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Nurses’ perceptions of advance directives

Atención Primaria, 2014
Objective: To identify nurses perceptions of Advance Directives (AD) and to analyse the influence of experience with AD on their perception. Material and methods: Quantitative, descriptive, correlational study conducted in a hospital in central Portugal ...
Ernestina Silva, Maria Neves, Daniel Silva   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Canagliflozin Alleviates Diabetic Glomerular Endothelial Injury via Melibiose in a Microbiota‐Dependent Manner

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Canagliflozin treatment reshapes the gut microbiota in DKD and elevates levels of melibiose, a metabolite derived from Roseburia intestinalis. Melibiose directly binds to and enhances the enzymatic activity of glyoxalase 1, leading to decreased methylglyoxal accumulation.
Wei Zhang, Yi Song, Changkun Li, Yuanyuan Luo, Mingwei Shao, Feng Guo, Fangyi Wei, Xunjie Fan, Wenwen Guo, Fengmei Xu, Yanhong Sang, Dongming Zhang, Yanhong Zhou, Lianwei Wang, Zhiqiang Kang, Yingjun Yang, Chunhua Song, Yanxia Liu, Xiaojun Ma, Jiao Wang, Chong Li, Shengnan Ma, Lin Zhao, Zhi Qin, Guolan Xing, Qiubo Zhao, Jun Li, Shumin Song, Dan Zhao, Ting Huang, Qingzhu Wang, Yanyan Zhao, Guijun Qin   +32 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mild Focal Cooling Decouples Dendrites to Reconfigure Cortical Output

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Mild cooling of the cortical surface selectively modulates apical dendritic excitability, plasticity, and somato‐dendritic coupling, while uncoupling these effects from basal dendrites, and reshapes apical‐driven responses in barrel cortex during whisker touch.
Meisam Habibi Matin, Shulan Xiao, Krishna Jayant   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unsolved questions and preferred solution about living will

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2018
Background Ethical problems about end-of-life medicine include a variety of issues approached in different ways by physicians and, more recently, special emphasis to this kind of ethical issues and possible answers has done by Italian National Ethical ...
Antonina Argo, Tommaso D’Anna, Antonietta Lanzarone, Luciano Sesta   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adult Sex Ratio as a Demographic Feedback Linking Mating Systems, Parental Care, and Evolution

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Breeding systems are some of the most diverse social behavior, and our team is investigation the evolutionary causes of this diversity. This review summarises our research carried out at the University of Bath. We argue that demographic components of wild populations, especially the adult sex ratio, plays a key role driving breeding system variation ...
Tamás Székely, Oscar G. Miranda
wiley   +1 more source

Testamento vital na prática médica: compreensão dos profissionais

Revista Bioética
Resumo O testamento vital é tema discutido no âmbito da saúde e do direito, e importante instrumento para direcionar a assistência prestada ao paciente terminal de acordo com suas aspirações.
Márcia Adriana Dias Meirelles Moreira, Solange Fátima Geraldo da Costa, Mônica Lorena Dias Meirelles da Cunha, Ana Aline Lacet Zaccara, Melissa Negro-Dellacqua, Fernando Dutra   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

T‐Cell Exhaustion in the Tumor Microenvironment: Subcellular Dysfunction, Pan‐Cancer Characteristics, and Therapeutic Interventions

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study elucidates the mechanisms of subcellular multidimensional collapse in exhausted T cells. By specifically targeting the nucleus, mitochondria, and endoplasmic reticulum, strategic interventions can effectively remodel the compromised organelle network. This integrated approach drives comprehensive T cell resuscitation, ultimately establishing
Mingxing Wang, Wanhui Dong, Jian Chen, Zhangjie Zhou, Shujuan Fu, Tingting Wu, Haiyan Jiang, Zhiying Wang, Zhixian Zhong, Yi Zhong   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Demographic influences on Lithuanian physicians’ attitudes toward medical assistance in dying: a cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Psychiatry
BackgroundThe topic of end-of-life decisions is important due to aging populations and the rising number of terminal illnesses like cancer. As more people experience suffering, the ethical, medical, and legal debates of these decisions become significant
Benedikt Bachmetjev, Artur Airapetian, Marija Jakubauskienė, Rolandas Zablockis, Asta Čekanauskaitė   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accounting for Substitution: Improving Estimates of GHG Reductions From Cattle‐Based Product Demand Shifts

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Estimates of reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from lower demand for cattle‐based products must account for substitution effects. This study collected data through two surveys—one on ground beef and another on dairy milk—to evaluate substitution effects and potential GHG reductions.
Brandon R. McFadden, Sara Gardner Hedgecock, Lawton L. Nalley, Alvaro Durand‐Morat, Aaron Shew, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Willingness to provide advance care planning in hospital setting: a cross-sectional survey

Palliative Medicine in Practice
BACKGROUND: To assess the willingness to provide advance directives (AD) and evaluate the association of sociodemographic and cultural factors in hospitalized patients in a general ward.
Diego Caruso, Maria Pia Izaguirre Germain, Natasha Velcoff, Berenice Casas, Matias Zamudio, Feridco Sena, Josefina Velasco, Mary Berzain Rodriguez, Fernando Ross   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source