Labouré College

FemTech is an emerging industry offering products, software, and services to support women’s health and well-being. Within FemTech, mobile health applications (mHealth apps) are popular for managing menstruation, fertility, pregnancy, and menopause. Yet, these apps expose users to deceptive and misleading practices, which can be characterized as Dark Patterns in user experience (or dark UX). Dark UX in commercial FemTech mHealth apps is underexplored, leaving a critical gap in understanding how deceptive patterns manifest in intimate health contexts, the harms they cause, and how to address them. We crowd-source and thematically analyze user accounts of dark UX through user reviews from sixteen systematically selected FemTech mHealth apps. User-reported accounts of dark UX in FemTech mHealth apps reveal several problematic design patterns, which emphasize risks for minors and the need for more transparent design of FemTech mHealth apps. Based on our results, we outline recommendations for enhancing ethical UX design and furthering regulatory action in FemTech.

यह अध्ययन बिहार राज्य के बाँका जिले में शिक्षित बेरोजगार युवाओं पर केंद्र और राज्य सरकार द्वारा संचालित स्वरोजगार योजनाओं के वास्तविक प्रभाव का विश्लेषण करता है। प्रधानमंत्री रोजगार सृजन कार्यक्रम, मुद्रा योजना तथा मुख्यमंत्री स्वरोजगार योजना जैसी प्रमुख योजनाओं को केंद्र में रखते हुए, यह शोध यह जानने का प्रयास करता है कि क्या ये योजनाएँ बेरोजगारी की समस्या को दूर करने में सार्थक सिद्ध हो रही हैं। प्राथमिक आंकड़ों पर आधारित इस अध्ययन में 50 शिक्षित बेरोजगार प्रतिभागियों से जानकारी एकत्र की गई। विश्लेषण से स्पष्ट हुआ कि लगभग 60ः प्रतिभागियों को इन योजनाओं से कोई सीधा लाभ नहीं मिला। जिन प्रतिभागियों ने योजनाओं का लाभ उठाने का प्रयास किया, उन्हें प्रक्रिया की जटिलता, ऋण अस्वीकृति, प्रशिक्षण की अनुपलब्धता और प्रशासनिक सहयोग के अभाव जैसी समस्याओं का सामना करना पड़ा। इसके अतिरिक्त, यह भी सामने आया कि अधिकांश युवाओं को योजनाओं की जानकारी सरकारी माध्यमों के बजाय व्यक्तिगत संपर्कों या सोशल मीडिया के माध्यम से प्राप्त हुई। शोध के निष्कर्ष बताते हैं कि वर्तमान स्वरूप में ये योजनाएँ ग्रामीण और आर्थिक रूप से पिछड़े क्षेत्रों जैसे बाँका जिले में शिक्षित बेरोजगारों के लिए अपेक्षित रूप से प्रभावी नहीं हैं। इस स्थिति में सुधार के लिए अनुसंधान में कुछ व्यावहारिक सुझाव दिए गए हैं, जैसे योजनाओं की स्थानीय आवश्यकताओं के अनुरूप पुनःसंरचना, आवेदन प्रक्रिया का सरलीकरण, ब्लॉक स्तर पर हेल्पडेस्क की स्थापना, तथा पंचायत स्तर पर निगरानी समितियों का गठन। मुख्य शब्द बाँका जिला, शिक्षित बेरोजगार, सरकारी योजनाएँ, मुद्रा योजना, स्वरोजगार, योजना क्रियान्वयन, ग्रामीण बेरोजगारी, युवा सशक्तिकरण।

Summary:The Guidelines for Qualifications of Neurodiagnostic Personnel (QNP) document has been created through the collaboration of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS), the American Society of Neurophysiological Monitoring (ASNM), the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM), and ASET—The Neurodiagnostic Society (ASET). The quality of patient care is optimized when neurophysiological procedures are performed and interpreted by appropriately trained and qualified practitioners at every level. These societies recognize that neurodiagnostics is a large field with practitioners who have entered the field through a variety of training paths. This document suggests job titles, associated job responsibilities, and the recommended levels of education, certification, experience, and ongoing education appropriate for each job. This is important because of the growth and development of standardized training programs, board certifications, and continuing education in recent years. This document matches training, education, and credentials to the various tasks required for performing and interpreting neurodiagnostic procedures. This document does not intend to restrict the practice of those already working in neurodiagnostics. It represents recommendations of these societies with the understanding that federal, state, and local regulations, as well as individual hospital bylaws, supersede these recommendations. Because neurodiagnostics is a growing and dynamic field, the authors fully intend this document to change over time.

"Review of “Oxford Textbook of Neurocritical Care,” edited by Martin M. Smith, Giuseppe G. Citerio, and W. Andrew I. Kofke." The Neurodiagnostic Journal, 62(3), pp. 181–182

The study aimed to describe how prelicensure student nurses perceive academic support and their institutions’ response during the 2020 COVID-19 crisis. The shift to online learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted every aspect of higher education, including pre-licensure nursing students. Prelicensure nursing education is one of the most stressful programs in higher education. In a period of great uncertainty, it becomes essential to explore how prelicensure nursing students perceive academic support from their institutions. A qualitative descriptive design was employed for the study. Thematic analysis was used to analyze data obtained from 16 semi-structured interviews. Six themes resulted from the data: Disorganization leading to chaos; technology and technical challenges; stress and frustration; am I prepared to be a nurse?; not having money; mental health matters. This study validates the experiences of nursing students. Students’ obstacles during the pandemic should be identified and mitigated to promote learning and academic success.

The goal of this project was to provide clinical adjunct faculty members with tools to be successful in their role. This article will focus on a tool developed by the QSEN Academic Clinical Taskforce to assist faculty with standardizing the orientation for students to the clinical setting. This orientation checklist is essential to assist clinical faculty when orienting their students in all guided clinical rotations. The checklist is organized by defined QSEN competencies with adapted definitions for clinical nursing students. The checklist provides a guide for faculty members when orienting their student group to the clinical environment. Utilizing a standardized clinical orientation tool allows for continuity and creates a safer learning environment for nursing students.

Britain's constitution has changed dramatically over the past forty years in which the author has been involved in national politics: devolution, the supremacy of EU law, the greater willingness of the judiciary to intervene in political issues and new human rights legislation. However these changes have been essentially random, argues David Lipsey, lacking any binding theme. These changes continue under the new coalition government. However the even greater changes to British politics have essentially a single source: the dramatic change in social class in Britain and its impact on electoral politics—for example the rise of the media and the decline of ideology

For this quarter's digest, Drs Pascal Frileux and Denis Cashing from Annales de Chirurgie, choose the best from issues one and two of 1996. A reciprocal digest written by our European Editor, Mr Colin Johnson, appears in the French

The format of mandatory and free selections on a check-off list was found to be an ineffective learning tool for radiation therapy technology students. Changing to an incremental skill development format resulted in students with enhanced technical ability and a well-rounded clinical education. This study presents first and second level objectives for weekly incremental skill development.