A. Di Giorgio

Peritoneal carcinomatosis: imaging with 64-MDCT and 3T MRI with diffusion-weighted imaging

Peritoneal carcinomatosis is usually associated with a poor overall survival rate. Recently, introduction of more aggressive surgical treatment and intraperitoneal chemotherapy appears to significantly increase the overall survival rate for these patients. A detailed preoperative assessment of peritoneal carcinomatosis could be very challenging in the field of imaging, but a new aggressive surgical approach requires an accurate preoperative assessment of the disease. Cross-sectional imaging using CT and MRI with diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) sequences is important for appropriate management of patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis. Appreciation of the spectrum of diagnostic patterns and pitfalls as well as different sites of involvement of peritoneal carcinomatosis using CT and DWI is crucial for appropriate surgical treatment.

Optimal Planning and Routing in Medium Voltage PowerLine Communications Networks

This paper deals with the problem of deploying a PowerLine Communication (PLC) network over a medium voltage (MV) power grid. The PLC network is used to connect the end nodes (ENs) of the MV grid to the service provider by means of PLC network nodes enabled as access points. In particular, a network planning problem is faced wherein we require to define the PLC network topology by deciding which MV network nodes are to be enabled as access points. An optimization problem is then formulated, which minimizes the cost of enabling the access points and maximizes the reliability of PLC network paths in a multi-objective optimization fashion. This work also considers resiliency (i.e., it guarantees the PLC network connectivity even in case of link faults) and capacity constraints (i.e., it checks that there are enough resources to transmit the estimated amount of traffic over the PLC network paths). As a byproduct, the optimization algorithm also returns the optimal routing. Simulations based on realistic MV network topologies validate the proposed approach.

A Future Internet oriented user centric extended intelligent transportation system

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are changing the way people plan a journey and travel around the world. Advanced mobility information systems, as well as intelligent multimodal mobility services, may take considerable advantage of consolidated technologies from emerging ICT frameworks. In this paper we propose an Extended Intelligent Transportation System (ExITS) consisting of a basic ITS equipped with a User Centric Control System (UCCS). The proposed ExITS relies on service personalization methodologies and is conceived as a Future Internet (FI) oriented, closed-loop, user centric architecture integrating and controlling ITS services. The proposed UCCS considers the trip planning service and takes into account both explicit and implicit user preferences in selecting travel solutions satisfying a given user request. The aim of the UCCS is to drive the trip planning service in proposing to the user travel typologies tailored to personal preferences. Implicit preferences are automatically inducted by similarity based unsupervised machine learning techniques and verified by a closed-loop control mechanism triggered by explicit user feedback.

Local energy management system: Control scheme and loads modeling

In this work we present a general control scheme for the management of an energy community and a load modeling approach. We adopt a multilevel control scheme in which the first level computes the energy consumption set point towards the second level and the generation planning towards the energy sources, the second level is in charge of local loads scheduling and micro-generation planning.

QoS Management of Multicast and Broadcast Services in Next Generation Networks

This paper analyses the current developments in terms of telecommunication networks design and investigates their limits concerning the control and management of multicast flows. An innovative approach is then introduced to extend the current architectures, so far mainly focused on unicast services, to handle multicast and broadcast services in a heterogeneous networks environment. The proposed solution aims at guaranteeing End-to-End QoS, efficiently handling the underlying network resources and integrating the emerging broadcast technologies in both intra and inter-domain scenarios. The paper is centered on the results achieved within the IST/FP6 Integrated Project DAIDALOS II (Designing Advanced network Interfaces for the Delivery and Administration of Location independent, Optimized personal Services ).

Two synchronous adenocarcinomas of the small bowel in a patient with undiagnosed Crohn's disease of the terminal ileum

A small but significant excess of deaths for tumors of the digestive system has been described in Crohns disease. In a study analyzing all cancers of the small intestine within a defined population, Crohns disease was the major underlying factor for cancer of the small intestine. Areas of the small intestine containing strictures are unusually prone to malignant transformation. We report the rare case of a patient in whom surgery for intestinal occlusion disclosed Crohns disease of the distal ileum complicated by two adenocarcinomas arising within distinct areas of the inflamed bowel.

On the integration of small scale storage at home: Electrical and control design

The present paper provides an insight on how the electric Energy Storage Systems (ESSs) can be integrated from the electrical and control point of view in household environment. The paper covers both the infrastructural and methodological aspects related to this integration, focusing on electrical and control design issues. A cost benefit analysis, in reference to some possible functions demanded to the ESS, implementable thanks to the electrical and control equipment described, gives a measure of the effectiveness of ESS integration in household environment.

What caused gastrointestinal bleeding in a woman with a history of pleural mesothelioma? Metastatic diffuse epithelioid mesothelioma.

A 72-year-old white woman was admitted to the university hospital with malaria. Her medical history highlighted a pleural mesothelioma diagnosed 2 years earlier and treated by left thoracotomy with chest wall and diaphragm resection followed by four courses of …