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The Influence of Pshycoeducation Therapy Toward Anxiety Level in Hemodialysis Patients

Hemodialysis is a treatment used to remove fluid and the waste products from the body when the kidneys are not able to perform its function. Hemodialysis can impact on both physical and psychological dimensions, one of psychological impact is anxiety. Anxiety can be managed by pharmacological and nonpharmacological therapy. One of method to reduce the level of anxiety with nonpharmacological approach is psychoeducation. The study aimed to know differences between anxiety level before and after implementing psychoeducation therapy on hemodialysis patients. This study was type of pre-experimental with one group pre test post test without a control group and involved 30 patients. The technique sample in this study was taken by consecutive sampling. The instrument use questionnaire Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS) to determine the level of anxiety before and after a psychoeducation Therapy.Psychoeducation instrument that used is a checklist of activities patient participates in from first session to third session according to standard operating procedures. There was significant difference between the mean level of anxiety on hemodialysis patients before and after psychoeducation is 4.8 (p= 0.000). The study recommended to use a pshycoeducation Therapy to reduce anxiety on hemodialisys patients in early period.
Semiprognostic Tests of Cumulus Parameterization Schemes in the Middle Latitudes

Abstract In this paper, we consider three disparate classes of cumulus parameterization schemes, applied to cases of severe midlatitude convective storms observed during SESAME-1979. Objective analysis of the observed data was carded out and verifying heat and moisture budgets were computed. For the three types of schemes–Arakawa-Schubert, KreitzbM-Perkey, and Kuo–the underlying closure assumptions and cloud models are tested within the generalized framework of dynamic control, static control, and feedback. Using the semiprognostic approach, single time step predictions of the heating and drying rates due to convection are obtained for the three schemes and are compared with those diagnosed from the observed budgets. The results presented should have important implications for models with a resolution of more than 1 80 km. The vertical distributions of warming and drying are fairly well reproduced by the Arakawa-Schubert scheme, however, excessive amounts are predicted in most of the lower troposphere and.
Dynamic behaviour of silicon carbide nanowires under high and extreme strain rates: a molecular dynamics study

Molecular dynamics simulations are used to investigate the dynamic behaviour of SiC nanowires under strain rates between 2 × 109 s−1 and 2 × 1011 s−1. Nanowires of different cross sections in the wurtzite (WZN) and zinc blende (ZBN) phases are considered under tensile and compressive deformation. Results show contrasts and similarities in the behaviour of WZNs and ZBNs for the lowest strain rate. (i) WZNs present a continuous structural transformation in the elastic regime under compressive deformation, to a h-MgO structure, while ZBNs display a similar kind of transformation to the β-Sn structure under tensile deformation. (ii) Under tensile deformation WZNs fail by brittle fracture while ZBNs display complex plasticity before failure. (iii) Under compressive deformation both ZBNs and WZNs show buckling and plasticity. For the highest strain rate the mechanical behaviour is similar: both WZNs and ZBNs show induced amorphization for both tensile and compressive deformations.
Instabilities of two-dimensional inviscid compressible vortices

The linear stability and subsequent nonlinear evolution and acoustic radiation of a planar inviscid compressible vortex is examined. Linear-stability analysis shows that vortices with smoother vorticity profiles than the Rankine vortex considered by Broadbent & Moore (1979) are also unstable. However, only neutrally stable waves are found for a Gaussian vorticity profile. The effects of entropy gradient are investigated and for the particular entropy profile chosen, positive average entropy gradient in the vortex core is destabilizing while the opposite is true for negative average entropy gradient. The linear initial-value problem is studied by finite-difference methods. It is found that these methods are capable of accurately computing the frequencies and weak growth rates of the normal modes. When the initial condition consists of random perturbations, the long-time behaviour is found to correspond to the most unstable normal mode in all cases. In particular, the Gaussian vortex has no algebraically growing modes. This procedure also reveals the existence of weakly decaying and neutrally stable waves rotating in the direction opposite to the vortex core, which were not observed previously. The nonlinear development of an elliptic-mode perturbation is studied by numerical solution of the Euler equations. The vortex elongates and forms shocklets; eventually, the core splits into two corotating vortices. The individual vortices then gradually move away from each other while their rate of rotation about their mid-point slowly decreases. The acoustic flux reaches a maximum at the time of fission and decreases as the vortices move apart.
From Oxytocin to Compassion: The Saliency of Distress

Simple Summary Compassion is a warm response of care and concern for those who are suffering, which drives individuals to devote their resources for the sake of others. A prominent evolutionary framework grounds compassion in the neurobiology of the caregiving system - the inborn motivation to support close others in times of need. The current review paper investigates the neurobiological mechanisms of compassion, and in particular, the neuropeptide oxytocin which is known to play a significant role in caregiving. Integrating the state-of-the-art literature on oxytocin with the current understanding of compassion, we suggest that oxytocin regulates the necessary precursor of compassion, i.e., the saliency of pain and distress cues. In according to this view, social cues are more likely to be noticed and responded to in an oxytocin-enriched environment. This framework focuses on the saliency processes in the context of social suffering. It sheds light on two central aspects of compassion. First, it highlights the less investigated initial stages of compassion, i.e. sensitivity and attentiveness to pain and distress. Second, it opens the door to the vast variability of social responses when facing suffering others, by demonstrating that emotions, motivations and behaviors elicited by such sensitivity to pain are crucially dependent on context and personality. Abstract Compassion is a warm response of care and concern for those who are suffering, which drives individuals to devote their resources for the sake of others. A prominent neuroevolutionary framework grounds compassion in the neurobiology of the mammalian caregiving system. Accordingly, it has been suggested that the oxytocinergic system, which plays a central role in parental caregiving and bonding, provides the neurobiological foundation for compassion towards strangers. Yet, the specific role of oxytocin in compassion is far from clear. The current paper aims to target this gap and offer a theoretical framework that integrates the state-of-the-art literature on oxytocin with research on compassion. We suggest that oxytocin mediates compassion by enhancing the saliency of cues of pain and distress and discuss the plausible underlying neurobiological substrates. We further demonstrate how the proposed framework can account for individual differences in compassion, focusing on the effects of attachment on caregiving and support. The proposed framework integrates the current scientific understanding of oxytocin function with compassion-related processes. It thus highlights the largely ignored attentional processes in compassion and taps into the vast variability of responses in social contexts involving pain and suffering.
Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer across Horizontal Tube Bundles‐A Review

This paper presents a state-of-the-art review of two-phase flow and flow boiling across horizontal tube bundles. The review covers studies related to the dynamic aspects of two-phase flow on the shell side of staggered and in-line tube bundles for upward, downward, and side-to-side flows (i.e. the evaluation of void fraction, two-phase flow behaviors and pressure drops). Heat transfer experimental work and heat transfer prediction methods on tube bundles in cross-flow for plain, low-fin, and enhanced boiling tubes are also covered. The proposed flow pattern maps and semi-empirical correlations for predicting void fraction and frictional pressure drop are critically described. These prediction methods are generally based on experimental results for adiabatic air-water flows, and noticeable discrepancies are revealed in the results provided by them. This study reveals that before now, there were no heat transfer prediction methods that can be recommended as a general design tool. Finally, this study suggests further research focusing on the development of representative databanks and prediction methods.
Surface slopes, velocity profiles and fluid pressure in coarse-grained debris flows saturated with water and mud

Abstract Data on the internal velocity distribution of flowing sediment–fluid mixtures such as debris flows are rare, but necessary for model development and testing. A probe to measure the mean particle velocity at different depths and different locations within experimental debris flows in a 4 m diameter rotating drum was developed. In addition, the flow depth, basal normal stress and basal pore fluid pressure were also measured. Results show that for a given sediment–fluid mixture the velocity profiles collapse to distinct non-dimensional profiles. Macroscopic flow behaviour shows great similarity, with mean surface slopes weakly dependent on the shear rate for water-saturated gravel, but strongly shear-rate-dependent when pores are filled with mud. Poorly sorted material with a high content of fines produced fluid pressures close to normal stress and sidewall friction had a strong effect on the flow pattern. Our results reveal variability in profile characteristics for flows displaying similar macro-dynamics and provide data for model testing.
On the detection of temperature changes induced by increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide

Radiosonde data for approximately the past 25 years have been used to search for the lower-stratospheric cooling and lesser upper-tropospheric warming expected, according to many modelling studies, as a result of the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. There are no clear indications that the hypothesized temperature changes have occurred. Settling of volcanic dust after the 1963 eruption of Agung, and inhomogeneity in the data resulting from changes in design of radiosondes, may have caused observed loẃer-stratospheric temperatures to fall in the late 1960s at some stations. Even in the absence of instrumental shortcomings, a further 35 years of radiosonde data, or 20-25 years of satellite stratospheric sounding data, are a prerequisite for detection of temperature trends of the size predicted by global circulation models for the present rate of increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration.
Characterization and Expression of Holothurian Wnt Signaling Genes during Adult Intestinal Organogenesis

Wnt signaling has been shown to play multiple roles in regenerative processes, one of the most widely studied of which is the regeneration of the intestinal luminal epithelia. Most studies in this area have focused on self-renewal of the luminal stem cells; however, Wnt signaling may also have more dynamic functions, such as facilitating intestinal organogenesis. To explore this possibility, we employed the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima that can regenerate a full intestine over the course of 21 days after evisceration. We collected RNA-seq data from various intestinal tissues and regeneration stages and used these data to define the Wnt genes present in H. glaberrima and the differential gene expression (DGE) patterns during the regenerative process. Twelve Wnt genes were found, and their presence was confirmed in the draft genome of H. glaberrima. The expressions of additional Wnt-associated genes, such as Frizzled and Disheveled, as well as genes from the Wnt/β-catenin and Wnt/Planar Cell Polarity (PCP) pathways, were also analyzed. DGE showed unique distributions of Wnt in early- and late-stage intestinal regenerates, consistent with the Wnt/β-catenin pathway being upregulated during early-stages and the Wnt/PCP pathway being upregulated during late-stages. Our results demonstrate the diversity of Wnt signaling during intestinal regeneration, highlighting possible roles in adult organogenesis.
Trap Design for Vibratory Bowl Feeders

The vibratory bowl feeder is the oldest and still most common approach to the automated feeding (orienting) of industrial parts. In this paper, the authors consider a class of vibratory bowl filters that can be described by removing polygonal sections from the track; this class of filters is referred to as traps. For an n-sided polygonal part and an m-sided polygonal trap, an O(n2m log n) algorithm is given to decide whether the part in a specific orientation will safely move across the trap or will fall through the trap and thus be filtered out. For an n-sided convex polygonal part and m-sided convex polygonal trap, this bound is improved to O((n+m) log n). Furthermore, the authors show how to design various trap shapes, ranging from simple traps to general polygons, which will filter out all but one of the different stable orientations of a given part. Although the runtimes of the design algorithms are exponential in the number of trap parameters, many industrial part feeders use few-parameter traps (balconies, canyons, slots); in these cases, the running times of the algorithms range from linear to low-degree polynomial.
The Edinburgh-Cape Blue Object Survey — I. Description of the survey

The Edinburgh-Cape Blue Object Survey is a major survey to discover blue stellar objects brighter than B similar to 18 in the southern sky. It is planned to cover an area of sky of 10 000 deg(2) with \b\ > 30 degrees and delta < 0 degrees. The blue stellar objects are selected by automatic techniques from U and B pairs of UK Schmidt Telescope plates scanned with the COSMOS measuring machine. Follow-up photometry and spectroscopy are being obtained with the SAAO telescopes to classify objects brighter than B = 16.5. This paper describes the survey, the techniques used to extract the blue stellar objects, the photometric methods and accuracy, the spectroscopic classification, and the limits and completeness of the survey.
Flux of meteoroid impacts on Mercury

In this work we present a new estimate of the meteoroid flux on Mercury. The flux has been obtained as a result of material delivery from both the 3:1 and $\nu_6$ resonances, and calibrated on the basis of the Earth meteoroid flux. Our model does not take into account non-gravitational forces, like the Poynting-Robertson effect, and for this reason it is suitable for bodies having dimension greater than about 1 cm. We also analyse the dependence of the predicted impactor flux on Mercury on meteoroid size. Possible asymmetries of the meteoroid flux over the surface (morning/evening hemispheres) and along the orbit (perihelion/aphelion) are also discussed.
Agreement between Family Members and the Physician’s View in the ICU Environment: Personal Experience as a Factor Influencing Attitudes towards Corresponding Hypothetical Situations

Background: It is not known whether intensive care unit (ICU) patients’ family members realistically assess patients’ health status. Objectives: The aim was to investigate the agreement between family and intensivists’ assessment concerning changes in patient health, focusing on family members’ resilience and their perceptions of decision making. Methods: For each ICU patient, withdrawal criteria were assessed by intensivists while family members assessed the patient’s health development and completed the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale and the Self-Compassion Scale. Six months after ICU discharge, follow-up contact was established, and family members gave their responses to two hypothetical scenarios. Results: 162 ICU patients and 189 family members were recruited. Intensivists’ decisions about whether a patient met the withdrawal criteria had 75,9% accuracy for prediction of survival. Families’ assessments were statistically independent of intensivists’ opinions, and resilience had a significant positive effect on the probability of agreement with intensivists. Six months after discharge, family members whose relatives were still alive were significantly more likely to consider that the family or patient themselves should be involved in decision-making. Conclusions: Resilience is related to an enhanced probability of agreement of the family with intensivists’ perceptions of patients’ health progression. Family attitudes in hypothetical scenarios were found to be significantly affected by the patient’s actual health progression.
Intelligent Scheduling System for Elevators Based on Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm

A elevator scheduling method based on the particle swarm optimization algorithm is proposed to address the dynamics and complexity of the elevator environment and the mutual constraints between multiple objectives. To address the policy optimization challenges arising from dimensional disasters in the elevator state space, a proximal policy optimization algorithm is used to reduce the complexity of training. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can achieve optimal control of elevators with very low complexity and resolve the conflict between efficient operation of elevators and fairness of user waiting time.
Treatment Effect of Phototherapy with Low-Level Energy in Patients with Allergic Rhinitis: A Single-Arm Observational Study

Allergic rhinitis is one of the most common health challenges and has a chronic and repetitive course that requires symptomatic treatment. We aimed to investigate the effect of phototherapy on allergic rhinitis and how long it takes to demonstrate treatment effect. Twenty-one patients who were diagnosed with allergic rhinitis using the skin prick test were enrolled. Red light (660 nm) and infrared light (940 nm) with a low power energy of 5 mW were used three times a day at intervals of at least 5 h. The Rhinoconjuntivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire (RQLQ) and a visual analog scale (VAS) were used to measure the changes in symptoms. The median RQLQ and VAS scores before treatment were 62 (49–81.5) and 3 (2–5) points, respectively. The RQLQ score improved significantly at two and four weeks after treatment (52 [39–62.5]) and 46.0 [30.5–57.0], respectively). The VAS scores also improved significantly at two and four weeks after treatment. Nasal obstruction and rhinorrhea improved significantly at one week after the procedure. Low-power (5 mW) light irradiation (660 nm red light and 940 nm infrared) was effective in improving the symptoms of allergic rhinitis. In addition, symptom improvement became clear approximately a week after use. Further studies are required to reach a definitive conclusion.
The Influence of Probiotic Supplementation on the Severity of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms; Function and Composition of Gut Microbiota; and Metabolic, Inflammation, and Oxidative Stress Markers in Patients with Depression—A Study Protocol

This article aims to present the theoretical basis, methodology, and design of a clinical trial we will conduct. The study will be prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, and double-blind. Each intervention period will last 8 weeks and the trial will be conducted on 100 patients in total, who will be randomly divided into two groups consisting of 50 patients each. We plan to investigate the impact of Lactobacillus helveticus Rosell and Bifidobacterium longum Rosell on the depressive, anxiety, and stress levels in patients with depressive disorders with possible comorbid anxiety. In addition to assessing the influence of probiotics on the clinical condition, we also plan to study the clinical and biochemical parameters of metabolic syndrome, which often coexists with depression. Both depressive and metabolic issues may have part of their etiopathology in common, e.g., inflammation, oxidative stress, and dysbiosis. This is why we will additionally investigate the parameters related to gut microbiota, inflammatory, and oxidative statuses. Thus, the primary endpoint of the study will be the change in depression score measured with the Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale. The secondary endpoints will include changes in anxiety and stress levels, as well as metabolic, inflammation, and oxidative stress parameters.
Prolonged Antibacterial Activity in Tannic Acid–Iron Complexed Chitosan Films for Medical Device Applications

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) represent a global burden, leading to significant mortality and generating financial costs. One important cause of HAIs is the microbiological contamination of implantable medical devices. In this context, a novel antimicrobial drug-eluting system, based on chitosan and loaded with gentamicin, a broad-spectrum antibiotic, was developed. The effects of the addition of tannic acid and different FeSO4 concentrations on the loaded antibiotic release were evaluated. The properties of the films were assessed in terms of thickness, swelling, mass loss and wettability. The films’ surface composition was characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. The antibiotic release in phosphate buffer saline was quantified by high-performance liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry, and the antibacterial activity was evaluated. Hemolysis and cytotoxicity were also assessed. The results showed that the addition of tannic acid and iron decreased the swelling degree and degradation due to strong interactions between the different components, thus impacting gentamicin release for up to 35 days. In conclusion, this study presents a novel strategy to produce low-cost and biocompatible antimicrobial drug-eluting systems with sustained and prolonged antibacterial activity over more than a month.