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Practicing pharmacist education based on the experiences of medical support on the cruise ship Diamond Princess.

BMC medical education
BACKGROUND: Passengers on the cruise ship Diamond Princess (DP), which departed Yokohama on 20 January 2020, were found to be infected with the new coronavirus after arrival in Hong Kong. Passengers and crew were not allowed to disembark, instead bei...

Circulating fibroblast growth factor 21 is associated with blood pressure in the Chinese population: a community-based study.

Annals of medicine
BACKGROUND: Our research team previously found that fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 21, a circulating hormone, was significantly associated with atherosclerosis in human and animal models. The relationship between FGF21 and blood pressure (BP) is rare...

A study on factors influencing digital sports participation among Chinese secondary school students based on explainable machine learning.

Scientific reports
This study utilized data from 4,925 Hong Kong students in the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) to investigate factors influencing secondary school students' use of digital devices for sports participation and their threshold...

Acceptability, applicability, and cost-utility of artificial-intelligence-powered low-cost portable fundus camera for diabetic retinopathy screening in primary health care settings.

Diabetes research and clinical practice
AIMS: To evaluate the acceptability, applicability, and cost-utility of AI-powered portable fundus cameras for diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening in Hong Kong, providing a viable alternative screening solution for resource-limited areas.

Influence pathways of noise exposure on people's negative emotions and health across different activity contexts: A neural network-based double machine learning approach.

Health & place
Noise is a major global environmental issue that raises concerns about both mental and physical health. However, few studies have investigated the mediating role of emotions in the pathways linking noise exposure to health outcomes. Additionally, man...

Explainable deep learning models for predicting water pipe failures.

Journal of environmental management
Failures within water distribution networks (WDNs) lead to significant environmental and economic impacts. While existing research has established various predictive models for pipe failures, there remains a lack of studies focusing on the probabilit...

Comparison of an AI Chatbot With a Nurse Hotline in Reducing Anxiety and Depression Levels in the General Population: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

JMIR human factors
BACKGROUND: Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have been customized to deliver on-demand support for people with mental health problems. However, the effectiveness of AI chatbots in tackling mental health problems among the general public in Hong ...

AI versus human-generated multiple-choice questions for medical education: a cohort study in a high-stakes examination.

BMC medical education
BACKGROUND: The creation of high-quality multiple-choice questions (MCQs) is essential for medical education assessments but is resource-intensive and time-consuming when done by human experts. Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT-4o offer a pro...

Using ChatGPT for medical education: the technical perspective.

BMC medical education
BACKGROUND: The chatbot application Bennie and the Chats was introduced due to the outbreak of COVID-19, which is aimed to provide substitution for teaching conventional clinical history-taking skills. It was implemented with DialogFlow with preset r...

Promoting hand hygiene in a chemotherapy day center: the role of a robot.

Antimicrobial resistance and infection control
BACKGROUND: Hand hygiene is a critical component of infection prevention in healthcare settings. Innovative strategies are required to enhance hand hygiene practices among patients and healthcare workers (HCWs).