220 research outputs found
Using Temporal Convolutional Networks to estimate ball possession in soccer games
No full textThe use of tracking data in the field of sport analytics has increased in the last years as a starting point for in-depth tactical analyses. This work investigates the use of Temporal Convolutional Networks (TCNs), a powerful architecture for sequential data analysis, to extract ball possession information from tracking data. This task is a crucial step for many tactical analyses and is nowadays carried out manually by a human operator in the stadium, which is costly, difficult to implement, and prone to errors. In this work, several classification approaches are explored to classify the game state as dead, ball owned by the home team, or by the away team: as a single-branch, ternary prediction, or as two binary predictions, first detecting whether the game is dead or alive and then which team owns the ball. TCNs are exploited to create independent trajectory embeddings from tracking data of each object; since there is no semantic ordering among the tracked objects, we investigate different permutation-invariant layers to combine the embeddings, namely, an element-wise sum over the embeddings, a self-attention module, and the use of 2D convolutions. Performance evaluation on tracking data from professional soccer games shows that the proposed method outperforms state-of-the-art rule-based methods, achieving 86.2% accuracy in possession estimation (+7.3% compared to the state of the art) and 89.2% accuracy in dead-alive classification (+33.2% compared to the state of the art). Extensive ablation studies were conducted to investigate how different input data concur to the final prediction
La bella decadenza: Goldoni e Pirandello “in sul calar” degli anni Dieci: tradizione, traduzione e trad-azione
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Le baruffe chiozzotte di Carlo Goldoni; regìa di Jurij Ferrini; con Jurij Ferrini, Elena Aimone, Matteo Alì, Lorenzo Bartoli, Christian Di Filippo, Sara Drago, Barbara Mazzi, Raffaele Musella, Rebecca Rossetti, Michele Schiano di Cola, Marcello Spinetta, Angelo Tronca, Beatrice Vecchione; traduzione a cura di Natalino Balasso; scene di Carlo De Marino; costumi di Alessio Rosati; luci Lamberto Pirrone; suono Gian Andrea Francescutti; regista assistente Marco Lorenzi; una produzione Teatro Stabile di Torino – Teatro Nazionale.
Enrico IV di Luigi Pirandello; regìa e adattamento di Carlo Cecchi; con Carlo Cecchi, Angelica Ippolito, Gigio Morra, Roberto Trifirò, Federico Brugnone, Davide Giordano, Dario Iubatti, Matteo Lai, Chiara Mancuso, Remo Stella; scene di Sergio Tramonti; costumi di Nanà Cecchi; luci Camilla Piccioni; assistente alla regìa Dario Iubatti; assistente alle scene Sandra Viktoria Muller; una produzione Marche Teatro
Intimacy Unguarded: Chris Kraus
No full textThe Central Saint Martins research project 'Intimacy Unguarded', run by Emma Talbot and Dr Jo Morra, hosted a visit to Central Saint Martins by United States author Chris Kraus. Kraus is a highly respected writer (I Love Dick, Summer of Hate, Aliens and Anorexia etc) and editor of the semi-texte series 'Native Agents'. In this event, Kraus gave a reading from 'I Love Dick' and was then interviewed by Emma Talbot, to a live public audience.
'Intimacy Unguarded' also ran a seminar called 'Write A Letter To Chris Kraus'. Mirroring the format for the celebrated book 'I Love Dick', in which Kraus uses the letter as a way of addressing a particular figure (with whom she is obsessed) whilst simultaneously unpacking her own personal thoughts and research, participants were invited to 'Write a Letter To Chris Kraus'.
Chris Kraus was present at the seminar, where letters were read aloud and Kraus was the first respondent. Those taking part were from Raven Row, CSM BAFA, MAFA and Afterall. An excerpt from Kraus's book and a selection of the letters will be published in the June 2017n issue of Journal of Visual Art Practice, to be guest-edited by Talbot and Morra
Absence of D147E mutation of CYP11B2 gene in hypertensive patients with increased corticosterone and aldosterone production.
No full textAbsence of D147E mutation of CYP11B2 gene in hypertensive patients with increased corticosterone and aldosterone production.
Mulatero P1, Glorioso N, Fallo F, Soro A, Morra di Cella S, Carra R, Filigheddu F, Veglio F.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
11beta-Hydroxylase and aldosterone synthase are two highly homologous genes involved in different forms of human hypertension and in different animal models of hypertension. It has been shown that the conservative substitution D147E in the human CYP11B2 gene results in an increased production of corticosterone and aldosterone in vitro. A gene conversion between the CYP11B1 and CYP11B2 genes could be responsible for such a substitution.
METHODS:
In this study we investigated the presence of the mutation D147E of CYP11B2 in a group of 128 patients with primary aldosteronism, 68 patients with essential hypertension and increased corticosterone production and in 48 normal volunteers.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS:
We did not identify any patient carrying this mutation, indicating that if it exists it is very rare and so has no relevance in determining the increased steroid excretion seen in some subtypes of human hypertension
Pure mini-laparoscopic transperitoneal pyeloplasty in an adult population: Feasibility, safety, and functional results after one year of follow-up
No full textNews Report on Trent Lott and Richard Shelby
No full textNews program on senators Trent Lott and Richard Shelby reported by Elizabeth Morra. Topic discussed: Revenue Reconciliation Tax Package
Coastal cultural landscapes of the tonnare of southeast Sicily: analysis and visualization of data
No full textThe study currently underway along the coasts of south-eastern Sicily, born from the collaboration between the Federico II University, Stanford University, Brock University and the Soprintendenza del Mare della Regione Siciliana, reflects the primary stages of a research methodology focused on the analysis of spaces, both architectural and natural, in relation to the processes of use that have occurred over time. Activities have included an initial phase of 3D digitization using laser scanning, drone Lidar, and terrestrial and underwater photogrammetry of the tonnare of Capo Passero, Marzamemi and Vendicari, as well as the areas of Punta delle Formiche and Morghella in the municipality of Portopalo di Capo Passero. The data were processed to support subsequent geospatial analysis. The georeferenced models can provide an accurate representation of built heritage, settlement traces along the coastline, submerged archaeological features, and geomorphological characteristics of the area, which reflect the dynamics of landscape use and the continuous transformation of these spaces as a result of natural and anthropogenic actions. This integrated work supports new forms of communication of scientific data, both through temporary “pop-up” exhibitions, and through a planned immersive installation project in the Magazzini and in the Tonnara Tower of Vendicari, and through the study of complex spatial interrelations of the integrated data using ArcGIS Modelbuilder
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