Regardless of discipline, our interprofessional colleagues are acculturated into an implicit hierarchy with nursing low on the chain, thereby diminishing the value of our education and experience. ...Conversations, rather than confrontations, are needed so next-generation nurses gain the professional respect and recognition nurses have long deserved.
Plant diseases can reduce crop yield by up to 100%. Therefore, timely and confirmatory diagnosis of plant diseases is strongly desired. Typical pathogen assaying methods include polymerase chain ...reaction (PCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). These approaches are quite useful but are also time-consuming and destructive to the sample. Raman spectroscopy (RS) is a modern analytical technique that enables non-invasive plant disease detection. In this study, we report on Raman-based detection of wheat diseases caused by wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV) and barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV). Our results show that RS can be used to differentiate between healthy wheat and wheat infected by these two viruses. We also show that RS can be used to identify whether wheat is infected by these individual viruses or by a combination of WSMV and BYDV, as well as WSMV, BYDV, and Triticum mosaic virus (TriMV). We found that wheat spectra showed non-linear spectroscopic responses to coinfection by different viruses. These results suggest that RS can be used to probe pathogen-specific changes in plant metabolism. The portable nature of this approach opens the possibility of RS directly in the field for confirmatory diagnostics of viral diseases.
Evidence-based recommendations exist for decreasing health worker burnout, thanks to recent National Institutes of Health-funded research (Profit et al., 2021; Rehder et al., 2021) that demonstrates ...the undoing effect of positive emotions (Frederickson et al., 2000). Create Opportunities that Generate Positive Emotions In a recent randomized control trial called the WISER Study, researchers from Duke University demonstrated that ".experiencing positive emotion is a causal link in the chain of feeling greater purpose and recovery after emotional upheavals. Does naming this experience cultivate meaning and purpose for your work? WISER Study tools are available for free from the Duke Center for Healthcare Safety and Quality (n.d.) to guide users in generating positive emotions, including: * J°y * Awe * Gratitude * Humor * Work-life balance * Hope (especially powerful) * Engagement * Mindfulness * Positive feedback * Kindness * Self-compassion * Serenity We hope the suggestions and positive points presented become your new reality to scale and sustain a resiliency plan. ...bet's practice it. $ Donna M. Nickitas, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, CNE, FAAN Editor, Nursing Economic$ Dean and Professor Rutgers School of Nursing - Camden Camden, NJ Rebecca H. Bryan, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, APN Director Community Engagement and Professional Development Rutgers School of Nursing - Camden Camden, NJ References American Psychological Association.
IntroductionOpioid use disorder affects 2.1 million individuals in the USA, causing more than 100 000 overdose-related deaths annually. While the neurobiological model of addiction is well described ...and accepted, there is a lack of morbidity and mortality prognosticators for patients struggling with opioid use disorder. Allostatic load index is a promising candidate for the basis of a prognostication tool. Previous studies show that allostatic load predicts both morbidity and mortality in a variety of cohorts. This scoping review protocol provides the rationale and steps for summarising and presenting existing evidence surrounding allostatic load in the context of opioid use disorder. Identification of current knowledge gaps will pave the way for subsequent prospective studies.Methods and analysisThis scoping review protocol will follow the five-step method designed by Arksey and O’Malley. All studies written in English on allostatic load in the context of opioid use disorder, as defined in our inclusion criteria, will be included. There will be no limit on the year of publication. We will search PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO and Google Scholar. We will hand-review reference lists of included articles, and we will hand search grey literature. We will then group, analyse and present the data in narrative, tabular and diagrammatic format according to themes identified in the scoping review.Ethics and disseminationEthics approval is not necessary, as data are gathered from publicly accessible sources. The results will be disseminated through a peer-reviewed journal and reported at conferences related to addiction medicine.Trial registration number10.17605/OSF.IO/4J6DQ.
Providing training and planned learning experiences to practitioners and community partners is fundamental to effective public health. The extent to which principles of adult learning currently guide ...such training is unknown and likely varies widely. The purpose of this article is to introduce five principles of adult learning and discuss how each can be applied in assessing trainee needs, planning and delivering training, and evaluating training processes and outcomes. Training guided by these principles should facilitate adult learning, collaborative efforts, and mutual respect between agencies, practitioners, and community partners.
Animals sharing a common habitat can indirectly receive information about their environment by observing information exchanges between other animals, a process known as eavesdropping. Animals that ...use an auditory alarm calling system are an important indirect information source for eavesdropping individuals in their environments. We investigated whether Western burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) nesting on black‐tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colonies responded to broadcasts of prairie dog alarm calls. Western burrowing owls are closely associated with black‐tailed prairie dogs in Colorado and neighboring states on the Great Plains of the United States. Prairie dog burrows in active colonies can serve as nesting sites for Western burrowing owls, and prairie dogs may act as an alternative prey source for predators, potentially decreasing the burrowing owls' risk of predation through the dilution effect. Burrowing owls nesting on prairie dog colonies may also eavesdrop on prairie dog alarm calls, enhancing their survival and nesting success on prairie dog colonies. We performed broadcast experiments with three different sounds: a prairie dog alarm call, a biological control (cattle mooing), and a non‐biological control (an airplane engine), and characterized burrowing owl responses as either alert or relaxed. For each sound stimulus, we recorded the time to first alert response to broadcast sounds (latency) and also how frequently the target burrowing owl exhibited an alert response within the first ten seconds of the broadcast (intensity). Burrowing owls reacted more quickly to the prairie dog alarm than to the biological control. They significantly increased the intensity of alert behaviors in response to broadcasts of the alarm, but did not show an increased reaction to either the biological or the non‐biological control. Our results suggest that burrowing owls nesting on prairie dog colonies eavesdrop on, and increase their alert behaviors in response to, prairie dog alarm calls.
The use of paraeducators has increased as a main mechanism to include more students with disabilities in the public schools in the U.S. Although the utilization of paraeducators is intended to be a ...supportive service delivery option, many concerns and challenges have resulted. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of the paraeducator in the general physical education environment from the perspectives of special education, physical education, and adapted physical education teachers and paraeducators. Data were collected from a phenomenological approach using questionnaires, interviews, and observations. Results indicate concerns about the clarity of the role of the paraeducator in physical education. Emerging themes include elastic definitions of student protection and teacher backup, contradictory expectations and mixed acceptance, and paraeducators' role ambiguity. Findings regarding the role of the paraeducator are essential in determining both best practice and legal policy for the appropriate utilization of paraeducators in physical education.
Edge-wear in acetabular cups is known to be correlated with greater volumes of material loss; the location of this wear pattern in vivo is less understood. Statistical shape modelling (SSM) may ...provide further insight into this. This study aimed to identify the most common locations of wear in vivo, by combining CT imaging, retrieval analysis and SMM. Shape variance was described in 20 retrieved metal-on-metal acetabular surfaces. These were revised after a mean of 90 months, from 13 female and seven male patients. They were positioned with a mean inclination and anteversion of 53° and 30°, respectively. Their orientation, in vivo, was established using their stabilising fins, visible in pre-revision CT imaging. The impact of wear volume, positioning, time, gender and size on the in vivo location of wear was investigated. These surfaces had a mean wear volume of 49.63 mm
. The mean acetabular surface displayed superior edge-wear centred 7° within the posterosuperior quadrant, while more of the volumetric wear occurred in the anterosuperior quadrant. Components with higher inclination had greater superior edge-wear scars, while a relationship was observed between greater anteversion angles and more posterosuperior edge-wear. This SSM method can further our understanding of hip implant function, informing future design and may help to refine the safe zone for implant positioning.
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