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Machine learning prediction of adolescent obesity using physical fitness data

The escalating prevalence of obesity among adolescents has emerged as a critical global public health challenge. Machine learning techniques have been used to predict obesity in adolescents. This study aimed to develop and validate a robust obesity prediction model for adolescents using this hybrid approach, leveraging data from a diverse cross-sectional population-based study. The hybrid method combines statis...

Challenge-based innovation: a co-design challenge development proposal in an im...

In a context where social, environmental and economic challenges require innovative and collaborative responses, Challenge-Based Innovation emerges as an approach that promotes the development of concrete solutions through co-creation processes between multiple local and institutional agents. Within this framework, the Working Envisioning (WE) project fostered the implementation of challenge-based innovation pr...

In2CoP 2025 – International Conference on Co-creation Processes in Higher Educa...

Bragança Polytechnic University | Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, in the third edition of In2CoP, under the title “Conference on International Cooperation in Higher Education – Multicultural Co-creation for Future Societies”, focused this year on multicultural co-creation to develop skills for the societies of the future, particularly entrepreneurial and creative skills enriched by cross-cultural perspective...

Empirical Validation of the Dart Model in University Business Collaboration: We...

Higher Education faces significant challenges, including internationalization (Msomphora, 2025), digital transformation - in particular the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into traditional methods and cybersecurity (Parambil et al., 2024), students increasing expectations (Amanzhol et al., 2024), pressure for higher alumni employability rates (Schueller, 2023), the increased need of interdisciplinar...

Learning through challenge-based innovation in a rural context: the students’ p...

This study explores an immersive Challenge-Based Innovation experience developed in Miranda do Douro, a rural municipality in Portugal. Through interdisciplinary and multicultural student teams, the initiative promoted co-creation with local stakeholders around real-world challenges. The qualitative methodology employed a combination of evocation, symbolic representation, audiovisual reflection, and peer evalua...

Primary bile acid shapes peripheral immunity in inflammatory bowel disease-asso...

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic cholestatic liver disease often associated with underlying inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This study investigates how PSC predisposes individuals to altered inflammatory immune responses compared with IBD alone. A case–control study was conducted with a cohort of 75 patients, including 16 with PSC (14 with concomitant IBD), 39 with IBD alone, and 20 controls....

Advancing solar cooking: challenges, innovations, and future directions

Comparative Efficacy of Bodyweight and Free Weights Training on Shooting Streng...

This study evaluated the impact of an 8-week training program on two groups of players, one performing free weights training and the other bodyweight training. The sample consisted of 14 athletes with a mean age of 22.6 years. Assessments of shooting strength were conducted before and after the program, measuring shot speed, acceleration, and strength. The free weights training included exercises with dumbbells...

Strategic Co-Design for Territorial Innovation: Defining Challenges within WE

This paper explores a strategic co-design process undertaken in the rural municipality of Miranda do Douro, Portugal, aimed at formulating locally grounded innovation challenges. Situated within the framework of a broader initiative [blinded for peer-review], the study highlights the preparatory phase prior to student involvement, emphasizing how collaborative methodologies shaped a community responsive innovat...

Skin mucus and blood plasma as non-lethal sources of malnutrition protein bioma...

Developing dietary formulations for aquaculture that meet nutritional requirements is essential to production, as nutrition is key for fish growth and health. However, novel dietary formulations may induce malnutrition, which is complex to evaluate and often requires animal sacrifice. Therefore, finding reliable non-lethal biomarkers to diagnose malnutrition in fish is important. This study aimed to obtain vita...