Impact of satisfaction and motivation on occupational stress in operating room nursing: a pilot study.

Objective: To evaluate how job satisfaction and motivation impact the perception of occupational stress among operating room nursing professionals.

Methods: This observational cross-sectional study was conducted at a major federal university hospital in Northeast Brazil, with data collection occurring in May and June of 2023.

Results: Among the 92 respondents, which included nurses (35; 38.

Efficacy and Safety of Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy in Advanced Vulvar Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Scoping Review.

Introduction: Vulvar squamous cell carcinoma (VSCC) is a rare gynecological tumor with limited treatment options for advanced stages. Current chemotherapy, adapted from cervical cancer protocols, often results in poor outcomes. This scoping review evaluates the efficacy and safety of immunotherapy and targeted therapies in advanced VSCC.

Variation in wood density across South American tropical forests.

Wood density is a critical control on tree biomass, so poor understanding of its spatial variation can lead to large and systematic errors in forest biomass estimates and carbon maps. The need to understand how and why wood density varies is especially critical in tropical America where forests have exceptional species diversity and spatial turnover in composition. As tree identity and forest composition are challenging to estimate remotely, ground surveys are essential to know the wood density of trees, whether measured directly or inferred from their identity.

Non-invasive derivation of instantaneous free-wave ratio from invasive coronary angiography using a new deep learning artificial intelligence model and comparison with human operators' performance.

Invasive coronary physiology is underused and carries risks/costs. Artificial Intelligence (AI) might enable non-invasive physiology from invasive coronary angiography (CAG), possibly outperforming humans, but has seldom been explored, especially for instantaneous wave-free Ratio (iFR). We aimed to develop binary iFR lesion classification AI models and compare them with human performance.

SmART-TBI: A fully remote protocol for a randomized placebo-controlled double-blinded clinical trial for a dietary supplement to improve sleep in Veterans.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with chronic sleep disturbances and cognitive impairment, with limited effective therapeutic strategies. Our previous work showed dietary supplementation with branched chain amino acids (BCAAs; isoleucine, leucine, valine), the primary substrate for glutamate/GABA synthesis in the CNS, restored normal sleep-wake patterns and improved cognitive function in rodents. Our recent pilot work in humans showed preliminary feasibility/acceptability and limited efficacy for BCAAs to improve sleep in Veterans with TBI.