Attitudes of nursing students towards the legalization of euthanasia, end-of-life planning and the spiritual dimension: A quantitative study

Background: The Law on Euthanasia was approved in Spain and implemented in the health system. Nursing students must position themselves with respect to euthanasia in their work in the near future. Objectives: To know the attitudes of nursing students towards the legalization of euthanasia, its relationship with end-of-life planning, and the spiritual dimension. Design: A cross-sectional descriptive quantitative study. Settings and participants: Study carried out with students of the Nursing Degree at the Universities of Huelva and Almería in Spain from April to July 2021. Methods: Attitudes towards the final phase of life, Anxiety towards death, and Attitudes towards Euthanasia questionnaires were administered. Descriptive, inferential and logistic regression statistics were calculated to determine the relationship between attitudes towards euthanasia and sociodemographic variables, end-of-life planning, and the spiritual dimension. Results: 285 Nursing students with an average age of 23.58 years (SD = 8.19) participated. The scores on the attitude towards euthanasia were higher than the mean. While 70.5 % of the students were aware about advanced planning, only 2.5 % of them had made advanced plans. In religious practice and the spiritual dimension, the average score was high as they considered these elements to be of great support at the end of life. In terms of anxiety about death, the average score was significantly higher in women. Age, spiritual accompaniment and help, and the frequency with which spiritual beliefs are practiced are predictive factors for the attitude towards euthanasia. Conclusions: Students have a positive vision of euthanasia while admitting anxiety about death. They emphasize advance planning and greater religious practice as supports for euthanasia. The need for curricular training related to moral deliberation and values that support euthanasia is clear.This work was funded by the call for grants to carry out Research Projects (Modality A) of the University of Huelva [ID: 1076]. Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Huelva / CBU

Impact of amyloid-PET in daily clinical management of patients with cognitive impairment fulfilling appropriate use criteria

To evaluate the use of amyloid-positron emission tomography (PET) in routine clinical practice, in a selected population with cognitive impairment that meets appropriate use criteria (AUC). A multicenter, observational, prospective case-series study of 211patients from 2 level-3 hospitals who fulfilled clinical AUC for amyloid-PET scan in a naturalistic setting. Certainty degree was evaluated using a 5-point Likert scale: 0 (very low probability); 1 (low probability); 2 (intermediate probability); 3 (high probability); and 4 (practically sure), before and after amyloid PET. The treatment plan was considered as cognition-specific or noncognition-specific. Amyloid-PET was positive in 118 patients (55.9%) and negative in 93 patients (44.1%). Diagnostic prescan confidence according amyloid-PET results showed that in both, negative and positive-PET subgroup, the most frequent category was intermediate probability (45.7% and 55.1%, respectively). After the amyloid-PET, the diagnostic confidence showed a very different distribution, that was, in the negative-PET group the most frequent categories are very unlikely (70.7%) and unlikely (29.3%), while in the positive- PET group were very probable (57.6%) and practically sure (39%). Only in 14/211 patients (6.6%) the result of the amyloid-PET did not influence the diagnostic confidence, while in 194 patients (93.4%), the diagnostic confidence improved significantly after amyloid- PET results. The therapeutic intention was modified in 93 patients (44.1%). Specific treatment for Alzheimer disease was started, before amyloid-PET, in 80 patients (37.9%). This naturalistic study provides evidence that the implementation of amyloid-PET is associated with a significant improvement in diagnostic confidence and has a high impact on the therapeutic management of patients with mild cognitive impairment fulfilled clinical AUC

Evaluación de la satisfacción de los estudiantes de diferentes grados del área de Ciencias de la Salud, mediante la utilización de la plataforma Kahoot

El presente proyecto es una propuesta para evaluar la satisfacción de estudiantes universitarios sobre la planificación y el desarrollo de la actividad docente, en distintas asignaturas pertenecientes al Área de Ciencias de la Salud durante el curso 2017-2018, mediante el diseño de cuestionarios específicos y el uso de la plataforma Kahoot

Effects of global postural reeducation on postural control, dynamic balance, and ankle range of motion in patients with hallux abducto valgus. A randomized controlled trial.

AbstractHallux abducto valgus (HAV) is a common musculoskeletal disorder that has been addressed surgically. Nevertheless, the manual therapy approach may play an important role in the management of this condition. The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of global postural reeducation (GPR) in subjects with symptomatic mild to moderate HAV in static postural control, dynamic stability, and ankle dorsiflexion range of motion (DFROM). A total of 80 patients with mild to moderate symptomatic HAV were allocated to the intervention group (GPR) or control group (CG) (no treatment) for 8 weeks. Outcome measures were assessed at baseline at 4 and 8 weeks including static postural control (Romberg test), dynamic balance (Star Excursion Balance Test [SEBT]), and ankle DFROM (Weight‐Bearing Lunge Test [WBLT]). No improvements were observed at 4 weeks, but there were improvements at 8 weeks in: static postural control mediolateral displacement (X) of center of pressure (CoP) in both eyes open (EO) and eyes closed (EC): XEO (t(36) = 2.892, p = .006, d = 0.67); XEC (t(68) = 2.280, p = .026, d = 054); and velocity (V) of CoP displacement: VEO (t(68) = 2.380, p = .020, d = 0.57); VEC (t(36) = 2.057, p = .047, d = 0.37). It were also improvements in: WBLT (t(36) = −2.869, p = .007, d = 0.54) and SEBT at three directions (anterior, ANT; posteromedial, PM; and posterolateral, PL): SEBT.ANT (t(36) = −2.292, p = .028, d = 0.23); SEBT.PM (t(36) = −4.075, p < .001, d = 0.43); SEBT.PL (t(62) = −3.506, p = .001, d = 0.34). The present study showed that GPR compared to the CG might be effective in enhancing ankle function including postural control, dynamic balance, and DFROM

Janus Gold Nanostars-Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for NIR-Light-Triggered Drug Delivery

"This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Hernández Montoto, Andy, Antoni Llopis-Lorente, Mónica Gorbe, José M. Terrés, Roberto Cao Milán, Borja Díaz de Greñu, María Alfonso, et al. 2019. Janus Gold Nanostars Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for NIR-Light-Triggered Drug Delivery. Chemistry A European Journal 25 (36). Wiley: 8471 78. doi:10.1002/chem.201900750, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201900750. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving."[EN] Janus gold nanostar-mesoporous silica nanoparticle (AuNSt-MSNP) nanodevices able to release an entrapped payload upon irradiation with near infrared (NIR) light were prepared and characterized. The AuNSt surface was functionalized with a thiolated photolabile molecule (5), whereas the mesoporous silica face was loaded with a model drug (doxorubicin) and capped with proton-responsive benzimidazole-beta-cyclodextrin supramolecular gatekeepers (N 1). Upon irradiation with NIR-light, the photolabile compound 5 photodissociated, resulting in the formation of succinic acid, which induced the opening of the gatekeeper and cargo delivery. In the overall mechanism, the gold surface acts as a photochemical transducer capable of transforming the NIR-light input into a chemical messenger (succinic acid) that opens the supramolecular nanovalve. The prepared hybrid nanoparticles were non-cytotoxic to HeLa cells, until they were irradiated with a NIR laser, which led to intracellular doxorubicin release and hyperthermia. This induced a remarkable reduction in HeLa cells viability.The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Spanish Government [Projects MAT2015-64139-C4-1-R, AGL2015-70235-C2-2-R and SAF2017-84689-R (MINECO/AEI/FEDER, UE)], the Generalitat Valenciana (Project PROMETEO2018/024) and European Union (Erasmus Mundus Programme, Action 2, grant agreement number 2014-0870/001001). A.H. thanks the Erasmus Mundus Programme for his PhD scholarship through the EuroInkaNet project. A.L.-L. thanks "La Caixa" Banking Foundation for his PhD scholarship.Hernández-Montoto, A.; Llopis-Lorente, A.; Gorbe, M.; Terrés-Haro, JM.; Cao Milán, R.; Díaz De Greñu-Puertas, B.; Alfonso-Navarro, M.... (2019). Janus Gold Nanostars-Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for NIR-Light-Triggered Drug Delivery. Chemistry - A European Journal. 25(36):8471-8478. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201900750S847184782536Yang, P., Gai, S., & Lin, J. (2012). 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Gold Nanostars Coated with Mesoporous Silica Are Effective and Nontoxic Photothermal Agents Capable of Gate Keeping and Laser Induced Drug Release

[EN] Herein, a novel drug photorelease system based on gold nanostars (AuNSts), coated with a mesoporous silica shell and capped with paraffin as thermosensitive molecular gate, is reported. Direct measurements of the surface temperature of a single gold nanostar irradiated using a tightly focused laser beam are performed via a heat sensitive biological matrix. The surface temperature of a AuNSt increases by hundreds of degrees (degrees C) even at low laser powers. AuNSts coated with a mesoporous silica shell using a surfactant-templated synthesis are used as chemotherapeutic nanocarriers. Synthetic parameters are optimized to d avoid AuNSt reshaping, and thus to obtain nanoparticles with suitable and stable plasmonic properties for near-infrared (NIR) laser-triggered cargo delivery. The mesoporous silica-coated nanostars are loaded with doxorubicin (Dox) and coated with octadecyltrimethoxysilane and the paraffin heneicosane. The paraffin molecules formed a hydrophobic layer that blocks the pores, impeding the release of the cargo. This hybrid nanosystem exhibits a well-defined photodelivery profile using NIR radiation, even at low power density, whereas the nonirradiated sample shows a negligible payload release. Dox-loaded nanoparticles displayed no cytotoxicity toward HeLa cells, until they are irradiated with 808 nm laser, provoking paraffin melting and drug release. Hence, these novel, functional, and biocompatible nanoparticles display adequate plasmonic properties for NIR-triggered drug photorelease applications.The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Spanish Government (Projects AGL2015-70235-C2-2-R and MAT2015-64139-C4-1-R), the Generalitat Valenciana (Project PROMETEOII/2014/047), and European Union (Programme European Union Action 2 Erasmus Mundus Partnerships, Grant-2014-0870/001-001). A. Samadi and L. B. Oddershede acknowledge financial support from the Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF14OC0011361) and from the Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF116). A. H. Montoto thanks Erasmus Mundus Programme for his PhD scholarship at EurolnkaNet project. The authors thank UPV electron microscopy and CIPF confocal and electron microscopy services for technical support.Hernández-Montoto, A.; Montes-Robles, R.; Samadi, A.; Gorbe, M.; Terrés-Haro, JM.; Cao Milán, R.; Aznar, E.... (2018). Gold Nanostars Coated with Mesoporous Silica Are Effective and Nontoxic Photothermal Agents Capable of Gate Keeping and Laser Induced Drug Release. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(33):27644-27656. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b08395S2764427656103

Oligonucleotide-capped mesoporous silica nanoparticles as DNA-responsive dye delivery systems for genomic DNA detection

[EN] New hybrid oligonucleotide-capped mesoporous silica nanoparticles able to detect genomic DNA were designed.Financial support from the Spanish Government (Project MAT2012-38429-C04) and the Generalitat Valencia (Project PROMETEOII/2014/047) is gratefully acknowledged. Ll. P. is grateful to the Universidad Politecnica de Valencia for his grant.Pascual Vidal, L.; Baroja, I.; Aznar Gimeno, E.; Sancenón Galarza, F.; Marcos Martínez, MD.; Murguía Ibáñez, JR.; Amoros Del Toro, PJ.... (2015). Oligonucleotide-capped mesoporous silica nanoparticles as DNA-responsive dye delivery systems for genomic DNA detection. Chemical Communications. 51(8):1414-1416. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC08306GS14141416518Agostini, A., Mondragón, L., Bernardos, A., Martínez-Máñez, R., Marcos, M. D., Sancenón, F., … Murguía, J. R. (2012). Targeted Cargo Delivery in Senescent Cells Using Capped Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 51(42), 10556-10560. doi:10.1002/anie.201204663Zhang, Q., Wang, X., Li, P.-Z., Nguyen, K. T., Wang, X.-J., Luo, Z., … Zhao, Y. (2013). Biocompatible, Uniform, and Redispersible Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Cancer-Targeted Drug Delivery In Vivo. Advanced Functional Materials, 24(17), 2450-2461. doi:10.1002/adfm.201302988Chen, C., Geng, J., Pu, F., Yang, X., Ren, J., & Qu, X. (2010). Polyvalent Nucleic Acid/Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle Conjugates: Dual Stimuli-Responsive Vehicles for Intracellular Drug Delivery. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 50(4), 882-886. doi:10.1002/anie.201005471Zhou, L., Chen, Z., Dong, K., Yin, M., Ren, J., & Qu, X. (2013). DNA-mediated Construction of Hollow Upconversion Nanoparticles for Protein Harvesting and Near-Infrared Light Triggered Release. Advanced Materials, 26(15), 2424-2430. doi:10.1002/adma.201304437Agostini, A., Mondragón, L., Pascual, L., Aznar, E., Coll, C., Martínez-Máñez, R., … Gil, S. (2012). Design of Enzyme-Mediated Controlled Release Systems Based on Silica Mesoporous Supports Capped with Ester-Glycol Groups. Langmuir, 28(41), 14766-14776. doi:10.1021/la303161eColl, C., Bernardos, A., Martínez-Máñez, R., & Sancenón, F. (2012). Gated Silica Mesoporous Supports for Controlled Release and Signaling Applications. Accounts of Chemical Research, 46(2), 339-349. doi:10.1021/ar3001469Climent, E., Martínez-Máñez, R., Maquieira, Á., Sancenón, F., Marcos, M. D., Brun, E. M., … Amorós, P. (2012). Antibody-Capped Mesoporous Nanoscopic Materials: Design of a Probe for the Selective Chromo-Fluorogenic Detection of Finasteride. ChemistryOpen, 1(6), 251-259. doi:10.1002/open.201100008Oroval, M., Climent, E., Coll, C., Eritja, R., Aviñó, A., Marcos, M. D., … Amorós, P. (2013). An aptamer-gated silica mesoporous material for thrombin detection. Chemical Communications, 49(48), 5480. doi:10.1039/c3cc42157kChen, M., Huang, C., He, C., Zhu, W., Xu, Y., & Lu, Y. (2012). A glucose-responsive controlled release system using glucose oxidase-gated mesoporous silica nanocontainers. Chemical Communications, 48(76), 9522. doi:10.1039/c2cc34290aCliment, E., Martínez-Máñez, R., Sancenón, F., Marcos, M. D., Soto, J., Maquieira, A., & Amorós, P. (2010). Controlled Delivery Using Oligonucleotide-Capped Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 49(40), 7281-7283. doi:10.1002/anie.201001847Climent, E., Mondragón, L., Martínez-Máñez, R., Sancenón, F., Marcos, M. D., Murguía, J. R., … Pérez-Payá, E. (2013). Selective, Highly Sensitive, and Rapid Detection of Genomic DNA by Using Gated Materials:MycoplasmaDetection. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 52(34), 8938-8942. doi:10.1002/anie.201302954Zhang, Z., Balogh, D., Wang, F., Sung, S. Y., Nechushtai, R., & Willner, I. (2013). Biocatalytic Release of an Anticancer Drug from Nucleic-Acids-Capped Mesoporous SiO2 Using DNA or Molecular Biomarkers as Triggering Stimuli. ACS Nano, 7(10), 8455-8468. doi:10.1021/nn403772jWu, L., Ren, J., & Qu, X. (2014). Target-responsive DNA-capped nanocontainer used for fabricating universal detector and performing logic operations. Nucleic Acids Research, 42(21), e160-e160. doi:10.1093/nar/gku858Drexler, H. G., & Uphoff, C. C. (2002). Cytotechnology, 39(2), 75-90. doi:10.1023/a:1022913015916Matas Andreu, L., Molinos Abós, S., Fernández Rivas, G., González Soler, V., & Ausina Ruiz, V. (2006). Diagnóstico serológico de las infecciones por Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica, 24, 19-23. doi:10.1157/13094274V. Ausina , Infecciones causadas por micoplasmas, Medicina Interna, Elsevier España, 2004, 15th edn, pp. 2363–236

Professional Quality of Life and Perceived Stress in Health Professionals before COVID-19 in Spain: Primary and Hospital Care

This study aimed to analyze the professional quality of life and the perceived stress of health professionals before COVID-19 in Spain, in primary and hospital care professionals. A cross-sectional observational study on health professionals working in health centers during the health crisis caused by COVID-19 was conducted. Professional Quality of Life (ProQoL) and Perceived Stress (PSS-14) were measured, along with socio-demographic and labor variables through an online questionnaire. A descriptive and correlation analysis was performed. A total of 537 professionals participated, both in hospital care (54.7%) and in primary care (45.3%). There was a predominance of medium Compassion Satisfaction, high Compassion Fatigue and medium Burnout. Mean scores for compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction were slightly higher in primary care, while burnout was higher in hospital care. When primary care participants were grouped by profession, significant differences were found in relation to perceived stress and to the three subscales of professional quality of life. In hospital care, the differences were observed when comparing compassion fatigue and perceived stress by gender. In addition, with respect to Burnout it was carried out by type of contract and shift and in relation to perceived stress grouped by sex, contract and profession. The COVID-19 health crisis has had an impact on mental health and the quality of professional life of health professionals. There is a need to implement long-term contingency programs aimed at improving the emotional well-being of health service professionals

Manual de buenas prácticas en la plasmación de un artículo científico a través de píldoras del conocimiento en la revista Fonseca Journal off Communication

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Libro de actas del 11º Workshop en Investigación Agroalimentaria para jóvenes investigadores

El presente libro recoge los trabajos científicos presentados en el 11º Workshop en Investigación Agroalimentaria para jóvenes investigadores -WIA2022-. El WiA2022 es un Workshop Científico anual organizado por el Programa de Doctorado en Técnicas Avanzadas en Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario y Alimentario (TAIDA) de la Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT). Se celebró el 20 de junio de 2022, con más de 50 participantes que presentaron sus avances en investigación durante el último año. Fue un evento internacional que conectó a nuestros jóvenes investigadores de varios países. Las presentaciones mostraron un gran interés científico y revelaron el destacado potencial de los Equipos de Investigación involucrados en el Programa pertenecientes a varias instituciones de investigación de la Región de Murcia (UPCT, CEBAS-CSIC e IMIDA). El evento ha favorecido el intercambio de ideas y experiencias entre doctorandos y grupos de investigación. El programa científico se estructura en tres sesiones: Presentación de los planes de investigación de nuevos doctorandos, Tecnología e Ingeniería de la Producción Vegetal y Biotecnología Agroalimentaria y Tecnología de Alimentos. En esta edición, 5 jóvenes investigadores han sido premiados por sus ponencias. El Comité Científico y Organizador considera que es necesario que los doctorandos en TAIDA realicen esta actividad formativa para adquirir las competencias típicas de un doctor, destacando cómo resumir sus resultados, sintetizando los principales resultados en el tiempo que se dispone para presentar y difundirlos clara y concisamente a una audiencia diversa, como suele suceder en las presentaciones en congresos científicos a nivel mundial.El Comité Organizador agradece a la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica -ETSIA- y al Instituto de Biotecnología Vegetal -IBV- de la Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena -UPCT- su ayuda para hacer posible este evento. También se agradece la financiación recibida de la Escuela Internacional de Doctorado de la UPCT