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The Role of Computer Science in Responsible AI Governance by Almeida, Virgilio, Almeida, Jussara M., Meira, Wagner, Almeida, Virgilio

“…Governing artificial intelligence involves multidisciplinary work across different fields to ensure human control over technology. This article aims to show…”
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Governing Artificial Intelligence Through a Sociotechnical Lens by Filgueiras, Fernando, Mendonca, Ricardo Fabrino, Almeida, Virgilio, Almeida, Virgilio

“…Governing algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) involves multidisciplinary work across different fields to ensure human control over technology. This…”
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Characterizing user navigation and interactions in online social networks by Benevenuto, Fabrício, Rodrigues, Tiago, Cha, Meeyoung, Almeida, Virgílio

“…Understanding how users navigate and interact when they connect to social networking sites creates opportunities for better interface design, richer studies of…”
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Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of Newcastle disease viruses isolated in southern Angola, 2016-2018 by Henriques, Ana M., Neto, António, Fagulha, Teresa, Almeida, Virgílio, Fevereiro, Miguel

“…Newcastle disease (ND) is a highly contagious viral disease that affects many bird species worldwide. This study presents the results of the molecular…”
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Patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-complex excretion and characterization of super-shedders in naturally-infected wild boar and red deer by Santos, Nuno, Almeida, Virgílio, Gortázar, Christian, Correia-Neves, Margarida

“…Wild boar (Sus scrofa) and red deer (Cervus elaphus) are the main maintenance hosts for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in continental Europe. Understanding…”
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Spatial Analysis of Wildlife Tuberculosis Based on a Serologic Survey Using Dried Blood Spots, Portugal by Santos, Nuno, Nunes, Telmo, Fonseca, Carlos, Vieira-Pinto, Madalena, Almeida, Virgílio, Gortázar, Christian, Correia-Neves, Margarida

“…We investigated the spatial epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in wildlife in a multihost system. We surveyed bovine TB in Portugal by serologic analysis…”
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Complementary roles of wild boar and red deer to animal tuberculosis maintenance in multi-host communities by Santos, Nuno, Colino, Elisa Ferreras, Arnal, María Cruz, de Luco, Daniel Fernández, Sevilla, Iker, Garrido, Joseba M., Fonseca, Eliana, Valente, Ana M., Balseiro, Ana, Queirós, João, Almeida, Virgílio, Vicente, Joaquín, Gortázar, Christian, Alves, Paulo Célio

“…The contribution of wildlife species to pathogen maintenance in multi-host communities has seldom been quantified. To assess the relative contribution of the…”
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Longitudinal characterization of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium throughout the pig’s life cycle by Fernandes, Laura, Centeno, Maria Madalena, Couto, Natacha, Nunes, Telmo, Almeida, Virgílio, Alban, Lis, Pomba, Constança

“…•The usage of antimicrobials influenced the development of resistance in a setting where monophasic S. Typhimurium was circulating.•A common antimicrobial…”
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Joint admission control and resource allocation in virtualized servers by Almeida, Jussara, Almeida, Virgílio, Ardagna, Danilo, Cunha, Ítalo, Francalanci, Chiara, Trubian, Marco

“…In service oriented architectures, Quality of Service (QoS) is a key issue. Service requestors evaluate QoS at run time to address their service invocation to…”
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The combined use of salivary cortisol concentrations, heart rate, and respiratory rate for the welfare assessment of dogs involved in AAI programs by R. de Carvalho, Inês, Nunes, Telmo, de Sousa, Liliana, Almeida, Virgílio

“…Animal-assisted interventions (AAIs) are increasingly popular throughout the world, with a growing trend. Despite all their potential benefits, there are…”
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Widespread Environmental Contamination with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Revealed by a Molecular Detection Protocol by Santos, Nuno, Santos, Catarina, Valente, Teresa, Gortázar, Christian, Almeida, Virgílio, Correia-Neves, Margarida

“…Environmental contamination with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) has been considered crucial for bovine tuberculosis persistence in…”
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Evaluation of the humoral immune response induced by vaccination for canine distemper and parvovirus: a pilot study by Vila Nova, Beatriz, Cunha, Eva, Sepúlveda, Nuno, Oliveira, Manuela, São Braz, Berta, Tavares, Luis, Almeida, Virgílio, Gil, Solange

“…Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) and Canine Parvovirus (CPV) lead to infections with high mortality rates in dogs. These viruses affect unvaccinated dogs or dogs…”
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Evaluation of a Biocide Used in the Biological Isolation and Containment Unit of a Veterinary Teaching Hospital by Geraldes, Catarina, Verdial, Cláudia, Cunha, Eva, Almeida, Virgílio, Tavares, Luís, Oliveira, Manuela, Gil, Solange

“…Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a rising problem worldwide, and the best way of coping with them is through infection tracking and surveillance…”
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Diagnosis of tuberculosis in the wild boar (Sus scrofa): a comparison of methods applicable to hunter-harvested animals by Santos, Nuno, Geraldes, Margarida, Afonso, Andreia, Almeida, Virgílio, Correia-Neves, Margarida

“…To obtain robust epidemiological information regarding tuberculosis (TB) in wildlife species, appropriate diagnostic methods need to be used. Wild boar (Sus…”
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Detection and modeling of anti-Leptospira IgG prevalence in cats from Lisbon area and its correlation to retroviral infections, lifestyle, clinical and hematologic changes by Moreira da Silva, Joana, Prata, Sara, Domingues, Tiago Dias, Leal, Rodolfo Oliveira, Nunes, Telmo, Tavares, Luís, Almeida, Virgílio, Sepúlveda, Nuno, Gil, Solange

“…•Anti-Leptospira IgG seroprevalence was estimated on cats from Lisbon, Portugal via ELISA.•A mathematical model was applied to raw data to establish the real…”
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A Layered Model for AI Governance by Gasser, Urs, Almeida, Virgilio A. F.

“…AI-based systems are "black boxes," resulting in massive information asymmetries between the developers of such systems and consumers and policymakers. In…”
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Analytical Performance Models for MapReduce Workloads by Vianna, Emanuel, Comarela, Giovanni, Pontes, Tatiana, Almeida, Jussara, Almeida, Virgílio, Wilkinson, Kevin, Kuno, Harumi, Dayal, Umeshwar

“…MapReduce is a currently popular programming model to support parallel computations on large datasets. Among the several existing MapReduce implementations,…”
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Sentiment-based influence detection on Twitter by Bigonha, Carolina, Cardoso, Thiago N. C., Moro, Mirella M., Gonçalves, Marcos A., Almeida, Virgílio A. F.

“…The user generated content available in online communities is easy to create and consume. Lately, it also became strategically important to companies…”
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A 5‐year retrospective study of canine and feline patients referred to an isolation unit for infectious diseases by Paulo, Catarina, Machado, Inês, Carvalho, Helena, Gomes, Joana, Deodato Mota, Ana, Tavares, Luís, Almeida, Virgílio, Gil, Solange

“…Background Referral of cases is becoming more and more frequent in companion animal practice. The Infectious Diseases Isolation Unit (IDIU) admits first…”
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A hierarchical characterization of a live streaming media workload by Veloso, E., Almeida, V., Meira, W., Bestavros, A., Shudong Jin

“…We present a thorough characterization of what we believe to be the first significant live Internet streaming media workload in the scientific literature. Our…”
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