Perceived academic anxiety and procrastination among emergency nursing students: the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation.

Aim: Explore the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies used by nursing students between academic anxiety and procrastination.

Design: A descriptive correlational design was used.

Setting: This study was carried out in the faculty of nursing at the University of Alexandria.

Knowledge, attitude, and practice of Egyptian medical students towards healthcare workers' recommended vaccines: a nationwide cross-sectional survey.

Background: Vaccination of healthcare workers (HCWs) is pivotal in decreasing the incidence of contagious infections in hospital settings. In this study, we assessed the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding HCWs' recommended vaccines among medical students and interns in Egypt.

Methods: A multicenter, cross-sectional study was conducted using a structured, pilot-tested, and self-administered questionnaire among Egyptian medical students and interns.

Extent of cardiac damage and hospitalization burden in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

Background: Cardiac damage has gained increasing attention as a valid prognostic marker of mortality after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). However, studies investigating the possible association between cardiac damage and hospitalization burden in TAVR patients are lacking.

Aims: This study aimed to investigate the impact of baseline cardiac damage on the hospitalization burden before, during, and after TAVR in an all-comers population.

The Utilization of Animals as Models for Human Autopsies in Medical Education, Supported by Peer-Assisted Tutoring.

Background: Human autopsy is widely used to investigate and confirm the causes of death. Commonly reported cases involve the cardiovascular and cerebral systems. However, human autopsy practices have been restricted due to ethical and religious implications in many countries.

Diabetes mellitus in transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a propensity matched analysis.

Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) affects a third of patients with symptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). DM is a well-known risk factor for cardiac surgery, but its prognostic impact in TAVI patients remains controversial. This study aimed to evaluate outcomes in diabetic patients undergoing TAVI.

Outcomes in Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation.

The use of valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation (ViV-TAVI) is increasing, but studies evaluating clinical outcomes in these patients are scarce. Also, there are limited data to guide the choice of valve type in ViV-TAVI. Therefore, this CENTER-study evaluated clinical outcomes in patients with ViV-TAVI compared to patients with native valve TAVI (NV-TAVI).

Balloon-Expandable versus Self-Expandable Valves in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Complications and Outcomes from a Large International Patient Cohort.

Background: Both balloon-expandable (BE) and self-expandable (SE) valves for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) are broadly used in clinical practice. However, adequately powered randomized controlled trials comparing these two valve designs are lacking.

Methods: The CENTER-study included 12,381 patients undergoing transfemoral TAVI.

Micropollutant transformation and taxonomic composition in hybrid MBBR - A comparison of carrier-attached biofilm and suspended sludge.

The suspended sludge and carrier-attached biofilms of three different hybrid moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) systems were investigated with respect to their transformation potential for a broad range of micropollutants (MPs) as well as their microbial community composition. For this purpose, laboratory-scale batch experiments were conducted with the separated suspended sludge and the carrier-attached biofilm of every system in triplicate. For all batches the removal of 31 MPs as well as the composition of the microbial community were analyzed.

Suture- or Plug-Based Large-Bore Arteriotomy Closure: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objectives: This study sought to test the superiority in terms of efficacy and safety of a dedicated plug-based vascular closure device (VCD) during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) over a suture-based VCD.

Background: Vascular complications after TAVR are relevant and often associated with VCD failure.

Methods: The MASH (MANTA vs.

Dislodged Coronary Artery Stent Retrieved With an Endovascular Snare.

Advances in stent design and technology have made stent loss during percutaneous coronary intervention rare. When stent loss occurs, the risk of life-threatening procedural complications is high. We describe the use of an endovascular snare system to retrieve a dislodged stent from the proximal right coronary artery of a 54-year-old man during percutaneous coronary intervention after other conventional retrieval techniques had failed.

A unified framework for simultaneous assessment of accuracy, between-, and within-reader variability of image segmentations.

Medical imaging is utilized in a wide range of clinical applications. To enable a detailed quantitative analysis, medical images must often be segmented to label (delineate) structures of interest; for example, a tumor. Frequently, manual segmentation is utilized in clinical practice (e.

Biotransformation of organic micropollutants by anaerobic sludge enzymes.

Biotransformation of organic micropollutants (OMPs) in wastewater treatment plants ultimately depends on the enzymatic activities developed in each biological process. However, few research efforts have been made to clarify and identify the role of enzymes on the removal of OMPs, which is an essential knowledge to determine the biotransformation potential of treatment technologies. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the enzymatic transformation of 35 OMPs under anaerobic conditions, which have been even less studied than aerobic systems.

Mon2 predicts poor outcome in ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

Aims: There are limited data on the role of human monocyte subsets in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The study aimed to establish the relationship between monocyte subsets, their phagocytic and nuclear factor κB (NFκB) activity and outcomes in STEMI.

Methods: Monocyte subsets and their phagocytic activity and intracellular levels of inhibitory κB kinase β (IKKβ, marker of NFκB activity) were measured by flow cytometry in 245 patients with STEMI, median follow-up of 46 months.

Insights into the variability of microbial community composition and micropollutant degradation in diverse biological wastewater treatment systems.

The biological potential of conventional wastewater treatment plants to remove micropollutants mainly depends on process conditions and the predominant microbial community. To explore this dependence and to connect the occurrence of genera with operating conditions, five pilot-scale reactors with different process conditions were combined into two reactor cascades and fed with the effluent of the primary clarifier of a municipal WWTP. All reactors and the WWTP were analyzed for the removal of 33 micropollutants by LC-MS/MS and the presence of the microbial community using 16S rRNA gene sequencing.

Anaerobic biodegradation of (emerging) organic contaminants in the aquatic environment.

Although strictly anaerobic conditions prevail in several environmental compartments, up to now, biodegradation studies with emerging organic contaminants (EOCs), such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products, have mainly focused on aerobic conditions. One of the reasons probably is the assumption that the aerobic degradation is more energetically favorable than degradation under strictly anaerobic conditions. Certain aerobically recalcitrant contaminants, however, are biodegraded under strictly anaerobic conditions and little is known about the organisms and enzymatic processes involved in their degradation.

Exploring the Parents' Attitudes and Perceptions About School Breakfast to Understand Why Participation Is Low in a Rural Midwest State.

Objective: To explore parental attitudes and perceptions about the school breakfast program in a state with low school breakfast participation.

Design: A cross-sectional study design that used an online survey completed by parents supplemented with district data from a state department of education. The survey included quantitative and qualitative components.

Estimating the Probability of Traditional Copying, Conditional on Answer-Copying Statistics.

Statistics for detecting copying on multiple-choice tests produce values measuring the probability of a value at least as large as that observed, under the null hypothesis of no copying. The posterior probability of copying is arguably more relevant than the value, but cannot be derived from Bayes' theorem unless the population probability of copying and probability distribution of the answer-copying statistic under copying are known. In this article, the authors develop an estimator for the posterior probability of copying that is based on estimable quantities and can be used with any answer-copying statistic.

Micropollutant degradation via extracted native enzymes from activated sludge.

A procedure was developed to assess the biodegradation of micropollutants in cell-free lysates produced from activated sludge of a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). This proof-of-principle provides the basis for further investigations of micropollutant biodegradation via native enzymes in a solution of reduced complexity, facilitating downstream protein analysis. Differently produced lysates, containing a variety of native enzymes, showed significant enzymatic activities of acid phosphatase, β-galactosidase and β-glucuronidase in conventional colorimetric enzyme assays, whereas heat-deactivated controls did not.

Monocytes in coronary artery disease and atherosclerosis: where are we now?

Despite improvements in interventional and pharmacological therapy of atherosclerotic disease, it is still the leading cause of death in the developed world. Hence, there is a need for further development of effective therapeutic approaches. This requires better understanding of the molecular mechanisms and pathophysiology of the disease.

The effects of exercise and diurnal variation on monocyte subsets and monocyte-platelet aggregates.

Background: Monocytes are important mediators in the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease, but only scarce data are available on biological and methodological factors affecting their levels.

Design: Three monocyte subsets, CD14(++) CD16(-) CCR2+ (Mon1), CD14(++) CD16(+) CCR2(+) (Mon2), CD14(+) CD16(+) CCR2(-) (Mon3), and monocyte-platelet aggregates (MPAs) were analysed by flow cytometry. The effects of treadmill exercise were assessed on 12 healthy volunteers.