Son yıllarda dünyada ve ülkemizde Üniversite sayılarının artmasıyla gündeme gelen en önemli sorun nicel büyümeden nitel büyümeye geçişin sağlanabilmesi niteliğin korunmasıdır. Bu araştırmanın temel amacı; öğretim elemanları açısından yükseköğretimin hizmetinin niteliğini belirleyecek bir ölçek geliştirmektir. Çalışmada araştırma yöntemlerinden biri olan tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Açımlayıcı ...

This study aimed to evaluate the relationships between oxidative stress and heavy metal exposure (lead [Pb] and cadmium [Cd]), as well as co-factors such as physical activity and age, in Japanese women. This study was conducted with female subjects from a rural agricultural community in Japan. Subjects were asked to complete lifestyle-related questionnaires and undergo a group health examinatio...

PURPOSE This study seeks to establish causal models of diet which maintain the appetite of head and neck cancer patients receiving radiation therapy. SAMPLE AND METHODS We collected data from 208 patients at two radiation doses, 30/50 Gy, using a questionnaire on appetite and analyzed the items using structural equation modeling. RESULTS In the causal model for 30 Gy, we established a path ...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to identify the association between occupational stress and depression-well-being by proposing a comprehensive and flexible job burden-capital model with its corresponding hypotheses. METHODS For this research, 1618 valid samples were gathered from the electronic manufacturing service industry in Hunan Province, China; self-rated questionnaires were administered to...

As a critical component in the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway, AKT has become an attractive target for therapeutic intervention. ARQ 092 and a next generation AKT inhibitor, ARQ 751 are selective, allosteric, pan-AKT and AKT1-E17K mutant inhibitors that potently inhibit phosphorylation of AKT. Biochemical and cellular analysis showed that ARQ 092 and ARQ 751 inhibited AKT activation not only by dephosph...

OBJECTIVES Identifying mechanisms that mediate recovery is imperative to improve outcomes in low back pain (LBP). Qualitative studies suggest that guilt may be such a mechanism, but research on this concept is scarce, and reliable instruments to measure pain-related guilt are not available. METHODS We addressed this gap by developing and testing a Pain-related Guilt Scale (PGS) for people wit...

OBJECTIVE Although social support has been recognized as an important factor in the quality of life of head and neck cancer patients, there has been little investigation of the buffering effect of social support on these patients' social distress or of the coping skill of self-efficacy. The aim of this study was to examine how social support and self-efficacy mediate the relationship between so...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to develop and test an explanatory model for sleep disorders in people with cancer. A hypothetical model was constructed on the basis of a review of previous studies, literature, and sleep models, and 10 latent variables were used to construct a hypothetical model. METHODS Data were collected from April 19 to June 25, 2010, using self-report questionnaires. T...

BACKGROUND Moderate increase in physical activity (PA) may be helpful in preventing or postponing the complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of a health action process approach (HAPA)-based PA inventory among T2DM patients. METHODS In 2015, this cross-sectional study was carried out on 203 participants recruited by con...

Objective The aims of this study were to translate and psychometrically evaluate the Thai version of diabetes management self-efficacy scale (T-DMSES) and to examine its association with HbA1c control in diabetic individuals. Methods This study recruited patients from outpatient diabetes clinics of both community and university hospitals. The first phases of this study involved translation of...