Recent Webinar Research Articles

Social media and the youth mental health crisis: Is there a relationship?

I attended a recent webinar, “Beyond the hype: What research tells us about social media use in youth mental health” (August 2024), expecting the panelists to focus on the adverse effects of screen time. Interestingly, they offered a different perspective, one of nuanced findings in a young area of research, the suggestion to “take the panic level down” and still recognize risk factors (Schleider, 2024), and how social media might be a powerful tool for promoting positive mental health in youth.

Lipohypertrophy and Insulin: An Update From the Diabetes Technology Society.

Lipohypertrophy is a common skin complication associated with insulin-treated diabetes. The impact of lipohypertrophy as a contributing factor to suboptimal glycemic control, glucose variability, and hypoglycemia is often under-recognized by health care professionals. In a recent Webinar on April 26, 2023, Diabetes Technology Society asked international experts to provide updates on the latest knowledge related to lipohypertrophy for practicing clinicians and educators, researchers, and industries involved in insulin delivery. A recording of the Webinar is freely available on the Diabetes Technology Society Web site (https://www.diabetestechnology.org/).

Education Department: Recent Webinar Activity [Education News

Reports on IAS society webinars.

Impactful Business Events vs. Publications: Two Sides of the Same Coin?

This research note offers an insightful analysis of a recent webinar featuring three editors-in-chief from distinct academic journals, specifically focusing on the theme of sustainability within the publishing industry. The webinar invited particular academics to discuss the role of business events. This article provides an in- depth look at the discourse shared during the webinar, highlighting how these leading figures articulate the role of academic publications in advancing sustainable practices. It extends to cover the diverse perspectives presented, the challenges discussed, and the strategies proposed for integrating sustainability more deeply into scholarly communication. It synthesizes the key points and thematic elements that emerged from the webinar, offering readers a comprehensive overview of the discussions and the broader implications for sustainability in academic publishing.

Current technological trends & advancements in vector purification

 Given the current rapid growth in the gene therapy sector, it is imperative that downstream processing doesn’t apply a handbrake to recent gains made in increasing AAV vector upstream process scale and titer. In a recent webinar, a panel of AAV vector processing experts discussed whether the potentially conflicting drivers of increasing the efficiency versus the sensitivity and robustness of downstream vector processing is reflected in today’s purification toolkit, and asked ‘what’s next?’ in terms of further development. Here, we sum up some of their key thoughts. 

Abeona Therapeutics evaluates a scalable suspension-based platform for production of viral vector for MPS-IIIA

Viral vector-based gene therapies are bringing life-changing treatments to patients. One investigational therapy in development is a novel hSGSH gene replacement therapy for the treatment of Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA (MPS IIIA), which uses an AAV capsid to deliver a functional gene. If this therapy is approved, a scalable upstream production process is needed to provide the necessary manufacturing capacity to allow it to reach patients. In a recent webinar, new insights into scaling up production of high titer and high-quality viral vectors at clinical and commercial scales were discussed. Some key experimental results are highlighted here.

OP-ED1: TOWARDS AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR A DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM : A FOUNDATION FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY

During a recent webinar on the topic of digital inclusion and women entrepreneurship, I had the opportunity to share my perspectives in respect of ICT policy with a very engaged audience from across South Africa. The event reminded us of the commitment of the University of the Western Cape to create platforms not only for intellectual debate, but with a view to ensure an impact on the communities we serve. This webinar was conceived with the objective that women would benefit from the discourse that would impact their lives as entrepreneurs.

Improvise, Adapt, Overcome: How COVID-19 Transformed Inpatient Pediatric Gastroenterology.

The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disrupted inpatient pediatric services across the United States, creating opportunities for innovation. A recent Webinar organized by the Telehealth for Pediatric GI Care Now working group and sponsored by the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition provided insights into how inpatient pediatric gastroenterology services were affected and how physicians adapted during the crisis. These findings suggest the use of telehealth technologies may augment family communication and facilitate multidisciplinary care in the future. We anticipate that these innovative applications of telehealth will comprise a part of a toolkit for gastroenterologists to be used during this public health emergency and beyond.

Exploring peer support for community, criminal justice and crisis response

Observing that mental health and substance use disorder crisis response and prevention are critical to helping people move forward on a path to recovery and well‐being, mental health leaders discussed opportunities to engage peers as leaders in developing community solutions to behavioral health challenges during a recent webinar hosted by The College for Behavioral Health Leadership.

In Focus: A positive position

Yiannis Kotoulas reports on a recent webinar that provided a cheery analysis of what this year's Budget meant

Unravelling the magic of latent safety threats

Sterile processing errors in medical and dental offices are ranked the third highest hazard according to the annual ECRI ‘Top 10 Health Technology Hazards’ 2020 report. Other experts have raised similar concerns with sterilisation processes. For example, the WHO and the Clinical Engineering Division of International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE) have partnered to provide a series of webinars with international experts exchanging knowledge on COVID-19 related critical topics. A recent webinar addressed the critical challenge of decontamination and disinfection of COVID-19 medical equipment in low-income and middle-income countries. During the webinar, participants asked about methodologies to assess whether the transmission of infection is borne by technological tools used to fight the disease. How can critical lifesaving breathing equipment be safely and quickly sterilised and moved from one patient to the next? The WHO/IFMBE webinar2 stated that ‘engineers and infection control professionals seem to be working in different silos’. Such silos must be dismantled because medical technology is indispensable in the provisioning of healthcare services. Disinfection and sterilisation of medical equipment are key concerns for healthcare organisations, and they require serious consideration of sociotechnical system interactions. The annual ‘top 10 Health Technology Hazards report’ is based on retrospective studies, yet management of COVID-19 safety requires capacity to process real- time data and the input of experts to predict where risks may occur and how to deploy plans to maintain a safe healthcare environment.

Maintaining critical infrastructure safety during the Covid-19 pandemic

Keeping critical infrastructure such as nuclear sites operational and safe during the Covid-19 pandemic has been an unprecedented challenge. Nick Shaw of the Hazards Forum reports on a recent webinar which discussed how the challenges were met.

Understand role of insurance coverage, liability issues related to managing impact of pandemic on athletics

Even though any new insurance policies issued after January have a COVID‐19 exclusion, you can still take steps to help your athletics department manage the insurance and liability issues likely to arise with your pre‐COVID‐19 insurance policies as college sports get back into full swing. That's according to Richard Giller, Esq., a partner specializing in insurance recovery with the law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, who spoke as a panelist in a recent webinar hosted by the LEAD1 Association.

TURNING THE TIDE: PROMISING INITIATIVES IN GEROPSYCHOLOGY TRAINING AND RECRUITMENT

The field of geropsychology continues to attract insufficient numbers, and there is a growing sense of urgency among geropsychologists to turn the tide. As a result, a number of new research and programmatic initiatives have been started to better understand the problem and begin to generate solutions. This symposium will report on several such projects, including work from a number of early career geropsychologists. In this symposium, novel theoretical and pedagogical approaches to geropsychology training will be discussed. Graham explores how individuals develop an intention to work with older adults, and describes a new scale grounded in the theory of planned behavior. Dodson and Mlinac discuss bringing quality improvement into geropsychology training at all levels, while King, Rosowsky, and Jolson report on an experiential, intergenerational volunteer program used to demystify work with older adults and facilitate recruitment. Several presentations include the voices of students themselves. King, Rosowsky, and Jolson describe graduate student reactions to volunteering with older adults such as having previous negative beliefs about aging challenged. Bloom-Charette explores the experiences of geropsychology internship applicants, who tend to fare better than generalist applicants and feel well supported. Strong focuses on the problem of attracting individuals into academic geropsychology. In looking at participant responses to a recent webinar series on the topic, it is notable that a large number felt intimidated and overwhelmed by the prospect of entering academia. Taken together, projects in this symposium offer a variety of new directions for future geropsychology research, recruitment, and educational initiatives.

Optimizing Dietary Protein for Lifelong Bone Health

Bone undergoes continuous remodeling; therefore, an adequate supply of amino acid and mineral substrate is needed to support the formation and maintenance of bone across the life span. Although a considerable amount of research has been given to the type and amount of dietary protein intake necessary to achieve optimal bone health, authoritative bodies have varying recommendations around intake, largely established on nonbone health outcomes and/or early nitrogen-balance studies. The relationship of dietary protein intake and bone health has sparked intense debate for many decades, and there are inconsistencies in how healthcare providers counsel patients about protein in relation to bone health and prevention of osteoporosis. However, a recent series of investigations from various researches and leading bone health societies have contradicted these early hypotheses and led to a clearer understanding of the role dietary protein plays in optimizing bone health across the life span. This article reviews the existing evidence to date and summarizes a recent webinar cohosted by the American Society for Nutrition and American Bone Health.

Preparing for the summer

A recent webinar hosted by mental health and wellbeing expert Dr Pooky Knightsmith focused on how we can help to prepare vulnerable children and young people for the school holidays….

Failure Detection in an Annular Combustion Chamber with Experimental and Numerical Methods

A recent webinar entitled ‘What to consider when making the buying decision about a heat transfer fluid (HTF) for your system’, hosted by Process Heating, discussed the costs associated with the management of HTFs over and mentioned how HTFs could be protected through fluid and system preventative maintenance, which is more commonly referred to as routine sampling and chemical analysis. However, the presentation did not make it clear that sampling and chemical analysis needs to be conducted on a regular basis for each and every HTF. Indeed, there are common misconceptions / myths about the sampling of HTFs and such misunderstandings need to be avoided. The current article was written to address some commonly held misconceptions with the intention of busting the myths behind them. Herein, ten common myths are presented in an attempt to bust these myths.

Sandia's HyRAM toolkit to assess hydrogen risk now available

Sandia National Laboratories in California has released its Hydrogen Risk Assessment Models (HyRAM), which it says is the first software toolkit to assess the safety of hydrogen fueling and storage infrastructure. Sandia introduced the toolkit, which integrates hydrogen safety data and methods, during a recent webinar.

Follow policies closely to support suicidal students on campus

What should you do if students on your campus exhibit self‐harmful or suicidal behaviors? In a recent webinar hosted by Innovative Educators, M.J. Raleigh, Ph.D., director of counseling and psychological services at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, explained that under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, only students who are considered a “direct threat” to others — not to themselves — can be removed from campus. Revisions to Title II that went into effect in March 2011 made that clear. “As a result of the change … the revised regulation now deems it unlawful to take adverse action towards a student solely on the basis of self‐harmful or suicidal behaviors,” Raleigh clarified.

Executive Roundtable Series: Machine Learning and Cognitive Computing

Machine learning and cognitive computing are today's newest buzzwords, and considerable hype surrounds them. This article is based on a recent webinar on analytics produced by IT Professional, the Journal of Applied Marketing Analytics, and consultancy Technology Business Research (TBR), along with the Content Wrangler; it was hosted by Earley Information Science (EIS). The goal is to help organizations understand what's practical and what's possible in the fast-growing fields of machine learning and cognitive computing, and how these fields are related to artificial intelligence (AI). Video of the complete webinar is available at https://youtu.be/8Tx4GuSU_Wc.