The Effect of Nursing Internships on the Effectiveness of Implementing Information Technology Teaching.

In nursing education, the diversity of clinical scenarios is complex and dynamic, and it is a challenge for nursing students to learn this clinical knowledge in conventional teaching mechanisms. However, integrating information technology into teaching can promote diversity of learning environment. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of teaching mechanisms which combined clinical simulation scenario and Information Technology Integrated Instruction.

Effectiveness of applying clinical simulation scenarios and integrating information technology in medical-surgical nursing and critical nursing courses.

Background: To determine the impact of combining clinical simulation scenario training and Information Technology Integrated Instruction (ITII) on the teaching of nursing skills.

Methods: 120 4th-year students in a nursing program who were enrolled in medical and surgical nursing courses. 61 received innovative instruction (experimental group) and 59 received conventional instruction (control group).

Effects of different takeover request interfaces on takeover behavior and performance during conditionally automated driving.

Automated driving is a developing trend that is coming to the consumer market, and conditionally automated driving (CAD) is anticipated to become the primary automated driving system. For enhancing both the comfort and security of human drivers in self-driving cars, the most significant concern of CAD is ensuring that not only can the driver conduct non-driving related tasks (NDRT) while automated driving is in progress, but also quickly and competently take over when the system reaches a limit and issues a takeover request (TOR). However, the level of distraction by NDRTs may affect the transition from automated driving to the human driver taking over.

Postural Control and Functional Ankle Stability in Professional and Amateur Skateboarders.

Basic maneuvers in skateboarding, such as the ollie, put the player at high risk for ankle injuries because of the position of the feet required to perform the maneuvers. This study investigated ankle stability and reaction time for the tibialis anterior, fibularis longus, and fibularis brevis in professional and amateur skateboarders. In total, 16 professional and 16 amateur skateboarders were recruited as participants and underwent range of motion assessments, balance testing, and muscle reaction time measurements.

Relationship between Musculoskeletal Disorders and Work Performance of Nursing Staff: A Comparison of Hospital Nursing Departments.

This study aimed to explore the relationship between musculoskeletal disorders and the work performance of nursing staff. This cross-sectional study used the Checklist for Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs), the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ), and the Work Ability Index to survey the prevalence of MSDs, as well as to determine the impact of MSDs on 117 nursing staff working in an emergency department, an intensive care unit, and general wards. The findings indicate that the nursing staff were exposed to a workplace environment with a high risk of MSDs.

Design and Development of a Wearable Exoskeleton System for Stroke Rehabilitation.

For more than a decade, many countries have been actively developing robotic assistive devices to assist in the rehabilitation of individuals with limb disability to regain function in the extremities. The exoskeleton assistive device in this study has been designed primarily for hemiplegic stroke patients to aid in the extension of fingers to open up the palm to simulate the effects of rehabilitation. This exoskeleton was designed as an anterior-support type to achieve palmar extension and acts as a robotic assistive device for rehabilitation in bilateral upper limb task training.

A Clinical Trial of the Effect of a Blood Leakage Detection Device for Patients during Hemodialysis.

In hemodialysis, vascular access is usually achieved through an arteriovenous fistula, and a dislodged needle can cause varying degrees of injury to patients. In severe cases, the loss of blood can prove to be fatal. This study proposed a blood leakage detection device for patients during hemodialysis (HD).

Differences in road-crossing decisions between healthy older adults and patients with Alzheimer's disease.

Introduction: This study investigated the differences in road-crossing behavior among healthy older adults and patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Method: Twelve pedestrians with mild AD and 24 age-, gender-, and education-matched controls were examined with a battery of cognitive, visual, and motor tests. Using a simulated two-lane, one-way road-crossing situation, we determined the remaining time and safety margin for each participant in traffic situations involving different vehicle speeds (40 km/h vs.

Combined image enhancement, feature extraction, and classification protocol to improve detection and diagnosis of rotator-cuff tears on MR imaging.

Purpose: The diagnosis of most rotator cuff tears (RCTs) relies upon magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, but direct capture of MR images without enhanced image processing leads to poor image contrast and potential misdiagnosis. Therefore, we developed a 2-stage model for the detection and diagnosis of injury of the supraspinatus tendon.

Methods: The first stage used coupled weighted histogram separation (WHS) to improve image enhancement, and the second stage extracted suspicious texture, features of both spatial and spectral domains, and sequential floating forward selection (SFFS) selected features conducive to classification of RCTs.

Predictors of road crossing safety in pedestrians with Parkinson's disease.

Road-crossing safety is an important issue in an aging society. Information regarding the risk of crossing the street to pedestrians with Parkinson's disease (PD) is limited. To assess the risk and predictors of unsafe crossing behaviors in patients with PD, we compared 31 pedestrians with mild-to-moderate PD to 50 age/gender/education-matched controls using a battery of cognitive, visual, and motor tests.

Survival of patients aged over 80 years after Austin-Moore hemiarthroplasty and bipolar hemiarthroplasty for femoral neck fractures.

Objectives: Hemiarthroplasty is recommended for treatment of displaced femoral neck fractures in physically compromised elderly patients. The objective of this study was to analyze survival of patients aged >80 years after the implantation of either an Austin-Moore type prosthesis or a bipolar bearing prosthesis.

Methods: An Austin-Moore or bipolar hemiarthroplasty was implanted into 120 patients aged >80 years.

Effects of age and the use of hands-free cellular phones on driving behavior and task performance.

Objective: This study used a driving simulator to investigate the effect of using a Bluetooth hands-free cellular phone earpiece on the driving behavior of two age groups.

Methods: Forty-eight participants (24 aged 20-26 and 24 aged 65-73) were examined to assess their performance on the following divided-attention tasks under 2 driving load conditions (high and low): (1) attempting to maintain the speed limit and (2) using a cellular phone while driving. The length of the call conversation (long vs.

Comparison of artificial neural network and logistic regression models for predicting mortality in elderly patients with hip fracture.

Purpose: Older patients with hip fracture have a mortality rate one year after surgery of 20-30%. The purpose of this study is to establish a predictive model to assess the outcome of surgical treatment in older patients with hip fracture.

Methods: A database of information from 286 consecutive cases of surgery for hip fracture from the Department of Orthopedics, National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, was utilised for model building and testing.