Exploring the Role of Voice Assistants in Managing Noncommunicable Diseases: A Systematic Review on Clinical, Behavioral Outcomes, Quality of Life, and User Experiences.

Background: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent a leading cause of global mortality, demanding innovative approaches to management. Voice assistants (VAs) have emerged as promising tools in healthcare, offering support for self-management, behavioral engagement, and patient care. This systematic review evaluates the role of VAs in NCD management, analyzing their impact on clinical and behavioral outcomes, quality of life, usability, and user experiences while identifying barriers to their adoption.

Individualized PEEP can improve both pulmonary hemodynamics and lung function in acute lung injury.

Rationale: There are several approaches to select the optimal positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP), resulting in different PEEP levels. The impact of different PEEP settings may extend beyond respiratory mechanics, affecting pulmonary hemodynamics.

Objectives: To compare PEEP levels obtained with three titration strategies-(i) highest respiratory system compliance (C), (ii) electrical impedance tomography (EIT) crossing point; (iii) positive end-expiratory transpulmonary pressure (P)-in terms of regional respiratory mechanics and pulmonary hemodynamics.

"Evaluation of Different Inspiratory Efforts in a Pediatric Model of Healthy Lung and Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome During Optimized Pressure Support Ventilation and Proportional Assist Ventilation Plus (PAV+): A Bench Study.

Introduction: While proportional ventilator modes have gained popularity in adult patients' ventilatory management, Proportional Assist Ventilation (PAV+) use in pediatric patients with Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (PARDS) remains unexplored. This study aims to evaluate the effects of optimized PSV and PAV+ on patient-ventilator interaction and respiratory pattern in two pediatric simulated lung models.

Methods: The study utilized an active lung simulator to replicate two pediatric lung models: one healthy and one with mild PARDS.

Academic performance, self-reported motivation, and affect in higher education: the role of basic psychological need satisfaction.

Introduction: Higher education is a milestone in students' lives; however, it often comes with various challenges. In this context, Basic Psychological Needs Theory emerges as a framework to understand a series of significant factors that influence students' academic experiences, such as motivation and affect. Although there are studies that assess the association between basic psychological needs (BPN), motivation, affect and academic performance separately, there is a lack of research integrating all these variables in a higher education context.