Translation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Chinese Version of the Gynecological Cancers Awareness Scale.

Objective: To translate the Gynecological Cancers Awareness Scale (GCAS) into Chinese and validate its reliability and validity in assessing awareness of gynecologic cancer prevention and treatment among women in China.

Design: Descriptive psychometric study.

Setting: People's Republic of China.

Efficacy of a WeChat-Based, Multidisciplinary, Full-Course Nutritional Management Program on the Nutritional Status of Patients With Ovarian Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: As the most malignant type of cancer in the female reproductive system, ovarian cancer (OC) has become the second leading cause of death among Chinese women. Chemotherapy is the main treatment for patients with OC, and its numerous adverse effects can easily lead to malnutrition. It is difficult to centrally manage patients with OC in the intervals between chemotherapy.

Intercalation of salicylaldoxime into layered double hydroxide: Ultrafast and highly selective uptake of uranium from different water systems via versatile binding modes.

We report the first example of MgAl layered double hydroxide intercalated with salicylaldoxime (SA-LDH) which exhibits excellent uranium (U(VI)) capture performance. In U(VI) aqueous solutions, the SA-LDH shows a tremendous maximum U(VI) sorption capacity (q) of 502 mg·g, surpassing most known sorbents. For the aqueous solution with an initial U(VI) concentration (C) of ∼ 10 ppm, ≥99.

Robust Six-Connected Self-Penetrating Net with Two-Fold Interpenetration for Trace SO Removal and UO Detection.

We reported in this work a new metal-organic framework, ECUT-177, showing a highly rare six-connected net with both self-penetrating and interpenetrating features. More interestingly, ECUT-177 also enables promising applications in both trace SO capture and luminescence sensing of uranyl.

[Development of Surgical Robots in Recent Years].

Objective: To study the development of surgical robots at home and abroad in recent years.

Methods: Through a large number of literature review and analysis, the qualification approval and technical function characteristics of domestic and foreign surgical robots from January 2019 to July 2022 were analyzed.

Results: The related situations of 39 surgical robots were analyzed and reported, and the shortcomings and future development direction of the current surgical robots were summarized.

Elucidating the spatial determinants of heavy metals pollution in different agricultural soils using geographically weighted regression.

Intensive human activities caused massive socio-economic and land-use changes that directly or indirectly resulted in excessive accumulation of heavy metals in agricultural soils. The goal of our study was to explore the spatial determinants of heavy metals pollution for agricultural soil environment in Sunan economic region of China. We applied geographically weighted regressions (GWR) to measure the spatially varying relationship as well as conducted principal component analysis (PCA) to incorporate multiple variables.

Layered double hydroxide intercalated with dimethylglyoxime for highly selective and ultrafast uptake of uranium from seawater.

In this study, we demonstrate the first example of a MgAl layered double hydroxide intercalated by a ketoxime compound (dimethylglyoxime, DMG), that is, MgAl-DMG-LDH (abbr. DMG-LDH), which exhibits excellent capture of uranium (U(VI)) both at high (ppm) and low (ppb) concentrations. The as-formed DMG-LDH shows an enormous maximum U(VI) sorption capacity (Um) of 380 mg g and an exceptionally rapid sorption rate ( = 2.

Application of an Optical Tracking System for Motor Skill Assessment in Laparoscopic Surgery.

Objective: Motion analysis of surgical instruments can be used to evaluate laparoscopic surgical skills, and this study assessed the validity of an optical tracking system for the assessment of laparoscopic surgical motor skills.

Methods: Ten experienced surgeons and ten novices were recruited to complete the transferring tasks on a laparoscopic simulator. An optical tracking system, Micron Tracker, was used to capture the marker points on each instrument and to obtain the coordinates of the marker points and the corresponding instrument tip coordinates.

Motion Measurement and Analysis of Different Instruments for Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery.

Objective: To objectively compare and analyze the range of motion of three types of instruments for single-incision laparoscopic surgery. . Ten experienced participants were recruited.

The confinement effect of layered double hydroxides on intercalated pyromellitic acidic anions and highly selective uranium extraction from simulated seawater.

Oxygen-rich pyromellitic acidic anions (PMA) have been intercalated into MgAl-layered double hydroxides to fabricate the MgAl-PMA-LDH (abbr. PMA-LDH) composite exhibiting excellent adsorption performance toward uranium (U(VI)). Benefiting from the large number of functional groups of -COO, the PMA-LDH displays an extremely large maximum U adsorption capacity (Um) of 352 mg g and an ultra-fast sorption rate, reaching uptakes of ∼97% within 30 min and >99% in 1 h at the initial U concentration (U0) of 113 ppm.

Diabetic foot ulcer risk assessment and prevention in patients with diabetes: a best practice implementation project.

Introduction And Aim: Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is one of the most serious complications in patients with diabetes. Early identification of risk factors can prevent its occurrence and delay its progression. The aim of this project is to conduct an audit of DFU risk assessment protocols at a large tertiary hospital and evaluate the impact of any changes in compliance with the developed evidence-based best practice criteria.

Clinical assessment and screening of stroke patients with aphasia: a best practice implementation project.

Introduction And Aims: As a critical form of stroke damage, aphasia negatively impacts stroke patients' return to society. Speech and language intervention has been found to assist in optimizing poststroke aphasia patient outcomes; consequently, early identification and diagnosis are vital for poststroke aphasia to ensure that patients receive the rehabilitation they require. This project aimed to promote evidence-based practice (EBP) in the assessment and screening of stroke patients with aphasia and to improve the clinical outcomes of patients who suffer from poststroke aphasia in a large tertiary hospital.

Mo S Intercalated Layered Double Hydroxide: Highly Selective Removal of Heavy Metals and Simultaneous Reduction of Ag Ions to Metallic Ag Ribbons.

We demonstrate a new material by intercalating Mo S into Mg/Al layered double hydroxide (abbr. Mo S -LDH), exhibiting excellent capture capability for toxic Hg and noble metal silver (Ag). The as-prepared Mo S -LDH displays ultra-high selectivity of Ag , Hg and Cu in the presence of various competitive ions, with the order of Ag >Hg >Cu >Pb ≥Co , Ni , Zn , Cd .

Patient empowerment and self-management behaviour of chronic disease patients: A moderated mediation model of self-efficacy and health locus of control.

Aims: To explore the role of self-efficacy (SE) in the effect of patient empowerment on self-management behaviours among patients with chronic illness and to investigate the moderating effect of three types of health locus of control (HLC) in this moderated mediation model.

Design: Cross-sectional design.

Methods: Data were collected in a general tertiary hospital, and a sample of 254 patients was recruited between August and October 2020.

Retracted: Anticancer Activity of Metformin, an Antidiabetic Drug, Against Ovarian Cancer Cells Involves Inhibition of Cysteine-Rich 61 (Cyr61)/Akt/Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Signaling Pathway.

An editorial decision has been made to retract this manuscript due to breach of publishing guidelines, following the identification of non-original and manipulated figures. Reference: Fengli Zhang, Huixiao Chen, Jing Du, Bin Wang, Lixiao Yang: Anticancer Activity of Metformin, an Antidiabetic Drug, Against Ovarian Cancer Cells Involves Inhibition of Cysteine-Rich 61 (Cyr61)/Akt/Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Signaling Pathway. Med Sci Monit 2018; 24: 6093-6101.

Highly efficient capture of uranium from seawater by layered double hydroxide composite with benzamidoxime.

Through swelling/restoration reaction, benzamidoxime (BAO) is introduced into MgAl-LDH interlayers to assemble a new composite of MgAl-BAO-LDH (abbr. BAO-LDH). Wet samples of the BAO-LDH obtained by washing with diverse solvents are present in colloidal state, which facilitates the fabrication of thin film adsorbents convenient for actual application.

Ethical considerations referred to in child health research published in leading nursing journals: 2015-2019.

Background: Child health research comprises complex ethical considerations. Understanding the extent to which the ethical process is reported in child health research is needed to improve reporting.

Aims: To identify reportage of ethical considerations in child health research in leading nursing and paediatric journals.

Statistical Reporting in Nursing Research: Addressing a Common Error in Reporting of p Values (p = .000).

Purpose: The confidence in a study will be reduced due to the incorrect representation of statistical results. However, it is unknown to what extent p values are incorrectly represented in published nursing journals. The study aims to evaluate the articles in 30 nursing journals in terms of the error in reporting of p values (p = .

Estimating daily evapotranspiration in the agricultural-pastoral ecotone in Northwest China: A comparative analysis of the Complementary Relationship, WRF-CLM4.0, and WRF-Noah methods.

Accurate estimation of evapotranspiration (ET) over regional scale is essential for ecohydrological research, agricultural production, and water resources management. However, few studies have been done to estimate regional ET in data lacking, highly heterogeneous arid areas such as the Agricultural-Pastoral Ecotone in Northwest China (APENC). In this study, we compared three actual ET-estimation methods driven by Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model in a semi-arid region.

Establishing the prognostic value of platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio in cervical cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: The aim of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis to establish the prognostic value of platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio in cervical cancer.

Methods: We conducted a search in Medline and Embase datasets for articles published until May 1, 2018 to perform a meta-analysis to establish the prognostic value of platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio in cervical cancer. The primary survival outcomes were overall survival and progression-free survival.

Hybrid Catalyst of a Metal-Organic Framework, Metal Nanoparticles, and Oxide That Enables Strong Steric Constraint and Metal-Support Interaction for the Highly Effective and Selective Hydrogenation of Cinnamaldehyde.

In this work, we designed a hybrid catalyst composed of a metal-organic framework (MOF), Pt nanoparticles (NPs), and ferric oxide, namely, Co-MOF-74@(Pt@FeO), which enables not only high turnover frequencies of up to 245.7 h but also ultrahigh 100% selectivity toward cinnamyl alcohol in the hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde under mild conditions. This excellent performance is attributed to the fact that such a hybrid catalyst enables not only strong steric constraint to provide the favored C═O adsorption of cinnamaldehyde but also strong metal-support interaction to lower the electron density of Pt NPs.

Anticancer Activity of Metformin, an Antidiabetic Drug, Against Ovarian Cancer Cells Involves Inhibition of Cysteine-Rich 61 (Cyr61)/Akt/Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Signaling Pathway.

BACKGROUND Ovarian cancer is considered one of the lethal cancers responsible for high mortality and morbidity across the world. The prognosis and the survival rate of ovarian cancer is far from decent. Cysteine-rich 61 (Cyr61) also known as CCN1, is a member of CCN-family of growth factors, reported to be significantly overexpressed in several malignancies which include, but are not limited to, ovarian cancer.

A panel of three oxidative stress-related genes predicts overall survival in ovarian cancer patients received platinum-based chemotherapy.

Ovarian cancer yields the highest mortality rate of all lethal gynecologic cancers, and the prognosis is unsatisfactory with the major obstacle in resistance to chemotherapy. The generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in tumor tissues was associated with chemotherapeutic effectiveness by mediating cellular longevity. In this study, we screened the prognostic values of oxidative stress-related genes in ovarian cancer patients received platinum-based chemotherapy, and conducted a prognostic gene signature composing of three genes, and .

Effect of combination of rapamycin and cisplatin on human cervical carcinoma Hela cells.

Aim Of The Study: To evaluate the effect of combined use of rapamycin and cisplatin against Hela cells in vitro.

Material And Methods: The inhibitory effects of rapamycin and cisplatin, used alone or combination, on the proliferation of Hela cell were measured with MTT assay and median-effect plot analysis.

Results: Combined use of rapamycin and cisplatin significantly improved the chemotherapeutic effect against Hela cells.