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Ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) is an uncommonly encountered pathology, posing a challenge for resident training. We describe the development and face validation of a robotic pyeloplasty simulation using a 3D-printed silicone-based model of UPJO for surgical training, in combination with crowdsourced scoring to objectively assess performance and learning outcomes. The organs were created using 3D modeling software and printed using a silicone-based material by Lazarus 3D, LLC. They were secured in a laparoscopic box trainer and the robotic system was docked. Eight residents and three faculty each performed two robotic-assisted right dismembered pyeloplasties on separate occaisions. Face validity was evaluated on a 5-point Likert scale. Crowd-Sourced Assessment of Technical Skills (C-SATS Inc.) scored surgical performance using the Global Evaluative Assessment of Robotic Skills (GEARS) criteria, based on video review of each simulation. All participants completed the simulation twice with fully patent anastomoses. Average time to complete the first and second trials was 44.4 min and 43.2 min, respectively. The average GEARS score was 17.1 and 17.6 for the first and second trials respectively. Participants improved on average in all 5 GEARS categories, with significant improvement in depth perception (p = 0.006). The model received mean scores (out of 5) of 4.36 for aesthetics, 4.18 for overall feel, 3.55 for realism, 4.72 for usability, and 4.72 for suturability. Residents had a significant increase in confidence between initial and final surveys on a 5-point Likert Scale 1.63 vs. 2.38 (p = 0.03). Using 3D-printed silicone-based models, participants completed robotic-assisted dismembered pyeloplasties for training and skill acquisition. We demonstrated face validity of the simulation, which was also found to improve participant speed and significantly improve resident confidence. Crowdsourced assessment demonstrated significant improvement in depth perception.We provide here a brief Tribute to Christiaan Sybesma (1928-2018), a highly respected biophysicist of our time. We remember him by giving a brief highlight of his life and a glimpse of his outstanding contributions in photosynthesis. He was a charming and highly respected scientist of our time.Biomechanical forces may play a key role in saphenous vein graft (SVG) disease after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Computed tomography angiography (CTA) of 430 post-CABG patients were evaluated and 15 patients were identified with both stenosed and healthy SVGs for paired analysis. The stenosis was virtually removed, and detailed 3D models were reconstructed to perform patient-specific computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulations. Models were processed to compute anatomic parameters, and hemodynamic parameters such as local and vessel-averaged wall shear stress (WSS), normalized WSS (WSS*), low shear area (LSA), oscillatory shear index (OSI), and flow rate. WSS* was significantly lower in pre-diseased SVG segments compared to corresponding control segments without disease (1.22 vs. 1.73, p = 0.012) and the area under the ROC curve was 0.71. No differences were observed in vessel-averaged anatomic or hemodynamic parameters between pre-stenosed and control whole SVGs. There are currently no clinically available tools to predict SVG failure post-CABG. CFD modeling has the potential to identify high-risk CABG patients who may benefit from more aggressive medical therapy and closer surveillance. Graphical Abstract.PURPOSE To study weight loss, comorbidity remission, complications, and nutritional deficits after duodenal switch (DS) and single-anastomosis DS with sleeve gastrectomy (SADI-S). MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospective review of patients submitted to DS or SADI-S for morbid obesity in a single university hospital. RESULTS Four hundred forty patients underwent DS (n = 259) or SADI-S (n = 181). Mean preoperative body mass index (BMI) was 50.8 ± 6.4Kg/m2. Mean follow-up was 56.1 ± 37.2 months for DS and 27.2 ± 18.9 months for SADI-S. Global mean excess weight loss was 77.4% at 2 years similar for SADI-S and DS, and 72.1% at 10 years after DS. Although early complications were similar in SADI-S and DS (13.3% vs. 18.9%, p = n.s.), long-term complications and vitamin and micronutrient deficiencies were superior after DS. Rate of comorbidities remission was 85.2% for diabetes, 63.9% for hypertension, 77.6% for dyslipidemia, and 82.1% for sleep apnea, with no differences between both techniques. GSK3787 In patients with initial BMI > 55 kg/m2 (n = 91), DS achieved higher percentage of BMI  55 kg/m2, DS obtained better BMI control at 2 years and better diabetes remission, but more long-term complications and supplementation needs.This study explores how peer advising affects student project teams' discussions of engineering ethics. Peer ethics advisors from non-engineering disciplines are expected to provide diverse perspectives and to help engineering student teams engage and sustain ethics discussions. To investigate how peer advising helps engineering student teams' ethics discussions, three student teams in different peer advising conditions were closely observed without any advisor, with a single volunteer advisor, and with an advising team working on the ethics advising project. Micro-scale discourse analysis based on cognitive ethnography was conducted to find each team's cultural model of understanding of engineering ethics. Cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT) analysis was also conducted to see what influenced each team's cultural model. In cultural model, the engineering team with an ethics advising team showed broader understanding in social implications of engineering. The results of CHAT analysis indicated that differences in rules, community, and division of labor among three teams influenced the teams' cultural models. The CHAT analysis also indicated that the peer advisors working on the ethics advising project and the engineering team working on engineering design project created a collaborative environment. The findings indicated that collaborative environment supported peer ethics advising to facilitate team discussions of engineering ethics.
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