The Impact of Visual and Haptic Feedback on Keyboard Typing in Immersive Virtual Environments.

Typing with a keyboard is a common task in content production in the workplace. For simulation purposes in VR environments, it is important for users to perform this task accurately, with minimal performance loss, and without distraction. One common approach is using mid-air typing on virtual keyboards.

Usability Evaluation of Integrated and Separated Interfaces in an Immersive Authoring Tool based on Panoramic Videos.

Immersive authoring tools have emerged as key enablers for trainers-designers to create Virtual Reality Learning Systems (VRLS) without requiring extensive programming skills. However, the design of such tools presents significant challenges in terms of interaction, usability, and interface complexity. These challenges underscore the need to validate an appropriate design interface to ensure these tools can be effectively utilized by non-technical users.

High Rate of Acquisition but Short Duration of Carriage of Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae After Travel to the Tropics.

Background: Multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (MRE) are widespread in the community, especially in tropical regions. Travelers are at risk of acquiring MRE in these regions, but the precise extent of the problem is not known.

Methods: From February 2012 to April 2013, travelers attending 6 international vaccination centers in the Paris area prior to traveling to tropical regions were asked to provide a fecal sample before and after their trip.

Update in treatment of Chagas disease.

Purpose Of Review: This review discusses the recent data about the pathogenesis of Chagas disease, tolerance of drugs, and follow-up of patients impacting the treatment of Chagas disease in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients.

Recent Findings: The role of the parasite to promote direct or indirect organ damage in the chronic phase of the disease as well as the usefulness of antiparasitic treatment to slow or prevent the deterioration of cardiac function and the aggravation of Chagasic cardiomyopathy lead to an extension of the indications of treatment. Tolerance is poor for the two drugs, benznidazole and nifurtimox.

Consequences of HIV infection on malaria and therapeutic implications: a systematic review.

Despite recent changes in the epidemiology of HIV infection and malaria and major improvements in their control, these diseases remain two of the most important infectious diseases and global health priorities. As they have overlapping distribution in tropical areas, particularly sub-Saharan Africa, any of their clinical, diagnostic, and therapeutic interactions might have important effects on patient care and public health policy. The biological basis of these interactions is well established.

Chagas disease: changes in knowledge and management.

More than 100 years after the discovery of human American trypanosomiasis by Carlos Chagas, our knowledge and management of the disease are profoundly changing. Substantial progress made by disease control programmes in most endemic areas contrasts with persisting difficulties in the Gran Chaco region in South America and the recent emergence of the disease in non-endemic areas because of population movements. In terms of pathogenesis, major discoveries have been made about the life cycle and genomics of Trypanosoma cruzi, and the role of the parasite itself in the chronic phase of the disease.

A public policy approach to local models of HIV/AIDS control in Brazil.

Objectives: We investigated involvement and cooperation patterns of local Brazilian AIDS program actors and the consequences of these patterns for program implementation and sustainability.

Methods: We performed a public policy analysis (documentary analysis, direct observation, semistructured interviews of health service and nongovernmental organization [NGO] actors) in 5 towns in 2 states, São Paulo and Pará.

Results: Patterns suggested 3 models.

[Chagas disease: clinical aspects and treatment in non-endemic countries].

International migration has led to the emergence of Chagas disease in industrialized countries, notably France. Clinicians should consider and test for Chagas disease in several situations: chronic cardiac and digestive manifestations in patients who lived (or whose parents lived) in an endemic area; pregnant woman who come from an endemic area and in the infant if the mother's serologic tests are positive; and more rarely, patients with a persistent fever who recently visited an endemic area. During the acute phase, diagnosis is confirmed by parasitological testing.

community-acquired infection with healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: the role of home nursing care.

Objective: To better understand the role of indirect transmission in community-acquired infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

Design: Prospective case-control study.

Setting: A French teaching hospital.