Evaluating Social Assistive Robots in Clinical Nursing Care: Mixed Method Pilot Study on Health Care Workers’ Perceptions and Adoption by Janika Leoste, Kadi Lubi, Kristel Marmor, Katrin Kangur

“…However, actual use would need proper emotional adequacy from the robot and aligning its functionalities with specific care needs. The future studies need to examine long-term impacts on care quality and job satisfaction, and also strategies to address generational differences and technophobia among health care staff. …”
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Use of Technology to Support Health Care Providers Delivering Care in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Umbrella Review by Adam Craig, Harriet Lawford, Maggie Miller, Liuyi Chen-Cao, Leanna Woods, Siaw-Teng Liaw, Myron Anthony Godinho

“…Digital health innovations (DHIs) promise more efficient and equitable health care delivery. However, their implementation often outpaces the generation of evidence supporting their effectiveness, resulting in fragmented projects that are poorly aligned with local system needs. …”
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Next-Generation Cancer Treatment: Photoimmunotherapy’s Promise for Unresectable Head and Neck Cancers by Laura Marinela Ailioaie, Constantin Ailioaie, Gerhard Litscher

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Generation of Spatial Structure of Urban Parks Based on Spatial Analysis of Agent-Based Models by Huizi KONG, Tianming LIU, Jiajie LIAO, Liu CUI

“…The ABM simulation of slime mold growth behavior can effectively reflect the infiltration of surrounding functional information into the designed site, forming a spatial function zoning map with path texture. …”
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Functional amyloid formation within mammalian tissue. by Douglas M Fowler, Atanas V Koulov, Christelle Alory-Jost, Michael S Marks, William E Balch, Jeffery W Kelly

“…We report the discovery of an unprecedented functional mammalian amyloid structure generated by the protein Pmel17. …”
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Predicting contrast sensitivity functions with digital twins by Yukai Zhao, Luis Andres Lesmes, Michael Dorr, Zhong-Lin Lu

“…Abstract We developed and validated digital twins (DTs) for contrast sensitivity function (CSF) across 12 prediction tasks using a data-driven, generative model approach based on a hierarchical Bayesian model (HBM). …”
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Clinical effectiveness of a child-specific dynamic stretching programme, compared to usual care, for ambulant children with spastic cerebral palsy (SPELL trial): a parallel group r... by Tim Theologis, Daniel C. Perry, Ines Rombach, David J. Keene, Ioana R. Marian, Morag Andrew, Catherine Barry, Loretta Davis, Gregory Firth, Heidi Fletcher, Beth Fordham, Vivi Gregory Osborne, Helen Gregory Osborne, Lesley Katchburian, Joanna O'Mahoney, Jeremy R. Parr, Rachel Rapson, Jennifer Ryan, Fema Er, Megan Stone, Helen Wood, Sally Hopewell

“…Participants (n = 334) will be randomized (centralized computer-generated one:one allocation ratio) to either: 1) a dynamic stretching exercise programme, with six one-to-one physiotherapy sessions over 16 weeks; or 2) usual NHS care, with a single physiotherapy session and an assessment, and advice regarding self-management and exercise. …”
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Recent progress on functional hydrogels as biomaterial for biomedicine by Hepeng Yang, Taotao Zeng, Tao Jiang, Qin Wei, Seyed Dariush Taherzade, Xiaolan Peng, Junping Zhu, Zeyan Zhou

“…In the future, combined with 3D printing, microfluidic technology and functional design, hydrogels are expected to play a more important role in personalized medical care and complex tissue regeneration, becoming the next generation of core biomaterials.…”
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consHLA: a next generation sequencing consensus-based HLA typing workflow by Rachel Bowen-James, Weilin Wu, Marie Wong-Erasmus, Julian M. W. Quinn, Chelsea Mayoh, Mark J. Cowley

“…Abstract Background Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA) play central roles in histocompatibility and immune system functions, including antigen presentation. Accurate typing of Class I and II HLA genes is crucial for transplant tissue matching, characterising autoimmune diseases and informing cancer immunotherapy. …”
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Summarizing Online Patient Conversations Using Generative Language Models: Experimental and Comparative Study by Rakhi Asokkumar Subjagouri Nair, Matthias Hartung, Philipp Heinisch, Janik Jaskolski, Cornelius Starke-Knäusel, Susana Veríssimo, David Maria Schmidt, Philipp Cimiano

“…ConclusionsTaken together, our results suggest that state-of-the-art pretrained language models are a valuable tool to provide qualitative insights about the patient experience to better understand unmet needs, patient priorities, and how a disease impacts daily functioning and quality of life to inform processes aimed at improving health care delivery and ensure that drug development focuses more on the actual priorities and unmet needs of patients. …”
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STAGER checklist: Standardized testing and assessment guidelines for evaluating generative artificial intelligence reliability by Jinghong Chen, Lingxuan Zhu, Weiming Mou, Anqi Lin, Dongqiang Zeng, Chang Qi, Zaoqu Liu, Aimin Jiang, Bufu Tang, Wenjie Shi, Ulf D. Kahlert, Jianguo Zhou, Shipeng Guo, Xiaofan Lu, Xu Sun, Trunghieu Ngo, Zhongji Pu, Baolei Jia, Che Ok Jeon, Yongbin He, Haiyang Wu, Shuqin Gu, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Haojie Huang, Weipu Mao, Shixiang Wang, Xin Chen, Loïc Cabannes, Gerald Sng Gui Ren, Iain S. Whitaker, Stephen Ali, Quan Cheng, Kai Miao, Shuofeng Yuan, Peng Luo

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Investigation of Diabetes Care in Elder Individuals Using Artificial Intelligence by Sonali Vyas, Sachin Gupta, Sandhya Tarar, Batyrkhan Omarov, Bhasker Pant, Jyoti L. Bangare, Tapas Bhowmik

“…The scope of the proposed study is that this study has exploited the function of a blockchain-enabled big data network to support medical professionals in giving better treatment modalities and delivering better patient care. …”
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Antimicrobial Smart Dressings for Combating Antibiotic Resistance in Wound Care by Alina-Georgiana Cristea (Hohotă), Elena-Lăcrămioara Lisă, Simona Iacob (Ciobotaru), Ionut Dragostin, Claudia Simona Ștefan, Iuliu Fulga, Andra Monica Anghel (Ștefan), Maria Dragan, Ionela Daniela Morariu, Oana-Maria Dragostin

“…Wound healing is a complex, tightly regulated process essential for maintaining skin barrier function. Chronic wounds, often complicated by biofilm-forming bacteria and elevated oxidative stress, pose significant challenges in clinical management. …”
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Clinical effectiveness of an individually tailored strengthening programme, including progressive resistance exercises and advice, compared to usual care for ambulant adolescents w... by Sally Hopewell, David J. Keene, Ioana Marian, Daniel C. Perry, Ines Rombach, Morag Andrew, Catherine Barry, Loretta Davis, Gregory Firth, Heidi Fletcher, Beth Fordham, Vivi Gregory Osborne, Helen Gregory Osborne, Lesley Katchburian, Joanna O'Mahoney, Jeremy Parr, Rachel Rapson, Jennifer Ryan, Elnaz Saeedi, Megan Stone, Helen Wood, Tim Theologis

“…Participants (n = 334) will be randomized (centralized computer-generated 1:1 allocation ratio) to either: 1) a progressive resistance exercise programme, with six one-to-one physiotherapy sessions over 16 weeks; or 2) usual NHS care, with a single physiotherapy session and an assessment session, and advice regarding self-management and exercise. …”
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Generative AI for Industry 5.0: Analyzing the Impact of ChatGPT, DALLE, and Other Models by Siva Sai, Revant Sai, Vinay Chamola

“…The paper scrutinizes the multifaceted use-cases of GAI, emphasizing its instrumental function in amplifying operational efficiency, minimizing downtime, and fostering economic savings through predictive maintenance and acute real-time data analytics. …”
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An approach to nonparametric inference on the causal dose–response function by Hudson Aaron, Geng Elvin H., Odeny Thomas A., Bukusi Elizabeth A., Petersen Maya L., van der Laan Mark J.

“…It is often preferable to instead use nonparametric methods for inference, which only make mild assumptions about the data-generating mechanism. We propose a nonparametric test of the null hypothesis that the dose-response function is equal to a constant function. …”
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Barriers and challenges: a descriptive qualitative study of job satisfaction among direct care workers who provide long-term care services in Shandong Province, China by Qiang Sun, Jia Yin, Jing Gao

“…Background The special nature of the functional ability of older individuals with disabilities places higher demands on the quantity and quality of long-term care (LTC) services. …”
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The value of inpatient music therapy for gynae-oncology palliative care in Singapore by Kayla C. Wong, Wendy L. Magee, Sylvia Mun, Yu Zhen Sim, Tanuja Nair, Komal Tewani

“…When cancer treatment can no longer offer a cure, palliative care becomes the focus. This study aimed to understand how music therapy is valuable for women undergoing inpatient gynae-oncologic palliative care in a Singapore hospital since current evidence demonstrated limited knowledge on supportive care for this population. …”
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Conceptual model of collaborative pharmaceutical practice in healthcare and social care for the elderly by Ilić Velibor O., Marinković Valentina, Tasić Ljiljana

“…Therefore, a conceptual model of the collaborative healthcare and social care of the elderly provides an insight into a multi-layer structure that has to be established in order to achieve a functioning system of the collaborative healthcare practice. …”
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Perspectives and Experiences With Large Language Models in Health Care: Survey Study by Jennifer Sumner, Yuchen Wang, Si Ying Tan, Emily Hwee Hoon Chew, Alexander Wenjun Yip

“…MethodsAn electronic survey was administered to elicit stakeholder perspectives of LLMs (health care providers and support functions), their experiences with LLMs, and their potential impact on functional roles. …”
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