Innovation in Learning: Critical Review of the Literature Is Absolutely Necessary for the Modern Medical Student.

The concept of a journal club has been around for decades and is a useful tool to help teach residents about evidence-based medicine. Although some students may be exposed to the concept during their third or fourth year of medical school, many do not have exposure to this until their residency. This innovation report describes a program to help introduce first and second-year medical students to a team-based approach to journal clubs so that they can apply principles of evidence-based practice early on in their medical school training.

Proposal of a Control Algorithm for Multiagent Cooperation Using Spiking Neural Networks.

The study deals with the issue of using spiking neural networks (SNNs) in multiagent systems. The research objective is a proposal of a control algorithm for the cooperation of a group of agents using SNNs, application of the Izhikevich model, and plasticity depending on the timing of action potentials. The proposed method has been verified and experimentally tested, proving numerous advantages over second-generation networks.

Immediate Attention Enhancement and Restoration From Interactive and Immersive Technologies: A Scoping Review.

Interactive and immersive technologies such as video games, exergames, and virtual reality are typically regarded as entertainment mediums. They also offer a multitude of health and well-being benefits. They have the capacity to incorporate established well-being techniques (e.

Impact of Etch Processes on the Chemistry and Surface States of the Topological Insulator BiSe.

The unique properties of topological insulators such as BiSe are intriguing for their potential implementation in novel device architectures for low power and defect-tolerant logic and memory devices. Recent improvements in the synthesis of BiSe have positioned researchers to fabricate new devices to probe the limits of these materials. The fabrication of such devices, of course, requires etching of the topological insulator, in addition to other materials including gate oxides and contacts which may impact the topologically protected surface states.

Dislocation driven spiral and non-spiral growth in layered chalcogenides.

Two-dimensional materials have shown great promise for implementation in next-generation devices. However, controlling the film thickness during epitaxial growth remains elusive and must be fully understood before wide scale industrial application. Currently, uncontrolled multilayer growth is frequently observed, and not only does this growth mode contradict theoretical expectations, but it also breaks the inversion symmetry of the bulk crystal.

Fermi Level Manipulation through Native Doping in the Topological Insulator BiSe.

The topologically protected surface states of three-dimensional (3D) topological insulators have the potential to be transformative for high-performance logic and memory devices by exploiting their specific properties such as spin-polarized current transport and defect tolerance due to suppressed backscattering. However, topological insulator based devices have been underwhelming to date primarily due to the presence of parasitic issues. An important example is the challenge of suppressing bulk conduction in BiSe and achieving Fermi levels ( E) that reside in between the bulk valence and conduction bands so that the topologically protected surface states dominate the transport.

HfSe2 thin films: 2D transition metal dichalcogenides grown by molecular beam epitaxy.

In this work, we demonstrate the growth of HfSe2 thin films using molecular beam epitaxy. The relaxed growth criteria have allowed us to demonstrate layered, crystalline growth without misfit dislocations on other 2D substrates such as highly ordered pyrolytic graphite and MoS2. The HfSe2 thin films exhibit an atomically sharp interface with the substrates used, followed by flat, 2D layers with octahedral (1T) coordination.