2020
Autores
Ribeiro, D; Costa, J; Lopes, I; Barbosa, T; Soares, C; Sousa, F; Ribeiro, J; Rocha, D; Silva, M;
Publicação
17th IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, AICCSA 2020, Antalya, Turkey, November 2-5, 2020
Abstract
Poor dietary behaviours are commonly associated with severe chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and obesity. Personalized food recommendation systems can be an important motivation to stimulate and inform people on best dietary practices by suggesting healthy foods and nutritionally balanced meals adjusted to their preferences and daily routines. The development of such systems require the process and integration of data available from different sources with different representations. FILLET is an intelligent platform for nutrition capable of collecting and integrating data from multiple sources including recipe websites, food blogs and nutrition databases. Components were developed for web scraping, identifying ingredients, estimating nutritional content and matching ingredients with food products from retailers to support a meal recommendation and shopping list assistance services. We present for each component the challenges identified in the literature and the ones we faced in their development, describing our approach and the lessons learned that can contribute to the future improvement of the platform and the development of related platforms. © 2020 IEEE.
2020
Autores
Morais, C; Pedrosa, D; Rocio, V; Cravino, J; Morgado, L;
Publicação
Technology and Innovation in Learning, Teaching and Education - Second International Conference, TECH-EDU 2020, Vila Real, Portugal, December 2-4, 2020, Proceedings, 3
Abstract
We used BPMN diagrams to identify indicators that can assist teachers in their intervention actions to support students' self-regulation and co-regulation in an asynchronous e-learning context. The use of BPMN modeling, by making explicit the tasks and procedures implicit in the intervention of the e-learning teacher, also exposed which data were available for developing decision-support indicators, as well as the relevant moments for carrying out interventions. Such indicators can help e-learning teachers focus their interventions to support self-regulation and co-regulation of learning, as well as enabling the creation of live data dashboards to support decision-making for those interventions, thus this process can contribute to devise better instruments for teacher intervention in support of self-regulation and co-regulation of student learning. © 2021, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
2020
Autores
Fernandes A.R.; Dias-Ferreira J.; Teixeira M.C.; Shimojo A.A.M.; Severino P.; Silva A.M.; Shegokar R.; Souto E.B.;
Publicação
Drug Delivery Trends: Volume 3: Expectations and Realities of Multifunctional Drug Delivery Systems
Abstract
The current progress of modern medicine is based on the resistance of malignant tumors in advanced medical treatments, as well as on the need to develop new therapeutic approaches. In the last few years, numerous studies have focused their attention on the promising use of nanomaterials, such as nanowires, zinc oxide, or mesoporous silica nanoparticles, among others. All these particles are studied in the treatment of cancer and metastasis prevention with the advantage of operating directly at the biomolecular scale. These are innovative designs of magnetic nanomaterials based on a core/shell approach that started to gain prominence due to their versatility to tailor properties of both core and shell and to offer multifunctionality, such as core protection, biofunctionalization platform, toxicity reduction, and enhanced biocompatibility. These nanowire structural improvements allow the development of new bioanalytical chemistry and medical diagnostics advanced tools that will bring about a new age of nanotechnology with widespread use of nanowires for biomedical applications.
2020
Autores
Qalati, SA; Li, WY; Vela, EG; Bux, A; Barbosa, B; Herzallah, AM;
Publicação
JOURNAL OF ASIAN FINANCE ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS
Abstract
Electronic commerce is becoming a significant hub for sourcing products/services which helps organizations to connect with potential customers and gain competitive advantages, though little empirical work focuses on small businesses operating in developing countries to date. Increasingly, companies are looking to utilize social media to connect with stakeholders and pursue several benefits. This study aims to investigate the technological, organizational, and environmental (TOE) factors that influence small- and medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs) social media (SM) adoption in developing countries. This study used a closed-ended questionnaire to collect data from randomly-selected respondents (owners, executives, and managers) from SMEs in Pakistan. SMART PLS version 3.2.8 was used for path analysis of 316 responses and for structural equation modeling. The research findings include the direct influence of TOE factors (relative advantage, interactivity, visibility, top management support, and institutional pressure) on SMEs' SM adoption, and in turn SM adoption also has a positive influence on SMEs performance. Moreover, the coefficient of determination of the study showed that 77.7% of the variation in SM adoption occurs because of TOE factors and 29.8% variation in SMEs occurred because of SM adoption. This paper has implications for practitioners and scholars interested in exploring the SM adoption and usage by SMEs.
2020
Autores
Coelho, H; Melo, M; Martins, J; Bessa, M;
Publicação
MULTIMEDIA TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS
Abstract
In the original publication, Figs. 1 and 2 were interchange and the citation of Fig. 1 in the third paragraph of section 2.2 Authoring tools for multisensory VR experiences should be removed.
2020
Autores
Wei, W; Wu, DM; Wang, ZJ; Mei, SW; Catalao, JPS;
Publicação
IEEE OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF POWER AND ENERGY
Abstract
As a main fiexible resource, energy storage helps smooth the volatility of renewable generation and reshape the load profile. This paper aims to characterize the impact of energy storage unit on the economic operation of distribution systems in a geometric manner that is convenient for visualization. Posed as a multi-parametric linear programming problem, the optimal operation cost is explicitly expressed as a convex piecewise linear function in the MW/MWh parameter of the energy storage unit. Based on duality theory, a dual linear programming based algorithm is proposed to calculate an approximate optimal value function (OVF) and critical regions, circumventing the difficulty of degeneracy, a common challenge in the existing multi-parametric linear programming solvers. When the uncertainty of renewable generation is considered, the expected OVF can be readily established based on OVFs in the individual scenarios, which is scalable in the number of scenarios. The OVF delivers abundant sensitivity information that is useful in energy storage sizing. Leveraging the OVFs, a robust stochastic optimization model is proposed to determine the optimal MW-MWh size of the storage unit subject to a given budget, which gives rise to a simple linear program. Case study provides a clear sketch of the outcome of the proposed method, and suggests that the optimal energy-power ratio of an energy storage unit is between 5 and 6 from the economical perspective.
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