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C. C. Canta: Prefazione
No full textIl saggio, che costituisce la prefazione al testo curato da R. Memoli e A. Falzarano sottolinea gli aspetti sulla transizione al futuro che sono presenti nei vari saggi presenti nel libro. Il futuro è un diritto di ogni essere umano e la preoccupazione per il futuro ha sempre costituito una priorità nella vita delle persone, anzi, pensare il futuro è essenziale per la crescita armonica della personalità (Erikson 1969). Il/la sociologo/a non può perciò disinteressarsi del futuro della società (Bell, Mau 1971) in cui vive e accettare che il sistema sociale e le istituzioni rimangano statiche e immobili ma operare per proporre alternative in una società che è in continuo mutamento (Mannheim 1972).
Viviamo in un tempo di grandi cambiamenti, se non di veri e propri sconvolgimenti, che hanno messo in crisi i modelli sociali e comportamentali di appena poco tempo fa: le crisi climatiche e ambientali; l’inasprirsi di conflitti e guerre in varie parti del mondo e, in particolare, nel vicino Mare Nostrum; la paura di virus sconosciuti e di inedite pandemie ancor più letali di quelle già sperimentate; il ruolo delle neuroscienze nella crisi globale, l’impatto dell’“Intelligenza Artificiale (IA)” nel processo di cambiamento; la necessità di una giustizia sociale rispettosa della dignità della persona; la perdita dei legami sociali e l’acuirsi della frammentazione sociale; l’assenza di un fondamento nel soggetto; la perdita di autostima e di fiducia nelle proprie capacità in particolare tra i più giovani. Tali cambiamenti, che oggi sono velocissimi, generano il diffondersi di una insicurezza soggettiva e collettiva che soffoca alla radice la speranza.
Eppure di fronte a questi problemi enormi non si può rimanere inerti, lasciare che il pessimismo e il panico soffochino la persona e abbiano il sopravvento sulla sua libertà: “Pensare il futuro” è l’unico modo per reagire, come è accaduto nel corso del novecento. Parafasando Aurelio Peccei oggi guardare al futuro è l’unico modo per compiere una rivoluzione.
Poiché la costruzione del futuro è strettamente legata anche ad un impegno etico, è importante individuare «le chiavi storiche che manovrano le leve del cambiamento sociale; i cambiamenti nella più vasta struttura sociale» (Bell 1973: 7).The essay, which constitutes the preface to the text edited by R. Memoli and A. Falzarano, underlines the aspects on the transition to the future that are present in the various essays in the book. The future is a right of every human being and concern for the future has always been a priority in people's lives; indeed, thinking about the future is essential for the harmonious growth of the personality (Erikson 1969). The sociologist cannot therefore be disinterested in the future of the society in which he lives (Bell, Mau 1971) and accept that the social system and institutions remain static and immobile but work to propose alternatives in a society that is constantly changing ( Mannheim 1972).
We live in a time of great changes, if not real upheavals, which have put the social and behavioral models of just a short time ago into crisis: the climate and environmental crises; the worsening of conflicts and wars in various parts of the world and, in particular, in the nearby Mare Nostrum; the fear of unknown viruses and unprecedented pandemics even more lethal than those already experienced; the role of neuroscience in the global crisis, the impact of "Artificial Intelligence (AI)" in the process of change; the need for social justice that respects the dignity of the person; the loss of social ties and the worsening of social fragmentation; the absence of a foundation in the subject; the loss of self-esteem and confidence in one's abilities, particularly among younger people. These changes, which are very fast today, generate the spread of a subjective and collective insecurity which suffocates hope at its roots.
Yet in the face of these enormous problems one cannot remain inert, let pessimism and panic suffocate the person and take over his freedom: "Thinking about the future" is the only way to react, as has happened during the twentieth century. Paraphasing Aurelio Peccei, today looking to the future is the only way to carry out a revolution.
Since the construction of the future is also closely linked to an ethical commitment, it is important to identify «the historical keys that operate the levers of social change; changes in the larger social structure” (Bell 1973: 7)
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Diacerhein/HPbCD inclusion complex: characterization: stability and dissolution rate of the binary system
No full textVariations on the Author
Get PDF“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
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe 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
Get PDFWe 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
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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