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Paradigmi Narrativi del Deep Blue Sea: Dalla Costruzione Fantascientifica alla Materializzazione dell'Esperienza Turistica Subacquea = Deep Blue Sea Narratives: Transitioning from Science Fiction Constructs to Material Underwater Tourism Experiences
Full text linkThe article analyses how sci-fi media and narratives have influenced and anticipated current trends in underwater tourism, exploring the intersection between science fiction imaginaries and the media construction of contemporary underwater tourism. The paper examines how the tourism industry is progressively turning into reality what has, for decades, been the exclusive domain of science fiction, with particular emphasis on the role of media in constructing new tourist spaces. This research contributes to contemporary debates on the relationship between science fiction and social innovation, proposing underwater tourism as an emblematic case of how sci-fi narratives are progressively incorporated into concrete social practices. Particular attention is given to the narrative ecosystems developing around underwater tourism projects, where scientific discourses, technological promises, and media imaginaries intersect
Implementing sustainable tourism certification: a study of ECST in Italian protected areas
Full text linkThe main objective of this preliminary research is to study how managers and directors of Italian natural parks perceive the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism (ECST) certification, the impacts it has on parks and the process needed to achieve it. Nine managers of different Italian natural parks were interviewed for the study. The results show that the common perception of the certifications is that the ECST helps demonstrate the authenticity of sustainable practices employed by the parks, promotes sustainable management and fosters collaboration between different stakeholders. However, the study also highlights the perceived challenges related to the communication and education strategies employed by the parks to maximise the certification’s impact. The study concludes that while the ECST is perceived as critical to promoting sustainability in natural parks, its effectiveness depends on a multifaceted approach that needs to address both the practical implementation and involve local stakeholders
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
Dopaminergic agonists: possible neurorescue drugs endowed with independent and synergistic multisites of action
No full textNEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECT OF PRAMIPEXOLE AGAINST BETA AMYLOID TOXICITY DEPENDS BY PEPTIDE AGGREGATED STATES
No full textVariations 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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