Fine-grained Boat Classification using Convolutional Neural Networks

Michele FIORINI,Domenico D. BLOISI,Ali YOUSSEF,Andrea PENNISI 국제이네비해양경제학회 2017 International Journal of e-Navigation and Maritime Vol.8 No.1

The use of radar-based systems for vessel monitoring is not suitable in populated areas, due to the high electromagnetic emissions. In this paper, a camera based vessel recognition system for application in the context of Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) and Homeland Protection (HP) is proposed. Our approach is designed to extend the functionality of traditional VTS systems by permitting the classification of both cooperative and non-cooperative targets, using camera images only. This allows enhancing the surveillance function in populated areas, where public opinion is strongly concerned about electromagnetic emissions and therefore antennas are suspiciously observed and radars are not allowed. Experiments have been carried out on a publicly available data set of images coming from the ARGOS boat traffic monitoring system in the City of Venice (Italy). The obtained classification accuracy of 89.6% (with 11 different classes of boats) demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

An energy efficient use of data centres for ship-pattern analysis

Michele FIORINI,Francesco De ANGELIS 국제이네비해양경제학회 2022 International Journal of e-Navigation and Maritime Vol.19 No.1

In order to optimising the sea traffic network efficiency, improving the safety of shipping and the protection of the environment, it is useful to model the sea network and its spatio-temporal characteristics of the ship patterns. These maritime patterns could also be an a-priori set of knowledge for the upcoming Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) which are starting to navigate our seas with or without remote human controls. The above concepts are crucial and essential elements for defining and understanding the Maritime Situational Awareness (MSA). Nowadays the applied methodologies for modelling the maritime traffic use large scale of database for extracting the patterns. The Knowledge Discovery from Data (KDD), strictly connected with Data Mining (DM) is growing significantly to modelling the behaviour of the vessels in relations to their surroundings. This is just one example that confirms the growing up of the cloud computing usage for maritime applications too. Besides these applications there are also a continuous and fast evolution of the IT services, which more often than not means data centre scale-ups with consequent improve of power consumptions. This paper is a case study based on real world data assessing a multi-objective energy consumption analysis. It is based on the comparison between the traditional air conditioning structures known as Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and the Free Cooling Technique (FCT) in order to reduce the data centre power consumption keeping the same number of computational calculations performed.

AIS Data Visualization for Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP)

Michele FIORINI,Andrea CAPATA,Domenico D. BLOISI 국제이네비해양경제학회 2016 International Journal of e-Navigation and Maritime Vol.5 No.1

The constant increase in marine traffic and the simultaneous growth of the demand for exploiting marine areas (e.g., installing offshore wind power plants) require an adequate planning strategy for managing high traffic volumes. Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) is the process of public development of an allocation plan for distributing, both spatially and temporally, human activities in marine areas. The adoption of e-Navigation is a possible solution for improving safety and security at sea by integrating maritime information on board and ashore. Automatic Identification System (AIS) data represents a fundamental source of information, since the analysis of AIS data can highlight the presence of congested areas as well as of illegal actions, such as smuggling, pollution, and unauthorized phishing in protected areas. Indeed, those activities are often characterized by abnormal manoeuvres that can be recognized by analyzing the routes of the vessels. However, the huge dimension of the AIS data to process requires the adoption of careful strategies for the data visualization. In this paper, we present a complete pipeline for visualizing ship routes from raw AIS data, which is a fundamental pre-requisite for carrying out a significant AIS-based route analysis, and describe a real case study, where 90 million AIS records, corresponding to one month of world-wide observations, are visualized using only open-source software.

JUDICIAL DISCRETION IN LIGHT OF THE NEW EUROPEAN RULES ON JURISDICTION IN CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS: REFORM OR CONTINUITY? COMMON LAW PERSPECTIVES

Aude Fiorini 한양대학교 법학연구소 2014 Hanyang Journal of Law Vol.1 No.-

One of the great divides between the common law and civil law approaches to the exercise of jurisdiction in domestic or cross-border cases concerns the discretionary powers afforded to judges: while common law countries traditionally endow the judiciary with discretion in certain areas, civilian countries regulate adjudicative jurisdiction through rigid rules which are considered to leave no room for judicial discretion. Jurisdiction rules applicable in international civil and commercial matters have been harmonised in Europe for almost half a century. It is an essentially civilian approach which prevailed in this ‘Brussels regime’, and this had, in the last decade, given rise to some practical difficulties as well as intense criticism. The recent revision of the Brussels regime - through Regulation (EU) 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and the Council of 12 December 2012 on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Recast) - was an occasion to review and reform those harmonised rules and approaches. This paper evaluates the extent to which the recast jurisdiction provisions of Brussels I impact on the exercise of judicial discretion by courts in the EU. Following an examination of the situations in which courts might moderate the exercise of their own competence or indeed influence that of other courts, this paper concludes that under the Brussels I Recast, the domain of both anti-suit injunctions and forum non conveniens has, if anything, been even further reduced. However, the Recast has not only corrected some of the unwelcome consequences of an overly civilian interpretation of the Brussels I Regulation but simultaneously introduced, throughout the territory of the EU, a harmonised mechanism of jurisdictional regulation based on judicial discretion (which was hitherto available only in a few Member States). On this aspect, the Recast has the great merit of promoting (at least on paper) a better coordination between European procedures and those of third States.

Technology and Business Model Foresight for Border and Coastal Surveillance Systems

Dr Michele FIORINI 국제이네비해양경제학회 2019 International Journal of e-Navigation and Maritime Vol.13 No.1

Emerging technology trends can seem both elusive and ephemeral but some become integral to business and IT strategies and form the backbone of tomorrow’s business model and technology innovation. Companies (and Administrations) must examine the business impact of these trends and adjust business models and operations appropriately or risk losing competitive advantage to those who do. Rather the technology being difficult it is the implementation of it that could be a challenge. We’re working in an environment where volumes and complexity are increasing, but budgets are decreasing. How to sense and act upon a future that remains unclear? It is required to think very differently about the way to conceive and deliver technology services. The technology is the last step of the foresight process. The author aims to provide an answer to the above enquire starting from the identification of technologies and future technological concepts having potentially a significant impact on maritime traffic management and border control systems and the community in the medium to long term, i.e. 5 to 20 years. It is aimed at the idea of capacity building, not simply forecasting. A brief history of Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) followed by some systems engineering considerations are presented in paragraph 1 with connections to technology trends such as intelligent, digital and mesh in the next paragraph. On maritime domain these means, for instance, moving from traditional VTS to Maritime Service Portfolios (MSP) for e-Navigation. Bioinspired technologies forecasts are presented in paragraph 3 with examples of concrete practical use and possible further applications: drones, camera tracking and classification systems and passive as well as cognitive radars. Conclusions and a brief outlook will close the text.

COVID-19: Implications for Sudden Death in Parkinson’s Disease

Ana Claudia Fiorini,Marcelo Cunio Machado Fonseca,Carla Alessandra Scorza,Josef Finsterer,Antônio Márcio Rodrigues,Antônio-Carlos Guimarães de Almeida,Fulvio Alexandre Scorza 대한파킨슨병및이상운동질환학회 2021 Journal Of Movement Disorders Vol.14 No.1

Always on the lookout for articles from the Journal of Movement Disorders, one in particular has attracted much attention because scientific proposals and perspectives are fascinating [1]. In brief, Bhidayasiri et al. [1] explored very precisely the risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients based on their susceptibility to severe disease, the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on PD disease severity, potential long-term sequelae, and difficulties in PD management during this outbreak.

Dipteryx alata Vogel May Improve Lipid Profile and Atherogenic Indices in Wistar Rats Dipteryx alata and Atherogenic Indices

Adriana Maria Ragassi Fiorini,Sandra Maria Barbalho,Elen Landgraf Guiguer,Marie Oshiiwa,Claudemir Gregorio Mendes,Rogerio Lopes Vieites,Agnaldo Bruno Chies,Priscilla Bianca de Oliveira,Maricelma da Si 한국식품영양과학회 2017 Journal of medicinal food Vol.20 No.11

Worldwide prevalence of noncommunicable chronic degenerative diseases is among the main causes of death worldwide. The consumption of some foods such as nuts and seeds may be beneficial in preventing these diseases. Dipteryx alata Vogel (DA), known popularly as Baru, belongs to the family Fabaceae and is a native fruit tree from the Brazilian savanna. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of seeds of DA on the metabolic and oxidative profile of Wistar rats. Animals were divided randomly into four groups (n = 10): G1 (control group), and G2 (treated with DA 20%), G3 (treated with DA 30%), and G4 (treated with DA 40%). After 40 days, animals were euthanized and metabolic and oxidative profiles were analyzed (glycemia, cholesterol, triglycerides [TGs], high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol [HDL-c], very low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol [VLDL-c], low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol [LDL-c], C reactive protein, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, Lee index, weight, visceral fat, ferric reducing ability of plasma, and ferric–xylenol orange method. The use of the seeds was effective in reducing TGs, VLDL-c, LDL-c, and increasing HDL-c but did not interfere in the percentage of weight gain, visceral fat, levels of total cholesterol, and oxidative stress. Based on our results, it is possible to say that the use of DA may improve the lipid profile of Wistar rats and we may suggest that the consumption of DA almonds or products prepared with them may be an effective option for the intake of healthy products.

Platelet Satellitism: Just a Laboratory Curiosity? A Case Report of Platelet Satellitism with Multilineage Involvement

La Gioia Antonio,Fiorini Fabiana,Fiorini Marcello 대한진단검사의학회 2022 Annals of Laboratory Medicine Vol.42 No.5

From Compliance to Context - Advancing Assistive Technology Capabilities for Medication Management

CD Nugent,P Fiorini,DD Finlay,RJ Davies,MD Mulvenna,ND Black 한국과학기술원 인간친화 복지 로봇 시스템 연구센터 2005 International Journal of Assistive Robotics and Me Vol.6 No.4

It is a well known fact that patients do not always comply with their prescribed medication regimes. This may be partly attributed to the complexity surrounding the compliance issue itself. Issues relating to compliance involve a number of stakeholders in the supply-to-intake chain of medication and in addition are complicated further by the manner in which the medication is prescribed, delivered and taken. This paper presents an innovative electromechanical compliance aid which can be used within a person"s home and can be monitored remotely via Internet based technologies. The technology developed has been evaluated in 4 pilot sites and initial results have shown its usage to improve patient compliance levels and also to reduce the workload of stakeholders involved in home based support of medication management. The paper concludes with a vision of consolidating the proposed technical solution with advances in context prediction to further improve home based medication management services.

Comments on “CSF-Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Acute Encephalitis”: SARS-CoV-2-Associated Encephalitis Is Autoimmune Rather Than Infectious

Josef Finsterer,Fulvio Alexandre Scorza,Ana Claudia Fiorini 대한신경과학회 2022 Journal of Clinical Neurology Vol.18 No.1