Néstor Pitana

former actor and football referee

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5 total works indexed

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,396x
Industry 4.0 technologies: Implementation patterns in manufacturing companies
· 2019 · cited 2,382x
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes
· 2008 · cited 1,836x
The expected contribution of Industry 4.0 technologies for industrial performance
· 2018 · cited 1,728x
Identification of individual and few layers of WS2 using Raman Spectroscopy
· 2013 · cited 1,476x

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Full name: Néstor Fabián Pitana
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Néstor Fabián Pitana ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈnestoɾ piˈtana]; born 17 June 1975) is an Argentine former football referee who refereed at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2015 Copa América and 2018 FIFA World Cup. He oversaw the opening match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup between Russia and Saudi Arabia. Pitana was appointed to take charge of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final between France and Croatia at Moscow on 15 July 2018. He became the second referee to take charge of the opening game and the Final in the same tournament (after fellow Argentinian Horacio Elizondo, who did the same in 2006).

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