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Papers by Iskren Kirilov
Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health, Jan 31, 2018
Background: The objective of this research is to verify whether European projects on Active Aging... more Background: The objective of this research is to verify whether European projects on Active Aging (AA) and Elderly Quality of Life (Qol) funded by the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) produce an impact on literature similar to projects funded by the National Health Institute (NHI) of the United States on international literature using well-known bibliometric indicators. This effort may be useful in developing standardized and replicable procedures. Methods: Fifteen randomly selected projects on AA and Elderly Qol concluded in August 2017 and funded by FP7 were compared to similar projects funded by the US NHI with reference to papers published (Scopus and Scholar), papers published in Q1 journals, and the number of citations of the papers linked to the projects. Results: In all the indicators considered, the European projects showed no difference with the US NHI projects. Conclusions: The EU-funded AA and Qol Elderly projects have an impact on scientific literature comparable to projects funded in the United States by the NHI Agency. Our results are consistent with the data on general medical research, which indicates that, European research remains at a high level of competitiveness. In this experimental study, our methodology appeared to be convincing and reliable and it could be applied to the extent of the impact of more extensive research areas. Our research did not evaluate the relationship between funding required by research and scientific productivity.
تفکر ملکم خان بر آمده از اصولی بود که بر آن اساس اشاعه مدنیت غربی در سراسر جهان نه تنها امری است ... more تفکر ملکم خان بر آمده از اصولی بود که بر آن اساس اشاعه مدنیت غربی در سراسر جهان نه تنها امری است محتوم تاریخ بلکه، این تحول از شرایط تکامل هیأت اجتماع و موجب خوشبختی و سعادت آدمی است. بنابراین شرط فرزانگی و خردمندی از دیدگاه وی آن است که آیین تمدن اروپایی را از جان و دل بپذیریم و جهت فکری خود را از سیر تکامل تاریخ و روح زمان دمساز کنیم. بدین جهت وی خواهان اصلاحات اساسی در دستگاه دیوان حکومت با کمک علم و اصول غربی است که آن را پیش شرط سایر تحولات می داند. در در برابر اسلام گرایان، روشنفکران غرب گرا، قرار داشتند، آنان سخت شیفته و دل باخته غرب و ارزش های غربی ، قانون و حکومت غربی، جدایی دین از سیاست.... بودند. این جریان که طیف گشترده ای را تشکیل می داد، با مقایسه و سنجش ایران- غرب چنین می پنداشتند که سعادت ایران و ایرانی در غربی شدن تمام عیار است. افرادی مثل میرزا ملکم خان که به گونه ای مستقیم و غیر مستقیم با اسلام ناسازگاری داشتند و معتقد بودند از سرتا پا باید فرنگی شد.
Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health, 2018
Background: The objective of this research is to verify whether European projects on Active Aging... more Background: The objective of this research is to verify whether European projects on Active Aging (AA) and Elderly Quality of Life (Qol) funded by the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) produce an impact on literature similar to projects funded by the National Health Institute (NHI) of the United States on international literature using well-known bibliometric indicators. This effort may be useful in developing standardized and replicable procedures. Methods: Fifteen randomly selected projects on AA and Elderly Qol concluded in August 2017 and funded by FP7 were compared to similar projects funded by the US NHI with reference to papers published (Scopus and Scholar), papers published in Q1 journals, and the number of citations of the papers linked to the projects. Results: In all the indicators considered, the European projects showed no difference with the US NHI projects. Conclusions: The EU-funded AA and Qol Elderly projects have an impact on scientific literature comparable to pr...
BMC Research Notes
Objective This research note aimed to analyze the scientific productivity trends 2015–2019, focus... more Objective This research note aimed to analyze the scientific productivity trends 2015–2019, focusing on the top 30 universities in Europe and United States and on the top 30 private companies—as classified in the SCImago Institutions Ranking. Our hypothesis is that private companies are gaining an increasingly prominent role in the research field, while academia is losing its predominance. Results From 2015 to 2019, all universities in Europe and the United States lost positions in the scientific production ranking, while private companies gained positions. These trends seem to be driven mainly by the scientific productivity sub-indicator “Innovation”. These data suggest that the role private companies will play in the future will not be limited to support research economically or influence it from “outside”. Private companies have taken a path that may lead them to directly control all stages of production/communication of knowledge, including research—a role once bestowed on unive...
Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health
Background: The use of bibliometric analysis to assess scientific productivity and impact is part... more Background: The use of bibliometric analysis to assess scientific productivity and impact is particularly relevant for EU funding programs. The objective of the present study is to assess the impact on scientific literature by focusing specifically on the cost-effectiveness of FP7 and NHI projects in the fields of AA and QoL, respectively. Methods: Twenty projects were randomly selected from the CORDIS database in accordance with the following criteria: funded by the FP7; accepted from 1st January 2007 to 31st December 2012; concluded by 31st August 2017; For each project selected, we determined: number of publications in Scopus and Google databases attributable to the project; number of papers published in Q1 quartile of the SCIMAGO rank; number of citations found in Scopus and Scholar Google; amount of funds allocated. Results: The study has confirmed the results of the previous one, namely that the number of publications and the number of citations per project on active ageing ar...
Cuadernos De Pensamiento Politico Faes, 2008
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2010
Time projection chamber (TPC) has been successfully used as a central tracker and a particle iden... more Time projection chamber (TPC) has been successfully used as a central tracker and a particle identification device in a number of a high-energy physics experiments. However, the performance requirements on TPC for new high-rate particle experiments greatly exceed the abilities of traditional TPC readout by multi-wire proportional chamber (MWPC). Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detector has great potential to improve TPC performances when used as amplification device. In this paper we present the R&D activity on a new GEM-based TPC (TPG) detector for the inner part of the AMADEUS experiment, a new experimental proposal at DAFNE accelerator at LNF, aiming to perform measurements of the low-energy negative kaons interactions in nuclei. In order to evaluate the TPG feasibility, a 10 Â 10 cm 2 prototype with a drift length up to 15 cm are designed. The performances of a 10 Â 10 cm 2 pre-existing prototype with a reduced drift gap, operated with Ar=CO 2 =CF 4 (45/15/40) gas mixture and successfully tested at BTF facility, are presented. The gas mixture properties, such as the electron drift velocity and the diffusion, have been measured and they result comparable with those simulated with Garfield. A good resolution along the beam direction (z-coordinate), sufficient for a more large scale TPG in AMADEUS, is achieved.
Annales des Mines - Réalités industrielles, 2014
Le nouveau programme-cadre europeen Horizon 2020 vise a repondre a la necessite du renouvellement... more Le nouveau programme-cadre europeen Horizon 2020 vise a repondre a la necessite du renouvellement de notre modele de societe qu’a mise en evidence la crise economique (mais aussi sociale et politique) dont l’Europe souffre depuis pres de cinq ans. La recherche et l’innovation sont appelees a jouer un role important dans cette evolution, dont le champ devrait s’etendre au-dela des transformations strictement economiques. Dans ce contexte, le programme-cadre Horizon 2020 soutiendra un large eventail d’activites allant de la recherche fondamentale a la mise sur le marche de nouveaux produits, au developpement de nouveaux processus et de nouveaux systemes et services y compris en matiere d’innovation sociale. La conception d’Horizon 2020 reflete une evolution marquee du modele de financement traditionnel, qui favorise une approche fortement pluridisciplinaire encourageant des interactions entre les differents secteurs et filieres technologiques et la diversification des modes d’intervention.
Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health, Jan 31, 2018
Background: The objective of this research is to verify whether European projects on Active Aging... more Background: The objective of this research is to verify whether European projects on Active Aging (AA) and Elderly Quality of Life (Qol) funded by the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) produce an impact on literature similar to projects funded by the National Health Institute (NHI) of the United States on international literature using well-known bibliometric indicators. This effort may be useful in developing standardized and replicable procedures. Methods: Fifteen randomly selected projects on AA and Elderly Qol concluded in August 2017 and funded by FP7 were compared to similar projects funded by the US NHI with reference to papers published (Scopus and Scholar), papers published in Q1 journals, and the number of citations of the papers linked to the projects. Results: In all the indicators considered, the European projects showed no difference with the US NHI projects. Conclusions: The EU-funded AA and Qol Elderly projects have an impact on scientific literature comparable to projects funded in the United States by the NHI Agency. Our results are consistent with the data on general medical research, which indicates that, European research remains at a high level of competitiveness. In this experimental study, our methodology appeared to be convincing and reliable and it could be applied to the extent of the impact of more extensive research areas. Our research did not evaluate the relationship between funding required by research and scientific productivity.
تفکر ملکم خان بر آمده از اصولی بود که بر آن اساس اشاعه مدنیت غربی در سراسر جهان نه تنها امری است ... more تفکر ملکم خان بر آمده از اصولی بود که بر آن اساس اشاعه مدنیت غربی در سراسر جهان نه تنها امری است محتوم تاریخ بلکه، این تحول از شرایط تکامل هیأت اجتماع و موجب خوشبختی و سعادت آدمی است. بنابراین شرط فرزانگی و خردمندی از دیدگاه وی آن است که آیین تمدن اروپایی را از جان و دل بپذیریم و جهت فکری خود را از سیر تکامل تاریخ و روح زمان دمساز کنیم. بدین جهت وی خواهان اصلاحات اساسی در دستگاه دیوان حکومت با کمک علم و اصول غربی است که آن را پیش شرط سایر تحولات می داند. در در برابر اسلام گرایان، روشنفکران غرب گرا، قرار داشتند، آنان سخت شیفته و دل باخته غرب و ارزش های غربی ، قانون و حکومت غربی، جدایی دین از سیاست.... بودند. این جریان که طیف گشترده ای را تشکیل می داد، با مقایسه و سنجش ایران- غرب چنین می پنداشتند که سعادت ایران و ایرانی در غربی شدن تمام عیار است. افرادی مثل میرزا ملکم خان که به گونه ای مستقیم و غیر مستقیم با اسلام ناسازگاری داشتند و معتقد بودند از سرتا پا باید فرنگی شد.
Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health, 2018
Background: The objective of this research is to verify whether European projects on Active Aging... more Background: The objective of this research is to verify whether European projects on Active Aging (AA) and Elderly Quality of Life (Qol) funded by the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) produce an impact on literature similar to projects funded by the National Health Institute (NHI) of the United States on international literature using well-known bibliometric indicators. This effort may be useful in developing standardized and replicable procedures. Methods: Fifteen randomly selected projects on AA and Elderly Qol concluded in August 2017 and funded by FP7 were compared to similar projects funded by the US NHI with reference to papers published (Scopus and Scholar), papers published in Q1 journals, and the number of citations of the papers linked to the projects. Results: In all the indicators considered, the European projects showed no difference with the US NHI projects. Conclusions: The EU-funded AA and Qol Elderly projects have an impact on scientific literature comparable to pr...
BMC Research Notes
Objective This research note aimed to analyze the scientific productivity trends 2015–2019, focus... more Objective This research note aimed to analyze the scientific productivity trends 2015–2019, focusing on the top 30 universities in Europe and United States and on the top 30 private companies—as classified in the SCImago Institutions Ranking. Our hypothesis is that private companies are gaining an increasingly prominent role in the research field, while academia is losing its predominance. Results From 2015 to 2019, all universities in Europe and the United States lost positions in the scientific production ranking, while private companies gained positions. These trends seem to be driven mainly by the scientific productivity sub-indicator “Innovation”. These data suggest that the role private companies will play in the future will not be limited to support research economically or influence it from “outside”. Private companies have taken a path that may lead them to directly control all stages of production/communication of knowledge, including research—a role once bestowed on unive...
Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health
Background: The use of bibliometric analysis to assess scientific productivity and impact is part... more Background: The use of bibliometric analysis to assess scientific productivity and impact is particularly relevant for EU funding programs. The objective of the present study is to assess the impact on scientific literature by focusing specifically on the cost-effectiveness of FP7 and NHI projects in the fields of AA and QoL, respectively. Methods: Twenty projects were randomly selected from the CORDIS database in accordance with the following criteria: funded by the FP7; accepted from 1st January 2007 to 31st December 2012; concluded by 31st August 2017; For each project selected, we determined: number of publications in Scopus and Google databases attributable to the project; number of papers published in Q1 quartile of the SCIMAGO rank; number of citations found in Scopus and Scholar Google; amount of funds allocated. Results: The study has confirmed the results of the previous one, namely that the number of publications and the number of citations per project on active ageing ar...
Cuadernos De Pensamiento Politico Faes, 2008
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2010
Time projection chamber (TPC) has been successfully used as a central tracker and a particle iden... more Time projection chamber (TPC) has been successfully used as a central tracker and a particle identification device in a number of a high-energy physics experiments. However, the performance requirements on TPC for new high-rate particle experiments greatly exceed the abilities of traditional TPC readout by multi-wire proportional chamber (MWPC). Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detector has great potential to improve TPC performances when used as amplification device. In this paper we present the R&D activity on a new GEM-based TPC (TPG) detector for the inner part of the AMADEUS experiment, a new experimental proposal at DAFNE accelerator at LNF, aiming to perform measurements of the low-energy negative kaons interactions in nuclei. In order to evaluate the TPG feasibility, a 10 Â 10 cm 2 prototype with a drift length up to 15 cm are designed. The performances of a 10 Â 10 cm 2 pre-existing prototype with a reduced drift gap, operated with Ar=CO 2 =CF 4 (45/15/40) gas mixture and successfully tested at BTF facility, are presented. The gas mixture properties, such as the electron drift velocity and the diffusion, have been measured and they result comparable with those simulated with Garfield. A good resolution along the beam direction (z-coordinate), sufficient for a more large scale TPG in AMADEUS, is achieved.
Annales des Mines - Réalités industrielles, 2014
Le nouveau programme-cadre europeen Horizon 2020 vise a repondre a la necessite du renouvellement... more Le nouveau programme-cadre europeen Horizon 2020 vise a repondre a la necessite du renouvellement de notre modele de societe qu’a mise en evidence la crise economique (mais aussi sociale et politique) dont l’Europe souffre depuis pres de cinq ans. La recherche et l’innovation sont appelees a jouer un role important dans cette evolution, dont le champ devrait s’etendre au-dela des transformations strictement economiques. Dans ce contexte, le programme-cadre Horizon 2020 soutiendra un large eventail d’activites allant de la recherche fondamentale a la mise sur le marche de nouveaux produits, au developpement de nouveaux processus et de nouveaux systemes et services y compris en matiere d’innovation sociale. La conception d’Horizon 2020 reflete une evolution marquee du modele de financement traditionnel, qui favorise une approche fortement pluridisciplinaire encourageant des interactions entre les differents secteurs et filieres technologiques et la diversification des modes d’intervention.