User profiles for "author:João Abrantes"

João CC Abrantes

- Verified email at estg.ipvc.pt - Cited by 2952

João Rafael Abrantes

- Verified email at itecons.uc.pt - Cited by 861

João Abrantes

- Verified email at ulusofona.pt - Cited by 837

Assertiveness-based agent communication for a personalized medicine on medical imaging diagnosis

FM Calisto, J Fernandes, M Morais… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Intelligent agents are showing increasing promise for clinical decision-making in a variety of
healthcare settings. While a substantial body of work has contributed to the best strategies to …

Effects of gender and foot-landing techniques on lower extremity kinematics during drop-jump landings

N Cortes, J Onate, J Abrantes… - Journal of applied …, 2007 - journals.humankinetics.com
The purpose of this study was to assess kinematic lower extremity motion patterns (hip
flexion, knee flexion, knee valgus, and ankle dorsiflexion) during various foot-landing …

An alternative representation of impedance spectra of ceramics

JCC Abrantes, JA Labrincha, JR Frade - Materials Research Bulletin, 2000 - Elsevier
Suitable approximations are derived to extract the relevant parameters of the bulk, grain
boundary, and electrode contributions of impedance spectra from Z′ vs. Z ″/f plots …

Dynamic joint stiffness of the ankle during walking: gender-related differences

RC Gabriel, J Abrantes, K Granata, J Bulas-Cruz… - Physical Therapy in …, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To characterize and compare dynamic joint stiffness (DJS) of the ankle in the
sagittal plane during natural cadence walking in both genders. DESIGN: Observation, cross …

Effectiveness of the application of rice straw mulching strips in reducing runoff and soil loss: Laboratory soil flume experiments under simulated rainfall

JRCB Abrantes, SA Prats, JJ Keizer… - Soil and Tillage …, 2018 - Elsevier
The use of mulch as a management tool has shown one of the highest effectiveness/cost
ratios for improving agricultural soil fertility, crop productivity, soil restoration in badlands and …

Comparison of thermal, salt and dye tracing to estimate shallow flow velocities: Novel triple-tracer approach

JRCB Abrantes, RB Moruzzi, A Silveira… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The accurate measurement of shallow flow velocities is crucial to understand and model the
dynamics of sediment and pollutant transport by overland flow. In this study, a novel triple …

Handling interoccasion variability in model‐based dose individualization using therapeutic drug monitoring data

JA Abrantes, S Jönsson, MO Karlsson… - British journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aims This study aims to assess approaches to handle interoccasion variability (IOV) in a
model‐based therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) context, using a population …

The relationship of body mass index, age and triceps-surae musculotendinous stiffness with the foot arch structure of postmenopausal women

A Faria, R Gabriel, J Abrantes, R Brás, H Moreira - Clinical biomechanics, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Low-or high-arched feet and insufficient or excessive muscle–tendon
stiffness have been identified as risk factors for lower extremity injuries. Additionally …

Using a thermal tracer to estimate overland and rill flow velocities

JLMP de Lima, JRCB Abrantes - Earth Surface Processes and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Flow velocity is a basic hydraulic property of surface flows and its precise calculation is
necessary for process based hydrological models, such as soil erosion and rill development …

Learning intermediate object affordances: Towards the development of a tool concept

A Gonçalves, J Abrantes, G Saponaro… - … on development and …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Inspired by the extraordinary ability of young infants to learn how to grasp and manipulate
objects, many works in robotics have proposed developmental approaches to allow robots …