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Towards a machine learning framework for predicting MicroRNAs involved in Candi...
Miranda, Tiago; Ferraz, Filipa; Henriques, Mariana; Silva, Sónia Carina; Gonçalves, Bruna FernandesInfections caused by Candida species present significant clinical challenges, leading to high morbidity and mortality rates. Emerging research suggests that microRNAs (miRNAs) may serve as valuable biomarkers for diagnosing and treating candidiasis, although the field is still developing. The scarcity of reported miRNAs associated with candidiasis stems from the complexities and costs of screening numerous pote...
Employees balance and stability as key points in organizational performance
Neves, José; Maia, Nuno; Marreiros, Goreti; Neves, Mariana; Fernandes, Ana; Ribeiro, Jorge; Araújo, Isabel; Araújo, Nuno; Ávidos, LilianaSystem analyses deal with interrelationships between different variables that keep the system in balance. In many analysis of complex thinking, a system is viewed as a complex unit in which the ‘whole’ is not reduced to the ‘sum’ of its parts; the system becomes an ambiguous item because it consists of several entities that interact with unforeseen results or, in other words, it is situated at a transdisciplina...
Employees balance and stability as key points in organizational performance
Neves, José; Maia, Nuno; Marreiros, Goreti; Neves, Mariana; Fernandes, Ana; Ribeiro, Jorge; Araújo, Isabel; Araújo, Nuno; Ávidos, LilianaSystem analyses deal with interrelationships between different variables that keep the system in balance. In many analysis of complex thinking, a system is viewed as a complex unit in which the ‘whole’ is not reduced to the ‘sum’ of its parts; the system becomes an ambiguous item because it consists of several entities that interact with unforeseen results or, in other words, it is situated at a transdisciplina...
A Multi-Valued Logic Assessment of Organizational Performance via Workforce Soc...
Neves, José; Fdez-Riverola, Florentino; Alves, Vitor; Ferraz, Filipa; Sousa, Lia; Costa, António; Ribeiro, Jorge; Vicente, HenriqueSocial Media have changed the conditions and rules of Social Networking (SNet) where it comes from people intermingling with each other, i.e., SNet is to be understood as a process that works on the principle of many-to-many; any individual can create and share content. It is intended to explore explore the complex dynamics between SNet, Logic Programming (LP), and the Laws of Thermodynamic (LoT) in terms of en...
Predicative Vagueness in Lung Metastases in Soft Tissue Sarcoma Screening
Neves, José; Dias, Almeida; Morais, Ana; Fonseca, Francisca; Loreto, Patrícia; Alves, Victor; Araújo, Isabel; Machado, Joana; Fernandes, BrunoSoft Tissue Sarcomas (STSs) pose a potential risk for the development of lung metastases, which in turn results in a negative prognosis for patients. Presumptions about the occurrence of these abnormalities during STSs treatment would have countless implications for both patients and healthcare professionals as they could increase the efficacy of the treatment and improve overall survival. Prediction is based on...
Assessing Individuals Learning's Impairments from a Social Entropic Perspective
Neves, José; Ferraz, Filipa; Dias, Almeida; Capita, António; Ávidos, Liliana; Maia, Nuno; Machado, Joana; Alves, Victor; Ribeiro, JorgeIndividuals with Learning Impairments (LI) may have not only language problems as reading, spelling and writing, but also difficulties in terms of their relationship with the society, i.e., may have glitches not only with language but also with social handiness. On the other hand, the dimension that most contributes to the process of acceptance or integration of an individual in a learning environment or in the...
Predicting Diabetic Foot Maturing Through Evolutionary Computation
Neves, José; Alves, André; Prata, Marco; Ribeiro, Mário; Alves, Victor; Ferraz, Filipa; Neves, João; Ribeiro, Jorge; Capita, António; Vicente, HenriqueIt is a twenty-first-century disease, its numbers are still growing exponentially. This brings one to the subject of this work, the Maturing of Diabetic Foot which, like diabetes, rises to values never seen before. It is envisaging the development of an ImageJ plug-into extract relevant feature from diabetic foot images and, in conjunction with the patient's clinical and lifelong data, a computational system to...
Prediction of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Outcome in Breast Cancer Patients
Neves, José; Dias, Almeida; Silva, Cristiana; Ferreira, Diana; Costa, Luís; Ferraz, Filipa; Alves, Victor; Neves, João; Ribeiro, JorgeBreast Cancer is the most common invasive cancer in women worldwide. Indeed, it is imperative to investigate which factors influence the development of this disease in order to improve the efficiency of the treatment and to allow for a balanced follow-up. In fact, this article has in mind an original Case Based Reasoning (CBR) approach to problem solving, complemented with a novel approach to Knowledge Represen...
Entropy and Organizational Performance
Neves, José; Maia, Nuno; Marreiros, Goreti; Neves, Mariana; Fernandes, Ana; Ribeiro, Jorge; Araújo, Isabel; Araújo, Nuno; Ávidos, LilianaThe main purpose of this article is to analyze the impact of the workers’ behavior in terms of their emotions and feelings in system’s performance, i.e., one is looking at issues concerned with Organizational Sustainability. Indeed, one’s aim is to define a process that motivates and inspires managers and personnel to act upon the limit, i.e., to achieve the organizational goals through an effective and efficie...
A Deep Learning Line to Assess Patient’s Lung Cancer Stages
Dias, André; Fernandes, João; Monteiro, Rui; Machado, Joana; Ferraz, Filipa; Neves, João; Sampaio, Luzia; Ribeiro, Jorge; Vicente, HenriqueOur goal is to pursue a vision of developing and maintaining a comprehensive and integrated computer model to help physicians plan the most appropriate treatment and anticipate a patient’s prospects for the extent of cancer. For example, cancer can be treated at an early stage by surgery or radiation, while chemotherapy may be the care for more advanced stages. In fact, early detection of this type of cancer fa...