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Mitigation of Urban Flooding: a Simplified Approach for Distributed Stormwater Management Practices selection and planning
No full textSismicità recente nella Sicilia nord orientale e relazioni con la distribuzione della deformazione superficiale.
No full textModelli di trasporto solido nella simulazione della rimozione di un rilevato in materiali sciolti
No full textInfiltration facilities design: comparison between simplified approaches and detailed physically based modelling
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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
Effect of the practice of constant physical exercise on respiratory parameters in smoking and non-smoking subjects
No full textThe aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of an active lifestyle on the respiratory function in healthy smokers (n=14) and non-smokers (n=14) aged 29-41 years. Respiratory function was measured using a spirometric test yielding the following parameters: FVC (forced vital capacity), VC/IVC (slow vital capacity and ventilatory profile), MVV (maximum voluntary ventilation), FEV1 (volume expiredafter 1 s). The subjects' lifestyles were assessed by questionnaire, and answers concerning level of physical activity were translated into a physical activity score using a modification of the Borg scale. Non smoking subjects were closer to the theoretical index of FEV1 provided by the spirometer than smoking subjects. Since FEV1 was markedly associated with body weight (r=0.64, p=0.003), analysis of covariance was used to assess the effect of physical activity on FEV1 using body weight as covariate. We found that physical activity was significantly associated with respiratory function (p<0.05), thus indicating that the pulmonary function of individuals who practice sports is better than those who do not. These results support the clinical use of physical training to counteract the harmful effects of smoking on respiratory function
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