This study explores the relationship between task-oriented behaviors, self-efficacy, and leadership emergence in women STEM students, grounded in the context of prototypical leadership theory and self-efficacy theory. Prototypical leadership theory emphasizes the alignment of leadership behaviors with group expectations, which, in STEM fields, are often task-oriented. The research examines how task-oriented behaviors, such as planning, decision-making, and supervision, influence women's self-perception of leadership ability and their subsequent emergence as leaders.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlants have developed various strategies to deal with abiotic stresses throughout their lifetimes. However, environmental stresses can have long-lasting effects, positively modifying plant physiological responses to subsequent stress episodes, a phenomenon known as preconditioning or stress memory. Intriguingly, this memory can even be transmitted to offspring, referred to as "inter- or transgenerational memory".
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSince its foundation, the Hospital Emergency Public Assistance in Santiago, Chile, has been the national reference center for managing severe burn patients. In 2007, more than 6,000 hospital admissions for burns were registered in Chile due to the severity of the clinical condition. These patients must be treated in intensive care units.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is the leading cause of mortality among youth with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Guidelines for DKA prevention exist; however, specific guidance about when to check ketones and how to manage youth using insulin pumps and automated insulin delivery (AID) systems is lacking.
Methods: A 35-item online survey exploring clinical ketone management practices for youth with T1D in the USA was distributed to diabetes healthcare professionals (HCPs).