Using Robots in Medical Informatics Education

Although robots have been used for quite some time in education on school and university level, we found no reports of robots being used in the teaching of medical informatics. Thus we present the timetable and structure of a one week, 2 ECTS blocked course for robots in medical informatics initiated in autumn 2022. 19 participants completed the first iteration. We report about the requirements in terms of an appropriate programming environment, the combination among robots and our medical informatics lab and the results of the student’s evaluation of the first instance as well as the experiences with the two types of robots used

The Ursinus Weekly, May 5, 1958

Queen, dances, play highlight of May Day • Meistersingers\u27 Spring tour proves successful • Band to present Spring concert May Day weekend • YM-YWCA retreat proves successful • Freshmen women elect soph rulers • Men\u27s student government assoc. elections held Wednesday, May 7 • Bellairs heads WSGA; T. Clair YMCA prexy • Goldsmith\u27s farce staged May 8, 9, 10 • Editorial: Conscience on campus • Road to war • Letters to the editor • Review of a 15 act comedy • UC netmen drop matches; F&M, Haverford victors • Women\u27s tennis teams win opening matches • LeCato takes 2nd in Middle States girls\u27 tennis • Bear cindermen drop four in row • Pancoast wins 100th as Ursinus coach, 5-0 • Delta Mu Sigma sweeps inter-fraternity track • April Library accessionshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1406/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, May 19, 1958

Haag prexy of men\u27s student government • Annual banquet held by Varsity Club Tues., May 13 • Seniors feted at annual banquet • Special editorial: Customs • Dr. Cooke speaks on mental difficulties of our children • Election results for officers are announced • Ottenberg speaks on the problems of skid rowers • Editorial: Leadership and service • Inner peace • Letters to the editor • To the hilt • Against me • Cindermen whip Washington squad; Lose to Dickinson • Tennis team picks up first two wins; Loses close tilt • Bears nine win two; Beaten by Wilkes, 3-2 • Drexel defeated by lacrosse team • West Chester wallops JV varsity softball teams • Tennis team routs strongest rival • Dr. Hugh Borton to speak at foreign traders dinner • Library accessionshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1408/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, May 19, 1958

Haag prexy of men\u27s student government • Annual banquet held by Varsity Club Tues., May 13 • Seniors feted at annual banquet • Special editorial: Customs • Dr. Cooke speaks on mental difficulties of our children • Election results for officers are announced • Ottenberg speaks on the problems of skid rowers • Editorial: Leadership and service • Inner peace • Letters to the editor • To the hilt • Against me • Cindermen whip Washington squad; Lose to Dickinson • Tennis team picks up first two wins; Loses close tilt • Bears nine win two; Beaten by Wilkes, 3-2 • Drexel defeated by lacrosse team • West Chester wallops JV varsity softball teams • Tennis team routs strongest rival • Dr. Hugh Borton to speak at foreign traders dinner • Library accessionshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1408/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, May 26, 1958

MSGA plans tentative 1958 customs program • Junior advisory committee named • Big-little sister committee asks for applicants • Many U.C. seniors accepted at post-grad schools • Last Y commission meetings are held to plan for next Fall semester • R.G. Dunlop to speak at June 9th graduation • Ursinus\u27 Rowe gets scholarship • Editorial: Customs • Letters to the editor • Are fraternities? • Cindermen whip Mules, Dutchmen; Take three meets • Netmen finish season; Defeat Elizabethtown, 6-3 • Bears win 10th game; Lose final tilt by 8-1 • Girls\u27 tennis team beats Penn; Finish undefeated • Beta Sigma Lambda beats Sigma Rho Lambda in 9th • New Library accessionshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1409/thumbnail.jp

The Arabidopsis Pep-PEPR system is induced by herbivore feeding and contributes to JA-mediated plant defence against herbivory

Dysfunction of the Pep-PEPR system and its interplay with JA signalling results in increased plant susceptibility towards herbivore attack indicating that endogenous signalling also contributes to herbivore defenc

Forum Report: Issues in the Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests, Use of Historical Controls, and Merits of the Current Multicenter Collaborative Groups

This forum report contains conclusions about 3 different issues relevant to conducting clinical trials in deep mycoses. (1) Trials of diagnostic tests for deep mycoses must define the population appropriate for testing and the clinical question being asked. The unanswered question for the serum Aspergillus galactomannan assay is whether knowledge of results can change use of empirical therapy to treat febrile patients at high risk of invasive aspergillosis. (2) Use of historical controls is suboptimal but offers a pragmatic solution for studying rare mycoses; use of contemporaneous controls, matched for critical variables and evaluated by a blinded data review committee using detailed criteria, appears optimal. (3) Established groups of independent investigators, such as the European Organization for Research on Treatment of Cancer's Invasive Fungal Infections Group and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases's Bacteriology and Mycology Study Group, provide a pool of experienced investigators, defined operating rules, impartiality, and specialized expertise. Considering the enormous investment required for adequately powered efficacy trials of antifungal agents and the importance of these trials to guide clinical practice, use of collaborative groups outweighs the extra administrative time that is sometimes require

Forum Report: Issues in the Design of Trials of Drugs for the Treatment of Invasive Aspergillosis

A recent trial of drugs for invasive aspergillosis was used as a background for discussing critical features in the design of antifungal trials. The study under discussion allowed stopping either drug without classifying the patient as having treatment failure, so the trial should be understood as a comparison of 2 treatment strategies, not just 2 drugs. Although the study was a noninferiority trial, the outcome permitted a claim of superiority. Use of the category of "probable” in addition to "proven” aspergillosis permitted inclusion of patients for whom the diagnosis was less certain but who were still early enough in the disease progression to respond to therapy. Different opinions still exist about some of the criteria for the diagnosis of "probable” aspergillosis. A blinded data review committee was helpful in evaluating efficacy in this unblinded trial but had limited value in assessing toxicity. An understanding of these features of design of antifungal drug trials is important in applying the results to clinical practic

Forum Report: Issues in Clinical Trials of Empirical Antifungal Therapy in Treating Febrile Neutropenic Patients

There is inferential evidence that some patients with prolonged neutropenia and fever not responding to antibacterial agents are at sufficient risk of deep mycoses to warrant empirical therapy, although superiority of an antifungal agent over placebo has not been conclusively demonstrated. Amphotericin B deoxycholate, liposomal amphotericin B, and intravenous itraconazole followed by oral itraconazole solution are licensed in the United States for this indication. Fluconazole and voriconazole have given favorable results in clinical trials of patients with low and high risk of deep mold infections, respectively. Design features that can profoundly influence outcome of empirical trials are (1) inclusion of low-risk patients, (2) failure to blind the study, (3) obscuration of antifungal effects by changing antibacterial antibiotics, (4) failure to balance both arms of the study in terms of patients with prior antifungal prophylaxis or with severe comorbidities, (5) the merging of end points evaluating safety with those of efficacy, and (6) choice of different criteria for resolution of feve