International research collaboration in Africa: a bibliometric and thematic analysis

It is widely recognised that science in Africa will benefit from international research collaboration (IRC), and therefore studies have been done on IRC in Africa (hereafter: Africa-related IRC research). However, there is no information on the development of Africa-related IRC research, the geographical location of the scientists interested in the topic, the visibility of the literature and the themes researched. This information makes it possible to understand relevant aspects in the context of IRC in Africa, which are useful for identifying IRC strengths, weaknesses and opportunities. It also allows paving the way for future research on this topic. Using discipline–specific terms, bibliometric, and thematic analysis, I collected the literature on Africa-related IRC research indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (WoS). The results showed that the number of publications on the topic has increased, few African countries have researched the topic, a third of the publications were written exclusively by African scientists, and the topic has high visibility. The panoply of publications revealed that patterns, driving factors, effects, networks, asymmetries, and policies concerning IRC were the main themes researched.

     

Modernization of Air Supply Unit for Oxidation Towers Used in Bitumen Production

Chemical and Petroleum Engineering - The hydrodynamics of oxidation towers used for bitumen production were studied using a model tower having transparent walls. Experiments were carried out in two...     

Modeling the Destruction of an Anisotropic Composite Barrier in Interaction with Slender Strikers at an Angle

Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics - A numerical investigation has been made into the interaction of slender (5–20 calibers) steel cylinder strikers with orthotropic compost...     

Influence of the Corrosion Process on Thermotechnical Characteristics of Heat Pipes of Low-Temperature Range

Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics - Results of investigation into the influence of a corrosion process on thermotechnical characteristics of heat pipes of low-temperature range are...     

Magnetically Modified Waste Bark of Aegle marmelos Tree as a Promising Biosorbent for Uranium(VI) Sorption

Radiochemistry - Magnetically modified waste bark of the Aegle marmelos tree was prepared by using green synthesis method and was used in a batch system for U(VI) removal from aqueous solution. The...     

Wall Rock Alteration,Uranium Mineralization,and Potentiality of Uranium and Iron Dissolution from Mineralized Abu Rusheid Gneiss Rock,South Eastern Desert,Egypt

Radiochemistry - Ferrugination, sericitization, desulfitization, chloritization, and kaolinitization of hydrothermal origin are the main wall rock alterations occurring within the NNW shear zones...     

Justification for the Use of Cohen’s Kappa Statistic in Experimental Studies of NLP and Text Mining

Modern metrics for evaluating agreement coefficients between the experimental results and expert opinion are compared, and the possibility of using these metrics in experimental research in automatic text processing by machine learning methods is assessed. The choice of Cohen’s kappa coefficient as a measure of expert opinion agreement in the NLP and Text Mining problems is justified. An example of using Cohen’s kappa coefficient for evaluating the level of agreement between the opinion of an expert and the results of ML classification and the measure of agreement of expert opinions in the alignment of sentences of the Kazakh-Russian parallel corpus is given. Based on this analysis, it is proved that Cohen’s kappa coefficient is one of the best statistical methods for determining the level of agreement in experimental studies due to its ease of use, computing simplicity, and high accuracy of the results.

     

Extracellular Vesicles and Asthma—More Than Just a Co-Existence

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membranous structures, which are secreted by almost every cell type analyzed so far. In addition to their importance for cell-cell communication under physiological conditions, EVs are also released during pathogenesis and mechanistically contribute to this process. Here we summarize their functional relevance in asthma, one of the most common chronic non-communicable diseases. Asthma is a complex persistent inflammatory disorder of the airways characterized by reversible airflow obstruction and, from a long-term perspective, airway remodeling. Overall, mechanistic studies summarized here indicate the importance of different subtypes of EVs and their variable cargoes in the functioning of the pathways underlying asthma, and show some interesting potential for the development of future therapeutic interventions. Association studies in turn demonstrate a good diagnostic potential of EVs in asthma.     

An Efficient Modified Dragonfly Optimization Based MIMO-OFDM for Enhancing QoS in Wireless Multimedia Communication

Wireless Personal Communications - Multiple inputs multiple outputs (MIMO) is a reliable technique which can manage the increased wireless data traffic in the future generation of wireless...     

Personalized web service recommendation through mishmash technique and deep learning model

Multimedia Tools and Applications - Discovering the relevant web services for specific applications in the dynamically changing business world becomes very critical. Researchers have used many...