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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
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
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe 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
MiC : Moda in corte. Intervento su Cascina Monterobbio
No full textLAUREA SPECIALISTICA A CICLO UNICOMiC – Moda in Corte è un progetto incentrato sulla rivalutazione e rivalorizzazione del patrimonio cascinale milanese. Nell’elaborato si studia e approfondisce la storia agricola di Milano e la composizione del paesaggio oltre la città urbanizzata. Il cambiamento nel vivere l’agricoltura ha portato la pianura padana e in particolare il Parco Agricolo Sud a un profondo cambiamento nei modi di vivere la campagna e di sfruttare gli spazi: molte cascine sono state abbandonate in quanto non più funzionali o poiché private del proprio terreno.
È interesse della comunità (oggetto anche di bando comunale) tutelare e preservare la memoria storica di una realtà che è sempre stata importante per la città di Milano e che ora sta cambiando volto.
Cascina Monterobbio è una di queste testimonianze che stanno scomparendo e che, nonostante il pregio architettonico, è lasciata a collassare su se stessa. Per rivitalizzarla occorre individuare una nuova vocazione che permetta di riappropriarsene, ma allo stesso tempo risulta imprescindibile un lavoro di restauro e consolidamento della struttura che ne tuteli la sicurezza e la conservazione consentendone la trasformazione da lotto degradato a centro nevralgico e sociale. Si è quindi svolto un lavoro di rilievo e analisi dell’edificio finalizzato a un sanamento del bene per ripristinarne l’agibilità e il pregio.
Si è quindi sviluppato un possibile intervento in equilibrio fra tradizione e innovazione, una nuova funzione in grado di rispettare e valorizzare la storia del luogo aprendosi al progresso.
Moda in Corte e la produzione di agritessuti si propongono come tassello di un disegno di più ampio respiro che trova la sua ragion d’essere nella ricerca e nell’interesse nazionale. Cascina Monterobbio diventa il perfetto teatro dove il volto agricolo e il volto della moda di Milano si uniscono in una vincente sinergia.
La produzione agricola tradizionale trova un nuovo impiego e una nuova vita, nel contempo la cascina può iniziare un’attività che sfrutti al meglio il poco terreno rimasto e le sue potenzialità, quali la posizione ben servita dalle infrastrutture e la vicinanza al centro di Milano.MiC – Moda in Corte is a project that aims to protect and revaluate the lombard rural heritage which represented the most important production until the industrial revolution. Thanks to the rich farmhouses Milan had the power to boost its new economy and success.
In the last centuries though, the farm industry changed a lot: it needs less people and more machineries and the old buildings aren’t suitable anymore for the new activities. This fact brought upon a crisis of the farmhouses which were slowly abandoned and are now left alone in ruin.
Local people acknowledged the need to preserve and rescue this assets and memories: and as a result the Municipal Administration often issues requests in order to intervene on the farmhouses in the jurisdiction.
However it’s not easy to find the right solution, since a lot of money is needed to restore this place and the new function has to be productive and respect the farmhouse at the same time.
Cascina (farmhouse) Monterobbio is part of this heritage: located between the city and the Parco Agricolo Sud, it lost its fields to the highway and suburbs and today is rotting away even though it’s a very important piece of the rural architecture. It was the house of an important family, who even enriched its walls with Hayez frescoes and widened its structure in a real establishment, but now trees grow inside it and the roof and part of the building are collapsing. Therefore we had to study the construction first, to find the main problems to solve, so that we could decide on a way to restore it and consolidate it.
Afterwards we settled on the best activity that could fit in Monterobbio and give it new life: it had to enforce its tradition and find a new way to enhance it. We opted for the agritextile manufacture where the products come from the field and agriculture, but they are used to make new ecological and sustainable texture.
The idea is to open a reserch start up to link to the many industries and universities in Milan as to create a bigger net that would bring people and interests in Monterobbio: this farmhouse would become the union and the link between the two faces of Milan economy, between past and future
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
Opere di valorizzazione e conservazione del borgo medioevale di Corenno Plinio come promozione della conoscenza del patrimonio culturale e di fruizione pubblica
No full textLAUREA SPECIALISTICA A CICLO UNICOIl logo riassume nelle parole che lo compongono i concetti fondamentali presenti nel progetto: conservazione, connessione ed esperienza.
L’obiettivo principale è quello di valorizzare il borgo medioevale di Corenno Plinio.
All’inizio del percorso si sono svolte le analisi necessarie a conoscere al meglio il contesto culturale, storico, paesaggistico ed ambientale del borgo e dei territori limitrofi a esso collegati, per poter sviluppare una strategia progettuale nel rispetto del patrimonio esistente.
Si è dunque cercato di rivitalizzare il borgo nel suo insieme, trasformandolo in un polo per l’artigianato, conservandone gli aspetti storico medioevali presenti e attingendone per costruire l’atmosfera adatta. Si è pensato che il borgo potesse essere un centro culturale, storico e turistico andando ad introdurre nel patrimonio costruito esistente le attività e gli spazi necessari.
Corenno Plinio si trova sulla sponda orientale del lago di Como, nel comune di Dervio. E’ un borgo di origini medioevali che conserva un castello e una chiesa risalente al 1300.
Negli anni ha mantenuto intatte le sue caratteristiche seppure con l’aggiunta di edifici, quali la ex-filanda che risale ai primi anni del ‘900.
La linea guida seguita durante il processo è quello di un restauro conservativo con dei concetti chiave riassumibili nelle parole di minimo intervento, reversibilità, riconoscibilità e compatibilità.
Gli interventi pensati riguardano il borgo nel suo complesso, sia per ripopolarlo in senso comunitario e di valorizzazione storica, sia in senso fisico di interventi sugli edifici, in particolare quello della ex-filanda che si presta ad essere il fulcro del progetto di restauro e alla quale faranno riferimento gli altri locali adibiti alle attività previste, distribuiti all’interno del borgo.
Dopo le indagini rappresentate nei rilievi, nelle schede di dettaglio, nelle interviste e nella rielaborazione delle infornazioni storiche, si è passati all’ideazione di strategie attuabili per portare alla valorizzazione del borgo. L’inserimento di corsi professionalizzanti e laboratori esperienziali per i turisti si alterneranno in due principali macro periodi dell’anno, estivo e invernale, mentre gli alloggi identificati saranno fruibili in modo continuato sia dagli studenti che dai turisti.
La ex-filanda è poi diventata l’edificio su cui si sono svolte le indagini e gli interventi tecnici contenuti negli elaborati tecnologici (pacchetti tecnologici, bilancio energetico, ecc.) e strutturali.
In tutto il percorso si è tenuto in considerazione il filo conduttore della memoria storica e culturale che ci porta dal passato fino ad un futuro prossimo, passando per l’intervento di valorizzazione presente.The logo summarizes in the words that compose it the fundamental concepts present in the project: conservation, connection and experience. The main aim is to enhance the medieval village of Corenno Plinio. At the beginning of the process, the necessary analyzes were carried out to better understand the cultural, historical, landscape and environmental context of the village and the neighboring territories connected to it, in order to develop a design strategy in respect of the existing heritage. An attempt was therefore made to revitalize the village as a whole, transforming it into a center for crafts, preserving its medieval historical aspects and drawing on it to build the right atmosphere. It is thought that the village could be a cultural, historical and tourist center by introducing the necessary activities and spaces into the existing built heritage. Corenno Plinio is located on the eastern shore of Lake Como, in the municipality of Dervio. It is a village of medieval origins that preserves a castle and a church from the 1300s. Over the years it has kept its characteristics intact, albeit with the addition of buildings, such as the former spinning mill which dates back to the early 1900s. The guideline followed during the process is that of a conservative restoration with key concepts that can be summarized in the words of minimum intervention, reversibility, recognisability and compatibility. The interventions conceived concern the village as a whole, both to repopulate it in a community sense and historical enhancement, and in the physical sense of interventions on the buildings; in particular that of the former spinning mill which lends itself to being the fulcrum of the restoration project and which will refer to the other premises used for the planned activities, distributed within the village. After the inquiries represented in the surveys, in the detailed sheets, in the interviews and in the reworking of historical information, we moved on to the creation of feasible strategies to bring about the enhancement of the village. The inclusion of vocational courses and experiential workshops for tourists will alternate in two main macro periods of the year, summer and winter, while the identified accommodations will be available continuously for both students and tourists. The former spinning mill then became the building on which the investigations and technical interventions contained in the technological (technological packages, energy balance, etc.) and structural documents were carried out. Throughout the process, the guiding thread of historical and cultural memory that takes us from the past to the near future was taken into consideration, passing through the present enhancement intervention
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