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Which is the role of an effective postoperative pain control in relation to less invasive surgical techniques and also rehabilitation programs in order to reduce hospital stay and improve postoperative convalescence?

We are a research group of people working in multimodal digital literacies. After a three-year project (please see http://www.eumade4ll.eu/ ), we produced the "Common Framework of Reference for Intercultural Digital Literacies" by analysing digital materials produced by students in the project (i.e. 'about us' webpages, blogs, fanvid/mash-up videos, promotional videos, video interactions) and designing tools for assessment and self-assessment.

We are very much interested in receiving feedback on our work.

Hello, colleagues!

My name is Christiano Piccioni Toralles, I am a professor at the Inst. Fed. of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) and student of the Doctoral Program in Spatial Planning at Un. Coimbra (Portugal), under the supervision of prof. Anabela Ribeiro. I'm here inviting volunteers to collaborate as an expert with my Ph.D. research on urban mobility, specially dedicated to walkability, in an inter/multimodal, inclusive, and participatory perspective.

The form link is found below. It starts with a brief explanation of the proposal and the Consent Form, then moving on to the questionnaire itself.

Globally and mandatorily, this questionnaire has 222 questions with multiple choice answers, except for two open-ended questions (one for the name of your city and the last one for optional comments or suggestions), with an estimated duration of 30 minutes.

This research has as its target audience only professionals who work in urban planning, mainly dedicated to the theme of urban mobility, in public or private institutions, including academic-scientific. Planners, designers, researchers, and teachers are invited to respond. There are no restrictions about their professional qualification (for example, in Urban Planning, Architecture, Engineering, Geography, Public Health, Environmental Psychology, Tourism, Sociology, Anthropology, etc.), as long as they have some experience in the subject.

If you have any questions or would like to request further information, feel free to write on this forum. Or you can contact me by email: <christiano.toralles@riogrande.ifrs.edu.br>.

Thank you for your attention.

The MSBI Department of psychiatry is announcing the availability of positions for postdoctoral training in suicide assessment and research. The fellowship provides up to two years of stipend support and related benefits for early career clinicians considering careers in suicide prevention research. Each fellow will works closely with a mentor, take courses, as well as participate in a variety of suicide assessment and suicide research related activities

The emphasis of MSBI suicide prevention research is on the identification and treatment of those at risk of imminent suicidal behavior. The fellows will have an exceptional opportunity to join our ongoing studies and conduct comprehensive, multi-informant and multimodal assessments of suicidal individuals. Fellows will also have an opportunity to participate in the development of exciting new and innovative suicide prevention methods within the ZEROSUICIDE framework.

This fellowship is designed for trainees with backgrounds in psychiatry, psychology, nursing, and social work. Applicants will need to submit a CV, a statement of career goals and interests, academic transcripts, and provide names of three individuals familiar with the candidate’s academic performance.

Members of under-represented groups are strongly encouraged to apply. Please address inquiries to:

Igor Galynker MD PhD Professor of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine Associate Chairman for Research Director, Richard and Cynthia Zirinsky Center for Bipolar Disorder o: 212 420 4535 f: 212 420 3442

Irina Kopeykina, Clinical Research Manager o: 212 420 5625 irina.kopeykina@mountsinai.org

MOUNT SINAI BETH ISRAEL 317 East 17th Street Department of Psychiatry – 9 Fierman New York, NY 10003

CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue Call for Papers - Information Fusion for Medical Data: early, late and deep fusion methods for multimodal data

https://jbhi.embs.org/special-issues/information-fusion-for-medical-data-early-late-and-deep-fusion-methods-for-multimodal-data/

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Medical data exists in a broad range of formats, from structured data and medical reports to 1D signals, 2D images and 3D volumes or even higher dimensional data such as temporal 3D sequences. Think about the assessment of the functioning of the heart, for instance. A physician can make an auscultation and produce a report in text format; an electrocardiogram can be made and printed in time series format, an x-ray can be performed and saved as an image; a volume can be provided through an angiography; temporal information can be given by echocardiograms, 4D information can be extracted through flow MRI. Another typical source of variability is the existence of data from different time points, such as pre and post treatment, for instance. This high and diverse amount of information needs to be organized and mined in an appropriate way so that meaningful information can be extracted. Several questions, however, arise when dealing with these situations. Should different types of information be treated differently? Should a common framework be derived? Are new analytic approaches needed? It is our hope that these and other questions will be addressed by this special issue.

In this call, we focus on sharing recent advances in algorithms and applications that involve combining multiple sources of medical information. Topics appropriate for this special issue include novel supervised, unsupervised, semi-supervised and reinforcement algorithms, new architectures, new formulations, and applications related to medical information fusion.

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Topics appropriate for this special issue include (but are not limited to):

-Analysis on fusion of big medical data -Applications of multimodal learning in image and computer vision medical areas -Combining multiple models for medical data -Combining multiple sources in medical data -Cross modality learning -Feature fusion for medical data -Early and late fusion approaches -Hierarchical models for medical information fusion -Improved algorithms for medical information fusion -Intelligent systems for medical information fusion -Joint feature learning -Medical multi-sensor fusion -Multimodal metric learning for medical applications -New models for multimodal medical data -Transfer learning in multimodal medical data -Deep learning with inputs from several data sources

Manuscripts must clearly delineate the role of information fusion for medical data. The manuscript should include new contributions beyond those made in earlier publications. Review works will not be considered in this special issue. Contributions should be described in sufficient detail to be reproducible on the basis of the material and references presented in the paper.

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Andres Ortiz Universidad de Málaga aortiz@ic.uma.es

Belur V. Dasarathy Consultant ? Decision Systems & Information Fusion Technologies fusion-consultant@ieee.org

Henning Müller HES-SO, Sierre, Switzerland henning.mueller@hevs.ch

Inês Domingues CISUC, Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra, Portugal icdomingues@dei.uc.pt

Pedro H. Abreu CISUC, Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra, Portugal pha@dei.uc.pt

Vince D. Calhoun The Mind Research Network vcalhoun@mrn.org

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Deadline for Submission: 31 Dec. 2018 First Reviews Due: 28 Feb. 2019 Revised Manuscript Due: 30 Apr. 2019 Final Decision: 31 May 2019

Some arthroplasty surgeons advocate for an individualized DVT prophylaxis regimen following hip and knee arthroplasty, one that balances safety and efficacy, based on an individual patient risk factors for developing a DVT. However, there seems to be a lack of high-quality data to guide surgeons when making this determination. 

These are the only studies I could find:

1) Dorr LD, Gendelman V, Maheshwari AV, Boutary M, Wan Z, Long WT. Multimodal thromboprophylaxis for total hip and knee arthroplasty based on risk assessment. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2007 Dec;89(12):2648-57. PubMed PMID: 18056497.

2) Nam D, Nunley RM, Johnson SR, Keeney JA, Clohisy JC, Barrack RL. Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Hip Arthroplasty: Routine and High Risk Patients. J Arthroplasty. 2015 Dec;30(12):2299-303. Epub 2015 Jul 2. PubMed PMID: 26182980.

3) Nam D, Nunley RM, Johnson SR, Keeney JA, Clohisy JC, Barrack RL. The Effectiveness of a Risk Stratification Protocol for Thromboembolism Prophylaxis After Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2016 Jun;31(6):1299-306.  Epub 2015 Dec 17. PubMed PMID: 26777547

4) González Della Valle A, Serota A, Go G, Sorriaux G, Sculco TP, Sharrock NE, Salvati EA. Venous thromboembolism is rare with a multimodal prophylaxis protocol after total hip arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2006 Mar;444:146-53. PubMed PMID: 16446593.

5) Bohl DD, Maltenfort MG, Huang R, Parvizi J, Lieberman JR, Della Valle CJ. Development and Validation of a Risk Stratification System for Pulmonary Embolism After Elective Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2016 Mar 17. PubMed PMID: 27067463.

[CFP]2024 4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality and Visualization(AIVRV 2024) - November

As the leader of the global trend of scientific and technological innovation, China is constantly creating a more open scientific and technological innovation environment, expanding the depth and breadth of academic cooperation, and building a shared innovation community. These efforts are making new contributions to globalization and building a community with a shared future for mankind.

In order to adapt to the changing world in the new era and the rapid development of China, 2024 4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality and Visualization will be held on November 01-03 2024, in Nanji, China. This conference will focus on the latest research fields of "artificial intelligence", "virtual reality" and "visualization technology", and provide a forum for experts, professors, scholars, engineers, etc. from domestic and foreign universities, scientific research institutes, enterprises and institutions. An international platform for sharing professional experience, expanding professional networks, exchanging new ideas face-to-face and presenting research results, discussing key challenges and research directions faced by the development of this field, with a view to promoting the development and application of theories and technologies in this field in universities and enterprises , but also for the participants to establish business or research contacts and to find global partners in future careers.

◕ Artificial Intelligence and Its Applications

Biometric

Pattern recognition

Machine vision

Expert system

Deep learning

Smart search

Automatic programming

Intelligent control

Smart robot

Language and Image Understanding

Genetic programming

Natural language processing

Computer Vision and Robotics

Adaptive system

Smart agent

......

◕Virtual reality and its applications

System Components

Virtual reality platform

AI Platform for VR/AR

Immersive environments and virtual world generation

Optimized and realistic rendering

The semantics and cognition of virtual reality

depth perception

multimodal perception

Multimodal interaction and VR/AR experience

Application of Remote Sensing Image Processing

Application of virtual human body

Augmenting the Customer Experience with Virtual Reality

Virtual Plant Growth Simulation

Human-computer interaction technology

Mobile and Wearable Technologies and Applications

Multi-sensory experience based on virtual reality

Regions and Digital Cities, Digital

3D data acquisition technology

3D reconstruction of medical images

...... ◕ Visualization and its applications

Visualization and Visual Analytics Theory

scientific visualization

information visualization

Visual Analysis

Visual data processing and processing

Interaction Design and Display Technology in Visualization

Visual Design and Systems

Visual Assessment and Cognition

Large (scale) data visual analysis

......

Registration Deadline: October 10, 2024

Full Paper Submission Date: September 29, 2024

Final Paper Submission Date: September 30, 2024

Conference Dates: November 01-03, 2024

In case you are interested:

Call for contributions journal: 

Language Value (ISSN 1989-7103) http://www.languagevalue.uji.es/index.php/languagevalue/index

Language Value is indexed in ISOC, MIAR, DICE, CIRC, CSIC, ERIH PLUS, DIALNET, LATINDEX, Linguist List, EBSCO and RESH.

Title: DIVERSITY IN THE LANGUAGE CLASSROOM: RAISING AWARENESS

GREETINGS

After the publication of Issue 10 on Multimodal means of instruction we are pleased to announce the new Call for contributions for Language Value Issue 11 with the following title. 

- Types of diversity: geographical, linguistic, cultural, cognitive, and creative.

- Assistive technologies and supportive services for diversity.

- Assessment and evaluation of diversity in the language classroom.

- Instructional strategies in diversity and special needs.

- Curriculum planning and implementation in the language classroom.

- Integrative strategies for inclusion in the language classroom.

- Policy and management in the language classroom.

The suggested length of articles is 5,000 to 8,000 words. Books and multimedia reviews from 1,500 to 2,000. Articles should be accompanied by a 100-150 word abstract and six keywords. Authors need to register on the OJS platform to submit their proposals, manuscripts should be submitted online at:

Any inquiries regarding the issue should be sent by email to lvalue@uji.es

Submissions are welcome from 9th April 2019 to 30th June 2019. Manuscripts should be original, not published or being considered for publication elsewhere, and written in English. This is a strict requirement for publication, and authors are responsible for ensuring that this is the case when submitting their manuscript for review.

It is essential that submissions are sufficiently clear and well-structured to be read comfortably by referees, and that any bibliographical references are easy to trace.

The editors will decide whether a submission should be subject to full external peer review, the initial decision will be given to authors in no longer than 30 days. Decisions about publication will be made by the editors after blind peer review. Authors are responsible for anonymizing their manuscript before submitting it. Language Value is published at least once a year in the third quarter. 

See the LV Journal website for Authors’ Guidelines:

This issue will also publish book, website and multimedia reviews relevant to its contents. Please contact the Editors (lvalue@uji.es) if you wish to send a copy of a volume, a reference to a website or any other products to be reviewed in the Journal.

Suggested treatment: rhEPO or EPO analogues.

https://nature.com/articles/ncomms1526

https://researchgate.net/publication/314952561_Erythropoietin_EPO_ameliorates_obesity_and_glucose_homeostasis_by_promoting_thermogenesis_and_endocrine_function_of_classical_brown_adipose_tissue_BAT_in_diet-induced_obese_mice

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25765155/

Lack of energy

EPO regulates the lives and deaths of red blood cells:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32825629/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33171297/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32983414/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Erythropoietin+myelin https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Erythropoietin+dementia

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41419-020-2276-8

https://researchgate.net/publication/51902180_The_Receptor_That_Tames_the_Innate_Immune_Response https://researchgate.net/publication/331975246_Erythropoietin_a_multifaceted_protein_with_innate_and_adaptive_immune_modulatory_activity

Estrogen also suppresses the production of EPO in the kidneys: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15784734/