Nowadays, there is a growing interest in telemedicine in Brazil, because the country is the fifth largest country in the world and there is a huge gap between the population size and the number of available doctors. I...
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Nowadays, there is a growing interest in telemedicine in Brazil, because the country is the fifth largest country in the world and there is a huge gap between the population size and the number of available doctors. Institutions and the government are considering solutions for the integration and availability of data produced by several different systems. In this paper we present a contribution that is characterized by an asynchronous replication strategy between distributed medical databases. The contribution, named PGR, is an enhancement to the PostgreSQL database software that introduces lightweight asynchronous operations. In addition, we have implemented a multi-master engine with partial replication and hybrid fragmentation in order to allow interoperability between different telemedicine systems. Our early results indicate that the model and its implementation have reached a successful level in terms of performance and interoperability.
WebAnima is an interface agent specially designed to assist team members of a CSCW application during their daily work based on computers. In WebAnima, the intelligent behavior is guaranteed thanks to a conversational...
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(纸本)9781424416509
WebAnima is an interface agent specially designed to assist team members of a CSCW application during their daily work based on computers. In WebAnima, the intelligent behavior is guaranteed thanks to a conversational interface and ontologies that support semantic interpretation. We believe that embodied conversational assistants will improve the quality of assistance and increase collaboration between project members. In this paper, we present the embodied conversational assistant and its insertion into a multi-agent system designed for research and development projects. We describe the design of the agent, highlighting the role of ontologies for semantic interpretation and the dynamic behavior of the embodied animated agent.
Learner attention affects learning efficiency. However, in many classes, teachers cannot assess the degree of attention of every student. When a teacher is capable of addressing inattentive students immediately, he ca...
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Learner attention affects learning efficiency. However, in many classes, teachers cannot assess the degree of attention of every student. When a teacher is capable of addressing inattentive students immediately, he can avoid situations in which students are inattentive. Many studies have analyzed student attentiveness by the applying of image detection technologies. If this mechanism can be applied to in-class learning, it will help teachers keep students attentive, and reduce teacher load during class. This study mainly applies fuzzy logic analysis of student facial images when participating in class. Applying fuzzy logic can prevent erroneous judgments associated with a single term, and help teachers deal with student attentiveness.
The breadth of biological data collected in the last decade has far outstripped the methods available to process it. To effectively investigate and explore this abundance of data, novel automated collection and analys...
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The breadth of biological data collected in the last decade has far outstripped the methods available to process it. To effectively investigate and explore this abundance of data, novel automated collection and analysis approaches must be devised. We have developed a new open software framework, the Open Genomic Analysis Platform (OGAP), to aid in the analysis of genomic data. It is capable of analyzing a variety of data source, and focuses on using information theory to characterize data. The frameworks has is capable of import a variety of genome tied data, and provides custom analysis and visualization of results. We then demonstrate the use of this framework analyzing the Prochlorococcus Marinus organism. We show a strong correlation between the information content of sequence data and up regulation of gene expression during lytic infection.
NCI Session Outline Overview *** National Cancer Institute's Health Communication Objectives *** Communication Objectives of NCI's Behavioral Research program *** Objectives are Translated into Applica...
NCI Session Outline Overview *** National Cancer Institute's Health Communication Objectives *** Communication Objectives of NCI's Behavioral Research program *** Objectives are Translated into Applications for Health Care Professionals and the Public *** of Selected Communication Projects Centers of Excellence in Health Communication HINTS-Health Information National Trends Survey-How Americans find and use cancer information Commercials Products Developed by NCI Funded Small Businesses.
The identification of reliable peripheral biomarkers for clinical diagnosis, patient prognosis, and biological functional studies would allow for access to biological information currently available only through invas...
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(纸本)9812776087
The identification of reliable peripheral biomarkers for clinical diagnosis, patient prognosis, and biological functional studies would allow for access to biological information currently available only through invasive methods. Traditional approaches have so far considered aspects of tissues and biofluid markers independently. Here we introduce an information theoretic framework for biomarker discovery, integrating biofluid and tissue information. This allows us to identify tissue information in peripheral biofluids. We treat tissue-biofluid interactions as an information channel through functional space using 26 proteomes from 45 different sources to determine quantitatively the correspondence of each biofluid for specific tissues via relative entropy calculation of proteomes mapped onto phenotype, function, and drug space. Next, we identify candidate biofluids and biomarkers responsible for functional information transfer (p
The third international conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI-2008) was held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, March 12-15, 2008. The theme of HRI-2008, "living with robots," highlights the importance of t...
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Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine whether the serum nitrite plus nitrate (NOx) level correlates with biomarkers that are known components of the metabolic syndrome (MetS). Methods: Serum NOx levels we...
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Off shoring IT services has become a key factor in building successful business strategies, allowing companies to better position themselves in today's highly competitive markets. Nevertheless, off shoring brings ...
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(纸本)9781424421916
Off shoring IT services has become a key factor in building successful business strategies, allowing companies to better position themselves in today's highly competitive markets. Nevertheless, off shoring brings to the table a brand new set of possibilities and risks regarding its management and execution. This article presents a method for the elaboration of a quantitative risk model for off shoring IT applications, which, in turn, increases the likelihood of being successful in such initiatives.
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