Assessment of Apple's object capture photogrammetry API for rapidly creating research quality cultural heritage 3D models.

Photogrammetry is a significant tool museums utilize to produce high-quality 3D models for research and exhibit content. As advancements in computer hardware and software continue, it is crucial to assess the effectiveness of photogrammetry software in producing research-quality 3D models. This study evaluates the efficacy of Apple's Object Capture photogrammetry API to create high-quality 3D models.

Addressing Geographical Inequities and Barriers in Access to Mental Health Care among Youth in a Rural Western Kentucky County.

A Community Health Assessment (CHA) was conducted among community members in a rural Western Kentucky county in 2022-2023 identified mental health as one of the top health issues in the county. The purpose of a CHA is to identify key health needs and issues through data and develop strategies for action. One of the objectives was to identify barriers to accessing mental health care, especially among youth.

Engagement and outcomes of cancer patients referred to a tobacco cessation program at a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center.

Introduction: Tobacco cessation is a critical but challenging intervention for cancer patients. Our National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center instituted a tobacco cessation program in 2019. This manuscript reports on the first 2 years of our experience.

Asymmetric discrimination of nonspeech tonal analogues of vowels.

Directional asymmetries reveal a universal bias in vowel perception favoring extreme vocalic articulations, which lead to acoustic vowel signals with dynamic formant trajectories and well-defined spectral prominences because of the convergence of adjacent formants. The present experiments investigated whether this bias reflects speech-specific processes or general properties of spectral processing in the auditory system. Toward this end, we examined whether analogous asymmetries in perception arise with nonspeech tonal analogues that approximate some of the dynamic and static spectral characteristics of naturally produced /u/ vowels executed with more versus less extreme lip gestures.

Asymmetries in unimodal visual vowel perception: The roles of oral-facial kinematics, orientation, and configuration.

Masapollo, Polka, and Ménard (2017) recently reported a robust directional asymmetry in unimodal visual vowel perception: Adult perceivers discriminate a change from an English /u/ viseme to a French /u/ viseme significantly better than a change in the reverse direction. This asymmetry replicates a frequent pattern found in unimodal auditory vowel perception that points to a universal bias favoring more extreme vocalic articulations, which lead to acoustic signals with increased formant convergence. In the present article, the authors report 5 experiments designed to investigate whether this asymmetry in the visual realm reflects a speech-specific or general processing bias.

Consultation support for rural women with breast cancer: results of a community-based participatory research study.

Objective: This study asked: (1) What do rural women with breast cancer need to make the most out of their major medical appointments? and (2) What can the community resource centers do to best support those needs?

Methods: We interviewed 12 doctors, 12 breast cancer survivors and 10 community agency staff, including those who provide services to Latinos and Native Americans. Interviews generated success factors and barriers related to meeting patient information needs. Examples were categorized into themes.

Adaptation of consultation planning for Native American and Latina women with breast cancer.

Context: Resource centers in rural, underserved areas are implementing Consultation Planning (CP) to help women with breast cancer create a question list before a doctor visit.

Purpose: To identify changes needed for acceptable delivery of CP to rural Native Americans and Latinas.

Methods: We interviewed and surveyed 27 Native American and Latino key informants.

Evaluation of a visit preparation intervention implemented in two rural, underserved counties of Northern California.

Objective: Evaluate satisfaction with visit preparation at three rural resource center sites.

Methods: The resource centers sent eight employees and two volunteers for training at UCSF in Consultation Planning (CP). CP is a service to help patients make a list of questions before seeing their doctors.