDX to facilitate the visualization of data and the utilization of these numerical tools.展开更多
This paper presents research into applying virtual environment (VE) technology to supply chain management (SCM). Our research work has employed virtual manufacturing environments to represent supply chain nodes to sim...This paper presents research into applying virtual environment (VE) technology to supply chain management (SCM). Our research work has employed virtual manufacturing environments to represent supply chain nodes to simulate processes and activities in supply chain management. This will enable those who are involved in these processes and activities to gain an intuitive understanding of them, so as to design robust supply chains and make correct decisions at the right time. A framework system and its hierarchical structure for visualising and simulating supply chains in virtual environments are reported and detailed in this paper.展开更多
Neural stem cells,which are capable of multi-potential differentiation and self-renewal,have recently been shown to have clinical potential for repairing central nervous system tissue damage.However,the theme trends a...Neural stem cells,which are capable of multi-potential differentiation and self-renewal,have recently been shown to have clinical potential for repairing central nervous system tissue damage.However,the theme trends and knowledge structures for human neural stem cells have not yet been studied bibliometrically.In this study,we retrieved 2742 articles from the PubMed database from 2013 to 2018 using "Neural Stem Cells" as the retrieval word.Co-word analysis was conducted to statistically quantify the characteristics and popular themes of human neural stem cell-related studies.Bibliographic data matrices were generated with the Bibliographic Item Co-Occurrence Matrix Builder.We identified 78 high-frequency Medical Subject Heading(MeSH)terms.A visual matrix was built with the repeated bisection method in gCLUTO software.A social network analysis network was generated with Ucinet 6.0 software and GraphPad Prism 5 software.The analyses demonstrated that in the 6-year period,hot topics were clustered into five categories.As suggested by the constructed strategic diagram,studies related to cytology and physiology were well-developed,whereas those related to neural stem cell applications,tissue engineering,metabolism and cell signaling,and neural stem cell pathology and virology remained immature.Neural stem cell therapy for stroke and Parkinson’s disease,the genetics of microRNAs and brain neoplasms,as well as neuroprotective agents,Zika virus,Notch receptor,neural crest and embryonic stem cells were identified as emerging hot spots.These undeveloped themes and popular topics are potential points of focus for new studies on human neural stem cells.展开更多
With the SPSS and the help of factor method and hierarchical clustered method,journal articles on digital information resources(DIR) from CNKI in the past ten years are analyzed with a co-word analytical method in thi...With the SPSS and the help of factor method and hierarchical clustered method,journal articles on digital information resources(DIR) from CNKI in the past ten years are analyzed with a co-word analytical method in this paper. The hot issues of studies on DIR and the relationship between those subjects are analyzed in this investigation as well.展开更多
Co-word networks are constructed with author-provided keywords in academic publications and their relations of co-occurrence.As special form of scientific knowledge networks,they represent the cognitive structure of s...Co-word networks are constructed with author-provided keywords in academic publications and their relations of co-occurrence.As special form of scientific knowledge networks,they represent the cognitive structure of scientific literature.This paper analyzes the complex structure of a co-word network based on 8,190 author-provided keywords extracted from 3,651 papers in five Chinese core journals in the field of management science.Small-world and scale-free phenomena are found in this network.A large-scale co-word network graph,which consists of one major giant component and many small isolated components,has been generated with the GUESS software.The dynamic growth of keywords and keyword co-occurrence relationships are described with four new informetrics measures.The results indicate that existing concepts always serve as the intellectual base of new ideas as represented by keywords.展开更多
文摘<strong>Objectives:</strong> This study aims to present the characteristics of the undergraduate dental curriculum system using network modelling and visualisation analysis based on complex network theory, thus providing a theoretical foundation for the course development and curriculum reform. <strong>Methods:</strong> The correlation coefficient was used to quantify the intensity of the correlation between courses, and a visualisation complex network of the dental curriculum was built to explore the curriculum pattern from a dynamic perspective. Further, the statistical measurements of curriculum network were adopted to express the most relevant topological features. Subsequently, the minimum spanning tree and parallel coordinates plot were drawn to explore the curriculum community structure, quantify the key courses, and present different courses in time and space relationships. <strong>Results:</strong> The correlation analysis results show that the courses are closely related to each other. The main courses focus on pathology, pathophysiology, oral anatomy and physiology, closely connecting almost all medicine-related courses. The whole course network has an average degree value of 41.53, and a clustering coefficient of 0.78, indicating an obvious small-world characteristic. From the perspective of curriculum attributes, the number of public and theoretical courses was more than that of skills and practical courses. Moreover, the academic performance of skills and practical courses was lower than that of public and theoretical courses. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The undergraduate dental courses have a progressive structure from basic professional knowledge to professional skills, which is reasonable for the dental education in China. However, some efforts towards curriculum reform based on this study are needed.
文摘An experimental study on the effect of cut angle on circular cylinders to the drag force is performed. Six cylinders were cut at different angles and the air flow impinges perpendicular to the cut surface of the cylinder. The cut angles applied include: 0°, 30°, 45°, 53°, 55°, and 75°. The shear layer visualisation on the surface of cylinder was conducted as well. Drag force was measured using a wind tunnel force balance and the wind speed was set so that a corresponding Rey-nolds number of 5.3 × 104 was achieved. Visualisation was carried out by covering the cylinder with paper wetted by mixture of oil and titanium dioxide powder. Experimental results show that drag force has similar trend to that of previous experiment results. The minimum drag coefficient is attained at the cut angle of 53°. From oil streak visualisation the streamlines pattern of the flow over the cylinder could be reconstructed.
文摘脉冲星在天体演化、物理学、计时、深空自主导航、引力波探测等领域均有重要的学术和应用价值,脉冲星搜寻及其应用也成为了当前天文界热点研究之一。为了更好地探究脉冲星搜寻及其应用领域的研究现状和未来发展趋势,在Web of Science(WOS)数据库筛选出有关脉冲星搜寻及应用的964篇文献,在阅读核心文献的基础上,采用数据分析和可视化方法进行深入探讨。结果表明,脉冲星搜寻及应用领域的研究经历了初始探索阶段和稳健发展阶段,目前进入蓬勃增长阶段。该领域各国之间密切合作,形成了三大主要的研究群体。脉冲星搜寻及其应用研究在未来将产生如直接探测引力波、深空自主导航等重要科研价值和实际应用结果,将进一步丰富和多元化脉冲星的研究领域。
文摘Over the past two decades,machine learning techniques have been extensively used in predicting reservoir properties.While this approach has significantly contributed to the industry,selecting an appropriate model is still challenging for most researchers.Relying solely on statistical metrics to select the best model for a particular problem may not always be the most effective approach.This study encourages researchers to incorporate data visualization in their analysis and model selection process.To evaluate the suitability of different models in predicting horizontal permeability in the Volve field,wireline logs were used to train Extra-Trees,Ridge,Bagging,and XGBoost models.The Random Forest feature selection technique was applied to select the relevant logs as inputs for the models.Based on statistical metrics,the Extra-Trees model achieved the highest test accuracy of 0.996,RMSE of 19.54 mD,and MAE of 3.18 mD,with XGBoost coming in second.However,when the results were visualised,it was discovered that the XGBoost model was more suitable for the problem being tackled.The XGBoost model was a better predictor within the sandstone interval,while the Extra-Trees model was more appropriate in non-sandstone intervals.Since this study aims to predict permeability in the reservoir interval,the XGBoost model is the most suitable.These contrasting results demonstrate the importance of incorporating data visualisation techniques as an evaluation metric.Given the heterogeneity of the subsurface,relying solely on statistical metrics may not be sufficient to determine which model is best suited for a particular problem.
文摘Background:Osteochondral lesions of the talus(OLTs)are a significant challenge for foot and ankle specialists,which could cause pain and decrease patient function.Researchers can use the findings of this study to shape future directions for research by exploring global trends and hotspots in OLT.Methods:Web of Science Core Collection was used to retrieve literature related to OLT between 2004 and 2021.This report covers the current state of OLTs,such as publications,journals,trends,hotspots,and the performances of relevant countries,institutions and authors.The co-citation analysis,the coauthorship analysis,the cooccurrence analysis,and the bibliographic coupling analysis were conducted with the Bibliometrix R package,VOSviewer v1.6.10.0,and CiteSpace 5.8.R3.Results:During an 18-year review,717 articles and 76 review articles on OLT published from 2004 to 2021 were reviewed.The USA has made the largest contribution to the OLT-related literature,and a significant contribution has been made by Kennedy JG(48/6.05%)and van Dijk CN(30/3.78%).In terms of total link strength,Foot&Ankle International was the leading journal.Analysis showed that the global research hotspots of OLTs focused on the pathogenesis,diagnosis,clinical research,and surgical treatment of OLT.It would be significant to pay close attention to future research on osteochondral autograft transplantation and management,surgery,multidisciplinary integration and mechanisms of OLT,and its related diseases.Conclusions:The study provides information about the current status and hotspots of research in the domain of OLT over the past 18 years that will assist researchers in identifying potential perspectives on hot topics and research frontiers.
文摘The application of frequency distribution statistics to data provides objective means to assess the nature of the data distribution and viability of numerical models that are used to visualize and interpret data.Two commonly used tools are the kernel density estimation and reduced chi-squared statistic used in combination with a weighted mean.Due to the wide applicability of these tools,we present a Java-based computer application called KDX to facilitate the visualization of data and the utilization of these numerical tools.
基金This work is partially sponsored by the Cheung Kong Scholars Programme of the People's Republic of China.
文摘This paper presents research into applying virtual environment (VE) technology to supply chain management (SCM). Our research work has employed virtual manufacturing environments to represent supply chain nodes to simulate processes and activities in supply chain management. This will enable those who are involved in these processes and activities to gain an intuitive understanding of them, so as to design robust supply chains and make correct decisions at the right time. A framework system and its hierarchical structure for visualising and simulating supply chains in virtual environments are reported and detailed in this paper.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81471308(to JL)the Stem Cell Clinical Research Project in China,No.CMR-20161129-1003(to JL)the Innovation Technology Funding of Dalian in China,No.2018J11CY025(to JL)
文摘Neural stem cells,which are capable of multi-potential differentiation and self-renewal,have recently been shown to have clinical potential for repairing central nervous system tissue damage.However,the theme trends and knowledge structures for human neural stem cells have not yet been studied bibliometrically.In this study,we retrieved 2742 articles from the PubMed database from 2013 to 2018 using "Neural Stem Cells" as the retrieval word.Co-word analysis was conducted to statistically quantify the characteristics and popular themes of human neural stem cell-related studies.Bibliographic data matrices were generated with the Bibliographic Item Co-Occurrence Matrix Builder.We identified 78 high-frequency Medical Subject Heading(MeSH)terms.A visual matrix was built with the repeated bisection method in gCLUTO software.A social network analysis network was generated with Ucinet 6.0 software and GraphPad Prism 5 software.The analyses demonstrated that in the 6-year period,hot topics were clustered into five categories.As suggested by the constructed strategic diagram,studies related to cytology and physiology were well-developed,whereas those related to neural stem cell applications,tissue engineering,metabolism and cell signaling,and neural stem cell pathology and virology remained immature.Neural stem cell therapy for stroke and Parkinson’s disease,the genetics of microRNAs and brain neoplasms,as well as neuroprotective agents,Zika virus,Notch receptor,neural crest and embryonic stem cells were identified as emerging hot spots.These undeveloped themes and popular topics are potential points of focus for new studies on human neural stem cells.
基金supported by the Fund for Philosophy and Social Sciences,Ministry of Education of China(Grant No.05JZD00024)
文摘With the SPSS and the help of factor method and hierarchical clustered method,journal articles on digital information resources(DIR) from CNKI in the past ten years are analyzed with a co-word analytical method in this paper. The hot issues of studies on DIR and the relationship between those subjects are analyzed in this investigation as well.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.71003078and 70833005)sponsored by SRF for ROCS and SEM
文摘Co-word networks are constructed with author-provided keywords in academic publications and their relations of co-occurrence.As special form of scientific knowledge networks,they represent the cognitive structure of scientific literature.This paper analyzes the complex structure of a co-word network based on 8,190 author-provided keywords extracted from 3,651 papers in five Chinese core journals in the field of management science.Small-world and scale-free phenomena are found in this network.A large-scale co-word network graph,which consists of one major giant component and many small isolated components,has been generated with the GUESS software.The dynamic growth of keywords and keyword co-occurrence relationships are described with four new informetrics measures.The results indicate that existing concepts always serve as the intellectual base of new ideas as represented by keywords.