Facial recognition technology establishes a person’s identity from a single digital image of their face. This technology to identify criminals and prevent crime, but also in a range of other commercial settings. However, issues including trust, consent and bias, limits its use in some regions.
Research conducted by Gary Chan, Professor of Law at Singapore Management University, investigates how to build trust in facial recognition technology via technological measures, ethnical guidelines, and legislation.
Read some of their latest work here: https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlit/eaab011
Lifes challenges can become lasting burdens if we don’t have the psychological resources to meet them. So how can we build up a psychological toolbox containing powerful inner strengths that are readily accessible when we need them?
Dr Rick Hanson, of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center US, and colleagues have developed new model of emotional and mental growth, which actively engages people's experiences with neurologically informed methods that heighten the conversion of passing states of mind, such as resilience, self-worth, and positive emotions, into lasting beneficial traits embedded in the brain.
Read more in Research Outreach
Read some of their latest work here: https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2021.2006759
Understanding the function of time and space when an ecosystem is disturbed is essential for devising sustainable conservation and management policies, further complicated by anthropogenic disturbances. To understand and predict the response of ecological systems to these disturbances, researchers must develop new theoretical and experimental approaches.
The research team at the Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station (SETE) founded by Jean Clobert and Michel Loreau, aims to provide both theory and experimental methodologies to understand and predict the responses of ecological systems to environmental changes.
Read more in Research Features
Read some of their latest work here: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2018.00043
Clinical electrophysiology, the application of electricity to monitor or produce a physiological effect, seems such a core part of any modern hospital stay that it's surprising how new it really is. Today, devices and techniques are more accurate and less invasive, making these lifesaving technologies practically commonplace.
We spoke with Benjamin Scherlag, Professor of Medicine at the University of Oklahoma, USA, about his role in this part of medical history and why his dual roles in both clinical cardiology and basic science, have been so valuable.
Read more in Research Outreach
Read the original article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2019.02.014
Diagnosing diseases requires understanding of how cells respond to different medical conditions. Histology is a common two-dimensional way of studying such disease abnormalities, however major diseases are associated with three-dimensional cellular and tissue architectural changes.
Dr Cheng’s team has created X-ray histotomography, the first 3D imaging method that allows digital cell and tissue diagnostics from entire tissue samples and small organisms.
Read more in Research Outreach
Read the original article: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44898
The rapid spread and constant evolution of COVID-19, has presented significant challenges to tracking true disease prevalence . In addition, the way we test for the disease is adapting and changing as more is learnt about the virus and new technologies become available. Some of these technologies can result in bias, and may not present an accurate picture of COVID-19 prevalence in a population.
Researchers Amy Hou, Genevieve Pang and Lorrin Pang at the Hawaii Department of Health propose that pre-procedural COVID-19 patient datasets may help us reduce bias in estimates of local disease prevalence.
Read more about their work in Research Outreach
Read the original research paper: doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.13.22273200
The demand for organically grown food has increased over the past few decades, with environmentally savvy consumers concerned about how the food they eat affects both their health and the planet. However, organic farming usually produces a lower yield when compared to ‘conventional’ methods, and rely on the same CO2 emitting machinery.
Professor Sean Clark of Berea College, Kentucky, examined the carbon footprint of organic strawberries grown in high tunnels, otherwise known as polytunnels, and how they compare to traditional farming methods or to controlled 'vertical' farms.
Read more about the research: https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031778
Cancer affects not just peoples physical body but also their mental and spiritual wellbeing. With such complex manifestations, holistic treatment approaches personalised to meet the unique needs of individuals warrant consideration and research.
Terri Crudup and colleagues at IQVIA, in collaboration with the Samueli Foundation, USA, demonstrate the value of integrative oncology, combining conventional cancer treatment with what is known as complementary and lifestyle therapies, in improving both the quality of life and the five-year survival of those with breast cancer.
Read more about their work in Research Features
Read the original research: http://doi.org/10.1155/2021/4746712
Over the course of his career, Dr Ofer Aluf has developed cutting-edge innovations in a wide range of technologies, including computer chips, semiconductors, antennas, and high-power lasers.
His latest book, Dr Aluf introduces laser elements as a concept in circuit analysis, and explains the mathematical principles in parallel with their application in real-world scenarios.
Find Advance Elements of Laser Circuits and Systems at Springer: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64103-0
Dr Alufs other books are available now via Amazon.
Designing, building, and maintaining homes in the 21st century has to consider the wellbeing of residents and the environment. From the heavy machinery required on building sites, to the rubble of its demolition, every tonne of carbon consumed and released over the length of a buildings lifecycle can be accounted for.
Dr Stefanie Weidner of Werner Sobek outlines the companies mission in sustainable engineering, highlights their case studies for successful design, and discusses what the future of urban living might be.
Read more at the Werner Sobek website.
Companies and businesses generally exist to create wealth. Yet, increasingly over the past three decades, companies have come to regard Corporate Social Responsibliity programmes as an important bottom-line measure
Associate Professor Alwyn Lim from Singapore Management University and Shawn Pope from Léonard de Vinci Pôle Universitaire dig into the underlying motivators that propel businesses to design and roll-out these programmes, and their impacts.
Read the original article: https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2199
The dramatic collapse of the Polcevera Viaduct, in the Italian port city of Genoa in 2018, had all the hallmarks of unfortunate tragedy, but to the trained eye it was inevitable.
Janusz Rymsza, PhD Eng, is a Professor at the Road and Bridge Research Institute in Warsaw. Since 2009 he has held the position of Deputy Director of the Institute. His professional work relates to the full range of bridge works including designing and field testing, as well as supervision over bridge works.
Read the original article: https://doi.org/10.3390/app11178098
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Approximately 10-20% of women will experience some form of postpartum depression. Without prompt access to care and support, the wellbeing of both mother and child could be in jeopardy.
Dr Maureen Sayres Van Niel and Dr Jennifer Payne discuss working together in the field of women's mental health at the American Psychiatric Association, as well as the many changes and challenges in women's bodies during pregnancy and after birth, and how recognising and treating perinatal mood and anxiety disorders is essential to ensure best outcomes.
Read their original article : https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19054
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Professor A E Eiben at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, in The Netherlands, shows how robots could pass on their advantageous traits to new generations, allowing them to adapt to unfamiliar environments.
Named ‘EvoSphere’, this system could one day allow robots to perform tasks which, until now, have remained far beyond our reach.
Read more the original article: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66494-7_2
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Children from families with low or insecure incomes are at greater odds of hindered language development and cognitive growth, with gaps in ability between poor and secure families evident as early as preschool.
Dr. Karyn Allee, assistant professor of Elementary Education at Mercer University asks if guided play could encourage the uptake of language, learning and behaviour among disadvantaged children.
Read the original article: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-020-01141-6
Omega-3 fatty acids are essential to human health, and are mainly sourced from wild caught fish. Those same fish are also an essential part of feeding farmed salmon as their own source of omega-3. With increasing demands on the fishing industry globally, there is a pressing need for sustainably sourced omega-3 oils for human and salmon alike.
Benita Boettner, global general manager for Nuseed Nutritional, discusses their omega-3 canola oil, and the potential of plant-based technologies to improve wellbeing of humans, fish, and the environment.
Read the original research: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2021.716659
There have been scores of drug approvals across the globe for treating cancer in recent years, and the right combination of treatment and patient can lead to longer, better living with the disease. With all these breakthroughs on top of years of experience in care administration, how much has the patient experience changed?
Professor David Stewart, medical oncologist and professor of medicine at the University of Ottawa and Ottawa Hospital, has compiled his decades of clinical experience, practise and research into his new book. He looks at the rate of progress in detecting and treating different cancers, what risks towards cancer can occur in life, how successful different healthcare systems are in caring for cancer patients.
A Short Primer On Why Cancer Still Sucks is available via Amazon: : https://www.amazon.com/Short-Primer-Cancer-Still-Sucks/dp/0228871999
The infrastructure for transport within and between towns offers more than just a means to get from one place to another. It can shape the formation of those towns, and how people relate to traveling from a psychological, not just practical, standpoint.
Ole Aasvik of Institute of Transport Economics and the University of Oslo discusses his research into transport access, attitudes and autonomy in Norway, and how the ease of use for any part of public roads can affect or be affected by the people who use it.
Read the original article: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.696317
A trusting society is open, inclusive, and promotes both social and personal well-being. Understanding the interpersonal trust between any members of society, be it a belief, intention or behaviour, is of crucial importance to fields ranging from psychology and neuroscience to economics.
Prof Frank Krueger of George Mason University brings together economic exchange games, psychological systems and neuroscience mechanisms (e.g. brain circuits, hormones, genes) to build a ‘psychoneurobiological’ model of trust.
Read his original article: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.00305
Read more about the Social Cognition and Interaction: Functional Imaging (SCI:FI) Lab here.
Our world is always changing. Some of those changes, such as climate change or depletion of natural resources, are coming fast, and could have far reaching impacts on nature and culture for generations to come.
Prof Jim Perry of The University of Minnesota describes his work in Adaptive Heritage, and discusses how citizens and governments alike can act now to ensure a future for those fast-vanishing environments.
Read the original article: https://doi.org/10.3390/cli9080128
Depending on when and where you listen to this podcast, you may be legally allowed to possess cannabis for your own recreational enjoyment. Or it may land you in jail.
That’s not just a difference between one liberal countries laws and another conservative nation, that’s the difference between New Mexico and it’s neighbouring state of Texas.
Today i’m speaking with Dr Michael Sofis of Cannabis Public Policy Consulting about the organisations research into applications and complications around drug legalisation in the US
Read more at the CPPC website
In the face of a staff shortage among endocrinologists in the US, patient care for those with diabetes is paramount.
Dr Richard Santen at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, offers a solution to improve the care of patients in rural, underserved areas through ‘re-booting’ endocrinologists and telehealth.
Read the original article: http://doi.org/10.1177/1357633X221106041
Read more in Research Features
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple vaccines and treatments have been proposed to combat the disease. However, one limitation of these vaccines and treatments is that they are often developed for a specific form of a virus–meaning they maybe less effective against new variants of the disease.
Professor Thomas Webster thinks that this could be achieved by using nanomaterials, specifically those that bind to proteins on the surface of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, and inhibit its ability to infect human cells.
Read the original article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onano.2022.100054
Read more about his work in Research Outreach
Forecasts project that there will be around 100 million electric vehicles on the roads in the next few decades. With that additional electricity demand, it's important to consider how we are going to be able to charge electric vehicles.
Dr Yangfang (Helen) Zhou from Singapore Management University and colleagues propose an innovative business model for utility firms to meet the stress of electric vehicles on the energy grid, and keep the world moving.
Read the original article: http://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2021.1019
Dr Shelley Newman of Newman Specialty VetPath, USA, has improved the diagnosis, classification, and treatment of mast cell tumours and pancreatic diseases in veterinary species and contributed to the literature by characterising many new disease processes in exotic species.
Read more about their work in Research Outreach
Read the original article: https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.20.12.0663
A trust-based approach to the use of facial recognition technology
9:26
Actively using neuroplastic methods to develop inner strengths
11:13
Deciphering the role of time and space in ecological systems
9:23
The heart of the matter: Clinical electrophysiology and beyond
18:22
X-ray histotomography: Characterising every cell of a whole organism
13:45
Using patient datasets to track COVID-19 prevalence
8:49
Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Organic Strawberries
9:25
Integrative oncology: Improving survival odds in breast cancer
10:55
Advance Elements of Laser Circuits and Systems
10:41
Embodied emissions and engineering in urban design
35:31
Understanding what drives Corporate Social Responsibility
10:45
The collapse of the Polcevera Viaduct – an avoidable tragedy
10:55
For pregnant women, new mothers and those who love them: the latest updates on postpartum depression
31:00
How can we make robots evolve autonomously?
11:42
How play and learning can increase educational equity
13:17
A novel plant-based source of Omega-3
29:56
The past, present and future of cancer care
35:59
Perceptions of safety and maintenance in cycling infrastructure
30:57
To trust or not to trust: A psychoneurobiological framework
10:09
Adaptive Heritage: Creative thinking or abandoning our values?
55:48
Regulation, prevalence and impacts of cannabis consumption in the US
46:49
'Rebooting' retired endocrinologists to provide vital diabetes care
9:35
Could nanomaterials be an alternative better treatment for COVID-19?
10:07
Smart charging of electric vehicles
8:04
Making strides in veterinary pathology
14:33