1,721,114 research outputs found
Patteggiamento: poteri del giudice in relazione alle sanzioni sostitutive
No full textIl patteggiamento, rito giudiziale speciale e indispensabile per il funzionamento della macchina giudiziaria, oscilla fra l'utilitarismo di una concezione sportiva del procedimento penale (prevalentemente rimesso alle parti) e il "paterno" garantismo costituzionale del giusto processo regolato dalla legge (e sostenuto dal giudice). Il mutismo legislativo su alcuni caratteri essenziali dell'istituto ha condotto, e tuttora conduce, la giurisprudenza e la dottrina a dover individuare - di volta in volta - la soluzione ottimale che sia in grado di assicurare, al contempo, l'efficienza e l'ordine (inteso, quest'ultimo, quale equilibrio fra i princìpi fondanti uno specifico ordinamento) dell'intero sistema. Per quel che concerne l'operare del giudice a fronte dell'accordo fra le parti, pare doversi riconoscere che l'accertamento giudiziale non possa ridursi a mera attestazione notarile, essendo indisponibile l'esercizio della funzione giudiziaria e rinvenendosi nell'approccio cognitivo l'essenza stessa di qualsiasi intervento giurisdizionale. Più precisamente, essendovi in gioco la libertà personale, la disponibilità pattizia si arresta di fronte alle possibilità di rimodulazione ex officio e nei limiti di legge della pena proposta dalle parti. In una prospettiva di favor libertatis, la sostituzione d'ufficio della pena detentiva concordata con la sanzione della libertà controllata, così com'è accaduto nel caso di specie, deve considerarsi operazione pienamente legittima sempre che siano rispettati i criteri di conversione previsti dalla L. n. 689 del 1981
Sviluppo di un sistema dinamico di schermatura liquida per le vetrate degli edifici
No full textIl presente studio riguarda la ricerca e lo sviluppo di un inedito sistema dinamico di schermatura liquida per le vetrate degli edifici, basato sull’aggiunta, ai due vetri convenzionalmente adottati nelle vetrate isolanti, di un terzo vetro che consente di creare un’intercapedine di circa 1.5 mm in cui viene fatto salire un fluido schermante utilizzato per variare la trasmittanza solare. La capacità di garantire bassa trasmissione di calore in estate, ma allo stesso tempo di massimizzare gli apporti “gratuiti” forniti dal sole in inverno, rende questa tecnologia molto competitiva rispetto ai tradizionali vetri a controllo solare o basso emissivi, che hanno trasmittanza solare fissa. Già precedenti studi hanno individuato la miscela di fluido, la tipologia di vetro, hanno dimostrato buone prestazioni in termini energetici e di durabilità. Il principale obiettivo di questo lavoro è quello di dimostrare la fattibilità tecnologica del sistema al fine di delinearne linee guida per una progettazione matura, che sia propedeutica ad una futura produzione industriale su larga scala. La fase di progettazione del dispositivo, condotta secondo una logica legata al processo produttivo, ha portato alla produzione di un prototipo funzionante di finestra apribile con schermatura liquida. Lo sviluppo del prototipo ha permesso, sia di affrontare e risolvere problematiche ingegneristiche legate all’assemblaggio dei componenti ed alle necessarie modifiche all’infisso, sia di effettuare test di funzionamento, sia di analizzare i costi di produzione. È stata, inoltre, studiata la problematica della deformabilità del vetro dovuta alla spinta idrostatica del liquido. Simulazioni software e test di laboratorio hanno permesso di avanzare una concreta soluzione al problema della deformazione. Infine, un’analisi di benchmarking ha permesso di dimostrare prestazioni, in termini energetici, assolutamente paragonabili, ed in alcuni casi superiori, rispetto a vetri tra i più performanti sul mercato.This study concerns the research and development of a liquid-shaded dynamic glazed facade for buildings. Compared to the most popular currently used double glazing, this novel technology is made possible by the creation of an additional 1.5-mm-thick cavity, hosting a sliding shielding liquid, which flows internally, in order to adapt the window’s solar transmittance to real needs. The ability to ensure low solar transmittance in summer and to maximize solar heat gains in winter, makes this technology very competitive compared to conventional embedding solar control and low emissive panes, which have fixed solar transmittance indeed. Previous research focused on identifying the most suitable liquid mixture and the kind of glass; it also showed good performance in terms of protection from solar radiation and durability. The main objective of this research is to demonstrate the technological feasibility of the system in order to define the guidelines for a mature design, which is the first step to a future large-scale production. The design phase of the novel technology has been developed resembling the industrial process for its manufacturing, and it has led to the construction of a full size liquid-shaded window prototype. The development of the prototype has allowed, both to address and solve engineering problems related to the assembly of the components and to the necessary modifications to the frame, both to carry out operation tests and analyze production costs. Glass pane bending when subject to hydrostatic pressure of the liquid has been then assessed. Software simulations and laboratory tests have allowed to put forward a concrete solution to the problem of deformation. Finally, a benchmarking analysis has allowed to demonstrate absolutely comparable energy performances, and in some cases greater energy performances, than the most efficient glass facades on the market
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
Interdisciplinary perspectives on musical performance: Historical and recent research
No full textInvestigating Musical Performance considers the wide range of perspectives on musical performance made tangible by the cross-disciplinary studies of the last decades and encourages a comparison and revision of theoretical and analytical paradigms. The chapters present different approaches to this multi-layered phenomenon, including the results of significant research projects. The complex nature of musical performance is revealed within each section which either suggests aspects of dialogue and contiguity or discusses divergences between theoretical models and perspectives. Part I elaborates on the history, current trends and crucial aspects of the study of musical performance; Part II is devoted to the development of theoretical models, highlighting sharply distinguished positions; Part III explores the relationship between sign and sound in score-based performances; finally, the focus of Part IV centres on gesture considered within different traditions of musicmaking. Three extra chapters by the editors complement Parts I and III and can be accessed via the online Routledge Music Research Portal. The volume shows actual and possible connections between topics, problems, analytical methods and theories, thereby reflecting the wealth of stimuli offered by research on the musical cultures of our times
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
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
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