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Figini e Pollini
No full textIl saggio di Sara Protasoni ripercorre l’opera dei due architetti milanesi per delineare la specificità del loro contributo a quella che Antonio Monestiroli ha definito Scuola di Milano. Nel lavoro di Figini e Pollini, l 'approfondimento della relazione tra architettura e ambiente, natura e storia (che ha sostenuto il lavoro di altri esponenti della Scuola di Milano, quali Franco Albini e Ignazio Gardella), alimenta la continua ricerca di una relazione allo stesso tempo fisica e simbolica tra Natura e Architettura e inaugura una feconda stagione di studi attorno al tema del paesaggio, oggi di grande attualità
Figini e Pollini. L’asilo nel giardino a Ivrea
No full text(originalità) Il volume di Sara Protasoni approfondisce un aspetto inedito del lavoro di Figini e Pollini: quella continua ricerca di una relazione allo stesso tempo fisica e simbolica tra Natura e Architettura che inaugura una feconda stagione di studi intorno al tema del Paesaggio, oggi di grande attualità.
(metodologia) Basandosi su un’accurata ricerca su materiali d’archivio e un’attenta ricognizione della letteratura sul tema, sia quella storica che quella più progettuale, il volume costituisce una lettura rigorosa dell’asilo Olivetti a Ivrea, collocandolo nel contesto dell’esperienza del Razionalismo Italiano ma allo stesso tempo evidenziandone il valore anticipatorio di questioni centrali nella riflessione odierna sulla relazione tra architettura e paesaggio. Esponenti di primo piano del Razionalismo italiano, impegnati nel campo della progettazione alle diverse scale (l’oggetto, l’edificio, la città e il territorio), Luigi Figini (1903-84) e Gino Pollini (1903-91) hanno costituito il sodalizio più duraturo nella vicenda che ha visto l’architettura italiana affermarsi nel dibattito internazionale prima e dopo la seconda guerra mondiale. La collaborazione con Adriano Olivetti, avviata già negli anni Trenta, segna uno dei periodi più significativi di questa esperienza. Nell’insediamento ispirato ai principi del Movimento Comunità che Adriano Olivetti costruisce a Ivrea, Figini e Pollini realizzano diverse opere. L’asilo-nido (1939-41) documenta una ricerca che, dall’ambito della casa, si volge anche verso i luoghi del lavoro, delle istituzioni e del vivere comune
Radiation exposure related to the shipment of fertilizers to and from commercial ports: the case study of the seaport of Ravenna (Italy).
No full textThis paper presents the results of a study of radiological impacts related to the shipment of fertilisers to and from the commercial port of Ravenna (NE Italy). In particular, the effective doses to the port workers and members of the population surrounding the port area have been estimated. The study has included different types of measurement and assessment. First, the natural radioactivity of different fertilisers moving through the port has been determined: 40K, 226Ra, 210Pb, 228Ra and 228Th concentrations have been analysed using γ-ray spectrometry, while 238U and 232Th concentrations have been determined by ICP-MS. At the same time, a dose rate meter and electret ion chambers were used to measure the external irradiation and the radon concentrations, respectively. Then, air pollutant dispersion models have been applied in order to assess particulate matter concentration in the port site and the surrounding residential areas, and consequently the inhalation doses. Finally, the annual effective doses to workers and local residents have been estimated. The effective doses to workers and the population have been estimated to be 0.9 mSv yr-1 and 0.07 μSv yr-1, respectively
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
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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