What Do Breast Cancer Previvors Tell Us About Their Stories? To Know or Not to Know?

Objectives: This study aimed to explore the (1) experiences of breast cancer previvor women during genetic testing; (2) perceptions of the impact of genetic testing on their personal, social, family, and professional lives; and (3) views on breast cancer prevention and follow-up processes. This study focused on the risk of breast cancer in persons with BRCA mutations.

Methods: Data were collected through individual in-depth semistructured interviews.

Further treatment of coking wastewater treated in AO-MBR by the nanofiltration-powder activated carbon hybrid system.

In this study, further treatment of coking wastewater treated in anoxic-oxic-membrane bioreactor (AO-MBR) was investigated to meet the standards of the ministry by means of nanofiltration (NF) (with two different membranes and different pressures), microfiltration -powder activated carbon (MF-PAC) hybrid system and NF-PAC (with two different membranes and five different PAC concentrations) hybrid system. In addition to the parameters determined by the ministry, other parameters such as ammonium, thiocyanate (SCN), hydrogen cyanide (HCN), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), color were also examined to evaluate the flux performance and treatment efficiency of the hybrid processes. According to the results, chemical oxygen demand (COD) in the NF process, COD and total cyanide (T-CN) in the MF-PAC process could not meet the discharge standards.

Assessment of pressure injury risk in intensive care using the COMHON index: An interrater reliability study.

Objectives: To assess the interrater reliability of the COMHON (level of COnciousness, Mobility, Haemodynamics, Oxygenation, Nutrition) Index pressure injury risk assessment tool.

Design: Interrater reliability was tested. Twenty-five intensive care patients were each assessed by five different nurse-raters from a pool of intensive care nurses who were available on the days of assessment.

Occluding Efficiency of Different Desensitizing Agents and Er,Cr:YSGG Laser on Dentin Tubules.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of two desensitizers and the Er,Cr:YSGG laser on human dentin tubules, applied alone or in combination.

Methods: Ninety-six dentin specimens were obtained from extracted third molars and divided into six groups: Group 1: no-treatment (Control); Group 2: nano-hydroxyapatite desensitizer (NhapD); Group 3: NhapD+Er,Cr:YSGG laser (L); Group 4: Er,Cr:YSGG laser (L); Group 5: glutaraldehyde desensitizer (GD); and Group 6: GD+L, respectively. All specimens were evaluated using scanning electron microscopy.