Development and psychometric evaluation of the nurses' Work Values Scale.

Aim: This study aimed to develop the nurses' Work Values Scale (WVS) to determine how important certain values are for nurses and to psychometrically test the scale.

Design: Instrument development and validation study.

Method: A two-phase scale development process comprising item generation, scale improvement and psychometric property evaluation was used.

The moderating role of work-to-family spillover in the association between nurses' work values and work engagement: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: Although researchers have emphasized the importance of enhancing work engagement in nurses to ensure work-related well-being, the underlying mechanisms of the influencing factors of work engagement remain unclear. This study aimed to elucidate whether work-to-family spillover moderates the relationship between nurses' work values and work engagement.

Methods: In total, 2600 nurses from 52 hospitals in the Tohoku region of Japan were recruited, and 1587 nurses participated.

Classification by Nurses' Work Values and Their Characteristics: Latent Profile Analysis of Nurses Working in Japanese Hospitals.

This study aimed to classify nurses with similar work values into subgroups by examining their intrinsic, extrinsic, social, and prestige work values. Additionally, we clarified the characteristics of the obtained subgroups using personal attributes, work engagement, and life satisfaction. Using a cross-sectional observational study design, we randomly sampled 52 hospitals in the Tohoku region of Japan and conducted a self-administered questionnaire survey with 2600 nurses.

Psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the career competencies questionnaire for nurses: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Career competencies, which are the knowledge, skills, and abilities essential for career development, have been shown to facilitate career success, fulfilling both work and life goals. In dynamically changing healthcare settings, nurses' career competencies are key for successfully navigating their careers and improving their nursing practice abilities. However, limited studies have examined career competencies in the nursing profession.

Impact of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation on Work Engagement: A Cross-Sectional Study of Nurses Working in Long-Term Care Facilities.

Nurses' work motivation impacts their job satisfaction and work engagement, affecting their quality of care. Work motivation, a personal resource, can be categorized into intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, each of which may function differently in the job demands-resources (JD-R) model. To study the effect of nurses' intrinsic and extrinsic work motivation on work engagement in long-term care (LTC) facilities, we randomly selected 1200 facilities from 6055 LTC facilities in eastern Japan.

Concept analysis of nurses' work values.

This study aimed to clarify the nature and definition of nurses' work values. To this end, we adopted Walker and Avant's (2019) concept analysis procedure. We searched PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, and Web of Science for previous literature that sampled nurses and nursing students published before September 2020.

Nurses Working in Nursing Homes: A Mediation Model for Work Engagement Based on Job Demands-Resources Theory.

This study examined the impact that the attractiveness of working in nursing homes and autonomous clinical judgment have on affective occupational commitment, and whether work engagement mediates these relationships. This analysis was based on the job demands-resources theory. The study setting was 1200 nursing homes (including long-term care welfare facilities and long-term care health facilities) in eastern Japan.

The Impact of Changes in Professional Autonomy and Occupational Commitment on Nurses' Intention to Leave: A Two-Wave Longitudinal Study in Japan.

This study aimed to investigate changes in nurses' attitudes toward professional autonomy and occupational commitment over time, and their effect on nurses' intentions to leave, using a two-wave longitudinal design. Anonymous, self-report questionnaires were distributed to all nurses working at 28 hospitals in western Japan on two separate occasions ( = 1778). Multivariate analysis using a generalized estimation equation was conducted, with the intention to leave at Time 2 as the dependent variable, and the changing secular trends in all subscales of attitudes toward professional autonomy and occupational commitment as the independent variables.

Health indicators as moderators of occupational commitment and nurses' intention to leave.

Aim: This study examined the hypothesis that health indicators moderate the relationship between occupational commitment and intention to leave among nurses, using a large sample in Japan.

Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to all registered nurses (N = 11,171) working in group hospitals in western Japan in 2014. The questionnaire evaluated intention to leave, occupational commitment, psychological distress, cumulative fatigue, and demographic variables.

Seasonal variabilities in chemical compounds and acidity of aerosol particles at urban site in the west Pacific.

Mass concentrations of chemical compounds in both PM (particle aerodynamic diameter, Dp < 2.5 μm) and PM (2.5 < Dp < 10 μm), and acidity of aerosol particles were measured at an urban site in western Japan using a continuous dichotomous Aerosol Chemical Speciation Analyzer (ACSA-12) throughout 2014.

Simple method for refining arabinan polysaccharides by alcohol extraction of the prune, Prunus domestica L.

L-Arabinose is a useful sugar in the food industry. We demonstrate here simple methods for refining arabinan polysaccharides by alcohol extraction from prune, Prunus domestica L., as a source of L-arabinose.

'Intelligent' ribozyme whose activity is altered in response to K+ as a result of quadruplex formation.

The structure of r(GGAGGAGGAGGA) (R12) changes from a single-stranded form to a compact quadruplex one in response to K(+). In a hammerhead ribozyme, two portions of the catalytic core are linked with the stem and are located in close proximity in order to exert activity. In this study, the stem was replaced by R12 (or R11, which lacks the terminal A residue) with or without linker residues.

Transient proliferation of proanthocyanidin-accumulating cells on the epidermal apex contributes to highly aluminum-resistant root elongation in camphor tree.

Aluminum (Al) is a harmful element that rapidly inhibits the elongation of plant roots in acidic soils. The release of organic anions explains Al resistance in annual crops, but the mechanisms that are responsible for superior Al resistance in some woody plants remain unclear. We examined cell properties at the surface layer of the root apex in the camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora) to understand its high Al resistance mechanism.

Protective immunity afforded by inactivated H5N1 (NIBRG-14) vaccine requires antibodies against both hemagglutinin and neuraminidase in mice.

Background: Hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) antibody titers correlate with protective immunity to seasonal influenza viruses. However, inactivated H5N1 influenza vaccines from Vietnam 2004 strains afford protection without producing high or even detectable HI antibodies.

Methods: BALB/c mice were immunized twice (at a 3-week interval) with inactivated whole-virus influenza vaccine produced using reverse genetics, with the internal genes of A/PR/8/34 (a high-yield strain) and the hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) genes of A/Vietnam/1194/04 (H5N1) virus (NIBRG-14) adjuvanted with alum (5 microg of HA).

[Drug-induced pneumonia that may have been caused by imatinib mesylate administered for gastrointestinal stromal tumor].

The patient was a 64-year-old woman who had undergone partial enterectomy for a small intestinal tumor in August 2005, and gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) was diagnosed. Administration of imanitib mesylate was initiated as postoperative chemotherapy in November 2005. In February 2006, a slight ground-glass opacity was noted in the right lower lobe on chest CT.

Cloning and sequence analysis of endoglucanase genes from an industrial fungus, Aspergillus kawachii.

Three endoglucanase genes (cel5A, cel5B, and cel61A) were cloned from an industrial fungus, Aspergillus kawachii. Yeasts transformed with these cDNAs showed endoglucanase activity in medium. Cel5A and Cel61A contained a type 1 cellulose-binding domain (CBD1) at the C-terminus of the enzyme.