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During the COVID-19 pandemic many traditional methods of data collection, such as intercept surveys or focus groups, are not feasible. This paper proposes that establishing community panels through SMS may be a useful method during the pandemic, by describing a case study of how an innovative SMS community panel was used for the 'Shisha No Thanks' project to collect data from young adults of Arabic-speaking background about their attitudes on the harms of waterpipe smoking. Participants were asked to complete an initial recruitment survey, and then subsequently sent one survey question per week. The study recruited 133 participants to the SMS community panel and the mean response rate for each question was 73% (range 58 to 84%). The SMS community panel approach is not suited for all populations, nor all types of inquiry, particularly due to limitations of type of responses that it allows and the required access to mobile devices. However, it is a rapid method for data collection, and therefore during the COically diverse communities, and other groups that might otherwise be missed by traditional methods.

Since the end of 2019, COVID-19 has had a significant impact on citizens around the globe. As governments institute more restrictive measures, public adherence could decrease and discontent mount. Providing high-quality information and countering fake news is important. But we also need feedback loops so that government officials can refine preventive measures and communication strategies. Policy-makers need information - preferably based on real-time data - on the public's cognitive, emotional and behavioural reaction to public health messages and restrictive measures. PubliCo aims to foster effective and tailored risk and crisis communication as well as an assessment of the risks and benefits of prevention and control measures, as their effectiveness depends on public trust and cooperation.

Our project aims to develop a tool that helps tackle the COVID-19 infodemic, with a focus on enabling a nuanced and in-depth understanding of public perception. The project adopts a trans-disciplinary multi-stakeholder approach, including participatory citizen science.

We combine literature and media review and analysis and empirical research using mixed methods, including an online survey and diary-based research, both of which are ongoing and continuously updated. Building on real-time data and continuous data collection, our research results will be highly adaptable to the evolving situation.

As of September 2021, two thirds of the tool we propose are up and running. Current development cycles focus on the analytics component, on user experience, and on interface refinements. We collected a total of 473 responses through PubliCo Survey, and 22 diaries through PubliCo Diaries.

Pilot data show that PubliCo is a promising and efficient concept for bidirectional risk and crisis communication in the context of public health crises; further data are needed to assess its function at a larger scale or in the context of an issue other than COVID-19.

The continuous growth of the older adult population will have implications for the organization of health and social care. Potentially, in-home monitoring unobtrusive sensing systems (USSs) can be used to support formal or informal caregivers of older adults, as they can monitor deviant physical and physiological behavior changes. Most existing USSs are not specific to older adult care. Hence, to facilitate the implementation of existing USSs in older adult care, it is important to know which USSs would be more suitable for older adults.

This scoping review aims to examine the literature to identify current USSs for monitoring human activities and behaviors and assess their implementation readiness for older adult care.

We conducted a structured search in the Scopus, Web of Science, and ACM Digital Library databases. Predefined inclusion criteria included studies on unobtrusive sensor-based technology; experimental in nature; aimed at monitoring human social, emotional, physical, and physiological behav with user perception and context.

This review is the first to scope state-of-the-art USSs suitable for older adult care. Although the included 52 USS studies fulfilled the basic criteria to be suitable for older adult care, systems leveraging radio frequency technology in a no-contact sensor setup for monitoring life risk or health wellness activities are more suitable for older adult care. Finally, this review has extended the discussion about unobtrusiveness as a property of systems that cannot be measured in binary because it varies greatly with user perception and context.Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 25% of people over the age of 70. Neurocognitive disorders (NCDs) are frequent in patients with CKD and affect 30% to 60% of patients treated by haemodialysis. The link between CKD and NCD is explained by common risk factors, such as hypertension and diabetes, but also by CKD-specific risk factors through vascular, degenerative, and toxic mechanisms. In patients with non-dialysed CKD, albuminuria is more strongly linked to the occurrence of NCD than glomerular filtration rate. Vascular dementia is the main cause of NCDs in patients with CKD, but the incidence of Alzheimer's disease has also been found to be higher in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) than in the general population. Executive functions, orientation and attention are the most frequently affected cognitive domains in patients with CKD. The occurrence of NCDs in older patients with CKD could be prevented by controlling blood pressure or by using anticoagulant drugs in the case of atrial fibrillation, which is particularly frequent in patients with CKD, in order to prevent cerebrovascular lesions. Nephrological care could also influence the occurrence of neurological complications. Anticholinesterase drugs and memantine should be used with caution in patients with CKD, as most of these drugs accumulate due to a low glomerular filtration rate. Due to the poor prognosis of patients with NCD and ESRD treated by dialysis or kidney transplantation, a cognitive assessment should be proposed in older patients with severe CKD in order to discuss the initiation and type of renal replacement therapy with both patients and caregivers.The premature detachment of orthodontic brackets has consequences for the patient and the practitioner. While the responsibility for the bonding protocol has been widely assessed, the responsibility of the patient is poorly understood. The main objective of the study was to look for patient-specific predictors of metal vestibular attachment detachments. An historical cohort study was carried out from adolescents having benefited from a fixed vestibular appliance treatment lasting 27 months +/- 3 months, having all teeth from first molar to first molar on arch to pose. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed by logistic regression. 333 patients were included. In univariate analysis, boys tended to take off more than girls, patients in skeletal Class II more than those in Class I, those with at least two cooperative remarks more than those with less than two remarks. The percentage of patients with debonding increases with the number of hygiene remarks. Younger patients were more prone to debond than older patients. The "age" factor has a significant effect in multivariate analysis. Neither the vertical skeletal pattern nor the socio-economic level would intervene in the rate of debonding. The role of patient-specific factors in detachment should be put into perspective. The reliability of the results would be increased by a prospective study using validated indicators of compliance.After 12 months of viral circulation, the SARS-CoV-2 has infected millions of people around the world, leaving hundreds of thousands dead. selleck kinase inhibitor Given the lack of effective therapy and vaccination against COVID-19, focusing on the immediate repurposing of existing drugs gives some hope of curbing the pandemic. Vitamin D is a possible candidate drug which is discussed in a high number of publications. Randomised clinical trials have shown that vitamin D supplementation significantly reduces the risk of respiratory infections. There is also a great deal of evidence that hypovitaminosis D is an independent (and easily modifiable) risk factor for severe forms of COVID-19 and death. Vitamin D supplementation is a simple, safe and inexpensive measure, which is effective in correcting hypovitaminosis D, present in 40-50% of the French population and in more than 80% of adults with COVID-19. In this position paper, we propose simple regimens (adapted to the pharmaceutical forms currently available in France) for vitamin D supplementation in adults with or without COVID-19.Musicogenic epilepsy (ME), a peculiar form of reflex epilepsy, represents a neurological rarity and yet another demonstration of the extraordinary power of music on the human brain. Despite the heterogeneity of the reported musical triggers, patients' emotional response to music is thought to play a crucial role in provoking seizures. Accordingly, the mesial temporal structures (especially of the non-dominant hemisphere) appear most involved in seizure generation, although a more complex fronto-temporal epileptogenic network was documented in some cases. Autoimmune encephalitis has been recently included among the many possible aetiologies of ME based on a few reports of music-induced seizures in patients with anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 antibodies. Here, we describe the case of a 25-year-old man, educated in music over a long period of time, who had suffered from drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy following seronegative limbic encephalitis related to non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Along with spontaneous events, the patient also developed musicogenic seizures later in the disease course. After detecting five music-induced episodes via 24-hour ambulatory EEG, we performed prolonged video-EEG monitoring during which the patient presented a right temporal seizure (characterized by déjà-vu, piloerection and gustatory hallucinations) while listening to a hard rock song through headphones (which he had not previously heard). This observation allowed us to confirm the provoking effect of the music on our patient's seizures, despite the lack of any emotional drive, which suggests that a "cognitive" trigger was more likely in this case. Our report further highlights that autoimmune encephalitis should be investigated as a novel potential cause of musicogenic epilepsy, regardless of autoantibody status.Panic disorder in the elderly is an understudied disorder, despite being associated with substantial functional impairment, a diminished quality of life and an increased suicide risk in this population. This disorder is likely to be underdiagnosed and sometimes inadequately treated due to the absence of national and international guidelines for this vulnerable population. Few therapeutic trials have specifically focused on the efficacy and tolerability of pharmacological and psychotherapy treatments for panic disorder in the elderly and current approaches to detect and manage this disorder are mainly based on expert opinions or extrapolation from data available on younger adults. This report aims to provide a summary of current knowledge on pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatments for panic disorder in the elderly and to propose a medical treatment algorithm, which should be viewed as a tool that may contribute to the choice of treatment, especially for treatment-resistant older patients with panic disorder.