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A Single Session of Slackline Training Induces Rapid, Task-Specific Balance Improvements and Elevated Resting-State Beta Band Power
Balance training underpins both sports performance and rehabilitation, while its efficacy depends on the amount of training and task difficulty. Here, we characterized neurophysiological changes accompanying the earliest phase of slackline-specific balance acquisition within a closely matched active-control design. For this purpose, 35 healthy, slackline-naïve adults were randomized to a slackline intervention or a time-matched… →
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Diagnostic stewardship in emergency departments using the UNTIE framework: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised study protocol
INTRODUCTION: Pathology testing accounts for over half of non-labour costs in Australian Emergency Departments (EDs), yet up to one-fifth of tests are unnecessary. Despite national guidance from the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) and the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA), variation in test ordering persists across departments and across clinical presentations. The… →
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Fissios and postoperative complications (FPoC trial): a multicentre, randomised, controlled clinical trial
INTRODUCTION: Respiratory physiotherapy as a part of a perioperative physical training programme may reduce the risk of developing postoperative complications in patients diagnosed with non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) scheduled for surgery. However, there is heterogeneity in the design, implementation and evaluation of respiratory physiotherapy programmes.Fissios App contains a standardised respiratory physiotherapy programme. Analysing the… →
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Learning Gain and User Experience of AI Avatar-Based and Human-Presented Explainer Videos: Prospective Randomized Crossover Feasibility Study
CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that investigating AI-based explainer videos vs those using a human presenter in classroom settings is feasible and highlights methodological challenges, particularly those related to crossover designs involving content-identical materials. In this small exploratory sample, no significant differences in short-term learning gains were detected between different presentation formats. Nonetheless, participants clearly preferred… →
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When private equity takes control: Managers must create value or become a cost
When private equity takes control, managers face a stark reality: create value fast or become a cost to be cut. Konstantinos, Marie-Amelie, Matilda, Rebecca and Xiangyu argue that private equity replaces comfort with discipline and accountability. Through the case studies of Toys “R” Us and Hilton, they reveal it is leadership response – not financial… →
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AI Upskilling at Scale: Bank of America’s Bernard Hampton
Today’s episode of the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, the final one of Season 13, explores how Bank of America is preparing a massive global workforce for an AI future through upskilling and reskilling. Bernard Hampton, head of the financial institution’s Academy, explains how the learning and development organization focuses on workforce agility and a… →
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How to Use Sales Comp as a GTM Lever | Siva Rajamani (Everstage CEO)
Listen on YouTube // Apple // Spotify Who we sat down with Siva Rajamani, CEO of Everstage, has visibility into 300+ enterprise comp plans, and he says 90% of companies make the same mistakes. In this episode he breaks down what’s going wrong, how to spot it, and what a comp plan that actually drives… →
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Cancer caregiver support system: A pilot study to assess the effect of improved caregiver support on postoperative recovery of oral cancer patients
CONCLUSION: The CCSS intervention demonstrated feasibility and acceptability, with early signals of benefit in reducing caregiver strain and postdischarge disruptions. This pilot study underscores the potential of context-sensitive, digitally enabled caregiver support in resource-constrained oncology settings. Further scale-up and integration with AI-driven personalization are planned. →
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10-Year Randomized Outcomes of Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Aortic Stenosis
CONCLUSIONS: At the 10-year follow-up, TAVR in intermediate-risk patients with the SAPIEN XT prosthesis compared with surgery was associated with lower survival rates, with differences predominantly observed in the TA/TAo access cohort. TAVR with the XT valve was also associated with significantly higher rates of aortic valve reintervention. (PARTNER II Trial: Placement of AoRTic TraNscathetER… →
