Clinical and virological findings in the ongoing outbreak of West Nile virus Livenza strain in northern Italy, July to September 2012.

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A Survey on Design Methodologies for Accelerating Deep Learning on Heterogeneous Architectures

In recent years, the field of Deep Learning has seen many disruptive and impactful advancements. Given the increasing complexity of deep neural networks, the need for efficient hardware accelerators has become more and more pressing to design heterogeneous HPC platforms. The design of Deep Learning accelerators requires a multidisciplinary approach, combining expertise from several areas, spanning from computer architecture to approximate computing, computational models, and machine learning algorithms. Several methodologies and tools have been proposed to design accelerators for Deep Learning, including hardware-software co-design approaches, high-level synthesis methods, specific customized compilers, and methodologies for design space exploration, modeling, and simulation. These methodologies aim to maximize the exploitable parallelism and minimize data movement to achieve high performance and energy efficiency. This survey provides a holistic review of the most influential design methodologies and EDA tools proposed in recent years to implement Deep Learning accelerators, offering the reader a wide perspective in this rapidly evolving field. In particular, this work complements the previous survey proposed by the same authors in [203], which focuses on Deep Learning hardware accelerators for heterogeneous HPC platforms

Monitoraggio biennale degli ingressi di uova, larve e giovanili di pesci in laguna di Venezia

The distribution of early life stages of marine migrant fish is an important component to assess the ecological connectivity between the sea and the lagoon. This study of the whole ichthyoplanktonic component, the first quantitative study in the Venice lagoon, described the concentration of latter life stages (larvae and juveniles) of marine migrant fishes in lagoon waters where they reach higher densities than in the sea

AISF-SIMTI position paper on the appropriate use of albumin in patients with liver cirrhosis: a 2020 update

Since the publication in 2016 of the recommendations on the appropriate use of albumin in patients with liver cirrhosis endorsed by the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (AISF) and the Italian Association of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology (SIMTI)1,2, a considerable amount of pathophysiological and clinical data have been collected on the long-term administration of human albumin in decompensated cirrhosis. Considering the potential impact of these novel results on daily clinical practice, which will likely lead to an increase in the demand for human albumin, and taking into account the limited availability of this blood product, the two scientific associations nominated a panel of experts to review the available clinical literature and produce new practical clinical recommendations for the long-term use of human albumin in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. The level of evidence and strength of recommendation were judged according to the Grading of Recommendations Assessment Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system3. The strength of the evidence has been classified into three levels: high, moderate, and low quality, while that of the recommendation has been divided into two: strong and weak. Where there is no clear evidence, the recommendations are based on the consensus advice of the writing committee and the expert opinion(s) reported in the literature

Crafting the university experience. Application of job crafting theory to train students through behavioral change.

Purpose. In two studies we investigated (1) the role of study crafting behaviors in building resources and challenges at the origin of study engagement (2) whether interventions focused on behavioral change techniques are effective to sustain student\u2019s proactive behaviors during the university experience. We hypothesized that (1) students make self-initiated changes to the levels of their demands/resources to better align these with their own abilities, which reflect in different levels of demands/resources; (2) a tailored intervention focused on reflection and goal setting would have been effective to sustain students\u2019 crafting behaviors. Design/Methodology. In study 1, 245 students from two universities in Italy self-reported data on study demands/resources, engagement, and crafting behaviors. In study 2, 25 students took part to a crafting intervention, completing -pre -post questionnaires with the same measures of study 1. Results. Results from study 1 showed that students engaging in promotion-focused behaviors report higher cognitive focus, students\u2019 and professors\u2019 support. Results from study 2 showed that the intervention was effective to sustain students\u2019 crafting behaviors. Limitations. All study variables were assessed via self-report. Originality/Value. This research investigates whether and how students craft their study resources/demands and whether a crafting intervention among students can be effective to support their proactive self-management of demands and resources