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Student nurses often embark on their professional careers with a lack of the knowledge and confidence necessary to navigate them successfully. An ongoing process of career planning and development (CPD) is integral to developing career resilience, one key attribute that may enable nurses to respond to and influence the…

OBJECTIVE: The present study explored the relation between professional self-efficacy and the attitudes of dentists toward discussing Internet dental health information with their patients. METHODS: Fifty-seven dentists answered a questionnaire examining professional self-efficacy and attitudes toward patients wishing…

Basic sperm analysis is limited as a method of estimating pregnancy. This study’s objective was use of microarray technology to differentiate the gene expressions of spermatozoa that achieved pregnancy in an intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)cycle in an oocyte donation programme with those that did not achi…

PURPOSE: The study's aim was to compare cancer patients' and family caregivers' perceptions of symptom distress in patients receiving chemotherapy in Turkey. METHOD: The study used a cross-sectional design. A convenience sample of 80 dyads, composed of cancer patients and their caregivers, completed the Rotterdam Symp…

In Austria and Switzerland, nursing diagnoses in psychiatric nursing have been used increasingly over the last few years. To date, few empirical studies on the clinical use of nursing diagnoses in psychiatric nursing have been conducted. The purpose of this study was to examine the frequency and content of documented n…

Presented is a report of a panel discussion held as part of the ISA 2006 Sankyo Forum titled "A Trilogy of Primary Prevention Statin Trials--The Impact of These Landmark Studies on Clinical Practice," Rome, Italy, June 2006. The themes of the panel discussion were the design features of three trials, WOSCOPS, AFCAPS/Te…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the analgesic and anti-inflammatory value of sodium Naproxen in the treatment of otitis. DESIGN: A prospective study. There were interventions, but no controls. There was not a random distribution of the sample. SITE. Outpatient clinics in a Santander hospital. PATIENTS AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS: Pa…

BACKGROUND: Preschoolers are at an increased risk of experiencing abuse, especially from caregivers. Early child abuse has adverse continuances on children's short and long-term development. The majority of previous studies were conducted in the 1990s in the United States, focusing primarily on sexual abuse. Despite th…

BACKGROUND: Postoperative shoes are commonly used after forefoot surgery. This study's aim was to demonstrate that reducing rigid-soled shoe time to 3 weeks neither compromises functional outcomes nor does it produce complications. METHODS: Prospective cohort study: 6 weeks versus 3 weeks of rigid postoperative shoe (…

PURPOSE: Randomized comparative mixed method approach with qualitative inquiry study's aim sought to determine if there was a difference in pre/post-intervention State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) scores and postanesthesia pain scores between two music listening groups of laparoscopic radical prostatectomy patients.…

Glyoxal (GO) is a reactive dicarbonyl derived endogenously from sugars and other metabolic reactions within cells. Numerous exogenous sources of this compound include tobacco smoking, air pollution, and food processing. GO is toxic to cells mainly due to its high levels and reactivity towards proteins, lipids, and nucl…

The contemporary context of population aging, itsthe population's different health and disease characteristics, and the growing incorporation of technologies by healthcare systems have highlighted the need to adjust the healthcare structure as a whole. The defense of a democratic and sustainable system reveals the impo…

This paper reviews the scientific basis for trials exploring the relation between sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in Mwanza in the United Republic of Tanzania and Rakai and Masaka in the Republic of Uganda. The importance of a study's location and explanations for t…

In the article "Comparison of rhythm and rate control medications for new-onset atrial fibrillation in septic patients: MIMIC-IV database analysis", Weng et al. used ICD-9/ICD-10 codes to define sepsis. However, we suggest that using the Sepsis-3.0 criteria, which incorporates SOFA scoring and infection evidence, would…

The study's aim was not only to use quality improvement system techniques to improve patient care specifically for bleeding but also to track other adverse outcomes. Key drivers were identified and mapped to interventions, namely venous thromboembolism prophylaxis, root cause analysis, indications conference, and opera…

In a randomized trial and accompanying cost-effectiveness analysis, conducted in people with suspected urothelial carcinoma of the bladder, Heer at al.in this issue ofcompare transurethral resection aided by intravesical installation of a photosensitizer with the same procedure guided by standard white light. The study…

In this issue, Gao and colleagues (J Virol 96:e00167-22, https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00167-22) dissect innate immune signaling in a microglial cell line infected with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV). This virus has been designated a priority pathogen by the World Health Organization due to its…

Sensorimotor alpha suppression is present both during the observation and execution of actions, and is a commonly used tool to investigate neural mirroring in infancy. Köster et al. (2020) used this measure to investigate infants' motor cortex activation during the observation of action demonstrations and its…

The exploratory study's aim was to examine how art therapists perceive the role of the art medium in the treatment of bereaved clients. Eight Israeli art therapists reflected on this topic through drawings and interviews. Qualitative analysis identified three major roles, specifically art as: (1) a space for the client…

This article documents the evolution of qualitative psychotherapy research over the past 3 decades. Clients' and therapists' accounts of their experiences in psychotherapy provide a window into the psychotherapy relationship and its mechanisms of change. A sizable body of literature has been generated that uses qualita…