Perceptions of nurses on the scope of culturally competent care in critical care: A qualitative study.

Background: The cultural competence of nurses is crucial in providing nursing care for patients from different cultures. The absence of cultural competence can negatively impact the entire course of care; however, implementing cultural competence in critical care unit can be complicated.

Aim: This study aimed to determine nurses' perceptions regarding cultural competence in critical care units.

Impact of Selected Geriatric Syndromes on the Quality of Life in the Population Aged 60 and Older.

Geriatric syndromes represent a critical domain in the population more than 60 years old. Basic syndromes include frailty, sarcopenia, loss of body mass, and a mild cognitive disorder. These are significant problems which can affect the quality of life.

Use of Standardized and Non-Standardized Tools for Measuring the Risk of Falls and Independence in Clinical Practice.

(1) Background: The use of standardized tools is regarded as the basis for an evidence-based assessment. The tools enable monitoring of complex events and the effectiveness of adopted interventions. Some healthcare facilities use standardized tools such as the Morse Fall Scale, but many use non-standardized tools created based on patient needs.

Genetic characterization of nodular worm infections in Asian Apes.

Parasitic nematodes of Oesophagostomum spp., commonly known, as 'nodular worms' are emerging as the most widely distributed and prevalent zoonotic nematodes. Oesophagostomum infections are well documented in African non-human primates; however, the taxonomy, distribution and transmission of Oesophagostomum in Asian non-human primates are not adequately studied.

Optimised method for determination hypoglycine A in maple plant material by multidimensional gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.

In 2018, more than 50 cases of horse death by equine atypical myopathy (AM) were reported in the Czech Republic. This disease is often associated with the toxin hypoglycine A (HGA), which is found in several maple plant materials. To monitor this toxin in products of these trees that grow in or around horse pastures, a rapid and inexpensive analytical method that can provide the required accuracy is needed.

Comprehensive analysis of oat avenanthramides using hybrid quadrupole-Orbitrap mass spectrometry: Possible detection of new compounds.

Rationale: Avenanthramides (AVNs) are constituents unique to oats and have many outstanding health benefits. AVNs are antioxidants and possess anti-inflammatory, antifungal and antibacterial activity. The number of known AVNs increased recently because of the latest developments in high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry (HRMS/MS) techniques.

Insights into the molecular systematics of Trichuris infecting captive primates based on mitochondrial DNA analysis.

Nematodes belonging to the Trichuris genus are prevalent soil-transmitted helminths with a worldwide distribution in mammals, while humans are mainly affected in areas with insufficient sanitation such as in Africa, Asia and South America. Traditionally, whipworms infecting primates are referred to Trichuris trichiura, but recent molecular and morphological evidence suggests that more than one species may be able to infect humans and non-human primates. Here, we analyzed the genetic diversity and phylogeny of Trichuris infecting five different non-human primate species kept in captivity using sequencing of three mitochondrial genes (cox1, rrnL and cob).

Fur color change and hormonal development in captive females of northern white-cheeked (Nomascus leucogenys) and buff-cheeked (Nomascus gabriellae) gibbons.

Gibbons of the genus Nomascus exhibit strong sexual dichromatism in fur color. Change of fur color in sub-adult wild Nomascus females is associated with the onset of puberty and the time of their dispersal. The variability in fur change may be influenced by social factors.

Sphingolipidomics of Thermotolerant Yeasts.

Mass spectrometry-based shotgun lipidomics was applied to the analysis of sphingolipids of 11 yeast strains belonging to four genera, that is Cryptococcus, Saccharomyces, Schizosaccharomyces, and Wickerhamomyces. The analysis yielded comprehensive results on both qualitative and quantitative representation of complex sphingolipids of three classes-phosphoinositol ceramide (PtdInsCer), mannosyl inositol phosphoceramide (MInsPCer), and mannosyl diinositol phosphoceramide (M(InsP) Cer). In total, nearly 150 molecular species of complex sphingolipids were identified.

Fatting parameters after duck egg exposure to γ-radiation.

In our experiment, we deal with the phenomenon of radiation hormesis and improvements based on this phenomenon to different growing characteristics of the fast-growing, very feed-efficient, and with a high-yielding carcass hybrid of the Peking duck (Cherry Valley SM3 medium). In the first phase of the project, we exposed hatching duck eggs to low and middle doses of gamma radiation 60Co (0.06-2.

Resveratrol suppresses ethanol stress in winery and bottom brewery yeast by affecting superoxide dismutase, lipid peroxidation and fatty acid profile.

Mid-exponential cultures of two traditional biotechnological yeast species, winery Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the less ethanol tolerant bottom-fermenting brewery Saccharomyces pastorianus, were exposed to different concentrations of added ethanol (3, 5 and 8%) The degree of ethanol-induced cell stress was assessed by measuring the cellular activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), level of lipid peroxidation products, changes in cell lipid content and fatty acid profile. The resveratrol as an antioxidant was found to decrease the ethanol-induced rise of SOD activity and suppress the ethanol-induced decrease in cell lipids. A lower resveratrol concentration (0.

EyeTribe Tracker Data Accuracy Evaluation and Its Interconnection with Hypothesis Software for Cartographic Purposes.

The mixed research design is a progressive methodological discourse that combines the advantages of quantitative and qualitative methods. Its possibilities of application are, however, dependent on the efficiency with which the particular research techniques are used and combined. The aim of the paper is to introduce the possible combination of Hypothesis with EyeTribe tracker.

Blood parasites in northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) with an emphasis to Leucocytozoon toddi.

Haemosporidians and trypanosomes of the northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) population in the Czech Republic were studied by morphological and molecular methods. Despite the wide distribution of these medium-large birds of prey, virtually nothing is known about their blood parasites. During a 5-year period, altogether 88 nestlings and 15 adults were screened for haemosporidians and trypanosomes by microscopic examination of blood smears and by nested PCR.

Molecular phylogeny of anoplocephalid tapeworms (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) infecting humans and non-human primates.

Anoplocephalid tapeworms of the genus Bertiella Stiles and Hassall, 1902 and Anoplocephala Blanchard, 1848, found in the Asian, African and American non-human primates are presumed to sporadic ape-to-man transmissions. Variable nuclear (5.8S-ITS2; 28S rRNA) and mitochondrial genes (cox1; nad1) of isolates of anoplocephalids originating from different primates (Callicebus oenanthe, Gorilla beringei, Gorilla gorilla, Pan troglodytes and Pongo abelii) and humans from various regions (South America, Africa, South-East Asia) were sequenced.

A new biological test of water toxicity-yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae conductometric test.

This new biological test of water toxicity is based on monitoring of specific conductivity changes of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae suspension as a result of yeast fermentation activity inhibition in toxic conditions. The test was verified on ten substances with various mechanisms of toxic effect and the results were compared with two standard toxicity tests based on Daphnia magna mobility inhibition (EN ISO 6341) and Vibrio fischeri bioluminescence inhibition (EN ISO 11348-2) and with the results of the S. cerevisiae lethal test (Rumlova and Dolezalova, 2012).

A new biological test utilising the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the rapid detection of toxic substances in water.

This study evaluates the toxic effects of five substances (atropine, fenitrothion, potassium cyanide, mercuric chloride and lead nitrate) on the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It describes a new biological toxicity test based on inhibition of S. cerevisiae viability and compares it with two standard toxicity tests based on Daphnia magna mobility inhibition (EN ISO 6341) and Vibrio fischeri bioluminiscence inhibition (EN ISO 11348-2).

[Our two-year experience with the bevacizumab (Avastin) treatment of the age related macular degeneration wet form].

Aim: To evaluate the results of the intravitreal Avastin injection treatment in patients with the wet form of the age related macular degeneration and to point out some problems of this treatment.

Material And Methods: The study group consisted of 71 eyes of 71 patients; the follow up period was 6-24 months, on average, 18.5 months.

[Possibilities and limitations of the surgery of the eye's posterior segment under the outpatient conditions].

The goal of this article was to analyze possibilities of the vitreoretinal surgery under the outpatient conditions and to set its limitations. During the period January 1st-September 30th, 2004, there were performed 95 operations of 78 eyes in 77 patients. Number of men and women was practically equal; the age ranged 17-86 years (average 62.

[Macular translocation--first experience].

The age related macular degeneration (ARMD) is the most common cause of the central visual acuity loss in persons of age more than 60 years in the well developed countries. Rotation of the macula is nowadays a progressive method of choice of treatment of the exsudative form of ARMD. The aim of this surgical technique is to relocate the neuroretinal epithelium of the central region of the retina to a position situated outside the border of the subfoveolar lesion.

[Is it possible to sucessfully treat severe penetrating injuries?].

The number of serious devastating eye injuries caused by violent crimes or transport accidents is growing. The patients are mostly young men and the preserving of the eye, especially its function is often difficult. From June 2000 to March 2003, 4 eyes of 3 men (aged 16-23 years) with extraordinary serious devastating penetrating injuries were treated in the Department of Ophthalmology in Pilsen.

[Penetrating intraocular injuries caused by foreign bodies of organic origin] ].

Objective: To demonstrate two eyes of two patients with a penetrating injury by an organic intraocular foreign body (CNT), to outline the course of treatment and to evaluate anatomical and functional results.

Material And Methods: During the period between May and July 1999 the authors treated at their department an 11-year-old girl and a 17-year old boy with a penetrating CNT injury of organic origin. In the girl they extracted a CNT which pierced the sclera and protruded into the vitreous body.

[Stickler's syndrome (dystrophia vitreoretinalis hereditaria). Results of surgery for retinal detachment].

Objective: Stickler's syndrome (SS) is an autosomal dominant hereditary disease of the collagenous connective tissue where impaired development of the vitreous body gel and peripheral retina and detachment of the retina are associated with general manifestations. The objective of the retrospective study was to evaluate the long-term results of surgery of retinal detachment in SS.

Patients: The group of patients comprised 7 patients, 6 men and 1 woman aged 4 to 45 years, average age 16.

[Removal of the juxtafoveal neovascular membrane in age-related macular degeneration].

Surgical extraction of the submascular neovascular membrane (SNM) is one of the new indications for surgery of the macula. The functional results after surgical extraction of the SNM depend on the state of the submascular pigmented epithelium and neuroepithelium which is, last not least, conditioned by the etiology of SNM. The majority of SNM in age-related macular degenerations has a poor prognosis, These SNM are as a rule nourished from several vascular sources and markedly destroy the pigmented epithelium because they penetrate beneath and above it.

[Vitrectomy and autologous thrombocyte concentrate in the treatment of idiopathic macular holes].

Objective: To evaluate the results of surgery of idiopathic macular holes (IMH) using or not using autologous thrombocyte concentrates (ATC).

Method: Fifty eyes with IMH, stage 2-4, were divided into two groups. Group 1 comprised 27 eyes with an average persistence of complaints of 12 months where pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and tamponade with 16% C3F8 were combined with the use of ATC.