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A portrait of online gambling: a look at a transformation amid a pandemic

Author(s): Kairouz S; Savard AC; Murch WS; Dixon MR; Martin NB; Brodeur M; Dauphinais S; Ferland F; Hamel D; Dufour M; French M; Monson E; Van Mourik V; Morvannou A;

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic brought about an extraordinary societal context in which the gambling offer was modified to meet public health measures intended to curb viral transmission. With many land-based gambling venues being forced to close, gambling opportunities were left almost exclus ...

Article GUID: 40770758


Prioritising methodological research questions for scoping reviews, mapping reviews and evidence and gap maps for health research: a protocol for PROSPECT Delphi study

Author(s): Pollock D; Hasanoff S; McBride G; Kanukula R; Tricco AC; Khalil H; Campbell F; Jia RM; Alexander L; Peters M; Vieira AM; Aromataris E; Nunn J; Saran A; Evans C; Godfrey C; Pieper D; de Moraes ÉB; Biesty L; Colquhoun H; Devane D; Toomey E ...

Introduction: Scoping reviews, mapping reviews and evidence and gap maps (collectively known as 'big picture reviews') in health continue to gain popularity within the evidence ecosystem. These big-picture reviews are beneficial for policy-makers, guideline developers and researchers with ...

Article GUID: 40759523


Advancements in Magnetorheological Foams: Composition, Fabrication, AI-Driven Enhancements and Emerging Applications

Author(s): Khodaverdi H; Sedaghati R;

Magnetorheological (MR) foams represent a class of smart materials with unique tunable viscoelastic properties when subjected to external magnetic fields. Combining porous structures with embedded magnetic particles, these materials address challenges such as leakage and sedimentation, typically encountered in conventional MR fluids while offering advanta ...

Article GUID: 40732777


Domains of wheelchair users socio-emotional experiences: Design insights from a scoping review

Author(s): Rasoulivalajoozi M; Cucuzzella C; Farhoudi M;

Background: Physical accessibility is not the only concern for wheelchair users (WUs); they also face barriers to social presence, such as challenges in social engagement and negative stereotypes. Identifying key domains in the literature that impact their social and emotional experiences is essential to addressing these issues. Objective: This scoping r ...

Article GUID: 40164524


Supporting parent capacity to manage pain in young children with cancer at home: Co-design and usability testing of the PainCaRe app

Author(s): Jibb LA; Liu W; Stinson JN; Nathan PC; Chartrand J; Alberts NM; Hashemi E; Masama T; Pease HG; Torres LB; Cortes HG; Kuczynski S; Liu S; La H; Fortier MA;

Young children receiving outpatient cancer care are vulnerable to undermanaged pain. App-based solutions that provide pain treatment advice to parents in real-time and in all environments may improve access to quality pain care. We used a parent co-design approach involving iterative rounds of us ...

Article GUID: 39473834


Exploring the glycoprotein washing fluid-assisted cleanup for the restoration of oil-contaminated shorelines with environmental integrity

Author(s): Sui J; Yue R; Bi H; Fu H; Yang A; Wang M; An C;

Spilled oil in ocean can spread to the shoreline and cause long-term impacts on the shoreline's ecological environment. Therefore, removing oil accumulated on shorelines is crucial. This study proposed an innovative ovalbumin (OVA) fluid-assisted method for the cleanup of oiled shoreline substrates. The oil removal efficiency of OVA fluids was systema ...

Article GUID: 39260515


EEG-based study of design creativity: a review on research design, experiments, and analysis

Author(s): Zangeneh Soroush M; Zeng Y;

Brain dynamics associated with design creativity tasks are largely unexplored. Despite significant strides, there is a limited understanding of the brain-behavior during design creation tasks. The objective of this paper is to review the concepts of creativity and design creativity as well as their differences, and to explore the brain dynamics associated ...

Article GUID: 39148896


Editorial: World mental health day 2022: key drivers of risk to mental health services and innovative solutions

Author(s): Shen N; Jilka S; Sawchuk K;

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Article GUID: 39100959


The impact of directed choice on the design of preventive healthcare facility network under congestion

Author(s): Vidyarthi N; Kuzgunkaya O;

Preventive healthcare (PH) programs and services aim at reducing the likelihood and severity of potentially life-threatening illness by early detection and prevention. The effectiveness of these programs depends on the participation level and the accessibility of the users to the facilities providing the services. Factors that impact the accessibility inc ...

Article GUID: 24879402


Self-consolidating concrete: Dataset on mixture design and key properties

Author(s): Amine El Mahdi Safhi

This manuscript delineates the assembly and structure of an extensive dataset encompassing more than 2500 self-consolidating concrete (SCC) mixtures, meticulously compiled from 176 scholarly sources. The dataset has been subjected to a thorough curation process to eliminate feature redundancy, rectify transcriptional inaccuracies, and excise duplicative e ...

Article GUID: 38533116


Spatial experience of cancer inpatients in the oncology wards: A qualitative study in visual design aspects

Author(s): Cucuzzella C; Rasoulivalajoozi M; Farzamfar G;

Purpose: This paper aims to explore how the visual characteristics of cancer wards' interior spaces can be improved based on the combined visual design themes to help cancer inpatients' spatial experience and relieved state of mind. Accordingly, we present a visual design framework that can be applied in oncology wards. Method: This study adopts ...

Article GUID: 38518630


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