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Siti contaminati e tecnologie di bonifica: la situazione e le prospettive di sviluppo / Contaminated sites and remediation technologies: the present situation and a possible scenario.
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The influence of external parameters on the determination of hydraulic characteristics of geotextiles filters
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A new test apparatus for the study of geotextyles behaviour as filters in unsteady flow condition: Relevance and Use.
No full textA new test apparatus for the study of geotextiles as filters in unsteady flow conditions
No full textDesign and Practice of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Structures
No full textThis symposium is held to honor the research achievements of Prof. Dov Leshchinsky. He is a world-renowned geotechnical researcher and educator, especially in the design and practice of geosynthetic-reinforced soil structures.
University of Bologna, the world oldest university located in one of the most beautiful, historical Italian cities, is selected as the venue for this symposium. The idea developed since
Columbia University (School of Engineering and Applied Science) and University of Bologna (School of Engineering and Architecture) already have an active dual degree master’s program.
The event takes place for three days (14–16 October, 2013). The third day of symposium includes joint sessions with the 26th Italian National Conference on Geosynthetics. A total of 71 papers, from nearly 30 countries, have been accepted for publication and presentation in the symposium. The papers cover a wide range of topics, as follows:
• Geosynthetic-reinforced soil retaining walls
• Geosynthetic-reinforced soil slopes
• Construction of reinforced embankments over soft soil
• Geotextile tubes
• Geosynthetic-reinforced soil structures for railways and highways
• Properties of backfill soils, geosynthetics, and soil-geosynthetic interaction
In addition, the following keynote lectures are delivered by the international experts:
• Leshchinsky, D. (USA): Design approaches to geosynthetic-reinforced walls and slopes
• Cazzuffi, D. (Italy): Geosynthetics engineering and vegetation growth in soil reinforcement applications
• DiMaggio, J.D. (USA): Geosynthetic-reinforced soil walls and slopes: Best practices in design and construction and reality: Why they differ
• Koseki, J. (Japan) and Shibuya, S. (Japan): Mitigation of disasters by earthquakes and rains/floods by means of geosynthetic-reinforced soil retaining walls
• Moraci, N. (Italy): Soil-geosynthetic interaction: Design parameters from experimental and theoretical analysis
• James G. Collin (USA): Shored MSE walls research to practice
• Tatsuoka, F. (Japan): The importance of good compaction of the backfill and the compaction control based on the dry density and the degree of saturation
Ben and Ora Leshchinsky, Fumio Tatsuoka, Hoe Ling, and Jie Han have composed several non-technical writings about Dov without his prior knowledge or approval. These writings give
perspectives of Dov from various angles and times of his life.
The social events include a welcome reception in the first evening, inclusive of a short concert featuring operatic excerpts by well-known 19th-century Italian composers, and a banquet in the second evening at Palazzo Isolani, which is one of the most beautiful and important historical buildings in Bologna.
The symposium is held under the auspices of the International Geosynthetics Society, the Italian Geotechnical Association, the Italian Chapter of IGS, TC 101 & TC 305 of the
International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Geo-Institute, Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM) of University of Bologna, University of Delaware, and Japanese research institutes (Public Works Research Institute, Railway Technical Research
Institute and National Institute for Rural Engineering).
A total of 14 leading firms participated as industrial sponsors (in alphabetical order): ACE Geosynthetics, ADAMA Engineering, Allan Block, Callide Technologies, Inc, Huesker
Synthetic GmbH, Intergeo Services, Micheletto Pavimentazioni, Officine Maccaferri S.p.A, NAUE GmbH & Co. KG, Risi Stone Systems, TeMa Technologies and Materials srl, TENAX, TenCate Geosynthetics Asia Sdn Bhd, Tensar International Corporation. The advertisement pages of the sponsors are included in the proceedings. The industrial supports, which helped to reduce significantly the registration fee while upholding the highest quality of the symposium,
are especially appreciated.
Prof. Francesco Ubertini, the Head of DICAM, offered various arrangements in the preparation of symposium. Elaine MacDonald and Katherine Rosado of the Department of Civil
Engineering, Columbia University provided financial administrative assistance, while Kington Chan gave various kinds of IT support.
Last but not least, the organizers would like to express their deepest appreciation to the authors, anonymous reviewers, and Local Organizing Committee (headed by Dr. Guido Gottardi and Dr. Laura Tonni) for their contributions and dedicated work
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
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