HARDWARE CO-PROCESSORS FOR REAL-TIME AND HIGH-QUALITY H.264/AVC VIDEO CODING (2009)
M. Martina, G. Masera, L. Fanucci, S. Saponara
Real-Time and High-Quality video coding is gaining a wide interest in the research community, mainly for entertainment and leisure applications. Furthemore H.264/AVC, the most recent standard for...
M. Martina, G. Masera, A. Molino, F. Vacca, Politecnico Di Torino
new approach to compress the configuration information
Clock distribution network optimization under self-heating and timing constraints (2007)
M. R. Casu, M. Graziano, G. Masera, G. Piccinini, M. M. Prono, M. Zamboni
Abstract. Clock distribution networks appear to be affected by combination of thermally and electrically related issues. A new methodology is presented in this paper that produces optimized sizes for...
Comparative Analysis of PD-SOI Active Body-biasing Circuits (2007)
M. R. Casu, G. Masera, G. Piccinmi, M. Ruo Roch, M. Zamboni
Introduction: The body of SOl Partially Depleted MOSFET's can be biased to control the threshold dynamically. In the DTMOS [2] the operation is limited to about Vdd=0.7 V because of the forward...
M. Graziano, M. Delaurenti, G. Masera, G. Piccinini, M. Zamboni
Abstract. In the high performance integrated circuits phenomena like crosstalk, IR drops, electromigration and ground bounce are assuming increasing proportions because of the growing complexity in...
Power Supply Wire Sizing Considering Self-Heating in Bulk-to-SOI Migrated Designs (2007)
M. R. Casu, M. Graziano, G. Masera, G. Piccinini, M. Zamboni
Abstract. This work presents a case study for the investigation of the interconnects reliability while migrating from a traditional CMOS Bulk to a SOI technology. The Bulk-to-SOI migration has been...
M. Casu, M. Graziano, G. Masera, G. Piccinini, M. Zamboni
The complexity of huge-scale integrated circuits allowed by technology scaling down breeds design problems for the difficulty in managing deep-submicron drawbacks. Thermal effects have increasing...
GADNER, H, MASERA, G, SCHRAPPE, M, EDEN, T, Benoit, Yves, HARRISON, C, ...
Testing Logic Cores using a BIST P1500 Compliant Approach: A Case of Study (2005)
Bernardi, P., Masera, G., Quaglio, F., Reorda, M. Sonza
In this paper we describe how we applied a BIST-based approach to the test of a logic core to be included in System-on-a-chip (SoC) environments. The approach advantages are the ability to protect...
Testing Logic Cores using a BIST P1500 Compliant Approach: A Case of Study (2005)
Bernardi, P., Masera, G., Quaglio, F., Reorda, M. Sonza
In this paper we describe how we applied a BIST-based approach to the test of a logic core to be included in System-on-a-chip (SoC) environments. The approach advantages are the ability to protect...
Tognoni, G., Masera, G., Eden, T., Nachman, J., Gadner, H., ...
Clinical epidemiology of childhood cancer in Central America and Caribbean countries (2004)
Valsecchi, M. G., Tognoni, G., Bonilla, M., Moreno, N., Baez, F., Pacheco, C., ...
Background: Countries with scarce resources have the right to appropriate essential health care but very few reports discuss how this can be achieved. We assessed the survival of a large cohort of...
Clinical heterogeneity in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia with 11q23 rearrangements (2003)
Pui, C.H., Chessells, J.M., Camitta, B., Baruchel, A., Biondi, A., Boyett, J.M., ...
To assess the clinical heterogeneity among patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and various 11q23 abnormalities, we analyzed data on 497 infants, children and young adults treated between...
Willemse, M.J., Hop, W.C., Panzer-Grumayer, E.R., Biondi, A., Dongen, J.J. Van, Schrappe, M., ...
We performed sensitive polymerase chain reaction-based minimal residual disease (MRD) analyses on bone marrow samples at 9 follow-up time points in 71 children with T-lineage acute lymphoblastic...
Treatment of childhood Wilms' tumor without radiotherapy in Nicaragua (2002)
Baez, F., Fossati Bellani, F., Ocampo, E., Conter, V., Flores, A., Gutierrez, T., ...
Background Recent trends in therapeutic strategies for Wilms’ tumor are based on an attempt to reduce or omit radiotherapy (RT) in a sizable fraction of patients. We report here the clinical and...
Digital Circuits in a Multi-Functional SAGFET MMIC Technology (2000)
Casu, M.R., Lanzieri, C., Masera, G., Piccinini, G., Zamboni, M.
In this paper a possible implementation of digital circuits in a MMIC SAGFET/SAGHEMT technology is described. This technology has been developed at the Alenia Marconi Systems (AMS) and it is well...
A 50 Mbit/s iterative Turbo-decoder (2000)
F. Viglione, G. Masera, G. Piccinini, M. Ruo Roch, M. Zamboni
Very low bit error rate has become an important constraint in high performance communication systems that operate at very low signal to noise ratios: due to their impressive coding gains, turbo codes...
A VLSI architecture for IWT (integer wavelet transform (2000)
M. Martina, G. Masera, G. Piccinini, M. Zamboni
Abstract--This paper deals with the design of a VLSI architecture based on the Integer Wavelet Transform (IWT). Firstly some challenging features dealing with IWT are presented, namely optimal...
A 50 Mbit/s iterative Turbo-decoder (2000)
F. Viglione, G. Masera, G. Piccinini, M. Ruo Roch, M. Zamboni
Very low bit error rate has become an important constraint in high performance communication systems that operate at very low signal to noise ratios: due to their impressive coding gains, turbo codes...
Charge injection E/D MESFET structures for high speed and low power applications (1998)
Masera, G., Piccinini, G., Ruo Roch, M., Zamboni, M.
In this paper new dynamic charge injection E/D logics are presented and compared with traditional dynamic ones such as TDFL (Two Phase Dynamic Fet Logic). The main drawbacks of TDFL will be analyzed...
A Prototype VLSI Solution for Digital Terrestrial Receivers Conforming to the DVB-T Standard (1997)
Balanza, M., Chauve, N., Combelles, P., Deltoso. P., Hepper, D., Hernandez, C., ...
Baez, F., Ocampo, E., Conter, V., Flores, A., Gutierrez, T., Malta, A., ...
Background: Childhood Hodgkin's disease (HD) in low-income countries has been reported to have distinct presenting features, including a high prevalence of the mixed cellularity subtype, which also...
Masera, G., Jankovic, M., Lorigan, P.C., Woodings, P.L., Morgenstem, G.R., Scarffe, J.H.
In line 4 (Masera & Jankovic) and line 8 (Lorigan et al.) of the last paragraph, ‘400 patients’ should have read ‘100 patients’.
A Prototype VLSI Solution for Digital Terrestrial Receivers Conforming to the DVB-T Standard (1996)
Balanza, M., Chauve, N., Combelles, P., Deltoso, P., Hepper, D., Hernandez, C., ...
We consider the problems arising in clinical research on childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Given the therapeutic progress achieved over the last few decades, any improvement in the...
Gentili, D., Conter, V., Rizzari, C., Tschuemperlin, B., Zucchetti, M., Orlandoni, D., ...
Background: Monitoring L-asparagine (L-ASN) plasma levels could provide information useful for determining whether the dosage or schedule of L-asparaginase (L-ASE) administration is adequate. Very...
Pediatric oncology in developing countries: A cooperative program in Nicaragua (1993)
Masera, G., Lacayo, F. Baez, Corea, A. Malta, Hernandez, E. Ocampo, Espinoza, C. Pacheco, Espinoza, F. Silva, ...
Final height of patients who underwent bone marrow transplantation during childhood.
Cohen, A, Rovelli, A, Van-Lint, M T, Uderzo, C, Morchio, A, Pezzini, C, ...
OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact on final adult height of bone marrow transplantation. METHODS: The final height of 28 long term survivors (18 males; 10 females), allografted before or at the onset...
Prognostic significance of radiological bone involvement in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
Masera, G, Carnelli, V, Ferrari, M, Recchia, M, Bellini, F
In 98 children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, aged 1 to 12 years, the prognostic significance of radiological bone involvement was studied. The mean duration of remission and of survival was...
Leukaemic hypopyon in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia after interruption of treatment.
Masera, G, Carnelli, V, Uderzo, C, Toselli, C, Lasagni, F, Lambertenghi, E
A 7-year-old girl was successfully treated for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, and remained in remission after treatment had been completed in 3 years. Four months after cessation of treatment,...
Occurrence of circulating immune complexes in beta-thalassaemia major.
Casali, P, Borzini, P, Vergani, D, Mieli-Vergani, G, Masera, G, Zanussi, C
The presence of circulating soluble immune complexes and the level of complement were investigated in sera from 21 patients with beta-thalassaemia major, including both splenectomised and...
Role of chronic hepatitis in development of thalassaemic liver disease.
Masera, G, Jean, G, Gazzola, G, Novakova, M
Liver function and the presence of HBsAg and anti-HBsAg were studied in 90 hypertransfused thalassaemic children. Increased serum transaminases were found in 62 patients, and persisted from more than...
Sequential study of liver biopsy in thalassaemia.
Masera, G, Jean, G, Conter, V, Terzoli, S, Mauri, R A, Cazzaniga, M
Liver biopsies were performed in 47 thalassaemic children. 33 of them had laboratory findings that suggested chronic hepatitis; the other 14 patients, without such signs, underwent liver biopsies...
Haemoglobin levels and blood requirement in thalassaemia.
Gabutti, V, Piga, A, Nicola, P, Vullo, C, Capra, L, Di Palma, A, ...
The relationship between blood requirement and the mean level of maintained haemoglobin was examined in 392 patients with homozygous beta-thalassaemia. Pre- and post-transfusional haemoglobin levels...
Hepatitis B or non-A, non-B virus infection in multitransfused thalassaemic patients.
Moroni, G A, Piacentini, G, Terzoli, S, Jean, G, Masera, G
We undertook a four year study of 128 thalassaemic patients who had undergone several transfusions, to determine the incidence of hepatitis B virus markers and the activities of transaminases in...
Social integration of the older thalassaemic patient.
Politis, C, Di Palma, A, Fisfis, M, Giasanti, A, Richardson, S C, Vullo, C, ...
Because social policy favours the fullest possible social integration of chronically ill patients, we have evaluated the facilities that are needed to achieve this for patients with beta thalassaemia...
Trerè, D., Pession, A., Basso, G., Rondelli, R., Masera, G., Paolucci, G., ...
Cell proliferation rate is a well-established prognostic factor in cancer, but it has not been considered to identify the risk group of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) at presentation....