Ground-based SAR for short and long term monitoring of unstable slopes

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimiliano Pieraccini ◽  
Guido Luzi ◽  
Daniele Mecatti ◽  
Linhsia Noferini ◽  
Carlo Atzeni
Keyword(s):  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Term Monitoring

Transpiration of trees and forest stands: short and long-term monitoring using sapflow methods

1996 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. GRANIER ◽  
P. BIRON ◽  
N. BREDA ◽  
J.-Y. PONTAILLER ◽  
B. SAUGIER
Keyword(s):  
Forest Stands ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Term Monitoring

CFRP Strengthening and Long-Term Monitoring of an Old Metallic Roadway Bridge in Melbourne

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elyas Ghafoori ◽  
Ardalan Hosseini ◽  
Riadh Al-Mahaidi ◽  
Xiao-Ling Zhao ◽  
Masoud Motavalli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Tensile Stress ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fibre Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Heavy Truck ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
One Year ◽  
Term Monitoring

<p>This study gives an overview on carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) strengthening and wireless sensor network (WSN) monitoring of a 121-year-old metallic roadway bridge in Melbourne, Australia. A flat prestressed unbonded retrofit (FPUR) system was developed to apply prestressed CFRP plates to the steel cross-girders of Diamond-Creek Bridge. The bridge is subjected to daily passenger and heavy truck vehicles. Sets of laboratory tests were performed to examine the efficiency and fatigue performance of the proposed FPUR system, prior to its installation on the bridge. Furthermore, in order to demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed retrofit technique, the bridge was instrumented with different types of sensors (including strain gauges, temperature and humidity sensors), and short- and long-term measurements were performed. As for short-term measurements, the bridge was loaded by a 42.5-tonne semi-trailer before and after strengthening. For the long-term monitoring, a WSN system was used to monitor the prestress level in the CFRP reinforcements for at least one year. The CFRP plates were prestressed up to about 980 MPa (38% of the CFRP ultimate strength), which resulted in about 50% reduction in the maximum tensile stress in the bottom flanges of the strengthened I-girders. The results of the short- and long-term measurements in this study showed that the proposed FPUR system can be very effective for flexural and fatigue strengthening of such bridge girders.</p>

scholarly journals A Smart Mirror for Emotion Monitoring in Home Environments

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (22) ◽  
pp. 7453
Author(s):  
Simone Bianco ◽  
Luigi Celona ◽  
Gianluigi Ciocca ◽  
Davide Marelli ◽  
Paolo Napoletano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Authentication Protocol ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Home Environments ◽  
Learning Technique ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Term Monitoring

Smart mirrors are devices that can display any kind of information and can interact with the user using touch and voice commands. Different kinds of smart mirrors exist: general purpose, medical, fashion, and other task specific ones. General purpose smart mirrors are suitable for home environments but the exiting ones offer similar, limited functionalities. In this paper, we present a general-purpose smart mirror that integrates several functionalities, standard and advanced, to support users in their everyday life. Among the advanced functionalities are the capabilities of detecting a person’s emotions, the short- and long-term monitoring and analysis of the emotions, a double authentication protocol to preserve the privacy, and the integration of Alexa Skills to extend the applications of the smart mirrors. We exploit a deep learning technique to develop most of the smart functionalities. The effectiveness of the device is demonstrated by the performances of the implemented functionalities, and the evaluation in terms of its usability with real users.

scholarly journals Annual and Seasonal Changes in the Structure of Litter-Dwelling Ant Assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Atlantic Semideciduous Forests

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flávio Siqueira de Castro ◽  
Alexandre Bahia Gontijo ◽  
Paulo de Tarso Amorim Castro ◽  
Sérvio Pontes Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Climatic Changes ◽  
Litter Layer ◽  
Semideciduous Forest ◽  
Species Numbers ◽  
Open Forest ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Term Monitoring ◽  
Dry And Rainy Seasons

We surveyed ant fauna in the leaf litter in an Atlantic Semideciduous forest in the State Park of Rio Doce (PERD). The work aimed to produce basic information about habitat effects on diversity, as well as about how the ant fauna in a such buffered forest habitat, as the litter layer, could respond the climate variation in a short and long term. We sampled two years in two distinct forest physiognomies, which respond to different geomorphologic backgrounds, in dry and rainy seasons. Species composition, richness and abundance of these forests were distinct. However, both forests hosted similar numbers of rare and specialized, habitat demanding species, thus suggesting both are similarly well preserved, despite distinct physiognomies. However, the lower and more open forest was, more susceptible to dry season effects, showing a steeper decline in species numbers in such season, but similar numbers in the wet seasons. The pattern varied between years, which corroborates the hypothesis of a strongly variable community in response to subtle climatic variation among years. The present results are baselines for future long term monitoring projects, and could support protocols for early warnings of global climatic changes effects on biodiversity.

scholarly journals A case of generalized lipodystrophy-associated progeroid syndrome treated by leptin replacement with short and long-term monitoring of the metabolic and endocrine profiles

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-218
Author(s):  
Takahiro Fukaishi ◽  
Isao Minami ◽  
Seizaburo Masuda ◽  
Yasutaka Miyachi ◽  
Kazutaka Tsujimoto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Progeroid Syndrome ◽  
Endocrine Profiles ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Term Monitoring

scholarly journals Features of Distribution of the Tularemia Infection in the Rostov Region

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 37-40
Author(s):  
E. V. Kovalev ◽  
G. V. Karpushchenko ◽  
M. M. Schwager ◽  
A. V. Polonsky ◽  
V. V. Sidelnikov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Diagnosis ◽  
Effective Mechanism ◽  
Rostov Region ◽  
Large Outbreak ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Long Term Prognosis ◽  
Low Coverage ◽  
Term Monitoring

Since 1933 in the Rostov region, the official registration of tularemia began. In 1964-1949 the highest incidence was noted. Since 1947, they have been vaccinated against tularemia. In 1966 to 1973, there were no cases of tularemia. In July-August 1993, a large outbreak of tularemia (more than 200 people) was recorded. Until early 2017, the epidemic situation in tularemia in the Rostov region, according to the data of long-term monitoring, was assessed as stable, but low coverage with vaccinations against tularemia, both in the population of endemic territories and in individuals of certain professional categories was recorded. In january 2017, two residents of Rostov-on-Don received a clinical diagnosis of «tularemia». In june and july 2017, three cases of tularemia were reported. The most effective mechanism for preventing the spread of tularemia remains vaccination of the population from the contingent of risk. We consider it advisable to conduct studies of the immunity to tularemia in the population vaccinated in the last five years, to significantly increase the reliability of short- and long-term prognosis for tularemia in the region.

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