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Perspective on saffron spice separation based on controlled fluid dynamic system and computer vision
To correctly develop, validate and mass-produce a saffron spice separation machine it is mandatory to particularly know physical and aerodynamics characteristics of the flower. To achieve this goal a wind tunnel is developed by the authors. The data obtained with the wind tunnel are used to get a rough calibration of a fluid dynamic separation device based on the differences of the terminal velocities of the parts that must be separated. To fine-tuning of the machine, a computer-vision system and a controller are developed to automatically adapt the machine parameter following the variability of the saffron spice
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
The 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
La Galleria Nazionale delle Marche negli anni di Luigi Serra
Il contributo si concentra sull’attività svolta da Luigi Serra, Soprintendente delle Marche, per la Galleria Nazionale di Urbino per circa un quindicennio, fino al 1930. Profondo conoscitore del territorio marchigiano, Serra ha il merito di aver patrocinato l’inventariazione dei monumenti e degli oggetti artistici conservati nelle città marchigiane e di aver incrementato il patrimonio artistico della Galleria Nazionale di Urbino impegnandosi in una tenace campagna di acquisti, depositi e donazioni per la Galleria. Parallelamente, oltre ad acquisire nuovi ambienti espositivi del Palazzo ducale di Urbino crea, in conformità con altri esempi dell’epoca, un nuovo allestimento pensando di riproporre in quelle sale il carattere di una abitazione rinascimentale, grazie anche agli arredi in stile che si alternano a dipinti e sculture
Correction to: Lenvatinib as a salvage therapy for advanced metastatic medullary thyroid cancer (Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, (2021), 44, 10, (2139-2151), 10.1007/s40618-020-01491-3)
The article “Lenvatinib as a salvage therapy for advanced metastatic medullary thyroid cancer” written by A. Matrone, A. Prete, A. Nervo, A. Ragni, L. Agate, E. Molinaro, C. Giani, L. Valerio, E. Minaldi, A. Piovesan and R. Elise was originally published online on the publisher’s internet portal on 17th February 2021 with Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license 4.0 With the authors’ decision to cancel Open Access the copyright of the article changed on 28th April 2021 to © Italian Society of Endocrinology (SIE) 2021 with all rights reserved. The original article has been corrected
Variations on the Author
“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
We 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 role of gut hormones in controlling the food intake: what is their role in emerging diseases?
The use of FEA in the simulation of a metal cutting operations in the presence of random uncertainty
Forces and temperatures in specific orthogonal cutting conditions and calculated by finite element analysis, have been evaluated taking into account the uncertainty of some process conditions. A traditional deterministic approach, in machining simulations, is not able to explain the uncertain physical variations related to material characteristics (yield and tensile strenght, hardness, etc.) and tool/chip/workpiece interface conditions (friction and tool wear). During machining operations many different sources of non-controllable process variations usually display their effect leading to a degree of uncertainty in the final parts quality. Statistical tools and methods are increasingly being used in combination with FE numerical simulation, in order to take into account of the variability of the process. Then, if one of the purposes of process design is to study and model robustness or reliability of a given process in aleatory conditions, a CAE study might become a feasible way to do it. Today, the evaluation of the performances of a metal cutting process is possible using several commercial FEA packages. These software tools automatically allow the preventive evaluation of the robustness of technological decisions. In this work the authors, by means the integration between stochastic simulation tools and machining FE codes, have evaluated the process sensitivity to a random variation of uncontrollable parameters or conditions. Furthermore, a specific experimental and numerical activity has been performed in order to better understand the technical capabilities in terms of process simulation in stochastic conditions
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