ObjectiveRepeated practice, or spacing, can improve various types of skill acquisition. Similarly, virtual reality (VR) simulators have demonstrated their effectiveness in fostering surgical skill acquisition and provide a promising, realistic environment for spaced training. To explore how spacing impacts VR simulator-based acquisition of surgical psychomotor skills, we performed a systematic literature review.MethodsWe systematically searched the databases PubMed, PsycINFO, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, ERIC and CINAHL for studies investigating the influence of spacing on the effectiveness of VR simulator training focused on psychomotor skill acquisition in healthcare professionals. We assessed the quality of all included studies using the Medical Education Research Study Quality Instrument (MERSQI) and the risk of bias using the Cochrane Collaboration’s risk of bias assessment tool. We extracted and aggregated qualitative data regarding spacing interval, psychomotor task performance and several other performance metrics.ResultsThe searches yielded 1662 unique publications. After screening the titles and abstracts, 53 publications were retained for full text screening and 7 met the inclusion criteria. Spaced training resulted in better performance scores and faster skill acquisition when compared to control groups with a single day (massed) training session. Spacing across consecutive days seemed more effective than shorter or longer spacing intervals. However, the included studies were too heterogeneous in terms of spacing interval, obtained performance metrics and psychomotor skills analysed to allow for a meta-analysis to substantiate our outcomes.ConclusionSpacing in VR simulator-based surgical training improved skill acquisition when compared to massed training. The overall number and quality of available studies were only moderate, limiting the validity and generalizability of our findings.
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The purpose of this research is to investigate how Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies influence the decision-making process in real estate investments. The research aims to understand how these technologies can enhance the decision-making process and provide insights into their potential to transform the real estate investment sector.
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Flying insects like dragonflies, flies, bumblebees are able to couple hovering ability with the ability for a quick transition to forward flight. Therefore, they inspire us to investigate the application of swarms of flapping-wing mini-drones in horticulture. The production and trading of agricultural/horticultural goods account for the 9% of the Dutch gross domestic product. A significant part of the horticultural products are grown in greenhouses whose extension is becoming larger year by year. Swarms of bio-inspired mini-drones can be used in applications such as monitoring and control: the analysis of the data collected enables the greenhouse growers to achieve the optimal conditions for the plants health and thus a high productivity. Moreover, the bio-inspired mini-drones can detect eventual pest onset at plant level that leads to a strong reduction of chemicals utilization and an improvement of the food quality. The realization of these mini-drones is a multidisciplinary challenge as it requires a cross-domain collaboration between biologists, entomologists and engineers with expertise in robotics, mechanics, aerodynamics, electronics, etc. Moreover a co-creation based collaboration will be established with all the stakeholders involved. With this approach we can integrate technical and social-economic aspects and facilitate the adoption of this new technology that will make the Dutch horticulture industry more resilient and sustainable.
Lipids, proteins and biological active compounds that are present in insects can serve as nutrient source for poultry production. Because of the potential benefit effects of using insects as feed additives, we must consider the effects of gut microbiome on the insect affects itself, and the expected effect on the microbiome of the broilers that consume these insects. This is specifically important in the situation where live insects are fed to poultry, without prior processing. In this proposal we describe to study whether larvae fed to broilers will affect their microbiome in a positive way for practical applications in poultry industry. Hence, a pilot proof-of-concept study will be carried out as basis for a follow-up proposal for a larger project in the future, that we also like to set-up within this project. In that follow-up proposal, focus will be on the effect of different substrates for insects, on the insect microbiome, to spike insects with specific bacteria and to track their microbiome dynamics over time, and the effect of these insects used as a feed additive on the broiler gut microbiome. This study will provide results on if live Black Soldier Fly larvae (BSFL) can affect the broiler gut microbiome in a positive way, and relevant outcomes will be exploited in a follow-up research proposal in which these effects will be unraveled in detail for adoption by the industry. The project is a collaboration between cooperative insect company RavenFeed and NGN Pro-active both with knowledge on BSFL rearing, Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) with knowledge on insect diseases and microbiome analysis, Schothorst Feed Research (SFR) highly experienced in poultry nutrition research and having unique poultry facilities, and Aeres University of Applied Sciences Dronten (AHD) with research facilities for BSFL rearing under experimental conditions.
Technologie draagt bij aan belangrijke kwaliteitsindicatoren binnen zorg en welzijn, zoals gepersonaliseerde zorg, langer thuis wonen, en bevordering van eigen regie en zelfstandigheid. Zorgorganisaties investeren in het gebruik van technologie en de COVID-19 pandemie heeft het (initiële) gebruik van technologie een boost gegeven. Toch is het gebruik van technologie nog onvoldoende onderdeel van het handelingsrepertoire van zorgprofessionals. En dit is hard nodig om de zorg toekomstbestendig te houden en het hoofd te kunnen bieden aan de groeiende zorgvraag en krapper wordende arbeidsmarkt. Er is bij zorg- en welzijnsorganisaties Ambiq, Aveleijn en Livio behoefte aan praktische handvatten om grip te krijgen op het complexe proces van technologie-implementatie, waarbij aandacht is voor de verschillende factoren waarop zorgprofessionals invloed hebben. De praktijkvraag vanuit drie praktijkorganisaties luidt: Hoe zorgen we ervoor dat zorgtechnologie een vanzelfsprekend onderdeel wordt van het dagelijks handelen van zorgprofessionals, zodat zij dit meenemen bij elke zorgvraag en behoefte van cliënten? Het NASSS framework en bijbehorende implementatiestrategieën bieden handvatten om recht te doen aan het complexe proces van implementatie van technologie in zorg en welzijn. Hierbij worden de NASSS-domeinen ‘conditie’, ‘technologie’, ‘adopter’ en ‘organisatie’ als uitgangspunt genomen in dit project. Door middel van actieonderzoek wordt onderzocht op welke manier zorgprofessionals kunnen worden ondersteund bij de implementatie van technologie in hun dagelijks handelen. Per organisatie wordt één zorgtechnologie geimplementeerd in minimaal 3 teams. Het implementatieproces volgt de volgende stappen: 1) analyse van het proces van technologie implementatie (WP1); 2) plan van aanpak t.a.v. implementatiestrategieën (WP2); 3) evaluatie van het implementatietraject binnen de drie organisaties. De geleerde lessen en opgedane kennis en eravring wordt gedeeld met het werkveld en onderwijs (WP4). Het project leidt tot inzicht in de resultaten en ervaringen van technologie implementatie en een praktisch en theoretisch gefundeerde werkwijze om technologie een structurele plek te geven in het werkproces van zorgprofessionals.
