Reconfigurable Adaptive Multiple Transform Hardware Solutions for Versatile Video Coding

Computer aided design is nowadays a must to quickly provide optimized circuits, to cope with stringent time to market constraints, and to be able to guarantee colliding constrained requirements. Design automation is exploited, whenever possible, to speed up the design process and relieve the developers from error prone customization, optimization and tuning phases. In this work we study the possibility of adopting automated algorithms for the optimization of reconfigurable multiple constant multiplication circuits. In particular, an exploration of novel reconfigurable Adaptive Multiple Transform circuital solutions adoptable in video coding applications has been conducted. These solutions have also been compared with the unique similar work at the state of the art, revealing to be beneficial under certain constraints. Moreover, the proposed approach has been generalized with some guidelines helpful to designers facing similar problems

The use of fishers’ Local Ecological Knowledge to reconstruct fish behavioural traits and fishers’ perception of conservation relevance of elasmobranchs in the Mediterranean Sea

none37The Mediterranean Sea has a long-lasting history of fishery exploitation that, together with other anthropogenic impacts, has led to declines in several marine organisms. In particular, elasmobranch populations have been severely impacted, with drastic decreases in abundance and species diversity. Based on their experience, fishers can provide information on marine species occurrence, abundance and behavioural traits on a long-term scale, therefore contributing to research on the poorly studied biological aspects of elusive or rare elasmobranch species. In this study, for the first time, the Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) of fishers was applied to study the behavioural traits of sharks, rays and skates in 12 FAO-GFCM geographical sub-areas (GSAs) of the Mediterranean Sea. This study found both new insight and proved the reliability of LEK-based catch seasonality, reflecting seasonal movements, by comparing LEK-based findings and available literature on five elasmobranch taxa (Mustelus spp., Squalus acanthias, Raja spp., Myliobatis aquila and Scyliorhinus stellaris) in the Adriatic Sea and 7 taxa (Mustelus spp., Raja spp., Prionace glauca, Scyliorhinus canicula, Torpedo spp., Pteroplatytrygon violacea and Isurus oxyrinchus) in the remaining Mediterranean GSAs. In addition, LEK provided new insights into a novel comprehensive representation of species aggregations (Mustelus spp., S. acanthias, M. aquila and S. canicula) in the sampled GSAs and supplied the first descriptions of the size, number of individuals and sex composition of the aggregations. When the limits and shortcomings of LEK-based research are considered, this methodology can be a complementary and cost-effective tool used to study elasmobranchs in either a data-poor scenario or a scenario in which a baseline is missing. LEK can also be useful for the evaluation and inclusion of fishers’ perceptions of bottom-up management and to provide important evidence for conservation plans.noneBARBATO, MATTEO; BARRÍA, CLAUDIO; BELLODI, ANDREA; BONANOMI, SARA; BORME, DIEGO; ĆETKOVIĆ, ILIJA; COLLOCA, FRANCESCO; COLMENERO, ANA I.; CROCETTA, FABIO; De CARLO, FRANCESCO; DEMİR, EGEMEN; Di LORENZO, MANFREDI; FOLLESA, MARIA CRISTINA; GARIBALDI, FULVIO; GIGLIO, GIANNI; GIOVOS, IOANNIS; GUERRIERO, GIULIA; HENTATI, OLFA; KSIBI, MOHAMED; KRUSCHEL, CLAUDIA; LANTERI, LUCA; LEONETTI, FRANCESCO LUIGI; LIGAS, ALESSANDRO; MADONNA, ADRIANO; MATIĆ SKOKO, SANJA; MIMICA, RENATA; MOUTOPOULOS, DIMITRIOS K.; MULAS, ANTONELLO; NERLOVIĆ, VEDRANA; PEŠIĆ, ANA; PORCU, CRISTINA; RIGINELLA, EMILIO; SPERONE, EMILIO; TSOUKNIDAS, KONSTANTINOS; TUNÇER, SEZGINER; VRDOLJAK, DARIO; MAZZOLDI, CARLOTTABarbato, Matteo; Barría, Claudio; Bellodi, Andrea; Bonanomi, Sara; Borme, Diego; Ćetković, Ilija; Colloca, Francesco; Colmenero, ANA I.; Crocetta, Fabio; De CARLO, Francesco; Demi̇r, Egemen; Di LORENZO, Manfredi; Follesa, MARIA CRISTINA; Garibaldi, Fulvio; Giglio, Gianni; Giovos, Ioannis; Guerriero, Giulia; Hentati, Olfa; Ksibi, Mohamed; Kruschel, Claudia; Lanteri, Luca; Leonetti, FRANCESCO LUIGI; Ligas, Alessandro; Madonna, Adriano; MATIĆ SKOKO, Sanja; Mimica, Renata; Moutopoulos, DIMITRIOS K.; Mulas, Antonello; Nerlović, Vedrana; Pešić, Ana; Porcu, Cristina; Riginella, Emilio; Sperone, Emilio; Tsouknidas, Konstantinos; Tunçer, Sezginer; Vrdoljak, Dario; Mazzoldi, Carlott