This article describes the development and evaluation of software that verifies the accuracy of diagnoses made by nursing students. The software was based on a model that uses fuzzy logic concepts, including PERL, the MySQL database for Internet accessibility, and the NANDA-I 2007-2008 classification system. The software was evaluated in terms of its technical quality and usability through spec...

Recently, evidence has accunmulated to indicate that the photoperiodic control -of floral induction is mediated by an endogenous rhythm with periods of approximately 24 hours (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22). It has long been known that the floral response of Biloxi soybean varies with the length of the photoperiod (4, 5, 6, 7, 18). The optimum response with 24-hour treatment cycles is o...

Metabolomics, which is defined as the comprehensive analysis of metabolites in a biological specimen, is an emerging technology that holds promise to inform the practice of precision medicine. Historically, small numbers of metabolites have been used to diagnose complex metabolic diseases as well as monogenic disorders such as inborn errors of metabolism. Current metabolomic technologies go wel...

The ability to image inflammation in vivo can improve our understanding of the pathophysiology underlying various disease etiologies, including cancer, atherosclerosis, and neurodegeneration. A great wealth of preclinical and translational research has been and is currently being developed to decipher the involvement of the immune system in disease pathophysiology, quantify the course of a dise...

Ischemic stroke 224 Predictors of poor outcome despite recanalization: a multiple regression analysis of the NASA registry I Linfante, A K Starosciak, G R Walker, G Dabus, A C Castonguay, R Gupta, C-H J Sun, C Martin, W E Holloway, N Mueller-Kronast, J D English, T W Malisch, F A Marden, H Bozorgchami, A Xavier, A T Rai, M T Froehler, A Badruddin, T N Nguyen, M A Taqi, M G Abraham, V Janardhan,...

Background: Implementation of the International Classification of NANDA-I in neonatology care in the Czech Republic. Aim: The aim of the study was to validate the diagnostic elements of nursing diagnoses 00104 Ineffective Breastfeeding and 00106 readiness for inhanced breastfeeding selected file by neonatal nurses-experts and determine which diagnostic elements consider as the main, and which t...

Innovations and improvements in the field of nuclear medicine have created remarkable image accuracy and detail, which allow physicians to better diagnose disease. This ability has led to dramatic differences in patient care. To ensure that these diagnoses are reliable, imaging facilities must constantly monitor and seek to improve their practices. Quality improvement is a formal process of exa...

MARK DAVID BAKER*, VIVEK VASUDEV PAI**, NANDA AJAYAN*** & CHANDRAKANT DHAMALE**** *Nurse Volunteer, Promise Nepal/Bombay Leprosy Project, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India **Director, Bombay Leprosy Project, 11, Vidnyan Bhavan, VN Purav Marg, Sion, Chunabhatti, Mumbai – 400 022, India ***Non Medical Supervisor, Bombay Leprosy Project, 11, Vidnyan Bhavan, VN Purav Marg, Sion Chunabhatti, Mumbai – 400 0...

OBJECTIVES To analyze when the nursing process began to be used in the public and private healthcare centers of Gipuzkoa (Basque Country), and when both NANDA-I nursing diagnoses and the NIC-NOC terminologies were incorporated into this process. METHOD A retrospective study was conducted, based on the analysis of nursing records that were used in the 158 studied centers. RESULTS The specifi...