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Verbal responses, depressive symptoms, reminiscence functions and cognitive emotion regulation in older women receiving individual reminiscence therapy
Authors: Wu Dongmei , Chen Taolin , Yang Hao , Gong Qiyong , Hu Xiuying 
Published: November 2017

Aims and objectivesTo examine the effectiveness of individual reminiscence therapy in community‐dwelling older women with depressive symptoms and to explore the characteristics of participants’ verbalisation in the process.BackgroundPrevious studies have found reminiscence was related to depression and anxiety. Although reminiscence therapy is widely used to reduce depression, little is known about how it works, and the content of verbalisations might provide one explanation.DesignThe study employed a one‐group pretest–post‐test design.MethodsTwenty‐seven participants underwent 6‐week interventions of individual reminiscence therapy at home that were conducted by one nurse and induced through seeing old photographs. The Geriatric Depression Scale, Zung Self‐rating Anxiety Scale, Reminiscence Functions Scale and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire were used to measure the emotional states, reminiscence functions and cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Participants’ verbalisations were categorised using the Client Behavior System.ResultsReminiscence therapy relieved depression and anxiety. Both the reminiscence function and cognitive emotion regulation became more favourable after interventions. Furthermore, higher frequencies of recounting, cognitive‐behavioural exploration and affective exploration were noted in the process. Participants with more severe depressive symptoms tended to display a higher frequency of affective exploration. The reduction in depression, self‐negative reminiscence and negative‐focused emotion regulation were respectively associated with verbalisations.ConclusionsIndividual reminiscence therapy might relieve negative emotion and improve reminiscence function and cognitive emotion regulation. The participants’ verbalisation is worthy of our attention, due to its correlation with the severity of depression and its mitigating effects on the depression, anxiety, self‐negative reminiscence and negative‐focused regulation in older women. The results contribute to our understanding of the therapeutic procedure and suggest a need for more research on the therapeutic processes.Relevance to clinical practiceStudy on processes could help training novice clinical interveners so that reminiscence therapy can work better on emotional disorders in clinical practice.
Fundamental care and knowledge interests: Implications for nursing science
Authors: Granero‐Molina José , Fernández‐Sola Cayetano , Mateo‐Aguilar Ester , Aranda‐Torres Cayetano , Román‐López Pablo , Hernández‐Padilla José Manuel 
Published: November 2017

Aims and objectivesTo characterise the intratheoretical interests of knowledge in nursing science as an epistemological framework for fundamental care.BackgroundFor Jürgen Habermas, theory does not separate knowledge interests from life. All knowledge, understanding and human research is always interested. Habermas formulated the knowledge interests in empirical‐analytical, historical‐hermeneutic and critical social sciences; but said nothing about health sciences and nursing science.DesignDiscursive paper.ResultsThe article is organised into five sections that develop our argument about the implications of the Habermasian intratheoretical interests in nursing science and fundamental care: the persistence of a technical interest, the predominance of a practical interest, the importance of an emancipatory interest, “being there” to understand individuals’ experience and an “existential crisis” that uncovers the individual's subjectivity.ConclusionsThe nursing discipline can take on practical and emancipatory interests (together with a technical interest) as its fundamental knowledge interests. Nurses’ privileged position in the delivery of fundamental care gives them the opportunity to gain a deep understanding of the patient's experience and illness process through physical contact and empathic communication.Relevance to clinical practice and nursing researchIn clinical, academic and research environments, nurses should highlight the importance of fundamental care, showcasing the value of practical and emancipatory knowledge. This process could help to improve nursing science's leadership, social visibility and idiosyncrasy.
Person‐centredness in elder care: A secondary analysis of data from a study among home‐dwelling men and women in the Faroe Islands
Authors: Róin Ása 
Published: November 2017

Aims and objectivesAs individuals in Western societies age, there is increasing demand for home‐based care to help older people stay in their homes for as long as possible and provide services that ensure a person's quality of life in old age. Numerous attempts are made to develop a framework to secure quality of care. However, research has shown insufficient quality in care for older people. In this study, the purpose is to study how older people's experiences with home care reflect a person‐centred approach to care. Data derived from an earlier study on ageing among home‐dwelling men and women who are aged 67–91 and living in the Faroe Islands.BackgroundPerson‐centredness as a concept is an often quoted, but ill‐defined concept. Most studies concerning person‐centred care are conducted within hospital wards or long‐term care institutions. Empirical studies concerning home‐dwelling older people receiving home care are scarce.MethodsThe study is a secondary analysis of data from an earlier qualitative study. Latent thematic analysis was used which meant coding issues of potential interest and collecting these codes into themes.ResultsThree themes appeared to combine the initial codes: sense of involvement, sense of meaningfulness and contextual conditions. Overall, the analysis showed that the users were seldom involved in planning or scheduling the care they received. What they were offered did not always make sense to them or correspond to their needs or preferences.ConclusionsThe number of interviews included was limited. However, findings from this study point at some possible barriers to successful implementation of person‐centredness within elder care. Especially, contextual conditions seem to limit the facilitation of person‐centred practices.Relevance to clinical practiceHealthcare providers must take the user's preferences, resources and networks into consideration when coordinating and planning home care and, importantly, be open for negotiating needs. It is important to draw attention to the contrast between political intentions regarding elder care and the limited options for putting the intentions into practice.
Reproductive health decision‐making among US‐dwelling Somali Bantu refugee women: A qualitative study
Authors: Agbemenu Kafuli , Volpe Ellen M , Dyer Ervin 
Published: November 2017

Aims and objectivesTo explore Somali Bantu refugee women's reproductive health decision‐making, as influenced by their resettlement in the USA.BackgroundAvailable literature on reproductive health of refugee women is mostly from the healthcare provider perspective, neglecting the lived experience of the population.DesignQualitative descriptive.MethodsA purposive sample of 30 women was recruited for five focus groups. Data were collected via demographic survey and semi‐structured focus group discussion. Content analysis was used to analyse the data.ResultsOur study revealed that Somali Bantu women considered children as wealth. Reproductive health decision‐making was influenced by three main factors: family influence, cultural/religious ideas and experience with various hormonal birth control methods.ConclusionsNurses and other healthcare providers would better serve refugee women if equipped with a more nuanced understanding of factors in their reproductive healthcare decision‐making. This study can inform tailored and cultural relevant interventions to improve reproductive health among those at greatest need.Relevance to clinical practiceOur findings can serve to guide nurses and other healthcare providers' clinical approach to a subset of the population whose cultural beliefs and practices regarding reproductive health may be unfamiliar. Incorporating the perspective of the Somali Bantu women will facilitate the provision of person‐centred care and ensure women receive appropriate, efficient and quality care that meets their needs, which may potentially reduce financial costs to the healthcare system.
Amidst the Reign of Behaviour and Disorder: Recalling Schools as Problems
Authors: Harwood Valerie , McMahon Samantha 
Published: November 2017

AbstractIn May 2013 one of the most profoundly influential books of the late twentieth and early twenty‐first century was released in its fifth edition. Yet, it is not unreasonable to speculate that this newest edition will pass largely unnoticed, even as new diagnoses (and the loss of current ones) seep into the everyday. The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM‐5) will undoubtedly be influential in education – defining and re‐defining student maladies. Its list of extensive categories provides, so it is argued, a means to uniformly identify mental disorders. Applied in educational contexts, children and young people can thus be categorized by clinical experts and teachers able to identify an individual's problems, and in theory, respond appropriately. Criticism of the DSM includes debate over its application in cross‐cultural contexts as well as the ways that socio‐economic differences are, to put it bluntly, diagnosed differently. Although these issues of diagnosis do get attention, historical contexts can remain bereft in commentary. In this paper we consider the value that historical perspectives can bring to an analysis of the contemporary effects of DSM‐inspired readings of education and disadvantage. The paper also draws on two projects, one with young people, the other with parents of young children, both of whom experienced disadvantage and precarious relationships with education. In these excluded contexts, people are more likely to come into contact with diagnostic repertoires that originate from the DSM. Drawing on Georges Canguilhem's analysis the ‘concept' as well as Michel Foucault's discussion of Canguilhem's work, this paper considers how attention to school problems is important for disengaging with education's appetite for psychiatric disorders.
Effects of chestnut tannins on intestinal morphology, barrier function, pro‐inflammatory cytokine expression, microflora and antioxidant capacity in heat‐stressed broilers
Authors: Liu H. W. , Li K. , Zhao J. S. , Deng W. 
Published: November 2017

SummaryA study was conducted to evaluate the effects of chestnut tannins (CT) on intestinal morphology, barrier function, pro‐inflammatory cytokine expression, microflora and antioxidant capacity in heat‐stressed broilers. Four hundred 28‐day‐old male Ross 308 broilers were randomly assigned into four groups, with 10 replicates per group and 10 broilers per replicate. The broilers in the normal (NOR) group were kept at 22 ± 1°C and fed the basal diet, and each of the other three groups were treated with cyclic heat (33 ± 1°C from 0800 to 1800 and 22 ± 1°C from 1800 to 0800) and fed the basal diet with 0 (HT), 1 (CT1) or 2 (CT2) g of CT/kg of diet. The experiment lasted for 14 days. Compared with the HT group, broilers in the NOR and CT2 groups had higher (p < .05) average daily gain and villus height in the jejunum and lower serum d‐lactate (p < .001) and diamine oxidase (p < .01) levels. The addition of 2 g CT/kg of diet increased the total antioxidant capacity (p < .001) and superoxide dismutase activities (p < .05) and zonula occludens‐1 mRNA expression level (p < .05) and decreased the malondialdehyde concentration (p < .01) and mRNA expression levels of interleukin‐6 (p < .001) and nuclear factor kappa B (p < .001) in the jejunal mucosa of heat‐stressed broilers. The populations of Escherichia coli and Clostridium in the jejunum (p < .01) and caecum (p < .05) of broilers in the HT group were higher than those in the NOR and CT2 groups. In conclusion, the addition of 2 g CT/kg of diet seemed to be a feasible means of alleviating the negative effects of heat stress on the growth performance and intestinal function of broilers.
Rapid assessment with physical examination in dyspnoeic cats: the RAPID CAT study
Authors: Dickson D. , Little C. J. L. , Harris J. , Rishniw M. 
Published: November 2017

ObjectivesTo determine the underlying disease prevalence in acute feline dyspnoea and to examine whether historical and clinical examination findings can differentiate between acute cardiac and non‐cardiac dyspnoea in cats in primary practice.Materials and MethodsWe prospectively enrolled cats presenting with dyspnoea for the first time to primary practice between June 1, 2011 and October 31, 2016. We collected signalment, historical and clinical data at presentation using a standard form. Cases were investigated by primary clinicians, and the final diagnosis was confirmed by the authors. Records lacking critical data were excluded. Relationships between historical or clinical variables and dyspnoea aetiology were examined. Diagnostic test performance analyses were used to find optimal cut‐off values for select historical or clinical variables that could differentiate cardiac and non‐cardiac dyspnoea.ResultsParticipants included 108 cats. A definitive diagnosis was reached in 92 cases; 60 were cardiac (65%), 15 respiratory (16%), 10 neoplastic (11%) and 7 traumatic (8%). Of cats with cardiac dyspnoea, 25% had a history of cough. A gallop sound, rectal temperature less than 37·5°C, heart rate of greater than 200 bpm and respiratory rate greater than 80 per minute were all useful to predict cardiac‐associated dyspnoea. A triage algorithm using these findings in combination was designed to optimise the rapid diagnosis of probable cardiac dyspnoea.Clinical SignificanceDyspnoeic cats presenting in practice with hypothermia, tachycardia, gallop sounds or profound tachypnoea are likely to have a cardiac cause underlying their dyspnoea. Although diagnosis requires confirmation, clinicians may be able to stratify risk and prioritise further investigation based on these findings.
Effects of omega‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and aspirin, alone and combined, on canine platelet function
Authors: Westgarth S. , Blois S. L. , D. Wood R. , Verbrugghe A. , Ma D. W. 
Published: November 2017

ObjectivesTo compare haemostatic function in healthy dogs after treatment with low‐dose aspirin alone, fish oil alone or a combination of these two therapies.Materials and MethodsDouble‐blinded randomised controlled clinical trial on 16 healthy client‐owned dogs. Comprehensive haemostatic testing was performed at baseline and after 7 days of therapy with low‐dose aspirin in all dogs. Following a 14‐day washout, six dogs received fish oil, and nine dogs received combination therapy of aspirin plus fish oil; haemostatic testing was performed before and at 7 and 28 days after treatment initiation.ResultsAspirin was associated with significantly decreased platelet function as measured by a collagen‐epinephrine cartridge and inhibited arachidonic acid‐induced whole‐blood platelet aggregometry. Fish oil alone did not significantly affect any haemostatic tests. The combination of aspirin plus fish oil therapy caused a significantly greater inhibition of adenosine diphosphate and collagen‐induced whole blood aggregometry compared to aspirin alone.Clinical SignificanceFish oil added to aspirin therapy appears to augment inhibition of some measures of platelet function in healthy dogs.
STAT3 Expression and Activity are Up‐Regulated in Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma of Dogs
Authors: Assumpção A.L.F.V. , Jark P.C. , Hong C.C. , Lu Z. , Ruetten H.M. , Heaton C.M. , Pinkerton M.E. , Pan X. 
Published: November 2017

BackgroundThe Janus Kinase (JAK) and Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (STAT) pathways play important roles in the pathogenesis of diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in humans, and up‐regulated STAT3 expression and activity are associated with worse clinical outcome in humans. No studies have evaluated the JAK‐STAT signaling pathway in DLBCL of dogs.HypothesisSTAT3 pathway is deregulated in DLBCL in dogs. We aim to assess the expression, activation, and cellular localization of STAT3 and mitogen‐activated protein kinase ERK1/2 in DLBCL of dogs.AnimalsForty‐three client‐owned dogs diagnosed with DLBCL by histopathologyMethodsRetrospective analysis of DLBCL in dogs, including patient characteristics and treatment, immunohistochemistry, and protein expressions by Western blot.ResultsA higher percentage of STAT3 and p‐STAT3 immunolabelled cells were observed in DLBCL of dogs when compared to normal canine lymph nodes. In STAT3 immunolabelled cells, STAT3 has higher nuclear expression in lymphoma samples than in normal or reactive lymph nodes. In addition to up‐regulated STAT3 expression and activation, mitogen‐activated kinase ERK1/2 activation is up‐regulated in DLBCL of dogs.Conclusion and Clinical ImportanceCompared with the normal canine lymph node, DLBCL of dogs has up‐regulated STAT3 pathway. Our results support future investigation of JAK inhibitors in the treatment of DLBCL in dogs.
On‐treatment changes of liver stiffness at week 26 could predict 2‐year clinical outcomes in HBV‐related compensated cirrhosis
Authors: Wu Shanshan , Kong Yuanyuan , Piao Hongxin , Jiang Wei , Xie Wen , Chen Yongpeng , Lu Lungen , Ma Anlin , Xie Shibin , Ding Huiguo , Shang Jia , Zhang Xuqing , Feng Bo , Han Tao , Xu Xiaoyuan , Huo Lijuan , Cheng Jilin , Li Hai , Wu Xiaoning , Zhou Jialing , Sun Yameng , Ou Xiaojuan , Zhang Hui , You Hong , Jia Jidong 
Published: November 2017

AbstractBackground & AimsIt is unclear whether liver stiffness measurement (LSM) dynamic changes after anti‐HBV treatment could predict the risk of liver‐related events (LREs), particularly in patients with HBV‐related compensated cirrhosis.MethodsTreatment‐naïve patients with HBV‐related compensated cirrhosis were enrolled. All patients were under entecavir‐based antiviral therapy, and followed up every 26 weeks for 2 years. The association between LSM and LREs was analysed by Cox proportional hazard model and Harrell C‐index analysis.ResultsA total of 438 patients were included in the study. At the follow‐up of 104 weeks, LREs developed in 33/438 (7.8%) patients, including 16 episodes of decompensation, 18 HCC and 3 deaths. The median LSM remained high from 20.9, 18.6, 20.4 to 20.3 Kpa at week 0, 26, 52 and 78 among patients with LREs, whereas the LSM decreased from 17.8, 12.3, 10.6 to 10.2 Kpa in patients without LREs respectively. Percentage changes of LSM at 26 weeks from baseline were significantly associated with LREs (excluding 11 cases occurred within the first 26 weeks), with a crude hazard ratio of 2.94 (95% CI: 1.73‐5.00) and an albumin‐adjusted hazard ratio of 2.47 (95% CI: 1.49‐4.11). The Harrell C‐index of these 2 models for predicting 2‐year LREs were 0.68 (95% CI: 0.56‐0.80) and 0.75 (95% CI: 0.65‐0.85) respectively. Nomograms were developed to identify individuals at high risk for point‐of‐care application.ConclusionsDynamic changes of LSM alone, or combined with baseline albumin, could predict LREs in patients with HBV‐related compensated cirrhosis during antiviral therapy.
Female urinary incontinence and obesity assessed by anthropometry and dual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry: Analysis from the 2008–09 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Authors: Park Yeon Won , Lee Jun Ho 
Published: November 2017

ObjectiveIn the present study we evaluated the association between obesity, assessed by dual energy X‐ray absorptiometry (DEXA), and urinary incontinence (UI).MethodsThe study was performed on 5792 women who had taken part in the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. UI was deemed to be present if a woman answered “yes” to the question “Do you have current UI?”. Obesity was assessed using anthropometry and DEXA. Data were analyzed using Chi‐squared tests, t‐tests, receiver operating characteristic curves, and logistic regression analysis.ResultsThe UI group had significantly higher mean (±SD) waist circumference (78.5 ± 10.0 vs, 82.4±9.1 kg) and body mass index (23.3 ± 3.4 vs. 24.2 ± 3.1 kg/m2) than the non‐UI group. In addition, total fat mass (18.5 ± 5.3 vs. 19.4 ± 4.9 kg), trunk fat mass (9.3 ± 3.4 vs. 10.1 ± 3.2 kg), the trunk fat/leg fat (mass) ratio (1.58 ± 0.54 vs. 1.73 ± 0.50), total body fat percentage (32.3 ± 5.4% vs. 33.0 ± 5.0%), and trunk fat percentage (32.4 ± 7.3% vs. 33.9 ± 6.6%) were significantly higher in the UI group. Of these parameters, the trunk fat/leg fat ratio showed highest sensitivity (83.6%), with a cut‐off value of 1.272. Before and after adjustment, trunk fat/leg fat ratio >1.272 was significantly related to UI and had the highest odds ratio (OR) among all DEXA parameters (adjusted OR 1.807; 95% confidence interval 1.343–2.431).ConclusionObesity parameters obtained using DEXA are closely related to UI. Of these parameters, the trunk fat/leg fat ratio is the strongest in predicting the presence of UI. In addition, the present study has found a novel trunk fat/leg fat ratio cut‐off value for defining obesity related to the UI.
Drug trafficking, money laundering and the business cycle: Does secular stagnation include crime?
Authors: Barone Raffaella , Delle Side Domenico , Masciandaro Donato 
Published: November 2017

AbstractThe aim of the paper is to analyze theoretically and empirically the impact the macroeconomic cycle has on the accumulation of capital by organized crime, using estimates for the global drug market. So far, the economic literature has neglected the relationships existing between illegal markets, money laundering and the business cycle. We propose a dynamic model where the business cycle influences the criminal economy via two different channels. On the one side, illegal markets grow at variable rates, depending on the health of the legal economy. Second, a pass‐through effect can exist, since the business cycle affects the legal markets which criminal operators use to launder their revenues. Furthermore, we analyze the consequences of a ‘saturation effect’ limiting maximum accumulation of illegal capital. We find that overall illegal capital is affected by the business cycle through a capital multiplier; in addition to this, the dynamics of interest rates in financial markets can influence such multiplier.
Cultural nationalism and everyday resistance in an illiberal nationalising state: ethnic minority nationalism in Russia
Authors: Yusupova Guzel 
Published: November 2017

AbstractEthnic minority nationalism has always been one of the most important subfields of nationalism studies, yet it lacks the consideration in illiberal settings. Limitations of civil liberties and restrictive legislation have undoubtedly affected the existence and the ways to express minority nationalism when it is considered a threat to authoritarian government, which is the case of the contemporary Russian Federation. The paper provides a methodological framework that helps to investigate ethnic minority nationalism when its direct articulation is restricted. It argues that the combination of a cultural nationalism approach and complexity theory can be a fruitful way to explore minority nationalism in an illiberal nationalising state using the case of Russian ethnic minorities. It also argues that the complex context of authoritarianism and market economy creates tipping points towards the growing importance of ethnic minority identification as a basis for social solidarity.