Evaluating the feasibility and preliminary effects of an online compassion training program for nursing students: A pilot randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the feasibility of an online compassion training program for nursing students and preliminarily investigate its effects on mindfulness, self-compassion, and stress reduction.

Methods: This study employed a randomized controlled trial design. Second-year students from a nursing college in Guangzhou, China, were recruited as research participants in August 2023.

Acute Sophora alkaloid poisoning in Hong Kong.

Sophora alkaloids, including matrine, oxymatrine, and sophoridine, are quinolizidines found in plants used in traditional Chinese medicine such as Sophora flavescens and Sophora tonkinensis. Reports on acute Sophora alkaloid poisoning in humans outside of mainland China are lacking. This study aimed to characterize the clinical presentations, management, and outcomes of acute poisoning involving Sophora alkaloids in Hong Kong.

Formative evaluation of a mobile chat-based intervention (ChatEx) for promoting exercise behaviour in older cancer survivors.

Purpose: To conduct a formative evaluation of ChatEx to increase and maintain exercise among older cancer survivors.

Methods: ChatEx is a blended intervention involving 12 weeks of theory-based instant messages and two in-person training sessions. This pilot study comprises three phases: (1)intervention development: developing a message library reviewed by experts; (2)message library pretesting: exploring the views of older cancer survivors toward the message library and making modifications (n = 20); and (3)intervention pilot testing: piloting the ChatEx using a non-randomized quasi-experimental design using quantitative and qualitative methods among cancer survivors aged 65+ who do not meet current exercise guidelines and have completed treatment (n = 40).

Development and pilot testing of a theory-driven and evidence-based advance care planning training programme for nurses in acute care settings.

Purpose: To develop and pilot-test a novel training programme for nurses in acute care settings to improve their decision-making support skills, knowledge, attitudes, and confidence in conducting advance care planning (ACP).

Methods: A single-group repeated measures design was employed. This study was conducted in two phases.

A General Pd-Catalyzed C2-H Arylation of Benzoxazoles with Highly Sterically Congested Aryl Chlorides Enabled by a Fittingly Tuned Ligand.

The benzoxazole core, featuring a sterically congested 2,6-disubstituted aryl fragment at the C2 position, exhibits exclusive three-dimensional structures that are essential for particular applications in material science and pharmaceutical development. Despite their importance, the synthesis of these compounds has posed challenges with an efficient preparation strategy still lacking. In this study, we introduced a new indolylphosphine ligand, , specifically designed to facilitate the C2-H arylation of benzoxazoles with sterically hindered aryl chlorides in general.