Correction to: Transitioning to Person-Centered Care: a Qualitative Study of Provider Perspectives.

The original article misspelled the name of Lauren Jessell. The original article has been corrected.

Genetic investigation of formaldehyde-induced DNA damage response in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

Formaldehyde is a common environmental pollutant and is associated with adverse health effects. Formaldehyde is also considered to be a carcinogen because it can form DNA adducts, leading to genomic instability. How these adducts are prevented and removed is not fully understood.

Impact of the changes in bacterial outer membrane structure on the anti-bacterial activity of zinc oxide nanoparticles.

Metal and metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) have been increasingly utilized in many industries to harness their documented antibacterial properties. However, the mechanism(s) of action is still debated in the literature. The aim of this study is to understand how changes in outer membrane charge of a test bacteria alter the antibacterial activity of ZnO NPs of average sizes of 20 nM and 60 nM.

Correlating Self-directed Learning Abilities to Lifelong Learning Orientation in Baccalaureate Nursing Students.

Background: Lifelong learning is an important part of professionalism as nurses need to maintain competency and current knowledge for practice.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between baccalaureate nursing students' self-directed learning (SDL) abilities and lifelong learning orientation.

Methods: A quantitative, correlational research design was used.

Cultural Dimensions of Diabetes Management: a Qualitative Study of Middle Eastern Immigrants in the U.S.

This study examined how aspects of culture, social support, isolation, and loneliness are perceived as influences in chronic illness management by pre-diabetic (Glycated hemoglobin A levels between 5.7 and 6.4) or Type 2 diabetic patients (A levels between 6.

Application of satellite remote sensing in monitoring dissolved oxygen variabilities: A case study for coastal waters in Korea.

Dissolved oxygen (DO) is one of the critical parameters representing water quality in coastal environments. However, it is labor- and cost-intensive to maintain monitoring systems of DO since in situ measurements of DO are needed in high spatial and temporal resolution to establish proper management plans of coastal regions. In this study, we applied statistical analyses between long-term monitoring datasets and satellite remote sensing datasets in the eastern coastal region of the Yellow Sea.

Disordered Eating Behaviours and Eating Disorders in Women in Australia with and without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Psychological co-morbidities common in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) may contribute to disordered eating and subsequent weight gain. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the prevalence of disordered eating and a range of eating disorders and demographic risk factors associated with these behaviours within an Australian group of women with and without PCOS. Data from 899 women with ( = 501) and without ( = 398) PCOS were analysed as possibly indicative of disordered eating or eating disorders using the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) and The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition (DSM-5) criteria.

Understanding the Social Environmental Influences on Pregnancy and Planning for Pregnancy for Young Women in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Objectives: Social environmental influences on pregnancy-related practices and outcomes have been studied, yet few studies explore these influences qualitatively from the perspectives of women's personal social networks and the larger social networks that exist within their communities. This study sought to understand and describe the social environment related to pregnancy and planning for pregnancy in Harare, Zimbabwe from the perspectives of women's social networks, and its influence on pregnancy-related decisions and practices.

Methods: Semi-structured, in-depth, qualitative interviews were conducted in both Shona and English with 24 key community stakeholders (6 healthcare workers, 6 school teachers, 6 family members of females aged 14-24 years, and 6 community leaders) who lived or worked in 2 low-income, high-density communities in Harare.

Effectiveness of a Disability Preventive Intervention for Minority and Immigrant Elders: The Positive Minds-Strong Bodies Randomized Clinical Trial.

Objective: To test the acceptability and effectiveness of a disability prevention intervention, Positive Minds-Strong Bodies (PMSB), offered by paraprofessionals to mostly immigrant elders in four languages.

Design: Randomized trial of 307 participants, equally randomized into intervention or enhanced usual care.

Setting: Community-based organizations in Massachusetts, New York, Florida, and Puerto Rico serving minority elders.

Electrical Pulse Generated Upon Discharging a Firearm and Its Implication for Gunshot Residue Analysis.

Ammunition primers consisting of a mixture of lead styphnate, barium nitrate, and antimony (III) sulfide, upon deflagration, lead to the formation of inorganic gunshot residue (GSR). The cations, from their predeflagration form, undergo reduction reactions during burning to form the classic spheroidal, micron-sized particles indicative of GSR. However, the rapidly changing pressure and temperature of the reaction zone implies that the reactions cannot go to completion.

DelPhi Suite: New Developments and Review of Functionalities.

Electrostatic potential, energies, and forces affect virtually any process in molecular biology, however, computing these quantities is a difficult task due to irregularly shaped macromolecules and the presence of water. Here, we report a new edition of the popular software package DelPhi along with describing its functionalities. The new DelPhi is a C++ object-oriented package supporting various levels of multiprocessing and memory distribution.

Structured mathematical models to investigate the interactions between Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites and host immune response.

Malaria infection has posed a major health threat for hundreds of years in human history. Yet, due to the complex interactions between a host immune response and the parasite, no sophisticated mathematical models exist to study its dynamics. In this work, we propose a new system of structured partial differential equations that account for the dependence of red blood cell infectivity on maturation level.

Running ground reaction forces across footwear conditions are predicted from the motion of two body mass components.

Although running shoes alter foot-ground reaction forces, particularly during impact, how they do so is incompletely understood. Here, we hypothesized that footwear effects on running ground reaction force-time patterns can be accurately predicted from the motion of two components of the body's mass (m): the contacting lower-limb (m = 0.08m) and the remainder (m = 0.

Investigating the Effects of Cultural-Mindset Priming on Evaluation of Job Performance Behaviors.

Recent reviews of performance evaluation process and practices indicate that there is substantial variability in the structure and formalization of performance evaluations in organizations across cultures and call for further exploration of the role of cultural variables on the performance evaluation process. In the current study, we use self-construal priming procedures to evaluate the effects of cultural mindset on the performance evaluation process. Specifically, the effects of independent (individualistic) and interdependent (collectivistic) mindset priming on relative importance given to performance behaviors when making judgments of overall job performance was investigated.

The folic acid metabolism gene mel-32/Shmt is required for normal cell cycle lengths in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Neural tube defects are common and serious birth defects in which the brain and/or spinal cord are exposed outside the body. Supplementation of foods with folic acid, an essential vitamin, is linked to a lower risk of neural tube defects; however, the mechanisms by which folic acid influence neural tube defect risk are unclear. Our research seeks to identify the basic cellular roles of known folic acid metabolism genes during morphogenesis using the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans (C.

Augmented antibacterial activity of ampicillin with silver nanoparticles against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

At present, including failed attempts, it takes about 15 years and costs totaling up to $2.6 billion to take a promising new compound from laboratory to the market. Increasing drug resistance among microbial pathogens has led to a growing interest in exploring novel methods to enhance the efficacy of existing drugs.

Trends in college students' mental health diagnoses and utilization of services, 2009-2015.

: To examine changes in diagnoses/treatment for 12 mental health (MH) conditions, previous use of campus MH services, and willingness to seek MH services in the future. ACHA-NCHA II participants from 2009 to 2015 ( = 454,029). Hierarchical binary logistic regression with step 1 controlling for demographics and step 2 considering time.

An Exploration of the Influences Contributing to Food Insecurity in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Food security refers to the ideal state or condition of households that have access at all times to enough food for their members to live an active, healthy life. To better understand local food insecurity, a needs assessment was implemented to explore contributing factors and discuss solutions. A qualitative study including nine focus groups with low-income adults who receive food assistance (N = 82) and four focus groups with emergency food providers (N = 21) was conducted.

Complementary Medicine & Spirituality: Health-Seeking Behaviors of Indian Immigrants in the United States.

Over 3 million India-born immigrants live in the United States, yet their health-seeking behaviors are little understood. Information on health and access to care was collected from 20 adult Indian immigrants living in the United States. Participants preferred complementary and alternative medicine home remedies to address their health needs, although they accessed health services more quickly for their children.

Optimal Mating Strategies for Preferentially Outcrossing Simultaneous Hermaphrodites in the Presence of Predators.

The optimal timing for initiating reproduction (i.e., the age at first reproduction) is a critical life history trait describing aspects of an individual's resource-allocation strategy.