Sivia Barnoy

..Since expert nurses were perceived to have equal expertise as expert physicians, it follows that information given by both nurses and physicians can reduce patient uncertainty...

..This paper is a report of a study conducted to explore factors influencing the decision to take genetic carrier testing...

..The present study aimed at examining the effects of risk perception, hypochondria, trait anxiety, and attitudes to genetic testing on the uptake of genetic carrier tests...

..Such skills will help to reduce any negative feeling that might arise when they encounter patients who present medical information from the Internet...

..The data show a marked gap between the decision itself and the certainty of that decision. The strength of the decision may be a better predictor of actual test uptake than the direction of the decision...

..Many patients bring the information they downloaded from the Internet to the appointments with the health care workers...

..The authors believe that the most useful and appropriate role for nurses in this field is in working to bring about co-operation between patients and family members...

..The results are discussed in the context of the deficit model. The findings indicate a need to provide information about human cloning to allow people to form their attitudes based on factual knowledge...

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..The temporary diminution of calpastatin during myogenin-directed differentiation of myoblasts allows calpain activation and calpain-induced protein degradation, required for myoblast differentiation and fusion...

..These results suggest that, in addition to the role in membrane disorganization in the fusing myoblasts, the calpain-calpastatin system may also modulate the levels of factors required for myoblast differentiation...

..The results indicate that unrealistic optimism plays a role in predicting participation in early detection testing and should be considered as an influencing factor in health-promoting plans...

..Since the number of patients presenting Internet information can only multiply, there is a need to prepare and train nurses for encounters with such patients...

..Since calpastatin level is important in the control of calpain activity, mycoplasmal LPP may be of interest in treating some pathological processes involving excessive calpain activation...

..Inhibition of calpain may be useful for modulating certain caspase-8-dependent processes...

..The mycoplasma-infected cells provide a system for identifying factors that participate in the regulation of cellular calpastatin...

..Mycoplasmas provide the first naturally occurring biological system that upregulates the endogenous calpain inhibitor, and thus may be of interest in devising treatments for some disorders, such as neurodegenerative diseases...

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..The higher the error frequency, the more errors went unreported. If the ward nurse manager corrected errors on the ward, error self-reporting decreased significantly. Ward nurse managers have to provide good role models...

..Increased expression of calpastatin and/or decrease in calpain and caspase-8 may serve as means for ameliorating early symptoms of AD...

..Promoting calpastatin expression may be used to ameliorate some manifestations of AD...

..The results demonstrated that in the context of cancer patients and their spouse as caregivers, neither partner considered the informational needs of his or her spouse...

..To investigate the intentions of nurses and nursing students to telling the truth to patients and families, based on the Theory of Planned Behavior which examines intention to perform behaviours...

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