The Role of Hypnotherapy in Postoperative Cardiac Surgical Patients, A Scoping Review of Current Literature.

Hypnotherapy has been proposed as an emerging tool that can be implemented in management of different aspects of postoperative cardiac surgical care. This technique involves hypnotic induction to redirect focus and attention away from postsurgical pain. Emerging literature has shown that hypnosis significantly improves emotional distress immediately preceding surgical procedures and these effects have been demonstrated to extend into the postoperative period.

Aptamer binding assays and molecular interaction studies using fluorescence anisotropy - A review.

Binding of nucleic acid aptamers to specific targets and detection with fluorescence anisotropy (FA) or fluorescence polarization (FP) take advantage of the complementary features of aptamers and the fluorescence techniques. We review recent advances in affinity binding assays using aptamers and FA/FP, with an emphasis on studies of molecular interactions and identification of binding sites. Aptamers provide several benefits, including the ease of labelling fluorophores on specific sites, binding-induced changes in aptamer structures, hybridization of the aptamers to complementary sequences, changes in molecular volume upon binding of the aptamer to its target, and adsorption of aptamers onto nanomaterials.

Supporting Students in Recovery on College Campuses: Opportunities for Student Affairs Professionals.

Despite the significant attention that drugs and alcohol receive on college campuses, few resources and supports are available to students who are recovering from an addiction. Student affairs professionals are uniquely positioned to support these students with a variety of strategies. This article summarizes what is currently known about college students in recovery and ways that student affairs professionals can help build an infrastructure of formal and informal supports for this underserved and at-risk student population.

Multiline operation of a hybrid CO(2) laser.

Macroscopic control of the cavity length is required, in addition to the PZT control, to obtain uniform intensity output on several rotational lines from a hybrid CO(2) laser.

Aperiodic ruling for the measurement of Gaussian laser beam diameters.

The use of an aperiodic ruling for the measurement of Gaussian laser beam diameters has been analyzed. We show that aperiodic rulings can provide spot-size measurements over a much broader range than available with Ronchi, triangular, or sinusoidal rulings used previously.

Gaussian reflectivity mirror with an absorbing lens.

A simple method for the generation of a Gaussian reflectivity mirror by using an absorbing lens is reported. The efficiency of an unstable resonator using such a Gaussian mirror as the output coupler has been analyzed.