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    Metodologie di lettura critica per la riqualificazione urbana: il caso studio di Monterotondo

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    This study is an opportunity to test the effectiveness of a method of critica reading for the redevelopment of the urban image. There are areas, which by their own nature display features of indeterminacy such as to require measures of intervention to enhance the resolution of flaws in the design. Among them we count those places, which, built during the development of the urban centers, show clearly the transition between the existing cores and the subsequent expansions. There are areas that represent, on a single level, the projection of the stratification of different constructing realities; others that, because of the undefinedness of this process, express in themselves strong spatial tensions. An example of this is the area aside the town of Monterotondo, which is configured as a single space on the edge of the old center and that has been consolidated over time becoming one of the main axes of the town. In this direction, we suggested a cognitive method characterized by three subsequent but interrelated stages of processing: - A "cognitive moment," consisting of the acquisition of metric data and its restitution. - A "evaluation moment", implying that processing critique of "cognitive moment" that directs and limits the range project choices. This moment, link between the objective assessment and the critical planning, represents a moment of synthesis, capable of expressing the level of knowledge acquired of a place by an inspecting subject. The easy access to the totality of information is essential for the conservation of it, as for the spreading of any cultural resource. - A "proactive moment", which aiming to the formalization of guidances for the transformation of the reality itself, is the final conclusion of the whole methodological process. The fundamental target of the research was to get to an objective representation of the city or of part of it, trying to convey the result of the critical analysis in a clear and readable modality. The final result is the production of various 3D urban models, that are used to support all the possible measures in order to monitor and redevelop the city itself. The Attention has been focused on the development of analysis and consultation systems that enable the diffusion and sharing of digital representations of the city, either in the scientific and professional environment, or among the general public

    Data visualisation the critical interpretation, representation, and communication of the urban image

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    This study is an opportunity to test the effectiveness of a method of critical reading for the redevelopment of the urban image. There are areas, which by their own nature display features of indeterminacy such as to require measures of interven- tion to enhance the resolution of flaws in the design. Among them we count those places, which, built during the development of the urban centers, show clearly the transition between the existing cores and the subsequent expansions. There are areas that represent, on a single level, the projec- tion of the stratification of different constructing realities; others that, because of the undefinedness of this process, express in themselves strong spatial tensions. An example of this is the area aside the town of Montero- tondo, which is configured as a single space on the edge of the old center and that has been consolidated over time becoming one of the main axes of the town. In this direction, we suggested a cognitive method cha- racterized by three subsequent but interrelated stages of processing: - A “cognitive moment,” consisting of the acquisition of metric data and its restitution. - A “evaluation moment”, implying that processing cri- tique of “cognitive moment” that directs and limits the range project choices. This moment, link between the objective assessment and the critical planning, represents a moment of synthesis, capable of expressing the level of knowledge acquired of a place by an inspecting subject. The easy access to the totality of information is essential for the conservation of it, as for the spreading of any cul- tural resource. - A “proactive moment”, which aiming to the formalization of guidances for the transformation of the reality itself, is the final conclusion of the whole methodological process. The fundamental target of the research was to get to an objective representation of the city or of part of it, trying to convey the result of the critical analysis in a clear and readable modality. The final result is the production of various 3D urban mo- dels, that are used to support all the possible measures in order to monitor and redevelop the city itself. The Attention has been focused on the development of analysis and consultation systems that enable the diffusion and sharing of digital representations of the city, either in the scientific and professional environment, or among the general pubblic

    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The 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

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    “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

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    We 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

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    We 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

    Author Index

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    koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist

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    We 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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