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An interface to retrieve personal memories using an iconic visual language
Jesus, Rui; Romão, Teresa; Correia, NunoRelevant past events can be remembered when visualizing related pictures. The main difficulty is how to find these photos in a large personal collection. Query definition and image annotation are key issues to overcome this problem. The former is relevant due to the diversity of the clues provided by our memory when recovering a past moment and the later because images need to be annotated with information rega...
M-Traffic - A Traffic Information and Monitoring System for Mobile Devices
Romão, Teresa; Rato, Luís; Fernandes, Pedro; Alexandre, Nuno; Almada, Antão; Capeta, NunoThis paper presents Mobile Traffic (M-Traffic), a multiplat- form online traffic information system, which provides real time traffic information based on image processing, sensor’s data and traveller be- haviour models. In order to estimate route delay and feed the optimal routing algorithm a traffic microscopic simulation model is developed and simulation results are presented. This mobile information service ubiqui- t...
M-Traffic: Mobile Traffic Information and Monitoring System
Romão, Teresa; Rato, Luís; Almada, Antão; Dias, António EduardoTraffic information is crucial in metropolitan areas, where a high concentration of moving vehicles causes traffic congestion and blockage. Appropriate traffic infor- mation received at the proper time helps users to avoid unnecessary delays, choos- ing the fastest route that serves their purposes. This work presents Mobile Traffic (M-Traffic), a multiplatform online traffic information system, which provides r...
Actas da 2ª Conferência Nacional em Interacção Pessoa-Máquina
Chambel, Teresa; Nunes, Nuno Jardim; Romão, Teresa; Campos, José CreissacDepois do sucesso da primeira edição, organizada em Julho de 2004 na Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, organizou-se em 2006 a Interacç˜ão 2006 – 2a. Conferência Nacional em Interacç˜ao Pessoa-Máquina – numa iniciativa conjunta do Grupo Português de Computação Gráfica e do Departamento de Informática/Centro de Ciências da Computação da Universidade do Minho. Tal como na sua primeira edição˜ a Inte...
Acquired haemophilia
Cabral, Ana; Romão, Teresa; Monteiro, J. A.; Sousa Uva, L.Spontaneous development of autoantibodies against factor VIII protein in a nonhaemophilic is a rare but significant clinical occurrence that frequently is associated with life-threatening haemorhagic complications. Acquired haemophilia has been associated with several disorders, namely neoplastic diseases, but often no cause is found. The authors present a short revision of this condition, based upon a case rep...