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SHARP: Environment and Person Independent Activity Recognition with Commodity IEEE 802.11 Access Points
2022
In this article we present SHARP, an original approach for obtaining human activity recognition (HAR) through the use of commercial IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) devices. SHARP grants the possibility to discern the activities of different persons, across different time-spans and environments. To achieve this, we devise a new technique to clean and process the channel frequency response (CFR) phase of the Wi-Fi channel, obtaining an estimate of the Doppler shift at a radio monitor device. The Doppler shift reveals the presence of moving scatterers in the environment, while not being affected by (environment-specific) static objects. SHARP is trained on data collected as a person performs seven differe…
Valor de los estudios cromosómicos en espermatozoides mediante la técnica de hibridación in situ fluorescente (FISH) en parejas estériles
2013
Los varones estériles presentan una frecuencia elevada de anomalías citogenéticas, algunas de ellas detectables mediante el cariotipo, pero otras limitadas a las células germinales como resultado de meiosis anormales. Con las nuevas técnicas de reproducción asistida como la Inyección Intracitoplásmica de Espermatozoides (ICSI), la fecundación por espermatozoides cromosómicamente anormales puede dar lugar a fallos de implantación, abortos de repetición y a la transmisión de anomalías cromosómicas a la descendencia. La hibridación in situ fluorescente (FISH) de espermatozoides es una técnica de análisis citogenético que, mediante el marcado de los cromosomas con moléculas de ADN fluorescentes…
Importancia del tamaño uterino en el diagnóstico y pronóstico de las mujeres con problemas de fertilidad
2015
1. Título del proyecto: “Importancia del tamaño uterino en el diagnóstico y pronóstico de las mujeres con problemas de fertilidad”. 2. Hipótesis de trabajo: - ¿Es la hipoplasia uterina uno de los factores a valorar en pacientes en estudio de fertilidad? - ¿Cuál es la relación entre el tamaño uterino y un resultado positivo de gestación en un ciclo de una técnica de reproducción asistida? 3. Objetivos: 3.1. Principales: - Valorar el tamaño uterino medido en su diámetro longitudinal definido por la distancia desde orificio cervical externo (OCE) hasta el límite fúndico de la cavidad endometrial: histerometría. Establecer los límites, en centímetros, que se asocien a menores tasas de gestación…
The chemical composition of the aerial parts essential oil of four Phagnalon species collected in Sicily (Italy) and Greece
2022
The genus Phagnalon Cass., included in the Asteraceae family, has a wide distribution, expanding from Macaronesia in the West to the Himalayas in the East, from South France and Nord Italy to Ethiopia and Arabian Peninsula. Various species of Phagnalon have been used in the popular medicine of several countries as medicinal herbs and food. The extracts and the secondary metabolites, have a varied application spectrum at several biological levels, with antimicrobial, antioxidant, antidiabetic, antitumor, etc. properties having been reported. The essential oils of four taxa, Phagnalon rupestre, Phagnalon saxatile var. viride, and Phagnalon rupestre subsp. illyricum var. metlesicsii collected …
Kybertoiminnallisuuden havainnointi Suomen Erillisverkot Oy:ssä
2018
Valokuituverkko siirtyi Puolustusvoimilta Suomen Erillisverkot Oy konsernin hallintaan ja omistukseen liikkeenluovutuksen yhteydessä 1.3.2015. Tämä Pro Gradu tutkielma syntyi liikkeenluovutuksen tuoman turvallisuusnäkökulma-ajattelun vuoksi. Tutkielmassa käsitellään kyberturvallisuuden käsitteiden ja toimijoiden lisäksi Suomen Erillisverkot Oy konsernin työntekijöiden kyberturvallisuuden tietämystasoa Suomen Erillisverkot Oy konsernissa sekä CSIRT-toiminnallisuutta yleisesti. Tutkimuksessa selvitettiin yhtiön henkilöstön toimia ja termien tuntemusta kyberturvallisuuteen liittyen verkkokyselyn avulla. Kyselyn tuloksista voidaan havaita ajankohtaisten haittaohjelmien toimintamallien koulutuks…
La seduzione squadrista in un fascismo periferico. Memoria e ceto politico a Palermo
2019
During Mussolini's dictatorship, the concept of squadrismo was an essential aspect of the Fascist identity. Squadrismo was widespread in Central and Northern Italy in particular, and certain cities in the South subsequently resorted to fabricating their own squadrist myths and traditions. This essay focuses on the case of Palermo. The relationship between the fascist squads' origins and certain local leaders' life histories is underlined. More specifically, an attempt is made to show how Palermo had more "political" prefects than many other Italian provinces. As Fascism emerged later in the South than elsewhere in Italy, the local party hierarchies had not taken part in the original Fascist…
Longevity-related molecular pathways are subject to midlife “switch” in humans
2019
Emerging evidence indicates that molecular aging may follow nonlinear or discontinuous trajectories. Whether this occurs in human neuromuscular tissue, particularly for the noncoding transcriptome, and independent of metabolic and aerobic capacities, is unknown. Applying our novel RNA method to quantify tissue coding and long noncoding RNA (lncRNA), we identified ~800 transcripts tracking with age up to ~60 years in human muscle and brain. In silico analysis demonstrated that this temporary linear “signature” was regulated by drugs, which reduce mortality or extend life span in model organisms, including 24 inhibitors of the IGF‐1/PI3K/mTOR pathway that mimicked, and 5 activators that oppos…
Energy Efficiency Optimization for Multi-cell Massive MIMO : Centralized and Distributed Power Allocation Algorithms
2021
This paper investigates the energy efficiency (EE) optimization in downlink multi-cell massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO). In our research, the statistical channel state information (CSI) is exploited to reduce the signaling overhead. To maximize the minimum EE among the neighbouring cells, we design the transmit covariance matrices for each base station (BS). Specifically, optimization schemes for this max-min EE problem are developed, in the centralized and distributed ways, respectively. To obtain the transmit covariance matrices, we first find out the closed-form optimal transmit eigenmatrices for the BS in each cell, and convert the original transmit covariance matrices desi…
The CSI-education effect: Do potential criminals benefit from forensic TV series?
2018
Abstract Forensic series have become popular over the last two decades. They have raised the importance of forensic evidence in the eyes of the public (CSI effect). However, it has not been investigated to what extent criminals may learn about forensic evidence through these shows. We used multiple approaches to tackle this potential CSI-education effect. First, we analyzed crime statistics for crime and detection rate. Second, we asked convicted criminals about their impressions about the usefulness of crime shows for covering up a crime. Third, we asked fans of crime series and a control group of non-watchers to slip into the role of a criminal by enacting the cleaning up a murder crime s…
Apoptosis in human sperm as a quality marker for a new diagnostic approach of infertile patients
2018
The quality of the sperm DNA is one of the most important molecular markers of male reproductive potential (Bosco, L et al., 2018, Environ Toxicol Pharmacol 58:243-249). The aim of this study was to evaluate sperm DNA fragmentation according to morphology, to predict the probability of selecting a sperm with normal morphology and intact DNA. An observational study was performed on 70 patients with oligoasthenoteratozoospermia. Sperm DNA Fragmentation Index (DFI) and semen parameters such as sperm density, motility and morphology were evaluated in all patients. DFI was calculated using the in situ TUNEL assay. DFI can be determined and thus used as a marker of sperm quality for a diagnostic …