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Mapping the evolution of mitochondrial complex I through structural variation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Respiratory complex I (CI) is crucial for bioenergetic metabolism in many prokaryotes and eukaryotes. It is composed of a conserved set of core subunits and additional accessory subunits that vary depending on the organism. Here, we categorize CI subunits from available structures to map the evolution of CI across eukaryotes. Respiratory complex I (CI)
Dong‐Woo Shin, Tingting Chen, James A. Letts   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advance Directives as Support of Autonomy for Persons with Dementia A Pilot Study among Persons with Dementia and Their Informal Caregivers

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra, 2017
Background: Advance directives could be an important instrument to support a person’s will once he/she is not able to consent anymore – if composed competently. A survey was conducted to identify the level of knowledge concerning possibilities and limits
Martina Schmidhuber, Sandra Haeupler, Velislava Marinova-Schmidt, Andreas Frewer, Peter L. Kolominsky-Rabas   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Critical care nurses’ knowledge and attitudes and their perspectives toward promoting advance directives and end-of-life care

BMC Nursing, 2022
Background End-of-life care can be a difficult and challenging process for critical care nurses in intensive care units (ICUs) due to the care plan shifts from providing life-sustaining measures to end-of-life care.
Mu-Hsing Ho, Hsiao-Chi Liu, Jee Young Joo, Jung Jae Lee, Megan F. Liu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advance Directives and End-of-Life Care: Completion, Conversations, and Concerns of Burlington Housing Authority Residents [PDF]

, 2011
Introduction: •An Advance Directive is a document that allows patients to declare their wishes regarding medical care and decision making should they become unable to communicate their preferences due to an accident or illness.
Clark, Katherine, Davis, Gerald, Fitz-Gerald, Gwendolyn, Frost, Claire, Goldstein, Benjamin, Kalivoda, Eric, Persing, Sarah, Ray, Damian, Russell, Sarah, Rutenbeck, Claire   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Completion of Advance Directives: Do Social Work Preadmission Interviews Make a Difference? [PDF]

, 2007
Objectives: This study tests the efficacy of a preadmission, educational interview on advance directives, in this case, health care proxies (HCPs) offered to elective, orthopedic patients.
Byock, I., Campbell, D.T., Chambers, C.V., Csikai, E.L., Emanuel, L.L., Gordon, N.P., Haas, J.S., National Association of Social Workers., National Association of Social Workers., National Association of Social Workers., New York State Bar Association., New York State Department of Health., Patton, M.Q., Robertson, G.S., Trochim, W.M., U.S. General Accounting Office., Virmani, J., Vivian L. Stadel, Yvonne M. Johnson   +18 more
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Enteropathogenic E. coli shows delayed attachment and host response in human jejunum organoid‐derived monolayers compared to HeLa cells

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) infects the human intestinal epithelium, resulting in severe illness and diarrhoea. In this study, we compared the infection of cancer‐derived cell lines with human organoid‐derived models of the small intestine. We observed a delayed in attachment, inflammation and cell death on primary cells, indicating that host ...
Mastura Neyazi, Pilar Samperio Ventayol, Natalie Burkard, Nicolas Schlegel, Carmen Aguilar, Sina Bartfeld   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preferences for Advance Directives in Korea

Nursing Research and Practice, 2012
Background. The goal of advance directives is to help patients retain their dignity and autonomy by making their own decisions regarding end-stage medical treatment. The purpose of this study was to examine preferences of advance directives among general
So-Sun Kim, Won-Hee Lee, JooYoung Cheon, Jung-Eun Lee, KiSun Yeo, JuHee Lee   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Plasmodium falciparum gametogenesis essential protein 1 (GEP1) is a transmission‐blocking target

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This study shows Plasmodium falciparum GEP1 is vital for activating sexual stages of malarial parasites even independently of a mosquito factor. Knockout parasites completely fail gamete formation even when a phosphodiesterase inhibitor is added. Two single‐nucleotide polymorphisms (V241L and S263P) are found in 12%–20% of field samples.
Frederik Huppertz, Milagros Siebeck Caturelli, Lina S. Lehmann, Florian Kurth, Alexander G. Maier, Kai Matuschewski   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nurses’ Opinions on the Advance Directives for Care of Terminal Stage in Songklanagarind Hospital.

Journal of Health Science and Medical Research (JHSMR), 2013
Objective: 1) To study nurses’ opinions on advance directives. 2) To compare nurses’ opinions on advance directives for care of terminal stage among nurses with different proficiency levels.
Uaiporn Pattrapakdikul, Sirin Sastranuruk   +1 more
doaj  

Improving Advance Directive Use Through Provider Education at Newtown Primary Care [PDF]

, 2018
Nationally, there seems to be a discrepancy between a patient\u27s desire to talk about end-of-life care and their act of doing so. An advance directive is a legal document that enables an individual facilitate an end-of-life care discussion with someone.
Wong, Timothy
core   +1 more source