Psychometric evaluation of the “Jefferson Scale of Empathy” in a sample of nursing students in the United Kingdom

Aim: To examine the psychometric properties of the ‘Jefferson Scale of Empathy’. Design: A methodological study was conducted. Methods: A sample of 230 nursing students was used to analyse the psychometric properties of the ‘Jefferson Scale of Empathy’. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was used to test construct validity. Cronbach's alpha and item‐total correlations were carried out to test internal consistency reliability. Results: The mean score of the empathy SUM was 112.0 (SD: 12.6). A three‐factor model was explored. This factor structure does not replicate the original ‘Jefferson Scale of Empathy’ when it was validated with medical students, but it is in line with later research with nursing students. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.80 for the SUM and 0.80–0.84 for individual items. Item‐total correlation coefficients were 0.01–0.63. No Patient or Public Contribution: Because this study focused on nursing students. No patients or the public were involved

Evidence for reversion towards anthelmintic susceptibility in Teladorsagia circumcincta in response to resistance management programmes

AbstractMaintaining production and economic viability in the face of resistance to multiple anthelmintic actives is a challenge for farmers in many countries. In this situation, most farmers in New Zealand rely on the use of combination products, containing multiple actives with similar spectra of activity, in order to maintain control. However, there are concerns that use of combinations, once resistance has already developed to the individual actives, could rapidly lead to complete failure of all actives. This study followed seven farms, previously diagnosed with resistance to at least two classes of anthelmintic, which were implementing a tailored programme of ‘best practice parasite management’. The aim was to ascertain whether the programmes, which included the almost exclusive use of combination anthelmintics, were able to prevent resistance from developing further. Strategies implemented on each farm varied, but had consistent underlying principles i.e. to avoid over-use of anthelmintics; to minimise parasite challenge to susceptible stock; to maintain refugia of susceptibility and to ensure that only effective anthelmintics were used. Annual faecal egg count reduction tests (FECRT) were undertaken in lambs on all farms to monitor anthelmintic efficacy over 5 years. The efficacy of albendazole, ivermectin and levamisole was calculated and the changes in efficacy against Teladorsagia circumcincta assessed. Overall, there was a significant improvement in the effectiveness of both levamisole and ivermectin against T. circumcincta, and a positive but non-significant trend in efficacy of albendazole, i.e. there was evidence for reversion towards susceptibility. Hence, the almost exclusive use of combination anthelmintics, integrated with other resistance management strategies, did not result in further resistance development despite all farms exhibiting resistance to multiple actives at the outset. What-is-more, the measured increases in anthelmintic efficacy suggests that adoption of best practice management strategies may extend the useful life of anthelmintics even after resistance has been diagnosed

A COSTLESS VIRTUAL RATING METHOD FOR VISUAL SEARCH

Content-basis image retrieval is important option to prevail within the difficulties of previous works and will be offering attracted an excellent concentration in past decades. The models according to graph-based ranking were mostly analysed and extensively functional in recovery area. Within our work we concentrate on the novel additionally to efficient graph-based model for content based image retrieval, produced for out-of-sample recovery on extensive databases. We advise a scalable graph-based ranking representation referred to as effective Manifold Ranking, which address flaws of Manifold Ranking from two most critical viewpoints for example scalable graph construction additionally to effective ranking computation. We concentrate on a famous graph-based model known Manifold Ranking this is often a well-known graph-based ranking representation that ranks data samples tightly associated with intrinsic geometrical structure uncovered obtaining a massive data. The suggested model includes two separate stages similar to an offline stage for structuring of ranking model by getting a web-based stage for controlling of recent query. While using the suggested system, we're outfitted to deal with database getting countless images and perform online retrieval within the short instance

‘Walking in Their Shoes’: The effects of an immersive digital story intervention on empathy in nursing students:The effects of an immersive digital story intervention on empathy in nursing students

Abstract Aim To evaluate the effects of a novel, immersive digital story intervention on empathy. Design A randomized trial with three phases. Results A total of 238 2nd year nursing students were recruited between May 2018 and December 2019. At baseline, no significant differences in empathy between the groups were found (p = .760). However, at post‐test, empathy was significantly higher in the intervention group (M: 118.76, SD: 10.65) than it was in the control group (M: 114.60, SD: 15.40) (p = .012). At follow‐up, there were no significant differences in empathy between the groups (p = .364). Conclusion The intervention resulted in an immediate increase in empathy in nursing students. However, further development of effective intervention delivery modes and fundamental redesign of the intervention itself would be needed to sustain this improvement over the long term