Evaluation of occupational stress and job performance in Iranian nurses: the mediating effect of moral and emotional intelligence.

Background: Nurses' Job performance could be affected by occupational stress. Previous studies reported contradictory results in this regard. Factors such as moral and emotional intelligence could impact occupational stress.

Fully dilutable Thymus vulgaris essential oil:acetic or propionic acid microemulsions are potent fruit disinfecting solutions.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of acetic (AA) or propionic (PA) acid as a cosurfactant on the microemulsion (ME) characteristics of Thymus vulgaris essential oil (TVO). The results showed that addition of propylene glycol to TVO/AA or PA:T80/water MEs gave dilutable systems with particles ~59 nm in diameter. Plain TVO showed the highest antimicrobial activity against E.