Publications by authors named "B Dias"

Aim: To analyse the relationship between authentic nursing leadership and safety climates across hospital settings during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Authentic nursing leadership shapes the safety climate by fostering positive perceptions of workplace policies, processes, procedures and practices that influence how safety is prioritised and addressed within an organisation.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

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Inadequate sleep is a common problem among those receiving palliative care services, yet there is limited knowledge regarding nonpharmacological sleep interventions among staff. An educational online program was developed to address this deficit. This study assessed the extent of knowledge acquired following the online educational sleep program and determined the feasibility of using this intervention with palliative care professionals.

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Objective: to analyze the use profile and content of the messages posted in the Community of Practice for Nursing in the Region of the Americas of the Pan American Health Organization as a tool intended to share experiences, knowledge and opportunities for nurses.

Methods: a descriptive and qualitative study aimed at analyzing the messages posted in the Community of Practice forums. The data were analyzed by content analysis.

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Humic substances associated with cattle manure can enhance and reduce the costs of organic fertilization. In this sense, the objective was to evaluate the application of humic substances in association with cattle manure on soil fertility, growth and root nutrition in pepper plants. The experimental design used was randomized blocks, arranged in a factorial scheme with 4 doses of cattle manure (8, 18, 28 and 38 Mg ha-1), 3 doses of humic substances (0, 8 and 12 kg ha-1), with 4 replicates.

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Bats comprise one of the most diverse and abundant groups of mammals in the world and host a significant viral diversity with zoonotic potential. Bat adenoviruses (bat AdVs), members of the family Adenoviridae, have been detected in several bat species, suggesting that bats are natural reservoirs. Here, faeces and rectal/anal-swabs were collected from 321 bats of an urban Atlantic Forest remnant from Rio de Janeiro, during 2019-2022, and screened for bat AdV nucleic acid with PCR.

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