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Università e Enti Locali, un'esperienza di ricerca applicata
No full textL'articolo da conto dell'esperienza di ricerca sulla mobilità ciclabile sviluppata dal Dipartimento di Ing. Civile di Pisa.
Si mettono in evidenza le reciproche convenienze in termini economici e di qualità della ricerca
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
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
The road from pathological narcissism to suicidality in adolescence: an empirical study
No full textLa ricerca clinica ed empirica ha evidenziato un nesso complesso fra il narcisismo patologico e il processo suicidario in età adulta. Data la rilevanza della sucidarietà e delle peculiari vicissitudini narcisistiche per l'adolescenza, la ricerca si propone di investigare la relazione fra narcisismo patologico nella una prospettiva multi-dimensionale dell'Intervista Diagnostica per il Narcisismo (DIN) and l'ideazione e le condotte suicidarie in un campione di adolescenti italiani. Metodi: a103 adolescenti italiani maschi e femmine fra i 12 e i 18 anni sono stati somministrati la DIN, la SCID II, CSSRS e la Kiddie-SADS con un follow-up a sei mesi. Risultati: le correlazioni il t-test e le analisi di regressione multipla hanno evidenziato l'associazione degli stati affettivi e dell'umore narcisistici sia con l'ideazione che con la letalità delle condotte. L'incremento nella dimensione della grandiosità è associata al passaggio a gesti suicidari ad elevata letalità potenziale. Conclusioni: l'ideazione e le condotte suicidarie sembrano assolvere alla funzione di restaurazione del senso di controllo e dell'autostima negli individui narcisistici che sperimentano uno stato di disregolazione affettiva. Il funzionamento narcisistico patologico sembra giocare un ruolo importante nel processo sucidario adolescenziale esattamente come in età adulta. L'assessment del funzionamento narcisistico adolescenziale può fornire delle utili indicazioni nella comprensione e gestione del rischio suicidario in questa fase di vita.Background: Clinical and empirical research evidenced a complex link between pathological narcissism and the suicidal process in adulthood. Given the relevance of suicidality and the peculiar narcissistic vicissitudes of adolescence, the proposed research investigated the relationship between pathological narcissism analyzed from the multi-dimensional perspective of the Diagnostic Interview for Narcissism (DIN) and suicidal ideation conducted in a sample of Italian Adolescents. Methods: One hundred and three Italian male and female adolescents between 12 and 18 were administered the DIN, SCIDII, CSSRS, and Kiddie-SADS with six months follow-up. Results: The correlation, t-test, multiple regression analyses evidenced the association of narcissistic affective states and mood with both suicidal ideation and lethality of conduct. The increase in the dimension of grandiosity is associated with the passage to potentially highly lethal suicidal gestures. Conclu-sions: Suicidal ideation and conduct seem to serve the function of restoring a sense of control and self-esteem in narcissistic individuals experiencing a state of affective dysregulation. Narcissistic pathological functioning seems to play an important role in the adolescent suicidal process, quite like adulthood. Assessing an adolescent’s narcissistic functioning may provide useful clinical information in understanding and managing the suicidal risk in this phase of life
Psychiatric comorbidity in learning disorder: analysis of family variables
No full textObjective This study aimed to evaluate the role of parental relational styles on the development of psychopathological disturbances in children with Learning Disability (LD). Method Fifty-six children aged 7–12 diagnosed with LD were evaluated on the basis of the Children Behaviour Check List (CBCL) completed by parents. Parents completed an Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ) and a family relationships internal representations questionnaire (Family Attitudes Questionnaire, FAQ). Multiple regressions were performed, using parental FAQ and ASQ scores as predictors and children’s CBCL scores as criterion Results Sixty percent of children in the sample obtained a clinical score in at least one of the two syndrome groups. Internalizing behavior in children was predicted by father’s Rela- tionships as Secondary and mother’s Need for Approval and Preoccupation with Relation- ships scores. Externalizing behavior was predicted by both father and mother’s Need for Approval scores. Conclusions Insecure attachment styles in parents appeared associated with maladaptive emotional–behavioral strategies in their children and may be interpreted as a risk factor for the development of the latter. More specifically, internalizing behavior in children appeared associated with dimensions pointing to dismissing attachment in fathers and to preoccupied attachment in mothers, while externalizing behavior appeared associated with dimensions indicating preoccupied attachment in both parents. Possible interpretations of these data within the LD population are put forward
Problemi emotivo-comportamentali e funzionamento adattivo in gruppi di preadolescenti a rischio sociale
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