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Soft Robotic Excretory Care Simulator for Nursing Education: Functional and Perceptual Biomimetics Approach

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A soft robotic simulator is developed to replicate the digital removal of feces (DRF), a sensitive yet essential nursing procedure. Integrating soft actuators, sensors, and a realistic rectal model, the simulator balances functional fidelity with perceptual realism. Engineering evaluations and nurse feedback confirm its potential to enhance training in
Shoko Miyagawa, Sota Suzuki, Shizuka Watanabe, Zebing Mao, Young Ah Seong, Toshinori Fujie, Tatsuhiro Horii, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Koichi Suzumori, Hiroyuki Nabae, Shingo Maeda   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating automated evaluation systems for spoken English proficiency: An exploratory comparative study with human raters.

PLoS ONE
Automated evaluation systems (AESs) for spoken language assessment are increasingly adopted in global educational settings, yet their validity in non-Western contexts remains underexplored.
Tianhui Chen, Sanjun Sun
doaj   +1 more source

Exchange-rate Pass Through, Openness, and the Sacrifice Ratio [PDF]

, 2013
Considerable recent work has reached mixed conclusions about whether and how globalization affects the inflation–output trade-off and suggests that the ultimate effect of openness on the output–inflation relationship is influenced by a variety of factors.
Daniels, Joseph P., VanHoose, David D.
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Tumbling Magnetic Microrobots for Targeted In Vivo Drug Delivery in the GI Tract

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
We introduce a microrobot design and integrated system for on‐demand targeted drug release in the gastrointestinal tract. The microrobot has an embedded magnet for actuation with external magnetic fields and is visualized in real time using ultrasound. It has two drug release ports sealed with a thermally sensitive wax. Local heating of the wax using a
Aaron C. Davis, Luis Carlos Sanjuan Acosta, Shubh P. Mehta, Baiyan Qi, Yang Yang, Luis Solorio, Craig J. Goergen, David J. Cappelleri   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Value-Added Modeling for Teacher Effectiveness [PDF]

, 2012
[Excerpt] This report addresses issues associated with the evaluation of teacher effectiveness based on student growth in achievement. It focuses specifically on a method of evaluation referred to as value-added modeling (VAM).
Kuenzi, Jeffrey J, Lomax, Erin D
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FiN‐Kiri: Fabric‐Based Inflatable Kirigami Actuator for Multimodal Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This study introduces a type of inflatable fabric‐based kirigami actuator capable of performing bending motion. The actuator is utilized as soft grippers, a crawling robot and a swimming robot. The crawling robot demonstrated extraordinary motion capabilities, such as moving forward, turning and navigating a narrow tunnel.
Yang Yu, Yupei Zhang, Yanqi Yin, Yehui Wu, Jinyao Zhang, Ruiyu Bai, Jiaqiang Yao, Kewei Su, Chenyi Yu, Zhicheng Tian, Naipeng Li, Zhuang Zhang, Bo Li   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nebulization with differently sized 2% lidocaine atomized particles in awake tracheal intubation by video laryngoscopy: a proof-of-concept randomized trial

BMC Anesthesiology
Background Optimization of the individual topicalization technique during awake tracheal intubation (ATI) is critical, but how to accomplish this is still unknown. We hypothesized that there would be a difference between nebulization with different sizes
Chenxi Li, Mingyang Sun, Luyao Zhang, Guangzhi Wang, Jie Lu, Zhongcong Xie, Jiaqiang Zhang   +6 more
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Beyond the p < 0.05 trap: the adaptive integrity model for preventing and detecting P-hacking

Frontiers in Education
When statistical significance becomes the currency of publication, the incentive to reach p < 0.05 can subtly shape research behavior. While many researchers report their findings with integrity, others face implicit pressures that increase the ...
Don A. Affognon
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DOT1L Drives Endothelial‐to‐Mesenchymal Transition and Fibrotic Vascular Remodeling via H3K79 Methylation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
DOT1L as a central epigenetic regulator of EndoMT and pulmonary fibrosis. Acting as an early epigenetic switch, it translates TGFβ–SMAD signaling into H3K79me2‐mediated chromatin remodeling, selectively activates fibrosis‐related genes, and primes ECs for rapid mesenchymal transition.
Yaofeng Wang, Xing Peng, Jingjing Chen, Yun Zhang, Tinghong Zhang, Jingyuan Zhang, Jiaying Fan, Hui Zheng, Qiaoyuan Liu, Zhimin Song, Zhan‐Peng Huang, Shu Meng   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Detection and Monitoring of Volcanic Islands in Tonga from Sentinel-2 Data

Remote Sensing
This work presents an automated method for detecting and monitoring volcanic islands in the Tonga archipelago using Sentinel-2 satellite imagery. The method is able to detect newly created islands, as well as an increase in island size, a possible ...
Riccardo Percacci, Felice Andrea Pellegrino, Carla Braitenberg   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source