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Proof-of-concept testing of a mobile application-delivered mindfulness exercise for emotional eaters: RAIN delivered as a step-by-step image sequence

Author(s): Carrière K; Siemers N; Thapar S; Knäuper B;

Background: Over fifty percent of individuals with overweight and obesity are emotional eaters. Emotional eating can be theorized as a conditioned response to eat for reasons that are not associated with physiological hunger. We conducted this proof-of-concept study to gather evidence that a mobile app that delivers a common non-meditative mindfulness exe ...

Article GUID: 39114459


Advancements in Hybrid Cellulose-Based Films: Innovations and Applications in 2D Nano-Delivery Systems

Author(s): Ramezani G; Stiharu I; van de Ven TGM; Nerguizian V;

This review paper delves into the realm of hybrid cellulose-based materials and their applications in 2D nano-delivery systems. Cellulose, recognized for its biocompatibility, versatility, and renewability, serves as the core matrix for these nanomaterials. The paper offers a comprehensive overview of the latest advancements in the creation, analysis, and ...

Article GUID: 38667550


Understanding Adolescents' Experiences With Menstrual Pain to Inform the User-Centered Design of a Mindfulness-Based App: Mixed Methods Investigation Study

Author(s): Gagnon MM; Brilz AR; Alberts NM; Gordon JL; Risling TL; Stinson JN;

Background: Digital interventions are increasingly popular for the provision of nonpharmacological pain interventions, but few exist for adolescents with menstrual pain. User-centered design involves incorporating users across phases of digital health intervention design, development, and implementation and leads to improved user engagement and outcomes. ...

Article GUID: 38587886


Call to action: equity, diversity, and inclusion in emergency medicine resident physician selection

Author(s): Primavesi R; Patocka C; Burcheri A; Coutin A; Elhalwi AM; Ali A; Pandya A; Gagné A; Johnston B; Thoma B; LeBlanc C; Fovet F; Gallinger J; Mohadeb J; Ragheb M; Dong S; Smith S; Oyedokun T; Newmarch T; Knight V; McColl T;

Objectives: This call to action seeks to improve emergency care in Canada for equity-deserving communities, enabled by equitable representation among emergency physicians nationally. Specifically, this work describes current resident selection processes and makes recommendations to enhance the eq ...

Article GUID: 37368231


Hyperelastic Modeling and Validation of Hybrid-Actuated Soft Robot with Pressure-Stiffening

Author(s): Roshanfar M; Taki S; Sayadi A; Cecere R; Dargahi J; Hooshiar A;

Soft robots have gained popularity, especially in intraluminal applications, because their soft bodies make them safer for surgical interventions than flexures with rigid backbones. This study investigates a pressure-regulating stiffness tendon-driven soft robot and provides a continuum mechanics model for it towards using that in adaptive stiffness appli ...

Article GUID: 37241524


Human Activity Recognition with an HMM-Based Generative Model

Author(s): Manouchehri N; Bouguila N;

Human activity recognition (HAR) has become an interesting topic in healthcare. This application is important in various domains, such as health monitoring, supporting elders, and disease diagnosis. Considering the increasing improvements in smart devices, large amounts of data are generated in our daily lives. In this work, we propose unsupervised, scale ...

Article GUID: 36772428


Evaluation of the Diet Tracking Smartphone Application Keenoa™: A Qualitative Analysis

Author(s): Bouzo V; Plourde H; Beckenstein H; Cohen TR;

Keenoa™ is a novel Canadian diet application (app) currently used by Canadian dietitians to collect diet-related data from clients. The goal of this study was to evaluate Keenoa™ based on user feedback and compare it to a conventional pen and paper method. One hundred and two participants were recruited and randomly assigned to record their diets using th ...

Article GUID: 34582258


A historical perspective on porphyrin-based metal-organic frameworks and their applications

Author(s): Zhang X; Wasson MC; Shayan M; Berdichevsky EK; Ricardo-Noordberg J; Singh Z; Papazyan EK; Castro AJ; Marino P; Ajoyan Z; Chen Z; Islamoglu T; Howarth AJ; Liu Y; Majewski MB; Katz MJ; Mondloch JE; Farha OK;

Porphyrins are important molecules widely found in nature in the form of enzyme active sites and visible light absorption units. Recent interest in using these functional molecules as building blocks for the construction of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have rapidly increased due to the ease in ...

Article GUID: 33678810


A Benchmark of Data Stream Classification for Human Activity Recognition on Connected Objects.

Author(s): Khannouz M; Glatard T;

This paper evaluates data stream classifiers from the perspective of connected devices, focusing on the use case of Human Activity Recognition. We measure both the classification performance and resource consumption (runtime, memory, and power) of five usual stream classification algorithms, implemented in a consistent library, and applied to two real hum ...

Article GUID: 33202905


Validity and Usability of a Smartphone Image-Based Dietary Assessment App Compared to 3-Day Food Diaries in Assessing Dietary Intake Among Canadian Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial

Author(s): Ji Y; Plourde H; Bouzo V; Kilgour RD; Cohen TR;

Background: Accurate dietary assessment is needed in studies that include analysis of nutritional intake. Image-based dietary assessment apps have gained in popularity for assessing diet, which may ease researcher and participant burden compared to traditional pen-to-paper methods. However, few studies report the validity of these apps for use in research ...

Article GUID: 32902389


Augmented reality mastectomy surgical planning prototype using the HoloLens template for healthcare technology letters.

Author(s): Amini S, Kersten-Oertel M

Healthc Technol Lett. 2019 Dec;6(6):261-265 Authors: Amini S, Kersten-Oertel M

Article GUID: 32038868


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