More Than a Game: Heparin Run as a Learning Strategy.

This article describes an interactive heparin drip learning exercise for nurse residents using concepts similar to "The Amazing Race." The goal of the exercise was to strengthen critical thinking related to heparin drip setup and maintenance in the acute care setting. The game consisted of a start line and five pit stops to solve a puzzle, perform a skill, perform a medication calculation, perform an intervention, and complete a short quiz.

Transition Metal Complexes Containing Selenium Ligands for Catalytic Reduction, Oxidation, and Hydrofunctionalization Reactions.

Transition metal-mediated catalytic reduction, oxidation, and hydrofunctionalization reactions are important organic reactions and are considered highly atom-economical. Owing to their unique properties, selenium ligated several transition metals-based complexes have been reported for several catalytic applications. This review presents the synthesis of various selenium-supported transition metal complexes and their catalytic applications in reduction, oxidation, N-alkylation of amines, and hydrofunctionalization reactions.

Green hydrothermal approach for the synthesis of carbon quantum dots from waste tea bags for acrylamide detection in drinking water: A fluorescence assay validated by HPLC-PDA analysis.

The study focused on converting tea bag waste into strong fluorescence carbon quantum dots (TBW-CQDs) for the detection of acrylamide in drinking water, antimicrobial activity, and photocatalytic degradation. The TBW-CQDs exhibited blue luminescence and maximum absorbance at 287 nm under UV light and distinctive fluorescence emission and excitation wavelengths at 425 nm and 287 nm, respectively. TBW-CQDs revealed a particle size of 8.

Functionalization of polymeric nanomicelles and mixed nanomicelles for targeted retinal delivery in the management of retinoblastoma.

The current research discusses polymer conjugation, formulation development, and evaluation of sorafenib-loaded polymeric nanomicelles of conjugated soluplus (solu-tin) and polymeric mixed nanomicelles of conjugated soluplus (solu-tin) with conjugated poloxamer 188 (polo-tin) for site-specific posterior segment delivery to the retina in managing retinoblastoma. Firstly, the soluplus and poloxamer 188 were conjugated with biotin by Fischer esterification reaction and evaluated by FTIR and H NMR for confirmation of covalent bond formation involving the carboxyl group of biotin and hydroxyl group of polymers. Secondly, the sorafenib-loaded solu-tin nanomicelles and mixed nanomicelles of solu-tin with polo-tin were formulated by the thin film hydration method.

InCoLoTransNet: An Involution-Convolution and Locality Attention-Aware Transformer for Precise Colorectal Polyp Segmentation in GI Images.

Gastrointestinal (GI) disease examination presents significant challenges to doctors due to the intricate structure of the human digestive system. Colonoscopy and wireless capsule endoscopy are the most commonly used tools for GI examination. However, the large amount of data generated by these technologies requires the expertise and intervention of doctors for disease identification, making manual analysis a very time-consuming task.