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The 4th @OActiveProject Newsletter is out now! This issue includes: 
Partner’s interviews, The second training session, Publications, Award, Upcoming events, Project progress 
and more.
Partner’s interviews, The second training session, Publications, Award, Upcoming events, Project progress and more.The Newsletter, designed by AXIA Innovation, can be downloaded here:
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We are happy to announce that a member of the OActive Project
consortium, Dr Riccardo Gottardi has received the Young Investigator award from the journal “Cell, Tissues, Organs” for his work on the regenerative response of cartilage to different loading regimens. The journal focuses on cell and developmental biology, stem cell research, tissue engineering, in vitro systems and regenerative biology.
consortium, Dr Riccardo Gottardi has received the Young Investigator award from the journal “Cell, Tissues, Organs” for his work on the regenerative response of cartilage to different loading regimens. The journal focuses on cell and developmental biology, stem cell research, tissue engineering, in vitro systems and regenerative biology.
Congratulations Riccardo!!!
OActive has reached M36! On 19th of November, 
The Project Officer The Reviewers The Project Coordinator and 
The consortium, met up remotely, not missing though the same dedication to discussing the achievements of the project so far, the next steps, as well as the risks identified in every WP.
The Project Officer The Reviewers The Project Coordinator and The consortium, met up remotely, not missing though the same dedication to discussing the achievements of the project so far, the next steps, as well as the risks identified in every WP.
The Pre-Review meeting of the ΟΑctive project is taking place virtually now on November 17, 2020, at 09.00-12.00 CET among all the partners. An overview of the achievements and progress of each WP of the project is presented by each partner for the preparation of the upcoming 36M review meeting.
The OActive Project partner University of Nicosia participated in the EC stakeholder workshop on the ‘Human Digital Twin’
representing the OACTIVE project.
representing the OACTIVE project. The Human Digital Twin bears significant potential in facilitating personalised and precise clinical predictions and decisions based on the individual’s genetic, physiological, and phenotypic characteristics.
This workshop aimed at identifying the status quo in the development and use of Digital Twins in Healthcare, from basic research, pre-clinical and clinical research, market uptake to health care provision.
The Osteoarthritis Foundation International (OAFI) is organising the OAFI Pre Congress Day 2020, an event aimed at promoting research on osteoarthritis and musculoskeletal disorders and especially addressed to the scientific community, health authorities, and companies.
The OAFI Pre-Congress will be broadcasted on Monday the 2nd of November from 10 am till 1 pm (CEST).
Take a look at the agenda below.
The videos of the Pre-congress will also be available on our YouTube Channel after the live streaming. To Watch the Pre Congress Day 2020 click here : https://www.oafifoundation.com/…/oafi-organizes-the-ii…/
An interesting paper by OActive Project partner CERTH about the “Physical Activity as a Risk Factor in the Progression of Osteoarthritis: A Machine Learning Perspective” is now published in the conference proceedings of the “International Conference on Learning and Intelligent Optimization LION 2020: Learning and Intelligent Optimization”.
Abstract
“Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) comes with a variety of symptoms’ intensity, frequency and pattern. Most of the current methods in KOA diagnosis are very expensive commonly measuring changes in joint morphology and function. So, it is very important to diagnose KOA early, which can be achieved with early identification of significant risk factors in clinical data. Our objective in this paper is to investigate the predictive capacity of physical activity measures as risk factors in the progression of KOA. In order to achieve this, a machine learning approach is proposed here for KOA prediction using features extracted from an accelerometer bracelet. Various ML models were explored for their suitability in implementing the learning task on different combinations of feature subsets. Results up to 74.5% were achieved indicating that physical activity measured by accelerometers may constitute an important risk factor for KOA progression prediction especially if it is combined with complementary data sources”.
For more information click here
The OActive online training session on “Advanced personalised, multi-scale computer models preventing OsteoArthritis” has come to an end! We would like to thank the presenters as well as the participants. Our thanks also to the over 200 registered end users.
Training material can be found here.
The video recording is also available on YouTube for those that did not have the chance to attend.
The OActive project is organising a training seminar aiming to “Engage end users to the OActive world“, which will be held ONLINE on 29th of May.
The training session will bring together EU and national representatives from:
– the medical care industry
– General public (Individuals, OA patients, elderly, athletes),
– Regulatory authorities (Ministries of health, organisations, orthopaedic associations, etc.)
– Research & education communities
OActive targets patient specific prediction and interventions by using a combination of biomarkers, behavioural modelling, mechanistic computational models, simulations and big data analytics. Scientists from well-established institutes around Europe (including University of Nicosia, LEITAT, KULeuven, Smartex, Liverpool John Moores University, CERTH, University of Patras, RIMED) will give lectures during the training. Participants will be able to raise questions to the panel of experts.
To attend the training please follow the above link to register until 28th of May 2020.
For registration visit here
Participants will be able to attend the meeting for FREE. The training will be organized via an online platform, which will be provided upon registration.
For more information take a look at the agenda:
