Article
Urology & Nephrology
Xin Bo Justin Cheng, Christopher T. Chan
Summary: There is a global interest in increasing the utilization of home dialysis. Efforts such as patient and provider education, infrastructures for transitional care, policy changes, and respite care can help enhance the use of home dialysis. An ecosystem of complementary system innovations is needed to bring about a sufficient change in patient and provider behavior, ultimately leading to a higher utilization of home dialysis.
CLINICAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
(2023)
Review
Construction & Building Technology
Natalia Sokol, Julia Kurek, Justyna Martyniuk-Peczek, Claudia Naves David Amorim, Natalia Giraldo Vasquez, Julia Resende Kanno, Sergio Sibilio, Barbara Matusiak
Summary: This paper reviews the boundary conditions (B/C) in specific categories within non-residential buildings and explores users' requirements and needs of the built environment through quantitative evaluations and expert reviews. The findings indicate a broad definition of B/C, including specific values, conditions, interconnected factors, etc., to better understand the shaping of the built environment.
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
(2022)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Hatice Demirtas Dogan, Bulut Gurpinar
Summary: The purpose of this article is to identify green practices in university libraries in Kocaeli and Istanbul, and to determine the environmental awareness and attitudes of library users. The study collected data through face-to-face questionnaires and found that 7 out of 11 university libraries are classified as green libraries. The study also revealed that those who received environmental education had higher scores in environmental awareness and attitude.
Article
Computer Science, Theory & Methods
Cayetano Valero, Jaime Perez, Sonia Solera-Cotanilla, Mario Vega-Barbas, Guillermo Suarez-Tangil, Manuel Alvarez-Campana, Gregorio Lopez
Summary: Advances in IoT, Speech Recognition and AI have led to the development of Smart Personal Assistants, but their popularity and technological complexity also make them a target for security concerns. This study proposes a methodology to systematically analyze the security of Smart Personal Assistants and applies it to analyze major commercial ones. The findings reveal vulnerabilities in voice replay attacks, unreliable skills activation in multi-user households, insufficient control over Personally Identifiable Information, and lack of configurations for minors. Voice authentication and authorization are identified as interesting research topics to enhance both usability and security of Smart Personal Assistants.
FUTURE GENERATION COMPUTER SYSTEMS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ESCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Evgeniya H. Lock, Jonghoon Lee, Daniel S. Choi, Robert G. Bedford, Shashi P. Karna, Ajit K. Roy
Summary: This article provides a broad perspective of the state of the art in quantum technology and identifies critical stumbling blocks for its development. It summarizes the innovations in demonstrating and understanding electron entanglement phenomena using bulk and low-dimensional materials and structures. The generation of correlated photon pairs via processes such as nonlinear optics is discussed. The application of qubits to current and future high-impact quantum technology development is presented. Approaches for realizing unique qubit features for large-scale encrypted communication, sensing, computing, and other technologies are still evolving, highlighting the crucial importance of materials innovation. The article also discusses materials modeling approaches for accelerating quantum technology using physics-based AI/ML integrated with quantum metrology.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
S. M. Ferry, M. Kristi Henzel, Kath M. Bogie
Summary: Consumer involvement in research plays a crucial role in improving research quality and enhancing the quality of life for patients.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Morgane Jelsch, Yves Roggo, Peter Kleinebudde, Markus Krumme
Summary: Pharmaceutical continuous manufacturing is recognized as an emerging technology guided by effective quality risk management and paving the way for future smart manufacturing. The introduction of soft sensors helps maintain product quality and mitigate undesired events. Automation control strategies, model predictive control, and industrial applications are key components in advancing pharmaceutical continuous manufacturing.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS AND BIOPHARMACEUTICS
(2021)
Article
Communication
Pascal Schneiders
Summary: In journalism studies, the definition of news is challenged by the rise of digital platforms, which has led to a more urgent need to understand news from the audience's perspective. This article explores how users perceive news in terms of its origin, content, style, channel, and function through interviews and card-laying tasks. The findings suggest that people have diverse understandings of news originators and channels, but their associations with news content and style are influenced by traditional journalistic norms. The article concludes that the institutional definition of news no longer fully captures its meaning in everyday exposure.
DIGITAL JOURNALISM
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture
Teik Guan Tan, Jianying Zhou, Vishal Sharma, Saraju P. P. Mohanty
Summary: This article uses an adversarial modeling approach to identify passive and active actions that adversaries can take to gain an advantage in preparation for the arrival of quantum computers. It then provides recommendations on suitable mitigation strategies.
Review
Chemistry, Analytical
Juliana Cristina Barreiro, Maria Elizabeth Tiritan, Quezia Bezerra Cass
Summary: This review critically presents the boundaries of chiral environmental, forensic, and bioanalysis, highlighting important advances in chiral screening technology and their impact on method development and applications. The complexity of merging high efficiency enantioselectivity separation with the selected sample matrix and analysis goal is emphasized, with a trend towards higher detectability and lower sample volumes in new applications. An assortment of method applications in environmental and bioanalysis, along with the demand in forensic analysis, is concisely discussed.
TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ibrahim Mutambik, John Lee, Abdullah Almuqrin, Waleed Halboob, Taha Omar, Ahmad Floos
Summary: This study examines the impact of privacy concerns on SNS user attitudes and behavior, as well as the influence of cultural factors. Results support the proposed hypotheses and reveal clear gender and cultural differences. The discussion highlights users' views on the inadequacy of SNS providers' privacy policies regarding culturally specific ethical concerns.
Article
Forestry
Jesus Fernandez-Habas, Pilar Fernandez-Rebollo, Rosa Gallardo-Cobos, Tom Vanwalleghem, Pedro Sanchez-Zamora
Summary: Grasslands are crucial for ecosystem services, and suitable management and innovative technologies can enhance their productivity and resilience. However, the adoption of innovations by farmers is influenced by various socio-economic and technological factors. Understanding these factors is essential for designing policies that support the adoption of innovations.
Article
Business
Amandeep Dhir, Sher Jahan Khan, Nazrul Islam, Peter Ractham, N. Meenakshi
Summary: This study examines the factors that drive the adoption of sustainable business model innovations (SBMIs). It utilizes a mixed-method approach to identify the factors that have led firms to switch to sustainable business innovation. The study finds that ambidextrous learning in the top management team (TMT) is positively associated with the adoption of SBMIs. Additionally, TMT diversity and university-industry collaboration positively influence ambidextrous learning, but the impact of collaboration on this relationship is negative.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Yong Zhan, Mahdi Ghamkhari, Hossein Akhavan-Hejazi, Du Xu, Hamed Mohsenian-Rad
Summary: This paper introduces a cost-aware traffic management approach for colocation data center users under burstable billing, utilizing mathematical expressions to calculate 95th percentile usage and optimization problems to maximize user surplus. The resulting non-convex optimization problem can be efficiently solved or approximated using a convex program. Real-world workload traces show a reduction in IP transit cost by 26 percent and an increase in total surplus by 23 percent compared to current bandwidth allocation practices.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SERVICES COMPUTING
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Gwangjin Lee, Won Jo, Yukyung Choi
Summary: Customer demands for product search are increasing due to the growth of e-commerce market. Existing studies focus on object-centric retrieval using product images, but responding to complex user-environment scenarios and handling large amounts of data remains challenging. This paper introduces the Video E-commerce Retrieval Dataset (VERD) that utilizes user-perspective videos, and presents a benchmark and additional experiments to highlight the need for independent research on product-centered video-based retrieval. VERD is available for academic research and can be downloaded by contacting the author via email.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Haitze J. de Vries, Wim S. Sipma, Ron T. Gansevoort, Sandra Brouwer, Annemieke Visser
Summary: The WORK program, a work-oriented clinical care program, was developed and implemented to support sustainable work participation for patients with CKD. The program includes a care pathway, practical tools, and a labor expert to help patients and healthcare professionals address work-related challenges. The feasibility and clinical utility of WORK were rated positively.
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Wim Sipma, Margriet F. C. de Jong, Yvette Meuleman, Marc Hemmelder, Kees (C. ) T. B. Ahaus
Summary: This study focuses on the early implementation phase of dialysis Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in the Netherlands. The study reveals that patients do not find PROMs useful for sharing information with their doctors, despite doctors' intention to improve patient-doctor communication.
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Michael van der Voorden, Wim S. Sipma, Margriet F. C. de Jong, Arie Franx, Kees C. T. B. Ahaus
Summary: In recent years, the concept of Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC) has gained attention in hospitals. Patient engagement is a core component of VBHC, but its involvement at the organizational level of care improvement is lacking research. This systematic review aims to assess the extent and impact of patient engagement in VBHC initiatives. The findings suggest that patient engagement at the organizational level is mostly limited to consultation methods, such as questionnaires and interviews, with a lack of higher level engagement tools. The study emphasizes the importance of embracing all levels of patient engagement to ensure patient values are incorporated in healthcare initiatives.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Jennifer E. Flythe, Derek Forfang, Nieltje Gedney, David M. White, Caroline Wilkie, Kerri L. Cavanaugh, Raymond C. Harris, Mark Unruh, Grace Squillaci, Melissa West, Carol Mansfield, Cindy S. Soloe, Katherine Treiman, Dallas Wood, Frank P. Hurst, Carolyn Y. Neuland, Anindita Saha, Murray Sheldon, Michelle E. Tarver
Summary: This study aimed to capture patients' preferences for wearable dialysis devices and in-center hemodialysis through interviews and surveys. A 54-item web-based survey was developed to estimate the maximal acceptable risk for the described wearable device and willingness to wait for wearable devices with lower risk.
