Using a co-design approach to develop a Preventative Online Mental Health Program for Youth (POMHPY): a quality improvement project by Elnaz Moghimi, Kimberly Belfry, Sarah Farr, Shavon Stafford, Arina Bogdan, Megan Brush, Christopher Canning, Soyeon Kim

“…The current paper details the co-design approach to creating a Preventative Online Mental Health Program for Youth (POMHPY)—a virtually delivered program designed for Ontario youth ages 12 to 25 that promotes mental, physical, and social wellbeing. …”
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Health IT Implementation and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Clinician-IT Dynamics: Qualitative Study by Adeola Bamgboje-Ayodele, Adrian Boscolo, Mitchell Burger, Owen Hutchings, Miranda Shaw, Tim Shaw, Amina Tariq, Sundresan Naicker, Steven McPhail, Melissa Baysari

“…MethodsParticipants were from one of two teams: (1) health care staff members (doctors, nurses, nurse unit managers, and support staff members) from a virtual hospital in Australia; and (2) IT professionals within the broader health care organization assigned to the hospital. …”
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Modified Delphi expert elicitation of the clinical and economic burden of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in England and Northern Ireland by Faizel Osman, Michael Hurst, Belinda Sandler, Taryn Krause, Carla Zema, Teresa Lemmer, Kathleen Noon, Deepak Alexander

“…Following the discussion of survey results in a virtual panel, aggregated responses from a final survey were analysed and stratified by NYHA class. …”
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Genome stability of the vaccine strain VAC∆6 by R. A. Maksyutov, S. N. Yakubitskiy, I. V. Kolosova, T. V. Tregubchak, A. N. Shvalov, E. V. Gavrilova, S. N. Shchelkunov

“…Due to cessation of mass smallpox vaccination in 1980, the collective immunity of humans against orthopoxvirus infections has virtually been lost. Therefore, the risk of spreading zoonotic human orthopoxvirus infections caused by monkeypox and cowpox viruses has increased in the world. …”
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The Double-Edged Sword of Third-Party Resources: Examining Use and Financial Burden of Extracurricular Tools in Medical Students [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved wit... by Dimitrios Papanagnou, Saaniya Farhan, Andres Fernandez, Meryem Guler, Drake Kienzle, Faizaan Siddique

“…Background According to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Year 2 questionnaire, the percentage of students using online medical education videos (Boards and Beyond®Sketchy Medical®, Youtube) at least once per week increased from 47.7% (2015) to 70.1% (2022). Transition to virtual learning in 2020 fostered a greater reliance on these online third-party resources (i.e., educational tools distinct from formal medical curriculum), yet existing literature have rarely evaluated their efficacy. …”
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Developing generic clinical trial animated explainer videos in the UK: results of a survey and case study by Clare Calvert, Vicki S. Barber, Duncan Appelbe, Kirsty Sprange, Claire Nollett, Fiona Lugg-Widger, Samantha Tanner, Duncan B. Richards

“…(3) Is it safe to take part in a trial/How do you know a trial is safe? Following virtual meetings with patient and public partners recruited from the Delphi respondents, a script for each AEV was co-produced before being developed into an AEV by a company specialising in animated video production. …”
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E. W. Godwin’s Month in Normandy: Travel Writing as Intertext by Richard W. Hayes

“…Compared to the autobiographical impulse of today’s travel writers, however, Godwin’s account is maddeningly self-effacing, with virtually no personal details vouchsafed. In line with his restricted focus on architectural themes, Godwin’s trip was to a large extent une répétition différente of the journey to Normandy taken by John Ruskin (1819‒1900) in 1848. …”
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El ciberespacio pornográfico: una reflexión crítica, geográfica y feminista a partir del caso OnlyFans by Lydia Delicado-Moratalla, Samuel Ortiz-Pérez

“…En este artículo se plantean algunas líneas de reflexión sobre el espacio virtual que crea la pornografía contemporánea, a partir de argumentos teóricos del feminismo y de la geografía crítica. …”
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Molecular Docking Appraisal of Phytochemicals as Potential Inhibitors of PI3K/Akt Pathway for Breast Cancer Treatment by Magdalene Eno Effiong, Mercy Bella-Omunagbe, Israel Sunmola Afolabi, Shalom Nwodo Chinedu

“…Aim: This study evaluated the anticancer properties of P ostreatus through a structure-based virtual screening of 22 biologically active compounds present in the mushroom. …”
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Digital Twins for Clinical and Operational Decision-Making: Scoping Review by Vahid Riahi, Ibrahima Diouf, Sankalp Khanna, Justin Boyle, Hamed Hassanzadeh

“…Digital twins (DTs) are an emerging technology for digital transformation and applied intelligence that is rapidly attracting attention. DTs are virtual representations of products, systems, or processes that interact bidirectionally in real time with their actual counterparts. …”
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Festivales de música y marketing experiencial: efectos para marca, organizador y espectador by Mónica Valderrama Santomé, Verónica Crespo-Pereira

“…La atribución de esa presencia física o virtual, así como la relación como promotor de la existencia de ese festival quedarán asociadas en la mente de ese consumidor. …”
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Global, regional and national sodium intakes in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis of 24 h urinary sodium excretion and dietary surveys worldwide by J Lennert Veerman, Sarah Lewis, John Britton, Bruce Neal, Kathryn G Andrews, Goodarz Danaei, Majid Ezzati, Yanping Li, Yu Chen, Farshad Farzadfar, Jean-Michel Gaspoz, Idris Guessous, Lital Keinan-Boker, Paul Elliott, Carukshi Arambepola, Antonia Trichopoulou, Philippos Orfanos, Martin C Gulliford, Renata Micha, Dariush Mozaffarian, Wen-Harn Pan, Shoichiro Tsugane, Habibul Ahsan, Manami Inoue, Luz Maria Sanchez-Romero, Andrew Fogarty, Christos Pitsavos, Edward Giovannucci, Stefaan De Henauw, Stephen S Lim, Cho-il Kim, Inge Huybrechts, Didier Garriguet, Simón Barquera, Katia Castetbon, Neville Calleja, Peilin Shi, Hsing-Yi Chang, Yasuhiro Matsumura, Hubert Barennes, Guansheng Ma, Shahab Khatibzadeh, Saman Fahimi, John Powles, Morteza Abdollahi, Anahita Houshiar-rad, Eda Koksal, Sahar Zaghloul, Sirje Vaask, Ana Baylin, Simon Forsyth, Rosely Sichieri, Christian Haerpfer, Ian Brown, Demosthenes B Panagiotakos, Jacqui Webster, Androniki Naska, Dorothy Gauci, Rebecca E Engell, Tim E Byers, Stephanie Smith-Warner, Ibrahim Elmadfa, Mayuree Rao, Pamela A Abbott, Enrique O Abeyá Gilardon, Suad N Al-Hooti, Wulf Becker, Peter Bjerregaard, Lesley T Bourne, Mario V Capanzana, Melanie J Cowan, Dulitha N Fernando, Regina M Fisberg, Brahmam NV Ginnela, Wilbur Hadden, Daniel J Hoffman, Nahla C Hwalla, Hajah Masni Ibrahim, Maria D Jackson, Lars Johansson, Hae-Jeung Lee, Chan Mei Fen, Gert BM Mensink, Rafael A Monge-Rojas, Balakrishna Nagalla, Marga C Ocke, Maciej Oltarzewski, Marja-Leena Ovaskainen, Gulden Ayla Pekcan, Stefka Petrova, Noppawan Piaseu, Leanne M Riley, Rusidah BT Selamat, Chansimaly Simmala, Laufey Steingrimsdottir, Gillian Swan, Lucjan Szponar, Heli Tapanainen, Robert Templeton, Anastasia Thanopoulou, Holmfridur Thorgeirsdóttir, Inga Thorsdottir, Aida Turrini, Nowak Verena, Anna Waskiewicz, Gábor Zajkás, Shadi Kalantarian, Pattra Wirojratana, Mary Anne Land, Tricia McKeever, Mohannad Abed Alfattah Al Nsour, Medical Science, Heléne Enghardt Barbieri, Aida Filipovic Hadziomeragic, Nur Indrawaty Lipoeto, Stephen T. McGarvey, Abdulrahman Obaid. Musaiger, Luz Gladys. Posada, Elz˙bieta Halina. Sygnowska

“…Between 1990 and 2010, modest, but uncertain, increases in sodium intakes were identified.Conclusions Sodium intakes exceed the recommended levels in almost all countries with small differences by age and sex. Virtually all populations would benefit from sodium reduction, supported by enhanced surveillance.…”
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A preliminary study of linear accelerator-based spatially fractionated radiotherapy by Young Kyu Lee, Yunji Seol, Byeong Jin Kim, Kyu Hye Choi, Ji Hyun Hong, Chan-beom Park, Sun Hwa Kim, Hyeong Wook Park, Wonjoong Cheon, Young Nam Kang, Byung‑Ock Choi

“…The research systematically evaluated the impact of varying vertex diameters and separations on dose distribution, peak-to-valley dose ratio (PVDR), and normal tissue dose.MethodsA cylindrical Virtual Water™ phantom was used to create LRT treatments using the Eclipse version 16.0 treatment planning system (Varian, Palo Alto, USA). …”
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Rationale and design of APOLLO: a personalized rehAbilitation PrOgram in aLLOgeneic bone marrow transplantation by Edith Pituskin, Stephen Foulkes, Rachel J. Skow, Thomas McMurtry, Calvin Kruger, Janet E. Bates, Daena Lamoureux, Joseph Brandwein, Elena Lieuw, Cynthia Wu, Nancy Zhu, Peng Wang, Daniel Sawler, Minakshi Taparia, Marlene Hamilton, Tiffany Comfort-Riddle, Tara Meyer, Gabor T. Gyenes, Ian Paterson, Carla M. Prado, Mark J. Haykowsky, Justin G. Greiner, Margaret L. McNeely, Puneeta Tandon, Richard B. Thompson

“…Adult patients scheduled for allo-BMT will receive support from exercise specialist, nursing support and dietician expertise alongside a supportive care ‘app’ with additional in-person or virtual cardiac rehabilitation support. Discussion To our knowledge, no research team is taking such a holistic, multidisciplinary approach to address the debilitating physiologic and psychological consequences of allo-BMT. …”
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Challenges and Strategies Adopted for Remote Teaching of Biochemistry During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Protocol for a Scoping Review by Tatiane Iembo, Helena Landim Gonçalves Cristóvão, Emerson Roberto dos Santos, André Bavaresco Gonçalves Cristóvão, Nathália Bavaresco Gonçalves Cristóvão, Cíntia Canato Martins, Natália Almeida de Arnaldo Silva Rodrigues Castro, Fernando Nestor Facio Júnior, Antônio Hélio Oliani, Alba Regina de Abreu Lima, Vânia Maria Sabadoto Brienze, Doroteia Rossi Silva Souza, Júlio César André

“…With measures imposed to control the virus’s spread, educational institutions around the world embraced digital learning, introducing challenges in the adaptation to virtual education. This shift proved especially daunting in resource-limited nations with limited digital infrastructure. …”
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Utilisation of ChatGPT and other Artificial Intelligence tools among medical faculty in Uganda: a cross-sectional study [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reserva... by Job Kuteesa, Faith Oguttu, Ian Guyton Munabi, Aloysius Gonzaga Mubuuke, Sarah Kiguli, Ritah Nantale, David Mukunya, Elizabeth Ajalo, Frank Kayemba, Jonathan Babuya, Kennedy Pangholi, Amelia Margaret Namiiro, Suzan Langoya Akuu, Steven Ekak, Ronald Tweheyo, Kirsten Nantongo, Brenda Nakitto, Milton W. Musaba, Joseph Luwaga Mpagi

“…ChatGPT has the potential to revolutionize medical education as it acts as an interactive virtual tutor and personalized learning assistant. …”
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Mixed reality infrastructure based on deep learning medical image segmentation and 3D visualization for bone tumors using DCU-Net by Kun Wang, Yong Han, Yuguang Ye, Yusi Chen, Daxin Zhu, Yifeng Huang, Ying Huang, Yijie Chen, Jianshe Shi, Bijiao Ding, Jianlong Huang

“…Then, two surgeons conducted clinical examination experiments on patients using two different methods, viewing 2D images and virtual reality infrastructure, and used the Likert scale (LS) to compare the effectiveness of surgical plans of the two methods. …”
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Diffuseness of coronary artery disease impacts on immediate hemodynamic and predicted clinical outcomes by Shigetaka Kageyama, Pruthvi Chenniganahosahalli Revaiah, Tsai Tsung-Ying, Kotaro Miyashita, Akihiro Tobe, Neil O’Leary, Johan H. C. Reiber, Shengxian Tu, Azfar Zaman, Manel Sabaté, Helge Möllmann, Faisal Sharif, Julien Lemoine, Adrian Wlodarczak, Scot Garg, Yoshinobu Onuma, Patrick W. Serruys

“…The pathophysiological pattern of CAD was defined as “predominantly diffuse” or “focal” according to a virtual QFR pullback pressure gradient (PPG) index < 0.78 and ≥ 0.78, respectively. …”
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Identification of common and specific fibrosis-related genes in three common chronic kidney diseases by Zhangning Fu, Xiaodong Geng, Chao Liu, Wanjun Shen, Zheyi Dong, Guannan Sun, Guangyan Cai, Xiangmei Chen, Quan Hong

“…Background Kidney fibrosis is the common final pathway of virtually all advanced forms of chronic kidney disease (CKD) including diabetic nephropathy (DN), IgA nephropathy (IgAN) and membranous nephropathy (MN), with complex mechanism. …”
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Targeted ErbB4 receptor activation prevents D-galactose-induced neuronal senescence via inhibiting ferroptosis pathway by Ji-Ji Dao, Ji-Ji Dao, Wei Zhang, Wei Zhang, Chong Liu, Chong Liu, Qian Li, Qian Li, Chen-Meng Qiao, Chen-Meng Qiao, Chun Cui, Chun Cui, Yan-Qin Shen, Yan-Qin Shen, Shuang-Xi Chen, Shuang-Xi Chen, Wei-Jiang Zhao, Wei-Jiang Zhao

“…This study aims to investigate the role of ErbB4 receptor activation in preventing D-Galactose (D-gal)-induced neuronal senescence.MethodsMice subjected to D-gal-induced aging were administered a small molecule ErbB4 receptor agonist (E4A), identified via virtual screening, melatonin, or a combination of both. …”
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