Neural Network Approach to Forecast Hourly Intense Rainfall Using GNSS Precipitable Water Vapor and Meteorological Sensors

This work presents a methodology for the short-term forecast of intense rainfall based on a neural network and the integration of Global Navigation and Positioning System (GNSS) and meteorological data. Precipitable water vapor (PWV) derived from GNSS is combined with surface pressure, surface temperature and relative humidity obtained continuously from a ground-based meteorological station. Five years of GNSS data from one station in Lisbon, Portugal, are processed. Data for precipitation forecast are also collected from the meteorological station.

SUNBIM evolution: new tools for a reliable (GI)SAXS/(GI)WAXS data reduction

SUNBIM (Supramolecular and sUbmolecular Nano- and Biomaterials X-ray IMaging) is a computer suite of integrated programs which, through a user-friendly graphical interface, is able to perform a number of functions for (GI)SAXS-(GI)WAXS data analysis [1] such as: centering, q-scale calibration, two-dimensional to one-dimensional folding of small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS/WAXS) data, also in grazing-incidence (GISAXS/GIWAXS); indexing of two-dimensional GISAXS frames and extraction of one-dimensional GISAXS profiles along specific cuts; quantitative scanning microscopy in absorption

Forensic analysis of Microsoft Skype for Business

We present three case studies to illustrate a methodology for conducting forensics investigation on Microsoft Skype for Business. The proposed methodology helps to retrieve information on chat and audio communications made by any account who accessed the PC, to retrieve IP addresses and communication routes for all the participants of a call, and to retrieve forensics evidence to identify the end-user devices of a VoIP call by analyzing the CODECs exchanged by the clients during the SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) handshaking phase.

COVID-19 cumulative incidence, intensive care, and mortality in Italian regions compared to selected European countries

Background: The high contagiousness and rapid spreading of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a high number of critical to severe life-threatening cases, which required urgent hospital admission and treatment in intensive care units (ICUs). The pandemic has been a tough test for all European national health systems and their capability to provide an adequate reaction. Methods: The present work aims to reveal correlations between parameters such as COVID-19 incidence, ICU bed occupancy, ICU excess area, and mortality in Italian regions.

Qualitative analysis and numerical approximation of an optimal control model for invasivespecies

Invasive species cause huge amounts of environmental, economic, social and cultural damage in Europe and worldwide. Improving measures to control them is an ongoing challenge, and mathematical modeling and optimization are becoming increasingly popular as a tool to assist management (1; 2; 4). We analyse an optimal control model for the control of invasive species which aims to find the best temporal resource allocation strategy for the population reduction, under a budget constraint (3).