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The dismissal of a nursing student is distressing for the student and may be viewed as a failure of the admissions process or a lack of support by the school to ensure student success. While student dismissal is often associated with student characteristics such as academic performance prior to enrollment or during the nursing program, there was a dearth of studies that examined student dismissal from an in-depth analysis of the student's perspective.

The purpose of this study was to describe and explore factors contributing to academic dismissal, particularly from the student's perspective.

Using the lens of Critical Pedagogy, the investigator interviewed nine students dismissed from a baccalaureate nursing program. Students were asked to describe their experiences from the time they decided to pursue nursing school, during school, and after dismissal.

Findings of this study suggest that intrinsic and extrinsic factors that contribute to a student's choice of pursuing nursing warrant consideration, including a student's social and cultural factors prior to admission.

Results from this study may inform those faculty and the admissions team reviewing potential students for admission into a baccalaureate nursing program of essential factors to consider prior to offering admission. A holistic evaluation of the student with consideration of social and cultural factors and readiness for entrance into a pre-licensure nursing program is the goal of the admissions process.

Results from this study may inform those faculty and the admissions team reviewing potential students for admission into a baccalaureate nursing program of essential factors to consider prior to offering admission. A holistic evaluation of the student with consideration of social and cultural factors and readiness for entrance into a pre-licensure nursing program is the goal of the admissions process.

Experiencing the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic, high vaccination coverage by a safe and effective vaccine globally would be a great achievement. Acceptance of vaccination by nursing students is an important issue as they play a decisive role as future professionals in educating patients, counselling, and guiding them to the right clinical decision.

To explore the intention of nursing students to get vaccinated for SARS-CoV-2 infection and the factors acting either as motivators or as barriers towards vaccination.

A multicenter cross-sectional design.

In total 2249 undergraduate nursing students participated.

The study was conducted in 7 universities in participating countries (Greece, Albania, Cyprus, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, and Kosovo) through a web survey. Data was collected during December 2020-January 2021 in all countries.

Forty three point 8% of students agreed to accept a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine, while the acceptance was higher among Italian students. The factors for intention to get vaccinated were male gender (p=0.008), no working experience in healthcare facilities during the pandemic (p=0.001), vaccination for influenza in 2019 and 2020 (p<0.001), trust in doctors (p<0.001), governments and experts (p=0.012), high level of knowledge (p<0.001) and fear of COVID-19 (p<0.001).

Understanding of factors that influence students' decision to accept COVID-19 vaccination could increase the acceptance rate contributing to a management of the pandemic.

Understanding of factors that influence students' decision to accept COVID-19 vaccination could increase the acceptance rate contributing to a management of the pandemic.

Lupus anticoagulant (LA)-detection in anticoagulated patients is an unmet need, which becomes even more cogent with the introduction of direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) that may lead to false-positive results.

We aimed to investigate the effect of a commercially available DOAC absorbent on residual drug concentrations, and on integrated procedures for LA-detection.

Blood from patients treated for atrial fibrillation with either dabigatran (n=39), rivaroxaban (n=55), apixaban (n=47) or edoxaban (n=47) were collected at peak and trough, and centralized for testing with two LA integrated procedures [i.e., the silica clotting time (SCT) and dilute Russel viper venom (dRVVT)] before and after DOAC absorbent exposure.

The commercially available DOAC absorbent investigated in this study proved effective in reducing the concentrations of all the investigated DOAC, although small residual drug was detected after absorption, especially in patients on edoxaban. Results mimicking LA were observed in patients on DOAC before absorbent exposure, especially for rivaroxaban when testing was performed with dRVVT (88% rate at peak and 20% at trough) and much less with SCT (12% at peak and 8% at trough). The correspondent rate of results mimicking LA in patients on rivaroxaban after exposure was reduced [dRVVT (peak 8%, trough 4%); SCT (peak and trough 8%)], but not abolished.

Overall, in vitro DOAC absorbance by active charcoal compounds is a useful laboratory tool for LA-detection in patients on DOAC. Caution should however be exerted when used in daily practice.

Overall, in vitro DOAC absorbance by active charcoal compounds is a useful laboratory tool for LA-detection in patients on DOAC. Caution should however be exerted when used in daily practice.The effect of ascorbic acid on the metal-catalyzed oxidation of a human prion protein model peptide has been studied. The complex formation of the peptide was clarified first. The studied model peptide contains a methionine and a histidine amino acids which are important both as binding sites for metal ions and sensitive parts of the protein for oxidation. pH-potentiometric, UV-Vis and circular dichroism spectroscopic techniques were applied to study the stoichiometry, stability and structure of the copper(II) complexes, while HPLC-MS and MS/MS were used for identifying the products of metal-catalyzed oxidation. 3N and 4N complexes with (Nim,N-,N-,S) and (Nim,N-,N-,N-) coordination modes are formed at pH 7.4, where the oxidation was studied. Singly, doubly and triply oxidized products are formed in which the methionine and/or the histidine side chain is oxidized. The oxidation was carried out with hydrogen peroxide solution by the addition of metal ions, namely copper(II) and iron(III) and/or ascorbic acid.

Neonatal cerebral sinus venous thrombosis (CSVT) causes high morbidity and mortality. Factors associated with either favorable or unfavorable long-term outcomes have not been clearly established. This study aimed to determine the factors involved in long-term neurological outcomes in patients with neonatal CSVT.

This was a retrospective cohort study of patients with neonatal CSVT at a single institution. Clinical factors associated with long-term neurological outcomes were examined.

A total of 67 patients met study inclusion criteria for radiologically confirmed neonatal CSVT. The mean patient follow-up duration was four years (range one week to 16years, median six years). We observed a favorable neurological outcome defined by a pediatric stroke outcome measures (PSOM) score of 0 to 0.5 in 26 (53%) of osurviving patients at follow-up. An unfavorable neurological outcome as defined by PSOM score >0.5 was observed in 23 survivors (47%). Death was reported in 18 (27%) patients, of which 10 patients dies thrombosis, and type of cerebral injury. These results can help guide further studies in neonatal CSVT aiming to decrease morbidity and mortality with the goal of improving long-term neurological outcomes.

The major factors influencing outcome of neonates following CSVT included comorbid medical conditions, abnormal neurological examination at presentation, location of venous thrombosis, and type of cerebral injury. These results can help guide further studies in neonatal CSVT aiming to decrease morbidity and mortality with the goal of improving long-term neurological outcomes.Vascular calcification is common in chronic kidney disease; however, the extent to which such condition can affect the renal microvasculature and the neighboring cell types is unclear. Our induced-calcification model in renal proximal tubular (PT) cells exhibited endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and oxidative damage, leading to apoptosis. Here, we utilized such calcification in mouse vascular smooth muscle (MOVAS-1) cells as a vascular calcification model, because it exhibited reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, ER and oxidative stress, inflammatory, and apoptotic gene expressions. BMS-777607 concentration To demonstrate whether the vascular calcification condition can dictate the function of the adjacent PT cell layer, we utilized a Transwell multilayer culture system by combining those MOVAS-1 cells in the bottom chamber and polarized PT cells in the upper chamber to show the dimensional cross-signaling effect. Interestingly, calcification of MOVAS-1 cells, in this co-culture, induced H2O2 and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release leading to store-operated Ca2+ entry, ROS generation, and activation of oxidative, inflammatory, and apoptotic gene expressions in PT cells through paracrine signaling. Interestingly, application of tannic acid (TA) to either calcified MOVAS-1 or uncalcified PT cells diminished such detrimental pathway activation. Furthermore, the TA-mediated protection was much higher in the PT cells when applied on the calcified MOVAS-1 cells, and the delayed the pathological effects in neighboring PT cells can well be via paracrine signaling. Together, these results provide evidence of vascular calcification-induced PT cell damage, and the protective role of TA in preventing such pathological consequences, which can potentially be used as a nephroprotective remedy.Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused significant devastation globally. Despite the development of several vaccines, with uncertainty around global uptake and vaccine efficacy, the need for effective therapeutic agents remains. Increased levels of cytokines including tumour necrosis factor are significant in the pathogenesis of COVID-19 and associated with poor outcomes including ventilator requirement and mortality. Repurposing tumour necrosis factor blocker therapy used in conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease seems promising, with early feasibility data showing a reduction in circulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines and encouraging the evaluation of such interventions in preventing disease progression and clinical deterioration in patients with COVID-19. Here, we examine the biological activities of tumour necrosis factor inhibitors indicative of their potential in COVID-19 and briefly outline the randomised control trials assessing their benefit-risk profile in COVID-19 therapy.Flavonoids are natural phytochemicals known for their antiviral activity. The flavonoids acts at different stages of viral infection, such as viral entrance, replication and translation of proteins. Viruses cause various diseases such as SARS, Hepatitis, AIDS, Flu, Herpes, etc. These, and many more viral diseases, are prevalent in the world, and some (i.e. SARS-CoV-2) are causing global chaos. Despite much struggle, effective treatments for these viral diseases are not available. The flavonoid class of phytochemicals has a vast number of medicinally active compounds, many of which are studied for their potential antiviral activity against different DNA and RNA viruses. Here, we reviewed many flavonoids that showed antiviral activities in different testing environments such as in vitro, in vivo (mice model) and in silico. Some flavonoids had stronger inhibitory activities, showed no toxicity & the cell proliferation at the tested doses are not affected. Some of the flavonoids used in the in vivo studies also protected the tested mice prophylactically from lethal doses of virus, and effectively prevented viral infection.