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Towards optimal glycemic control: A case-based reasoning system for predicting ...
Amorim, Débora; Abreu, Carlos; Miranda, FranciscoManaging type 1 diabetes presents a daily challenge for patients. Advanced technologies have emerged to simplify disease management and support patients and caregivers. Notably, dosing prandial insulin remains a complex and error-prone task. This study introduces a case-based reasoning system to predict postprandial blood glucose by considering several attributes that influenceglycemic metabolism. The case-base...
Personalized and context-aware decision support system for diabetes therapeutics
Amorim, Débora; Abreu, Carlos; Miranda, FranciscoPersonalized recommendations for diabetes therapy can be highly beneficial but complex to make and time-consuming for patients and healthcare professionals. Therefore, we propose a decision support system to help patients and healthcare professionals to make decisions to improve treatments based on the patient’s daily life data. The proposed solution allows the collection of patients’ data related to their glyc...
Theoretical simulation of solid polymer electrolytes based on Poly(vinylidene f...
Miranda, Daniel; Barbosa, João C.; Gonçalves, Renato; Miranda, Francisco; Vilaça, João; Costa, Carlos Miguel; Lanceros-Méndez, SenentxuSolid polymer electrolyte composited by poly(vinylidene fluoride) and lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) has been optimized for solid-state lithium-ion batteries taking into account the LiTFSI concentration. Computer simulations of battery systems was used to evaluate the influence of LiTFSI concentration at different battery operation temperatures (278.15 K, and 353.15 K) and different dischar...
The importance of artificial intelligence in postprandial blood glucose predict...
Miranda, Francisco; Amorim, Débora; Ferreira, Luís; Abreu, CarlosMany works are using artificial intelligence to forecast postprandial blood glucose. However, the following questions arise: is it necessary to develop artificial intelligence techniques to predict blood glucose? How important is artificial intelligence for this purpose? This work gives some insights seeking the answer to these questions in the context of using postprandial blood glucose predictions to optimize...
Assessing carbohydrate counting accuracy: current limitations and future direct...
Amorim, Débora; Miranda, Francisco; Santos, Andreia; Graça, Luís C. C.; Rodrigues, João; Rocha, Mara; Pereira, Maria Aurora; Sousa, ClementinaDiabetes mellitus is a prevalent chronic autoimmune disease with a high impact on global health, affecting millions of adults and resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. Achieving optimal blood glucose levels is crucial for diabetes management to prevent acute and long-term complications. Carbohydrate counting (CC) is widely used by patients with type 1 diabetes to adjust prandial insulin bolus doses ...
Assessing carbohydrate counting accuracy: Current limitations and future direct...
Amorim, Débora; Miranda, Francisco; Santos, Andreia; Graça, Luís; Rodrigues, João; Rocha, Mara; Pereira, Maria Aurora; Sousa, ClementinaDiabetes mellitus is a prevalent chronic autoimmune disease with a high impact on global health, affecting millions of adults and resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. Achieving optimal blood glucose levels is crucial for diabetes management to prevent acute and long-term complications. Carbohydrate counting (CC) is widely used by patients with type 1 diabetes to adjust prandial insulin bolus doses ...
In silico validation of personalized safe intervals for carbohydrate counting e...
Amorim, Débora; Miranda, Francisco; Abreu, CarlosFor patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), accurate carbohydrate counting (CC) is essential for successful blood glucose regulation. Unfortunately, mistakes are common and may lead to an incorrect dosage of prandial insulin. In this work, we aim to demonstrate that each person has their own limits for CC errors, which can be computed using patient-specific data. To validate the proposed method, we teste...
Quality of Life in the Face of Depression Among Older People: A Cross-Sectional...
Cavalcante, Anna; Oliveira, Adriana; Torres, Aline; Félix, Elise; Dantas, Bruno; Miranda, Francisco; Gemito, Laurência; Mendes, FelisminaBackground: This study aimed to analyze and compare the association of depression levels with quality of life among older people in primary health care in Brazil and Portugal. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted with older people in primary health care. The Medical Outcomes Short-Form Health Quality of Life (SF-36) instrument was used to measure the quality of life, and the Beck Depression lnven...
In silico validation of personalized safe intervals for carbohydrate counting e...
Amorim, Débora; Miranda, Francisco; Abreu, CarlosFor patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), accurate carbohydrate counting (CC) is essential for successful blood glucose regulation. Unfortunately, mistakes are common and may lead to an incorrect dosage of prandial insulin. In this work, we aim to demonstrate that each person has their own limits for CC errors, which can be computed using patient-specific data. To validate the proposed method, we teste...
Structural mechanical simulation to optimize the sensor arm geometry to be impl...
Veloso, F.; Miranda, D.; Morais, Pedro; Torres, Helena R.; Laranjeira, Roberto; Ruediger, Mario; Miranda, Francisco; Pinho, António C. M.; Vilaça, J. L.For the treatment of moderate and severe cases of deformational plagiocephaly, an asymmetrical deformation of the skull, a cranial remodeling orthosis (CRO) is used. For the development of a new CRO concept, a pressure sensor grid is placed inside the orthosis that will allow the monitoring of excessive pressures and incorrect CRO positioning throughout the treatment. To implement the sensor grid in the CRO, hi...