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A Byzantine reader of Chariton
No full textA hitherto unpublished letter of a Byzantine scholar, Georgios Oinaiotes, on lending a book by Chariton provides new evidence about the Greek novel Callirhoe and its readers during the early Palaeologan Renaissance
TDR WATER CONTENT PROFILES MEASUREMENTS IN ARTIFICIAL AND NATURAL SLOPES COVERED WITH PYROCLASTIC SOILS
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Determinazione sperimentale del legame tra permittività dielettrica e contenuto d’acqua in piroclastiti campane
No full textSemantic Properties of Word Associations to Italian Verbs
No full textThis work is concerned with an investigation of verb associations, i.e., the words spontaneously called to mind in response to a given stimulus verb. We performed an elicitation task where native speakers were asked to spontaneously
list semantic associations for a list of Italian verbs. Starting from the assumption that the associations reflect highly salient linguistic and conceptual features of the verbs, the investigation is directed toward specifying the structural and conceptual types of associations by distinguishing and quantifying the relationships between stimuli and responses
Field measurements of topsoil moisture profiles by vertical TDR probes
No full textA recently developed inverse method for the estimation of water content profiles from single time domain reflectometry (TDR) waveforms in laboratory has been adapted and applied to field measurements of topsoil moisture profiles in a pyroclastic sandy loam. Three metallic probes of the lengths of 30 cm, 45 cm and 60 cm were vertically installed in an experimental field for the measurement of vertical water content profiles.
One 15 cm long probe was ...
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
Modernity and tradition in the Sassi of Matera (Italy). Smart community and underground (hypogeum) city
No full textIn building conservation projects, the impact of modernity on a delicate ecosystem such as that of the ‘Sassi of Matera’ can take on destructive aspects. There are many studies from which it can be deduced that there is a need to address recovery, re-functionalization and infrastructural integration, through the understanding of the urban environment and the opportunity to define a cultural orientation, that should be a sort of code of conduct that allows us to re-inhabit this architectural heritage. When giving new life to structures it is essential to respect the needs connected with modern living, but without altering their consolidated character over time, with interventions related to the original constructive, typological, functional and technological characteristics; at the same time, it is necessary to give particular attention to the integration and sustainability of the new interventions. This is the case in the reconversion of an urban context such as Matera; this city currently presents the image of a contemporary Matera, European Capital of Culture 2019, deeply involved in sustainable management and maintenance, a ‘smart’ city, and a symbol of restoration and historical heritage
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