Publications by authors named "E Sykes"

In this paper, we introduce -a Mixed Reality (MR) system designed for healthcare professionals to monitor patients in wards or clinics. We detail the design, development, and evaluation of , which integrates real-time vital signs from a biosensor-equipped wearable, . The system generates holographic visualizations, allowing healthcare professionals to interact with medical charts and information panels holographically.

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Objective: This paper introduces , a novel web-based healthcare system designed to enable healthcare professionals to monitor patients remotely with enhanced efficacy. Central to our system is its integration with the Vitaliti™ wearable, equipped with biosensors for real-time vital signs monitoring. distinguishes itself by offering advanced, custom visualizations for interactive engagement with medical data, facilitating rapid clinical decision-making through intuitive access to vital signs and trends.

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(ACB) complex has been identified as a group of emerging opportunistic pathogens that cause nosocomial infections. The current study investigates the prevalence, distribution, and diversity of pathogenic ACB complex in various aquatic systems with different uses. Of the total 157 agricultural, raw drinking water intake, recreational beach, and wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent samples, acinetobacters were isolated, quantified, and confirmed by genus- and ACB complex-specific PCR assays.

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The drive to improve the safety and efficacy of radiotherapies for cancers has prompted the development of nanomaterials that can locally amplify the radiation dose at a tumor without damaging the surrounding healthy tissue. Gold nanoparticles (Au NPs), in particular, exhibit promising radiosensitizing properties under kilovolt X-ray exposure, although the precise mechanism behind this enhancement is not fully understood. While most studies recognize the involvement of factors such as core composition, size, shape, and ligand chemistry in the effectiveness of Au NPs for radiation-induced cancer treatment, there is a scarcity of direct assessments that connect the photophysical properties of the nanomaterial with the observed cellular or biological outcomes.

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Non-baumannii Acinetobacter spp. are becoming more prevalent in clinical settings including those that present resistance to last-resort antibiotics such as colistin. AB222-IK40 is an Acinetobacter courvalinii strain isolated from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute located in Ottawa, Canada.

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