Musical and psychomotor interventions for cognitive, sensorimotor, and cerebral decline in patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (COPE): a study protocol for a multicentric randomized controlled study.

Background: Regular cognitive training can boost or maintain cognitive and brain functions known to decline with age. Most studies administered such cognitive training on a computer and in a lab setting. However, everyday life activities, like musical practice or physical exercise that are complex and variable, might be more successful at inducing transfer effects to different cognitive domains and maintaining motivation.

Breast cancer survival analysis agents for clinical decision support.

Personalized support and assistance are essential for cancer survivors, given the physical and psychological consequences they have to suffer after all the treatments and conditions associated with this illness. Digital assistive technologies have proved to be effective in enhancing the quality of life of cancer survivors, for instance, through physical exercise monitoring and recommendation or emotional support and prediction. To maximize the efficacy of these techniques, it is challenging to develop accurate models of patient trajectories, which are typically fed with information acquired from retrospective datasets.

Digital Health Technology to Support Health Care Professionals and Family Caregivers Caring for Patients With Cognitive Impairment: Scoping Review.

Background: Digital health technology is a promising way of supporting health care providers and family caregivers as they care for patients with cognitive impairment.

Objective: This scoping review aimed to portray the use of digital health technology to assist health care providers and family caregivers in caring for patients with cognitive impairment who live in the community or in a facility.

Methods: We conducted a scoping review of peer-reviewed scientific articles available in MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Scopus, and CINAHL with Full Text, as well as gray literature available in preprint servers, theses depositories, and various national and international dementia organizations' websites.

Coping with digital market re-organization: How the hotel industry strategically responds to digital platform power.

How do organizations in a sector where powerful platforms have emerged cope with the new constraints and opportunities that platforms induce? A growing number of studies highlight the power of digital platforms to re-organize markets and thereby create new forms of dependence. But there are also indications that organizations are capable of countering platform power especially by demanding their regulation. This paper expands this view to investigate also strategies at the organizational level.

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection clusters: The useful combination of spatiotemporal clustering and genomic analyses.

Background: The need for effective public health surveillance systems to track virus spread for targeted interventions was highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic. It spurred an interest in the use of spatiotemporal clustering and genomic analyses to identify high-risk areas and track the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. However, these two approaches are rarely combined in surveillance systems to complement each one's limitations; spatiotemporal clustering approaches usually consider only one source of virus transmission (i.

Strategies, challenges and enabling factors when imaging autistic individuals in Swiss medical imaging departments.

Introduction: Autistic individuals may require medical imaging but they can face barriers that are related to lack of adjustments in their care. This study aims to explore and understand strategies currently used by Swiss radiographers to image autistic patients and to propose recommendations for clinical practice.

Methods: The Swiss Ethics of the canton of Vaud committee approved the study.

Physiological effects of Therapeutic Body Wraps in healthy volunteers: An observational study.

Introduction: The clinical management of severe anxiety is challenging. Along with specific medication, several nonpharmacological treatments exist, among which the Therapeutic Body Wraps (TBW). While TBW is clinically known to be efficient, the absence of objective physiological measurements raised some debates about its harmlessness.

Collaborative medication management for older adults after hospital discharge: a qualitative descriptive study.

Background: Safe medication management for older adults after hospital discharge requires a well-coordinated, interprofessional, patient-centered approach. This study aimed to describe the perceived needs for collaborative medication management for older adults taking several different medications at home after hospital discharge.

Methods: A qualitative descriptive study was conducted using semi-structured interviews with older adults (n = 28), informal (n = 17), and professional caregivers (n = 13).

Experiences of community-dwelling older adults with chronic low back pain in Hong Kong and Switzerland - A qualitative study.

Introduction: The prevalence of chronic low back pain (LBP) increases with age and older adults are more vulnerable to develop chronic LBP. A recent Swiss study has shown that 78% of community-dwelling older adults aged ≥65 years experienced chronic LBP. Similarly, a study in Hong Kong found that approximately 30% of people aged above 60 years experienced chronic LBP.

The effect of dechitinization on iron absorption from mealworm larvae (Tenebrio molitor) flour added to maize meals: stable-isotope studies in young females with low iron stores.

Background: Edible insects have a low ecological footprint and could serve as an alternative dietary iron source. However, chitin, a major component of insects, avidly binds iron and might inhibit iron absorption.

Objectives: We aimed to measure fractional iron absorption (FIA) from Tenebrio molitor-based test meals with and without dechitinization, and to assess the effect of native and low chitin T.

Interventions to improve patient experience in mammography: a scoping review protocol.

Objective: The objective of this review is to map the global evidence on interventions aiming to enhance the patient experience during mammography examination.

Introduction: Mammography is the examination of choice to detect breast cancer, which is the most common malignant condition among women globally. However, this examination can cause psychological distress, discomfort, and pain for patients.

A Least-Squares Method for the Solution of the Non-smooth Prescribed Jacobian Equation.

We consider a least-squares/relaxation finite element method for the numerical solution of the prescribed Jacobian equation. We look for its solution via a least-squares approach. We introduce a relaxation algorithm that decouples this least-squares problem into a sequence of local nonlinear problems and variational linear problems.

Behavioral pain indicators for adults with an intellectual disability: a scoping review protocol.

Objective: This scoping review aims to identify and map the behavioral pain indicators observed when adults with an intellectual disability experience pain.

Introduction: Adults with an intellectual disability have more health problems than the general population. The likelihood that this population will experience pain is high, but intellectual disability can obstruct the verbal expression of pain.

Experience of hope in adult patients with advanced chronic disease and their informal caregivers: a qualitative systematic review protocol.

Objective: This systematic review will evaluate the experience of hope in adult patients with advanced chronic diseases other than cancer, transitioning toward end-of-life. The review will also evaluate the experience of hope in informal caregivers caring for adult patients with advanced chronic diseases other than cancer as they transition toward end-of-life.

Introduction: Hope is an important resource that assists patients and informal caregivers to deal with difficult and complex situations, such as living with advanced chronic disease.

A personal journey to build leadership skills through collaboration to support radiography research and evidence-based practice.

Introduction: The Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact on how radiotherapy is delivered, how staff do their job and how patients are cared for. Part of the UK NHS response to the covid-19 crisis was to accelerate final year radiotherapy students into work as therapeutic radiographers. The study objective is to explore the experiences of a cohort of new registrants who started work in May 2020.

How things changed during the COVID-19 pandemic's first year: A longitudinal, mixed-methods study of organisational resilience processes among healthcare workers.

COVID-19 had a huge impact on healthcare systems globally. Institutions, care teams and individuals made considerable efforts to adapt their practices. The present longitudinal, mixed-methods study examined a large sample of healthcare institution employees in Switzerland.

Fathers' anxiety levels during early postpartum: A comparison study between first-time and multi-child fathers.

Background: The postnatal period is considered the most challenging period in the adjustment to fatherhood. This study aimed to assess anxiety levels among fathers during this period.

Methods: A comparative study assessing the anxiety levels of first-time and multi-child fathers before the mother and child returned home (0-7 days after birth) was conducted.

The neighborhood environment and its association with the spatio-temporal footprint of tobacco consumption and changes in smoking-related behaviors in a Swiss urban area.

This study aimed to evaluate the association of the neighborhood environment with the spatio-temporal dependence of tobacco consumption and changes in smoking-related behaviors in a Swiss urban area. Data were obtained from the CoLaus cohort (2003-2006, 2009-2012, and 2014-2017) in Lausanne, Switzerland. Local Moran's I was performed to assess the spatial dependence of tobacco consumption.

Radiographers' musculoskeletal health in Western Switzerland: WRMSDs symptoms prevalence and risk factors.

Background: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs) are a significant occupational health concern in radiographers.

Objective: This study aimed to describe radiographers' WRMSDs symptoms prevalence and severity, exploring associations with occupational risk factors.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted to explore WRMSDs symptoms and occupational risk factors in radiographers of Western Switzerland using an online survey, based on the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ).

Versatile aliphatic polyester biosynthesis system for producing random and block copolymers composed of 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-hydroxyalkanoates using the sequence-regulating polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase PhaC.

Background: Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are microbial polyesters synthesized by PHA synthases. Naturally occurring PHA copolymers possess a random monomer sequence. The development of PhaC, a unique sequence-regulating PHA synthase, has enabled the spontaneous biosynthesis of PHA block copolymers.

Women's views and experiences of occasional alcohol consumption during pregnancy: A systematic review of qualitative studies and their recommendations.

Objective: Official guidelines advocate abstinence from alcohol during pregnancy. However, a number of women consume alcohol while pregnant. Understanding women's reasons and the context for drinking during pregnancy outside the context of an alcohol use disorder may be helpful for interventions of healthcare providers and health policymakers.