Bayesian networks (BNs) are excellent tools for reasoning about uncertainty and capturing detailed domain knowledge. However, the complexity of BN structures can pose a challenge to domain experts without a background in artificial intelligence or probability when they construct or analyze BN models. Several canonical models have been developed to reduce the complexity of BN structures, but the...

INTRODUCTION: Golf is one of the most popular sports in the world today. It offers accessibility to a wide range of ages, physical abilities, and levels of expertise. Novices and experts alike desire maximal performance with the game of golf, and often encounter musculoskeletal injuries in their quest to perform at the highest level possible. The most common injury associated with golf is low b...

The spread of autonomous vehicles (AVs) could fundamentally change tourism-related mobility in the near future. However, empirical research on tourism impacts is still very limited. This aims to systematize expected AVs and explore how experts different fields view technological innovation ahead. opinions (n = 21) involved were analyzed using Q methodology. Statements 40) formulated topics deri...

Cloud computing is particularly interesting for the area of biometric recognition, where scalability, availability and accessibility are important aspects. In this paper we try to evaluate different strategies for combining existing uni-modal (cloud-based) biometric experts into a multi-biometric cloud-service. We analyze several fusion strategies from the perspective of performance gains, trai...

That we are living in an age of information and knowledge explosion is an accepted cliché. Formal and informal data, information and knowledge are available to individuals and organizations in both structured and unstructured formats leading to information overload, concerns about data accessibility, discussions of the role of metadata, content farms, return on investment in both the creation a...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES This study aims to identify the unmet expectations of Portuguese and immigrant women, for the National Health System, during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS This is a qualitative, exploratory, descriptive study, using semi structured interviews and content analysis proposed by Bardin, with the categorization of verbatim interviews of ...

Mobile devices, digital technologies, and web-based applications-known collectively as eHealth (electronic health)-could improve health care delivery for costly, chronic diseases such as schizophrenia. Pharmacologic and psychosocial therapies represent the primary treatment for individuals with schizophrenia; however, extensive resources are required to support adherence, facilitate continuity ...

Physical disabled access is something that most cultural institutions such as museums consider very seriously. Indeed, there are normally legal requirements to do so. However, online disabled access is still a relatively novel and developing field. Many cultural organizations have not yet considered the issues in depth and web developers are not necessarily experts either. The interface for web...

BACKGROUND Unintentional injury is a major cause of death across the globe. The accessibility to emergency medical services may affect the rate of preventable trauma deaths. The purpose of this study was to analyze the accessibility to emergency medical hospitals in municipalities in Japan and to clarify whether accessibility was associated with the mortality rate attributed to unintentional in...

on the eye increases intraocular pressure to approximately 90 mm Hg, which is sufficient to overcome systolic pressures and cease central retinal artery blood flow. Given that even hard squeeze blinks have been shown to increase intraocular pressure in a range from 50 to 110 mm Hg, it is certainly conceivable that the appearance of peripheral ROP in this patient may have been altered through th...