2024
Authors
Pinheiro, C; Figueiredo, J; Pereira, T; Santos, CP;
Publication
ROBOT 2023: SIXTH IBERIAN ROBOTICS CONFERENCE, VOL 2
Abstract
Biofeedback is a promising tool to complement conventional physical therapy by fostering active participation of neurologically impaired patients during treatment. This work aims at a user-centered design and usability assessment for different age groups of a novel wearable augmented reality application composed of a multimodal sensor network and corresponding control strategies for personalized biofeedback during gait training. The proposed solution includes wearable AR glasses that deliver visual cues controlled in real-time according to mediolateral center of mass position, sagittal ankle angle, or tibialis anterior muscle activity from inertial and EMG sensors. Control strategies include positive and negative reinforcement conditions and are based on the user's performance by comparing real-time sensor data with an automatically user-personalized threshold. The proposed solution allows ambulatory practice on daily scenarios, physiotherapists' involvement through a laptop screen, and contributes to further benchmark biofeedback regarding the type of sensor. Although old healthy adults with low academic degrees have a preference for guidance from an expert person, excellent usability scores (SUS scores: 81.25-96.87) were achieved with young and middle-aged healthy adults and one neurologically impaired patient.
2024
Authors
De Jesus, G; Nunes, S;
Publication
3rd Annual Meeting of the ELRA-ISCA Special Interest Group on Under-Resourced Languages, SIGUL 2024 at LREC-COLING 2024 - Workshop Proceedings
Abstract
This paper introduces Labadain-30k+, a monolingual dataset comprising 33.6k documents in Tetun, a low-resource language spoken in Timor-Leste. The dataset was acquired through web crawling and augmented with Wikipedia documents released by Wikimedia. Both sets of documents underwent thorough manual audits at the document level by native Tetun speakers, resulting in the construction of a Tetun text dataset well-suited for a variety of natural language processing and information retrieval tasks. This dataset was employed to conduct a comprehensive content analysis aimed at providing a nuanced understanding of document composition and the evolution of Tetun documents on the web. The analysis revealed that news articles constitute the predominant documents within the dataset, accounting for 89.87% of the total, followed by Wikipedia documents at 4.34%, and legal and governmental documents at 3.65%, among others. Notably, there was a substantial increase in the number of documents in 2020, indicating 11.75 percentage points rise in document quantity, compared to an average of 4.76 percentage points per year from 2001 to 2023. Moreover, the year 2017, marked by the increased popularity of online news in Tetun, served as a threshold for analyzing the evolution of document writing on the web pre- and post-2017, specifically regarding vocabulary usage. Surprisingly, this analysis showed a significant increase of 6.12 percentage points in the Tetun written adhering to the Tetun official standard. Additionally, the persistence of Portuguese loanwords in that trajectory remained evident, reflecting an increase of 5.09 percentage points. © 2024 ELRA Language Resource Association.
2024
Authors
Fernandes, L; Cetinaslan, O; Coelho, A;
Publication
PROCEEDINGS SIGGRAPH ASIA 2024 TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS
Abstract
We propose a solution for generating dynamic heightmap data to simulate deformations for soft objects, with a focus on the human skin. The solution utilizes mesostructure-level wrinkles and procedural textures to add static microstructure details. It offers flexibility beyond human skin during animations to mimic other material deformations, such as leather and rubber. Various methods suffer from self-intersections and increased storage requirements during synthesizing wrinkles. Although manual intervention using wrinkles and tension maps offers control, it lacks information on principal deformation directions. Physics-based simulations can generate detailed wrinkle maps, but may limit artistic control. Our research presents a procedural method to enhance the generation of dynamic deformation patterns, including wrinkles, with better control and without reliance on captured data. Incorporating static procedural patterns improves realism, and the proposed approach can be used in other application areas.
2024
Authors
Pensado, E; López, F; Jorge, H; Pinto, A;
Publication
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AEROSPACE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
Abstract
This article presents a real-time trajectory optimizer for shore-to-ship operations using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). This concept aims to improve the efficiency of the transportation system by using UAVs to carry out parcel deliveries to offshore ships. During these operations, UAVs would fly relatively close to manned vessels, posing significant risks to the crew in the event of any incident. Additionally, in these areas, UAVs are exposed to meteorological phenomena such as wind gusts, which may compromise the stability of the flight and lead to potential collisions. Furthermore, this is a phenomenon difficult to predict, which poses a risk that must be considered in the operations. For these reasons, this work proposes a gust-aware multi-objective optimization solution for calculating fast and safe trajectories, considering the risk of flying in areas prone to the formation of intense gusts. Moreover, the system establishes a risk buffer with respect to all vessels to ensure compliance with EASA (European Union Aviation Safety Agency) regulations. For this purpose, Automatic Identification System (AIS) data are used to determine the position and velocity of the different vessels, and trajectory calculations are periodically updated based on their motion. The system computes the minimum-cost trajectory between the ground base and a moving destination ship while keeping these risk buffer constraints. The problem was solved through an Optimal Control formulation discretized on a dynamic graph with time-dependent costs and constraints. The solution was obtained using a Reaching Method that allowed efficient and real-time computations.
2024
Authors
Jesus, B; Cerveira, A; Santos, E; Baptista, J;
Publication
2024 IEEE 22ND MEDITERRANEAN ELECTROTECHNICAL CONFERENCE, MELECON 2024
Abstract
Motivated by the imperative of sustainable practices, the wine industry is increasingly adopting renewable energy technologies to address environmental concerns and ensure its long-term viability amidst rising fossil fuel costs and greenhouse gas emissions. Hybrid renewable energy systems (HRES) have emerged as a solution to improve energy efficiency and mitigate the variability of renewable resources, allowing for better system load factors, greater stability of power supply, and optimized use of infrastructure. Therefore, this study aims to design a HRES that integrates solar and wind energy to sustainably fed an irrigation system in a favorable technical-economic context. This research presents a Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) model that optimizes the profit generated by a grid-connected HRES over 20 years and obtains the optimal system sizing. The study focuses on the farm Quinta do Vallado, Portugal, and examines two distinct Cases. Over 20 years, the implementation of the hybrid system has resulted in savings of approximately 61%.
2024
Authors
Russo, N; Reis, L; Silveira, C; Mamede, HS;
Publication
INFORMATION SECURITY JOURNAL
Abstract
Organizational dependency on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) drives the preparedness challenge to cope with business process disruptions. Business Continuity Management (BCM) encompasses effective planning to enable business functions to resume to an acceptable state of operation within a defined timeframe. This paper presents a systematic literature review that communicates the strategic guidelines to streamline the organizational processes in the BCM program, culminating in the Business Continuity Plan design, according to the organization's maturity. The systematic literature review methodology follows the Evidence-Based Software Engineering protocol assisted by the Parsifal tool, using the EbscoHost, ScienceDirect, and Scopus databases, ranging from 2000 to February 2021. International Standards and Frameworks guide the BCM program implementation, however, there is a gap in communicating metrics and what needs to be measured in the BCM program. The major paper result is the confirmation of the identified gap, through the analysis of the studies that, according to the BCM components, report strategic guidelines to streamline the BCM program. The analysis quantifies and discusses the contribution of the studies on each BCM component to design a framework supported by metrics, that allows assessing the organization's preparedness in each BCM component, focusing on Information Systems and ICT strategies.
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