The role of self-efficacy in mediating between professional identity and self-reported competence among nursing students in the internship period: A quantitative study.

Aim: This study explored the relationship between self-efficacy, professional identity and competence among nursing students and analyzed the mediating role of self-efficacy in the relationship between professional identity and competence.

Background: Increasing attention has been paid to the cultivation of competence among nursing students; however, few studies to date have analyzed its related factors and examined their relationship.

Design: A quantitative study with a descriptive design was performed in this study, adopting an online survey with convenience and snowball sampling.

Baicalin attenuated substantia nigra neuronal apoptosis in Parkinson's disease rats via the mTOR/AKT/GSK-3β pathway.

This focus of our research is to investigate the protective effect of Baicalin on apoptosis and mTOR/AKT/GSK-3β pathway in substantia nigra neurons in a rat model for Parkinson's disease, induced by 6-Hydroxydopamine. Thirty healthy female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into control group, model group, and Baicalin group. The Parkinson model was established by injecting 6-Hydroxydopamine into the right substantia nigra of rats in model and Baicalin group.