Distance learning and on job training from a messenger pigeon to implanted brain microchips interface and metaverse

Transportation and transferring data and information around the globe have remarkably developed and revolutionized! It is possible to transfer data and information in a small part of a second (milliseconds) or in a real time. This technology is not only written texts but expanded to include visual material, virtual reality, visual and sound interactions. Such a great development definitely has and will continue to have an impact on shaping the methods of distance learning. Distance learning is no longer luxury, it becomes the heart of the education process and career development. There are several needs and objectives for distance learning to flourish the distance learning, education, and training in the near future. The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the need to develop professional, efficient safe, secure, and reliable methods of distance education, learning, and telemedicine. These emerged technologies of communication and transferring information provoked several serious ethical considerations The developing and advancing distance learning and on job training and professional assessment should be based on ethics and values (Values-Based Medical Education). Telemedicine and telesurgery which have great advantages and benefits are facing serious ethical and practical challenges too, which is going to be discussed in this chapter. The great future challenges are not the materials to be transferred but the methods of transferring these materials. The ways of transferring information are greatly varied from internet, computer-based programs, mobile application, and possibly by stimulating certain neural cells through implanted microchips. The emerging metaverse as a virtual augmented reality which is going to create unlimited applications may advance the distance education and on job training beyond any imagination. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022. All rights reserved.

A peer says the government is "in deep shit,” and it couldn't be more real

Study after study in The BMJ and other major journals has indicated the effectiveness of this vaccine technology (doi:10.1136/bmj.o2865 doi:10.1136/bmj-2022-073070 doi:10.1136/bmj-2022-072065).567 Now, a new study in The BMJ shows that maternal mRNA covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy protects infants against SARS-CoV-2 infection and hospital admission (doi:10.1136/bmj-2022-074035).8 It is perfectly reasonable to hold an evidence informed view that mRNA vaccines are effective against SARS-CoV-2 and should be widely administered while demanding full disclosure of the safety data (doi:10.1136/bmj.o102).9 As this study of vaccination in pregnancy highlights, there are also other nuances that must be considered before research evidence becomes policy, such as timing of treatment (doi:10.1136/bmj.p241).10 Vaccine manufacturers' next goal is to develop mRNA vaccines to prevent cancer, one of the original ambitions for this breakthrough science (doi:10.1136/bmj.o3041).1 Research is already advanced, although a reasoned debate on the wider application of mRNA vaccines seems unlikely. The political or commercial control of public interest data is an undesirable endpoint worthy of Warneresque levels of plain speaking condemnation. 1 Baraniuk C. When will the world get cancer vaccines? BMJ 2023;380: o3041. 10.1136/bmj.o3041 36609365 2 McEvoy J. Microchips, magnets and shedding: here are 5 (debunked) covid vaccine conspiracy theories spreading online. Vaccine effectiveness of primary series and booster doses against covid-19 associated hospital admissions in the United States: living test negative design study.

Micro and Nanoscale Technologies for Diagnosis of Viral Infections.

Viral infection is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide. The growth of globalization significantly increases the risk of virus spreading, making it a global threat to future public health. In particular, the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak emphasizes the importance of devices and methods for rapid, sensitive, and cost-effective diagnosis of viral infections in the early stages by which their quick and global spread can be controlled. Micro and nanoscale technologies have attracted tremendous attention in recent years for a variety of medical and biological applications, especially in developing diagnostic platforms for rapid and accurate detection of viral diseases. This review addresses advances of microneedles, microchip-based integrated platforms, and nano- and microparticles for sampling, sample processing, enrichment, amplification, and detection of viral particles and antigens related to the diagnosis of viral diseases. Additionally, methods for the fabrication of microchip-based devices and commercially used devices are described. Finally, challenges and prospects on the development of micro and nanotechnologies for the early diagnosis of viral diseases are highlighted.