Search results for "SLI"

Super-resolution-based magnification of endothelium cells from biomicroscope videos of the cornea

2018

We present a practical, robust, and effective pipeline to compute a high-resolution (HR) image of the corneal endothelium starting from a low-resolution (LR) video sequence obtained with a general purpose slit lamp biomicroscope. An image quality typical of dedicated and more expensive confocal microscopes is achieved via software magnification by exploiting information redundancy in the video sequence. In particular, the HR image is generated from the best LR frames, obtained by identifying the most suitable endothelium video subsequence using a support vector machine-based learning approach, followed by a robust graph-based frame registration. Results on long, real sequences show that the…

Enabling Multimodal Interaction in XPL – the eXtensible Presentation Language

2007

This paper introduces the multimodal extension of the eXtensible Presentation architecture and Language (XPL), a framework aimed at streamlining multi-channel interface design process and enabling full component reuse. XPL incorporates a presentation language based on design pattern paradigm, which supplies a clear distinction between the presentation layer and the corresponding programming logic, promoting contents aggregation and a variety of event handlers described without relying on a (procedural) scripting language. In this paper, the design pattern concept is extended to voice-based interaction, and two verbal design pattern (VeDP) are introduced along to their visual counterparts. T…

Restoration of Digitized Damaged Photos using Bit-Plane Slicing

2007

Digital image restoration aims to recover damaged zones of a digital image, using surrounding information. In this paper we propose a novel approach, based on bit-plane slicing decomposition, with the purpose to make information analysis and reconstruction process easy, fast and effective. Tests have been made on digitized damaged old photos to restore several classes of typical defects in old photographic prints.

Il caso Mortier c. Belgique. L’eutanasia conseguente a sofferenze psichiche

2023

Il saggio esamina la pronuncia della Corte Europea dei Diritti dell'uomo sul caso Mortier c. Belgio ed evidenzia lo scivolamento della giurisprudenza europea verso la regolamentazione dell'eutanasia per sofferenze anche psichiche negli ordinamenti degli Stati membri.

Dislivelli di regolazione e diritti dei privati

2009

Esercizi di confutazione su eutanasia e suicidio assistito

2013

In this article, I will offer a definition of active euthanasia, of passive euthanasia and of physician-assisted suicide. Secondly, because I believe in the value of individual autonomy, I will confutate some arguments adduced against the legalization of voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. In particular, five arguments. The slippery slope argument, the perfectionist moral argument, the theological argument, the patients’ vulnerability argument, the life’s sacred value argument.

I marginalia di Dino Buzzati: schemi, illustrazioni e disegni

2022

Secondo questa proposta di lettura dell'opera grafica di Dino Buzzati, che può essere estesa anche ad altri autori dal doppio talento, i disegni ai margini della scrittura possono essere interpretati allora nella loro funzione di relazione tra le arti che si risolve in una interazione, una negoziazione, uno slittamento oppure un conflitto, una cancellatura. Inoltre le annotazioni ai margini della scrittura, soprattutto nelle loro versioni grafiche, costituiscono una forma di introspezione autobiografica assai preziosa per ricostruire il profilo del loro autore, se scrittore e disegnatore al contempo.

La patria in guerra. I romanzi di Elisabeth Werner

2015

This essay examines the works of Elisabeth Werner (Elisabeth Bürstenbinder, 1838-1918) a successful novelist still not fully explored and how she deals in her romantic novels (printed in the magazine for families Die Gartenlaube) with the German wars of the Risorgiment, particularly the Danish and Franco-Prussian wars. This study illustrates how Elisabeth Werner uses these two conflicts to intensify the nationalist sentiments in her German readers. Three romances are analysed: Ein Held der Feder (1872), Sankt Michael and Heimatklang (1877).

The shift of the Muslim brotherhood's ideology : from 25 January to the achievement of the presidency

2016

Since the revolts in Egypt broke out three years ago, on 25 January 2011, the Egyptian political landscape is still changing. Whilst Hosni Mubarak was overthrown by the popular uprising in Tahrir Square, regular and fair political elections took place in the country (both parliamentary and presidential), which ratified the Muslim Brotherhood’s success. After less than a year in power, Muhammad Morsi was also overthrown by amilitary coup supported by millions of Egyptians. Abd el-Fattah al-Sisi is the new president of the country. The Brotherhood, founded in 1928 by Hasan al-Banna, is today depicted as a terrorist organization, politically sidelined and entirely excluded from the country’s d…

Salafiti e salafismo: religione e politica nell’Islam

2018

Il salafismo è uno dei concerti dell'Islam più fraintesi: non è un'ideologia né una dottrina organica, ma un atteggiamento mentale e un modo di vita che vuole essere del tutto aderente all'esempio del Profeta e dei suoi primi compagni, i Salaf appunto. Si tratta di una visione del mondo conservatrice che ha percorso sotterraneamente tutta la storia dell'Islam, manifestandosi per lo più come tradizionalismo quietista, qualche volta come fenomeno politico o, più raramente ancora, jihadista. Questo libro, il primo del suo genere pubblicato in Italia, ricostruisce le molte varianti del salafismo mostrandone l'interna pluralità e le molteplici contraddizioni, e invitando a non riunire sotto un'u…