The effect of emotion regulation on empathic ability in Chinese nursing students: The parallel mediating role of emotional intelligence and self-consistency congruence.

Aim: This study aims to explore the influence of emotion regulation on empathic ability among undergraduate nursing students, as well as the mediating role of emotional intelligence and self-consistency congruence.

Design: A cross-sectional study was employed to examine the relationship between the emotion regulation and empathic ability in Chinese nursing students.

Methods: A total of 761 undergraduate nursing students were surveyed using the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (Chinese version), the Gross Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Wang and Law's Emotional Intelligence Scale and the Self-Harmony Scale.

Development and Validation of a Prognostic Model to Predict High-Risk Patients for Coronary Heart Disease in Snorers With Uncontrolled Hypertension.

Purpose: Snoring or obstructive sleep apnea, with or without uncontrolled hypertension, is common and significantly increases the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). The aim of this study was to develop and validate a prognostic model to predict and identify high-risk patients for CHD among snorers with uncontrolled hypertension.

Methods: Records from 1,822 snorers with uncontrolled hypertension were randomly divided into a training set ( = 1,275, 70%) and validation set ( = 547, 30%).

[Distribution Characteristics and Pollution Evaluation of Heavy Metals in Greenbelt Soils of Nanjing City].

Concentrations and the spatial distribution of heavy metals (Cr, Cu, Zn, Pb, and Cd) in greenbelt soils in the main areas of Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, were investigated and pollution levels were assessed using the single factor pollution index (SFPI), Nemerow integrated pollution index (NIPI), and potential ecological risk coefficient (PERC). The results showed that the average concentrations of heavy metals in greenbelt soils exceeded their background values, with the SFPI results ranked Cd > Pb > Cr > Cu > Zn, and the mean NIPI was 2.72 indicating that the greenbelt soils are moderately polluted.

[Preliminary analysis of manganese uptake mechanism in the hyperaccumulator Phytolacca americana L].

Phytolacca americana L. (P. americana) is a manganese (Mn) hyperaccumulator plant discovered in southern China, and knowledge of Mn uptake characteristics and mechanisms on this plant may provide essential and critical information for phytoremediation.

The role of the rice aquaporin Lsi1 in arsenite efflux from roots.

*When supplied with arsenate (As(V)), plant roots extrude a substantial amount of arsenite (As(III)) to the external medium through as yet unidentified pathways. The rice (Oryza sativa) silicon transporter Lsi1 (OsNIP2;1, an aquaporin channel) is the major entry route of arsenite into rice roots. Whether Lsi1 also mediates arsenite efflux was investigated.

The rice aquaporin Lsi1 mediates uptake of methylated arsenic species.

Pentavalent methylated arsenic (As) species such as monomethylarsonic acid [MMA(V)] and dimethylarsinic acid [DMA(V)] are used as herbicides or pesticides, and can also be synthesized by soil microorganisms or algae through As methylation. The mechanism of MMA(V) and DMA(V) uptake remains unknown. Recent studies have shown that arsenite is taken up by rice (Oryza sativa) roots through two silicon transporters, Lsi1 (the aquaporin NIP2;1) and Lsi2 (an efflux carrier).