Author(s): Noroozi M; St John A; Masino C; Laplante S; Hunter J; Brudno M; Madani A; Kersten-Oertel M; ...

Background: Major bile duct injuries during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC), often stemming from errors in surgical judgment and visual misperception of critical anatomy, significantly impact mor ...

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Author(s): Gharaat M; Sharbaf M; Zamani B; Hamou-Lhadj A;

In recent years, the number of smartphone users has increased dramatically. These users download millions of apps and use them for various services. Due to the significant demand for mobile apps, developers often seek faster development methods and more eff ...

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Author(s): Gagnon MM; Brilz AR; Alberts NM; Gordon JL; Risling TL; Stinson JN;

Background: Digital interventions are increasingly popular for the provision of nonpharmacological pain interventions, but few exist for adolescents with menstrual pain. User-centered design involves incorporating users across phases of digital health inter ...

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Author(s): Rodgers TFM; Spraakman S; Wang Y; Johannessen C; Scholes RC; Giang A;

Stormwater rapidly moves trace organic contaminants (TrOCs) from the built environment to the aquatic environment. Bioretention cells reduce loadings of some TrOCs, but they struggle with hydrophilic compounds. Herein, we assessed the potential to enhance T ...

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Author(s): Locke DH; Baker M; Alonzo M; Yang Y; Ziter CD; Murphy-Dunning C; O' Neil-Dunne JPM;

Mitigating heat is a vital ecosystem service of trees, particularly with climate change. Land surface temperature measures captured at a single time of day (in the morning) dominate the urban heat island literature. Less is known about how local tree canopy ...

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Author(s): Lui JHL; Chen BC; Benson LA; Lin YR; Ruiz A; Lau AS;

Objective: There has been an increase in youth psychiatric emergencies and psychiatric inpatient hospitalizations in recent years. Mobile crisis responses (MCR) services offer an opportunity to meet acute youth mental health needs in the community and provi ...

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Author(s): Yang L; Kuang A; Xu C; Shewchuk B; Singh S; Quan H; Zeng Y;

Background: In recent years, mHealth has increasingly been used to deliver behavioral interventions for disease prevention and self-management. Computing power in mHealth tools can provide unique functions beyond conventional interventions ...

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Author(s): Trépanier LCM; Lamoureux É; Bjornson SE; Mackie C; Alberts NM; Gagnon MM;

The past decade marks a surge in the development of mobile apps used to digitally track and monitor aspects of personal health, including menstruation. Despite a plethora of menstruation-related apps, pain and symptom management content available in apps ha ...

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Author(s): Khalili-Mahani N; Sawchuk K;

Background: Two fields of research and development targeting the needs of the aging population of the world are flourishing, successful aging and assistive information and communication technologies (A-ICTs). The risks of ageist stereotypes emerging from ho ...

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Author(s): Lu Q; Chen J; Wang Q; Zhang D; Sun M; Su CY;

This paper addresses the problem of practical fixed-time trajectory tracking for wheeled mobile robots (WMRs) subject to kinematic disturbances and input saturation. Firstly, considering the under-actuated characteristics of the WMR systems, the WMR model u ...

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Author(s): Bouzo V; Plourde H; Beckenstein H; Cohen TR;

Keenoa™ is a novel Canadian diet application (app) currently used by Canadian dietitians to collect diet-related data from clients. The goal of this study was to evaluate Keenoa™ based on user feedback and compare it to a conventional pen and paper method. ...

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