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Rimozione degli inquinanti in un’area umida artificiale: ‘Le Meleghine’ in Finale Emilia (MO)
No full textNutrient and heavy mmetals removal by macrophytes in a re-constructed wetland of the Venice lagoon watershed
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Analysis of the removal efficiency in a constructed wetland: the plant of ‘Le Meleghine’ in Finale Emilia (Modena, Italy),
No full textAround and about motorway nodes: Infrastructures and crossed territories intensified bonds
No full textConceived for linking towns, cities, regions and counties in the fastest
way, motorways have a short story compared to roads and streets that
contribute to shaping territories and fabrics over centuries. Nevertheless,
the study of the motorways can be highly fruitful if referred not
only to its technical dimension but also to the spatial one, especially to
the relation between route and crossed territories. Motorways can be a
fascinating lens for studying territories and their evolution over time in
the last century, both from the lanes toward the surrounding areas and
the other way around. However, motorways have an unusual relationship
with time since their layout persists while their components are
frequently replaced due to maintenance practices. At the same time, the
interest for the motorways also lies in enhancing the relationship
between infrastructure and crossed territories, mainly by acting on
nodes such as tollbooth, service areas, and stations. These spaces that
link the motorway to its surrounding areas can be the object of design
experimentation, aiming to promote motorway permeability. In territories
such as the Italian one, motorway layout is often tangent to valuable
architectures and landscapes that could be reached thanks to specific
rest areas and pedestrian paths. At the same time, nodes
development can offer the possibility of interconnecting different
mobility systems, paying attention to environmental sustainability
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
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