The rise of mobile computing and wireless network technology means that, increasingly, applications must adapt to their environment, in particular network connectivity and resource availability. This paper outlines the TOAST middleware platform which provides component-oriented CORBA support for adaptive distributed multimedia applications. In particular, the paper examines how the areas of ref...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess the differences and similarities in dietary patterns among migrants and natives. METHODS A population-based, cross-sectional study was conducted in the city of São Paulo. The study population included internal migrants, defined as individuals born outside São Paulo city who had lived in the city for ten years or longer. The final population ...

Background and Purpose—Reliable etiologic classification of ischemic stroke may enhance clinical trial design and identification of subtype-specific environmental and genetic risk factors. Although new classification systems (Causative Classification System [CCS] and ASCO [A for atherosclerosis, S for small vessel disease, C for cardiac source, O for other cause]) have been developed to improve...

In this paper, we present TOAST, a system that implements the ASPIC+ framework. TOAST accepts a knowledge base and rule set with associated preference and contrariness information, and returns both textual and visual commentaries on the acceptability of arguments in the derived abstract framework.

Stroke aetiology may be classified according to the Trial of ORG 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) criteria.2 As per TOAST classification cryptogenic stroke is defined as stroke not attributable to definite cardioembolic source, large artery atherosclerosis or small artery disease. Cryptogenic stroke includes patients with less wellestablished potential causes of cardiac embolism, such as...

The Tensor-based Ontology Alignment SysTem (TOAST) is a generalpurpose (i.e., domain-unspecific) self-configurable (i.e., requiring no user intervention) ontology matching tool. TOAST is based on one of the first tensor-based approaches to Statistical Relational Learning. Being one of the possible applications of the Statistical Relational Learning framework, TOAST may be seen as a system reali...

BACKGROUND Identifying which risk groups have a higher intake of branched chain amino acids (BCAA) is important for the planning of public policies. This study was undertaken to investigate BCAA consumption, the foods contributing to that consumption and their association with demographic, socioeconomic and lifestyle factors. METHODS Data from the Health Survey of São Paulo, a cross-sectional...