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A 3D real-Time quality inspection platform that specifically focus on automotive cast iron parts was developed for the industry and is presented in this work. It is supported by a cloud-based platform, which combines recent software and hardware advances to deal with large amounts of information related to the acquisition process and the computational power needed to execute the computer vision platform algorithms (e.g., point cloud filtering, alignment, and comparison). This platform introduces changes in the current workflow through the inspection process digitalization. Indeed, it promotes the reduction of human-related inspection errors, as well as ergonomic issues, while simultaneously making available a solution for the automatic gathering and storing of data in a cloud-like environment, for further access and advanced data analytics.

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This paper proposes a roadmap to integrate existing educational web applications into the ecosystem based on a learning management system. To achieve this integration, applications must support the Learning Tools Interoperability specification in the role of tool provider. The paper starts with an overview of the evolution of this specification, emphasizing the main features of the current stable version. Then, it proposes a set of design goals and milestones to guide the adaptation process. The proposed roadmap was validated with existing applications. This paper reports on the challenges faced to apply it in these concrete cases.

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With continuous technological advancement, multihomed devices are becoming common. They can connect simultaneously to multiple networks through different interfaces. However, since TCP sessions are bound to one interface per device, it hampers applications from taking advantage of all the available connected networks. This has been solved by MPTCP, introduced as a seamless extension to TCP, allowing more reliable sessions and enhanced throughput. However, MPTCP comes with an inherent risk, as it becomes easier to fragment attacks towards evading NIDS. This paper presents a study of how MPTCP can be used to evade NIDS through simple cross-path attacks. It also introduces tools to facilitate assessing MPTCP-based services in diverse network topologies using an emulation environment. Finally, a new solution is proposed to prevent cross-path attacks through uncoordinated networks. This solution consists of a hostlevel plugin that allows MPTCP sessions only through trusted networks, even in the presence of a NAT.

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Cervical cancer has been among the most common causes of cancer death in women. Screening tests such as liquid-based cytology (LBC) were responsible for a substantial decrease in mortality rates. Still, visual examination of cervical cells on microscopic slides is a time-consuming, ambiguous and challenging task, aggravated by inadequate sample quality (e.g. low cellularity or the presence of obscuring factors like blood or inflammation). While most works in the literature are focused on the automated detection of cervical lesions to support diagnosis, to the best of our knowledge, none of them address the automated assessment of sample adequacy, as established by The Bethesda System (TBS) guidelines. This work proposes a new methodology for automated adequacy assessment of cervical cytology samples. Since the most common reason for rejecting samples is the low count of the squamous nucleus, our approach relies on a deep learning object detection model for the detection and counting of different types of nuclei present in LBC samples. A dataset of 41 samples with a total of 42387 nuclei manually annotated by experienced specialists was used, and the best solution proposed achieved promising results for the automated detection of squamous nuclei (AP of 82.4%, Accuracy of 79.8%, Recall of 73.8% and Fl score of 81.5%). Additionally, by merging the developed automated cell counting approach with the adequacy criteria stated by the TBS guidelines, we validated our approach by correctly classifying an entire subset of 12 samples as adequate or inadequate.

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Portugal will build the warm support and access structure (WSS) to the mid-infrared, first generation ELT instrument METIS. The particular characteristics of METIS and the ELT pose several challenges to designing the WSS according to requirements, as well challenges to the assembly and integration of the WSS. We here provide you an overview of those challenges, as well as strategies to overcome and mitigate issues related to the mass and dimensions of the WSS.

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In the context of bridge management, three main types of maintenance actions can be considered. Maintenance actions can be taken preventively before the predefined limit condition is reached, or as a corrective measure in case those limits have been reached. The third possibility corresponds to the so-called doing nothing scenario, in which no action is taken on the bridge. To be able to implement preventive maintenance, it is necessary to know the current condition of the bridge, as well as to be able to predict its performance. On the other hand, it is also important to be able to identify potentially threatening events that might occur in the analysis life period. This paper describes an integrated methodology to help bridge managers in defining an efficient maintenance program, considering the specific case of a railway bridge. The novelty of the methodology is focused on updating an existing methodology proposed by COST TU1406, by extending it to railway bridges and also by including the resilience analysis in case of a sudden event occurrence. The analysis considers a multi-hazard future scenario, in which a flood event occurs while corrosion phenomena were already in place. The results show the feasibility of the proposed methodology as a support for the establishment of an efficient maintenance schedule to prevent bridge severe degradation, as well as to establish recovery plans in case of a sudden event.