The Mediation Effects of Self-Efficacy on the Relationship Between Diabetes-Related Content Exposure and Self-Management Among Older Diabetics: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Aims: To map the diabetes-related content exposure of older adults with Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and explore the association between the exposure and self-management and the mediation effects of self-efficacy.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Methods: This study was conducted among 257 eligible older adults with Type 2 diabetes mellitus from five communities in China.

Preparation, characterisation and evaluation of kaempferol phospholipid complex and its application in preventing the deterioration of soybean oil.

This study aims to improve the solubility of kaempferol (KA) by preparing a kaempferol phospholipid complex (KA-PC), which can be applied to prevent soybean oil from spoilage. KA-PC was prepared by solvent evaporation and characterised by FTIR, DSC, and XRD. Furthermore, KA-PC was added to soybean oil and the peroxide value and acid value were determined.

Biomarkers for systemic lupus erythematosus: A scoping review.

Background: In recent years, newly discovered potential biomarkers have great research potential in the diagnosis, disease activity prediction, and treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Objective: In this study, a scoping review of potential biomarkers for SLE over several years has identified the extent to which studies on biomarkers for SLE have been conducted, the specificity, sensitivity, and diagnostic value of potential biomarkers of SLE, the research potential of these biomarkers in disease diagnosis, and activity detection is discussed.

Methods: In PubMed and Google Scholar databases, "SLE," "biomarkers," "predictor," "autoimmune diseases," "lupus nephritis," "neuropsychiatric SLE," "diagnosis," "monitoring," and "disease activity" were used as keywords to systematically search for SLE molecular biomarkers published from 2020 to 2024.

Positive Autism Screening Rates in Toddlers Born During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Importance: Stress and viral illness during pregnancy are associated with neurodevelopmental conditions in offspring. Autism screening positivity for children born during the pandemic remains unknown.

Objective: To examine associations between prenatal exposure to the pandemic milieu and maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection with rates of positive Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised (M-CHAT-R) screenings.

Risk of Hearing Loss in Neonates and Toddlers with in Utero Exposure to SARS-CoV-2.

Objective: Given the prevalence of neonatal hearing loss (HL) associated with intrauterine viral exposures, the goal of this study is to provide information on neonatal HL in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: Data were drawn from the COVID-19 Mother Baby Outcomes (COMBO) Initiative. 1007 participants completed the newborn hearing screen as part of routine clinical care (COMBO-EHR cohort) and 555 completed the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) at 2 and/or 3 years of age for research purposes (COMBO-RSCH cohort).

Moderating effect of family structure on the relationship between early clinical exposure and emotional labor of nursing students: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Emotional labor is an essential component of nursing practice and is important for Generation Z nursing students born from the mid-1990s to early 2010s. They will become the backbone of the nursing workforce but present more emotional regulation problems. Studies on emotional labor are limited to clinical nurses and influencing factors at the individual level.

Barriers and Facilitators of Self-Management for Older Adults Living With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Qualitative Study in China.

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to explore the barriers to and facilitators of self-management among older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods: This study followed a qualitative descriptive methodology. Older adults with T2DM living in Jinan, Shandong Province, China were recruited using purposive sampling.

Estimation of the most suitable nitrogen concentration for sporocarp formation in Laccaria japonica colonizing Pinus densiflora seedlings through in vitro mycelial culture.

Many ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi produce commercially valuable edible sporocarps. However, the effects of nitrogen (N) application on ECM fungal sporocarp formation remain poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the effect of application of various N concentrations (0, 5, 25, 50, 100, and 200 mg/L) on the growth of Laccaria japonica mycelia in vitro for 1 month.

In Situ Chemical Modification with Zwitterionic Copolymers of Nanofiltration Membranes: Cure for the Trade-Off between Filtration and Antifouling Performance.

Breaking the trade-off between filtration performance and antifouling property is critical to enabling a thin-film nanocomposite (TFC) nanofiltration (NF) membrane for a wide range of feed streams. We proposed a novel design route for TFC NF membranes by grafting well-defined zwitterionic copolymers of [2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl]dimethyl-(3-sulfopropyl)ammonium hydroxide (SBMA) and 2-aminoethyl methacrylate hydrochloride (AEMA) on the polyamide surfaces via an in situ surface chemical modification process. The successful grafting of a zwitterionic copolymer imparted the modified NF membranes with better surface hydrophilicity, a larger actual surface area (i.

96-well plate format in conjunction with ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to orbitrap mass spectrometry for high-throughput screening protein binders from ginseng.

Conventional strategies for screening of protein binders cannot be used for complicated samples such as ligand libraries created by combinatorial chemistry or from natural product extracts. In the current study, we developed a novel method in a competitive binding configuration for screening protein binders from complicated samples by a combination of streptavidin-coated 96-well plate format in conjunction with ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with Orbitrap mass spectrometry (UHPLC-Orbitrap-MS). The concanavalin A (Con A) modified 96-well plate and lysozyme modified 96-well plate (as control) were incubated with oligosaccharide standards respectively, and the compounds with the decreased peak areas in experimental group compared to those in the control group were detected as binders by UHPLC-ESI-MS.

Developing and validating the transition status scale for newly graduated nurses in China.

Aim: The present study aimed to develop and examine the psychometric properties of the Transition Status Scale for Newly Graduated Nurses.

Methods: Three phases were conducted: Phase I involved a qualitative research to explore and establish the potential items pool; Phase II reduced the items using the item analysis with a sample of 73 nurses. Phase III evaluated the psychometric properties of the final scale.

A practical method for post-acquisition reduction of bias in fast, whole-brain B1-maps.

Large consistent differences have been observed between maps of the flip angle correction factor (commonly called "B-maps") produced with different fast methods in the human brain. We present an empirical procedure for first-order multiplicative bias correction that can be applied when more than one B-mapping method is available. We use a B-map measurement in a calibration phantom as a reference and the voxel-wise histogram mode between ratios of B-maps produced from different methods to calculate determine the bias as a multiplicative correcting scale factor.

Research on the characterization, reactivity, and transportability of porous silicon-coated nanoscale zero-valent iron.

In practical conditions, the remediation efficiency is always very limited due to the rapid aggregation and deactivation of nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI). Porous SiO-coated technology can effectively suppress the agglomeration and oxidation of nZVI particle, resulting in the excellent dispersion and stability in water. A series of characterization results show that the porous SiO-coated Fe (Fe@p-SiO) was a core-shell structure composite, with Fe as the core and the porous SiO as the shell.

Steam reforming of toluene and naphthalene as tar surrogate in a gliding arc discharge reactor.

Steam reforming of mixed toluene and naphthalene as tar surrogate has been investigated in an AC gliding arc discharge plasma, with particular emphasis on better understanding the effect of steam and CO on the reaction performance. Results show that H, CH and CO are the major gas products in the plasma steam reforming of tar for energy recovery. The addition of a small amount of steam remarkably enhances the conversions of both toluene and naphthalene, from 60.

[Effect of casein and protamine on the enzymatic degradation and the orally hypoglycemic action of insulin].

Aim: To study the protection of casein and protamine against degradation of insulin (INS) by proteolysis enzymes and the effect of these two kinds of protein on the hypoglycemic action of INS solution and enteric-microspheres after administrated orally to rats.

Methods: HPLC was used to determine the remained INS in the solution of alpha-chymotrypsin and trypsin with or without casein or protamine; INS solution and enteric-microspheres were prepared and adiministrated orally to rats together with the absorption enhancer sodium N-[8-(2-hydroxybenzoyl) amino] caprylate (SNAC). At the same time, casein or protamine or both of these two kinds of protein were administrated together in order to study their influence on the hypoglycemic effect of INS and microspheres.