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Gaining insights with Natural Language Processing of Reddit Data to Evaluate Dermatology Patient Experiences and Therapeutics.

Gaining insights with Natural Language Processing of Reddit Data to Evaluate Dermatology Patient Experiences and Therapeutics. "There is a lack of research studying patient-generated data on Reddit, one of the world’s most popular forums with active users interested in dermatology. Techniques within...
Source: sciencedirect.com

Virtual worlds can have good as well as negative effects: Psychologist Pete Etchells on his book, Lost in a Good Game.

Virtual worlds can have good as well as negative effects: Psychologist Pete Etchells on his book, Lost in a Good Game. " ... a psychologist at Bath Spa University in England but still an avid gamer, Etchells specializes in understanding the behavioral effects—both positive and negative—of video...
Source: arstechnica.com

Apollo 11 Had a Hidden Hero: Software: The moon landing was one of the most important moments in the history of computing,

Apollo 11 Had a Hidden Hero: Software: The moon landing was one of the most important moments in the history of computing, laying the foundations for everything from fly-by-wire cockpits to the smartphones in our hands.
Source: wsj.com

Chimps bond with each other and people after watching a film together: Shared experiences make people feel closer - and

Chimps bond with each other and people after watching a film together: Shared experiences make people feel closer - and they also seem to help great apes bond with each other and with humans. The BBC also covered this study How chimpanzees bond over a movie together.
Source: newscientist.com

Development of new antibiotics encouraged with new pharmaceutical payment system: The NHS will test the world's first ‘subscription’

Development of new antibiotics encouraged with new pharmaceutical payment system: The NHS will test the world's first ‘subscription’ style payment model to incentivise pharmaceutical companies to develop new drugs for resistant infections. "The new trial will be led by the National Institute for...
Source: www.gov.uk

Boys' HPV vaccine 'to stop thousands of cancers': All boys in the UK aged 12 to 13 will be offered the vaccine from the

Boys' HPV vaccine 'to stop thousands of cancers': All boys in the UK aged 12 to 13 will be offered the vaccine from the start of the new school year.
Source: bbc.com

Electric cars 'will not solve transport problem': Car use will still need to be curbed, even when all vehicles use clean

Electric cars 'will not solve transport problem': Car use will still need to be curbed, even when all vehicles use clean electricity, a report warns.
Source: bbc.com

A New Model for Integrating Behavioral Science and Design. Part of the ‘Nudge turns 10’ issue. A model for being creative

A New Model for Integrating Behavioral Science and Design. Part of the ‘Nudge turns 10’ issue. A model for being creative with design informed by behavioural science. “Thaler and Sunstein knew that nudges were a piece of the behavioral change puzzle but not the only piece. So what’s missing?”...
Source: behavioralscientist.org

Thinking about the workforce of the future? Then I highly recommend this best-selling book by Adam Kay - a trainee doctor

Thinking about the workforce of the future? Then I highly recommend this best-selling book by Adam Kay - a trainee doctor in the NHS having burnt-out in his training before becoming a fully qualified Obstetrician. It is important reading for anyone wondering how the world of busy medical staff could...
Source: twitter.com

How do you define a scenario? Researchers in Futures & Foresight Science suggest an approach based on published literature.

How do you define a scenario? Researchers in Futures & Foresight Science suggest an approach based on published literature. The approach suggests a series of questions (see diagram) to challenge a particular phenomenon to check if it is a scenario that can be used in future planning - or if it is...
Source: wiley.com

Phrase of the day: "Future-directed Postfactual Speculation". A planning technique ('backcasting' - analogous to 'forecasting')

Phrase of the day: "Future-directed Postfactual Speculation". A planning technique ('backcasting' - analogous to 'forecasting') for deciding what steps would need to be taken to reach a particular future state. Used by futurists to help identify important factors that may lie ahead. "Backcasting is increasingly...
Source: wikipedia.org

Enjoyed this graphic that shows how sometimes, if you work alone too much, you are not able to connect with others to really

Enjoyed this graphic that shows how sometimes, if you work alone too much, you are not able to connect with others to really share your ideas. Keep interconnecting even to those that don't seem to be immediately relevant to what you are doing. Working in organisations involves an awareness of networks...
Source: medium.com

Factors Affecting the Development and Sustainability of Communities of Practice Among Primary Care Physicians in Hong Kong.

Factors Affecting the Development and Sustainability of Communities of Practice Among Primary Care Physicians in Hong Kong. "Autonomy of group learning activities, recruiting specialists and allied health professionals, training facilitators, and undertaking discussion in multimedia may achieve...
Source: nih.gov

ILAE (International League Against Epilepsy) publishes a Roadmap for a competency-based educational curriculum in epileptology.

ILAE (International League Against Epilepsy) publishes a Roadmap for a competency-based educational curriculum in epileptology. "After extensive consultation with its constituency and with educational experts, the ILAE decided to systematically address the educational pathways required for the optimum...
Source: ilae.org

Kenyan science teacher wins global prize: A science teacher who gives most of his salary to support poor pupils wins the

Kenyan science teacher wins global prize: A science teacher who gives most of his salary to support poor pupils wins the Global Teacher Prize.
Source: bbc.com

Humanitarian health computing using artificial intelligence and social media: A narrative literature review. "The feasibility

Humanitarian health computing using artificial intelligence and social media: A narrative literature review. "The feasibility of using AI to extract valuable information during a humanitarian health crisis is proven in many cases. There is a lack of research on how to integrate the use of AI into...
Source: nih.gov

Utility of social media and crowd-intelligence data for pharmacovigilance: a scoping review. - PubMed - NCBI "Although

Utility of social media and crowd-intelligence data for pharmacovigilance: a scoping review. - PubMed - NCBI "Although social media data has the potential to supplement data from regulatory agency databases; is able to capture less frequently reported AEs; and can identify AEs earlier than official...
Source: nih.gov

Closing Knowledge Gaps to Optimize Patient Outcomes and Advance Precision Medicine. "Realizing the promise of precision

Closing Knowledge Gaps to Optimize Patient Outcomes and Advance Precision Medicine. "Realizing the promise of precision medicine requires patient engagement at the key decision points throughout the cancer journey. Previous research has shown that patients who make the "right" decisions, such as ...
Source: nih.gov

The challenge of measuring real world community-based interventions. Exposure to a multi-level multi-component childhood

The challenge of measuring real world community-based interventions. Exposure to a multi-level multi-component childhood obesity prevention community-randomized controlled trial: patterns, determinants, and implications. - PubMed - NCB "Treatment effects may be attenuated in community-based trials,...
Source: nih.gov

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