Psychometric properties and cross-cultural adaptation of the Indonesian version of the Brief COPE in a sample of advanced cancer patients.

The Brief COPE Inventory has been proven as acceptable psychometric properties to examine coping strategies among cancer patients. However, most psychometric testing studies have been carried out in Western countries, raising concerns about the properties' relevance and applicability in other cultural contexts. This study aimed to present psychometric properties of the Brief COPE in a sample of patients with advanced cancer in Indonesia.

Phosphate transporter PHT1;1 is a key determinant of phosphorus acquisition in Arabidopsis natural accessions.

Phosphorus (P) is a mineral nutrient essential for plant growth and development, but most P in the soil is unavailable for plants. To understand the genetic basis of P acquisition regulation, we performed genome-wide association studies (GWASs) on a diversity panel of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Two primary determinants of P acquisition were considered, namely, phosphate (Pi)-uptake activity and PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER 1 (PHT1) protein abundance.

Urethral large B-cell urethral lymphoma: A case report and literature review.

Objective: We report a case of diffuse large B-cell urethral lymphoma initial presenting with non-healing urethra ulcer.

Case Report: A 68-year-old woman presented with a non-healing urethral ulcer accompanied with vulvar pruritus, which failed to medical treatment. Her medical history was unremarkable, lacking fever, weight loss or unexplained fatigue.

Focusing on long-term complications of mid-urethral slings among women with stress urinary incontinence as a patient safety improvement measure: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: There are 3 different types of mid-urethral sling, retropubic, transobturator and single incision performed for women with stress urinary incontinence. Prior studies comparing these three surgeries merely focused on the successful rate or efficacy. But nevertheless, what is more clinically important dwells upon investigating postoperative complications as a safety improvement measure.

Arabidopsis inositol phosphate kinases IPK1 and ITPK1 constitute a metabolic pathway in maintaining phosphate homeostasis.

Emerging studies have suggested that there is a close link between inositol phosphate (InsP) metabolism and cellular phosphate (P ) homeostasis in eukaryotes; however, whether a common InsP species is deployed as an evolutionarily conserved metabolic messenger to mediate P signaling remains unknown. Here, using genetics and InsP profiling combined with P -starvation response (PSR) analysis in Arabidopsis thaliana, we showed that the kinase activity of inositol pentakisphosphate 2-kinase (IPK1), an enzyme required for phytate (inositol hexakisphosphate; InsP ) synthesis, is indispensable for maintaining P homeostasis under P -replete conditions, and inositol 1,3,4-trisphosphate 5/6-kinase 1 (ITPK1) plays an equivalent role. Although both ipk1-1 and itpk1 mutants exhibited decreased levels of InsP and diphosphoinositol pentakisphosphate (PP-InsP ; InsP ), disruption of another ITPK family enzyme, ITPK4, which correspondingly caused depletion of InsP and InsP , did not display similar P -related phenotypes, which precludes these InsP species from being effectors.

[A preliminary study of the work values of male nurses in Taiwan and related factors].

Background: Male nurses account for 1.08% of Taiwan's total professional nursing workforce. While work values are known to impact the practice of female nurses, the work values of male nurses have never been fully evaluated.

A sesquiterpenol extract potently suppresses inflammation in macrophages and mice skin and prevents chronic liver damage in mice through JNK-dependent HO-1 expression.

This study aimed to elucidate the anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective bioactivities of a sesquiterpenol, (1S,6R)-2,7(14),10-bisabolatrien-1-ol-4-one (BSL), isolated from Cryptomeria japonica (Taxodiaceae) wood extract. BSL markedly suppressed TNF-α and IL-6 secretion, PGE(2) production, and mRNA expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated mouse macrophages. BSL also potently inhibited the 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) induced protein levels of nitrotyrosine and COX-2 in mouse skin with dermatitis.