I mid-August, the 2015 selection of the American Academy of Nursing’s Living Legends was announced. Living Legend (or “LLs,” as some like to call themselves) is probably the highest distinction a nurse can attain. Being inducted into the American Academy of Nursing is a challenge in itself. One has to have made consistent and distinctive contributions to the profession to become a Fellow. There...

<p style="text-align: justify;">This research investigated the correlations among problem-solving, coping styles, and stress levels of parents children with autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity typical development. We used a correlational survey model design collected data Problem-Solving Inventory (PSI), Ways Coping Questionnaire (WCQ), Parent Stress Scale (PSS). The...

Because a large fraction of the world’s carbon exists in the soil of boreal forests, understanding how soil temperature and moisture affect soil respiration is vital for predicting soil response to climate change. We measured soil respiration and CO2 concentrations within soils of floodplain and upland forests in interior Alaska from 1996 to 1997. At each site, a 0.10-ha-area shelter was constr...

Background: This study aimed to compare the stress-coping measurement scales used in nursing field South Korea through a literature review based on types of tools assessed, their characteristics, frequency use, target stress, population, and coping outcomes.Methods: The data base periodical information academic, citation index, Korean studies sharing service, medical database, National discover...

Our understanding of infectious diseases continues to expand rapidly, and has led to the realization that microorganisms are responsible for, or at least contribute to, numerous diseases that were never before associated with infectious etiologies. However, a review of medical history reminds us that this is not so novel an idea. Not long after the widespread acceptance of bacteriology and the ...

BACKGROUND Reporting of ischemic heart disease (IHD) prevalence in Canada has been based on self-report or patients presenting to hospital. However, IHD often presents and can be managed in the outpatient setting. OBJECTIVES To determine whether the combination of hospital data and physician billings could accurately identify patients with IHD. METHODS A random sample of 969 adult patients ...

The objective of the study was to test the hypothesis that gender can be preselected by timing coitus in relation to ovulation, the marker of ovulation being the Peak symptom according to the Billings Method. A blind prospective study of 99 couples wishing to preselect the sex of their child was conducted in Nigeria, using the Post-Peak approach of Billings Method for males and Pre-Peak for fem...