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In epidemiological studies of workers exposed to ionizing radiation, recognition of the limitations of available radiation dosimetry data is important to interpretation of a study's findings. This paper provides an investigation of external radiation dosimetry data for workers at the Hanford nuclear facility, focusing…

BACKGROUND: Individuals enrolled in a university program that will lead to a degree in history are considered preservice historians in the context of this study. Their goal is to become professional historians after graduating from the university. The purpose of this study was to determine whether cognitive behavioral…

The immunopathogenesis of KFDV is not well understood. The study's primary objective was to investigate the magnitude and dynamics of cytokine and cellular immune responses during the acute and convalescent phases of KFDV infection in humans. Additionally, the study aimed to identify potential biomarkers that could ind…

This study aimed to understand the association between the online experience of older adults, their socio-demographic background, and their perceptions regarding the influence of the new technologies on their interpersonal communication. Technology familiarity and grey digital divide approaches served as the study's th…

OBJECTIVES: Despite extensive studies about the direct effect of grandchild care on caregiver depression in China, understanding of its internal influencing mechanism has been limited. After controlling for socioeconomic factors, this study investigated whether the experience of caring for grandchildren had a long-term…

OBJECTIVE: The purposes of this study were to assess the current competencies and desired competency development of nurse educators and to examine differences in how they ranked their needs by participants' gender, age, educational qualification, and work experience. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study. Part…

BACKGROUND: Leadership has a vital role regarding quality of care in nursing homes. However, few studies have explored upper-level managers' views on how to assure that residents receive high quality of care. Therefore, this study's aim was to examine how managers of top-quality nursing homes define, develop and mainta…

Research over how suicide survivors approach services is limited.: This cross-sectional study explores the psychological state and perceived social support of Italian survivors, including those who have not sought for help, and investigates differences for gender or kinship with the departed.Rule-based system (RBS) ana…

The position of the cochlear-implant electrode is important to audiological outcomes after cochlear implantation. The common technique to evaluate the intracochlear electrode's position involves the use of ionized radiation in MSCT, DVT, or flat-panel tomography (FPT). Recent advances in knowledge regarding the handlin…

Working women need to juggle work, child care and family to continue to breastfeed. This qualitative study's aim was to explore women's experiences of returning to work following the birth of their baby. Focus groups were held with women within one multi-campus university, who had commenced breastfeeding at birth and h…

This study examined typologies of alcohol use among 2,948 White and African American adolescent girls using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Self-report data were collected on frequency and quantity of alcohol use, negative consequences, and high-risk drinking behaviors, as well as co-occ…

OBJECTIVE: To quantify the benefits of an enhanced advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) community pharmacy model compared to the traditional program by comparing basic and comprehensive pharmaceutical care provided by students and assessing preceptors' perceptions of the APPE. METHODS: A pilot study consisting…

Several studies have found that symptom patterns of cannabis-using schizophrenia patients differ from those of nonusers. However, these investigations have mostly included patients treated with typical neuroleptics (TN). Since differing symptoms could also result from a TN-cannabis combination and might not be due to c…

OBJECTIVE: Determining personal satisfaction as the main component of the quality of life of men and women aged 20 to 64 in Medellin during 2005. METHODS: This was a cross/sectional descriptive population study. Its primary source of information consisted of two samples (659 men and 683 women) representing 523,705 and…

PURPOSE: To examine the amount of support being provided by nurses to women during childbirth and factors that influence the provision of support. STUDY DESIGN: Exploratory, descriptive. METHODS: Work sampling method was used to determine the percentage of time nurses spend in supportive care activities. Twelve nurse…

Healthcare chaplaincy education in the United States lacks standardized curriculum guidelines, resulting in inconsistent training and preparation for clinical practice. This modified e-Delphi sought consensus on curriculum standards to address this gap. Nineteen experts-including chaplains, clinical pastoral educators,…

PURPOSE: To construct a custom cDNA microarray for comprehensive human retinal gene expression profiling and apply it to the identification of genes that are preferentially expressed in the retina. METHODS: A cDNA microarray was constructed based on the predicted human retina gene expression profile according to expre…

BACKGROUND: Postlicensure observational studies are the mainstay of vaccine safety evaluation. However, these studies have well-known methodological limitations, rendering them particularly vulnerable to unmeasured confounding. We sought to describe high-impact observational studies of vaccine safety, investigate the a…

OBJECTIVE: To systemically review published studies of vaginal bleeding and the risk of preterm birth (PTB) and explore sources of heterogeneity between them. METHODS: The literature was searched for peer-reviewed articles from 1980 to 2009 in which the primary analysis was the risk of PTB among low-risk subjects with…

10 studies comparing periodontal treatment modalities were re-examined to see if they had adequate power to detect true differences. Attachment level (AL) and pocket depth (PD) were the 2 variables assessed. A statistical test's power refers to its probability of detecting a significant sample difference in treatment m…