background & aim : researchers in the nursing science study complex constructs for which valid and reliable instruments are needed. when an instrument is created, psychometric testing is required, and the first-step is to study the content validity of the instrument. this article focuses on the process used to assess the content validity. methods & materials : this article examines the definiti...

Background—Inflammation and pericarditis may be contributing factors for postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF), and both are potentially affected by antiinflammatory drugs and colchicine, which has been shown to be safe and efficacious for the prevention of pericarditis and the postpericardiotomy syndrome (PPS). The aim of the Colchicine for the Prevention of the Post-Pericardiotomy Syndrome...

“Epigenetic Tracking” is the name of a model of cellular development that, coupled with an evolutionary technique, becomes an evo-devo (or “artificial embryology”, or “computational development”) method to generate 2d or 3d sets of artificial cells arbitrarily shaped. ’In silico’ experiments have proved the effectiveness of the method in devo-evolving any kind of shape, of any complexity (in te...