Computational ontologies are machine-processable structures which represent particular
domains of interest. They integrate knowledge which can be used by humans or machines …

Chronically ill patients are complex health care cases that require the coordinated
interaction of multiple professionals. A correct intervention of these sort of patients entails the …

An important inconsistency currently exists in the literature on oral cancer. Reviewing this
literature, one finds that the term oral cancer is defined and described with great variation. In …

The systematic large-scale production of digital scientific objects, the diversity of the
processes involved and the complexity of describing historical relationships among them …

The paper presents the main results of the KOMET (Knowledge and cOntent structuring via
METhods of collaborative ontology design) project, which aims to develop a novel paradigm …

Methods: Using qualitative metrics for data retrieval and information loss across a variety of
CER topic areas, we compare several existing models from a representative sample of …

This paper addresses the elective surgery planning under uncertainties related to surgery
times and emergency surgery demands. Surgery times as well operating rooms' capacities …

The representation of medical data and knowledge is fundamental in the field of medical
informatics. Ontologies and related artifacts are important tools in knowledge representation …

The adaptive immune response plays a vital role in eliminating infected and aberrant cells
from the body. This process hinges on the presentation of short peptides by major …

Background Regional and epidemiological cancer registries are important for cancer
research and the quality management of cancer treatment. Many technological solutions are …