Metacognitive processes, situational factors, and clinical decision-making in nursing education: a quantitative longitudinal study.

Objective: This study examined the longitudinal development of metacognitive skills and clinical decision-making abilities in nursing students, focusing on the interactions between metacognitive processes, situational factors, and individual differences.

Methods: A longitudinal, quantitative design was employed, following 185 third-year nursing students from a major university in China over one academic year. Data were collected at six time points using the Metacognitive Awareness Inventory, Nursing Decision-Making Instrument, and custom-designed clinical scenario assessments.

Research on the application effect of inter-professional training program for newly enrolled medical staff in operating room based on digital information technology.

Background: The operating room environment demands high levels of teamwork and interprofessional collaboration, yet current training programs often lack sufficient opportunities to develop these essential skills. Few studies have explored the impact of Interprofessional Education (IPE) based on digital information technology in improving the collaboration and learning among newly enrolled medical staff in the operating room.

Objectives: This study aimed to design, implement, and evaluate a digital information technology-based IPE training program for newly enrolled medical staff in the operating room.

Improved Thermoelectric Performance of p-Type PbTe by Entropy Engineering and Temperature-Dependent Precipitates.

Entropy engineering is aneffective scheme to reduce the thermal conductivity of thermoelectric materials, but it inevitably deteriorates the carrier mobility. Here, we report the optimization of thermoelectric performance of PbTe by combining entropy engineering and nanoprecipitates. In the continuously tuned compounds of PbNaTeSSe, we show that the = 0.

Self-emulsifying drug delivery system and the applications in herbal drugs.

Herbal drugs have been used for thousands of years in the east and have had a recent resurgence in popularity among consumers in the west. However, most of herbal drug are poorly soluble and have hydrophobic properties and poor distribution, leading to reduced bioavailability and hence decreased treatment efficacy, requiring repeated administration or increased dose. In the past few decades, considerable attention has been focused on the development of self-emulsifying drug delivery system (SEDDS) for herbal drugs.

Nanocarriers for oral drug delivery.

The oral route for delivery of pharmaceuticals is widely used and accepted. However, many biological therapeutics that have poor solubility, poor permeability, and/or poor stability in the gastrointestinal environment have poor oral bioavailability and are therefore rarely used for oral drug delivery. In recent years, nanocarriers are widely used, which can provide an alternative solution for oral administration of these drugs.

A study of cycling induced degradation mechanisms in Si nanocrystal memory devices.

The endurance of Si nanocrystal memory devices under Fowler-Nordheim program and erase (P/E) cycling is investigated. Both threshold voltage (V(th)) and subthreshold swing (SS) degradation are observed when using a high program or erase voltage. The change of SS is found to be proportional to the shift of V(th), indicating that the generation of interface traps plays a dominant role.

Titanium-tungsten nanocrystals embedded in a SiO(2)/Al(2)O(3) gate dielectric stack for low-voltage operation in non-volatile memory.

Titanium-tungsten nanocrystals (NCs) were fabricated by a self-assembly rapid thermal annealing (RTA) process. Well isolated Ti(0.46)W(0.

Investigation of resistive switching in Cu-doped HfO2 thin film for multilevel non-volatile memory applications.

In this paper, the resistive switching characteristics in a Cu/HfO(2):Cu/Pt sandwiched structure is investigated for multilevel non-volatile memory applications. The device shows excellent resistive switching performance, including good endurance, long retention time, fast operation speed and a large storage window (R(OFF)/R(ON)>10(7)). Based on the temperature-dependent test results, the formation of Cu conducting filaments is believed to be the reason for the resistance switching from the OFF state to the ON state.

Colon-specific delivery tablets of sodium 4-aminosalicylic acid.

Aim: To prepare a new oral colon-specific delivery formulation and to investigate the release profile in vitro and the colon-specific delivery property in vivo in dogs.

Methods: Sodium 4-aminosalicylic acid was selected as the model drug. The combination of Eudragit RL30D and RS30D were used as sustained-release film, and Eudragit FS30D used as enteric film, which was expected to release drug depending on pH and time.