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Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration 2017年第2期16卷 329-348页

作者： tiago Miguel ferreira Rui Maio Romeu Vicente ISISE Department of Civil EngineeringUniversity of MinhoCampus de Azurém RISCO Department of Civil EngineeringUniversity of AveiroCampus Universitário de Santiago

The buildings＇ capacity to maintain minimum structural safety levels during natural disasters, such as earthquakes, is recognisably one of the aspects that most influence urban resilience. Moreover, the public investment in risk mitigation strategies is fimdamental, not only to promote social and urban and resilience, but also to limit consequent material, human and environmental losses. Despite the growing awareness of this issue, there is still a vast number of traditional masonry buildings spread throughout many European old city centres that lacks of adequate seismic resistance, requiring therefore urgent retrofitting interventions in order to both reduce their seismic vulnerability and to cope with the increased seismic requirements of recent code standards. Thus, this paper aims at contributing to mitigate the social and economic impacts of earthquake damage scenarios through the development of vulnerability-based comparative analysis of some of the most popularretrofitting techniques applied after the 1998 Azores earthquake. The influence of each technique individually and globally studied resorting to a seismic vulnerability index methodology integrated into a GIS tool and damage and loss scenarios are constructed and critically discussed. Finally, the economic balance resulting from the implementation of that techniques are also examined.

关键词： urban resilience masonry buildings retrofitting strategies vulnerability-based approach loss estimation

The use of Artificial Neural Networks to estimate seismic damage and derive vulnerability functions for traditional masonry

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Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering 2020年第3期14卷 609-622页

作者： tiago Miguel ferreira Joao ESTEVAO Rui MAIO Romeu VICENTE ISISE Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability(IB-S)Department of Civil EngineeringUniversity of MinhoGuimaraes 4800-058Portugal Department of Civil Engineering University of AlgarveFaro 8005-139Portugal RISCO Department of Civil EngineeringUniversity of AveiroAveiro 3810-193Portugal

ABSTRACT This paper discusses the adoption of Artificial Intelligence-based techniques to estimate seismic damage,not with the goal of replacing existing approaches,but as a mean to improve the precision of empirical *** such,damage data collected in the aftermath of the 1998 Azores earthquake(Portugal)is used to develop a comparative analysis between damage grades obtained resorting to a classic damage formulation and an innovative approach based on Artificial Neural Networks(ANNs).The analysis is carried out on the basis of a vulnerability index computed with a hybrid seismic vulnerability asssment methodology,which is subsequently used as input to both *** results obtained are then compared with real post-earthquake damage observation and critically discussed taking into account the level of adjustment achieved by each ***,a computer routine that uses the ANN as an approximation function is developed and applied to derive a new vulnerability curve *** general terms,the ANN developed in this study allowed to obtain much better approximations than those achieved with the original vulnerability approach,which has revealed to be quite ***,the proposed vulnerability curve expression was found to provide a more accurate damage prediction than the traditional analytical expressions.

关键词： Artificial Neural Networks seismic vulnerability masonry buildings damage estimation,vulnerability curves

Integrating an academic management system with blockchain:A case study

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Blockchain(Research and Applications) 2022年第4期3卷 81-90页

作者： Sergio Guerreiro Joao F.ferreira tiago Fonseca Miguel Correia INESC-ID Rua Alves Redol 91000-029LisbonPortugal Instituto Superior Tecnico University of Lisbon1649-004LisbonPortugal

This paper reports the design,implementation,and experimental phases of the EU H2020 QualiChain pilot“Staffing the Public Sector—The Case of Portugal”.The overall purpose of this pilot is to ensure the authenticity and integrity of the diplomas for all involved stakeholders and therefore to contribute to solving the diploma counterfeiting and/or falsification that is a great threat to the recruitment of qualified *** main innovative aspect of this solution is the integration that is offered between an Academic Management System(the *** platform)and a Blockchain(Ethereum)to automatically deploy *** solution helps the involved stakeholders trust the diplomas *** case study involves four different stakeholders and studies,specifically,the increase in their satisfaction in terms of diploma control,diploma veracity,and diploma *** developed system was tested with external participants who were asked to follow a set of guidelines and complete a survey to assess their *** system interactions were recorded,and the data were *** results indicated that the participants successfully executed the guidelines and that a perception increase toward diploma control,veracity,and credibility was identified.

关键词： Blockchain University management system Authenticity Document verification Education certificate Ethereum Integrity Smart contrac

Towards the automation of book typesetting

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Visual Informatics 2023年第2期7卷 1-12页

作者： Sérgio M.Rebelo tiago Martins Diogo ferreira Artur Rebelo University of Coimbra Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of CoimbraDepartment of Informatics EngineeringCoimbraPortugal

This paper proposes a generative approach for the automatic typesetting of books in desktop *** presented system consists in a computer script that operates inside a widely used design software tool and implements a generative process based on several typographic rules,styles and principles which have been identified in the *** performance of the proposed system is tested through an experiment which included the evaluation of its outputs with *** results reveal the ability of the system to consistently create varied book designs from the same input content as well as visually coherent book designs with different contents while complying with fundamental typographic principles.

关键词： Design tools Data-driven design Generative design Graphic design Typography

Association of TNFA(-308G/A),IFNG(+874 A/T)and IL-10(-819 C/T)polymorphisms with protection and susceptibility to dengue in Brazilian population

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Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine 2017年第11期10卷 1065-1071页

作者： Ana Caroline Melo dos Santos Edilson Leite de Moura Jean Moises ferreira Alexandre Wendell Araujo de Moura Ailson Darlan Sales ferreira Rubens Pereira Bezerra Diego de Siqueira Figueiredo Karol Fireman de Farias tiago Gomes de Andrade Elaine Virginia Martins de Souza Figueiredo Molecular Biology and Gene Expression Laboratory Federal University of AlagoasCampus ArapiracaAv Manoel Severino BarbosaBom SucessoArapiracaAL57309-005Brazil Faculty of Medicine Federal University of AlagoasCampus AC SimoesTabuleiro dos MartinsMaceioAlagoasBrazil

Objective: To evaluate gene polymorphisms and their association with susceptibility to ***: A retrospective case-control study was performed with 262 subjects,comprising 78 dengue fever(DF) patients, 49 dengue hemorrhagic fever(DHF) patients and 135 healthy controls. Genotypic and allelic profiles were identified using polymerase chain reaction based in real time and amplification-refractory mutation ***: We observed a protective association of IL-10(-819 C/T) C allele(P = 0.028,OR = 0.56, CI = 0.34–0.91) against DHF, while the C/T(P = 0.047, OR = 2.10,CI = 1.01–4.38) and T/T(P = 0.008, OR = 3.82, CI = 1.38–10.59) genotypes were associated with DHF and DF, respectively. The dominant model TNFA-308 GA + AA(P = 0.043, OR = 0.45, CI = 0.20–1.00) genotypes were found to have protective effect against dengue infection. A protective association among the IFNG(+874 A/T) A/T genotype against DF(P = 0.02, OR = 0.46, CI = 0.24–0.89) and DHF(P = 0.034,OR = 0.43, CI = 0.19–0.95) was observed. When the studied single-nucleotide polymorphism was analyzed in combination, the combination GTA(P = 0.022, OR = 2.95,CI = 1.18–7.41) was statistically significantly associated with susceptibility to DF and the combination GCT(P = 0.035, OR = 0.28, CI = 0.08–0.90) with protection against the development of ***: This research identifies the association of the IFNG(+874 A/T), TNFA(-308 G/A), IL-10(-819 C/T) genotypes as a factor for protection, susceptibility and severity to dengue.

关键词： Immune system IFNG TNFA IL-10 Dengue Polymorphism

Tweaking the immune system as an adjuvant for the treatment of retinal degenerations

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Annals of Eye Science 2017年第1期2卷 53-56页

作者： tiago Santos-ferreira Marius Ader Technische Universität Dresden Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden(CRTD)DresdenGermany

Blinding diseases such as photoreceptor degenerations are debilitating conditions that severely impair daily lives of affected *** group of diseases are amenable to photoreceptor replacement therapies and recent transplantation studies provided proof-of-principle for functional recovery at the retinal and behavioral level,though the actual mechanism of repair still needs further *** immune system responds in several ways upon photoreceptor engraftment,resulting in T-cell and macrophage infiltrations and,consequently,decrease in graft *** studies on the role of the immune system suggest a detrimental effect in a therapeutic ***,the opposite idea wherein the immune system can be activated towards a protective state was also explored in other experimental ***,Neves and colleagues explored the potential of cross-species studies and,to a certain extent,the concept of a protective immune system in retinal degeneration and *** astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor(MANF)was identified in this study as a novel factor that,by modulating the immune system,can slow down photoreceptor degeneration and improve transplantation outcome.

关键词： Immune modulation retina retinal degeneration photoreceptor transplantation retinal repair

Impact of infection in hospitalized cirrhotic patients in a university hospital

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Open Journal of Gastroenterology 2012年第3期2卷 124-130页

作者： tiago dos Santos ferreira tiago Sevá-Pereira Jazon Romilson de Souza Almeida Milena Fioravante Ademar Yamanaka Elza Cotrim Soares Department of Internal Medicine Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Campinas Brazil Gastrocenter University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Campinas Brazil

Background: Infection increases the morbidity and mortality in liver cirrhosis patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of infection related to survival and risk factors for death in adult patients with liver cirrhosis in a university hospital. Methods: In a retrospective cohort study of Brazilian hospitalized cirrhotic patients, medical records data were analysed, and all patients who have had one or more confirmed bacterial infection during admission were se-ected for the study. Also, some data as biochemical investigation, Child score, MELD estimation, and evolution and death event were included. Statistical analysis: chi-square, Fisher and Mann-Whitney tests were used. Uni and multivariate analysis were performed, according to Cox regression model. The significant statistical level was p 2.5 mg/dl had increased the risk of death of 4.1, 3.2 and 3.2, respectively. Conclusion: Bacterial infections in hospitalized cirrhotic patients deserve special care, mainly spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and also patients whose hiponatremia, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, high levels of cre-atinine and MELD high score are found.

关键词： Infection Survival Curve Mortality Liver Cirrhosis

Only Spondylodiscitis? A Clinical Case of Multiple Septic Embolization

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Case Reports in Clinical Medicine 2016年第10期5卷 353-357页

作者： Rita Aguiar Manuel ferreira Gomes Elisabete Bento Guerreiro tiago Marques Carla Santos Department of Immunoallergology Hospital de Santa Maria Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte Lisbon Portugal Department of Internal Medicine Hospital de Santa Maria Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte Lisbon Portugal Department of Infectious Diseases Hospital de Santa Maria Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte Lisbon Portugal

Background: Spondylodiscitis and spinal epidural abscesses are rare pathologic entities, but increasing in incidence. Group G beta hemolytic Streptococcus has been recently described associated with human infections. They often present clinically in a non-specific fashion, a fact which can lead to diagnostic delay, with serious consequences for the patient. Case Report: An 80-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with complaints of fever for three days, dysuria, hematuria, and back pain. Both septic embolizations and spondylodiscitis due to Group G beta hemolytic Streptococcus were detected. The patient was successfully treated with intravenous penicillin G for eight weeks, followed by oral amoxicillin for five months. Discussion: In all patients with spondylodiscitis, infective endocarditis should be considered, particularly in patients with heart valve disease history, since spondylodiscitis may be the presenting sign of an infective endocarditis. A high level of suspicion is therefore necessary in order correctly diagnose such entities as quickly as possible. The present case illustrates the pathogenic potential of group G streptococci in spondylodiscitis and native valve endocarditis.

关键词： Spondylodiscitis Group G Beta Hemolytic Streptococcus Epidural Abscess Embolization

Measurements of the Thermophysical Properties of the API 5L X80

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Materials Sciences and Applications 2014年第8期5卷 617-627页

作者： tiago de Sousa Antonino Pablo Batista Guimaraes Roberto de Araújo Alécio Yogendra Prasad Yadava Ricardo Artur Sanguinetti ferreira Federal Institute of Education Science and Technology of PernambucoRecifeBrazil Federal University of Pernambuco Department of Mechanical EngineeringRecifeBrazil

The thermophysical properties of API 5L X80 steel were experimentally measured, in order to use these in computational models to determine the temperature field in welded joints. In this work, values of thermal expansion coefficient, specific heat, thermal diffusivity and thermal conductivity were experimentally obtained as a function of temperature. The thermal expansion coefficient was determined at temperatures of 20°C to 1200°C in a dilatometer DIL 402 PC. The specific heat was determined on a differential scanning calorimeter at temperatures between 300°C and 1200°C. The diffusivity and thermal conductivity were determined in the temperature range 100°C to 800°C in a 457 LFA diffusivimeter using laser flash technique. The thermal expansion coefficient remained approximately with constant value of 8.5 × 10-6 K-1 and suffered two falls reaching values -25 × 10-6 K-1 and -50 × 10-6 K-1 in the stages of heating and cooling respectively. It was observed for this material, minimum and maximum values of specific heat equal to 0.571 J/gK and 1.084 J/gK at temperatures of 300°C and 720°C, respectively. The behavior of thermal diffusivity and thermal conductivity in the temperature range 100°C to 800°C tends to decrease with increasing temperature. Based on the measured properties, computational modeling of the temperature field can be numerically obtained with better accuracy.

关键词： Thermophysical Properties API 5L X80 Steel Measurements