Human-animal interaction and One Health: establishment and validation of the Brazilian version of the Animal Empathy Scale.

Objective: To design and validate a Brazilian version of the Animal Empathy Scale, based on the existing Portuguese version.

Methods: Content validity assessment was performed by expert judges, and the adapted scale was administered to a sample of 386 participants. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed.

Nature-Based Interventions Targeting Elderly People's Health and Well-Being: An Evidence Map.

Background: Healthy aging encompasses more than the absence of disease, emphasizing the preservation of functional abilities for enhanced well-being and quality of life. Nature-based interventions are scientifically proven contributors to healthy aging.

Objective: To develop an evidence map showcasing nature-based interventions targeting older individuals' health and well-being.

A time with e-Natureza (e-Nature): a model of nature-based health interventions as a complex adaptive system.

Discussions surrounding the positive impacts of nature on human health and strategies to enhance our connection with the natural world have been ongoing. However, a limited number of theoretical models are available to guide research and practice in this area. Therefore, there is a pressing need for a systematic framework that outlines clear steps for conducting research implementing nature-based interventions.

Nature Photographs as Complementary Care in Chemotherapy: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Unlabelled: The incidence of cancer cases is increasing worldwide, and chemotherapy is often necessary as part of the treatment for many of these cases. Nature-based interventions have been shown to offer potential benefits for human well-being.

Objective: This study aims to investigate the outcome of nature images on clinical symptom management related to chemotherapy.

The Effect of Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy on the Risk of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in the Transgender Population: A Systematic Review.

Objective: The impact of gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) on cardiovascular (CV) health is still not entirely established. A systematic review was conducted to summarize the evidence on the risk of subclinical atherosclerosis in transgender people receiving GAHT.

Methods: A systematic review was performed following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses guidelines, and data were searched in PubMed, LILACS, EMBASE, and Scopus databases for cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies or randomized clinical trials, including transgender people receiving GAHT.

e-Nature Positive Emotions Photography Database (e-NatPOEM): affectively rated nature images promoting positive emotions.

Affectively rated image databases have their main application in studies that require inducing distinct stimuli on subjects. Widespread databases are designed to cover a broad range of stimuli, from negative to positive (valence), and relaxed to excited (arousal). The availability of narrow domain databases, designed to cover and thoroughly analyze a few categories of images that induce a particular stimulus, is limited.

Does (mis)use of industrial liquid silicone implants interfere with bone mineral density in transgender women?

Unlabelled: The effects of gluteal implants on bone mass remain unclear. Transgender women with ILS presented higher BMD in the hip compared with transgender women without implants, while no difference was observed in other sites. These results may be artifactual and suggest using spine/forearm sites for DXA in individuals with ILS.

A method for generating 3D thermal models with decoupled acquisition.

Background And Objective: Both thermal imaging and 3D scanning offer convenient advantages for medical applications, namely, being contactless, non-invasive and fast. Consequently, many approaches have been proposed to combine both sensing modalities in order to acquire 3D thermal models. The predominant approach is to affix a 3D scanner and a thermal camera in the same support and calibrate them together.

An exergame system based on force platforms and body key-point detection for balance training.

Postural instability affects a large number of people and can compromise even simple activities of the daily routine. Therapies for balance training can strongly benefit from auxiliary devices specially designed for this purpose. In this paper, we present a system for balance training that uses the metaphor of a game, what contributes to the motivation and engagement of the patients during a treatment.

Combining 3D models with 2D infrared images for medical applications.

Infrared images are very useful for providing physiological information, although the representation is two-dimensional. On the other hand, a 3D scanning system is able to generate precise 3D spatial models of the area under study. This paper presents a methodology for combining both imaging modalities into a single representation.

In vivo assessment of the impedance ratio method used in electronic foramen locators.

Background: The results of an in vivo study on the "ratio method" used in electronic foramen locators (EFL) are presented. EFLs are becoming widely used in the determination of the working length (WL) during the root canal treatment. The WL is the distance from a coronal reference point to the point at which canal preparation and filling should terminate.