A knowledge federation architecture for rare disease patient registries and biobanks
Pedro Sernadela, Pedro Lopes, José Luís Oliveira
J INFORM SYSTEMS ENG, Volume 1, Issue 2, pp. 83-90
https://doi.org/10.20897/lectito.201615
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Patient registries are a source of standardized electronic patient information. These records are vital to identify and coordinate a proper cohort, especially for the rare disease domain. Likeness, biobanks are currently an essential instrument for biomedical research, since they provide the very first piece of the biomedical research cycle, i.e. the biological samples. However, connection between rare diseases, patient registries and biobanks has been very limited, due to the lack of common data models and procedures. As they were built with security and privacy in mind, available tools lack comprehensive data access mechanisms, thus making data sharing a complex process. To tackle these challenges, we introduce a semantic web-based architecture to connect distributed and heterogeneous registries and samples. The outcome is a unique knowledge layer, connecting miscellaneous datasets and enabling state-of-the-art semantic data sharing mechanisms.
Keywords: rare diseases, data integration, interoperability, semantic web, patient registries, biobanks
Assessing and explaining local e-government maturity in the Iberoamerican community
Gustavo Gouvêa Maciel, Hélder Gomes, Gonçalo Paiva Dias
J INFORM SYSTEMS ENG, Volume 1, Issue 2, pp. 91-109
https://doi.org/10.20897/lectito.201616
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This paper assesses local e-government maturity in the Iberoamerican community. Sixty Andorran, Argentinian, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, Costa Rican, Mexican, Portuguese, Spanish, and Uruguayan cities were considered in this study. A demographic criterion was adopted to define the municipalities observed within those countries and a three-dimensional model was used to evaluate each municipal website. Then, we conclude that local e-government still has a substantial room for improvement in the region and that population density is relevant to explain local e-government maturity, albeit only in its intrinsic Information and Participation dimensions.
Keywords: e-government, local government, maturity, population density, Iberoamerican countries, municipalities
E-banking services: Why fraud is important?
Rute Abreu, Fátima David, Liliane Segura
J INFORM SYSTEMS ENG, Volume 1, Issue 2, pp. 111-121
https://doi.org/10.20897/lectito.201617
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The purpose of this paper is to answer the importance of fraud that arise from the use of e-banking services more ethical behavior applied to everyday moral problems. On the one hand, the theoretical framework of this paper is based on literature about ethics and fraud, in general, and information and communication technology of the e-banking services, in particular. On the other hand, the empirical framework reflects the practices in this field of research used by banks with public data available on the Portuguese Banking Association. The results of the paper mitigate risks, such as show several threats, vulnerabilities, incidents, impacts and responses that face e-banking services.
Keywords: ethics, fraud, e-banking services, Portugal
Banking desmaterialization using cloud computing
Joana Silva, Cláudio Teixeira, Joaquim Sousa Pinto
J INFORM SYSTEMS ENG, Volume 1, Issue 2, pp. 123-140
https://doi.org/10.20897/lectito.201618
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The technological challenges have led the bank sector to actively bet on technological innovation strategy including the provision of applications for mobile devices. However, the development of mobile tools has had a greater expression for customers than for commercial managers of banks. This paper aims to present an architecture that supports the desmaterialization of transactions at the counters of bank branches. The main goal is to foster the relationship between banks and their customers, giving flexibility to managers to conduct banking transactions from any mobile device, anywhere. This architecture is a results of a dissertation carried out under a master's degree in Information Systems.
Keywords: bank system, desmaterialization, architecture, cloud, hybrid, mobile
A review of software project testing
Jose Calvo-Manzano Villalón, Gonzalo Cuevas Agustin, Tomás San Feliu Gilabert, José de Jesús Jiménez Puello
J INFORM SYSTEMS ENG, Volume 1, Issue 2, pp. 141-148
https://doi.org/10.20897/lectito.201619
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In this article a review of software projects based on a taxonomy project is established, allowing the development team or testing personnel to identify the tests to which the project must be subjected for validation. The taxonomy is focused on identifying software projects according to their technology. To establish the taxonomy, a development method comprised of 5 phases was applied. The developed taxonomy is comprised of 10 categories and 35 subcategories and was validated by a group of information technology (IT) managers and professionals in the field of IT through the use of a survey. The results obtained from the survey are subjected to the Mann-Whitney U test, which indicates that the taxonomy is validated. The taxonomy can be implemented in development organizations with or without a testing team that provides a classification for technology projects
Keywords: software project, software testing, taxonomy, test tools