Respiratory pathogen trends in queensland, australia between 2018 and 2021: A statewide cohort study before and after the initial COVID-19 outbreak.

Background: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and accompanying public health measures disrupted the normal transmission of respiratory viral pathogens. Less is known about the effects on bacterial pathogens.

Aims: To assess the impact of public health restrictions on common respiratory pathogens (influenza viruses, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and the following bacterial pathogens: Streptococcus pneumoniae (S.

Constructing learning confidence through jigsaw, concept maps and group cooperative learning: A qualitative study.

Aim: This study aimed to develop students' learning confidence by increasing their motivation and satisfaction.

Background: Nursing students with limited healthcare work experience often have difficulty fully understanding and sympathizing with patients' medical concerns. They also worry about their theoretical knowledge diminishing with time.

Exploring a learning model for knowledge integration and the development of critical thinking among nursing students with previous learning: a qualitative study protocol.

Students often struggle to apply their knowledge of bioscience to their care practice. Such knowledge is generally learned through remembering and understanding, but retention quickly fades. They also experience difficulty progressing to higher-order cognitive skills such as applying, analyzing, evaluating, and even creating, which are necessary to develop soft skills, such as critical thinking, in the care profession.

Clinical Nomogram Model for Pre-Operative Prediction of Microvascular Invasion of Hepatocellular Carcinoma before Hepatectomy.

: Microvascular invasion (MVI) significantly impacts recurrence and survival rates after liver resection in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Pre-operative prediction of MVI is crucial in determining the treatment strategy. This study aims to develop a nomogram model to predict the probability of MVI based on clinical features in HCC patients.

Healthcare Professional Perspectives on the Impact of the Physical Health Nurse Consultant.

Early mortality experienced by people living with mental health issues (hereon termed consumers) is largely preventable. Healthcare professionals perceive healthcare system inadequacies such as diagnostic overshadowing, stigma and fragmentation of physical and mental healthcare services can be resolved through effective integration approaches. Service- and individual-level integration approaches involve multidisciplinary teams collaborating and coordinating care to holistically meet consumers' physical and mental health needs.

The Physical Health Nurse Consultant: Perceptions and Experiences of Those Who Care for People with Mental Illness.

Mental health carers are crucial in improving the physical health outcomes of people diagnosed with a mental illness (hereafter referred to as consumers). The long-term and multifaceted mental and physical health support carers provide to consumers can contribute to caregiver burden. Consequently, carers advocate for coordinated and integrated physical healthcare to improve the physical health outcomes of consumers and alleviate caregiver burden.

Healthcare delivery to patients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in emergency care: a scoping review protocol.

Background: Worldwide, the culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) population is increasing, and is predicted to reach 405 million by 2050. The delivery of emergency care for the CALD population can be complex due to cultural, social, and language factors. The extent to which cultural, social, and contextual factors influence care delivery to patients from CALD backgrounds throughout their emergency care journey is unclear.

Anti-biofilm activities and antibiotic synergy of naturally occurring compounds against drug-resistant rapidly growing mycobacteria.

Unlabelled: Some naturally occurring compounds, known for their antimicrobial activities, have been employed as food additives. However, their efficacy in treating infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria is yet to be fully explored. Rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM), a category within nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), are prevalent in various environments and can lead to infections in humans.

Molecular surveillance of species with high prevalence from two streams with various wastewater pollution in Taiwan.

species are potential zoonotic pathogens classified as either enterohepatic or gastric. infection can be transmitted through wastewater from households and livestock and through water from irrigation and streams. In this study, the distribution and source of species in the Donggang and Yenshui rivers, two natural water bodies with different characteristics, were analyzed.

The epidemiology of dying within 48 hours of presentation to emergency departments: a retrospective cohort study of older people across Australia and New Zealand.

Background: Emergency department (ED) clinicians are more frequently providing care, including end-of-life care, to older people.

Objectives: To estimate the need for ED end-of-life care for people aged ≥65 years, describe characteristics of those dying within 48 hours of ED presentation and compare those dying in ED with those dying elsewhere.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study analysing data from 177 hospitals in Australia and New Zealand.

The impact of index futures crash risk on bitcoin futures returns and volatility.

This study examines the relationship between E-mini S&P 500 futures' crash risk and Bitcoin futures' returns and volatility using data from 2017 to 2021. While E-mini S&P 500's crash risk doesn't significantly influence Bitcoin returns, it correlates with its volatility, especially during events like the COVID-19 pandemic and U.S.

Adults' perspectives of experiences and preferences for end-of-life care.

Background: Decisions about end-of-life care often raise clinical and ethical challenges, especially when the person's capacity to contribute in the decision making at the end of life is limited.

Aim: This study aimed to explore Taiwanese adults' preferences associated with communication, healthcare planning, life-sustaining treatments and palliative care and experiences of end-of-life care.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 adults aged 20 years and above.

Inactivation Kinetics of Foodborne Pathogens in Carrot Juice by High-Pressure Processing.

In this study, Typhimurium, , and were separately inoculated in sterilized carrot juice and subjected to various types of high-pressure processing (HPP) at 200-600 MPa for 0.1-15 min to observe the effects of HPP on the inactivation kinetics of foodborne pathogens in carrot juice. The first-order model fits the destruction kinetics of high pressure on foodborne pathogens during the pressure hold period.

CEO cultural background and overinvestment decisions: The north-south divide in China.

This study addresses an under-researched area in corporate behavior by examining the impact of a CEO's cultural background on corporate overinvestment decisions. We focus on the unique cultural dichotomy between northern and southern China as our context of study. Additionally, we scrutinize the interactions between a CEO's age and the type of company ownership in influencing overinvestment tendencies.

Dialogues with human books to promote professional commitment and learning among first-year nursing students: A mixed-methods study.

Background: First-year nursing students in Taiwan typically have a limited understanding of nursing as they initiate their studies. Curriculum demands can be overpowering, and students may become averse to developing a positive commitment toward nursing. One strategy to assist in inculcating professional commitment is the integration of a Living Library with "human books.

End-of-life care: A retrospective cohort study of older people who died within 48 hours of presentation to the emergency department.

Objectives: To describe the characteristics of, and care provided to, older people who died within 48 h of ED presentation.

Methods: A descriptive retrospective cohort study of people 65 years and older presenting to two EDs in Queensland, Australia, between April 2018 and March 2019. Data from electronic medical records were collected and analysed.

Undergraduate nurses' reflections on visual thinking learning to construct inductive reasoning through situated patient pictures: A mixed-method study.

Background/objective: Deductive logic has often been used to develop critical thinking. However, inductive logical thinking, essential to care decision-making, has yet to be emphasized. This study aimed to explore visual thinking learning among undergraduate nursing students by asking them to draw situated patient pictures in order to integrate theoretical knowledge and promote inductive logical thinking.

Physicochemical Quality Retention during Cold Storage of Prepackaged Barramundi Meat Processed with a New Microwave-Assisted Induction Heating Technology.

Microwave-assisted induction heating (MAIH) is a composite microwave and induction heating to supply rapid and uniform heating of food. A recent study showed that the optimum MAIH heating condition for barramundi meat was 90 °C/110 s or 70 °C/130 s. This study examines whether the microwave-assisted induction heating (MAIH) technology (at 70 °C for 130 s or 90 °C for 110 s) can more effectively slow down the quality loss of barramundi meat during cold storage than the traditional boiling method (at 90 °C for 150 s).

Tai Chi as a complementary exercise for pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A randomised controlled trial.

Objectives: With the characteristics of mindfulness and breathing techniques, Tai Chi has been recommended with therapeutic values in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, its strengths as a complementary exercise for conventional pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) remain unclear.

Design And Setting: This single-blinded randomised controlled trial recruited patients with mild to severe stable COPD.

Clinical Instructors' Perspectives on the Assessment of Clinical Knowledge of Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Descriptive Phenomenological Approach.

This study aimed to determine clinical instructors' perceptions of the assessments used to evaluate the clinical knowledge of undergraduate nursing students. This study uses a descriptive phenomenological approach. Purposive sampling was used to recruit sixteen clinical instructors for semi-structured interviews between August and December 2019.

Interventions and strategies to prevent medical device-related pressure injury in adult patients: A systematic review.

Background: Current evidence shows that medical device-related pressure injury (MDRPI) has a high prevalence (10%) and incidence (12%), and much research has been done to prevent MDRPI in recent years. However, to our knowledge, there is limited systematic review available on interventions and strategies to prevent MDRPI.

Aim: To synthesise research evidence on interventions and strategies used to prevent MDRPI.