Using Virtual Reality During Chemotherapy to Support Emotional Regulation in Patients: Adding an Olfactory Reinforcement or Not?
Virtual Worlds,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
4(2), P. 16 - 16
Published: April 16, 2025
Introduction:
In
line
with
previous
research
conducted
during
chemotherapy
to
explore
whether
virtual
reality
(VR)
can
support
patients’
emotional
regulation,
this
study
examines
the
relevance
of
adding
olfactory
reinforcement
VR
sessions
breast
cancer
treatment.
Methods:
An
experimental
protocol
assessed
impact
sensoriality
in
50
patients
over
three
sessions.
Each
patient
experienced
a
10-min
immersion
natural
environment
under
randomized
conditions:
Contemplative
VR,
Participatory
reinforcement.
The
sense
presence
measured
immersion,
while
anxiety,
depression,
and
state
were
evaluated
using
within-subject
design
compare
effects
each
modality.
Results:
A
reduction
anxiety
depression
was
observed
regardless
type
experienced.
interactive
multimodal
nature
may
their
regulation.
Conclusions:
This
provides
preliminary
evidence
for
usefulness
enhancement
patients.
potential
contributes
by
inducing
positive
experience
soothing
environment.
reported
results
highlight
value
sensorimotor
which
also
stimulates
smell,
improving
supportive
care.
Language: Английский
Sentiment Analysis of Digital Banking Reviews Using Machine Learning and Large Language Models
Electronics,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
14(11), P. 2125 - 2125
Published: May 23, 2025
Sentiment
analysis,
in
the
context
of
digital
banking
reviews,
aims
to
assess
customer
satisfaction
and
support
service
enhancement.
Despite
increasing
attention
sentiment
analysis
across
domains,
Arabic
reviews
remain
underexplored.
To
bridge
this
gap,
we
introduce
a
dataset
4922
from
three
major
Saudi
banks
with
categories
positive,
negative,
or
conflict—providing
actionable
insights
for
banks.
We
evaluate
using
several
machine
learning
models
four
large
language
(LLMs)—GPT
3.5,
GPT
4,
Llama-3-8B-Instruct,
SILMA—using
zero-shot
(no
labeled
examples)
few-shot
(a
few
strategies.
Our
results
show
that
4
performs
best
among
LLMs
settings,
while
traditional
still
outperform
LLMs,
Voting
Classifier
achieving
90.24%
accuracy.
This
study
contributes
domain-specific
comparative
research
practical
improvements
services.
Language: Английский