153 research outputs found
SEcube™: Data at Rest and Data in Motion Protection
No full textCurrent trends for ubiquitous data usage have made information security as a mandatory component of any system. The availability of su itable levels of protection for data is required to secure any kind of content throughout its lifecycle and independently from the media, which allows the data to be used. In this paper we present a methodology to provide data protection through a simple and effective security abstraction layer based on the SEcube™ (Secure Environment cube) single chip, a new security-oriented open hardware and software platform . After analyzing the most critical information states, we introduce a set of easy-to-use APIs that provide an open-sour ce, multi-paradigm security layer, suitable to protect both dat a at rest and data in motion. Being the SEcube™ made up of three hardware elements (a highly powerful processor, a Common Criteria certified smartcard and a flexible FPGA) , all the functions are implemented and executed in a fully controlled secure environment. All the complexities related to key management and algorithms are handled within the secure environment, leaving the developers free to focus on the final applications and services
Simone Varriale, Globalization, Music and Cultures Of Distinction, The Rise of Pop Music Criticism in Italy, London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016
No full textThis review - of the volume by Simone Varriale, Globalization, Music and Cultures Of Distinction, The Rise of Pop Music Criticism in Italy, London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016- focuses on the rise of Italian pop music criticism as a new cultural institution which, according to the author, contributed to the “artistic legitimation” of popular music and culture between 1969 and 1977, particularly of American and British pop-rock in Italy. It is a study which, using an interdisciplinary approach, also aims to promote an historical research about the rise of the Italian music press
Clitoromegaly in Childhood and Adolescence: Behind One Clinical Sign, a Clinical Sea
No full textThe clitoris is a highly complex organ whose structure has only been clarified in recent years through the use of modern imaging techniques. Clitoromegaly is an abnormal enlargement of this organ. It may be congenital or acquired and is usually due to an excess of androgens in fetal life, infancy, or adolescence. Obvious clitoromegaly in individuals with ambiguous genitalia is easily identifiable, whereas borderline conditions can pass unnoticed. Case reports of clitoromegaly with or without clinical or biochemical hyperandrogenism are quite numerous. In these subjects, a comprehensive physical examination and an accurate personal and family history are needed to investigate the enlargement. We reviewed the literature on the conditions that may be involved in the development of clitoromegaly in childhood and adolescence.</jats:p
Flight Mechanics and Performance of Direct Lift Control: Applying Control Allocation Methods to a Staggered Box-Wing Aircraft Configuration
No full textThe objective of the present dissertation is to show how redundant control surfaces can be exploited to shape an aircraft dynamic behavior and obtain desired flight mechanics performance. This is achieved by introducing novel approaches and methods for flight mechanics and control, mainly revolving around original implementations of traditional formulations of the Control Allocation (CA) problem. Control surfaces and, more in general, control effectors are defined as redundant if they are capable to independently control the same motion axis of the aircraft.Redundant effectors can be linked together, and to the pilot input, in many ways according to different optimality criteria and/or performance objectives. In particular, the research presented in this dissertation focuses on the possibility to achieve Direct Lift Control (DLC). The latter is intended as the ability to use control effectors to alter the aircraft lift "without, or largely without, significant change in the aircraft incidence, and ideally is meant not to generate pitching moment."The ability to do so is essentially dependent on the position of the Control Center of Pressure (CCoP), which is the center of pressure of aerodynamic forces solely due to control surface deflections. In case of a single control surface dedicated to DLC, the CCoP coincides with the control surface itself. In case of redundant control surfaces, their deflections can be coordinated to induce the position of the CCoP towards some preferred location, as allowed by the architecture of the aircraft and the available control effectiveness.The first three chapters of the dissertation are dedicated to establishing the societal, scientific, and technical background underlying the subsequent research studies, including an overview of the CA problem for redundant control effectors. The following four chapters present, in this order: an evaluation of the mission performance of a staggered box-wing aircraft model designed for commercial transonic operations; a comparison of different CA methods on the design of an optimum control surface layout for a box-wing aircraft, with control surface both fore and aft the aircraft center of gravity; a trim problem formulation which employs forces and moments due to the aircraft control surfaces as decision variables, to maximize control authority, minimize aerodynamic drag or obtain a prescribed pitch angle; a CA-based formulation aimed at altering the characteristics of the transient response of an aircraft by exploiting the properties of the CCoP. The conclusive chapter presents a comprehensive, top-level recap of the main aspects and topics covered within the dissertation. It reflects on the classic meaning of DLC, and what it means to achieve it with redundant control surfaces that are not expressly dedicated to it. With some considerations on the needs of aviation market, it speculates on the practical role of unconventional aircraft configurations in the near future. Lastly, it provides suggestions for improvements and future research studies.Flight Performance and Propulsio
Search for lepton-flavour violation in high-mass dilepton final states using 139 fb −1 of pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
No full textÁlvarez Piqueras, D.; Aikot, Arya; Amos, K.R. ; Aparisi, Pozo, J.A.; Bailey, A.J.; Barranco, Laura; Bouchhar, Naseem; Cabrera, Susana; Cantero, Josu; Cardillo, Fabio Castillo, F.L.; Castillo Mª Victoria; Chitishvili, Mariam Cerda Alberich, L.; Costa, María José; Didenko, Mariia , Escobar, Carlos; Estrada, Oscar; Ferrer, Antonio; Fiorini, L.; Fullana, Esteban; Fuster, Juan; García García, Carmen; García Navarro, José Enrique; Gomez Delegido, A.J.; González de la Hoz, Santiago; Gonzalvo Rodríguez, Galo Rafael; Guerrero Rojas, J.G.R.; Higón, Emilio; Jimenez Pena, Javier; Lacasta Llácer, Carlos; Lozano Bahilo, José J.; Madaffari, Daniele; Mamuzic, Judita; Martí García, Salvador; Martinez Agullo, Pablo;; Melini, Davide; Miñano Moya, M.; Mitsou, Vasiliki A.; Miralles López, Marcos; Monsonis Romero, Luis; Moreno Llácer, María; Muñoz Perez, David; Navarro Gonzalez, Josep; Poveda, Joaquín; Prades Ibañez, Alberto; Rodriguez Bosca, S.; Rodriguez Rodriguez, D.; Rubio Jiménez, Adrián ; Ruiz Martínez, Arantxa; Sabatini, Paolo , Salt, José; Sanchez Sebastian, Victoria Santra, A.; Sánchez Martínez, Javier; Sayago Galvan, Ivan; Senthilkumar, Varsha ; Soldevila, Urmila; Torró Pastor, Emma; Valero, Alberto; Valls Ferrer, Juan Antonio; Valiente Moreno, Enrique ; Villaplana Pérez, Miguel , Varriale, Lorenzo; Vos, Marcel; ATLAS CollaborationA search is performed for a heavy particle decaying into different-flavour, dilepton final states, using 139 fb of proton-proton collision data at s = 13 TeV collected in 2015–2018 by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Final states with electrons, muons and hadronically decaying tau leptons are considered (eμ, eτ or μτ). No significant excess over the Standard Model predictions is observed. Upper limits on the production cross-section are set as a function of the mass of a Z′ boson, a supersymmetric τ-sneutrino, and a quantum black-hole. The observed 95% CL lower mass limits obtained on a typical benchmark model Z′ boson are 5.0 TeV (eμ), 4.0 TeV (eτ), and 3.9 TeV (μτ), respectively. [Figure not available: see fulltext.].U.; Sanchez, J.; Torro Pastor, E.; Valero, A.; Valiente Moreno, E.; Valls Ferrer, J.A.; Varriale, L.; Villaplana Perez, M.; Vos, M.Peer reviewe
Data set from Mazzaccaro D, Giacomazzi F, Giannetta M, Varriale A, Scaramuzzo R, Modafferi A, Malacrida G, Righini P, Marrocco-Trischitta MM, Nano G. Non-Overt Coagulopathy in Non-ICU Patients with Mild to Moderate COVID-19 Pneumonia. J Clin Med. 2020 Jun 8;9(6):1781. doi: 10.3390/jcm9061781. PMID: 32521707; PMCID: PMC7355651.
No full textData set from the article Mazzaccaro D, Giacomazzi F, Giannetta M, Varriale A, Scaramuzzo R, Modafferi A, Malacrida G, Righini P, Marrocco-Trischitta MM, Nano G. Non-Overt Coagulopathy in Non-ICU Patients with Mild to Moderate COVID-19 Pneumonia. J Clin Med. 2020 Jun 8;9(6):1781. doi: 10.3390/jcm9061781. PMID: 32521707; PMCID: PMC7355651.
Abstract
Introduction: Aim of the study is to assess the occurrence of early stage coagulopathy and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in patients with mild to moderate respiratory distress secondary to SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Materials and methods: Data of patients hospitalized from 18 March 2020 to 20 April 2020 were retrospectively reviewed. Two scores for the screening of coagulopathy (SIC and non-overt DIC scores) were calculated. The occurrence of thrombotic complication, death, and worsening respiratory function requiring non-invasive ventilation (NIV) or admission to ICU were recorded, and these outcomes were correlated with the results of each score. Chi-square test, receiver-operating characteristic curve, and logistic regression analysis were used as appropriate. p Values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
Results: Data of 32 patients were analyzed. Overt-DIC was diagnosed in two patients (6.2%), while 26 (81.2%) met the criteria for non-overt DIC. Non-overt DIC score values ≥4 significantly correlated with the need of NIV/ICU (p = 0.02) and with the occurrence of thrombotic complications (p = 0.04). A score ≥4 was the optimal cut-off value, performing better than SIC score (p = 0.0018). Values ≥4 in patients with thrombotic complications were predictive of death (p = 0.03).
Conclusions: Overt DIC occurred in 6.2% of non-ICU patients hospitalized for a mild to moderate COVID-19 respiratory distress, while 81.2% fulfilled the criteria for non-overt DIC. The non-overt DIC score performed better than the SIC score in predicting the need of NIV/ICU and the occurrence of thrombotic complications, as well as in predicting mortality in patients with thrombotic complications, with a score ≥4 being detected as the optimal cut-off
Modelo SEIR discreto espacialmente estruturado para a dispersão da dengue
No full textA infecção pelo vírus da Dengue constitui atualmente um dos maiores problemas da saúde pública pelo mundo inteiro, porque se tornou doença reemergente em várias regiões tropicais do mundo, inclusive no Brasil, e é causada por qualquer um de quatro sorotipos distintos. Por tratar-se da infecção viral urbana mais difundida no mundo, várias pesquisas em modelagem de epidemias têm se preocupado em fornecer uma fundamentação racional para tomadas de decisão, tais como adotar estratégias de vacinação ou outras estratégias, com o objetivo de controlar a propagação da doença. O objetivo deste trabalho é o de modelar e ilustrar algumas estratégias alternativas para erradicar esta doença infecciosa. Partindo da versão básica do modelo epidemiológico determinístico compartimental contínuo SEIR (suscetíveis -> expostos -> infecciosos -> recuperados), como um sistema de oito equações diferenciais, determinamos os estados de equilíbrio e a sua análise de estabilidade local, e apresentamos algumas simulações numéricas, para ilustrar os resultados analíticos. A seguir, propomos um modelo discreto correspondente, do qual reconhecemos estados de equilíbrio livre da doença e estados de equilíbrio endêmico, e, através de um enfoque de rede de mapas acoplados, incluímos uma estrutura espacial na qual as populações se movimentam por difusão. Por m, mostramos, através de simulações numéricas, que a doença pode ser erradicada do ambiente todo, por meio da retirada de acumuladores de ovos dos mosquitos, em uma área parcial do habitat todo que está em equilíbrio endêmico; então, esta estratégia tem um efeito desestabilizante, no sentido de que a estabilidade do estado endêmico pode ser destruída, levando o habitat inteiro para o estado de equilíbrio livre da doença.Dengue virus infection is nowadays one of the major worldwide public health problems, because it has become an important re-emerging disease in many tropical regions of the world, including Brazil, and it is caused by any one of four distinct serotypes. As the moste widespread urban virus infection, several researches of epidemics modeling have focused on providing a rational basis for decision making, such as vaccination strategies or other strategies, in order to control the spread of this disease. The aim of this work is to model and illustrate some alternative strategies to eradicate this infectious disease. Starting from the basic version of the SEIR (susceptible -> exposed -> infective -> removed) deterministic compartmental epidemic continuous model, as a system of eight di erential equations, the equilibrium states and local stability analysis are carried out, and some numerical simulations are presented to illustrate the analytical results. Then we propose a discrete corresponding model, where we identify disease-free and endemic stable equilibrium states, and through a coupled map lattice approach, we include a spatial structure where the populations are allowed to follow a di usive movement. Finally, it is shown through numerical simulations that this disease can be eradicated from the overall environment by removing reservoirs of mosquito eggs from only a partial area of the habitat. Therefore, this strategy has a destabilizing e ect, in the sense that the stability of the endemic state can be destructed and the entire habitat goes to the disease-free equilibrium state
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