Film and Tourism. An Information System for Disclosing the Cinematographic Attractiveness of Destinations (Giulia Lavarone pp.289-291)

The Department of Cultural Heritage of the University of Padova investigated the topic of film-induced tourism in a year-long project, concluded in April 2015, titled Strumenti innovativi per la promozione turistica: film-induced tourism (Novel Tools to Promote Tourism: Film-induced Tourism). The project was financed by the Veneto Region through ESF funds. It brought together the expertise of film scholars, computer scientists and destination management experts, in partnership with public bodies (Provincia di Padova) and ICT companies. The goal of the project was to develop an information system that fosters film-induced tourism combining data about a geographical area and the movies produced in it. The system is designed as a platform to store and convey rich contents, able to address the needs of the tourist but also of stakeholders as DMOs and film commissions. The system was planned as a model for the destinations which could take advantage of a significant cinematographic background, yet are unlikely to spontaneously produce considerable film-induced tourism phenomena. The province of Padova has been used as a case study

Automatic Structure Detection and Generalization of Railway Networks

International audienceUnlike road or river networks, railway networks automatic generalization are missing to properly handle the detailed networks provided in current geo-datasets like OpenStreetMap. This paper proposes automatic methods to automatically identify key structures of railway networks, such as parallel main tracks, or fan and pack patterns inside large train stations. Then, algorithms based on the detected structures are proposed to generalize the railway networks. The algorithms are tested on real datasets, including OpenStreetMap data

SPLITAREA: an algorithm for weighted splitting of faces in the context of a planar partition

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Enrichissement automatique et généralisation de réseaux ferrés

National audienceContrairement aux réseaux routier ou hydrographique, la généralisation automatique du réseau ferré a peu été étudiée, et des réseaux très détaillés comme ceux saisis dans OpenStreetMap sont difficilement généralisables avec les méthodes existantes. Cet article propose plusieurs méthodes pour détecter automatiquement les structures clés des réseaux ferrés et pour généraliser ces réseaux tout en préservant au mieux ces structures clés, comme les formes en éventail dans les grandes gares. Ces algorithmes ont été testés sur des jeu de données réels issus d'OpenStreetMap et des données officielles de l'administration de la région de Venise en Italie

EXPERIENCES OF AUTOMATED CARTOGRAPHIC GENERALIZATION IN ITALY: TECHNIQUES AND RESULTS OF THE CARGEN PROJECT

La generalizzazione automatica è un campo di ricerca attivo da ormai oltre trenta anni. Recentemente il costante progresso delle tecniche e il miglioramento dei risultati ha portato all'introduzione di procedure di derivazione automatica all'interno dei processi produttivi di alcuni enti cartografici europei. Questo articolo illustra lo stato della ricerca nel campo della generalizzazione cartografica automatica in Italia e mostra come anche nel nostro paese si stiano conseguendo risultati significativi; in particolare verranno descritti i progressi del progetto CARGEN, che studia la derivazione alla scala 1:25000 e 1:50000 del DBT nazionale.The achievements in the field of automated cartographic generalization have recently lead to the actual deployment of automatic processes in the production workflow of some European NMAs. This article describes the state of the research on automated cartographic generalization in Italy, focusing in particular on the results of the CARGEN project, studying the generalization of the National DBT to the 1:25000 and 1:50000 scales

IRQ Coloring: Mitigating Interrupt-Generated Interference on ARM Multicore Platforms

Mixed-criticality systems, which consolidate workloads with different criticalities, must comply with stringent spatial and temporal isolation requirements imposed by safety-critical standards (e.g., ISO26262). This, per se, has proven to be a challenge with the advent of multicore platforms due to the inner interference created by multiple subsystems while disputing access to shared resources. With this work, we pioneer the concept of Interrupt (IRQ) coloring as a novel mechanism to minimize the interference created by co-existing interrupt-driven workloads. The main idea consists of selectively deactivating specific ("colored") interrupts if the QoS of critical workloads (e.g., Virtual Machines) drops below a well-defined threshold. The IRQ Coloring approach encompasses two artifacts, i.e., the IRQ Coloring Design-Time Tool (IRQ DTT) and the IRQ Coloring Run-Time Mechanism (IRQ RTM). In this paper, we focus on presenting the conceptual IRQ coloring design, describing the first prototype of the IRQ RTM on Bao hypervisor, and providing initial evidence about the effectiveness of the proposed approach on a synthetic use case

IRQ Coloring and the Subtle Art of Mitigating Interrupt-generated Interference

Integrating workloads with differing criticality levels presents a formidable challenge in achieving the stringent spatial and temporal isolation requirements imposed by safety-critical standards such as ISO26262. The shift towards high-performance multicore platforms has been posing increasing issues to the so-called mixed-criticality systems (MCS) due to the reciprocal interference created by consolidated subsystems vying for access to shared (microarchitectural) resources (e.g., caches, bus interconnect, memory controller). The research community has acknowledged all these challenges. Thus, several techniques, such as cache partitioning and memory throttling, have been proposed to mitigate such interference; however, these techniques have some drawbacks and limitations that impact performance, memory footprint, and availability. In this work, we look from a different perspective. Departing from the observation that safety-critical workloads are typically event- and thus interrupt-driven, we mask "colored" interrupts based on the \ac{QoS} assessment, providing fine-grain control to mitigate interference on critical workloads without entirely suspending non-critical workloads. We propose the so-called IRQ coloring technique. We implement and evaluate the IRQ Coloring on a reference high-performance multicore platform, i.e., Xilinx ZCU102. Results demonstrate negligible performance overhead, i.e., <1% for a 100 microseconds period, and reasonable throughput guarantees for medium-critical workloads. We argue that the IRQ coloring technique presents predictability and intermediate guarantees advantages compared to state-of-art mechanismsComment: 10 pages, 9 figures, 2 table

Antimicrobial resistance among migrants in Europe: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are rising globally and there is concern that increased migration is contributing to the burden of antibiotic resistance in Europe. However, the effect of migration on the burden of AMR in Europe has not yet been comprehensively examined. Therefore, we did a systematic review and meta-analysis to identify and synthesise data for AMR carriage or infection in migrants to Europe to examine differences in patterns of AMR across migrant groups and in different settings. METHODS: For this systematic review and meta-analysis, we searched MEDLINE, Embase, PubMed, and Scopus with no language restrictions from Jan 1, 2000, to Jan 18, 2017, for primary data from observational studies reporting antibacterial resistance in common bacterial pathogens among migrants to 21 European Union-15 and European Economic Area countries. To be eligible for inclusion, studies had to report data on carriage or infection with laboratory-confirmed antibiotic-resistant organisms in migrant populations. We extracted data from eligible studies and assessed quality using piloted, standardised forms. We did not examine drug resistance in tuberculosis and excluded articles solely reporting on this parameter. We also excluded articles in which migrant status was determined by ethnicity, country of birth of participants' parents, or was not defined, and articles in which data were not disaggregated by migrant status. Outcomes were carriage of or infection with antibiotic-resistant organisms. We used random-effects models to calculate the pooled prevalence of each outcome. The study protocol is registered with PROSPERO, number CRD42016043681. FINDINGS: We identified 2274 articles, of which 23 observational studies reporting on antibiotic resistance in 2319 migrants were included. The pooled prevalence of any AMR carriage or AMR infection in migrants was 25·4% (95% CI 19·1-31·8; I2 =98%), including meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (7·8%, 4·8-10·7; I2 =92%) and antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (27·2%, 17·6-36·8; I2 =94%). The pooled prevalence of any AMR carriage or infection was higher in refugees and asylum seekers (33·0%, 18·3-47·6; I2 =98%) than in other migrant groups (6·6%, 1·8-11·3; I2 =92%). The pooled prevalence of antibiotic-resistant organisms was slightly higher in high-migrant community settings (33·1%, 11·1-55·1; I2 =96%) than in migrants in hospitals (24·3%, 16·1-32·6; I2 =98%). We did not find evidence of high rates of transmission of AMR from migrant to host populations. INTERPRETATION: Migrants are exposed to conditions favouring the emergence of drug resistance during transit and in host countries in Europe. Increased antibiotic resistance among refugees and asylum seekers and in high-migrant community settings (such as refugee camps and detention facilities) highlights the need for improved living conditions, access to health care, and initiatives to facilitate detection of and appropriate high-quality treatment for antibiotic-resistant infections during transit and in host countries. Protocols for the prevention and control of infection and for antibiotic surveillance need to be integrated in all aspects of health care, which should be accessible for all migrant groups, and should target determinants of AMR before, during, and after migration. FUNDING: UK National Institute for Health Research Imperial Biomedical Research Centre, Imperial College Healthcare Charity, the Wellcome Trust, and UK National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare-associated Infections and Antimictobial Resistance at Imperial College London

Association between preoperative evaluation with lung ultrasound and outcome in frail elderly patients undergoing orthopedic surgery for hip fractures: study protocol for an Italian multicenter observational prospective study (LUSHIP)

Hip fracture is one of the most common orthopedic causes of hospital admission in frail elderly patients. Hip fracture fixation in this class of patients is considered a high-risk procedure. Preoperative physical examination, plasma natriuretic peptide levels (BNP, Pro-BNP), and cardiovascular scoring systems (ASA-PS, RCRI, NSQIP-MICA) have all been demonstrated to underestimate the risk of postoperative complications. We designed a prospective multicenter observational study to assess whether preoperative lung ultrasound examination can predict better postoperative events thanks to the additional information they provide in the form of "indirect" and "direct" cardiac and pulmonary lung ultrasound signs