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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To describe the challenges encountered in the recruitment and retention of a sample of older adolescent and young adult female survivors of childhood cancer for a longitudinal study testing a targeted psychosocial intervention aimed at enhancing hope. DATA SOURCES: Published literature on construct…

Thespecies is an emerging pathogen causing chronic bacterial infections in patients with certain conditions, such as cystic fibrosis (CF), hematologic and solid organ malignancies, renal failure, and certain immune deficiencies. In the present study, we assessed thebactericidal activities of eravacycline, either alone…

This study aims to explore the collective grief manifested on the first anniversary of the earthquake that occurred in Türkiye on February 6, 2023, through the analysis of 10,000 posts on platform X. Designed with qualitative methodology, thematic analysis was conducted, revealing two main themes: "collective grie…

The Short Communication "In vitro & in silico study of hypoglycemic potential of Pterocarpus marsupium heartwood extract" published in Natural Product Research is praised for its depth of inquiry and exploration of hypoglycemic and antioxidant properties. However, there are areas for refinement, such as clearer definit…

This study's aim was to develop and test the psychometric properties of the Attitude toward Professional Autonomy Scale for Nurses in Japan. In Study 1, the initial (26-item) version of the scale was pilot tested on 454 Japanese nurses; item analysis and exploratory factor analysis were performed. In Study 2, the revis…

Limited research has attempted to identify and understand the personality characteristics of female consumers of Internet child pornography (ICP). In the current study, female respondents (N = 162) from the Seigfried et al. study were analyzed to determine if personality characteristics differed between female users (n…

Controversy exists as to the cognitive, emotional and behavioral consequences of lack of insight for persons with schizophrenia. This study tested a mediation model of the relations between insight into mental illness, hope, and the aspects of quality of life of persons with schizophrenia. According to this model, insi…

This study shows that the difference in appearance between two types of computer generated real time visual information namely, cursor and trace feedback, becomes visible in the execution of aimed stylus movements. Movement execution was scrutinized by division into four relevant subsequent constituents on the basis of…

Mildly mentally retarded young adults were exposed to one of three training arrangements for vigilance performance, a monitoring task that some professionals consider uniquely appropriate for such persons because they are assumed to be less susceptible to boredom. Evidence indicated that accuracy generally declines ove…

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to identify the levels of comfort-care provided by trans-arterial chemoembolisation (TACE) nurses and examine the discriminant factors thereof. METHODS: Nurses (n = 146) with experience in caring for TACE patients, participated in this study. The data were collected usin…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to map vulnerability of Asian countries to the COVID-19 pandemic. METHOD: According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007 framework for natural hazards, vulnerability is a function of exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity. From an extensive litera…

RATIONALE: Kava (Piper methysticum) elicits dose-dependent psychotropic effects and thus may potentially deleteriously affect cognitive performance. Clinical trials have assessed the effects of kava on cognition, however, to our knowledge no systematic review has been conducted in this area. OBJECTIVE: To systematical…

BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is a major public health problem in Latin America and the Caribbean (LA&C), showing some of the highest incidence and mortality rates worldwide. Information on HPV type distribution in high-grade cervical lesions (HSIL) and invasive cervical cancer (ICC) is crucial to predict the future impa…

BACKGROUND: Choosing how to answer a research question requires an understanding of philosophical and theoretical assumptions and how these inform a study's methodology and methods. This can be a challenge for all researchers, but for novice researchers, such as doctoral candidates, this can feel like an overwhelming t…

The endocrine system is responsible for secreting and controlling hormones crucial in regulating key body activities. However, endocrine disruptors or endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) can harm human health and well-being by interfering with this complex process. This report seeks to assess the present state of und…

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer (BC) has been known as the most common type of cancer worldwide and resulted in death among women. BC is usually resistant to standard therapies that are significant problems in managing BC patients. miR-200c belongs to the miRNA family, which is considered as a tumor suppressor with reduced e…

PURPOSE: This study's goal was to determine the pathophysiology of the retinopathy that occurs in patients with metastatic cutaneous melanoma and sudden onset of night blindness, the so-called melanoma-associated retinopathy (MAR) syndrome. We tested the hypothesis that sera from two MAR patients contained autoantibodi…

OBJECTIVES: The gut is a complex environment inhabited by a wide range of bacterial species. Lactobacillus species constitute a significant proportion of this environment and, due to their mobile genetic elements such as plasmids and transposons, are more likely to acquire and transfer antibiotic resistance genes throu…

This paper employs systematic literature network analysis, including a literature review and bibliometric network analysis, to explore the COVID-19 and air pollution literature. A total of 1208 relevant documents from the Scopus database were analyzed using VOSviewer and SciMAT to examine author, keyword, and country i…

Why does social entrepreneurship tend to live so shortly? A range of studies tried to answer this question, although very few delved into the "inner layer" (psychological status) to unveil how social entrepreneurs decide to quit. Accordingly, focusing on prosocial motivation of social entrepreneurs and its impact on th…