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APOD: 2020 August 11 - Churning Clouds on Jupiter

"Pictured by Juno, churning clouds on Jupiter show not only mesmerizing complexity but some high-level, light-colored pop-up clouds. Understanding atmospheric dynamics on Jupiter gives valuable perspective to similar atmospheric and lightning phenomena that occur on our home Earth."
Source: nasa.gov

What would a Google AI engineer do with 30 years of their family video?

"30 years of family videos in an AI archive: As an Applied AI Engineer, I got down to business and built an AI-powered searchable archive of my family videos." Welcome to the future of home movies. Calling up memories rather than timestamps.
Source: blog.google

COVID-19 infections and deaths among Connecticut nursing home residents

COVID-19 infections and deaths among Connecticut nursing home residents: facility correlates: Objective To determine the associations of nursing home registered nurse (RN) staffing, overall quality of care, and concentration of Medicaid or racial and ethnic minority residents with COVID-19 ... Yue...
Source: wiley.com

Imperial College's COVID-19 modelling

Report 9: Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand. "We show that in the UK and US context, suppression will minimally require a combination of social distancing of the entire population, home isolation of cases and household quarantine of their...
Source: imperial.ac.uk

Effectiveness and feasibility of a mindful leadership course for medical specialists: a pilot study: Medical specialists

Effectiveness and feasibility of a mindful leadership course for medical specialists: a pilot study: Medical specialists experience high levels of stress. This has an impact on their well-being, but also on quality of their leadership. In the current mixed method study, the feasibility and effectiveness...
Source: biomedcentral.com

Dying with smartphones - the anthropology of our relationship with machines.

'Dying with smartphones' by Daniel Miller "The hospice movement has grown up respecting that most people want to die in their own homes, even when they are living alone. But where is that home?" "We have witnessed how smartphones are becoming part of us, rather than simply something we use. Humanity...
Source: wordpress.com

Identifying low test-taking effort during low-stakes tests with the new Test-taking Effort Short Scale (TESS) - development

Identifying low test-taking effort during low-stakes tests with the new Test-taking Effort Short Scale (TESS) - development and psychometrics: "Low-stakes tests are becoming increasingly important in international assessments of educational progress, and the validity of these results is essential especially...
Source: biomedcentral.com

Pimp My Zimmer project 'reduces falls': Care home residents in Wales have been decorating their Zimmer frames to make them

Pimp My Zimmer project 'reduces falls': Care home residents in Wales have been decorating their Zimmer frames to make them more identifiable.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Linking primary schools and care homes with letter writing pen pals. A great initiative that helps language skills and creative

Linking primary schools and care homes with letter writing pen pals. A great initiative that helps language skills and creative writing for children whilst also enabling otherwise isolated elders share memories and make new friends. I heard this story first on the radio with great examples of the types...
Source: bbc.co.uk

The DPCC-MS communication skills competency instrument. A simple 5 item instrument. "Validation of the 5-item doctor-patient

The DPCC-MS communication skills competency instrument. A simple 5 item instrument. "Validation of the 5-item doctor-patient communication competency instrument for medical students (DPCC-MS) using two years of assessment data: Medical students on clinical rotations have to be assessed on several competencies...
Source: biomedcentral.com

The bilingual brain calculates differently depending on the language used: How do multilingual people solve arithmetical

The bilingual brain calculates differently depending on the language used: How do multilingual people solve arithmetical tasks presented to them in different languages? The question will gain in importance in the future, as an increasingly globalized job market and accelerated migration will mean that...
Source: eurekalert.org

UK citizens are taking air pollution monitoring into their own hands: Thousands of people are using home air quality monitoring

UK citizens are taking air pollution monitoring into their own hands: Thousands of people are using home air quality monitoring kits due to fears official figures are not capturing dangerous pollution levels, say Friends of the Earth
Source: theguardian.com

Athelas Device Provides Accurate CBC Testing - From Home |: For high-risk patients or those with diseases that require constant

Athelas Device Provides Accurate CBC Testing - From Home |: For high-risk patients or those with diseases that require constant blood monitoring, going to the doctor for blood tests may soon be a thing of the past.
Source: medgadget.com

Theresa May could be paving the way to change her policy on foreign students: The Government will today pave the way for

Theresa May could be paving the way to change her policy on foreign students: The Government will today pave the way for a climbdown over Theresa May’s controversial policy of counting foreign students as migrants in official immigration statistics. Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary, will ask her independent...
Source: independent.co.uk

Evaluation of large-group lectures in medicine - development of the SETMED-L (Student Evaluation of Teaching in MEDical

Evaluation of large-group lectures in medicine - development of the SETMED-L (Student Evaluation of Teaching in MEDical Lectures) questionnaire: The seven categories of the Stanford Faculty Development Program (SFDP) represent a framework for planning and assessing medical teaching. Nevertheless, so...
Source: biomedcentral.com

England will need over 71,000 extra care home places by 2025: The number of older people who will need substantial care

England will need over 71,000 extra care home places by 2025: The number of older people who will need substantial care is set to rise by 85.7 per cent, as increases in “healthspan” continue to lag behind longer lifespans
Source: newscientist.com

US surgeon may be forced to quit UK because of visa nightmare: Patrick Thies, his British wife and their three children

US surgeon may be forced to quit UK because of visa nightmare: Patrick Thies, his British wife and their three children are living apart because of ‘absolutely extraordinary’ Home Office decisions
Source: theguardian.com

Reducing Excessive Use of Antipsychotic Agents in Nursing Homes: This Viewpoint describes the structure and outcomes of

Reducing Excessive Use of Antipsychotic Agents in Nursing Homes: This Viewpoint describes the structure and outcomes of a national initiative of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reduce the use of antipsychotics in nursing homes. Jerry H. Gurwitz. Alice Bonner. Donald M. Berwick. JAMA....
Source: jamanetwork.com

"NHS to end prescription of homeopathic remedies due to 'misuse of funds'" - Hospital Dr. About time too. The NHS should

"NHS to end prescription of homeopathic remedies due to 'misuse of funds'" - Hospital Dr. About time too. The NHS should be about providing care based on the best evidence.
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

India's ethical hackers rewarded abroad, ignored at home: Kanishk Sajnani did not receive so much as a thank you from a

India's ethical hackers rewarded abroad, ignored at home: Kanishk Sajnani did not receive so much as a thank you from a major Indian airline when he contacted them with alarming news—he had hacked their website and could book flights anywhere in the world for free.
Source: phys.org