Genetic non-invasive sampling (gNIS) as a cost-effective tool for monitoring...
AbstractGenetic non-invasive sampling (gNIS) may provide valuable information for population monitoring, as it allows inferences of population density and key behavioural traits such as dispersal,...
View ArticleCattle-driven forest disturbances impact ensemble composition and activity...
Abstract Forests can be modified by fine-scale disturbances such as those prompted by cattle grazing, but their impacts on biodiversity are far from being understood. Here, we investigate the response...
View ArticleLow prevalence of relevant associated articular lesions in patients with...
AbstractPurposeTo define the prevalence of associated articular injuries in patients with severe (Rockwood’s III–VI) acute acromioclavicular joint injuries and to find out how many of these were...
View ArticleA No-Reference Quality Metric for Retinal Vessel Tree Segmentation
AbstractDue to inevitable differences between the data used for training modern CAD systems and the data encountered when they are deployed in clinical scenarios, the ability to automatically assess...
View ArticleUOLO - Automatic Object Detection and Segmentation in Biomedical Images
AbstractWe propose UOLO, a novel framework for the simultaneous detection and segmentation of structures of interest in medical images. UOLO consists of an object segmentation module which intermediate...
View ArticleLearned Pre-processing for Automatic Diabetic Retinopathy Detection on Eye...
AbstractDiabetic Retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in the working-age population of the world. The main aim of this paper is to improve the accuracy of Diabetic Retinopathy detection by...
View ArticleImproving Lesion Segmentation for Diabetic Retinopathy Using Adversarial...
AbstractDiabetic Retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of blindness in working age adults. DR lesions can be challenging to identify in fundus images, and automatic DR detection systems can offer strong...
View ArticleAn Integrated Perspective of the Operational Forecasting System in Rías...
AbstractRías Baixas is a coastal region located in northwestern Spain (Galicia), between Cape Fisterra and the Portugal-Spain border. Its rich natural resources, which are key for the welfare of the...
View ArticleMycobiota and mycotoxins in Portuguese pork, goat and sheep dry-cured hams
AbstractThe objectives of the present work were to survey, for the first time, the contamination of Portuguese fresh and dry-cured meat products with ochratoxin A (OTA) and aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), and to...
View ArticleCollision Avoidance System with Obstacles and Humans to Collaborative Robots...
Abstract The collaboration between humans and machines, where humans can share the same work environment without safety equipment due to the collision avoidance characteristic is one of the research...
View ArticleFog Computing in Real Time Resource Limited IoT Environments
AbstractCloud computing is omnipresent and plays an important role in today’s world of Internet of Things (IoT). Several IoT devices and their applications already run and communicate through the...
View ArticleA Power Efficient IoT Edge Computing Solution for Cooking Oil Recycling
AbstractThis paper presents an efficient, battery-powered, low-cost, and context-aware IoT edge computing solution tailored for monitoring a real enterprise cooking oil collecting infrastructure. The...
View ArticleFirst report of Ericotrombidium ibericense in domestic dogs
AbstractPurposeLarval stages of trombiculid mites infest a wide variety of wild and domestic animals. The most common clinical signs related with the presence of these parasites are alopecia, crusts,...
View ArticleFunctional renormalization group study of the critical region of the...
AbstractThe critical region of the two flavour quark-meson model with vector interactions is explored using the Functional Renormalization Group, a non-perturbative method that takes into account...
View ArticleThe strange critical endpoint and isentropic trajectories in an extended PNJL...
AbstractIn this work, we explore the possible existence of several critical endpoints in the phase diagram of strongly interacting matter using an extended PNJL model with ’t Hooft determinant and...
View ArticlePromotion of Self-care Management in the Person with COPD: Systematic...
AbstractThe evolution of health, is defined not only by changes resulting from behaviors, but mainly by how the person becomes more active in the role they play for their health, promoting an increase...
View ArticleKiwifruit bacterial canker: an integrative view focused on biocontrol strategies
AbstractMain conclusionPhage-based biocontrol strategies can be an effective alternative to control Psa-induced bacterial canker of kiwifruit.AbstractThe global production of kiwifruit has been...
View ArticleMicromouse 3D simulator with dynamics capability: a Unity environment approach
AbstractThe micromouse competition has been gaining prominence in the robotic atmosphere, due to the challenging and multidisciplinary characteristics provided by the teams’ duels, being a gateway for...
View ArticlePhase diagram for strongly interacting matter in the presence of a magnetic...
AbstractWe study the phase diagram for strongly interacting matter using the ’t Hooft determinant extended Nambu–Jona-Lasinio model with a Polyakov loop in the light and strange quark sectors (up, down...
View ArticleHemodynamic Studies in Coronary Artery Models Manufactured by 3D Printing
AbstractAtherosclerosis is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. It is a chronic inflammatory disease of the arterial wall that progressively reduces the lumen size because of plaque formation....
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