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Jorge Silva
Computer Science
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Berth Allocation Problem in Export Tidal Bulk Ports with Inventory Control
This paper presents the problem of allocating berth positions for vessels in tidal bulk port terminals (BAPTBI), considering the specific export scenario and robust control over goods’ stock levels. An integer...
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Investigating the Perception of the Elderly Population About Comfort, Safety and Security When Using Active Modes of Transport
Promoting active modes of transport, such as walking and cycling, has a positive impact on environmental sustainability and the health and well-being of citizens. This study explores the elderly population’s p...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Web-Based Development and Visualization Dashboards for Smart City Applications
Smart city applications are inherently characterized by the integration of data from heterogeneous sources and the need of considering geographical information that represents the real-world urban space. To ad...
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Open AccessFeature-enriched author ranking in incomplete networks
Evaluating scientists based on their scientific production is a controversial topic. Nevertheless, bibliometrics and algorithmic approaches can assist traditional peer review in numerous tasks, such as attribu...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Deep Learning Approaches for Gynaecological Ultrasound Image Segmentation: A Radio-Frequency vs B-mode Comparison
Ovarian cancer is one of the pathologies with t...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
End-to-End Ovarian Structures Segmentation
The segmentation and characterization of the ovarian structures are important tasks in gynecological and reproductive medicine. Ultrasound imaging is typically used for the medical diagnosis within this field ...
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Parallel Asynchronous Strategies for the Execution of Feature Selection Algorithms
Reducing the dimensionality of datasets is a fundamental step in the task of building a classification model. Feature selection is the process of selecting a smaller subset of features from the original one in...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Hierarchical Expert Profiling Using Heterogeneous Information Networks
Linking an expert to his knowledge areas is still a challenging research problem. The task is usually divided into two steps: identifying the knowledge areas/topics in the text corpus and assign them to the ex...
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Speech Features for Discriminating Stress Using Branch and Bound Wrapper Search
Stress detection from speech is a less explored field than Automatic Emotion Recognition and it is still not clear which features are better stress discriminants. The project VOCE aims at doing speech classifi...
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InVesalius: An Interactive Rendering Framework for Health Care Support
This work presents InVesalius, an open-source software for analysis and visualization of medical images. The tool has supported several surgeries in hospitals and has been downloaded from more than a hundred c...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Modeling of a Virtual Open Platform for Human Cranium Simulation
To prevent, detect and treat trauma brain injuries (TBI) one must understand them and know how they occur. With the integration of biomechanical and clinical theories, as well as research cases, a new era of c...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Joint Detection of the Carotid Boundaries in Longitudinal B-Mode Images
This paper proposes a new approach for the automatic segmentation of the carotid adventitia in longitudinal B-scans, with and without the presence of plaque. The top and bottom adventitia contours are jointly ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Collaborative Legal Framework For Certified Enforcement With ITSIbus ALPR
This paper discusses a collaborative framework for the legal certification of toll enforcement on motorways operated by Brisa Auto-Estradas de Portugal, based on the Advanced License Plate Recognition (ALPR) s...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Segmentation of Ultrasonic Images of the Carotid
A new algorithm for an effective and automatic segmentation of the carotid wall in ultrasonic images is proposed. It combines the speed of thresholding algorithms with the accuracy, flexibility and robustness ...
