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Recensione a R. Caporali, Uguaglianza
No full textRecensione al volume R. Caporali, Uguaglianza (il Mulino, Bologna 2012)
Brillouin scattering from longitudinal acoustic phonons in superlattices with diffuse interfaces
No full textBrillouin scattering of light from shear horizontal surface phonons in layered media with arbitrarily smooth interfaces
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Surface Brillouin-scattering spectroscopy of media with nonuniform acousto-optic properties
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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
Is the role of medical consultation in rheumatoid arthritis a timely topic?
No full textBackground: Despite the treat-to-target recommendations and the efforts in dissecting factors that contribute to achieving disease control, the goal of remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is accomplished in less than half of patients. Disease activity is assessed using composite indexes which are reliant on patient-reported outcomes, mainly the patient global assessment of disease activity (PGA). The debate on variables that can influence PGA is still open, and different internal and external factors had been taken into account: the origin of pain symptoms, psychosocial and lifestyle factors.
Objectives: To canvass the opinion of RA Italian patients concerning patient-perceived topics that matter most for future research.
Methods: A cross-sectional no-profit on-line anonymous survey was devised to evaluate opinions of the rheumatic diseases patients. In this sub-study we focused only on the data about RA patients. Patients were asked to rate the following topics: food/nutrition, air pollution, smoking, type of work, social participation, physical activity, emotional well-being/stress, alternative medicine, patient-physician relationship. Moreover, patients were inquired about why the topic was considered important (disease prevention, stop disease progression, control symptoms, cure the disease). The survey was disseminated between June and October 2019. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the patient demographic, clinical data and survey results.
Results: 94% (82/87) of RA patients (81 female, median age 50 yrs) rated the patient-physician relationship as the main topic for future research (figure below). Likewise, intriguing results came from the reasons of previous patient rating: the patient-physician relationship was considered important for a better control of RA symptoms (48.8%), to cure the disease (30.5%), to stop disease progression (19.5%), and to prevent the disease (1.2%). These results were similar in all age groups.
Conclusion: These results highlight that the importance of medical consultation to patients and its impact on disease control should not be under-estimated. Administrative duties, time and economic constraints undermine the patient-physician relationship that is central to clinical care. The limited time spent for medical consultation is directly related to patient dissatisfaction, which in turn, may influence the patient’s perception about the absence of disease activity and could be one of motives behind the worse evaluation of PGA.
Acknowledgments: We wish to thank the Lombard Association of Rheumatic Diseases (ALOMAR), Maria Vittoria Ausilio and Patrizia Angiolillo from the IT service of the University of Milan
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