A new quantitative real-time PCR method to measure human miRNAs using the PROMER technology.

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNA molecules that play a crucial role in regulating gene expression. Dysregulation of miRNAs is associated with various human diseases, including cancer. Accurate quantification of miRNAs in bodily fluids or tissue biopsy samples is essential for their use as biomarkers in tumor diagnosis, yet current methods remain suboptimal.

Improving home-like environments in long-term care units: an exploratory mixed-method study.

Although the number of older adults requiring care is rapidly increasing, nursing homes have long faced issues such as the absence of a home-like environment. This exploratory mixed-method study investigated how residents (n = 15) in a long-term care unit in South Korea perceive home-like features and privacy in their living spaces. The results indicated that most participants were satisfied with the homeliness and privacy of their environment, but some were unhappy with the level of privacy.

[The Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of the 5C Psychological Antecedents of Vaccination Scale].

Purpose: This study aimed to valuate the reliability and validity of the Korean version of the 5C Psychological Antecedents of Vaccination (K-5C) scale.

Methods: The English version of the 5C scale was translated into Korean, following the World Health Organization guidelines. Data were collected from 316 community-dwelling adults.

A Qualitative Study of Hospital Interior Environments during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Human beings have encountered different infectious diseases. However, there is not much validated data available on the physical environments of hospitals when responding to highly contagious viruses, such as COVID-19. This study was conducted to assess the physical environments of hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Supportive or Hindering Physical Environments in Hospital Units Dealing With COVID-19 Patients.

Purpose: This project was designed to discover how hospital units with COVID-19 patients influenced staff's medical practices and health conditions.

Background: Although hospital environments have well-known associations with health outcomes, findings are limited in demonstrating the role of physical environments during a global pandemic.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey study was conducted from three units in a university hospital and a total of 113 staff participated.

Interior Environments in Long-Term Care Units From the Theory of Supportive Design.

Aim: This study was designed to examine how residents in long-term care (LTC) units perceive their living environment based on the theory of supportive design.

Background: Healthcare environments may cause a significant level of stress mainly due to patients' lack of familiarity with such environments and patients' poor health conditions. According to the theory, the healthcare environments providing a sense of control, social support, and positive distraction can promote wellness.

Ambient Scent as a Positive Distraction in Long-Term Care Units: Theory of Supportive Design.

Aim: This study was designed to explore the associations between an ambient scent environment and residents' wellness in long-term care facilities.

Background: The number of older adults living in an institutional setting has been steadily but slowly increasing. Because of a higher chance of having psychological disorders among people living in institutional settings than people living in noninstitutional settings, providing a supportive institutional setting is critical to enhance their wellness.

Nurses' Perception of Safety on Hospital Interior Environments and Infectious Diseases: An Exploratory Study.

Introduction: Healthcare environments consist of a variety of different fomites containing infectious agents. From the 2003 outbreaks of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome to the recent concerns about the Ebola and Zika viruses, interest in the role of healthcare environment fomites in spreading infectious diseases has increased. Because of a high risk of being exposed to infections, the goal of this study was to learn how hospital interior environments impact nurses' perceptions of safety about infectious diseases.

Hydrophilicity-controlled ordered mesoporous carbon for lithium-sulfur batteries.

Ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC) materials were synthesized from a mesoporous silica KIT-6 (3-D cubic la3d meso-structure) as the hard-template via a nano-replication method. Hydrophilic and hydrophobic OMC materials were prepared using different carbon precursors including sucrose (suc-OMC) and phenanthrene (phe-OMC) at different carbonization temperatures of 700 degrees C and 1100 degrees C, respectively. The OMC materials thus obtained exhibit high surface areas, uniform mesopore sizes and highly ordered meso-structure.

3-D ordered mesoporous Cd(x)Zn(1-x)S ternary compound semiconductors with controlled band gap energy.

Ordered mesoporous Cd(x)Zn(1-x)S ternary compound semiconductors were prepared with a simple nano-casting method using 3-D cubic Ia3d meso-structured silica, KIT-6, as a hard-template with the easily available precursors of 3CdSO4 x 8H2O and ZnSO4 x 7H2O. Thermal reduction of impregnated precursors resulted in the crystalline networks within the mesopore of the silica template, then the ordered mesoporous Cd(x)Zn(1-x)S materials were obtained by etching the silica template with NaOH aqueous solution. The synthesized Cd(x)Zn(1-x)S materials exhibit high surface area, uniform pore size, single gyroidal tetragonal I41/a meso-structure, crystalline framework, and finely tuned band gap energies by controlled chemical composition.