| 1 | Are we ready for telemonitoring inflammatory bowel disease?A review of advances,enablers,and barriers显示文摘This review summarizes the evidence about telemonitoring in patients with inflammatory bowel disease(IBD). To give an overview of the advances performed, as well as the enablers and barriers which favoured/hindered telemonitoring implementation. We performed a literature search in Pub Med, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Cochrane Database, Web of Science and Conference Proceedings. Titles and abstracts published up to September 2022 were screened for a set of inclusion criteria: telemonitoring intervention, IBD as the main disease, and a primary study performed. Ninety-seven reports were selected for full review. Finally, 20 were included for data extraction and critical appraisal. Most studies used telemonitoring combined with tele-education, and programs evolved from home telemanagement systems towards web portals through m Health applications. Web systems demonstrated patients’ acceptance, improvement in quality of life, disease activity and knowledge, with a good cost-effectiveness profile in the short-term. Initially, telemonitoring was almost restricted to ulcerative colitis, but new patient reported outcome measures, home-based tests and mobile devices favoured its expansion to different patients’ categories. However, technological and knowledge advances led to legal, ethical, economical and logistic issues. Standardization of remote healthcare is necessary, to improve the interoperability of systems as well as to address liability concerns and users’ preferences. Telemonitoring IBD is well accepted and improves clinical outcomes at a lower cost in the short-term. Funders, policymakers, providers, and patients need to align their interests to overcome the emerging barriers for its full implementation. | Javier Del Hoyo Mónica Millán Alejandro Garrido-Marín Mariam Aguas | 2023 | World Journal of Gastroenterology2023,29,7: | 1 |
| 3 | Polarization conversion using customized subwavelength laser-induced periodic surface structures on stainless steel显示文摘Stainless steel is a basic raw material used in many industries.It can be customized by generating laser-induced periodic surface structure(LIPSS)as subwavelength gratings.Here,we present the capabilities of an LIPSS on stainless steel to modify the polarization state of the reflected radiation at the IR band.These structures have been modeled using the finite element method and fabricated by femtosecond laser processing.The Stokes parameters have been obtained experimentally and a model for the shape has been used to fit the simulated Stokes values to the experimental data.The birefringence of the LIPSS is analyzed to explain how they modify the polarization state of the incoming light.We find the geometry of the subwavelength grating that makes it work as an optical retarder that transforms a linearly polarized light into a circularly polarized wave.In addition,the geometrical parameters of the LIPSS are tuned to selectively absorb one of the components of the incoming light,becoming a linear axial polarizer.Appropriately selecting the geometrical parameters and orientation of the fabricated LIPSS makes it possible to obtain an arbitrary pure polarization state when illuminated by a pure linearly polarized state oriented at an azimuth of 45°.The overall reflectance of these transformations reaches values close to 60%with respect to the incident intensity,which is the same reflectivity obtained for non-nanostructured stainless steel flat surfaces. | MAHMOUD H.ELSHORBAGY LUIS MIGUEL SÁNCHEZ-BREA JERÓNIMO BUENCUERPO JESÚS DEL HOYO ÁNGELA SORIA-GARCÍA VERÓNICA PASTOR-VILLARRUBIA ALEJANDRO SAN-BLAS AINARA RODRÍGUEZ SANTIAGO MIGUEL OLAIZOLA JAVIER ALDA | 2022 | Photonics Research2022,10,9: | 0 |