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Revolutionising the quality of life: the role of real-time sensing in smart cities
Miranda, Rui; Alves, Carlos Manuel Ferreira; Sousa, Regina; Chaves, António; Martinez, Larissa Muriel Montenegro; Peixoto, Hugo; Durães, DalilaTo further evolve urban quality of life, this paper explores the potential of crowdsensing and crowdsourcing in the context of smart cities. To aid urban planners and residents in understanding the nuances of day-to-day urban dynamics, we actively pursue the improvement of data visualisation tools that can adapt to changing conditions. An architecture was created and implemented that ensures secure and easy con...
Collaborative platform for intelligent monitoring of diabetic foot patients - C...
Chaves, António; Sousa, Regina; Machado, José Manuel; Abelha, António; Peixoto, HugoThis research work aims to set the basis for the development of a multidisciplinary platform designed to assist healthcare professionals, their institutions and more important, diabetic patients to manage diabetic foot syndrome complications. The system’s primary function is the automated classification of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU), with the ultimate goal of expediting treatment and improving patient well-bein...
Steps towards intelligent diabetic foot ulcer follow-up based on deep learning
Chaves, António; Sousa, Regina; Abelha, António; Peixoto, HugoDiabetes is a chronic disease that affects the effective production of insulin in an individual. This incapacity leads to great damage to the cardiovascular system as well as the nervous system. Unfortunately this is a very present disease in today’s population. Indeed, global diabetes prevalence is estimated to be between 9,5% and 10,5%. Diabetic patients have a need for constant monitoring and evaluation by t...
Survey for big data platforms and resources management for smart cities
Alves, Carlos Manuel Ferreira; Chaves, António; Rodrigues, Carla; Ribeiro, Eduarda; Silva, António José Linhares; Durães, Dalila; Machado, José ManuelCurrently, smart cities are a hot topic and their tendency will be to optimize resources and promote efficient strategies for the preservation of the planet as well as to increase the quality of life of its inhabitants. In this sense, this research presents an initial component of investigation about Big Data Platforms for Smart Cities in order to be implemented in integrated and innovative solutions for develo...
Atherosclerosis – apropos of a subclavian steal phenomenon
Granito, Sofia; Azevedo, Isabel; Jardim, Margarida; Andrade, José Luís; Lélis, Manuela; Chaves, António; Brazão, Maria da LuzAtherosclerosis as a multi-systemic pathology affecting people all around the world, it is the main death cause in developed countries, through its acute clinical manifestations. The authors report a clinical case of a 52 year-old man, with a prior medical history of hypertension and dyslipidaemia, with a detected high blood pressure only in the right arm in a medical appointment. We studied the different vascu...
Tuberculosis – two unusual types of presentation
Granito, Sofia; Jardim, Margarida; Andrade, José Luís; Chaves, António; Reis, Ana Paula; Freitas, Sofia; Nóbrega Araújo, JorgeThe World Health Organization declared tuberculosis as a medical global emergency in 1993. In fact, in the past decades it has assumed a crescent importance as a public health problem. The authors report two clinical cases with a typical presentation. The first one refers to a 32 year old woman, with no prior medical history, who went to the Emergency Department because of a sudden reduction of visual acuity at...