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Open AccessLNDb v4: pulmonary nodule annotation from medical reports
Given the high prevalence of lung cancer, an accurate diagnosis is crucial. In the diagnosis process, radiologists play an important role by examining numerous radiology exams to identify different types of no...
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Open AccessHatchery practices for Patella aspera and P. ordinaria: evaluating culture vessels requirements
Innovation in limpet production requires knowledge of the optimal qualities and limitations of the culture vessels. Two limpet species from Madeira fishery, Patella aspera and P. ordinaria, were used to evaluate ...
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A Conceptual Model for Expressing the Evolution of Enterprise Architecture Models
The role of enterprise architecture (EA) is to assist enterprises in achieving a successful strategy execution by conducting enterprise analysis, design, planning, and implementation. EA projects enable enterp...
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A Systematic Approach to Generate TOGAF Artifacts Founded on Multiple Data Sources and Ontology
Enterprise Architecture (EA) standards are widely used in industry and recognized as a lingua franca between project’ stakeholders. However, standards are most of times very extensive, requiring specialized knowl...
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Monitoring the Madeira Airport Protection Breakwater Using Visual and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Observations
An aerial monitoring system was developed for the maritime structures that protect the foundation columns of the Madeira Island Airport runway infrastructure, in the scope of the research project MEGE, to comp...
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VR-EvoEA+BP: Using Virtual Reality to Visualize Enterprise Context Dynamics Related to Enterprise Evolution and Business Processes
Enterprise digitalization results in an evolving and dynamic IT landscape of digital elements, relations, knowledge, content, activities, and business processes (BPs), which are spread across disparate enterpr...
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The Sustainability of the Cork Sector Through a Second Life of Retired Wine Bottle Corks: An Empirical Study
Cork is a very important vegetal resource for mankind and is being used in Egypt for numerous applications from the third millennium BC. Portugal is the world’s largest producer of cork and its derivatives, be...
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Enterprise Cartography: From Theory to Practice
We refer to enterprise cartography (EC) as the process of representing an enterprise as it is observed directly from reality. It differentiates from enterprise architecture (EA) because it focuses on producing...
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Open AccessCanopy arthropod declines along a gradient of olive farming intensification
Arthropod declines have been linked to agricultural intensification. However, information about the impacts of intensification is still limited for many crops, as is our understanding of the responses of diffe...
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3D Constrained Gravity Inversion and TEM, Seismic Reflection and Drill-Hole Analysis for New Target Generation in the Neves–Corvo VMS Mine Region, Iberian Pyrite Belt
Located in the Iberian pyrite belt, the Neves–Corvo mine is a world-class massive sulfide deposit and the largest operating mine in Portugal with underground mining down to 1000 m depth focused on massive and ...
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A comparison of multi-objective optimization algorithms for weight setting problems in traffic engineering
Traffic engineering approaches are increasingly important in network management to allow an optimized configuration and resource allocation. In link-state routing, setting appropriate weights to the links is a...
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Open AccessAssessing clinical applicability of COVID-19 detection in chest radiography with deep learning
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted healthcare systems across the world. Chest radiography (CXR) can be used as a complementary method for diagnosing/following COVID-19 patients. Howe...
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Open AccessReevaluating scorpion ecomorphs using a naïve approach
Ecomorphs create the opportunity to investigate ecological adaptation because they encompass organisms that evolved characteristic morphologies under similar ecological demands. For over 50 years, scorpions ha...
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Open AccessEmborrhoid technique performed on a patient with portal hypertension and chronic hemorrhoidal bleeding as a salvage therapy
Hemorrhoidal disease most commonly manifests itself with chronic rectal bleeding and, in its most severe and refractory forms, may lead to chronic anaemia with the need for recurrent blood transfusions. The ma...
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Enterprise Architecture Development Framework
This chapter presents TOGAF Architecture Development Method that supports organizations in defining, develo**, and managing the enterprise architecture.
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Enterprise Cartography
This chapter describes Enterprise Cartography (EC) primitives. Thus, after an introduction to EC concepts, EC definitions are proposed (including enterprise model, enterprise meta-model, architectural sentence...
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Information Architecture Design
This chapter presents two approaches for designing the information architecture. Thus, after introducing the topic and its similarities and differences, the top-down and the bottom-up information architecture ...
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Lesion-Based Chest Radiography Image Retrieval for Explainability in Pathology Detection
Chest radiography is one of the most common medical imaging modalites. However, chest radiography interpretation is a complex task that requires significant expertise. As such, the development of automatic sys...
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Occupational Exposure to Bioburden in Portuguese Ambulances
Objective: The aim of this study is to characterize the occupational exposure to bioburden of ambulance workers and to suggest control procedures to prevent microbial contamination. Background: Ambulances are ...
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Founding Concepts
The founding concepts that support this book are introduced in this chapter. Firstly, the concepts of system and enterprise are presented, including system composition, environment, structure, and production. ...
