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Michele Rizzo. Moldable Bodies
Full text linkDuring the project period of Michele Rizzo at Het Resort, I had a chance to interview him at the former gay sauna t’ Pakhuisje shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic made meeting in person impossible. I was sitting across the table from Rizzo and could follow his process of creating while we were talking. He was telling me about himself, his education and his much-discussed choreographic work HIGHER (2015) with the extended version HIGHER xtn. (2019) Last but not least he explained how he came to write a proposal for a sculptural project at Het Resort. This short theoretical exposition of Rizzo’s choreographic and sculptural practice examines the commonalities between two seemingly very diverging actions: sculpting and dancing
Michele Rizzo. Moldable Bodies
Full text linkDuring the project period of Michele Rizzo at Het Resort, I had a chance to interview him at the former gay sauna t’ Pakhuisje shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic made meeting in person impossible. I was sitting across the table from Rizzo and could follow his process of creating while we were talking. He was telling me about himself, his education and his much-discussed choreographic work HIGHER (2015) with the extended version HIGHER xtn. (2019) Last but not least he explained how he came to write a proposal for a sculptural project at Het Resort. This short theoretical exposition of Rizzo’s choreographic and sculptural practice examines the commonalities between two seemingly very diverging actions: sculpting and dancing
Michele Rizzo. Moldable Bodies
Full text linkDuring the project period of Michele Rizzo at Het Resort, I had a chance to interview him at the former gay sauna t’ Pakhuisje shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic made meeting in person impossible. I was sitting across the table from Rizzo and could follow his process of creating while we were talking. He was telling me about himself, his education and his much-discussed choreographic work HIGHER (2015) with the extended version HIGHER xtn. (2019) Last but not least he explained how he came to write a proposal for a sculptural project at Het Resort. This short theoretical exposition of Rizzo’s choreographic and sculptural practice examines the commonalities between two seemingly very diverging actions: sculpting and dancing
Effect of the addition of organically modified nanofiller on the relaxation behavior of a thermoplastic amorphous matrix
No full textThe aim of this work is to study the effect of an organically modified clay on the structural relaxation
behavior of an amorphous thermoplastic matrix. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and
pressure–volume–temperature (PVT) analysis were used in order to calculate the relaxation enthalpy
and specific volume of the neat matrix and the nanocomposite during ageing below the glass transition
region. Stress relaxation experiments were used to measure the characteristic relaxation time of
the materials at different temperatures below glass transition. DSC and PVT analysis both revealed that
relaxation phenomena are more relevant for the nanocomposite compared to the neat matrix. This result
was confirmed by stress relaxation measurements, which indicates that below the glass transition the
relaxation times of the nanocomposite are lower than those of the neat matrix. The enhanced relaxation
behavior of the nanocomposite compared to the neat matrix was attributed to the presence of the organic
modifier, which, acting as a plasticizer for the matrix, enhances its molecular mobility. The presence of
low glass transition portions in the matrix was also evidenced by DSC and dynamic mechanical analysis
Glass transition and cooperative rearranging regions in amorphous thermoplastic nanocomposites
Full text linkThe aim of this work was to study the effect of nanofillers on the structural relaxation phenomena occurring in amorphous
poly(ethylene-terephthalate)/poly(cyclohexane-dimethanol terephthalate) copolymer (PET/PCHDMT) nanocomposites in
correspondence with the glass transition temperature. PET/PCHDMT nanocomposites were prepared by melt mixing with
an organicmodified montmorillonite at different processing temperatures. Differential scanning calorimetry analysis revealed
that addition of the organic modifier alone causes a decrease of the glass transition temperature and an increase of the specific
heat discontinuity. Nanocomposites showed a higher glass transition temperature and a lower specific heat discontinuity
compared with samples obtained by adding organic modifier to PET/PCHDMT. Both effects were more relevant for samples
processed at lower temperatures. Therefore, the glass transition temperature was studied by introducing the concept of
fictive temperature and relaxation time. It was found that nanocomposites have a higher apparent activation energy and
an increased size of cooperatively rearranging regions compared with neat PET/PCHDMT. Both effects are more relevant
for nanocomposites processed at lower temperatures. All the discussed effects are explained by considering the enhanced
confinement of PET/PCHDMT macromolecules, due to the presence of intercalated lamellae of organofiller. The efficiency of
intercalation is increased by decreased processing temperature, which involves an increase of the nano-confinement area of
the polymer
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
Correction to: Efficacy of Collagenase Clostridium histolyticum (Xiapex®) in Patients with the Acute Phase of Peyronie’s Disease (Clinical Drug Investigation, (2020), 40, 6, (583-588), 10.1007/s40261-020-00916-4)
No full textThe original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. The fifth author’s given name is Francesco and the family name is Lotti. Title page: Authors’ names, which previously read: Andrea Cocci, Fabrizio Di Maida, Giorgio Ivan Russo, Paolo Capogrosso, Lotti Francesco, Michele Rizzo, Marina Di Mauro, Andrea Salonia, Gianmartin Cito, Marco Falcone, Andrea Romano, Gaia Polloni, Juan Ignacio Martinez-Salamanca, Esaù Fernández-Pascual, Andrea Minervini & Nicola Mondaini Should read: Andrea Cocci, Fabrizio Di Maida, Giorgio Ivan Russo, Paolo Capogrosso, Francesco Lotti, Michele Rizzo, Marina Di Mauro, Andrea Salonia, Gianmartin Cito, Marco Falcone, Andrea Romano, Gaia Polloni, Juan Ignacio Martinez- Salamanca, Esaù Fernández-Pascual, Andrea Minervini & Nicola Mondain
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
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