Enhancing Social Experiences in Immersive Virtual Reality with Artificial Facial Mimicry.

The growing availability of affordable Virtual Reality (VR) hardware and the increasing interest in the Metaverse are driving the expansion of Social VR (SVR) platforms. These platforms allow users to embody avatars in immersive social virtual environments, enabling real-time interactions using consumer devices. Beyond merely replicating real-life social dynamics, SVR platforms offer opportunities to surpass real-world constraints by augmenting these interactions.

A rare case of congenital atresia of the left main coronary artery.

Congenital atresia of the left main coronary artery is a rare coronary anomaly, in which the left coronary ostium is absent and the blood supply to the entire heart is provided by the right coronary artery. We show the images of the coronary CT angiography performed by a 56-year-old man, with evidence of this vascular abnormality. Coronary CT Angiography has gained a major role in coronary anomalies assessment, thank to high spatial and temporal resolution.

Balance and visual reliance in post-COVID syndrome patients assessed with a robotic system: a multi-sensory integration deficit.

The symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection are not limited to the acute phase, with vertigo, peripheral neuropathies, headache, fatigue, memory loss, and depression being the most common post-acute clinical manifestations. Such post-COVID syndrome is a new clinically relevant challenge for diagnosis and therapy. Our goal was to quantify deficit in balance and proprioception related to post-COVID syndrome and, in this sense, we prospectively analyzed data of 66 post-COVID-19 outpatients (mean age 47.

The Challenges of a Children's Hospital during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Pediatric Surgeon's Point of View.

During the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) emergency, in the pediatric surgical setting, it has been essential to avoid and contain infections as well as to protect both the patients and the surgical team. During this emergency, procedures and workflow were adapted to provide the safest possible environment for both the surgical team and the patients. Pediatric surgical activities were reorganized during the COVID-19 pandemic at the "Vittore Buzzi" Children's Hospital, which is a pediatric/maternal hospital located in Milan (Lombardy Region), Italy.

What is new in infectious diseases: Nipah virus, MERS-CoV and the Blueprint List of the World Health Organization.

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