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The water safety plan pursuant to ministerial decree 14.06.2017: Application to Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital of Rome
Get PDFThe paper illustrates the design and drafting of the Water Safety Plan (WSP) of a health facility, particularly with regard to water intended for human consumption. The components already present in the water and sanitary system as well as the control measures already provided, are described and critically discussed. Following the hazards identification and risk assessment related to the plant, some corrective measures and actions that have been proposed and implemented, are discussed
Experimental Investigation on the Acoustical Behaviour of a Cavitation Water Channel
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Analisi Preliminare per la Valutazione del Rumore Prodotto da Eliche in Regime di Cavitazione tramite Misure in un Canale a Circolazione d’Acqua Depressurizzabile
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Stato dell’Arte sul Rumore di Cavitazione. Misure Preliminari al Canale di Circolazione dell’INSEAN
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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
An innovative model for the sustainability of investments in the wind energy sector: the use of green sukuk in an Italian case study
Get PDFIn this paper we present the technical-energy-economic feasibility of wind power systems. An Italian 1 megawatt case study was considered to evaluate the importance of incentives in order to achieve the grid parity. Due to the severe reduction of incentives in the last years, in the present work we propose the use of Sukuk, a Shari’ah-compliant instrument used in the Islamic finance, as an alternative financial instrument used to limit the extent of leverage associated with financing. The building cost thresholds necessary to achieve the grid parity and a profitable and bankable project are presented with a sensitivity analysis. In the framework of the efforts against climate change and the emission of greenhouse gas, our results evidenced the importance of incentives and the applicability of the use of Shari’ah-compliant sukuk instruments in order to provide a feasible and sustainable investment in the wind energy sector
Islamic finance and renewable energy: An innovative model for the sustainability of investments
No full textDue to the effects of the dramatic reduction of government incentives, investments in the field of PV electricity production decreased. It is necessary to rethink the funding techniques, extending the analysis also to the different cultural and financial models. In this paper, we will study the incentive-dependency of a ground-mounted PV system in order to reach the grid parity at the state-of-the-art of the Italian legislation, proposing an alternative financing tool available in Islamic Finance. We present the use of Sukuk, Islamic Finance instruments used for the realization of real assets in the Shari'ah-compliant Finance, that prohibits interest rates as in conventional financial markets. The cost of a PV power plant able to achieve grid parity was identified. Sukuk could limit the extent of leverage associated with financing. The minimum threshold of the fixed share that makes the investment profitable and bankable will be shown. Results evidenced the practical use of Shari'ah-compliant sukuk instruments to enhance processes of technological innovation in the energy production sector, and could provide the policy makers a quick glance about different financing instruments available for the renewables sector in the framework of the reduction of GHG emissions and the consequent negative effects of climate change
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
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