Effectiveness and user experience of nose and throat swabbing techniques for SARS-CoV-2 detection: results from the UK COVID-19 National Testing Programme.

Background: The UK's National Health Service Test and Trace (NHSTT) program aimed to provide the most effective and accessible SARS-CoV-2 testing approach possible. Early user feedback indicated that there were accessibility issues associated with throat swabbing. We report the results of service evaluations performed by NHSTT to assess the effectiveness and user acceptance of swabbing approaches, as well as qualitative findings of user experiences from research reports, surveys, and incident reports.

A Comprehensive Review of Artificial Intelligence in Prostate Cancer Care: State-of-the-Art Diagnostic Tools and Future Outlook.

Prostate cancer remains a significant global health challenge, characterized by high incidence and substantial morbidity and mortality rates. Early detection is critical for improving patient outcomes, yet current diagnostic methods have limitations in accuracy and reliability. Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a promising tool to address these challenges in prostate cancer care.

Cyberloafing: Exploring the Role of Psychological Wellbeing and Social Media Learning.

Due to the advances in internet communications technology (ICT), the use of digital devices, such as laptops, tablets, or smartphones, in the educational setting has become very common among young people. A considerable body of research has shown that there are adverse effects of in-class internet usage, termed "cyberloafing" on students' academic performance, making it a rising concern for scholars. Within this context, the present study examines cyberloafing as a multidimensional construct and studies the mediating effects of psychological wellbeing and social media learning between cyberloafing behaviour and cyberloafing activities of students.

Communication Apprehension and Psychological Well-Being of Students in Online Learning.

The current pandemic has modified how education, learning, and technology interact with one another inside universities. The usage of technology for instructional purposes raises the question of whether learning that happens in an online environment is as effective as traditional classroom models. Within this context, this study explores the psychological well-being of students during the COVID-19 pandemic, using an online cross-sectional survey.

A protocol for representative sampling of solid tumors to improve the accuracy of sequencing results.

Owing to spatial segregation of tumor subclones, solid tumor sampling using formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded blocks is often inadequate to represent the genomic heterogeneity of solid tumors. We present an approach, representative sampling, to dissect and homogenize leftover residual surgical tissue prior to sequencing. We also detail optional tumor cell enrichment and DNA preparation.

Self-Embedding Authentication Watermarking with Effective Tampered Location Detection and High-Quality Image Recovery.

Recently, sensor networks have emerged as a high-impact research area, and a number of high profile applications have been proposed. Although significant progress has already been made on securing basic network protocols, additional research is needed to produce techniques and methods for protecting canonical tasks in wireless sensor networks. In this paper, we propose an effective self-embedding authentication watermarking method for tampered location detection and image recovery.