bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Significado del trabajo y salud en pandemia
Authors: Pedraza-Alvarez Lilibeth Patricia , Obispo-Salazar Kelly
Published: September 2021

El trabajo siempre ha estado inmerso en la vida del hombre, hasta el punto que distintos autores destacan la importancia de este en la vida de las personas como en el caso de Guerra, quien indican que no se puede concebir al hombre sin el trabajo o Jahoda,  para quien el trabajo es la propia esencia de estar vivo o más recientemente Blanch que señala que el trabajo enmarca los diferentes  aspectos de la humanidad como son: económico, social, político, cultural, urbano, moral, jurídico y psicológico por lo que estudiar el trabajo se convierte en un tema de interés para muchos y por lo tanto ha sido estudiado desde distintos contextos
Coronas implantosoportadas: una alternativa de tratamiento restaurador en paciente con bruxismo. Reporte de caso
Authors: Estevez-Avendaño Edwin Alfredo , Castillo-Pedraza Midian Clara , Rangel-Cantillo Kelly Johana
Published: September 2021

El bruxismo es un hábito parafuncional que ocurre durante el sueño y/o la vigilia. Siendo más común el bruxismo del sueño, se presenta en el 17% de la población mundial.  Por lo general, cuando es persistente provoca detrimento en la salud oral. No se ha establecido un tratamiento efectivo contra esta parafunción. El bruxismo también se ha considerado como factor de riesgo para la instalación de implantes y se ha asociado con un aumento de complicaciones mecánicas en la rehabilitación protésica. Aunque algunos autores consideran que el bruxismo no afecta la supervivencia del implante, es de suma importancia considerar todos los aspectos relacionados que contribuyan a reducir los efectos de este hábito en rehabilitación implantosoportada. En este estudio, se presenta el caso de un paciente masculino de 58 años, bruxista, rehabilitado sobre implantes dentales con éxito, después de dos años de instalación. Además, se exponen recomendaciones que ayuden a minimizar los efectos nocivos, cuando se diagnostique un paciente bruxista y se pretenda rehabilitar sobre implantes dentales
Potential Evaluation of PVDF/PAN Membranes for Separation of Oil from Industrial Waste
Authors: Mehta Jigesh , Panwar Deepak S. , Metre Anand , Bhakhar Mathurkumar S.
Published: September 2021

Aim:

The aim of the experiment is to characterize the Modified Membrane from PVDF/PAN and its application in removing the Emulsified oil waste from the Industry.

Objective:

To get the maximum separation of the emulsified oil from the waste water, composite (PVDF/PAN) membrane was prepared in the laboratory.

Methods:

New PVDF/PAN blend based ultrafiltration membranes were synthesized by phase inversion method. The blend membrane was treated at room temperature with aqueous sodium hydroxide solutions.

Results:

The facile eco-friendly preparation of PVDF/PAN blended membrane has a wide potential for practical applications in emulsified wastewater remediation. The chemical functionality of the modified membranes was confirmed by IR spectra.

Conclusion:

For the separation of emulsified oily wastewater, the as-prepared composite (PVDF/PAN) membrane could effectively separate oil/ water emulsions with separation efficiency of above 99.8%. Unmodified membranes (A and B) showed 95.4-99.8% rejection. However, in the case of membranes C and D, oil rejection was higher for the modified membranes as compared to the unmodified membranes.
Developing an Asthma Self-management Intervention Through a Web-Based Design Workshop for People With Limited Health Literacy: User-Centered Design Approach
Authors: Salim Hani , Lee Ping Yein , Sharif-Ghazali Sazlina , Cheong Ai Theng , Wong Jasmine , Young Ingrid , Pinnock Hilary ,   RESPIRE Collaboration
Published: September 2021

Background

Technology, including mobile apps, has the potential to support self-management of long-term conditions and can be tailored to enhance adoption. We developed an app to support asthma self-management among people with limited health literacy in a web-based workshop (to ensure physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic).

Objective

The aim of this study is to develop and test a prototype asthma self-management mobile app tailored to the needs of people with limited health literacy through a web-based workshop.

Methods

We recruited participants from a primary care center in Malaysia. We adapted a design sprint methodology to a web-based workshop in five stages over 1 week. Patients with asthma and limited health literacy provided insights into real-life self-management issues in stage 1, which informed mobile app development in stages 2-4. We recruited additional patients to test the prototype in stage 5 using a qualitative research design. Participants gave feedback through a concurrent thinking-aloud process moderated by a researcher. Each interview lasted approximately 1 hour. Screen recordings of app browsing activities were performed. Interviews were audio-recorded and analyzed using a thematic approach to identify utility and usability issues.

Results

The stakeholder discussion identified four themes: individual, family, friends, and society and system levels. Five patients tested the prototype. Participants described 4 ways in which the app influenced or supported self-management (utility): offering information, providing access to an asthma action plan, motivating control of asthma through support for medication adherence, and supporting behavior change through a reward system. Specific usability issues addressed navigation, comprehension, and layout.

Conclusions

This study proved that it was possible to adapt the design sprint workshop to a web-based format with the added advantage that it allowed the development and the testing process to be done efficiently through various programs. The resultant app incorporated advice from stakeholders, including sources for information about asthma, medication and appointment reminders, accessible asthma action plans, and sources for social support. The app is now ready to move to feasibility testing.
Effectiveness of a Dyadic Buddy App for Smoking Cessation: Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Schwaninger Philipp , Berli Corina , Scholz Urte , Lüscher Janina
Published: September 2021

Background

Tobacco smoking is one of the biggest public health threats. Smartphone apps offer new promising opportunities for supporting smoking cessation in real time. This randomized controlled trial investigated the effectiveness of an app that encourages individuals to quit smoking with the help of a social network member (buddy) in daily life.

Objective

The objective of this study is to test the effectiveness of the SmokeFree buddy app compared with a control group with self-reported smoking abstinence and carbon monoxide (CO)–verified smoking abstinence as primary outcomes and self-reports of smoked cigarettes per day (CPD) as a secondary outcome.

Methods

A total of 162 adults who smoked participated in this single-blind, two-arm, parallel-group, intensive longitudinal randomized controlled trial. Around a self-set quit date (ie, 7 days before the self-set quit date and 20 days after) and 6 months later, participants of the intervention and control groups reported on daily smoking abstinence and CPD in end-of-day diaries. Daily smoking abstinence was verified via daily exhaled CO assessments. This assessment was administered via an app displaying results of exhaled CO, thus addressing self-monitoring in both groups. In addition, participants in the intervention group used the SmokeFree buddy app, a multicomponent app that facilitates social support from a buddy of choice.

Results

A significant reduction in CPD from baseline to the 6-month follow-up was observed among participants in both groups. Multilevel analyses revealed no significant intervention effect on self-reported and CO-verified daily smoking abstinence at the quit date and 3 weeks later. However, CPD was lower at the quit date and 3 weeks later in the intervention group than in the control group. No significant differences between groups were found for any outcome measures 6 months after the quit date. Overall, low app engagement and low perceived usefulness were observed.

Conclusions

Despite some encouraging short-term findings on the amount of smoking, the SmokeFree buddy app did not have beneficial effects on smoking abstinence over and above the self-monitoring control condition. Future studies should examine whether and what support processes can be effectively stimulated and how app use can be improved to better achieve this goal.

Trial Registration

ISRCTN Registry 11154315; https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN11154315

International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID)

RR2-10.1186/s12889-019-7723-z
Effectiveness and Utility of Virtual Reality Simulation as an Educational Tool for Safe Performance of COVID-19 Diagnostics: Prospective, Randomized Pilot Trial
Authors: Birrenbach Tanja , Zbinden Josua , Papagiannakis George , Exadaktylos Aristomenis K , Müller Martin , Hautz Wolf E , Sauter Thomas Christian
Published: September 2021

Background

Although the proper use of hygiene and personal protective equipment (PPE) is paramount for preventing the spread of diseases such as COVID-19, health care personnel have been shown to use incorrect techniques for donning/doffing of PPE and hand hygiene, leading to a large number of infections among health professionals. Education and training are difficult owing to the social distancing restrictions in place, shortages of PPE and testing material, and lack of evidence on optimal training. Virtual reality (VR) simulation can offer a multisensory, 3-D, fully immersive, and safe training opportunity that addresses these obstacles.

Objective

The aim of this study is to explore the short- and long-term effectiveness of a fully immersive VR simulation versus a traditional learning method regarding a COVID-19–related skill set and media-specific variables influencing training outcomes.

Methods

This was a prospective, randomized controlled pilot study on medical students (N=29; intervention VR training, n=15, vs control video-based instruction, n=14) to compare the performance of hand disinfection, nasopharyngeal swab taking, and donning/doffing of PPE before and after training and 1 month later as well as variables of media use.

Results

Both groups performed significantly better after training, with the effect sustained over one month. After training, the VR group performed significantly better in taking a nasopharyngeal swab, scoring a median of 14 out of 17 points (IQR 13-15) versus 12 out of 17 points (IQR 11-14) in the control group, P=.03. With good immersion and tolerability of the VR simulation, satisfaction was significantly higher in the VR group compared to the control group (median score of User Satisfaction Evaluation Questionnaire 27/30, IQR 23-28, vs 22/30, IQR 20-24, in the control group; P=.01).

Conclusions

VR simulation was at least as effective as traditional learning methods in training medical students while providing benefits regarding user satisfaction. These results add to the growing body of evidence that VR is a useful tool for acquiring simple and complex clinical skills.
Design of a Virtual Reality Interactive Training System for Public Health Emergency Preparedness for Major Emerging Infectious Diseases: Theory and Framework
Authors: Luo Yue , Li Mei , Tang Jian , Ren JianLan , Zheng Yu , Yu XingLi , Jiang LinRui , Fan DingLin , Chen YanHua
Published: September 2021

Background

Sufficient public health emergency preparedness (PHEP) is the key factor in effectively responding to and recovering from major emerging infectious diseases (MEIDs). However, in the face of MEIDs, PHEP is insufficient, so it is necessary to improve PHEP. The rapid development of virtual reality and human-computer interaction provides unprecedented opportunities for innovative educational methods.

Objective

This study designed a virtual reality interactive training system (VRITS) to provide an effective path for improving PHEP in the context of MEIDs so that the public can effectively respond to and recover from MEIDs.

Methods

This study used interactive narrative, situated learning and human-computer interaction theories as a theoretical framework to guide the design of the system. We used the literature research method and the Delphi method; consulted multidisciplinary experts, such as infectious diseases, disease control, psychology, and public health personnel, to determine the educational content framework; and set up an interdisciplinary team to construct an operating system framework for the VRITS.

Results

We named the VRITS “People’s War Against Pandemic.” The educational content framework includes 20 knowledge, emotion, and behavior skills in 5 aspects (cooperating with prevention and control work, improving emergency response ability, guaranteeing supplies and equipment, preparing economic resources, and maintaining physical and mental health). The operating system framework includes virtual interactive training, knowledge corner, intelligent evaluation, and community forum modules, and the core module is the virtual interactive training module. In this module, users control virtual characters to move in various scenes, and then identify and analyze the controllability and harmfulness of the evolving pandemic and select the correct prevention and control strategy to avoid infecting themselves and others.

Conclusions

The development and sharing of the multidisciplinary theoretical framework adopted by People’s War Against Pandemic can help us clarify the design ideas and assumptions of the VRITS; predict training results; understand the ability of training to change emergency knowledge, emergency emotion, and behavioral responses to MEIDs; and promote the development of more effective training systems based on virtual reality.
Developing an Asthma Self-management Intervention Through a Web-Based Design Workshop for People With Limited Health Literacy: User-Centered Design Approach (Preprint)
Authors: Salim Hani , Lee Ping Yein , Sharif-Ghazali Sazlina , Cheong Ai Theng , Wong Jasmine , Young Ingrid , Pinnock Hilary ,   RESPIRE Collaboration
Published: September 2021

BACKGROUND

Technology, including mobile apps, has the potential to support self-management of long-term conditions and can be tailored to enhance adoption. We developed an app to support asthma self-management among people with limited health literacy in a web-based workshop (to ensure physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic).

OBJECTIVE

The aim of this study is to develop and test a prototype asthma self-management mobile app tailored to the needs of people with limited health literacy through a web-based workshop.

METHODS

We recruited participants from a primary care center in Malaysia. We adapted a design sprint methodology to a web-based workshop in five stages over 1 week. Patients with asthma and limited health literacy provided insights into real-life self-management issues in stage 1, which informed mobile app development in stages 2-4. We recruited additional patients to test the prototype in stage 5 using a qualitative research design. Participants gave feedback through a concurrent thinking-aloud process moderated by a researcher. Each interview lasted approximately 1 hour. Screen recordings of app browsing activities were performed. Interviews were audio-recorded and analyzed using a thematic approach to identify utility and usability issues.

RESULTS

The stakeholder discussion identified four themes: individual, family, friends, and society and system levels. Five patients tested the prototype. Participants described 4 ways in which the app influenced or supported self-management (utility): offering information, providing access to an asthma action plan, motivating control of asthma through support for medication adherence, and supporting behavior change through a reward system. Specific usability issues addressed navigation, comprehension, and layout.

CONCLUSIONS

This study proved that it was possible to adapt the design sprint workshop to a web-based format with the added advantage that it allowed the development and the testing process to be done efficiently through various programs. The resultant app incorporated advice from stakeholders, including sources for information about asthma, medication and appointment reminders, accessible asthma action plans, and sources for social support. The app is now ready to move to feasibility testing.
Technology Acceptance Among Patients With Hemophilia in Hong Kong and Their Expectations of a Mobile Health App to Promote Self-management: Survey Study (Preprint)
Authors: Cheung Yin Ting , Lam Pok Hong , Lam Teddy Tai-Ning , Lam Henry Hon Wai , Li Chi Kong
Published: September 2021

BACKGROUND

The lifelong management of hemophilia is demanding and complex. In July 2019, we published a review in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, summarizing telehealth interventions that facilitate monitoring of bleeding events and promoting the appropriate use of clotting factors among patients with hemophilia. This work has led to the development of a community program that aims to harness technology to promote self-management among patients with hemophilia in Hong Kong.

OBJECTIVE

Before the inception of this program, we conducted a cross-sectional survey to evaluate the patients’ level of technology acceptance and identify their expectations of the use of mobile technology for self-management of hemophilia.

METHODS

In total, 56 participants (75% adult patients and 25% parents of pediatric patients; 87.5% with moderate to severe disease) were recruited from a local nongovernmental organization that serves patients with hemophilia. They rated their perceived confidence and acceptance in using the new mobile technology (score 1 to 5 for each item, with a higher score indicating better acceptance) using a structured questionnaire (adapted from the Technology Acceptance Model). They also identified the top features that they perceived to be the most important components of a mobile app for the self-management of hemophilia. The Mann–Whitney U test was used to compare technology acceptance scores across subgroups of different clinical and socioeconomic characteristics.

RESULTS

In general, the participants considered themselves skilled in using mobile apps (mean 4.3, 95% CI 4.1-4.5). They were willing to learn to use the new mobile app to organize their bleeding records (mean 4.0, 95% CI 3.7-4.3) and to manage their health (mean 4.2, 95% CI 4.1-4.5). Participants who lived in public housing (a surrogate marker for lower socioeconomic status in Hong Kong) reported lower technology acceptance than those who lived in private housing (P=.04). The most important features identified by the participants concerned documenting of infusion logs (n=49, 87.5%), bleeding events (n=48, 85.7%), and the secure delivery of the bleeding information to health care professionals (n=40, 71.4%).

CONCLUSIONS

It is encouraging to infer that patients with hemophilia in Hong Kong are receptive to the use of mobile health technology. The findings of this survey are applicable in designing the key features of a patient-centered, multimodal program harnessing mobile technology to promote self-management among patients with hemophilia. Future studies should evaluate participants’ acceptability and perceived usability of the mobile app via user metrics and assess clinical and humanistic outcomes of this program.
Initial Outcomes of CardioClick, a Telehealth Program for Preventive Cardiac Care: Observational Study (Preprint)
Authors: Kalwani Neil M , Johnson Austin N , Parameswaran Vijaya , Dash Rajesh , Rodriguez Fatima
Published: September 2021

BACKGROUND

Telehealth use has increased in specialty clinics, but there is limited evidence on the outcomes of telehealth in primary cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention.

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this study was to evaluate the initial outcomes of CardioClick, a telehealth primary CVD prevention program.

METHODS

In 2017, the Stanford South Asian Translational Heart Initiative (a preventive cardiology clinic focused on high-risk South Asian patients) introduced CardioClick, which is a clinical pathway replacing in-person follow-up visits with video visits. We assessed patient engagement and changes in CVD risk factors in CardioClick patients and in a historical in-person cohort from the same clinic.

RESULTS

In this study, 118 CardioClick patients and 441 patients who received in-person care were included. CardioClick patients were more likely to complete the clinic’s CVD prevention program (76/118, 64.4% vs 173/441, 39.2%, respectively; P<.001) and they did so in lesser time (mean, 250 days vs 307 days, respectively; P<.001) than the patients in the historical in-person cohort. Patients who completed the CardioClick program achieved reductions in CVD risk factors, including blood pressure, lipid concentrations, and BMI, which matched or exceeded those observed in the historical in-person cohort.

CONCLUSIONS

Telehealth can be used to deliver care effectively in a preventive cardiology clinic setting and may result in increased patient engagement. Further studies on telehealth outcomes are needed to determine the optimal role of virtual care models across diverse preventive medicine clinics.
Exploring the Use of a Facebook-Based Support Group for Caregivers of Children and Youth With Complex Care Needs: Qualitative Descriptive Study (Preprint)
Authors: Kelly Katherine Jennifer , Doucet Shelley , Luke Alison , Azar Rima , Montelpare William
Published: September 2021

BACKGROUND

Caregivers of children and youth with complex care needs (CCN) require substantial support to ensure the well-being of their families. Web-based peer-to-peer (P2P) support groups present an opportunity for caregivers to seek and provide timely informational and emotional support. Despite the widespread use of social media for health-related support across diverse patient and caregiver populations, it is unclear how caregivers of children and youth with CCN use and potentially benefit from these groups.

OBJECTIVE

The aim of this study is to explore the use of a web-based P2P support group for caregivers of children and youth with CCN in New Brunswick, Canada, and investigate factors related to its use by members.

METHODS

The study sample consisted of individuals who joined a closed Facebook group and an analysis of content published to the group. In phase 1, a Facebook group was developed in consultation with a patient and family advisory council, and members were recruited to the group. Phase 2 of this study consisted of an observation period during which posts and related interactions (ie, likes, loves, and comments) by members were collected. In phase 3, a web-based survey was distributed, and semistructured interviews were conducted with a subsample of group members. Survey and interview data were analyzed using thematic analysis.

RESULTS

A total of 108 caregivers joined the Facebook group between October 2020 and March 2021. There were 93 posts with 405 comments and 542 associated interactions (448/542, 82.7% likes and 94/542, 17.3% loves). Of these 93 posts, 37 (40%) were made by group members, and 56 (60%) were made by moderators. Of the 108 members, a subsample of 39 (36.1%) completed a web-based survey, and 14 (13%) participated in the interviews. Content analyses of posts by members revealed that inquiry (17/37, 46%), informational (15/37, 41%), and emotional posts (4/37, 11%) were the most common. Emotional posts received the highest number of interactions (median 24.5). In total, 5 themes emerged from the interviews related to the use of the group and mediating factors of interactions between group members: resource for information, altruistic contribution, varying level of engagement, perceived barriers to and facilitators of group activity, and moderators as contributing members.

CONCLUSIONS

These findings demonstrate that caregivers of children and youth with CCN seek geography-specific P2P support groups to meet informational and social support needs. This study contributes to the knowledge on how caregivers use Facebook groups to meet their support needs through moderate and passive engagement.
Experiences, Motivations, and Perceived Impact of Participation in a Facebook-Based Support Group for Caregivers of Children and Youth With Complex Care Needs: Qualitative Descriptive Study (Preprint)
Authors: Kelly Katherine Jennifer , Doucet Shelley , Luke Alison , Azar Rima , Montelpare William
Published: September 2021

BACKGROUND

Caregivers of children and youth with complex care needs (CCNs) often require considerable support to ensure the well-being of their families. Social media present an opportunity to better support caregivers through computer-mediated communication for social support. Peer-to-peer (P2P) support groups are a way in which caregivers are accessing needed support; however, the experiences of caregivers who use these groups and the perceived impact that participation has on caregivers of children and youth with CCNs are not known.

OBJECTIVE

This study aimed to explore the experiences of caregivers of children and youth with CCNs who use a Facebook-based P2P support group to communicate, understand their motivations to use the group, and investigate its perceived impact on knowledge of programs and services and sense of community belonging among caregivers.

METHODS

A qualitative descriptive design was used to explore the experiences and perceived impact of a Facebook-based (Meta Platforms) P2P support group for caregivers of children and youth with CCNs in New Brunswick, Canada. The group was launched on the web in October 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, and resulted in 108 caregivers joining the group. A web-based survey was distributed, and semistructured interviews were conducted in February 2021 with a subsample of members. Thematic analysis was used to identify and report patterns related to caregivers’ experiences and perceived impacts of participation.

RESULTS

A subsample of members in the Facebook group completed the web-based survey (39/108, 36.1%) and interviews (14/108, 12.9%). A total of 5 themes emerged from the interviews: safe space, informational support and direction, web-based connection with peers, impact on knowledge of programs and services, and degree of community belonging. Participants reported joining the group to obtain geography-specific information support and connect with peers. Many participants reported an improvement in their knowledge of programs and services and felt connected to the community; however, the short observation period and diversity among the caregiver population were cited as barriers to community belonging.

CONCLUSIONS

Social media present an important opportunity to facilitate the exchange of support between patients and caregivers in an accessible and curated environment. Findings from this study suggest that involvement in web-based, geography-specific P2P support groups can influence perceived knowledge of services and resources and sense of community belonging among caregivers of children and youth with CCNs. Furthermore, this study provides insight into the experiences and motivations of caregivers of children and youth with CCNs who participate in a private social media environment.
Features of wearable devices used for Anxiety & Depression: A scoping review (Preprint)
Authors: Ahmed Arfan , Aziz Sarah , Alzubaidi Mahmood , Schneider Jens , Irshaidat Sara , Abu Serhan Hashem , Abd-alrazaq Alaa , Solaiman Barry , Househ Mowafa
Published: September 2021

BACKGROUND

The rates of mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression are at an all time high and the need for readily available digital health care solutions has never been greater. Wearable devices (WD) have seen a steady rise in the usage of sensors previously reserved for hospital settings. The availibity of features that make use of WDs for anxiety and depression is in its infancy, but we are seeing the potential for consumers to self monitor moods and behaviours with everyday commercially available devices and the ability to self-regulate their health needs.

OBJECTIVE

This study aims to explore features of wearable devices (WDs) used for anxiety and depression

METHODS

We have searched the following six bibliographic databases while conducting this review: MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, IEEE Xplore, ACM Digital Library, and Google Scholar. Two reviewers independently performed study selection and data extraction; two other individual reviewers justified cross-checking of extracted data. We utilized a narrative approach for synthesizing the data.

RESULTS

From an initial 2,408 studies we assess and report the features in 58 studies that were highlighted according to our inclusion criteria. Wrist worn devices were identified in the bulk of our studies (n=42 or 71%). Depression was assessed in most of the studies (n=27 or 47%), whereas anxiety was assessed in n=15 or 25% of studies. More than a quarter (n=16 or 27%) of the included studies assessed both mental disorders. Finally n=26 or 46% of studies highlighted the wearable device host device as a smartphone.

CONCLUSIONS

The emergence of affordable, consumer-grade biosensors offers the potential for new approaches to support mental health therapies such as anxiety and depression. We see WDs having real potential in aiding with self-care and with purposefully designed WDs that combine the expertise of technologists and clinical experts WDs could play a key role in self-care monitoring and diagnosis.
Building the hospital Intelligent Twins for all-scenario intelligence health care (Preprint)
Authors: Cheng Weibin , Lian Wanmin , Tian Junzhang
Published: September 2021

UNSTRUCTURED

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the trend of smart hospital construction that has been cooking for years. However, there is no consistent conceptualization of what a smart hospital truly entails. A few hospitals have truly reached the status of being ‘smart’ so far, primarily failing to bring systems together and consider implications from all perspectives. Hospital Intelligent Twins, a new technology integration was first introduced by Huawei at HUAWEI CONNECT 2020, that powered by IoT, AI and cloud computing, as well as 5G application to create all-scenario intelligence for health care and hospital management.This article presents a smart hospital for all-scenario intelligence by creating the hospital Intelligent Twins.
Why Is It so Difficult to Make a Paradigm Change?
Authors: Akasofu Syun-Ichi
Published: September 2021

Difficulties of proposing a new idea against a standstill or stagnated paradigm are described. In order to achieve a breakthrough or paradigm change, one requires a creative data assembly, the sense of timing, confidence, courage, patience, endurance and even a wit. A few suggestions are made to overcome the difficulties.
Cloud Functions Using Server less Computing
Authors: Kumar Vijay
Published: September 2021

Abstract: Cloud Function in the simplest words is a Function-as-a-Service (FaaS). FaaS is actually a family of the serverless computing category. “Serverless” means that the user can focus on its application logic without dealing with infrastructure at all. Painless development, deployment, and maintenance of a web API is still not a turn-key solution, although modern web application frameworks have improved dramatically in the last few years. Serverless is without any doubt a game-changer. The event-driven approach combined with a scalable and robust cloud ecosystem offered by the main top cloud vendors opens endless opportunities. Cloud Functions is Google Cloud’s event-driven serverless compute platform. FaaS is a real NoOps technology, it completely abstracts away servers. Cloud Functions are developed with the sole purpose to build event-driven architectures. These can react to events like file changes in storage, messages in the queue, or any HTTP request. Index Terms: Cloud Computing, Serverless Technology, Function as a Service, Lambda Functions and Functions
Making Visible the Work of Translation in Transnational Feminist Research
Authors: Rashid Azra
Published: September 2021

Background: Transnational feminist work seeks to cross boundaries that are marked by differences in language, culture, and history, which necessitates the work of translation.

Analysis: With a focus on women’s multiple experiences under the Khmer Rouge, this article explores the mechanisms and strategies of translation in a cross-cultural feminist exploration of gender and genocide in Cambodia.

Conclusion and implications: In this research, translation emerges as a shared and ongoing labour across many locations and as a constantly evolving process that is never complete. A multilayering of the interpretive efforts is proposed in order to bring visibility to gender(ed) representations and their mediation within and by a cross-cultural feminist research project.
A Moral Panic in Reverse? Implicatory Denial and COVID-19 Pre-Crisis Risk Communication in Canada
Authors: Hier Sean P.
Published: September 2021

Background: This article reverses the conventional logic of moral panics. COVID-19 pre-crisis risk communication is conceptualized as a form of implicatory denial that underreacted to COVID-19 in the three months leading up to the acute phase of the crisis.

Analysis: Connections are established among denial theory; infectious disease crisis communication; and the social, economic, and political implications of underreacting to real-world threats over three phases of pre-crisis risk communication.

Conclusions and implications: Linking the analysis to the broader literature on the social organization of denial highlights the dialectical relationship between the rhetoric of panic and conditions of implicatory denial.
Space Media
Authors: Patrícia Gál Réka , Wilkins L.M. , Zhang Yuxing , Boucher Marie-Pier , Karppi Tero , Packer Jeremy
Published: September 2021

This article proposes the notion of space media as a way of defining media that connect humans with outer space. It is suggested that six areas related to contemporary media theory are particularly relevant to understanding space media: epistemology, anthropogenesis, planetary mediums, infrastructure, imaginaries, and remains. The article further suggests that the field of media studies needs to take account of outer space and, as a result, alter its own current practice.
Fisher Information in Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum Applications
Authors: Meyer Johannes Jakob
Published: September 2021

The recent advent of noisy intermediate-scale quantum devices, especially near-term quantum computers, has sparked extensive research efforts concerned with their possible applications. At the forefront of the considered approaches are variational methods that use parametrized quantum circuits. The classical and quantum Fisher information are firmly rooted in the field of quantum sensing and have proven to be versatile tools to study such parametrized quantum systems. Their utility in the study of other applications of noisy intermediate-scale quantum devices, however, has only been discovered recently. Hoping to stimulate more such applications, this article aims to further popularize classical and quantum Fisher information as useful tools for near-term applications beyond quantum sensing. We start with a tutorial that builds an intuitive understanding of classical and quantum Fisher information and outlines how both quantities can be calculated on near-term devices. We also elucidate their relationship and how they are influenced by noise processes. Next, we give an overview of the core results of the quantum sensing literature and proceed to a comprehensive review of recent applications in variational quantum algorithms and quantum machine learning.
ATENÇÃO À SAÚDE À DIABÉTICOS E/OU HIPERTENSOS NA CLÍNICA DA FAMÍLIA NO MUNICÍPIO DO RIO DE JANEIRO
Authors: Silveira Beatriz de Oliveira Barbosa , Bernardo Lilian Dias , De Oliveira Andrey Carvalho , Tintel Camila de Andrade , De Paiva Davi José Barreto Vasconcelos , Da Silva Kamila Miranda , Wengert Mira
Published: September 2021

Introdução: O diabetes de mellitus e a hipertensão arterial são doenças crônicas consideradas epidemias mundiais, sendo grandes desafios para os sistemas de saúde de todo o mundo. O acompanhamento de pacientes e uma abordagem integral que contemple as múltiplas dimensões das necessidades de saúde, são estratégias para o controle das duas condições clínicas. Objetivo: Apresentar o perfil sociodemográfico e clínico de pacientes diabéticos e/ou hipertensos, bem como acompanhar seu tratamento, utilizando a atenção farmacêutica como estratégia de promoção de saúde em uma clínica da família na zona oeste do município do Rio de Janeiro. Metodologia: Estudo descritivo com 34 usuários diabéticos e/ou hipertensos de uma clínica da família do município do Rio de Janeiro.A coleta de dados sevrealizou por meio de um questionário sociodemográfico e clínico em acompanhamentos semanais, assim como a aferição da glicemia, pressão arterial e avaliação da sensibilidade dos pés. Resultados: Observou-se a predominância de pessoas idosas, do sexo feminino, sem hábitos tabágicos ou alcoólicos e com diagnóstico de associação entre diabetes e hipertensão, a maioria fazia uso de antidiabéticos orais e a minoria fazia insulinoterapia, os anti-hipertensivos mais utilizados foram os diuréticos e antagonistas do receptor de angiotensina, enquanto os menos utilizados foram vasodilatadores de ação direta.As complicações mais associadas a DM, foram a neuropatia periférica, perda da sensibilidade dos pés e catarata. A maioria dos pacientes conheciam acerca de seus medicamentos, a maior parte fazia uso de quatro ou mais. O resultado negativo relacionado aos medicamentos mais frequente foi o de inefetividade não quantitativa. Conclusão: É importante o acompanhamento da farmacoterapia dos usuários para proporcionar uma orientação responsável, aumentando a adesão, a autonomia e empoderamento ao tratamento.
Factores clave en la evaluación de la productividad: estudio de caso
Authors: Franco-López Jorge Ariel , Uribe-Gómez Julián Alberto , Agudelo-Vallejo Sebastián
Published: September 2021

La productividad es una condición inicial para obtener crecimiento económico, y para tener mejores condiciones de vida: se debe partir de ser eficientes y eficaces, siendo esta la combinación óptima de los recursos, pues, eficiencia más eficacia es igual a productividad. El objetivo de la investigación fue examinar las percepciones de los empleados en distintas organizaciones del sur del Valle de Aburrá: Envigado, Itagüí, Sabaneta, La Estrella y Caldas en el departamento de Antioquia (Colombia), frente a factores asociados con la productividad. Como metodología, se utilizó un sistema categorial que reunió 10 factores como determinantes de la productividad, el cual se construyó a partir de un rastreo bibliográfico. El enfoque de la investigación fue de tipo mixto. Para el trabajo de campo se aplicaron encuestas estructuradas con 10 preguntas cerradas en 17 organizaciones, utilizando la escala de Likert, obteniendo respuestas de 65 empleados. Posteriormente se tabularon los cuestionarios y se hizo el análisis respectivo para cada pregunta, donde se aplicó la estadística descriptiva y la matriz de correlación, arrojando como resultado que las categorías más decisivas en la productividad son: variable laboral, articulación de políticas, infraestructura física, innovación, investigación y avance tecnológico. Se concluye que la motivación tiene la mayor cantidad de vínculos de correlacionales fuertemente lineales con los demás factores.
CARACTERIZAÇÃO DO PROCESSO DE GESTÃO DE IDEIAS NO CONTEXTO DO FRONT END DA INOVAÇÃO: UMA REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA
Authors: Valdati Aline de Brittos , Souza João Artur de , Leite André de Oliveira , Rados Gregório Jean Varvakis
Published: September 2021

A gestão de ideias consolida-se na literatura, como um dos fatores para obter-se sucesso em projetos de inovação. Novos produtos normalmente advêm de uma ideia, por isso as organizações buscam formas de organizar essas ideias a fim de alimentar o processo de inovação. No entanto, essa não é uma tarefa fácil devido ao ambiente e as fases iniciais (front end) a qual está inserida. O objetivo desta pesquisa é identificar os elementos que caracterizam o processo de gestão de ideias com foco no front end da inovação. Para isso realizou-se uma revisão integrativa da literatura sobre gestão de ideias a fim de encontrar modelos, processos e frameworks. Como resultado foram encontradas seis fases principais, sendo elas: preparação, geração e coleta, filtragem e agrupamento, enriquecimento, avaliação/seleção e refinamento. Dentro delas foi possível identificar os atores envolvidos, bem como os resultados obtidos. Além disso, outros elementos identificados e considerados essenciais foram o armazenamento e o feedback.
GESTÃO DO CONHECIMENTO EM EMPRESAS DE TECNOLOGIA DA INFORMAÇÃO E COMUNICAÇÃO: ANÁLISE DO AMBIENTE
Authors: Strik Marcelo Antonio , Molina Letícia Gorri
Published: September 2021

A pesquisa tem como objetivo geral analisar as práticas da Gestão do Conhecimento nas empresas de Tecnologia da Informação, pertencentes a governança do Arranjo Produtivo Local de Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicação de Londrina. Como objetivos específicos elencam-se: a) Identificar as práticas mais relevantes da Gestão do Conhecimento utilizadas pelas empresas; b) Verificar se as empresas utilizam práticas de mapeamento, armazenamento e compartilhamento dos principais ativos de conhecimento; c) Sugerir práticas que estimulem o compartilhamento do conhecimento. Pesquisa de natureza básica, tipologicamente se caracteriza como descritiva, com abordagem qualitativa, utilizou como método, o Estudo de Caso Múltiplo, e como instrumentos de coleta a entrevista semi-estruturada, observação direta e análise de documentos. O universo pesquisado foi o Arranjo Produtivo Local de Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicação de Londrina e região, tendo como população a Governança do Arranjo Produtivo Local, sendo que a amostra foi composta por três empresas. Conclui-se que foi possível definir o perfil das empresas e identificar a existência de práticas e ferramentas de Gestão do Conhecimento, porém evidenciou-se que essas práticas são isoladas e definidas por terminologias específicas do segmento de Tecnologia da Informação. O fato de serem empresas pertencentes a uma comunidade de prática, no caso a Governança, demonstra o quanto o compartilhamento é valorizado e utilizado na maximização das perspectivas do setor.
MAPEAMENTO DA PRODUÇÃO CIENTÍFICA SOBRE GESTÃO DO CONHECIMENTO E MEMÓRIA ORGANIZACIONAL: UM ENFOQUE SOBRE OS MODELOS DE IMPLANTAÇÃO E OS FATORES CRÍTICOS DE SUCESSO
Authors: Damian Ieda Pelógia Martins , Moro Cabero María Manuela
Published: September 2021

As organizações que desejam se destacar em um contexto onde a mudança é frequente e as influências da globalização e do avanço tecnológico são constantes, reconhecer o conhecimento como recurso estratégico e gerenciá-lo de maneira adequada passa a ser condição sine qua non. Para que a gestão do conhecimento seja implantada com sucesso, aspectos essenciais como memória organizacional, modelos de implantação de gestão do conhecimento e fatores críticos de sucesso da gestão do conhecimento precisam ser considerados. Estudos sobre gestão do conhecimento e sobre memória organizacional demonstraram inúmeras semelhanças e completudes e, portanto, tais conceitos deveriam ser altamente relacionados nas produções cientificas. Com o intuito de verificar como os temas gestão do conhecimento, memória organizacional, modelos de implantação de gestão do conhecimento e fatores críticos de sucesso da gestão do conhecimento se relacionam na produção cientifica, este estudo realizou um levantamento das publicações na área da Ciência da Informação, ciência que estuda os temas abordados neste estudo. Para tanto, se realizou o levantamento dos artigos científicos na Base de dados referenciais de artigos de periódicos em Ciência da Informação e na Scientific Electronic Library Online, durante os anos de 2008 e 2018. Por meio deste levantamento verificou-se que dos 217 artigos recuperados, apenas 38 relacionavam, de alguma maneira, alguns dos termos pesquisados. Diante de tal resultado, é possível afirmar que, apesar de tratar de assuntos de extrema importância e interrelacionados, são poucos estudos que abordavam tal relação.
A GESTÃO DO CONHECIMENTO E OS DESAFIOS PARA A IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DE UM MODELO DE EXCELÊNCIA BASEADO NA NORMA ISO 30401
Authors: Carvalho Andrea Alves da Silva , Ferneda Edilson , Streit Rosalvo Ermes
Published: September 2021

O momento atual de transformação digital no âmbito corporativo coloca o desafio de desenvolver novas capacidades de conhecimento organizacional capazes de fornecer condições para inovação, crescimento competitivo e sustentável. Nesse sentido, a International Standards Organization (ISO) publicou o rascunho de uma norma específica de Gestão de Conhecimento (GC), a ISO/DIS 30401:2017. Baseado nesse documento, este artigo propõe um instrumento para apoiar as organizações interessadas em implementar essa norma. Para o desenvolvimento desse instrumento, a literatura relacionada aos modelos e práticas de GC foi confrontada com os requisitos da norma, visando identificar como cada prática poderia atender aos itens desses requisitos. Posteriormente, os resultados foram refinados por dois especialistas, um acadêmico em GC e um profissional do mundo corporativo. Ao final, foram identificadas as práticas aderentes à ISO/DIS 30401:2017 com potencial de utilização pelas empresas. Visto que a versão definitiva da norma, publicada em novembro de 2018, não trouxe modificações relevantes à sua versão provisória, o instrumento proposto permanece pertinente.
POLÍTICAS DE GESTÃO DO CONHECIMENTO: DA TEORIA À PRÁTICA
Authors: Corrêa Fabio , Paula Cláudio Paixão Anastácio de , Ribeiro Jurema Suely de Araujo Nery , França Renata de Souza , Ferreira Eric de Paula
Published: September 2021

As políticas de Gestão do Conhecimento são instrumentos que estabelecem norteamentos com impacto direto em múltiplos níveis e, nesse sentido, necessitam ser abordadas em uma perspectiva holística. Neste sentido, esta pesquisa objetiva analisar políticas de Gestão do Conhecimento para identificar os fatores que as fundamentam, visando elucidar se a visão holística teórica converge para a prática estabelecida por essas políticas. Por procedimentos metodológicos adotou-se as abordagens qualitativa e quantitativa, valendo-se da Análise de Conteúdo e método percentílico, respectivamente. Foram analisadas políticas de Gestão do Conhecimento atinentes ao intervalo temporal de 2001 a 2018 em organizações públicas, a saber: Serviço Federal de Processamento de Dados, Governo do Estado de São Paulo, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, Secretaria de Estado de Planejamento e Gestão de Minas Gerais, Secretaria de Estado de Fazenda de Minas Gerais, Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos e Governo do Estado de Rondônia. Conclui-se que, dentre as políticas analisadas, nenhuma contempla todos os fatores indispensáveis para o sucesso da Gestão do Conhecimento, não atingindo os níveis necessários para o enquadramento na perspectiva holística. Contudo, a teoria converge com a prática, pois todos os fatores foram contemplados por pelo menos uma política de Gestão do Conhecimento e todas as políticas contemplam mais de um fator. Os resultados sugerem que as organizações tem capacidade para elaborar políticas que contemplem o gerenciamento do conhecimento de forma holística, porém, esses norteamentos devem ser operacionalizados na prática para que isso seja feito de modo exitoso.