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  • Interactive inspection routes application for economic and food safety
    Publication . Barros, Telmo; Santos, Tiago; Oliveira, Alexandra; Cardoso, Henrique Lopes; Reis, Luís Paulo; Oliveira, Alexandra
    This paper describes an application aimed at improving the current state of enforcement in the areas of food safety and economic activities in Portugal. More specifically, the application focuses on a flexible and interactive approach to generate inspection routes, to be followed by surveillance brigades with the aim of verifying Economic Operators’ compliance to national and European legislation on economic and food safety. The problem is modeled as a Multi-Depot Periodic Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows, and the algorithmic approaches employed seek to maximize either the number of inspected Economic Operators or a utility function that takes into account the utility gained from inspecting each Economic Operator. The generated solutions are shown in an intuitive platform, where human operators can visualize the solutions details (including georeferenced locations in a map) and fully customize them on time by manually removing or adding Economic Operators to be targeted.
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  • Assessing daily activities using a PPG sensor embedded in a wristband-type activity tracker
    Publication . Oliveira, Alexandra; Aguiar, Joyce; Silva, Eliana; Faria, Brígida Mónica; Gonçalves, Helena; Teófilo, Luís; Gonçalves, Joaquim; Carvalho, Victor; Cardoso, Henrique Lopes; Reis, Luís Paulo; Faria, Brigida Monica; Oliveira, Alexandra
    Due to the technological evolution on wearable devices, biosignals, such as inter-cardiac beat interval (RR) time series, are being captured in a noncontrolled environment. These RR signals, derived from photoplethysmography (PPG), enable health status assessment in a more continuous, non-invasive, nonobstructive way, and fully integrated into the individual’s daily activity. However PPG is vulnerable to motion artefacts, which can affect the accuracy of the estimated neurophysiological markers. This paper introduces a method for motion artefact characterization in terms of location and relative variation parameters obtained in different common daily activities. The approach takes into consideration interindividual variability. Data was analyzed throughout related-samples Friedman’s test, followed by pairwise comparison with Wilcoxon signed-rank tests with a Bonferroni correction. Results showed that movement, involving only arms, presents more variability in terms of the two analyzed parameters.
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