Publications by authors named "M C Shannon"

Unlabelled: Stroke patients are rarely asked about their responses to specific design attributes. Virtual reality (VR) offers a promising tool to explore how hospital environments are experienced after stroke.

Purpose: To gather perspectives and emotional responses regarding physical design attributes of hospital patient rooms after stroke.

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Unlabelled: Many immunotherapies impact T cell function by impacting the immune synapse. While immunotherapy is extremely successful in some patients, in many others, it fails to help or causes complications, including immune-related adverse events. Phosphoprotein Associated with Glycosphingolipid Rich Microdomains 1 (PAG) is a transmembrane scaffold protein with importance in T cell signaling.

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Introduction: Dementia is a leading cause of disability. Physiotherapists play a crucial role in caring for people with dementia. However, previous research has found that physiotherapists have low knowledge and confidence working with people with dementia.

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Wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an acquired degeneration of the retina that can lead to central vision impairment. It is primarily treated with intravitreal injections of vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors. Although vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors can effectively prevent progression of vision loss in many patients, they require ongoing regular administration and are therefore associated with considerable treatment burden.

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At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Georgia Institute of Technology made the decision to keep the university doors open for on-campus attendance. To manage COVID-19 infection rates, internal resources were applied to develop and implement a mass asymptomatic surveillance program. The objective was to identify infections early for proper follow-on verification testing, contact tracing, and quarantine/isolation as needed.

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