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La Convenzione di Strasburgo e l'adattamento dell'ordinamento italiano agli obblighi internazionali
No full textIl contributo verte sui profili di adattamento dell'ordinamento italiano derivanti dall'entrata in vigore per la Repubblica italiana della convenzione europea sull'esercizio dei diritti dei minori
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Get PDF“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
Get PDFWe 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
The Relationship between Business and the Human Right to a Healthy Environment: a View on the Role of the Technology Sector.
No full textThe Human Rights Council and the General Assembly of the United
Nations have recently recognized the existence of a human right to a healthy
environment, culminating a path that had already been started at the international
level several decades ago and that had also seen the appointment of an ad hoc
Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment. The discourse around
this specific human right has to do with both protecting the environment from
pollution and fighting the effects of climate change, insofar as these phenomena
can undermine the environment in which man is placed. A prominent role here
is played by business enterprises, which are capable of heavily affecting a wide
range of human rights, including the right to a healthy environment. In fact, the UN
Guiding Principles on Business and human rights, the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs), and also the Draft Binding Treaty on Business and human rights,
all take into account the environmental impact of business activities and suggest
incorporating the concerns of sustainable development. Furthermore, the EU
Proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence, issued in
February 2022, also has the explicit purpose of addressing adverse human rights
and environmental impacts, including in the value chains. The following paper
will aim to analyse the relationship between business activities and the right
to a healthy environment, with specific reference to digital enterprises. These
companies can affect human rights in a completely new and unforeseen way,
due to their peculiarities. For this reason, they have been addressed by a specific
project of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (B-Tech project). At the same
time, technological progress (especially digital technologies), can play a decisive
role in the preservation of a safe, sustainable, and healthy environment: some notable examples are in the fields of industry, manufacturing, agriculture, and
energy consumption. This paper has the purpose of understanding the role that
international law can play to further progress in this field
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