Abstract: A method for enabling a round-trip packet loss measurement between two nodes of a packet-switched communication network exchanging packets comprising a packet loss field settable to an idle value or one or more measurement values. The first node transmits to the second node first packets having the packet loss field set to a measurement value. Upon reception of each first packet, the second node transmits back to the first node a respective second packet having the packet loss field set to a measurement value. Upon reception of each second packet, the first node transmits back to the second node a respective third packet having the packet loss field set to a measurement value. A measurement point placed between the two nodes may count the number of first packets and the number of third packets and use them to provide a round-trip packet loss measurement.

Abstract: A device for acquisition of medical images of an ulcer includes a plurality of light sources arranged on the perimeter of a closed regular plane geometry, and adapted to illuminate an ulcer by respective light beams covering the surface of the wound in an overlapped fashion; an image acquisition device placed within the perimeter of the light sources and adapted to acquire medical images of said illuminated ulcer.

Abstract: The disclosure in some aspects relates to systems and related methods for the continuous freeze-drying of materials (e.g., pharmaceuticals) with high speed and control.

Abstract: A system and a method of analysis of medical images of an ulcer acquired by a capturing and measuring device (d1, . . . , dN) adapted to detect at least one parameter of the ulcer. The method provides for: —automatically and accurately identifying and classifying the ulcer and the clinical state of the ulcer being analyzed, —evaluating the evolution of the ulcer over time, —correlating the pathologic state of the ulcer detected by the capturing and measuring device (d1, . . . , dN) with the clinical data and characteristics of the patient, —comparing the pathologic state of the ulcer with similar ulcers of other patients and determining a plurality of possible therapies and posologies, and —selecting, from said plurality, a therapy and a posology to be adopted for the patient in order to achieve ulcer recovery, on the basis of the success percentage of the selected therapy and posology.

Abstract: A method for detecting web tracking services during browsing activity performed by clients having associated client identifiers includes the steps of extracting key-value pairs contained into navigation data, looking for one-to-one correspondence between said client identifiers and the values contained in said keys and selecting the keys for which at least a client-value one-to-one correspondence for at least a predetermined number of clients is observed, the keys identifying the associated services as services performing tracking activities.

Abstract: A monitoring system, and related monitoring and predicting methods of a diuresis for a calculation of a risk of onset of renal failure of a patient, including a device, wherein the device includes a first algorithm for recording, storing, comparing and processing measurements of a urine container and a second algorithm for predicting future measurements of the urine container and a level of a kidney failure risk associated with the future measurements of the urine container. The monitoring system, and relevant monitoring and predicting methods, of a biological fluid for predicting a state of health of the patient, including a device, wherein the device includes a first algorithm for recording, storing, comparing and processing measurements of a biological fluid container and a second algorithm for predicting future measurements of the biological fluid container and the state of health of the patient associated with the future measurements of the biological container.

Abstract: A method for producing microparticles and/or nanoparticles based on zero-valent metals directly inside a filtering media and/or for creating covering layers based on the zero-valent metals for covering. The filleting media includes the steps of introducing at least one solution containing metal salts in the filtering medium, introducing at least one solution containing inorganic reducing agents into the filtering medium. The steps of introducing the at least one solution containing metal salts and the at least one solution containing inorganic reducing agents inside the filtering medium is carried out in a way separated in time and/or in space to realize, in the filtering medium, a mixture of metal ions with the inorganic reducing agents as well as a chemical reduction of the zero-valent metals to form the microparticles and/or the nanoparticles and/or coverings based on the zero-valent metals inside of the filtering medium.

Abstract: A portable thermoelectric unit has a face towards the user's body. The unit includes at least one flexible layer containing a non-woven fabric or a fabric and/or a polymeric membrane facing the body; a casing having a thermally active area and fixed to a distal face of the layer opposite the face so that the area is in thermal exchange with the layer towards the body; a thermoelectric heat pump device housed in the casing and configured to generate or absorb heat through the area and the layer; a fan housed in the casing and next to the device; a channel in the casing next to the device to receive an air flow generated by the fan in heat exchange with the device and to guide the air flow towards a distal opening from the fan; and a heat exchanger connected to the device on the opposite side of the area to receive the air flow towards the channel.

Abstract: A system for generating electrical energy from the wave motion of the sea is provided with electrical-energy generating means for exploiting the wave motion of the sea in order to generate electrical energy. A floating body is provided with equipment designed to regulate the frequency of the resonance peak of the system.

Abstract: A capacitive element is manufactured by using the multilayer printed circuit board technology. The body of the element includes a layer of dielectric material interposed between two layers of conductive material arranged on opposite sides of the layer of dielectric material. Each layer of conductive material is in turn covered, on its free side, with an external covering layer. The material for making the layer of dielectric material is chosen among materials having: —a dielectric permeability ?r>1, —a dielectric rigidity k>100 kV/mm, and —a loss figure Df?0.002. Furthermore, the dimensions of the layer of dielectric material are greater than the dimensions of the layers of conductive material, so as to limit the edge effects that might cause discharge phenomena and make the capacitive element flexible.

Abstract: A method for design an optimized constellation set and labeling for satellite point to multi-point transmission systems including transmitters and receivers, wherein the transmitters are adapted to create signals overlay and are configured to allow simultaneous transmission of at least two different data streams (services) intended for users with different radio link qualities. In particular, N services are provided to users having a good radio link and a subset of services is maintained and guaranteed for the users having a lower radio link quality condition.

Abstract: An electrochemical device includes an electrochemical cell, wherein the electrochemical cell including a first anode and a first electrolyte, and a supercapacitor, wherein the supercapacitor including a second anode and a second electrolyte. The electrochemical cell and the supercapacitor are arranged in series and a single cathode shared both by the electrochemical cell and by the supercapacitor, while the first anode and the second anode are connected directly to each other; the single cathode comprises a porous matrix, wherein an active substance belonging to the group of Chalcogens, or group 16, of the Periodic Table of the Elements is infused inside the porous matrix. The electrochemical device is configured to accumulate and deliver simultaneously high levels of both an energy higher than 500 Wh/kg and a power higher than 1,000 W/kg) making a current flow independently into the electrochemical cell or into the supercapacitor depending on energy needs.

Abstract: The disclosure in some aspects relates to systems and related methods for the continuous freeze-drying of materials (e.g., pharmaceuticals) with high speed and control.

Abstract: A system for generating electrical energy from the wave motion of the sea is provided with electrical-energy generating means for exploiting the wave motion of the sea in order to generate electrical energy. A floating body is provided with equipment designed to regulate the frequency of the resonance peak of the system.

Abstract: A device, a user equipment, and methods for registering and authenticating the user equipment are provided, wherein the user equipment includes an image sensor, communication components for communicating with the device, control and processing components configured for acquiring at least one image by way of the image sensor, generating an authentication sensor fingerprint on the basis of the at least one acquired image, coding at least one portion of the authentication sensor fingerprint by way of a random projection algorithm, so as to generate at least one compressed portion (W?) of the authentication sensor fingerprint, transmitting, through the communication components, the at least one compressed portion (W?) to the device.

Abstract: A docking system and method for charging a mobile robot at a docking station. The system includes a first module for the robot, including a first communication unit and a first control unit, and a second module for the station, including a second communication unit, one or more docking sensors, and a second control unit. When the robot enters a docking region around the station, the first communication unit sends to the second communication unit a status message indicating that the robot needs charging; upon reception of the status message, the second control unit uses the sensors to derive a traction command to drive the robot towards the station; and the second communication unit sends to the first communication unit a command message containing the traction command. The first control unit processes the traction command and uses it to operate traction motors of the robot.

Abstract: A method positioning user equipment including a camera for acquiring digital images, including: defining a three-dimensional model of an environment through points defined by a set of coordinates and a color information; the user equipment acquiring a query image by capturing, by the camera, a portion of the environment; estimating an initial camera parameters configuration of the camera; evaluating a similarity between the query image and an initial three-dimensional image obtained from the three-dimensional model of the environment as seen by a virtual camera having the initial camera parameters configuration; modifying a camera parameters configuration of the virtual camera to increase similarity between the initial three-dimensional image and the query image up to a predetermined value; and generating an additional three-dimensional image based on the three-dimensional model of the environment, obtained from the three-dimensional model of the environment as seen by a modified virtual camera having the mod

Abstract: An iterative receiver receives a signal including useful and interfering signal components, and detects information carried thereon. The receiver includes at least one estimating unit receiving the signal and providing an estimate of each signal component, and at least two decoding and regenerating units, at each iteration, each decoding and regenerating unit decoding a respective one among the estimates and for regenerating the respective decoded estimate into a respective regenerated estimate. At each receiver iteration, the at least one estimating unit provides estimates based on regenerated estimates provided at a previous iteration.

Abstract: The disclosure in some aspects relates to systems and related methods for the continuous freeze-drying of materials (e.g., pharmaceuticals) with high speed and control.

Abstract: A capacitive element is manufactured by using the multilayer printed circuit board technology. The body of the element includes a layer of dielectric material interposed between two layers of conductive material arranged on opposite sides of the layer of dielectric material. Each layer of conductive material is in turn covered, on its free side, with an external covering layer. The material for making the layer of dielectric material is chosen among materials having: —a dielectric permeability ?r>1, —a dielectric rigidity k>100 kV/mm, and —a loss figure Df?0.002. Furthermore, the dimensions of the layer of dielectric material are greater than the dimensions of the layers of conductive material, so as to limit the edge effects that might cause discharge phenomena and make the capacitive element flexible.