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    RFID- based supply chain traceability system

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    In this paper we propose a real solution for gathering information throughout the entire pig meat supply chain. The architecture consists of a a complex identification system based on RFID tags that transmits data to a distributed database during all phases of the production process. The specific work environment required identifying a suitable technology for implementation in the supply chain and the best possible organization. The aim of this work is to keep track of all the information generated during meat processing, not only for traceability purposes but chiefly for enhancing and optimizing production. All information generated by the traceability system will be collected in a central database accessible by end users thtough a public dedicated web interface

    A scuola di città

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    In questo saggio si declina la città in alcune delle sue principali accezioni - la città come spazio pubblico, la città come miracolo di convivenza, la città come macchina meravigliosa, e la città come speranza ecologic

    The Charter of public space

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    The idea of a Charter of Public Space was launched by Pietro Garau, international curator of the Biennial of Public Space. The need for a shared definition of public space was what prompted by he international curator of the Biennial of Public Space to launch in 2013 the idea of a “Charter of Public Space”. A strong push to help turn this concept into reality was the idea, developed in partnership with Marichela Sepe, to present it at a side event during the 2012 World Urban Forum in Naples. During that event, useful inputs were collected. A public-space partnership was also born between INU and UN-Habitat, the main organizer of the Forum. This led to UN-Habitat’s participation in the second Biennial, the signing of an agreement of cooperation with INU, the joint organization of an international Expert Group Meeting on Public Space and Sustainable Urban Development (Rome, January 2014), and INU’s selection as partner in the preparation of a “Global Public Space Toolkit”. The Toolkit, a tool based on the Charter’s three main themes (design, development and management of public spaces) was presented at the 2014 World Urban Forum in Medellin, Colombia. Immediately after the 2012 WUF in Naples, Lucia Lancerin joined the drafting group and provided a fundamental contribution by inserting the Charter’s project in the nation-wide “Journey to Good Practice Municipalities” conceived to involve local governments in the Biennial’s preparatory process

    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
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