Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Developing a Comprehensive Model for Explaining Treatment Adherence Behaviour: Evidence From the International Beamer Consortium

ABSTRACT Introduction Optimizing treatment adherence behaviour has become a focus in healthcare, as improved adherence enhances clinical outcomes, patient experiences and health system sustainability. For this optimization endeavour scholars have posited diverse variables divided...

LangBiTe: model-driven bias testing of text-to-text large language models

Large language models (LLMs) have rapidly gained popularity across a wide range of applications, from customer support to content generation and decision support systems. However, LLMs have also been found to exhibit social biases, reflecting and amplifying stereotypes and prejud...

Impact of a lifestyle intervention on the quality of life of people living with and beyond cancer – a feasibility study

Abstract Background Lifestyle interventions can reduce treatment-related side effects, promote health and improve quality of life (QoL) in people living with and beyond cancer (PLWBC). However, few studies focus on diet, physical activity (PA) and mental health (MH) as an integra...

Intelligent classification of smart city sectors from IoT-based energy consumption data using AI-based methods

Abstract Efficient energy management is a critical component of smart city systems, yet most existing studies focus on demand forecasting rather than sector-level classification of energy consumption. This work addresses this gap by proposing a hybrid Artificial Intelligence (AI)...

Adaptation and Usability of a Lifestyle Cancer Prevention Screener for US Populations: A Mixed Methods Study

Abstract Background: The World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research (WCRF/AICR) Cancer Prevention Recommendations provide evidence-based guidance on modifiable lifestyle factors associated with cancer risk. While a standardized scoring system exists to asse...

A Qualitative Study of Barcelona Food Tours: Representing Gastronomic Heritage Through Urban Culinary Imaginaries

Gastronomy has acquired a central role in contemporary tourism where experiences centered around food are increasingly developed. Food tours have become a prominent urban tourism product due to their ability to connect tourists with local communities. These tours promote the expl...

Ex Ante Evaluative Judgement:Frame Opacity, Categorial Decompression, and the Non-Monotonic Gradient of Epistemic Specification .A sociocritical account of epistemic problematisation in human-AI prompting

Generative AI increasingly mediates human cognitive work by automating substantial portions of textual production, analysis, reformulation, and decision support. Much of the literature on prompt engineering, prompt literacy, and evaluative judgement has focused on how to formulat...

Mapping autonomy in mental health care: a scoping review protocol

Autonomy is regarded as a fundamental principle in the global reform of mental health care, as promoted by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and reflected in various international initiatives aimed at eliminating coercive practices and fostering rig...

RESIST Terassa_posters_Catalunya_3

The poster Inclusive Futures: Citizen Dialogues on Heat Adaptation presents the qualitative and participatory research process developed in Terrassa by the Open University of Catalonia as part of the RESIST project to promote more inclusive adaptation to extreme heat. It synthesi...

The 1820 Mallorca plague was not a classic bubonic outbreak

The 1820 plague outbreak in eastern Mallorca—long treated as a local episode and traditionally classified as a late bubonic manifestation of the Second Plague Pandemic—offers a unique opportunity to reassess transmission dynamics in a prebacteriological context. Using a previousl...

Data-Driven Fatigue Trajectories in Multiple Sclerosis and Their Predictors

Fatigue is one of the most disabling symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS), yet its longitudinal trajectories and determinants remain poorly characterized. We aimed to identify trajectories of cognitive and physical fatigue in relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) and to determine baseline...

Reimagining digital literacy and virtual identity in the Age of AI” - Special Collection Editorial

This special collection reflects on the need to reimagine teaching and learning spaces in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). Understanding digital literacy and virtual identity is essential to engaging with our contemporary society, which is defined by the fast pace of soci...