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Bone age is an essential index for assessing the growth trend of a child. Traditionally the assessment is performed with manual comparison of the left-hand radiograph with an image atlas by radiologists. This is a time-consuming process and inter-rater variability is inevitable. The project team had investigated the feasibility of deploying AI tool determine the bone age from digital radiographs. After feasibility studies, trial run, validation test and evaluation, the tool started to be used in Department of Radiology of Hong Kong Children's Hospital (HKCH) in 2021. The tool had further implemented in all Radiology departments of public hospitals in Hong Kong in 2023. Identify a potential product in the market and implement to clinical use after trial run and validation. The team had gone through processes to select appropriate product in the market by understanding the technical requirements and functionalities. By consulting hospital IT on information security, a system setup is formulated for a trial study. A validation test was also performed to verify the consistency of the analysed result. The project was implemented in HKCH in 2021 with positive response during the trial run. The project was further rolled out in other Hong Kong hospitals. A product in the market was evaluated for the feasibility for deploying in clinical workflow of Hong Kong public hospitals. The implementation was completed in 2023. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During Interventional Radiology (IR) procedures for paediatrics, multiple teams will be engaged in the IR suite to take care of the patient. Team members have to stay around the imaging equipment where the amount of scattered radiation varies at different location. By simulating common operative settings, the scatterd radiation profile is become visualised. Information is then available for formulating necessary radiation safety measures. Setup common paediatric IR procedure scenarios and measure the scattered radiation with phantoms and dosimeters. Simulate a dose profile for visualisation. Making use of Infant and Children Phantoms and Dose Measuring Detectors (RTI, Sweden), we simulate the common imaging scenarios for paediatric IR. Augmented reality (AR) system is a readily available program that can realistically simulate clinical environment. AR technology has been applied on the 3-D field of view of a real environment by overlapping radiation dose detected. This helps to project the scattered radiation profile in different clinical environment, which provides valuable information to radiographers to assess additional radiation risk to nearby healthcare staff or relatives of the patient. Making use of scintillation detectors and simulated clinical environment, several 3-D scattered radiation profiles are generated, this will help to improve the evaluation of radiation safety measures. Making use of emerging technology including AR, VR and mixed-reality Intervention, radiation scatter profile can now be shown in a 3-D approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article examines the development of Hong Kong comics after the mid-1990s focusing on the slim-volume, or bozhuang, format of comics publication in Hong Kong. It discusses developments that had negative impacts on local comics development such as failure to develop comics themes, entrance of Japanese comics into the Hong Kong market, and cultural ethics and society and changes in the comics industry. It analyzes the heavy use of text and detailed illustration style of Hong Kong comics.

Current research shows that emotional and behavioral problems (EBP) are amenable to social work support, notably through group work that promotes mutual aid. This kind of intervention has become increasingly crucial in maximizing the contribution of social work and minimizing its cost. Nevertheless, research on youth involvement in such groups remains scarce and the extant findings are mostly drawn from instances of mutual help among adults and older people. They do not give much insight into mutual aid among EBP youth, suggesting there is still a need for research on mutual aid groups among this population. In view of this need, the study reported in this paper examined factors that are conducive to the mutual aid and rehabilitation of young people with EBP in Hong Kong. Of particular concern were the relationships between EBP alleviation and the key factors of social work inputs, change-inducing group mechanisms, and mutual aid. To investigate these issues, the study employed survey data collected from 433 youth participants (aged 12-24) recruited from 60 mutual aid groups in secondary schools, community-based youth service centers, and residential homes located in different districts of Hong Kong. The results support the hypothesis that change-inducing group mechanisms and mutual aid affect EBP. Nonetheless, the results do not support the hypothesized negative relationship between social work inputs and EBP. The implications of the findings for further research and the promotion of mutual aid and rehabilitation among EBP youth are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Much research has been conducted into the poor life course outcomes among economically disadvantaged young people; however, little attempt has been made to examine the factors that help them gain autonomy and achieve a prosperous future. Given this consideration, the present study surveys low income youth in Hong Kong to investigate their paths of development. Of particular concern is the exploration of the ways in which two key factors, public assistance reception and social service use, interact to affect youth development in the areas of academic success, work achievement, behavioral adjustment, and overall accomplishment. The basic premise is that these two factors may have main effects and an interaction effect on the outcomes. To test this, the present study analyzed survey data collected from 405 low-income young people recruited from 13 secondary schools and 18 community-based youth-service centers in Hong Kong. The results support the hypothesis that public assistance reception and social service use work jointly in affecting youth development, although their individual effects differ. However, no support is found for the proposition that social service use moderates the effect of public assistance reception on youth development. The implications of the findings are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the ways in which service participation and hardiness interact to affect youth development in such areas as academic success, work achievement, mental health, behavioral adjustment and overall accomplishment. The basic premise is that these two factors may have main effects and an interaction effect on the outcomes. To test this, the present study employed survey data collected from 405 low-income young people recruited from 13 secondary schools and 18 community-based youth-service centers in Hong Kong. The results support the hypothesis that service participation and hardiness work jointly in affecting outcomes, although the individual effects differ across variables. On the other hand, no support is found for the possibility that hardiness might moderate the effect of service participation on the outcomes. Implications of the findings for further research and service provision are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the ways in which service experience and classroom experience, as principal components of a service-learning program, interact to affect student outcomes in such areas as personal development, respect for diversity, social commitment, and overall gain from the program. The basic premise is that these two service-learning components may have main effects and an interaction effect on the outcomes. To test this, the present study employed survey data collected from 74 university students participating in a service-learning program in Hong Kong. The results support the hypothesis that service experience and classroom reflection work jointly in affecting outcomes, although the individual effects differ across variables. Specifically, satisfaction with service experience and classroom reflection are found to be the strongest predictors of the service-learning outcomes. On the other hand, no support is found for the possibility that classroom reflection might moderate the effect of service experience on the outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]