A reduced form of a synthetic hydrogen-assembled molecular shuttle for nano-technological applications has been investigated by molecular dynamics simulations and density functional theory calculations. It is composed by a benzylic amide macrocycle mechanically locked onto a thread in acetonitrile solution. Classical sampling indicates, in agreement with experimental findings, that in equilibri...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To obtain consensus on priorities for oncology nursing research in the United Kingdom.
. DESIGN A three-round online Delphi survey.
. SETTING Oncology nurses were invited via the United Kingdom Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS) database. Patient participation was invited through patient organizations.
. SAMPLE 50 oncology nurses and 18 patients.
. METHODS Eligible and ...

Background A project team was formulated by the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) to create evidence-based oncology nurse generalist (ONG) competencies to establish best practices in competency development, including high-risk tasks, critical thinking criteria, and measurement of key areas for oncology nurses. Objectives This article aims to describe the process and the development of ONG compet...

877 Validity, cut-points, and minimally important differences for two hot fl ash-related daily interference scales Janet S. Carpenter, PhD, RN, FAAN, Giorgos Bakoyannis, PhD, Julie L. Otte, PhD, RN OCN, Chen X. Chen, PhD, RN, Kevin L. Rand, PhD, Nancy Woods, PhD, RN, FAAN, Katherine Newton, PhD, Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc, JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH, Ellen W. Freeman, PhD, and Katherine A. Guthrie, P...

Lydia T. Madsen, RN, MSN, OCN , is a senior research nurse in the Department of Urology and Elizabeth Ganey-Code, MSN, RN, OCN, is the associate director of clinical nursing in the Division of Nursing, both at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. (The solutions offered to the clinical problems posed in this column are the opinions of the authors and do not represent t...

This feature provides a platform for oncology nurses to illustrate the many ways that leadership may be realized and professional practice may transform cancer care. Possible submissions include but are not limited to overviews of projects, accounts of the application of leadership principles or theories to practice, and interviews with nurse leaders. Descriptions of activities, projects, or ac...

This study compared outcomes, including pain, fatigue, anxiety, satisfaction, health-related quality of life (HRQOL), ease of access, and unexpected emergency room (ER) visits, for patients with cancer in South Korea who were cared for by an oncology clinical nurse specialist (CNS) with patients with cancer who were not. Self-report questionnaires and semistructured interviews were used to appr...

Clinical Challenges provides readers with a forum to discuss creative clinical solutions to challenging patient care problems. Case studies or problem descriptions may be submitted with or without discussion or solutions. References, tables, figures, and illustrations can be included. Materials or inquiries should be directed to Oncology Nursing Forum Associate Editor Susan Moore, RN, MSN, ANP,...

Oxidized carbon nanosheets (OCNs), produced from black carbon nanospheres and used as a conductive additive in the supercapacitor electrodes of MnO2 nanorods, can significantly improve the charge-storage performance of the symmetric MnO2-nanorod supercapacitors with a maximum specific energy of 64 W h kg(-1) and power of 3870 W kg(-1). An optimum material composition of the supercapacitor elect...

The problem is the locally finite generation of a relation sheaf R(τ1, . . . , τq) in OCn . After τj reduced to Weierstrass’ polynomials in zn, it is the key for applying an induction on n to show that elements of R(τ1, . . . , τq) are expressed as a finite linear sum of zn-polynomiallike elements of degree at most p = maxj degzn τj over OCn . In that proof one is used to use a division by τj o...