Browsing by Subject "Information technology"
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AKAMAS: Mining association rules using a new algorithm for the assessment of the risk of coronary heart events
(2009)Many algorithms have been developed for rule mining in large transaction databases. Discovery of some important association rules is a main database mining problem. The objective of this study was to develop a new data ...
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Argumentation based modelling of embedded agent dialogues
(2006)This paper presents a novel approach to modelling embedded agent dialogues. It proposes a specific structure for the supporting information accompanying the arguments that agents exchange during a dialogue, it defines ...
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Atherosclerotic carotid wall segmentation in ultrasound images using Markov random fields
(2010)This work explores the segmentation of the intima-media complex (IMC) of the common carotid artery (CCA) wall for the evaluation of the intima media thickness (IMT) on B-mode ultrasound images. The IMT provides important ...
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Automatic code generation: A practical approach
(2008)This work contributes in bridging the gap between software design and implementation of component-based systems using software architectures at the modelling/design level and the coordination paradigm at the implementation ...
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Bilateral routing in emergency response networks
(IEEE Computer Society, 2013)An emergency response networking scenario is considered, in which immediately after the strike of a disaster, mobile terminals autonomously form an ad-hoc network. Distress nodes, use this network to disseminate help-requests ...
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Brain MR image normalization in texture analysis of multiple sclerosis
(2009)A problem that occurs in texture analysis and quantitative analysis of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), is that the extracted results are not comparable between consecutive or repeated scans or, within the same scan, ...
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Capturing essential intrinsic user behaviour values for the design of comprehensive web-based personalized environments
(2008)Advances in Web-based oriented technologies and services are taking place with a considerable speed around the world. As communications and IT usage become an integral part of many people's lives and the available products ...
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Classification of surface electromyographic signals using AM-FM features
(2009)The objective of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of AM-FM features extracted from surface electro myographic (SEMG) signals for the assessment of neuromuscular disorders at different force levels. SEMG signals ...
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Combating persistent adversaries in wireless sensor networks using directional antennas
(2011)Security is an important property in applications offering services in mission-critical areas, such as in healthcare, military, transportation, etc. Wireless sensor networks (WSN) support the mission of these applications ...
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Computational intelligent diagnostics systems in medicine
(IEEE, 1997)A literature search over the last few years has shown that there is a steady increase in publications on computer-based medical diagnostic applications, ranging from diagnostic aids for the physician or hospital staff, to ...
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Content classification for caching under CDNs
(2008)Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) provide an efficient support for serving "resource-hungry" applications while minimizing the network impact of content delivery as well as shifting the traffic away from overloaded origin ...
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Content development within a European e-learning project: Guidelines, results and reflections
(Academic Conferences Limited, 2008)UNITE is an e-learning research project (partially funded by the EU, under FP6), where a number of elearning scenarios have been developed, covering different educational contexts, pedagogical concepts and subjects (e.g. ...
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Coordination of systems with real-time properties in manifold
(IEEE, 1996)This paper combines work done in the areas of asynchronous timed computations and coordination models in order to derive a framework able to express real-time coordination without adhering to special architectures or ...
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Developing an effective social presence system for older adults: The Connected Vitality Network
(2013)Communication over distance via the use of communication technologies aims to offer and enable contact for older adults, who are typically restricted in terms of mobility and tend to suffer from loneliness due to the lack ...
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Doctoral Thesis Open Access
Economic growth, productivity and technological change
(Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Οικονομικών Επιστημών και Διοίκησης / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Economics and Management, 2006-06)Οι στόχοι της Διατριβής είναι: (1) να εξετάσει κατά πόσο συγκεκριμένοι δείκτες χρηματοοικονομικής ανάπτυξης επηρεάζουν την οικονομική μεγέθυνση με στόχο την εξακρίβωση μη γραμμικότητας στην σχέση αυτή; (2) να εξετάσει τη ...
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Editorial message: Special track on ubiquitous computing
(2005)Ubiquitous computing places humans in the center of environments saturated with computing and wireless communications capabilities, yet gracefully integrated, so that technology recedes in the background of everyday ...
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Editorial: Why coordination models and languages in AI?
(2001)The pervasive spreading of information technology, along with the continuously growing and almost ubiquitous request for intelligence in systems, is giving new life to AI research. At the same time, this introduces new ...
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Effect of posture change on the geometric features of the healthy carotid bifurcation
(2009)Segmented cross sectional MRI images were used to construct 3D virtual models of the carotid bifurcation in 5 healthy volunteers. Geometric features such as bifurcation angle, planarity angle, asymmetry angle tortuosity ...
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The Effects of Case-Based Learning on Early Childhood Pre-Service Teachers' Beliefs about the Pedagogical Uses of ICT
(Journal of Educational Media, 2004)The study examined the extent to which case-based learning could have an effect on pre-service teachers' beliefs about the pedagogical uses of ICT in the classroom. One hundred second year early childhood pre-service ...
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The electronic systems for education of students (the basic problems with the implementation)
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)The education is process of passing the knowledge from the teacher to the student. The information technology could facilitate this process. The author is interested in the problem of implementation the Internet coursewares ...