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Recent studies on the physical interaction between humans have revealed their ability to read the partner's motion plan and use it to improve one's own control. Inspired by these results, we develop an intention assimilation controller (IAC) that enables a contact robot to estimate the human's virtual target from the i…

BACKGROUND: Multiple recent studies suggest a possible protective effect of the influenza vaccine against severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This effect has yet to be evaluated in surgical patients. This study utilizes a continuously updated federated electronic medical record (EMR) network (TriNetX,…

A randomized controlled trial was carried out to investigate effects of heightened mortality awareness on meaning in life and attitudes toward dying and death. An intervention group ( = 51) completed questionnaires and participated in interventions to increase mortality awareness; a control group (&#x2009…

This paper analyzes volatile substance misuse in Mexico since the 1980s. Data were collected from national household and school surveys, epidemiological surveillance systems, and studies among special populations. Volatile substance misuse begins at 12-14 years. Prevalence is approximately 1% in the general population,…

Cluster analysis modeling was used to identify distinct smoking taxonomies among 4,473 smokers from 29 secondary schools (2000-2001) in Ontario, Canada. Analyses revealed a two-cluster solution (4,349 [97.2%] situational smokers and 124 [2.8%] ubiquitous smokers). Different psychosocial characteristics influenced the s…

To review the state of research on the association between obesity among school-aged children and academic outcomes, the authors reviewed published studies investigating obesity, school performance, and rates of student absenteeism. A table with brief descriptions of each study's research methodology and outcomes is in…

OBJECTIVE: This report reviews narrative data from the ambivalent attachment subgroup of a larger attachment investigation, in order to probe beyond substantive results showing significant differences between secure and ambivalent attachment, with respect to hypothesized personality correlates. METHOD: Two readers cod…

This aim of this study was to conduct a systematic literature review on the association between maternal caffeine intake during pregnancy and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in childhood. The systematic multiple-stage literature search in PubMed, LILACS, BIREME, and PsycINFO was limited to research in h…

PURPOSE: This article systematically reviewed the biomechanical techniques to quantify tibial rotation, for an overview of how to choose a suitable technique for specific clinical application. METHODS: A systematic search was conducted and finally 110 articles were included in this study. The articles were categorized…

What are the chief information officers thinking? The 1997 Health-care Information and Management Systems Society/Hewlett Packard Leadership Survey gives us a glimpse. The study's results involving information technology present some ambitious plans.

Sixteen optometric tests were administered to 29 athletes prior to and following their running the 1974 26-mile B.A.A. Boston Marathon. The tests included amplitude of accommodation, near point of convergence, stereopsis, depth perception, near phorias, ACA, near ductions, peripheral fields, and suppression. It appears…

OBJECTIVE: To describe and evaluate the Breastfeeding Resource Nurse (BRN) role and program at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). DESIGN: The primary study was a multimethod study including a survey and key informant interviews to meet the study's objectives: to describe how the BRN implements his or her…

The ongoing challenge to clinicians is to make medical judgments that are suitable for patients as individuals with unique combinations of medical needs. The cancellation of the WHI study's estrogen/progestin arm leaves unanswered questions that will affect clinicians' medical decisions.

Research is critical for the continued development of ET nursing knowledge. Although ET nurses have an interest in research, some may lack understanding of basic terms used in quantitative research. This article is a research primer that focuses on basic information about the research process. Information is presented…

This study's aim was to discern the nursing organizational culture and job stress, induced by infection control nurses (ICNs)' working together, affects ICNs' turnover intentions. Job stress was the most significant factor affecting ICNs' turnover intention. To reduce ICNs' turnover intention, their task stress needs t…

To review the state of research on the association between physical activity among school-aged children and academic outcomes, the author reviewed published studies on this topic. A table includes brief descriptions of each study's research methodology and outcomes. A review of the research demonstrates that there may…

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to assess the association between the T950C polymorphism and osteoporosis in postmenopausal Chinese women to further reduce the influence of different genetic backgrounds by meta-analysis and subgroup analysis. METHODS: Through November 2022, a systematic online investigation was performed…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The current study's model, derived from The Developmental Model of Adaptation, investigated the associations of past influences, closeness to parents, and two assessments of current influences (religiosity and social support) on the wellbeing (depressive symptomatology and life satisfaction)…

Domestic stigmatisation serves as an umbrella term for acts of enacted or felt stigma experienced in a person's domestic environment. This article reports on the term which transpired from a narrative inquiry in 2011 with people living with HIV (PLWH) who reported humiliation or segregation, experienced or perceived, w…

OBJECTIVES: The frequency-following response (FFR) is gaining momentum to investigate central auditory processing in both audiological sciences and cognitive neuroscience. In previous research, FFRs have been most often elicited by the /da/ stimulus. Recently, we introduced the diphthong /oa/, particularly for infant s…