fondazione bruno kessler

About: fondazione bruno kessler is a facility organization based out in Trento, Italy. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Silicon photomultiplier & Detector. The organization has 1145 authors who have published 4730 publications receiving 94404 citations. The organization is also known as: Trentino Institute of Culture.

Appendix C: Ritchie Theory

Abstract: The Ritchie theory describes the relationship between the dielectric function and the electron energy loss in a solid. In this chapter we describe the Ritchie theory.

Information Usefulness as a Strategy for Action Selection in Health Dialogues

Abstract: The design of effective strategies for managing information within the healthcare domain presents more complex challenges with respect to the classic conversation paradigm. One of such challenges is the capability of an agent of adapting its behavior based on the context in which it is deployed. For example, while some agents have to be able to acquire enough knowledge to reduce as much as possible its uncertainty on the situation (e.g. diagnosis), an agent that deals with risky situations (e.g. asthma self-management) has to be able to reduce as much as possible the number of interactions with the patient to quickly detect those situations. In this paper, we propose a framework that supports the development of intelligent conversational agents within the healthcare domain. We introduce our framework through the use of a running example, showing how an agent acts in the conversation based on its background knowledge and on the information that it acquires from the patient. Then, we describe the framework by providing the definition and the rationale of each component. Finally, we evaluated the metric we proposed for selecting the next action with respect to a set of baselines.

Evidence of mechanical degradation in microelectromechanical switches subjected to long-term stresses

Abstract: This paper presents an analysis of the degradation of Radio Frequency (RF) Microelectromechanical Switches (MEMS) subjected to long term stresses We report the results obtained on two different types of devices respectively with (a) straight and (b) meander anchors Results show that the different degradation induced during the long term stresses can be related to the different mechanical conformation of the two typologies In particular, the use of straight anchors results in a better robustness towards viscoelastic mechanical degradation and in a higher reliability to stiction phenomenon during long term stresses

A Comprehensive Approach to On-board Autonomy Verification and Validation

Abstract: Deep space missions are characterized by severely constrained communication links. To meet the needs of future missions and increase their scientific return, future space systems will require an in...