Our aim was to develop a way of measuring trismus and evaluating it in terms of reliability and validity for use by nurses who care for patients with head and neck cancer. We developed a method from existing resources and tested it for interoperator reliability and validity against a "gold standard". We showed that within the variables outlined, nursing staff could use it after minimal training to identify patients broadly as being "at risk", "low risk", or having "normal mouth opening". Interexaminer reliability was poor. There was a trend towards a group of people having reasonable interexaminer reliability, and this same group showed consistency towards the gold standard. Nurses' accuracy and consistency in using a simple method of assessing trismus depends on more than the method used, and neither validity nor reliability can be assumed. The accurate assessment of trismus for comparison across studies is complex, and future research must define exactly what method was used.
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Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract
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University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Professional work in healthcare is increasingly disruptive, requiring professionals to be flexible and adaptable. Research on adaptive expertise and adaptive performance in healthcare has grown, and operationalisation and measurement of these concepts are crucial to meet professionals' evolving needs. This study provides an overview of measurement instruments for adaptive expertise and adaptive performance in (becoming) healthcare professionals, including an evaluation of their operationalisations and the amount of evidence supporting their quality.
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Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University, Nevşehir, Turkey.
The present study was conducted to adapt the short version of the Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire into Turkish and to examine the validity and reliability of the scale. This methodological study was conducted between January and May 2024 with 283 individuals aged 18 and older in Turkey. Data were collected online by using "Personal Information Form" and the "Short Version of the Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire".
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January 2025
ZooLab, Department of Biodiversity and Ecology, Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Mitochondrial genomes are a rich source of data for various downstream analyses such as population genetics, phylogeny, and systematics. Today it is possible to assemble rapidly large numbers of mitogenomes, mainly employing next-generation sequencing and third-generation sequencing. However, verification of the correctness of the generated sequences is often lacking, especially for noncoding, length-variable parts.
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January 2025
The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Joint International Research Laboratory of Resource Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China.
Conventional dual-signal electrochemiluminescence (ECL) sensors feature high sensitivity and reliability, but the involvement of coreactants inevitably results in a complex configuration and shows reproducibility risk. Here, we propose an exogenous coreactant-free dual-signal platform, comprising luminol (anodic luminophore), CdSe quantum dots (cathodic luminophore), and CoO/TiC electrocatalyst (coreaction promoter). At different redox potentials, CoO/TiC induces water oxidation and oxygen reduction to produce OH and O radicals, which subsequently drive cathodic and anodic ECL emission, respectively.
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Research Unit of Population Health, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; The Wellbeing Service County of North Ostrobothnia, Pohde, Finland; Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Objectives: This study aimed to translate and adapt the Malocclusion Impact Questionnaire (MIQ) into Finnish; to estimate its psychometric properties when applied to Finnish adolescents; and to estimate the effect of demographic characteristics on the perceived impact of malocclusion.
Methods: The Finnish version of MIQ (MIQ-Fi) was established through translation, back-translation, and a pilot study. Psychometric properties were estimated using factorial validity (confirmatory factor analysis [CFA]), convergent validity (Average Variance Extracted [AVE]), and reliability (αordinal and ω).
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