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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Best practice advice for asthma exacerbation prevention and management in primary care: an international expert consensus by Neil Skolnik, Barbara P. Yawn, Jaime Correia de Sousa, María Mar Martínez Vázquez, Amanda Barnard, Wendy L. Wright, Austin Ulrich, Tonya Winders, Stephen Brunton

“…This expert consensus contains 10 Best Practice Advice Points from a panel of primary care clinicians and a patient representative, formed in collaboration with the International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG), a clinically led charitable organization that works locally and globally in primary care to improve respiratory health. The panel met virtually and developed a series of best practice statements, which were drafted and subsequently voted on to obtain consensus. …”
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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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Evaluation of the Impact of Morphological Differences on Scale Effects in Green Tide Area Estimation by Ke Wu, Tao Xie, Jian Li, Chao Wang, Xuehong Zhang, Hui Liu, Shuying Bai

“…To address this, our study examines the influence of morphological diversity on green tide area estimation using GF-1 WFV data and the Virtual-Baseline Floating macroAlgae Height (VB-FAH) index at a 16 m resolution. …”
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Lessons for the COVID era and beyond: The impact of inactive lifestyle and mental health events on burnout syndrome in university professors working from home during the pandemic by Angelica Castilho Alonso, Alan Oliveira Máximo de Carvalho, Juliana Sanches Lira, Vitória Camargo Paixão, Rafael Diego Modenes, Rita de Cássia Ernandes, Vanderlei Carneiro da Silva, Gerson Scherrer Júnior, Kleyton Góes Passos, Matheus Henrique dos Santos Lino, Sofia Silva, Sónia Brito-Costa, Guilherme Eustáquio Furtado, Guilherme Carlos Brech

“…This study aimed to evaluate the presence of Burnout Syndrome (BS) in university professors following the adoption of remote home work (RHw) mandated by COVID-19 health measures and to identify key predictors, including both risk and protective factors. Virtual questionnaires were administered to 345 professors of both genders, collecting data on bio-sociodemographic, clinical health and lifestyle screen. …”
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Two-warehouse deterministic inventory model of expiry date known deteriorating items with just-in-time purchases for slotted backlogs by R. Thilagavathi, J. Viswanath, Miroslav Mahdal, Jayavelu Udaya Prakash, Sachin Salunkhe, Sachin Salunkhe

“…It avoids the loss of impatient customers who are virtually waiting for a long time.MethodsThe inventory system consists of an own warehouse (OW) with finite capacity and an integral rental warehouse (RW) with unlimited capacity. …”
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Knights in shining armour and (M)others in life jackets: Women’s experiences of advocating for care alone when suffering recurrent early pregnancy loss during the SARS-CoV-2 pandem... by Flora E. Kent-Nye, Kayleigh S. Sheen, Karen Burgess, Munira Oza, Laura A. Magee, Davor Jurković, Sergio A. Silverio

“…Methods A qualitative interview study design was employed, with semi-structured interviews conducted virtually. A total of 16 women who had suffered two or more early pregnancy losses (≤ 14 weeks gestation) during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in the United Kingdom participated. …”
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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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Determinants of variations in sleep patterns across Brazil: Exploring geographic influences by Giovana Longo-Silva, Renan Serenini, Roberto Antunes, Márcia Lima, Anny Pedrosa, Risia Menezes

“…Methods: Participants (n = 1440; 18-65y) were part of a virtual population-based survey (2021–22). Sleep patterns were spatially represented through maps using Multilevel B-spline Interpolation. …”
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Fusion Model Using Resting Neurophysiological Data to Help Mass Screening of Methamphetamine Use Disorder by Chun-Chuan Chen, Meng-Chang Tsai, Eric Hsiao-Kuang Wu, Shao-Rong Sheng, Jia-Jeng Lee, Yung-En Lu, Shih-Ching Yeh

“…Previous studies used electroencephalogram (EEG), heart rate variability (HRV), and galvanic skin response (GSR) aberrations during the virtual reality (VR) induction of drug craving to accurately separate patients with MUD from the healthy controls. …”
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Study on Few-Shot Fault Diagnosis Method for Marine Fuel Systems Based on DT-SViT-KNN by Shankai Li, Liang Qi, Jiayu Shi, Han Xiao, Bin Da, Runkang Tang, Danfeng Zuo

“…Firstly, a diesel engine DT model is constructed by integrating the mathematical, mechanism, and three-dimensional physical models of the Medium-speed diesel engines of 6L21/31 Marine, completing the mapping from physical entity to virtual entity. Fault simulation calculations are performed using the DT model to obtain different types of fault data. …”
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Digital Twins and Enabling Technology Applications in Mining: Research Trends, Opportunities, and Challenges by Mihiran Galagedarage Don, Thumeera R. Wanasinghe, Raymond G. Gosine, Peter J. Warrian

“…The research indicates that China, the USA, Australia, Russia, and Canada are the leading countries in terms of applied research and development of digital twins and enabling technologies for the mining industry. Using virtual reality, a digital twin-enabling technology, to create safer mining environments is a popular research area. …”
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Patient perspectives and utilization of telemedicine for chronic conditions in Pakistan barriers and facilitators towards its access by Muhammad Muzzamil, Mahek Karim, Sara Saeed Khurram, Iffat Zafar Aga, Shahkamal Hashmi, Hina Gul Hassan, Yasha Younus

“…Abstract Background Telemedicine, utilizing technology for remote healthcare, offers promise for chronic disease management. It enables virtual consultations, addressing geographical barriers and mobility limitations. …”
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Deconstructing the Monolith: An Educational Module for Understanding Disparities Within Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Populations by Karan D. Luthria, Dylan K. Kim, Samantha Xing, Mina Yuan, Jerry Zhou, Catherine A. Shu, Usha S. Krishnan

“…Results Pre- and postworkshop evaluations revealed that this workshop, attended by 42 diverse participants over two sessions, significantly improved participants’ understanding of the Asian monolith bias and AANHPI health care disparities (p < .05). Whether attending virtually or in person, participants reported notable improvements in their self-evaluated confidence in treating AANHPI patients. …”
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Design of a double-blade swirl wet dust collector for comprehensive mining faces by GONG Xiaoyan, HE Zilun, CHEN Long, WANG Haijun, FU Haoran, PEI Xiaoze, SUN Haixin, ZHANG Hongbing, YANG Fuqiang

“…Using these parameters, a virtual prototype of the double-blade swirl wet dust collector was established, and simulation results showed that the dust collection efficiency of the dust collector reached 97.21%. …”
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Dynamic Simulation of Underground Cable Laying for Digital Three-Dimensional Transmission Lines by Chunhua Fang, Wenqi Lu, Jialiang Liu, Xiuyou Yang, Jin Zhang

“…Subsequently, the cable is accurately modeled by applying ADAMS virtual prototype technology, the bushing force connection method, and the macro command language. …”
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Nivel de conocimiento sobre las medidas de bioseguridad que toman los estudiantes de Enfermería de una universidad durante el año 2022 by Rosa Del Socorro Morales Aguilar, Damar Paola Barraza Ospino, Janeth Cecilia Jinete Acendra, Ana Manuel Ferrer, Alexander Elias Parody Muñoz

“…Conclusión: El nivel de conocimiento medio y bajo representa una situación alarmante, producto probablemente de la enseñanza virtual por el confinamiento durante la pandemia por COVID-19. …”
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Effect of Kinases in Extracellular Vesicles from HIV-1-Infected Cells on Bystander Cells by Gifty A. Mensah, Anastasia Williams, Pooja Khatkar, Yuriy Kim, James Erickson, Alexandra Duverger, Heather Branscome, Kajal Patil, Hafsa Chaudhry, Yuntao Wu, Olaf Kutsch, Fatah Kashanchi

“…Recently, we have found that exosomes, which are small, membrane-enclosed particles released by virtually all cell types and known to mediate intercellular communication, caused an increase in RNA Polymerase II loading onto the HIV-1 promoter. …”
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BCI-Based Rehabilitation on the Stroke in Sequela Stage by Yangyang Miao, Shugeng Chen, Xinru Zhang, Jing Jin, Ren Xu, Ian Daly, Jie Jia, Xingyu Wang, Andrzej Cichocki, Tzyy-Ping Jung

“…This study used both virtual limbs and functional electrical stimulation (FES) as feedback to provide patients with a closed-loop sensorimotor integration for motor rehabilitation. …”
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A real–time distributed optimization control for power sharing and voltage restoration in inverter–based microgrids by Asad Khan, Muhammad Mansoor Khan, Jiang Chuanwen, Danish Khan

“…The proposed method simplifies the global optimization problem into multiple sub–optimal problems by virtually segregating each GFM source into two decoupled sources. …”
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