Development and Psychometric Testing of the Croatian Version of the Job Satisfaction Scale in Hospital Nurses.

Background And Purpose: The aim of the study was to develop and psychometrically test a Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS) that measures attitudes toward job satisfaction among hospital nurses in Croatia.

Methods: A cross-sectional design was applied with 584 nurses.

Results: A seven-factor model of the measure was confirmed relative χ2 = 2.

Discovery of metabolomics biomarkers for early detection of nephrotoxicity.

Drug-induced nephrotoxicity is a major concern, since many pharmacological compounds are filtered through the kidneys for excretion into urine. To discover biochemical biomarkers useful for early identification of nephrotoxicity, metabolomic experiments were performed on Sprague-Dawley Crl:CD (SD) rats treated with the nephrotoxins gentamicin, cisplatin, or tobramycin. Using a combination of gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS), a global, nontargeted metabolomics analysis was performed on urine and kidney samples collected after one, five, and twenty-eight dosing days.

Localisation and seasonal positions of wireworms in soils.

Dominance of dangerous Agriotes species was detected with pheromone traps in the Transdanubian region of Hungary in the examined period. The trapped species showed the following rates: A. lineatus 71%, A.

Talampanel improves the functional deficit after transient focal cerebral ischemia in rats. A 30-day follow up study.

The neuroprotective effect of talampanel, a negative allosteric modulator of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-methyl-4-isoxazolyl-propionic acid (AMPA) receptors has been described previously. However, in these studies the histological changes and not the functional consequences of the brain damage were evaluated. The aim of present investigation was to analyze the sensorimotor function after stroke and to test the influence of talampanel (GYKI-53773, LY-300164) by 30-day monitoring in rats.

Effectiveness of balneotherapy in chronic low back pain -- a randomized single-blind controlled follow-up study.

Objective: Balneotherapy, a domain of medical science, focuses on utilizing the beneficial effects of medicinal waters. Low back pain is among the most prevalent musculoskeletal disorders affecting a large proportion of the population during their lifetime. Although small in number, all controlled studies published on this subject have demonstrated the benefits of balneotherapy.