Learning interventions and training methods in health emergencies: A scoping review. by Heini Utunen, Giselle Balaciano, Elham Arabi, Anna Tokar, Aphaluck Bhatiasevi, Jane Noyes

“…Evolution of methods was apparent, particularly in virtual learning. Learning during health emergencies appeared to improve knowledge, general management of the situation, quality of life of both trainers and affected population, satisfaction and clinical outcomes.…”
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Avatars and humans may not elicit the same accent-related biases in mock courtroom research by Lara A. Frumkin, Anna Stone, Mary Jane Spiller

“…The current study used previously developed stimulus materials of a human eyewitness in a courtroom and created a comparable avatar eyewitness and virtual courtroom to assess ratings of the human and avatar.MethodParticipants (N = 703) saw one of 12 videos depicting an eyewitness on the stand at a criminal trial recounting a burglary. …”
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Impact of Experimental Tonic Pain on Corrective Motor Responses to Mechanical Perturbations by Elodie Traverse, Clémentine Brun, Émilie Harnois, Catherine Mercier

“…Two sessions (Pain (induced with capsaicin) and No pain) were performed using a robotic exoskeleton combined with a 2D virtual environment. Participants were instructed to maintain their index in a target despite the application of perturbations under four conditions of sensory feedback: (1) proprioceptive only, (2) visuoproprioceptive congruent, (3) visuoproprioceptive incongruent, and (4) visual only. …”
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Redes socio digitales como medio de comunicación bidireccional entre gobierno y ciudadanía by Karina Soto Canales, Rosa María Alonzo González

“…Entre los hallazgos se encuentran: la desactualización de la Ley de Participación Ciudadana (LPC), donde se diversifiquen y amplíen los medios y formatos de comunicación entre gobierno y ciudadanía, la novedad de utilizar espacios virtuales para establecer comunicación, el desarrollo de estrategias basadas en formatos de interacción (reacción, comentario y compartir)  y en identificar situaciones no previstas en las "normas" de comunicación gubernamental, la importancia de reconocer las desigualdades. …”
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How Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Affect Higher Education Learning Experience? An Empirical Investigation of Learners’ Academic Performance at a University in a Developing Country by Ghada Refaat El Said

“…With this sudden shift away from classrooms in many parts of the globe, universities had to rapidly shift to virtual and digital strategies. Many believe that the adoption of online distance learning will persist after pandemic. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Waterfront Environments on Public Well-Being Through Digital Twin Technology by Junjie Luo, Zheng Yuan, Lingzi Xu, Wenhui Xu

“…A high-precision 3-D virtual replica of a suburban park was constructed using UAV oblique photogrammetry and handheld lidar scanning technologies. …”
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Enhancing learner motivation by adapting strategies from the ARCS model: experience from Chinese online course design and teaching by Song Chenqing, Kao Qifei

“…In Teaching geoscience online – a workshop for digital faculty, Virtual workshop. https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/online/motivation.html) and our instructors’ observations of online Chinese courses, was that college students suffered from loss of learning motivation, which impacted their learning experiences and outcomes, resulting in a downhill, vicious cycle. …”
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Setting the top 10 priorities for obesity and weight-related research (POWeR): a stakeholder priority setting process by Paul Aveyard, Susan A Jebb, Nerys M Astbury, Anisa Hajizadeh, Ailsa R Butler, Lucy Goddard, Philippa Seeber, Bruce Crawley

“…Objectives To identify and prioritise the most impactful, unanswered questions for obesity and weight-related research.Design Prioritisation exercise of research questions using online surveys and an independently facilitated workshop.Setting Online/virtual.Participants We involved members of the public including people living with obesity, researchers, healthcare professionals and policy-makers in all stages of this study.Primary outcome measures Top 10 research questions to be prioritised in future obesity and weight-related research.Results Survey 1 produced 941 questions, from 278 respondents. …”
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Strategies to reduce hyperglycemia-related anxiety in elite athletes with type 1 diabetes: A qualitative analysis. by Alexandra Katz, Aidan Shulkin, Marc-André Fortier, Jane E Yardley, Jessica Kichler, Asmaa Housni, Meryem K Talbo, Rémi Rabasa-Lhoret, Anne-Sophie Brazeau

“…Elite athletes were defined as individuals exercising >10 hours per week whose athletic performance has achieved the highest competition level. 60 to 90-minute virtual semi-structured interviews were analyzed using an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.…”
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Ukrainian SSR police activities in combating crime in the late 1950s by V. A. Grechenko

“…Historiography of this problem is virtually absent, Ukrainian scholars, historians of law, have not directly studied this topic and period. …”
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Programa de Qualificação Profissional by Cristine Martins Gomes de Gusmão, Elevângela Ferreira Gomes, Thays Mirelly Campos da Silva, Rebeca da Silva Fraga Botelho

“…Este relato de experiência apresenta a proposta de programa de qualificação profissional, composto por cursos extensionistas com a presença de componente inteligente e recursos educacionais abertos, em ambiente virtual de aprendizagem, aderente aos objetivos de desenvolvimento sustentável. …”
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LoVE4MUM Mobile App to Prevent Postpartum Depression: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Siti Sabrina Kamarudin, Idayu Badilla Idris, Shalisah Sharip, Norfazilah Ahmad

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the Leveraging on Virtual Engagement for Maternal Understanding & Mood-enhancement (LoVE4MUM) mobile app, which was developed based on the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy and psychoeducation and serves as an intervention to prevent postpartum depression. …”
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Análisis de estrategias metodológicas docentes apoyadas en el uso de TIC para fomentar el Aprendizaje Cooperativo del alumnado universitario del Grado de Pedagogía by Eugenia Fernández Martín.

“…Los resultados de este estudio revelan que las estrategias docentes más eficaces para incentivar el aprendizaje cooperativo del alumnado, son las que se enfocan a propiciar la interacción con el grupo, la asunción de responsabilidades por parte del estudiantado, la implicación personal del mismo, y promover la participación tanto en el aula como, muy especialmente, en las plataformas virtuales universitarias, como se detalla a lo largo del presente escrito. …”
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The Ghosts of Old Volcanoes, a Geoheritage Trail Concept for Eastern Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand by Ilmars Gravis, Karoly Nemeth, Chris Twemlow, Boglarka Nemeth

“…Our goal is to develop a physical and virtual geotrail, complemented by learning and promotional media highlighting the layers of natural and human history, building on a foundation of already published scientific, social, and historical research. …”
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A Comparison of Penguin Swarm Optimization Algorithms for Enhancing Network Throughput by Talha Akhtar, Najmi Ghani Haider, Nadeem Kafi Khan, Rashid Uddin

“…Conventional data centers have been used to process and store data, however, the emergence of edge computing technologies has made alternative data management, a decentralized approach to shifting data from highly over-loaded virtual machines to lighter-loaded nodes, where the queue task is increased from a certain threshold. …”
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Analysis of antibiotic sensitivity of clinical strains of microorganisms with the Russian Mueller–Hinton broth by Irina S. Kosilova, Lyubov V. Domotenko, Mikhail V. Khramov

“…The broth dilution method and one of its implementation options, the reference microdilution method, in contrast to the disk diffusion method, allows testing virtually all pathogen-antibiotic combinations. To realize the method, a production technology of Russian Mueller–Hinton broth (MHB-Obolensk) has been developed under the import substitution program. …”
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Forms of interaction of units of the National Police units with the public under martial law by O. M. Muzychuk, A. T. Komziuk, V. O. Naida

“…In the course of the research, the authors’ understanding of the public under martial law has been formed, taking into account the international and virtual dimensions of its functioning, as well as the main features of its activity have been highlighted. …”
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Sensitizing performance of air purifiers for the high-rise commercial buildings in urban core by Sandeep Budde, Sandeep Budde, Prabhjot Singh Chani, Sandeep Agrawal

“…Transient building simulation tools do not account for infiltrated pollution levels directly. Virtually evaluating the energy savings through air purifier automation and the building’s airtightness would not be a straightforward assessment. …”
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Clinical study and Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of a Robot-Assisted Gait Training on children with neurological disorders: A quasi-experimental study by Simone GAZZELLINI, Martina ANDELLINI, Federica DE FALCO, Daniela CASASANTA, Giampietro CORDONE, Alessandra COLAZZA, Donatella LETTORI, Massimiliano RAPONI, Enrico CASTELLI, Maria Rosaria VINCI, Reparata Rosa DI PRINZIO, Maurizio PETRARCA, Matteo RITROVATO, Salvatore ZAFFINA

“…Setting: The robotic device comprises a bilaterally driven gait orthosis, computer-controlled guidance, and a non-immersive virtual reality system. Robotic-assisted locomotor treadmill therapy (RAGT) training was customized regarding training onset, duration, and specific gait parameters. …”
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مدى جاهزیة المکتبات العامة المصریة للتصدى للازمات و للکوارث by د. محمد سعید محمد سعید

“…One ofthe most important library proposals to support crisis and disaster prevention is toenhance the internal security of the library by placing iron on windows and doors,The purchase of robbery detection devices, the functioning of a virtual evacuationsimulation system and training in all forms of crisis.Results1. …”
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