Leverage web analytics for real time website browsing recommendations

Trabalho apresentado no 5th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST’17), 11-13 de abril 2017, Porto Santo, Madeira PortugalAs a websites’ structure grow it is paramount to accommodate the alignment of user needs and experience with the overall websites’ purposes. Toward this requirement, the proposed website navigation recommendation system suggests to users, pages that might be of her interest based on past successful navigation patterns of overall site’s usage. Most of existing recommendation systems adopts traditionally one of the web mining branches. We take a different stance, on web mining usage, and alternatively considered the real time enactment of web analytic tools supported analysis given their current maturity and affordances. On this basis we provide a model, its implementation and evaluation for navigation based recommendations generation and delivery. The developed prototype adopted a SaaS orientation to promote the underlying functionalities integration within any website. Preliminary evaluation’s results seem to favor the validation of the present contribution rational.N/

Global impact of bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis

Educational aims To recognise the clinical and radiological presentation of the spectrum of diseases associated with bronchiectasis.; To understand variation in the aetiology, microbiology and burden of bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis across different global healthcare systems.; Bronchiectasis is the term used to refer to dilatation of the bronchi that is usually permanent and is associated with a clinical syndrome of cough, sputum production and recurrent respiratory infections. It can be caused by a range of inherited and acquired disorders, or may be idiopathic in nature. The most well recognised inherited disorder in Western countries is cystic fibrosis (CF), an autosomal recessive condition that leads to progressive bronchiectasis, bacterial infection and premature mortality. Both bronchiectasis due to CF and bronchiectasis due to other conditions are placing an increasing burden on healthcare systems internationally. Treatments for CF are becoming more effective leading to more adult patients with complex healthcare needs. Bronchiectasis not due to CF is becoming increasingly recognised, particularly in the elderly population. Recognition is important and can lead to identification of the underlying cause, appropriate treatment and improved quality of life. The disease is highly diverse in its presentation, requiring all respiratory physicians to have knowledge of the different “bronchiectasis syndromes”. The most common aetiologies and presenting syndromes vary depending on geography, with nontuberculous mycobacterial disease predominating in some parts of North America, post-infectious and idiopathic disease predominating in Western Europe, and post-tuberculosis bronchiectasis dominating in South Asia and Eastern Europe. Ongoing global collaborative studies will greatly advance our understanding of the international impact of bronchiectasis and CF

Recurrence in craniopharyngiomas: analysis of clinical and histological features

The aim of this study was to investigate the recurrence patterns and significance of various clinical and histological features as predictors of recurrence in craniopharyngiomas. A series of 234 craniopharyngiomas (156 males, 78 females; age range 1.6-65 years) was reviewed. The mean follow-up period was 18.53 months (range 1-120 months). Peri-operative mortality was 7.4% and tumor recurrence was observed in 26 patients (20.3%). Of the patients with recurrence, one had total tumor excision (recurrence-free survival (RFS) 14 months), four had near-total excision (mean RFS 18.2 months) and 21 had subtotal tumor excision (RFS for symptomatic recurrence 7.1 months). Histologically, an adamantinous pattern was seen in 81.4% of cases and a papillary pattern was seen in 18.6%. Brain tissue was included in 67 cases and brain invasion was noted in 44 (all were of adamantinous histology). No correlation was noted between histopathological subtyping or brain invasion and recurrence. The significant clinical factors predictive of recurrence included the extent of resection, tumor size greater than 4 cm and cystic tumors