Integration of self-management into patient care has a place in patient-centered approach which is encouraging in achieving self-care and determinant of personal requirements. Individual focused approach is mentioned to result in better findings in directing patients to behavior changes. Efficiency of motivational interview on oncology has been shown in other studies which suggested that motivational interview can be applied in life style changes such as diet and exercise during cancer treatment...

Nursing  Oncology 

Background: Health professionals have a major role in tobacco control efforts, as they are generally considered to be role models in communities. Nurses in particular, being usually the largest group of health care workers, are ideally placed to promote smoking cessation. The aim of this study was to assess tobacco use of nurses and their knowledge, attitudes and practice on tobacco control in the region of Fez in Morocco. Methods: A cross-sectional study focused on public practicing nurses, ove...

Public Health  Epidemiology 

Vitex negundo Linn. is a woody plant found mainly in Indian subcontinent and its neighbouring countries. Almost all the sections of the plant possess a massive amount of phytochemical secondary metabolites that impart an unparalleled variety of medicinal uses of the plant. Point to note that a single plant species finds use for treatment of a large spectrum of human health ailments in traditional as well as folk medicines, lion part of which have been experimentally proved to be ab...

Biological Chemistry  Medicinal Chemistry  Plant Science  Biochemistry 

It is increasingly evident that oxidative stress and the presence of free radicals are a major cause of many disease processes that may aggravate the disease course, or create new effects that could cause further alterations in patient’s health or impair their quality of life. The purpose of this study was to determine the antioxidant activity of extracts from seeds of four varieties of Cucurbita spp: (Hybrid between C. moschata and C. maxima Duchesne ex Lam) Tetsukabuto, C. mixta Pangalo (calab...

Analytical Chemistry 

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation has been carried out for study of size effects on physical properties of Al nanoclusters with different sizes (N = 256, 500, 864, 1372, 2048 and 4000) in the temperature range 300 K ≤ T ≤ 1200 K for both free and periodic boundary conditions. Energy per site for periodic and free boundary conditions was calculated for the mentioned sizes and temperature. By increasing size of Al nanocluster, the energy per atom was convergence to that of the bulk. By use of mol...

Physical Chemistry 

Aphasia is an impairment of language ability which results in a language disorder. Aphasic (Aged) patients are believed to have bad communication pattern and also low participation in life. This study examined communication use and participation in life for aphasic adults in natural setting. The study employed the case study research design which involves the use of a 51 year old-aphasic patient. The study area was Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The purposive and convenience sampling method was use...

Sociology  Information Science  Psychology  Linguistics 

X-ray powder diffraction methods have been more and more extensively used, in the last twenty years, in the characterization of different crystalline and non-crystalline materials of archaeological, historical, artistic interest. The present paper aims to discuss the use of these methods in studying different aspects related to the Cultural Heritage conservation. This purpose has been achieved by examining the results obtained during the studies carried out by the author and his collaborators on...

Physical Chemistry 

While correlating the various components of mechanical stress tensor due to elastic response with the corresponding components of electrically induced stress tensor pertaining to quadratic electrostriction, proper precautions are to be observed for higher order electromechanical coupling. Contributions from lateral stresses, electrical and mechanical boundary conditions are to be considered for the correct estimation of induced strain in elastic dielectrics. The knowledge of dependence of Maxwel...

Condensed State Physics  Theoretical Physics 

An anomalous collateral artery was found during the dissection for the pectoralis major myocutaneous flap procedure. This anomalous collateral artery was stemming from the left internal thoracic artery. It is believed that this collateral was formed secondary to congenital aortic coarctation causing abnormal growth of the left fourth aortic arch. This is the first reported case of such a collateral artery in recent literature.

Anatomy & Physiology  Developmental Biology  Surgery & Surgical Specialties 

The paper examines theoretical problems of the development of transmissions with intermediate engaged rolling bodies in which speed reduction and load transfer are made through interaction of main gear units with balls. The distinctive feature of this type of gears is the execution of working surfaces (running ways) of the main gear units on the spherical surfaces. The design of spherical transmission with the constant reduction ratio is developed. The principle of its work is based on interacti...

Mechanical Engineering