164 research outputs found
ImAtHome: Making trigger-action programming easy and fun
No full textImAtHome is an iOS application for smart home configuration and management built over Apple HomeKit, a framework for communicating with and controlling home automation accessories. This paper describes the design and development of the visual interaction language made available in ImAtHome for empowering end users, without programming skills, to create event-condition-action rules that control home behavior. It can be regarded as an alternative approach to traditional trigger-action programming interfaces, where the user must define such rules by means of “if-then” constructs. Last but not least, attention has been put to make the interaction style as much coherent as possible with other iOS applications. The paper finally presents a user experiment, carried out with 30 participants according to a between-subject protocol, to evaluate the usability of ImAtHome and compare it with the official app for home automation recently released by Apple
Of Mice and Terms: Clustering Algorithms on Ambiguous Terms in Folksonomies
No full textDeveloped using the principles of the Model-View-Controller
architectural pattern, FolksEngine is a parametric search engine
for folksonomies that allows us to test arbitrary search
improvement algorithms by specifying them in three phases:
expansion, where the original query is converted in multiple ones
according to semantic rules associated to the query terms, search,
executing the queries on a standard folksonomy search engine
such as Delicious, and ranking, sorting the results according
to rules. In this paper we extend our previous studies using
FolksEngine and offer a new query expansion algorithms based
on Natural Language Processing techniques, and a new view for
the results based on Semantic Web technologies. We also describe
some tests of the algorithms developed, in order to obtain a clear
and effective evaluation of them
A parametric architecture for tags clustering in folksonomic search engines
No full textSemantic search engines rely on the existence of a
rich set of semantic connections between the concepts
associated to documents and those used for the queries. With
folksonomies, this is not always guaranteed. Creating clusters
of folksonomic tags around terms of controlled ontological
vocabularies is a potentially sophisticated approach, but
algorithms abound for this clustering and no clear cut winner
exists. In this paper we introduce FolksEngine, a parametric
search engine for folksonomies allowing to specify any
clustering algorithm as a three step process: the user’s query is
expanded according to semantic rules associated to the terms
of the query, the new query is then executed on the plain
folksonomy search engine, and the results are ranked
according to semantic rules associated to the folksonomic tags
actually used for the documents
Economic and Monetary Union and Switzerland: two models compared in the light of the economic crisis
No full textLooking at the origin and the reasons behind and considering the impact of the 2007 economic crisis in the EU countries and in Switzerland, the author describes the initiatives taken and the key role played by the European Central Bank to mitigate financial and monetary risks within the Eurozone, and compares it to the Swiss approach, namely addressing the set of measures adopted by the Swiss National Bank to tackle the economic crisis
Seasonal changes in nasal cytology in mite-allergic patients
No full textMatteo Gelardi,1 Diego G Peroni,2 Cristoforo Incorvaia,3 Nicola Quaranta,1 Concetta De Luca,1 Salvatore Barberi,4 Ilaria Dell'Albani,5 Massimo Landi,6 Franco Frati,5 Olivier de Beaumont7 1Otolaryngology Unit, Department of Neuroscience and Sensory Organs, University of Bari, Bari, Italy; 2Department of Pediatrics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy; 3Allergy/Pulmonary Rehabilitation, ICP Hospital, Milan, Italy; 4Department of Pediatrics, San Paolo Hospital, Milan, Italy; 5Medical and Scientific Department, Stallergenes, Milan, Italy; 6Department of Pediatrics, National Healthcare System, ASL TO1, Turin, Italy; 7Medical Affairs Department, Stallergenes, Antony, France Background: House dust mites (HDMs) are a major cause of allergic rhinitis (AR) and asthma worldwide. Recent studies suggested that the allergen load presents seasonal modifications, giving rise to seasonal variation in nasal inflammation and symptoms. The aim of this study was to evaluate by nasal cytology whether nasal inflammation in mite-allergic patients changes with the seasons of the year. Methods: The study included 16 patients (seven males and nine females, mean age 38.1 years) with persistent AR caused by monosensitization to HDMs. Nasal cytology was performed in all patients once monthly for 1 year. Results: Nasal cytology showed that the cells most commonly detected in the nasal mucosa were neutrophils. During the period from October to April, a peak in the number of neutrophils and also the presence of significant numbers of eosinophils, mast cells, and lymphocytes/plasma cells were found, which shows the occurrence of more intense inflammation during these months. Conclusion: Nasal cytology provides useful data in detecting nasal inflammation and its association with the clinical stage of AR. The seasonal variations in nasal cytology are likely to be induced by the fluctuations in the HDM allergen that have been uncovered in recent investigations. Keywords: allergens, allergic rhinitis, house dust mite, nasal inflammatio
2025 Commencement
No full textDr. Matteo Peroni, Associate Professor, Marketing, College of Business and Management, embraces a 2025 Lynn University graduate following the commencement ceremony.https://spiral.lynn.edu/commencement-photos-2025/1307/thumbnail.jp
Le dinamiche partenariali inter-istituzionali del Corso di laurea in Scienze della Formazione primaria dell’Aquila: il tirocinio diretto e indiretto come azione di coordinamento locale Università, Scuola, Territorio in una prospettiva internazionale
No full textDiacritica. Fascicolo 30 (anno VI, n. 6, dicembre 2019)
No full textIl fascicolo 30 della rivista (anno VI, n. 6, dicembre 2019) è interamente dedicato alla poesia del '400, ed è stato curato dal sottoscritto e da Matteo Maria Quintiliani. Contiene sei studi:
- D. Esposito, Un sirventese etico-religioso di Jacopo Sanguinacci;
- R. Marcozzi, Le rime su commissione di Niccolò Tinucci;
- E. Peroni, La circolazione estravagante di un sonetto di Nicola da Montefalco;
- M. Malinverni, Un caso di incrocio fra tradizione autorizzata e letteratura popolare;
- R. Bennardello, La canzone "Or son pur solo" di Jacopo Sannazaro;
- N. Volta, Sannazaro e Cariteo in alcuni sonetti onirici di Vittoria Colonna
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