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The Alburni Massif, the most important karst area of southern Italy: history of cave explorations and recent developments
No full textThe Alburni Massif (Campania, southern Italy) is a karst mountain extremely rich in caves and other karst landforms,
situated between the valleys of the rivers Calore and Tanagro. After some initial activities at the turn between the 19th and
20th centuries, systematic speleological explorations were carried out in the early 50s by the Commissione Grotte “Eugenio
Boegan”. During the following decades, the push toward further explorations reduced, until, in the late ‘80s the will to
explore together gave life to AIRES, an association joining cavers from many different grottos. The main outcome of this
co-operation was a book, entirely dedicated to the Alburni caves, which is still today the most important reference to study
the area. In the 90’s, the activities went on, even though not within the framework of a co-operated action. Nevertheless,
several important exploration results were obtained. Recently, it was again decided to make a joint effort in order to better
plan and carry out research in the Alburni; thus, the Alburni Exploration Team was born, and since 2009 all the activities
in the area are duly coordinated, and the news about any discovery is shared with all the interested cavers in real time,
also by means of a dedicated website. The present article describes briefly the history of explorations in the Alburni Massif,
following the main phases of research, and then focusing on the activities carried out in the last years. Aims of the paper
are to present to an international audience the potentials of this karst area, to attract the interest of other cavers, and
disseminate the information about karst and caves of Alburni to the local population, as a fundamental step toward
protection and safeguarding of this precious natural environment
THE ALBURNI MASSIF, THE MOST IMPORTANT KARST AREA OF SOUTHERN ITALY: HISTORY OF CAVE EXPLORATION AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
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No full textThe Naica cave survey
No full textThe Naica caves survey is posing important technical and conceptual problems, in order to save the memory of these marvelous structures. Some of these problems and the main until now achieved results are briefly described .
A large effort was made to create a database of the main mega-crystals inside the Cueva de los Cristales. Here the first statistical results and main characteristics of the largest one, which we named “Cin Crystal”, 11.40 m long are also reported
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
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