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To reveal the factors associated with nurses' professional commitment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nursing Division at the Israeli Ministry of Health and partners conducted a study to examine the nurses' perceptions towards a set of personal and professional circumstances that may affect their performance.

A cross-sectional Web-based study was conducted in Israel. Study' participants included 817 community and hospital nurses. The Occupational Commitment Scale for Health Professionals during pandemic (PanHP-OCS) was used to gather data. Univariate and multivariate analyses explored associations between the PanHP-OCS score and demographic and professional variables.

About 40% of 817 respondents reported having managerial roles (n=320). Those who received specific pandemic-focused training had significantly better PanHP-OCS scores (p<.001). Most respondents expected their organisation to provide them emotional support. Linear regression explored the organisational commitment factor as the greatest contributor to nurses' professional commitment (β=0.284, p<.001).

To enhance the nurses' professional commitment during the COVID-19 pandemic, training and emotional support must be emphasized in all types of nurses' workplaces.

In a pandemic, health organisations must provide dedicated pandemic training, including proactive emotional support for nurses. Special attention should be given to community care.
In a pandemic, health organisations must provide dedicated pandemic training, including proactive emotional support for nurses. Special attention should be given to community care.A simple, cost-effective strategy was developed to effectively improve the electron transfer efficiency as well as the power output of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) by decorating the commercial carbon paper (CP) anode with an advanced Mo2 C/reduced graphene oxide (Mo2 C/RGO) composite. Benefiting from the synergistic effects of the superior electrocatalytic activity of Mo2 C, the high surface area, and prominent conductivity of RGO, the MFC equipped with this Mo2 C/RGO composite yielded a remarkable output power density of 1747±37.6 mW m-2 , which was considerably higher than that of CP-MFC (926.8±6.3 mW m-2 ). Importantly, the composite also facilitated the formation of 3D hybrid biofilm and could effectively improve the bacteria-electrode interaction. These features resulted in an enhanced coulombic efficiency up 13.2 %, nearly one order of magnitude higher than that of the CP (1.2 %).
To study the feasibility of using unbalanced embryos as a reference in distinguishing euploid carrier and noncarrier embryos by single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array-based preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) for reciprocal translocations.

After comprehensive chromosome screening (CCS), euploid embryos were identified as normal or carriers using a family member as a reference. Next, unbalanced embryos were used as a reference, and the results were compared with the previous ones. Karyotypes of transferred embryos were validated by prenatal diagnosis.

Of 995 embryos from 110 couples, 288 were found to be euploid. Using a family member as a reference, 142 and 144 embryos were tested to be euploid noncarrier and carrier respectively, and the remaining 2 embryos were undetermined. When unbalanced embryos were selected as references, all the results were consistent with the previous ones. A total of 107 embryos were transferred, resulting in 66 clinical pregnancies. Karyotypes of prenatal diagnosis were all in accordance with the results of tested embryos.

SNP array-based haplotyping is a rapid and effective way to distinguish between euploid carrier and noncarrier embryos. In case no family member is available as a reference, unbalanced embryos can be used for identification of euploid carrier and noncarrier embryos.
SNP array-based haplotyping is a rapid and effective way to distinguish between euploid carrier and noncarrier embryos. In case no family member is available as a reference, unbalanced embryos can be used for identification of euploid carrier and noncarrier embryos.We sought to gain insights into the community lives, experiences, and activities of adolescents across multiple categories of special needs. SMIP34 molecular weight Specifically, we explored the particular aspects of their lives adolescents felt elicited discrimination; determined whether adolescents feel a sense of community belongingness, as well as the categories of people whom adolescents approach when help is needed; and detailed the leisure activities respondents undertake and with which frequency, in addition to the quantity of friendships they have. We performed assorted descriptive analyses of the McCreary Centre Society's 2013 British Columbia Adolescent Health Survey (BCAHS) database. We found tremendous variation in the survey responses of adolescents, both within and between special needs categories, highlighting the importance of such exploratory analyses. This paper provides inductive population-based evidence to inform theories about the community lives of adolescents with special needs, as well as to guide programs and policies targeting such youth.Patients with idiopathic gynaecomastia have greater BMI and an unfavourable lipid profile compared with age-matched controls. Twenty-five adult eugonadal patients with idiopathic gynaecomastia and 50 age- and BMI-matched controls were selected. Clinical and biochemical parameters and ultrasound testis volume were reviewed retrospectively. Patients and controls differed for no biochemical parameter, except for LH levels, which were 31% higher in patients (p = 0.019), although within the normal range. Compared with controls, patients had a threefold greater rate of elevated LDL-c (p = 0.025). Patients ≥ 25 years had higher levels of serum LDL-c compared with either patients less then 25 years (p = 0.006) or controls ≥ 25 years (p = 0.012). In patients, both at bivariate analysis and at linear regression, age correlated positively with total cholesterol and LDL-c, the latter correlated inversely with total testosterone. Negative interactions were found for age and total testosterone with LDL-c, for LH and estradiol to testosterone ratio (E2T) with LDL-c, and for age and E2T with total cholesterol.
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