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View article: Osteopathic manipulative treatment in the management of headaches associated with musculoskeletal dysfunction: systematic review and meta-analysis
Osteopathic manipulative treatment in the management of headaches associated with musculoskeletal dysfunction: systematic review and meta-analysis Open
Context Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) can be utilized as a primary or adjunctive treatment for headaches associated with musculoskeletal disorders. Although previous systematic reviews investigated the effectiveness of manual th…
View article: Design and Validation of a Responsible Artificial Intelligence-based System for the Referral of Diabetic Retinopathy Patients
Design and Validation of a Responsible Artificial Intelligence-based System for the Referral of Diabetic Retinopathy Patients Open
Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of vision loss in working-age individuals. Early detection of DR can reduce the risk of vision loss by up to 95%, but a shortage of retinologists and challenges in timely examination complicate …
View article: Intention-aware Policy Graphs for Explainable Autonomous Driving
Intention-aware Policy Graphs for Explainable Autonomous Driving Open
The opacity of decision-making in autonomous vehicles, rooted in the use of accurate yet complex AI models, has created barriers to their societal trust and regulatory acceptance, raising the need for explainability. We propose a post-hoc,…
View article: The Aloe Family Recipe for Open and Specialized Healthcare LLMs
The Aloe Family Recipe for Open and Specialized Healthcare LLMs Open
Purpose: With advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) for healthcare, the need arises for competitive open-source models to protect the public interest. This work contributes to the field of open medical LLMs by optimizing key stages …
View article: Structural brain changes in post-COVID condition and its relationship with cognitive impairment
Structural brain changes in post-COVID condition and its relationship with cognitive impairment Open
It has been estimated that ∼4% of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 will be diagnosed with post-COVID condition. Previous studies have evidenced the presence of cognitive dysfunction and structural brain changes in infected individuals;…
View article: Intention-aware policy graphs: answering what, how, and why in opaque agents
Intention-aware policy graphs: answering what, how, and why in opaque agents Open
Agents are a special kind of AI-based software in that they interact in complex environments and have increased potential for emergent behaviour. Explaining such emergent behaviour is key to deploying trustworthy AI, but the increasing com…
View article: Retinal Microvasculature Changes Linked to Executive Function Impairment after COVID-19
Retinal Microvasculature Changes Linked to Executive Function Impairment after COVID-19 Open
Background/Objectives: Studies using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) have revealed that individuals recovering from COVID-19 have a reduced retinal vascular density (VD) and larger foveal avascular zones (FAZs) than healthy…
View article: Assessing urban water demand-side management policies before their implementation: An agent-based model approach
Assessing urban water demand-side management policies before their implementation: An agent-based model approach Open
In the context of climate change and increasing water scarcity, adopting water demand-side management (DSM) policies has become necessary. This study advocates for utilizing agent-based modelling (ABM) as a robust simulation tool to assess…
View article: Quasiparticle band structure and excitonic optical response in V2O5 bulk and monolayer
Quasiparticle band structure and excitonic optical response in V2O5 bulk and monolayer Open
The electronic band structure of V$_2$O$_5$ is calculated using an all-electron quasiparticle self-consistent (QS) $GW$ method, including electron-hole ladder diagrams in the screening of $W$. The optical dielectric function calculated wit…
View article: Why Interpreting Intent Is Key for Trustworthiness in the Age of Opaque Agents
Why Interpreting Intent Is Key for Trustworthiness in the Age of Opaque Agents Open
This paper addresses the critical issue of trust in Artificial Intelligence systems, especially when users might find it challenging to comprehend the internal decision-making processes of such systems. A relevant topic of research in this…
View article: Cognitive and emotional predictors of quality of life and functioning after COVID‐19
Cognitive and emotional predictors of quality of life and functioning after COVID‐19 Open
Objective A long‐term decline in health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) has been reported after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). Studies with people with persistent symptoms showed inconsistent outcomes. Cognition and emotion are impor…
View article: A few misfits can Change the World
A few misfits can Change the World Open
Rising inequality is a critical concern for societies worldwide, to the extent that emerging high-growth economies such as China have identified common prosperity as a central goal. However, the mechanisms by which digital disruptions cont…
View article: Assessing Biases through Visual Contexts
Assessing Biases through Visual Contexts Open
Bias detection in the computer vision field is a necessary task, to achieve fair models. These biases are usually due to undesirable correlations present in the data and learned by the model. Although explainability can be a way to gain in…
View article: COVID-19 severity is related to poor executive function in people with post-COVID conditions
COVID-19 severity is related to poor executive function in people with post-COVID conditions Open
Patients with post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) conditions typically experience cognitive problems. Some studies have linked COVID-19 severity with long-term cognitive damage, while others did not observe such associations. This dis…
View article: Neuropsychological impairment in post-COVID condition individuals with and without cognitive complaints
Neuropsychological impairment in post-COVID condition individuals with and without cognitive complaints Open
One of the most prevalent symptoms of post-COVID condition is cognitive impairment, which results in a significant degree of disability and low quality of life. In studies with large sample sizes, attention, memory, and executive function …
View article: Deep Air – A Smart City AI Synthetic Data Digital Twin Solving the Scalability Data Problems
Deep Air – A Smart City AI Synthetic Data Digital Twin Solving the Scalability Data Problems Open
Cities are becoming data-driven, re-engineering their processes to adapt to dynamically changing needs. A.I. brings new capabilities, effectively enlarging the space of policy interventions that can be explored and applied. Therefore, new …
View article: Automatic vehicle counting area creation based on vehicle Deep Learning detection and DBSCAN
Automatic vehicle counting area creation based on vehicle Deep Learning detection and DBSCAN Open
Deep learning and high-performance computing have augmented and speed-up the scope of video-based vehicles' massive counting. The automatic vehicle counts result from the detection and tracking of the vehicles in certain areas or Regions o…
View article: The use of Synthetic Data to solve the scalability and data availability problems in Smart City Digital Twins
The use of Synthetic Data to solve the scalability and data availability problems in Smart City Digital Twins Open
The A.I. disruption and the need to compete on innovation are impacting cities that have an increasing necessity to become innovation hotspots. However, without proven solutions, experimentation, often unsuccessful, is needed. But experime…
View article: The Organisational Structure of an Agent-Based Model for the Management of Wastewater Systems
The Organisational Structure of an Agent-Based Model for the Management of Wastewater Systems Open
Water managers have to deal with complex problems due to the intertwined characteristics of processes, in particular those that occur in wastewater systems. Existing modelling approaches are usually centred in the physical, chemical and bi…
View article: To Be fAIr or Not to Be: Using AI for the Good of Citizens
To Be fAIr or Not to Be: Using AI for the Good of Citizens Open
In the last decade, there has been an explosion in the progress and applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in our society. For the first time, the applications of AI have left the laboratory to reach society in a broad, visible, and …
View article: A Trainable Monogenic ConvNet Layer Robust in Front of Large Contrast Changes in Image Classification
A Trainable Monogenic ConvNet Layer Robust in Front of Large Contrast Changes in Image Classification Open
Convolutional Neural Networks (ConvNets) at present achieve remarkable performance in image classification tasks. However, current ConvNets cannot guarantee the capabilities of the mammalian visual systems such as invariance to contrast an…
View article: Signs for Ethical AI: A Route Towards Transparency
Signs for Ethical AI: A Route Towards Transparency Open
Today, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has a direct impact on the daily life of billions of people. Being applied to sectors like finance, health, security and advertisement, AI fuels some of the biggest companies and research institutions in…
View article: Evaluating University-Business Collaboration at Science Parks: a Business Perspective
Evaluating University-Business Collaboration at Science Parks: a Business Perspective Open
The evaluation of the companies’ performance at University Science Parks (SPs) becomes essential in identifying the needs of the companies and the feasibility of the University-Business Collaboration ( UBC ). The companies’ real needs are …