Lasater clinical judgment rubric in nursing education: a Turkish validity and reliability study.

Introduction: Gaining clinical judgment competence among student nurses is a significant outcome of nursing education. In this education process, an assessment tool based on observable behaviors is needed for evaluating students' clinical judgment skills.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Lasater Clinical Judgment Rubric, which assesses student nurses' stages of clinical judgment competency in simulation-based education.

Relationships Between Maternal Feeding Attitudes and Child Nutritional Problems.

Childhood nutrition is critical for development however maternal feeding attitudes may influence feeding practices and subsequent outcomes. This study aimed to evaluate mothers' attitudes toward their children's feeding process and its relationship with characteristics and children's nutritional problems. One hundred thirty-five mother-child couples who attended the Social Pediatrics Outpatient Clinic of a hospital participated in the study.

Splenomegaly and progressive neurologic involvement: Think about Niemann-Pick type C disease.

Background: Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) disease is a lysosomal storage disease with visceral organ involvement and neurological and psychiatric symptoms. This study presents the clinical and laboratory findings of NPC cases involving three novel variants.

Methods: The clinical and laboratory findings were reviewed retrospectively between February 2006 and December 2022.

A Taguchi Approach for Optimization of Antimicrobial Effect of Whey Protein Based Edible Film Fermented by .

, an antagonistic bacterium, was utilized to develop antimicrobial edible films based on whey protein concentrate. This study employed a Taguchi test (3 × 3) to evaluate the impact of temperature, pH, and protein concentration on film properties. Optimal growth of occurred at 6% (/) protein and pH 9.

Determination of selected oxysterol levels, oxidative stress, and macrophage activation indicators in children and adolescents with familial hypercholesterolemia.

Aim: Elevated levels of cholesterol in the bloodstream, also referred to as hypercholesterolemia, pose a significant risk for the onset of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Oxysterols, cholesterol-derived oxidized compounds that form enzymatically or non-enzymatically, contribute to the development of atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease. This study aimed to examine the critical oxysterol levels in children and adolescents with hypercholesterolemia and explore the correlation between these levels, oxidative stress, and atherosclerosis progression.