MAGES 4.0: Accelerating the world's transition to VR training and democratizing the authoring of the medical metaverse.

In this work, we propose MAGES 4.0, a novel Software Development Kit (SDK) to accelerate the creation of collaborative medical training applications in VR/AR. Our solution is essentially a low-code metaverse authoring platform for developers to rapidly prototype high-fidelity and high-complexity medical simulations.

Higuchi's equation and beyond: overview of the formulation and application of a generalized model of drug release from polymeric matrices.

An account is presented of modeling and experimental work, which complements, in many useful ways, the excellent coverage, afforded by a recent dedicated issue edited by Siepmann and Peppas (Int. J. Pharm.

Model study of the effect of pore structure and condensation on multilayer adsorbate transport in porous media.

A single-pore model approach to multilayer adsorbate transport in mesoporous media, previously shown to be capable of interpreting the observed behavior of relative vapor permeability PHs/PHL (or of the corresponding surface diffusion coefficient Ds), has been incorporated in a model pore network. The resulting more sophisticated model can simulate realistically the effect on PHs/PHL or Ds (i) of salient structural features of the porous medium (notably pore size dispersion and network connectivity) and (ii) of vapor condensation, which inevitably accompanies multilayer adsorbate transport in reality. An extensive generic parametric study of these effects has been performed on this basis.

Comprehensive time-lag measurement as a diagnostic and analytical tool for non-Fickian transport studies: a salient porous barrier-gaseous permeant test case.

Concentration-independent permeation of He, Ne and N2 through a porous barrier, specially constructed by multistep compaction of fine "Carbolac" carbon powder, has been studied. Emphasis was placed on measuring a variety of time lags, supplemented with transient permeation and sorption kinetics. Previous time-lag data, restricted to values of a single time-lag parameter, were instrumental in revealing deviations from Fick's law in similar solid barrier-penetrant systems; however, they could only provide indirect evidence as to the nature of the underlying causes, namely, time- or spatial dependence of the relevant transport parameters.

Trauma management in ancient Greece: value of surgical principles through the years.

This article surveys in an interdisciplinary fashion the evolution of ancient Greek medicine and traumatology in particular. In sounding out the key methods and themes of Greek medicine, we cite a range of medical treatises and correlate them to the rich evidence of ancient Greek art (iconography), which often is explicit in its depiction of the management of disease and of trauma in particular. The article begins its survey from Homer, our first source of medical information, and highlights the pioneering work of Hippocrates and the secularized professional guild of the "sons of Aesclepius.