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Pattern Recognition in Older Adults’ Activities of Daily Living
Augusto, Gonçalo F.; P. Duarte, Rui; Cunha, Carlos; Matos, AnaMonitoring daily activities and behaviors is essential for improving quality of life in elderly care, where early detection of behavioral anomalies can lead to timely interventions and enhanced well-being. However, monitoring systems often struggle with scalability, high rates of false positives and negatives, and lack of interpretability in understanding anomalies within collected data. Addressing these limita...
Enhancing quality of life: Human-centered design of mobile and smartwatch appli...
Augusto, Gonçalo F.; P. Duarte, Rui; Cunha, CarlosBackground: Assisted ambient living interfaces are technologies designed to improve the quality of life for people who require assistance with daily activities. They are crucial for individuals to maintain their independence for as long as possible. To this end, these interfaces have to be user-friendly, intuitive, and accessible, even for those who are not techsavvy. Research in recent years indicates that peo...
Estimating risk factors for HIV infection among women in Mozambique using popul...
Dias, Sara; Mbofana, Francisco; Cassy, Sheyla R.; Dias, Sónia; Augusto, Gonçalo F.; Agadjanian, Victor; Martins, Maria R. O.The use of population-based survey data together with sound statistical methods can enhance better estimation of HIV risk factors and explain variations across subgroups of the population. The distribution and determinants of HIV infection in populations must be taken into consideration. We analysed data from the HIV Prevalence and Behaviour Survey in Mozambique aiming to find risk factors associated with HIV i...
Measles outbreak after 12 years without endemic transmission, Portugal, Februar...
George, Francisco; Valente, João; Augusto, Gonçalo F.; Silva, Andreia J.; Pereira, Natália; Fernandes, Teresa; Palminha, Paula; Aguiar, Bárbara A.We report a measles outbreak in two Portuguese health regions (Algarve and Lisbon and the Tagus Valley) since February 2017, and which by 31 May resulted in 28 confirmed cases, of which 16 were unvaccinated. Thirteen cases were healthcare workers. One unvaccinated teenager died. Genotype B3 was identified in 14 cases from both regions. This outbreak occurs after 12 years without endemic measles transmission, an...