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{"title":"Publisher's Comment.","authors":"Gary W Schnitz","doi":"10.5210/jbc.v43i1.9958","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5210/jbc.v43i1.9958","url":null,"abstract":"This Publisher's Comment provides an overview of the content for issue 43-1 of the Journal of Biocommunication. This publication represents our first issue of 2019, and it is our sixth issue designed for our new mixed publishing format.Journal Management Board for the JBC","PeriodicalId":75049,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of biocommunication","volume":"43 1","pages":"e1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/e7/f4/jbc-43-1-e1.PMC9140293.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40699688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"JBC Gallery: 2018 AMI Salon.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Gallery for this issue of the JBC features the extraordinary imagery from the Association of Medical Illustrators' 2018 annual meeting Salon. The illustration, animation, and interactive media featured in the JBC Gallery were exhibited at the AMI annual meeting held in Newton, Massachusetts.</p>","PeriodicalId":75049,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of biocommunication","volume":"43 1","pages":"e7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9138549/pdf/jbc-43-1-e7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40699685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Developing a Virtual Lab to Teach Essential Biology Laboratory Techniques.","authors":"Mao Miyamoto,&nbsp;Deborah M Milkowski,&nbsp;Christine D Young,&nbsp;Leah A Lebowicz","doi":"10.5210/jbc.v43i1.9959","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5210/jbc.v43i1.9959","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Laboratory classes have consistently played a crucial role in science education for many years. Common to all labs is the need to understand essential lab techniques. Students often lack this foundational understanding, and this can lead to poor performance or confidence (Gallagher et al. 2008) Virtual labs have been found to be effective in promoting active learning and increasing performance (Lewis 2014 ). In this project, a virtual lab for preparing a phosphate-buffered saline solution (PBS) was created to educate undergraduate biology students on essential laboratory techniques. The virtual lab included animations and interactive elements to visually communicate each step Content experts provided input on the accuracy of the scientific content throughout development. Focus group testing with biology teaching assistants (TAs) at the University of Illinois at Chicago was conducted to assess the potential effectiveness of the virtual lab.</p>","PeriodicalId":75049,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of biocommunication","volume":"43 1","pages":"e5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/b8/f4/jbc-43-1-e5.PMC9138736.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40699686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"2018 AMI Lifetime Achievement Award.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This JBC Showcase features the award winning medical illustration of William Andrews. Bill was the 2018 recipient of the Association of Medical Illustrators' Lifetime Achievement Award. His award was presented at the Awards Ceremony during the AMI's annual meeting held in Newton, Massachusetts.</p>","PeriodicalId":75049,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of biocommunication","volume":"43 1","pages":"e6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9138707/pdf/jbc-43-1-e6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40699687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"25 Years Ago in the <i>JBPA/JBP</i>.","authors":"Thomas St John Merrill","doi":"10.5210/jbc.v43i1.9957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5210/jbc.v43i1.9957","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75049,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of biocommunication","volume":"43 1","pages":"e2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/38/c7/jbc-43-1-e2.PMC9140318.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40699689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Usability Guidelines for an Online Image Database.","authors":"Ruth Chang,&nbsp;Donald F Bliss,&nbsp;Anne R Altemus","doi":"10.5210/jbc.v43i1.7874","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5210/jbc.v43i1.7874","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There are currently no existing guidelines for optimizing user experience in online image databases. Here we use established usability design principles to develop a set of 50 recommendations for improving database organization, navigability, and search functionality. We conduct a resource audit of commercial and non-profit image galleries and evaluate them upon our criteria. Our findings are summarized within a basic wireframe to be used as reference for prospective image databases in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":75049,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of biocommunication","volume":"43 1","pages":"e4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/4b/72/jbc-43-1-e4.PMC9166281.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40699684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Medical Photography: Practices of Graduate Students at Makerere University.","authors":"Apollo Peter Bamusonighe,&nbsp;Gerald Tumusiime,&nbsp;Paul Lukiza,&nbsp;Joseph Ochieng","doi":"10.5210/jbc.v43i1.9484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5210/jbc.v43i1.9484","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Medical photography is a specialized genre of photography concerned with taking photographs beneficial to medical practice. This study aimed at delineating trends in medical photography practices among graduate students at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. Data suggest most graduate students first encounter medical photographs in their classes (68.1%), although some had taken their own medical photographs (13.5%), primarily using their mobile phone (81.6%). However, the majority of the photographs (66%) were taken by their colleagues.</p>","PeriodicalId":75049,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of biocommunication","volume":"43 1","pages":"e3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/5e/7d/jbc-43-1-e3.PMC9140260.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40699683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Creating an Interactive Aid to Mediate Obesity Diagnoses and Management","authors":"Shariwa Oke, Kristin Mount, K. Varady, Samantha Bond","doi":"10.5210/jbc.v43i2.10279","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5210/jbc.v43i2.10279","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this research was to design an application using iterative design and usability testing to convey nutrition, exercise, and obesity information to a patient with obesity. The study consisted of three phases: the research phase (Pre-phase), prototype phase (Phase 1), and application phase (Phase 2). In the pre-phase, group discussions were held with four experts, where they discussed the desired functionality of the proposed application. Their suggestions were incorporated into a paper prototype that was developed for iterative design testing in Phase 1. Experts first answered questions about their patients and then were given tasks to complete using the prototype. In Phase 2, the application was developed in the Unity 2D gaming engine. User feedback from Phase 1 testing was considered for Phase 2 design and functionality choices. Test subjects were given either the mobile application or a handout with the identical written content. All subjects were given a pre-test, including questions about comfort level with their health care provider and knowledge of exercise and nutrition, before they were given either the application or the handout. A post-test was given after subjects had interacted with their materials for one week. Qualitative data from prototyping and iterative design testing is a valuable tool for improving future health and wellness applications.","PeriodicalId":75049,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of biocommunication","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77938307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"You Can't Hide Behind a Line - 1989 AMI Presidential Address.","authors":"Robert J Demarest","doi":"10.5210/jbc.v42i2.9578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5210/jbc.v42i2.9578","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There are fundamental truths with which we must not lose touch. We need to articulate them on occasions. So, I will be talking about fundamental things today. You need not agree with all that I say. You may argue with my definitions. You may want to substitute, or add, retract, or even object to some of my thoughts. But think about them you must. For what I will be talking about is the very fiber and substance of our field. - Robert J. Demarest.</p>","PeriodicalId":75049,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of biocommunication","volume":"42 2","pages":"e21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/9a/33/jbc-42-2-e21.PMC9139146.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40487719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring Animation Styles to Communicate the Effects of Exercise on Gut Microbiota","authors":"Veronica Zoeckler, Christine D. Young, Karen Bucher, Jarrad Hampton-Marcell, Kevin Brennan","doi":"10.5210/jbc.v42i2.9560","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5210/jbc.v42i2.9560","url":null,"abstract":"This study of learning principle-designed scientific animation sought to determine whether animation is an effective teaching tool and what components of animation fulfill that role. It is known that there is a lack of animations that concretely support research-based learning principles. There are qualitative studies describing how different visual styles of animation may affect learning. These studies have provided the visual preferences and opinions of certain audiences. However, there are much fewer quantitative studies that objectively test whether differences in visual style produce different learning outcomes. The limited amount of scientific papers demonstrating how animation design effects comprehension leads to a concern that most scientific animations are crafted according to creator preferences and rely on instinct rather than evidence-based practices. This study analyzed the effects of one component of scientific animation, realism, to quantitatively assess the effects of visual realism on learning and to quantitatively gather viewer preferences and opinions on this subject. One animation was designed using cognitive principles and artistic standards. It was rendered into three distinct visual styles with progressive increase in level of detail: schematic, semi-realistic, realistic. Participants were randomly assigned a level of detail, assessed on the animation material, and given samples of the styles to comment on. There was a positive improvement in test scores before and after viewing one of the three animation styles. The greatest improvement in test scores was seen among participants with low prior knowledge who were shown the simplest visual style (schematic). The vast majority of participants preferred the most detailed version. About ten percent of participants claimed to see \"no difference\" among the three visual styles when asked to choose a preferred rendering. From these results it was concluded that an animation can effectively fulfill learning design even with simplified visuals. Simplified 3D animations can be specifically beneficial to beginners. This study benefitted from user preference input even though the preferred visual style (realistic) was not linked to a significantly better improvement in scores. The results emphasize the need to integrate learning principles in scientific animation design.","PeriodicalId":75049,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of biocommunication","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87993557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}