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  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,484 Views
19 Pages

The Use of Voice Assistant for Psychological Assessment Elicits Empathy and Engagement While Maintaining Good Psychometric Properties

  • Stefania Mancone,
  • Pierluigi Diotaiuti,
  • Giuseppe Valente,
  • Stefano Corrado,
  • Fernando Bellizzi,
  • Guilherme Torres Vilarino and
  • Alexandro Andrade

2 July 2023

This study aimed to use the Alexa vocal assistant as an administerer of psychometric tests, assessing the efficiency and validity of this measurement. A total of 300 participants were administered the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI). After a wee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,456 Views
10 Pages

Validation of the Therapeutic Self-Care Scale-European Portuguese Version in Primary Care Type 2 Diabetes Adults

  • Ana Filipa Cardoso,
  • Paulo Queirós,
  • António Salgueiro Amaral,
  • Carlos Fontes-Ribeiro,
  • Amorim Rosa,
  • Rui Cruz,
  • Matilde Agostinho Neto,
  • Helena Felizardo and
  • Souraya Sidani

Self-care is an important nursing-sensitive outcome. Reliable and valid measures are needed for therapeutic self-care assessment that may inform the development and evaluation of individualized nursing interventions co-created with type 2 diabetes me...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,257 Views
32 Pages

The recently described perivascular unit (PVU) resides immediately adjacent to the true capillary neurovascular unit (NVU) in the postcapillary venule and contains the normal-benign perivascular spaces (PVS) and pathological enlarged perivascular spa...

  • Review
  • Open Access
399 Views
16 Pages

Autism Spectrum Disorder and Perivascular Spaces: An Integrative Perspective Across the Lifespan

  • Maria Alessandra Sotgiu,
  • Alessandra Carta,
  • Vanna Cavassa,
  • Andrea Montella,
  • Salvatore Masala,
  • Giuseppe Barisano and
  • Stefano Sotgiu

16 December 2025

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental condition characterized by persistent social communication difficulties, restricted interests, repetitive behaviors, and frequent medical comorbidities. Although early brain develop...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,993 Views
18 Pages

23 November 2021

All the traditional models of centralized residence based on “building a new socialist countryside” and “maintaining a balance between the increase and the decrease” are top-down in nature and require farmers to make responses...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,633 Views
20 Pages

Ecosystem Services Value Realization and Ecological Industry Design in Scenic Areas of Karst in South China

  • Huanhuan Chang,
  • Kangning Xiong,
  • Dayun Zhu,
  • Zhenzhen Zhang and
  • Wenxiu Zhang

13 February 2024

Ecosystem services (ESs) value realization and ecological industry (eco-industry) are essential components of regional development. Due to the vulnerability and non-renewability of natural landscape resources in Karst areas, once unreasonable resourc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,516 Views
14 Pages

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between osteoporosis and cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) burden in stroke-free individuals, as well as its specific imaging markers, including lacunes, enlarged perivascular spaces (EP...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,414 Views
16 Pages

Cognitive Brain Networks and Enlarged Perivascular Spaces: Implications for Symptom Severity and Support Needs in Children with Autism

  • Stefano Sotgiu,
  • Giuseppe Barisano,
  • Vanna Cavassa,
  • Mariangela Valentina Puci,
  • Maria Alessandra Sotgiu,
  • Angela Nuvoli,
  • Salvatore Masala and
  • Alessandra Carta

27 April 2025

Background/Objectives: The severity of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is clinically assessed through a comprehensive evaluation of social communication deficits, restricted interests, repetitive behaviors, and the level of support required (ranging f...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
820 Views
8 Pages

Effect of NT-proBNP on Serum Calcium: A Longitudinal Analysis

  • Maria Rita Stancanelli,
  • Giuseppe Restivo,
  • Thea Corriere,
  • Carmela Cannarozzo,
  • Maria Gabriella Ferrara,
  • Rosario Salemi,
  • Maria Eva Sberna,
  • Angelo Iraci,
  • Ada Restivo and
  • Vincenzo Calabrese
  • + 2 authors

19 April 2025

Background and Objectives: Brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a biomarker widely used in diagnosing and monitoring heart failure. Its impact on electrolyte homeostasis is known, particularly for sodium. However, its relationship with serum calc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,014 Views
35 Pages

Episode- and Hospital-Level Modeling of Pan-Resistant Healthcare-Associated Infections (2020–2024) Using TabTransformer and Attention-Based LSTM Forecasting

  • Nicoleta Luchian,
  • Camer Salim,
  • Alina Plesea Condratovici,
  • Constantin Marcu,
  • Călin Gheorghe Buzea,
  • Mădalina Nicoleta Matei,
  • Ciprian Adrian Dinu,
  • Mădălina Duceac (Covrig),
  • Eva Maria Elkan and
  • Letiția Doina Duceac
  • + 1 author

25 August 2025

Background: Pan-drug-resistant (PDR) Acinetobacterinfections are an escalating ICU threat, demanding both patient-level triage and facility-wide forecasting. Objective: The aim of this study was to build a dual-scale AI framework that (i) predicts PD...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,689 Views
12 Pages

16 September 2025

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the incidence of postoperative deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) following orthopedic surgeries and to identify independent clinical, laboratory, and procedural factors associated with th...

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