@proceedings {, title = {A low-cost and low-burden secure solution to track small-scale fisheries}, journal = {Conference: 2021 International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea; Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters (MetroSea)}, year = {2021}, month = {11/2021}, pages = {382-387}, abstract = {

During the last decade accurate spatial and quantitative information of industrial fisheries have been increasingly given using tracking technologies and machine learning analytical algorithms. However, in most small-scale fisheries, lack of spatial data has been a recurrent bottleneck as Vessel Monitoring System and Automatic Identification System, developed for vessels longer than 12 and 15 m in length respectively, have little applicability in these contexts. It follows that small-scale vessels (\< 12 m in length) remain untracked and largely unregulated, even though they account for most of the fishing fleet in operation in the Mediterranean Sea. As such, the tracking of small-scale fleets tends to require the use of novel and low cost solutions that could be addressed by small vessels often without dedicated electrical systems. In this paper we propose a scalable architecture that makes use of a low-cost LoRaWAN/cellular network to acquire and process positioning data from small-scale vessels; preliminary results of a first installation of the prototype are presented, as well as the data collected. The emergence of a such low-cost and open source technology coupled to artificial intelligence could open new opportunities for equipping small-scale vessels, collecting their trajectory data and estimating their fishing effort (information which has historically not been present). It enables a new monitoring strategy that could effectively include small-scale fleets and support the design of new policies oriented to inform coastal resource and fisheries management, and cross-border marine spatial planning.

}, keywords = {cloud computing, fleet management system, maritime communication, small-scale fisheries, vessel position data}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/MetroSea52177.2021.9611622}, url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9611622}, author = {Anna Nora Tassetti and Alessandro Galdelli and Jacopo Pulcinella} } @article {, title = {A Synergic Integration of AIS Data and SAR Imagery to Monitor Fisheries and Detect Suspicious Activities}, journal = {Sensors}, volume = {21}, year = {2021}, month = {04/2021}, abstract = {

Maritime traffic and fishing activities have accelerated considerably over the last decade, with a consequent impact on the environment and marine resources. Meanwhile, a growing number of ship-reporting technologies and remote-sensing systems are generating an overwhelming amount of spatio-temporal and geographically distributed data related to large-scale vessels and their movements. Individual technologies have distinct limitations but, when combined, can provide a better view of what is happening at sea, lead to effectively monitor fishing activities, and help tackle the investigations of suspicious behaviors in close proximity of managed areas. The paper integrates non-cooperative Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Sentinel-1 images and cooperative Automatic Identification System (AIS) data, by proposing two types of associations: (i) point-to-point and (ii) point-to-line. They allow the fusion of ship positions and highlight {\textquotedblleft}suspicious{\textquotedblright} AIS data gaps in close proximity of managed areas that can be further investigated only once the vessel{\textemdash}and the gear it adopts{\textemdash}is known. This is addressed by a machine-learning approach based on the Fast Fourier Transform that classifies single sea trips. The approach is tested on a case study in the central Adriatic Sea, automatically reporting AIS-SAR associations and seeking ships that are not broadcasting their positions (intentionally or not). Results allow the discrimination of collaborative and non-collaborative ships, playing a key role in detecting potential suspect behaviors especially in close proximity of managed areas.

}, keywords = {Automatic Identification System, Machine Learning, maritime surveillance, Synthetic Aperture Radar data integration}, issn = {1424-8220}, doi = {10.3390/s21082756}, url = {https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/8/2756}, author = {Alessandro Galdelli and Adriano Mancini and Carmen Ferra Vega and Anna Nora Tassetti} } @article {, title = {Machine Learning in Capital Markets: Decision Support System for Outcome Analysis}, journal = {IEEE Access}, volume = {8}, year = {2020}, pages = {109080-109091}, doi = {10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3001455}, author = {R. Rosati and L. Romeo and C. A. Goday and T. Menga and E. Frontoni} } @article {, title = {A regression framework to head-circumference delineation from US fetal images}, journal = {Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine}, year = {2020}, author = {Maria Chiara Fiorentino and Sara Moccia and Morris Capparuccini and Sara Giamberini and Emanuele Frontoni} } @conference {, title = {A Cloud Computing Architecture to Map Trawling Activities Using Positioning Data}, year = {2019}, abstract = {

Descriptive and spatially-explicit information on fisheries plays a key role for an efficient integrated management of the maritime activities and the sustainable use of marine resources. However, this information is today still hard to obtain and, consequently, is a major issue for implementing Marine Spatial Planning (MSP). Since 2002, the Automatic Identification System (AIS) has been undergoing a major development allowing now for a real time geo-tracking and identification of equipped vessels of more than 15m in length overall (LOA) and, if properly processed, for the production of adequate information for MSP. Such monitoring systems or other low-cost and low-burden solutions are still missing for small vessels (LOA \< 12m), whose catches and fishing effort remain spatially unassessed and, hence, unregulated. In this context, we propose an architecture to process vessel tracking data, understand the behaviour of trawling fleets and map related fishing activities. It could be used to process not only AIS data but also positioning data from other low cost systems as IoT sensors that share their position over LoRa and 2G/3G/4G links. Analysis gives back important and verified data (overall accuracy of 92\% for trawlers) and opens up development perspectives for monitoring small scale fisheries, helping hence to fill fishery data gaps and obtain a clearer picture of the fishing grounds as a whole.

}, doi = {10.1115/DETC2019-97779}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2019-97779}, author = {Alessandro Galdelli and Adriano Mancini and Anna Nora Tassetti and Carmen Ferra Vega and Enrico Armelloni and Giuseppe Scarcella and Gianna Fabi and Primo Zingaretti} } @conference {, title = {Empowered Optical Inspection by Using Robotic Manipulator in Industrial Applications.}, booktitle = {IROS}, year = {2019}, month = {11/2019}, abstract = {

Nowadays the inspection of products at the end of line represents a critical phase. At this stage, it is necessary to look for defects in order to prevent the quality check to fail, and to provide information for improving the production as well. This task can be performed by using several sensing technologies, and the contactless optical inspection plays a key role. In this regard, the use of advanced robotic manipulators offers the capability to change the viewpoint of a given object and to inspect its multiple faces. We propose an approach that combines the use of photometric stereo to derive a 3D model of objects, empowered by the super-resolution that is applied on the original dataset (upstream) or on the normal images (downstream) in order to increase the quality of the final 3D model. The vision system is mounted on a robotic manipulator, able to grasp and change the viewpoint, thus offering a more completeviewoftheobjecttobeinspected.Theobtainedresults show that the developed solution increases the quality of the derived 3D models used for inspection tasks on different faces of the objects; this is achieved by using the manipulation ability offered by the adopted robotic platform.

}, doi = {10.1109/IROS40897.2019.8968473}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS40897.2019.8968473}, author = {Galdelli, Alessandro and Pagnotta, Daniele Proietti and Mancini, Adriano and Freddi, Alessandro and Monteri{\`u}, Andrea and Frontoni, Emanuele} } @conference {, title = {A Synergic Photometric Stereo and Super Resolution Approach for Optical Inspection}, booktitle = {2018 14th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA)}, year = {2018}, month = {2018}, pages = {1-8}, abstract = {

Three-dimensional reconstruction is a very important technique of Computer Vision that produces a three-dimensional (3D) model of a real scene. For this purpose, we use Photometric Stereo that allows you to shape estimation from several images under different lighting conditions. In the last few years, this technology has been used in many areas both working and scientific. An important sector where Photometric Stereo is used is quality control inside productive cycle. In some case, the model 3D is used to identify defects or to make measurements of the order of hundredths or even thousandths of millimeters. To obtain an accurate 3D model, it is necessary to use an cost-effective reconstruction system with a performance hardware. Alternatively, we propose a method that combine Photometric Stereo with Super Resolution that produces a very accurate model using cheap and lower performance hardware that is suitable for optical inspection. Indeed, the Super Resolution allows to overcome the hardware constraint and produce one high resolution image from a set of low resolution images. With this novel method, we obtain a very accurate 3D model that could be in a decision support system for optical inspection.

}, doi = {10.1109/MESA.2018.8449206}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/MESA.2018.8449206}, author = {Alessandro Galdelli and Adriano Mancini and Emanuele Frontoni and Primo Zingaretti} } @conference {pierdicca2016cyberarchaeology, title = {Cyberarchaeology: improved way findings for archaeological parks through mobile augmented reality}, booktitle = {International Conference on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Computer Graphics}, year = {2016}, pages = {172{\textendash}185}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, organization = {Springer International Publishing}, author = {Roberto Pierdicca and Emanuele Frontoni and Primo Zingaretti and Eva Savina Malinverni and Galli, Andrea and Marcheggiani, Ernesto and Costa, Carlos Smaniotto} } @article {pierdicca2016smart, title = {Smart maintenance of riverbanks using a standard data layer and Augmented Reality}, journal = {Computers \& Geosciences}, volume = {95}, year = {2016}, pages = {67{\textendash}74}, publisher = {Pergamon}, author = {Roberto Pierdicca and Emanuele Frontoni and Primo Zingaretti and Adriano Mancini and Eva Savina Malinverni and Anna Nora Tassetti and Marcheggiani, Ernesto and Galli, Andrea} } @conference {Gatto2014, title = {Energy Harvesting system for smart shoes}, booktitle = {MESA 2014 - 10th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, Conference Proceedings}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 0}, abstract = {The aim of Energy Harvesting is to capture free energy, available without costs, from the environment. The development of advanced techniques allowed to capture, to store and to manage amounts of natural energy, transforming them into electrical energy. Moreover, advancements in microprocessor technology have increased power efficiency, effectively reducing power consumption requirements. From the point of view of wearable electronics devices, the most efficient Energy Harvesting system for energy capturing is that to use devices inserted into the shoes. These devices are situated into the soles where, during the movement, a force is exerted. Using piezoelectric elements and electromagnetic induction systems, this force allows recovering a high quantity of electrical energy useful for sensor supply and complex monitoring systems. In this paper, four different solutions of smart shoes that use Energy Harvesting systems are presented, with the aim to recover energy to supply a GPS device. Preliminary comparative results of 4 different solutions are compared on the bases of costs, production feasibility and energy harvesting capabilities.}, doi = {10.1109/MESA.2014.6935616}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84911955647\&partnerID=40\&md5=cd81450b8d4668e12293542ba772cf5d}, author = {A. Gatto and Emanuele Frontoni} } @conference {Contigiani2014, title = {Indoor people localization and tracking using an energy harvesting smart floor}, booktitle = {MESA 2014 - 10th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, Conference Proceedings}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 0}, abstract = {In the recent years, different kind of intelligent floors have been proposed but they are expensive and in many cases difficult to install and manage. In this paper, we previously describe the state of the art concerning smart floors designed to satisfy different applications and then we present an intelligent floor realized for localizing and tracking people in an indoor environment. The aim of this work is to propose an innovative smart floor based on an energy harvesting system able to allow the localization and analysis of the movement of the users in a specific space. The solution presented in this paper involves the use of capacitive sensors on a polymeric support to insert between solid wood and a wooden part of a floating parquet. The proposed system is part of HDOMO, an Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) project developing smart solutions for active aging. A detailed architecture of the smart floor is proposed together with a preliminary test phase.}, doi = {10.1109/MESA.2014.6935623}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84911959515\&partnerID=40\&md5=e0736aa6e37701f6950aee45457ef457}, author = {Marco Contigiani and Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and A. Gatto} } @conference {Rossi2014, title = {Interoperability issues among smart home technological frameworks}, booktitle = {MESA 2014 - 10th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, Conference Proceedings}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 0}, abstract = {Population aging may be seen both as a human success story, the triumph of public health, medical advancements and economic development over diseases and injures, and as one of the most challenging phenomena that society faces in this century. Assistive technology in all its possible implementations (from Telemedicine to Ambient Assisted Living, and Ambient Intelligence) represents an emerging answer to the needs of the new generation of older adults whose desire is to live longer with a higher quality of life. Objective of this paper is to present the results of a public financed action for the development and implementation of an {\textquoteright}integration platform{\textquoteright} for Ambient Assisted Living that includes features of home automation (energy management, safety, comfort, etc.) and introduces {\textquoteright}smart objects{\textquoteright}, to monitor activities of daily living and detect any abnormal behavior that may represent a danger, or highlight symptoms of some incipient disease.}, doi = {10.1109/MESA.2014.6935626}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84911958222\&partnerID=40\&md5=969da407b2d8bad8fa3e16dbc7d254a0}, author = {Rossi, L. and Belli, A. and De Santis, A. and Diamantini, C. and Emanuele Frontoni and Gambi, E. and Palma, L. and Pernini, L. and Pierleoni, P. and Potena, D. and Raffaeli, L. and Spinsante, S. and Primo Zingaretti and Cacciagrano, D. and Corradini, F. and Culmone, R. and De Angelis, F. and Merelli, E. and Re, B.} } @conference {Gaujens2014, title = {Testing of cooperative tasks for Unmanned Aerial and ground platforms}, booktitle = {MESA 2014 - 10th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, Conference Proceedings}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 0}, abstract = {In the last years the Model Based Design for Unmanned Systems aided the safe and rational release of applications running on unmanned systems. In particular in this paper we focus on a hybrid methodology that merges Software in the Loop (SIL) and Model in the Loop (MIL) strategies for cooperative tasks performed by aerial and ground autonomous vehicles. The proposed work flow covers the design and testing of Ground Control Station (GCS) modelled by a finite state machine, the design and testing of navigation code running on UAV and UGV and the testing of cooperative missions. The work-flow is based on a realistic 3D physical simulator interfaced with Matlab-Simulink-Stafeflow. The proposed approach has been successfully tested and evaluated allowing to release runnable and safe code on real targets.}, doi = {10.1109/MESA.2014.6935621}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84911957715\&partnerID=40\&md5=fa0db02cfc93a2552968c6a92df82cb8}, author = {Gaujens, A. and Benini, A. and Adriano Mancini and Sauro Longhi} } @conference {Gao2014, title = {Welcome message}, booktitle = {MESA 2014 - 10th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, Conference Proceedings}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 0}, doi = {10.1109/MESA.2014.6935511}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84911971399\&partnerID=40\&md5=276da3fdd39f1fd66d31f47d0f38e04e}, author = {Gao, Y. and Primo Zingaretti and Koo, J.C. and Emanuele Frontoni} } @conference {Frontoni2013, title = {Energy harvesting for smart shoes: A real life application}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference}, volume = {4}, year = {2013}, note = {cited By 1}, abstract = {Advanced technical developments have increased the efficiency of devices in capturing trace amounts of energy from the environment (such as from human movements) and transforming them into electrical energy (e.g., to instantly charge mobile devices). In addition, advancements in microprocessor technology have increased power efficiency, effectively reducing power consumption requirements. In combination, these developments have sparked interest in the engineering community to develop more and more applications that utilize energy harvesting for power. The approach here described aims to designing and manufacturing an innovative easy-to-use and general-purpose device for energy harvesting in general purpose shoes. The novelty of this device is the integration of polymer and ceramic piezomaterials accomplished by injection molding. In this spirit, this paper examines different devices that can be built into a shoe, (where excess energy is readily harvested) and used for generating electrical power while walking. A Main purpose is the development of an indoor localization system embedded in shoes that periodically broadcasts a digital RFID as the bearer walks. Results are encouraging and real life test are conducted on the first series of prototypes. Copyright {\textcopyright} 2013 by ASME.}, doi = {10.1115/DETC2013-12310}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84899124826\&partnerID=40\&md5=0a32a61f326043d4dcaa963a226ec167}, author = {Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and Primo Zingaretti and A. Gatto} } @conference {Giansanti1997530, title = {Imaging system for retinal change evaluation}, booktitle = {IEE Conference Publication}, number = {443 pt 2}, year = {1997}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {530-534}, abstract = {This paper concentrates on the results of a computerised approach to the automatic extraction of numerical indexes describing morphological details of the fundus oculi. The authors proposed an imaging software system with a strict interconnection between the segmentation and recognition phases. This paper presents new image processing techniques developed to take advantage of an improved imaging system constituted by a high resolution digital camera (Kodak DCS 420) connected on top of a standard retinal camera (Topcon TRC-50VT). The higher resolution (1524{\texttimes}1024 pixels) now permits a more accurate analysis of the degree of arteriolar sclerosis and vessel narrowing, both in the proximal and distal segment, and the computation of further numerical indexes, such as vessel reflectance and permeability to fluorescein.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0031339703\&partnerID=40\&md5=0a327e5d1523689f98dd675f821ff3e2}, author = {Giansanti, R. and Fumelli, P. and Passerini, G. and Primo Zingaretti} } @article {Antonicelli1993125, title = {Camerano study on hypertension: The problem of blood pressure variability during medical visit}, journal = {Clinical and Experimental Hypertension}, volume = {15}, number = {SUPPL. 1}, year = {1993}, note = {cited By 3}, pages = {125-138}, abstract = {The Camerano Study on Arterial Hypertension (AH) is a cross-sectional study, carried out on a wide population sample in a small town in Central Italy, and aimed at revealing the prevalence of certain characteristics of AH in the population examined. In particular, we studied some aspects of blood pressure (BP) levels during the medical visits. To evaluate the effects of the medical visit on BP levels, we divided the subjects into 3 groups: I) Hypertensive subjects, II) Treated hypertensive subjects, III) Normotensive subjects (control group). The Systolic Arterial Pressure (SAP) in normotensive subjects reached maximum levels during the first medical visit and then decreased in the following two controls (p<0.001). The Diastolic Arterial Pressure (DAP) did not show any significant changes during the three measurements (p=n.s.). Instead the maximum level of SAP in the hypertensive group did not appear at the First measurement but only after 5 minutes and was seen to decrease towards the end of the visit (p<0.001). Even DAP showed different levels compared to the normotensives: A decrease in BP levels was registered after 15 minutes respect to earlier measurements (p<0.01). The levels of group II were similar to those of normotensive subjects.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0027175329\&partnerID=40\&md5=f3e21a4965a8f2d45fca099ff52dfea1}, author = {Antonicelli, R. and Gesuita, R. and Primo Zingaretti and Amadio, L. and Pagelli, P. and Cusi, D. and Paciaroni, E.} } @article {Antonicelli199217, title = {The camerano study on hypertension: The problem of arterial hypertension in the elderly}, journal = {Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics}, volume = {15}, number = {SUPPL. 1}, year = {1992}, note = {cited By 3}, pages = {17-26}, abstract = {The Camerano study on arterial hypertension (AH) was a cross-sectional study, carried out on a large population sample in a small twon in central Italy. The main goal was to reveal both the prevalence and certain characteristics of AH in the population examined. The main resuts, can be summarized as follows: (i) The occurrence of AH in the old (65-74 years) and very old (>=75 years) groups was 43.3 and 57.4\%, respectively. (ii) isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) was found in 1.7, 23.6 and 3.9\% in the adult, old and very old subjects, respectively. (iii) The association of AH with some of the more common cardiovascular risk factors (dyslipidemia, hyperglycemia, obesity, etc.) was significant for all the risk factors in the adult group, while in the old group there was a significant association only with the body mass index. (iv) Blood pressure (BP) values during the medical visits were evaluated, and adult versus old subjects were compared, but no significant differences were found. {\textcopyright} 1992 Elsevier Science Pablishers B.V. All rights reserved.}, doi = {10.1016/S0167-4943(05)80003-2}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0026662064\&partnerID=40\&md5=32b7c6611b71b6ca2f62c62434cf5ae9}, author = {Antonicelli, R. and Gesuita, R. and Primo Zingaretti and Amadio, L. and Pacelli, P. and Cusi, D. and Paciaroni, E.} } @article {Gaggiotti1991203, title = {Nutritional parameters in subjects aged 60 years and over [PARAMETRI NUTRIZIONALI IN SOGGETTI CON ETA SUPERIORE A 60 ANNI]}, journal = {Rivista Italiana di Nutrizione Parenterale ed Enterale}, volume = {9}, number = {3}, year = {1991}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {203-210}, abstract = {Nutritional assessment of the elderly presents some difficulties because of the lack of reference values. Moreover chronic age-related diseases can interfere with the physiological nutritional values. Anthropometric (triceps skinfold, arm muscle area, total body muscle mass, fat mass and Body Mass Index = BMI), biochemical (prealbumin, transferrin, ceruloplasmin, total protein, albumin) and immunological (total lymphocytes) parameters were examined in 583 subjects of over 60 years, selected following specific criteria and with BMI < 30. The t-test evaluation of all anthropometric parameters (except BMI) showed a significant difference in both age (p < 0.05) and sex (p < 0.05) values; there were also significant differences in prealbumin and ceruloplasmin levels for both sex (p < 0.05) and age (p < 0.05) and for sex only (p < 0.05) respectively. Comparing our biochemical mean values using the t-test with those from our Analysis Laboratory, we found that the ceruloplasmin and prealbumin mean values for our sample were higher (p < 0.05) than from our Laboratory, while both protein and albumin levels were lower (p < 0.05).}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0026322716\&partnerID=40\&md5=4ab2812d4bc5a00f2ce4f7bf55d073de}, author = {Gaggiotti, G. and Orlandoni, P. and Ambrosi, S. and Bartolacci, T. and Onorato, G. and Piloni, G. and Amadio, L. and Spazzafumo, L. and Primo Zingaretti and Fabris, N.} }