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Presenza di contaminanti ambientali in reperti archeologici: valutazione della concentrazione di metalli pesanti in reperti umani ed animali di provenienza pre e post industriale
Full text linkMetals present in the environment (soil, water and atmosphere) can affect food safety and human health through bioaccumulation and bio magnification phenomena. Human exposure to metals may take place through the environment and by ingesting contaminated food (including water), determining harmful effects usually over long time. Starting with the Industrial Revolution, local occurrence and concentration of metallic contaminants in the environment has been exponentially increasing: it has been assessed that present-day daily absorption of lead by North American individuals is noticeably greater than that during prehistoric times. In this study, antimony, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, copper, lead, phosphorus, tin vanadium and zinc concentrations were measured in 153 bone samples (femurs) of Iron Age inhabitants of Central Italy (Abruzzo): the Samnites from the Alfedena Necropolis (2600–2400 B.P), 12 bones from the Sedilo Lochele Necropoli and 3 from the Grotta dei Colombi (Sardinia). As, Be, Cd, Cu, Pb, Sb, Sn, V, Zn determinations were carried out by quadrupole inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (Q-ICP-MS). P determination was carried out by UV-VIS Spectrophotometry. Found data are in agreement with results of similar published studies. Heavy metal concentrations varied widely among samples with the exception of zinc (round square deviation < 40%). A significant difference (p>90%) between the concentration of antimony, tin and cadmium male and female samples was found. Bioaccumulation phenomena has been confirmed. Data also confirm a mild relationship (r = 0.6 P=0,001) between lead and cadmium concentration. Burials of Alfedena were placed in defined areas outlined by stones placed and not directly interred whereas remains of individuals from the other necropolis (Sedilo-Lochele and Capo Figari) were found in collective burial caves. Diagenetic phenomena have been investigated by ICP-MS evaluation of metals concentration along the femur radial profile as well as by the evaluation of data obtained from laser-ablation mass spectrometry. Finally As, Be, Cd, Cu, Pb, Sb, Sn, V, Zn levels were measured in pleistocenic mammal bones. Results show concentrations in human buries are generally higher than animals nevertheless for a complete evaluation other investigations (taking in account the heterogeneity and number of samples) are necessary
Cadmium bioaccumulation in Mediterranean spider crab (Maya squinado): Human consumption and health implications for exposure in Italian population
No full textHuman exposure to lead, cadmium and mercury through fish and seafood product consumption in Italy: a pilot evaluation
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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
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
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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