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A two-layer mobile robot localisation solution based on Laser Range Scanned applied on reconstructed models is presented. The solution encompasses a feature matching layer performing without an initial posture estimate, a second layer based on coordinate transforms to refine an initial posture estimate, and a third module to assess the likelihood of the results computed by the two layers.

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Although there has been great progress in controlling the brucellosis disease, there are still regions where infection persists in domestic animals and consequently transmission to the human population occurs frequently, causing acute and chronic brucellosis. In this context, this study aimed to characterize and detect changes in temporal trends related to brucellosis in Portugal and in the European Union (EU) and to compare the means recorded per 100 thousand residents. This is a retrospective study, based on secondary data about the number of notified and recorded cases of brucellosis in Portugal and the EU between 2007 and 2017 and resident population data. The data were analyzed through the software Joinpoint, version 4.6.0.0, to estimate the regression for each trend. In order to compare the means of the cases notified in Portugal and EU, the software SPSS version 25.0 and the t-Student test for paired samples were used. The results show that, in both regions, there was a decrease in notified cases of brucellosis. The annual percentage variation in the period analyzed for Portugal and the EU were -9.4% and -4.6%, respectively, for a 95% confidence interval. There were statistically significant differences between the notified averages for each 100 thousand residents of notified cases of brucellosis in Portugal and EU (p-value < 0.05). Portugal registers more than four times the cases notified when compared to EU in the analyzed period. The results showed a decrease trend in brucellosis cases both in Portugal and EU in the same period. Results, also, revealed that the downward trend was more marked in Portugal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Adherence to medicines treatment is essential to ensure its effectiveness, safety and cost-effectiveness. This study aims to present a systematic review of the literature on educational and behavioral interventions used to improve adherence to the treatment of chronic outpatients with pathologies whose treatment in Portugal is covered by specific legislation. A systematic review of the literature was conducted based on studies published in MEDLINE - PubMed on education and counseling interventions used to change behavior in order to improve medication adherence in patients with pathologies for which, in Portugal, medicines are acquired in hospital pharmacies under specific legislation. In this context, all intervention publications, available up to August 31, 2017, were included. Inclusion criteria included: (1) articles written in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French; (2) chronic patients with pathologies whose medication in Portugal is covered by special reimbursement schemes and the medicines are dispensed in hospital pharmacies; (3) educational and behavioral intervention directed at the patient; and, (4) with results about the impact of the interventions on adherence to therapy. There were 193 publications, of which only 58 obeyed the inclusion criteria. The geographical distribution of the researches was as follows: America (62.1%), Europe (22.4%), Africa (5.2%), Asia (5.2%) and Oceania (5.2%). The most common pathologies were: HIV (65.5%), chronic renal failure (8.6%), inflammatory bowel diseases (6.8%), renal transplants (6.9%), rheumatoid arthritis (3.4%), hepatitis C virus (5.2%), cystic fibrosis (1.7%) and psoriasis (1.7%). Most multidisciplinary interventions had a positive impact on adherence to medicine therapy. Conclusions: In most studies there was a positive impact of the interventions, revealing the importance of development of intervention studies with patients to improve their adherence to treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The main goal of this investigation is to evaluate patient's knowledge about medicine in use and to verify whether there are significant differences regarding gender, age and the education level. This type of research is analytical, transversal and observational. The sample is constituted by 398 people from the town of Bragança. A survey was conducted through a questionnaire that assessed the knowledge concerning the medicine in use. Data collection was made between February and April of 2012. The collected information was analyzed by SPSS, with the usual statistics methodology. The Mann-Whitney test was used to compare 2 independent groups and the Kruskal-Wallis test to compare 3 independent groups. The significance level applied was 5%. Of the total respondents, most are female (65, 3%), married (47,5%), with an average age of 39,6 (SD=15,9) and possess secondary education (38,2 %) or higher education (34,7%). In the preceding year, 82,7% of the respondents took medication, being the average of different medications taken by respondents about 3,6 (SD=2,3). Of these, currently 58,7% (131) respondents present a reasonable knowledge level about the medicine in use. The respondents who were female, younger and have higher education qualifications have demonstrated a higher knowledge level about the medicine in use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To determine the level of academic satisfaction in higher education students from the 1st cycle and to verify if there are statistically significant differences at the level of academic satisfaction taking into account gender, age, scientific area and the year attended are the main objectives of this study. For this purpose, a cross-sectional, observational and quantitative study was developed. Data collection occurred in April 2012. A non-probabilistic accidental sample of 686 students from the 1st cycle of four scientific areas, namely, Health, Technology, Education and Agriculture was collected. After validation of the data collected through a questionnaire, the IBM SPSS 20.0 statistical software was used to process the data. Such processing involved the use of descriptive statistics; exploratory factor analysis; Cronbach's Alpha; R-Pearson test; t-Student test; One-Way ANOVA; Tukey test, Kaiser-Meyer- Olkin test; and, Bartlett's sphericity test. It was found that, in general, students' academic satisfaction is high. However, in all dimensions considered, namely, satisfaction with the degree, Opportunity and Development, and satisfaction with the institution, there are aspects that can be improved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper proposes a set of navigation strategies to cooperatively localize a team of robots by applying a Particle-Filter approach. The main mission consists in exploring unknown, isolated and unstructured scenarios, where no Global Positioning System is available. By means of the cooperative localization technique and a behaviour based controller the robots have to return to the initial configuration. The proposed approach relies on distance and orientation measurements between the individual robots, and between the robots and a fixed active beacon. Simulation results are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Caçari is a fruit tree that is native to the Amazon region of Brazil. The fruit is considered to have the highest vitamin C content of any edible fruit (13.757 mg 100 g-1 dry weight). The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of 2,4-D and 6-BAP alone or in combination on in vitro callus induction and pro-embryogenic mass formation in caçari stem segments in different culture media as a precursor for caçari micropropagation. The experiment consisted of two culture media (MS and WPM) and combinations of four concentrations of 2,4-D (0, 1, 2 and 4 mg L-1) and BAP (0, 0.25, 0.5 and 1 mg L-1). The results showed that the highest percentage of callus formation (99%) was obtained in WPM supplemented with 4 mg L-1, 2,4-D and 1 mg L-1 BAP, and this combination resulted in 93% pro-embryogenic mass formation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]