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Therapeutic Effect of Epidermal Growth Factor Combined With Nano Silver Dressing on Diabetic Foot Patients
Authors: Zhang Kaihua , Li Yiran , He Jiarui , Xu Jiasheng , Wan Yanhua , Wan Shasha , Wang Riwei , Zeng Qingfu 
Published: April 2021

Objective: To investigate the clinical efficacy of epidermal growth factor combined with nano silver dressing in the treatment of diabetic foot wounds.Methods: A total of 160 patients with diabetic foot ulcers admitted to the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University from 2015-06 to 2018-06 were selected to participate in the experiment. A randomized table method was used to randomly divide 160 patients into 4 groups: 40 in the epidermal growth factor group, 40 in the nano-silver dressing group, 40 in the combined group, and 40 in the saline control group (normal saline). The healing stage of the wound surface and the growth degree of granulation tissue were graded. Each group was given a dressing change every other day, and the time required for wound repairing to each healing stage was observed. After 2 and 4 weeks of treatment, the wound exudate was collected for bacterial culture.Results: There was no significant difference in the time between the four groups of patients reaching the effective phase of treatment (level 1). Compared with the control group, the epidermal growth factor group and the combined group achieved a shorter time for wound repairing to healing stages 2 and 3, and the difference was significant (p &lt; 0.05). The combined group had a shorter wound repairing time than the epidermal growth factor group (p &lt; 0.05). Compared with the control group, the positive rate of bacteria in the combined group and the silver nanoparticles group was significantly lower after 2 and 4 weeks of treatment.Conclusion: There is no significant difference in wound healing between the four groups during the clinically effective period. After this period, the combined use of recombinant epidermis Growth factors and nano-silver dressings have a significant effect on promoting wound healing and can effectively prevent infection.
Huanglong Antitussive Granule Relieves Acute Asthma Through Regulating Pulmonary Lipid Homeostasis
Authors: Yan Hua , Qian Guiying , Yang Rui , Luo Zichen , Wang Xianzheng , Xie Tong , Zhao Xia , Shan Jinjun 
Published: April 2021

Background: Asthma is a respiratory disease with chronic airway inflammatory, and individuals with asthma exacerbations is one of the most frequent causes of hospitalization. Huanglong antitussive granule (HL Granule), a Chinese proprietary herbal medicine, has been proved to be effective in the clinical treatment of pulmonary disease. This study is devoted to the pharmacodynamics of HL Granule in acute asthma and the possible mechanism from the perspective of lipidomics.Methods: Mice were divided into four groups, control group, acute asthma model group, HL Granule treatment and montelukast sodium treatment group. Acute asthma was induced by ovalbumin (OVA). Histopathology, pulmonary function and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) were used to validated model and effect of HL Granule. Lipids were detected by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to hybrid Quadrupole-Exactive Orbitrap mass spectrometry (UHPLC-Q-Exactive Orbitrap MS) and identified by MS-DAIL and built-in Lipidblast database. Differentially expressed lipids recalled in HL Granule treatment group were extracted for heatmap, enrichment analysis and correlation analysis.Results: HL Granule was effective in decreasing airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), airway inflammatory and the levels of IL-4 and IL-5. A total of 304 and 167 lipids were identified in positive and negative ion mode, respectively. Among these, 104 and 73 lipids were reserved in HL Granule group (FDR &lt; 0.05), including acylcarnitine (ACar), fatty acid (FA), lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC), phosphatidylcholine (PC), lysophosphatidylethanolamine (LPE), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylglycerol (PG), phosphatidylinositol (PI), phosphatidylserine (PS), diglyceride (DG), triglyceride (TG), sphingomyelin (SM) and ceramide (Cer). Furthermore, 118 and 273 correlations among 47 and 96 lipids in the positive and negative were observed, with ether-linked phosphatidylethanolamine (PEe) and phosphatidylcholine (PCe) (FDR &lt; 0.001, Spearman correlation coefficient r2 &gt; 0.75).Conclusion: HL Granule might improve pulmonary lipid homeostasis and could be used as an alternative or supplementary therapy in clinical for the treatment of asthma.
¿Qué significa ser un buen profesor?
Authors: Portocarrero O'Phelan Felipe 
Published: April 2021

La presente investigación plantea la exploración de la vasta producción discursiva alrededor de la idea del ‘buen’ profesor en el contexto inglés. Habiendo identificado tres capas de análisis – que, además, representan tres niveles del discurso – el objetivo es proponer una visión comprehensiva de los diferentes elementos discursivos que constituyen al de ‘buen’ profesor o, mejor dicho, aquellos elementos a partir de los cuales la idea de ‘buen’ profesor está construida. Así, basándonos en las políticas educativas gubernamentales inglesas, literatura didáctica (manuales), investigación académica y crítica, y los testimonios de profesores; podremos observar la multiplicidad de discursos, dispositivos retóricos y las percepciones que los diversos actores que participan en la construcción de la idea de un ‘buen’ profesor expresan, y, con mayor énfasis, en las diversas perspectivas que los propios profesores tienen de su propia práctica profesional. Esta aproximación nos permite entender la complejidad de la interacción y los cálculos que los profesores deben incorporar y poner en operación al momento de ‘encarnar’ las políticas oficiales; y las diferentes ‘tecnologías’ utilizadas por las políticas – y por quienes las diseñan e implementan - y discursos oficiales para persuadir, coercer y someter a los profesores bajo sus directivas.
On a Top-Quality Humanity Scholar
Authors: Ярков А.П. , Алтухова С.А. 
Published: April 2021

Рецензируется книга, посвященная доктору исторических наук, профессору Андрею Марковичу Сагалаеву, выдающемуся российскому этнографу, педагогу, общественному деятелю. Коллективный сборник, авторами которого стали коллеги, ученики и близкие друзья Андрея Марковича, содержит научные статьи, полевые и архивные материалы, переводы, так или иначе связанные с темами мифологии, фольклора, культовых практик народов Сибири и Дальнего Востока. Вторую часть книги составили материалы, которые можно отнести к эпистолярному жанру (воспоминания, письма и газетная публицистика) и которые в более полной мере позволили раскрыть разносторонность научных интересов Андрея Марковича Сагалаева и грани его неординарной личности.
The reviewed book describes the life and research work of Andrey Sagalaev (1953–2002), a famous Russian ethnographer, doctor of historical sciences, professor, public figure. Colleagues, students and friends of Andrey Sagalaev became the authors of the collective monograph. The first part of the book contains scholarly articles, field and archival materials, and translations related to the themes of the mythology, folklore, cult practices of the peoples of Siberia and the Far East. Culture is viewed as a synthetic phenomenon that goes beyond the narrow framework of evolutionary theory in these works. Culture does not have universals given “initially”. There are no absolutely identical plots. Accordingly, each of the cultures (“large” and “small”) is unique. Andrey Sagalaev believed that an archaic culture and an archaic society are a unique way of development, and the only possible one in the harsh environmental conditions of Siberia, the North, or the Far East, and this way requires understanding. He viewed Siberian shamanism as a special form of the natural philosophy of nature with its unique complex of ideas, ceremonial-ritual and cult components. The authors of the monograph developed these ideas in their research included in the book. They examine the themes of shamanism, the genesis of mythologems, the identification of the general and the special in the mythological plots of different ethnic groups, the search for borrowings and sources of origin of certain mythical (cultural) heroes and plots, the description of cult and ritual elements. The second part of the book contains materials that can be attributed to the epistolary genre: memoirs, letters, and newspaper journalism. These issues made it possible to more fully reveal the versatility of Andrey Sagalaev's research interests and the facets of his extraordinary personality.
Coloring Problems on Bipartite Graphs of Small Diameter
Authors: Campos Victor A. , Gomes Guilherme C.M. , Ibiapina Allen , Lopes Raul , Sau Ignasi , Silva Ana 
Published: April 2021

We investigate a number of coloring problems restricted to bipartite graphs with bounded diameter. First, we investigate the $k$-List Coloring, $k$-Coloring, and $k$-Precoloring Extension problems on bipartite graphs with diameter at most $d$, proving $\textsf{NP}$-completeness in most cases, and leaving open only the List $3$-Coloring and $3$-Precoloring Extension problems when $d=3$.
Some of these results are obtained $\textsc{through}$ a proof that the Surjective $C_6$-Homomorphism problem is $\textsf{NP}$-complete on bipartite graphs with diameter at most four. Although the latter result has been already proved [Vikas, 2017], we present ours as an alternative simpler one. As a byproduct, we also get that $3$-Biclique Partition is $\textsf{NP}$-complete. An attempt to prove this result was presented in [Fleischner, Mujuni, Paulusma, and Szeider, 2009], but there was a flaw in their proof, which we identify and discuss here.
Finally, we prove that the $3$-Fall Coloring problem is $\textsf{NP}$-complete on bipartite graphs with diameter at most four, and prove that $\textsf{NP}$-completeness for diameter three would also imply $\textsf{NP}$-completeness of $3$-Precoloring Extension on diameter three, thus closing the previously mentioned open cases. This would also answer a question posed in [Kratochvíl, Tuza, and Voigt, 2002].
Pengaruh gaya mengajar dan kemampuan motorik terhadap hasil belajar forehand drive tenis meja
Authors: Hasmarita Sony , Kurnia Dedi 
Published: April 2021

Tujuan penelitian ini untuk memperoleh informasi tentang pengaruh gaya mengajar dan kemampuan motorik terhadap hasil belajar forehand drive tenis meja di SMP Negeri 1 Saguling. Metode penelitian ini adalah eksperimen, Populasi siswa kelas VIII SMPN 1 Saguling berjumlah 75siswa, sampel yang digunakan adalah 40 orang , dengan teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan pengambilan purporsif sampling dari keseluruhan populasi penelitian 100%. Dari total populasi kemudian diukur sebanyak 27% kelompok atas dan bawah sebagai pengelompokkan kemampuan motorik tinggi dan rendah. Data perhitungannya mengacu pada Ferducci.Teknik analisis variansi(ANAVA)dua jalur, dilanjutkan dengan Uji Tukey pada taraf signifikansi α = 0,05. Diperoleh : (1)Hasil belajar forehand drive yang latihan dengan menggunakan gaya mengajar latihan(X̅=3.60) lebih baik dari hasil belajar forehand drive dengan gaya mengajar resiprokal (X̅ = 3.35 ). (2)Terdapat interaksi antara gaya mengajar dengan kemampuan motorik terhadap hasil belajar forehand drive diperoleh harga Fhitung interaksi(FAB) = 17,48 dan Ftabel = 4,35, Fhitung > Ftabel sehingga (Ho) ditolak dan (Hi) diterima. (3)Siswa yang memiliki kemampuan motorik tinggi menggunakan gaya mengajar latihan dengan (X̅=4.30) lebih baik dengan gaya mengajar resiprokal (X̅ = 3,10).(4) Siswa yang memiliki kemampuan motorik rendah menggunakan gaya mengajar resiprokal(X̅ = 3,60) lebih baik dari pada yang diajar dengan gaya mengajar latihan(X̅ = 2,90).
Venus Observations at 40 and 90 GHz with CLASS
Authors: Dahal Sumit , Brewer Michael K. , Appel John W. , Ali Aamir , Bennett Charles L. , Bustos Ricardo , Chan Manwei , Chuss David T. , Cleary Joseph , Couto Jullianna D. , Datta Rahul , Denis Kevin L. , Eimer Joseph , Espinoza Francisco , Essinger-Hileman Thomas , Gothe Dominik , Harrington Kathleen , Iuliano Jeffrey , Karakla John , Marriage Tobias A. , Novack Sasha , Núñez Carolina , Padilla Ivan L. , Parker Lucas , Petroff Matthew A. , Reeves Rodrigo , Rhoades Gary , Rostem Karwan , Valle Deniz A. N. , Watts Duncan J. , Weiland Janet L. , Wollack Edward J. , Xu 徐 Zhilei 智 磊 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
Using the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor, we measure the disk-averaged absolute Venus brightness temperature to be 432.3 ± 2.8 K and 355.6 ± 1.3 K in the Q and W frequency bands centered at 38.8 and 93.7 GHz, respectively. At both frequency bands, these are the most precise measurements to date. Furthermore, we observe no phase dependence of the measured temperature in either band. Our measurements are consistent with a CO2-dominant atmospheric model that includes trace amounts of additional absorbers like SO2 and H2SO4.
Applying Andragogy in Nursing Continuing Education
Authors: Nielsen Beverly B 
Published: April 2021

ABSTRACT
Andragogy, a philsophical orientation for adult education, receives little attention in the nursing continuing education literature. Yet, the tenets of andragogy form the organizing framework for programming. This article defines andragogy and provides selected results of a research study designed to test andragogical concepts in long-term oncology nursing continuing education programs. The results of the study suggest a new way of viewing the goals of nursing continuing education activities.
Research-Related Learning Needs of Ohio Nurses
Authors: Miller Elaine Tilka , Edwards-Beckon Joy , Mikolaj Eda , Bower Dolores , Pontius Carolyn 
Published: April 2021

ABSTRACT
Barriers to research utilization continue to obstruct nursing's goal of research-based practice. A survey was conducted to explore the diverse research-related learning needs of Ohio nurses. The survey results suggest at least two distinct nursing practice groups. One nursing group cited an educational need for basic, general research information that included how to utilize research in practice and teaching; the second group was most concerned with the actual performance of research. In order to maximize nursing research utilization in the 1990s, nurse educators must address the profession's diverse research-focused learning needs.
Nursing Documentation: A Program to Promote and Sustain Improvement
Authors: Bernick Laurie , Richards Pat 
Published: April 2021

ABSTRACT
Pertinent, timely, and accurate nursing documentation promotes consistency in client care and effective communication among nurses and other health team members. Alternative documentation systems, continuing education efforts, and ongoing quality management activities are necessary to ensure that standards of record keeping are maintained. A pilot project using such methods was conducted on two hospital units to promote adherence to a specific documentation system. Education was integrated with peer auditing and follow-up over a 6-month period. The nursing staff significantly improved the quality of their documentation and sustained this improvement over time. Staff's knowledge about documentation improved significantly. Furthermore, there was a statistically significant decrease in documentation errors. The integration of peer auditing and continuing education enabled nurses to attain and maintain specific documentation standards.
RN to BS in Nursing: Historical Review Leads to Articulation Agreement
Authors: Stecchi Janice M , Pearce Carole , Tyra Patricia A , Gelser Louisa , Durkin Mary Ann S , Rogers Helen 
Published: April 2021

ABSTRACT
Historically, registered nurses who have graduated from associate degree or diploma programs and who wish to obtain a baccalaureate degree in nursing have been required to pass challenge examinations to obtain credit for their previous nursing knowledge. A review of this university's policy regarding challenge examinations convinced faculty to establish a transition course and to actively pursue articulation agreements with local community colleges. Through these agreements, RN students would be granted 29 credits and bypass the junior year. This article is written to encourage others to review their policies to facilitate educational mobility for the RN/BS student.
Videotape Intervention: Producing Videotapes for Use in Nursing Practice and Education
Authors: Chang Betty L , Hirsch Maureen 
Published: April 2021

ABSTRACT
The purpose of this article is to describe the process utilized to produce nursing-specific videotapes for application in clinical or educational settings. The three phases, pre-production, production and post-production, are exemplified with the description of the process used by the authors as they developed the Nurseline Video-Assisted Modeling Program (NuVAMP), a video intervention for caregivers of people with dementia that helps them to shape family members' behaviors in activities of daily living. The practical aspects of video production are emphasized, including script writing, budget development, and the video editing process.
Exploring the Learner's World: Critical Incident Methodology
Authors: Rosenal Lorraine 
Published: April 2021

ABSTRACT
Critical incident tools are data collection instruments that can reveal the world view and experiences of the nurses who write them. The methodology is drawn from the phenomenological research tradition. Brookfield (1990b) describes critical incidents as situations or events that are vividly remembered and hold special significance for the writer. Using Brookfield's recommendations, nurse educators at Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary, Alberta, Canada have developed a successful critical incident tool that has allowed them to gain a richer understanding of staff nurses' issues, needs, and concerns. This paper will describe the tool in detail, the situations in which it has been used, and the value of the technique in general to nurse educators in the workplace.
Assessing Registered Nurses' Reasons for Participating in Continuing Education
Authors: DeSilets Lynore D 
Published: April 2021

ABSTRACT
Registered nurses (RNs) attending a national conference were surveyed to find out what motivated their participation in continuing professional education. Eight hundred sixty-six RNs completed the Participation Reasons Scale (PRS) and the Respondent Information Form (RIF). Five factors emerged from a factor analysis and several significant relationships were found between person-related and profession-related variables. These findings indicate that nurses are concerned with professional competence and participate in continuing education for complex reasons. This study can serve as the basis for further research and should be useful to those who teach or plan continuing education activities, promote them, select instructional techniques, and evaluate learning experiences. If, as current research indicates, continuing education contributes to quality practice, then reasons that influence participation take on an increasingly greater significance for the entire nursing profession.
Enhancing Nurses' Reliance on Patients' Perceptions of Pain During Pain Assessment: A Comparison of Two Educational Methods
Authors: Dols Cynthia , Forker Judith , Lumm Margaret , Huff Ingrid , Johnson Marigold , Morrell Carole , Prunty Nancy , Riehl Kathy , Sabey Mary , Vail Myrna 
Published: April 2021

ABSTRACT
The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to determine if an educational program on pain assessment that includes both knowledge and attitude domains is more effective than a didactic educational offering in encouraging nurses' reliance on patients' self-reports of pain during assessment for pain. Twenty-two registered nurses and seven licensed practical nurses at the Tucson Veterans Affairs Medical Center participated. Group A received a lecture and watched a videotape. Group B received a lecture, watched a videotape, and participated in a group discussion on attitudes. Participants in both groups completed the Pain Management Questionnaire developed by Ferrell, Eberts, McCaffery & Grant (1991). No significant differences were found between groups with respect to results on the pain management questionnaire.
The Impact of a Hospital-Wide Experiential Learning Educational Program on Staff's Knowledge and Misconceptions About Aging
Authors: Karner Karen J , Rheinheimer David C , DeLisi Anne Marie , Due Celestina 
Published: April 2021

ABSTRACT
The increased use of health care services by older adults has prompted an interest in preparing health care workers to better deal with the special needs of older adults. Aging education is one method of sensitizing health care personnel to these special needs, but the effectiveness of such educational programs needs to be established.
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact on the knowledge and attitudes of hospital personnel of their participation in an experiential learning educational program concerning older adults. Each of nine groups of hospital employees attended a 2-hour workshop. Each group completed a pretest and posttest using Palmore's Facts on Aging Quiz. A significant increase in scores was found in all groups after the workshop experience, and some groups had a greater increase in scores than others.
Nursing On-Line for Continuing Education Credit
Authors: Plank Rosemary K 
Published: April 2021

ABSTRACT
Background: The Internet was evaluated as a source of continuing education credit for RNs.
Method: Using the search engines Alta Vista, Excite, Magellan, and Infoseek, 600 World Wide Web sites were reviewed for on-line programs that would lead to the receipt of a continuing education (CE) certificate of completion for a varying number of CE hours.
Results: Five sites provided CE programs online and one site used e-mail to deliver the program to personal computers. All sites offered certificates and were approved to offer continuing nursing education credit through a state board of nursing or through the agency sponsoring the Internet site. The CE hours were also approved by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Conclusion: The findings indicate the Internet is a source of CE units (hours) for nurses that may be used to satisfy requirements of state boards of nursing. The sites are easily accessible and eliminate travel and great expenses. The Internet is a rich source of current health-related information not approved for CE units but pertinent to health care professionals.
Attitudes of Upper Division Nursing Students Toward Organ Donation
Authors: Jones-Riffell Amanda J , Stoeckle Mary L 
Published: April 2021

ABSTRACT
Background: Attitudes of 28 upper division BSN students toward organ donation were explored in this pilot study.
Method: The Organ Donor Attitude Questionnaire II-Student Version was distributed to a convenience sample of 56 BSN students, with 28 completed questionnaires returned.
Results: Ninety-six percent (n = 27) of participants "agree" to "strongly agree" with the basic concept of organ donation. A significant negative correlation (r^sub pb^(26) = -.60, p = .0007) was found between attitude toward organ donation and having signed the organ donation portion of one's driver's license. Increased knowledge of the subject was believed to be a major influence by slightly more than two thirds (67.8%; ? = 19) of those surveyed. Although students demonstrated a lack of knowledge regarding organ donation (mean = 62.5, range 0 to 100), no significant correlation was found between knowledge level and selected variables or attitude.
Conclusion: The results indicate that educational programs addressing donor identification and management would be beneficial if included in nursing education curricula and new graduate orientation.