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Stimulating Circular Urban Regeneration through Cultural and Sustainable Communities: The Proposal for a Green Blue Youth Vision 2030.
No full textIn the European context, culture has a key role in sustainable development strategies. Within the framework of the UNESCO Culture 2030 Agenda, new cultural approaches support sustainable policies by affecting individual and collective behavior towards interpreting sustainability as a ‘common good’. This paper aims to define innovative sustainability strategies from the perspectives of younger generations, in order to understand the transformative potential of new cultural approaches to sustainability and common goods in achieving the Agenda 2030 goals. The ‘Green Blue Youth Vision 2030’ approach analyses the different multidimensional components of possible innovative cultural alternatives by emphasizing the potential of the proposals from young people. The initial results consist of defining “Green Blue Youth Vision 2030” proposals collected during the co-design roundtables, and analyzing key results from a survey on the direct and potential beneficiaries of the Green Blue Days project in Southern Italy. In conclusion, the research allows for preliminary reflections on the definition, by the new generations, of a new way of understanding sustainability as a common good, oriented towards overcoming cultural, economic, environmental, and social conflicts to stimulate circular urban regeneration in Southern Italy
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
TECHNIQUES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND RESTORATION OF DRY STONE WALLS: AN ANCIENT ART THAT CHALLENGES TIME
Full text linkThe article presents a comprehensive analysis of dry stone structures, emphasizing the importance of a deep understanding of historical artifacts and their unique characteristics. A thorough examination is proposed, exploring in detail the construction features and techniques used in these structures, with a particular focus on their conservation and restoration processes. The significance of site preparation is also addressed, as it is a crucial element in ensuring the stability and protection of the artifacts within their environmental context.
The article pays special attention to the strategies for consolidating dry stone structures, examining finishing techniques and maintenance practices necessary to preserve the integrity and functionality of these constructions over time. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, the article aims to provide a practical and informative guide for professionals and enthusiasts of cultural heritage, with the goal of promoting greater awareness and appreciation of these extraordinary architectural works, which represent an important component of our cultural and historical heritage
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
STRATEGIE SMART PER LA CONSERVAZIONE E IL MONITORAGGIO DEL PATRIMONIO CULTURALE PER L’INNOVAZIONE DEI PROCESSI DI PROGETTAZIONE E MANUTENZIONE PROGRAMMATA
No full textDispelling 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
Elementi di fisica atomica, molecolare e dei solidi
No full textIl libro raccoglie le dispense del corso di Struttura della Materia tenuto dagli autori presso il corso di laurea triennale in Fisica della Sapienza Università di Roma. Il testo si concentra su un limitato numero di problemi della fisica e della chimica della materia, dall’esistenza stessa di un atomo alla struttura della Tavola Periodica, dal legame fra gli atomi che dà luogo a molecole e solidi al motivo per cui alcuni solidi sono isolanti e altri conduttori. La soluzione di questi problemi, che storicamente ha decretato il trionfo della meccanica quantistica nei primi trent’anni del secolo scorso, rappresenta oggi, nel corso di laurea in Fisica, una delle sue prime applicazioni concrete. Da questo punto di vista il libro può costituire anche per docenti e studenti dei corsi di laurea triennale in Chimica o Ingegneria dei Materiali un utile sussidio.The book collects the lecture notes of an undegraduate course on atomic, molecular and solid-state physics for the BS in Physics at the Sapienza University of Rome. It deals at an elementary level, based on concepts and tools learned by the student in previous undergraduate courses of Mathematical Methods of Physics, Quantum Mechanics and Statistical Mechanics, with a limited number of phenomena whose interpretation marked the birth and the triumph of quantum mechanics in the first three decades of the last century: the very existence of a stable atom to the absorption and emission of light by simple atoms, the periodic properties of the elements, the origin of the chemical bond in molecules and the metallic or insulating nature of solids
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