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Postgraduate students are required to undertake a series of research assignments. Research self-efficacy is regarded as the sense of faith in their ability to accomplish research tasks. However, it is unclear how research self-efficacy plays a role i...

Breastfeeding is a complex process influenced by different personal and social factors which will determine both the initiation and the resilience for its maintenance. The aim is to identify the beliefs and expectations of mothers concerning breastfe...

The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the water infusion method for various coalfaces of a coal seam by an experimental study. First, laboratory tests were performed on several coal samples taken from actual coalfaces to deter...

(1) Background: The assessment and application of registered nurses’ professional skills are essential to providing quality and safe care. Self-efficacy can positively affect the professional competence of registered nurses. This study analysed...

This open-label, uncontrolled, single-arm, multicenter, phase 3 study evaluated the efficacy and safety of incobotulinumtoxinA in Japanese patients with blepharospasm. Eligible patients received incobotulinumtoxinA injections at fixed doses (50, 75,...

The objectives of this open study were to determine the efficacy, safety and tolerability of 50 mg and 100 mg oral doses of sumatriptan in migraineurs under practice conditions in Switzerland. Among the patients (n = 163) treated with 50 mg tablets f...

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for quality, inclusive education for all through Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4). Given the central role of teachers in achieving this goal, this study examined (1) whether pre-service elementa...

Mirtazapine is an established antidepressant with well-documented efficacy demonstrated in controlled clinical trials. However, the gap between the results obtained in controlled clinical trials and everyday clinical practice exists. Therefore, the i...

Objective: Although psychological resources help graduates navigate competitive labor markets, it remains unclear how psychological resilience—defined here as the capacity to maintain or restore effective functioning when goal pursuit is disrup...

Research self-efficacy (RSE) is significantly associated with research interest, scholarly productivity, and professional development. It is particularly critical in counselor education, a field centered on improving human well-being and advancing ev...

The role of geriatric nurses is essential in preventing oral health problems of older people with impaired daily functioning. Nurses have reported low self-efficacy with regard to oral health care practices and wish to receive more information on the...

This study examined the relationship between intercultural social efficacy (ISE), coping strategies, Mandarin Chinese and English language proficiency, and depression. In total, 1870 foreign students in Taiwan participated in the study. Study results...

Background/Objectives: Nursing internship students face significant clinical stressors that may compromise wellbeing, self-efficacy, and coping. Evidence on structured faculty-led support in Middle Eastern nursing education remains limited. This stud...

Due to the globalization of the economy, studying abroad has been widely recognized as bringing many benefits to students. However, the closure of campuses and borders around the world since the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in 2020, has brought abo...

Background/Objectives: Mothers expecting a second child experience the parenting of multiple children for the first time, differing from first-time motherhood. This highlights the need for childbirth preparation education tailored to families expecti...

Background: Compassionate communication, professional self-efficacy, and generative altruism represent potentially related aspects of nursing practice. This study examined the adjusted association between professional self-efficacy and self-reported...

Background/Objectives: Childbirth self-efficacy and prenatal maternal–fetal attachment are important dimensions of psychological adaptation during pregnancy. Evidence regarding midwife-led, synchronous, online antenatal education that simultane...

Introduction: The aim of the study was to assess the safety and efficacy of darunavir (Prezista^®) used in subtype F human immunodeficiency virus – type 1 (HIV-1) infected, antiretroviral therapy (ART)-experienced patients in Romania in routine clinic...

This detailed review looks at how the rules for proving biosimilarity are changing, mainly focusing on the requirements for comparative efficacy studies (CESs). As analytical technologies progress, mounting evidence suggests that when we establish ro...

Simultaneous modulation of several targets or pathological events with a key pathogenic role is
a promising strategy to tackle thus far difficult-to-cure or incurable multifactorial diseases [...]

A retrospective comparative study was conducted to compare the efficacy of monoclonal antibody drugs against the calcitonin gene-related peptide pathway in migraine and to establish whether they can be considered equivalent therapeutic alternatives f...

As with other forms of violent behaviour, bullying is the result of multiple influences acting on different societal levels. Yet the majority of studies on bullying focus primarily on the characteristics of individual bullies and bullied. Fewer studi...

Clinicians find it challenging to engage with patients who engage in self-harm. Improving the self-efficacy of professionals who treat self-harm patients may be an important step toward accomplishing better treatment of self-harm. However, there is n...

Depression is one of the most prevalent and disabling mental health problems in college students. Previous studies have established cross-sectional associations between negative bias in prospection e.g., increased negativity in future simulation, low...

Self-efficacy has a strong influence on children’s eating behavior. Feeling capable of regulating one’s eating behavior is especially relevant in situations of activation while facing temptations or experiencing negative emotions. Despite...

The adapted physical education (APE) field is developing vigorously in China, and an increasing number of students with physical education (PE) as their major will encounter students with disabilities in their future teaching careers. This study thus...

Girls with a migration background consistently show lower self-efficacy than their peers, a disparity that is further compounded by the stigmatisation of their neighbourhoods. Given that self-efficacy is a key determinant of educational and career tr...

A substantial portion of drug abuse research has concentrated on people with a single-substance-use disorder (SSUD), but many people abuse more than one drug. Studies have yet to examine how those with polysubstance-use disorder (PSUD) differ from th...

Background/Objectives: Health locus of control (LOC) refers to one’s perceptions of who or what controls one’s health. Recent evidence has found that chance LOC (CLOC) is associated with improved quality of life (QoL) in multiple sclerosi...

The aim of the present study is to validate the Self-Efficacy in Palliative Care Scale (SEPC) in Spanish nursing professionals and students, to describe their levels of self-efficacy, and to determine the influencing factors. A validation study and a...

Representing an important cause of long–term disability, term neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) urgently needs further research aimed at repurposing existing drug as well as developing new therapeutics. Since various experimental i...

There is a shortage of studies reporting the efficacy of antimicrobial treatment of dogs with atopic dermatitis (AD) and skin infections (SIs). The aim of this study was to evaluate the change in the severity of skin lesions and pruritus, and the ove...

A longitudinal design was used to examine the psychometric properties of the Self-Efficacy for Diabetes Self-Management (SEDM) for children and adolescents with a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (T1D). The SEDM was adapted to Spanish and the best factor...

This letter is intended to clarify the clinical effectiveness of neuropeptide substance P (SP) in reducing age-related skin wrinkling. This is the first clinical study to evaluate the efficacy of the topical application of SP on wrinkle reduction. Fo...

Extensive research has highlighted the benefits of a growth mindset in fostering positive outcomes for children. However, the antecedents of children’s growth mindset of intelligence remain less known. This longitudinal study aimed to examine w...

This study aimed to investigate the effect of perceived social support on perceived employability and whether this relationship is mediated by well-being. Another objective is to study the moderating effect of perceived self-efficacy on the relations...

Collaborative professional learning is essential for teachers to work collectively in facilitating student learning. A program of Learning Community under Leadership for Learning was launched to support teacher learning in authentic situations in Tai...

As artificial intelligence (AI) products become increasingly integrated into daily life, AI dependence has gained significant public and scholarly attention. While existing research has primarily examined its impact on students, few studies have inve...

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in increasing motivational factors within the domain of psychology. Among these factors, Grit, Mindset, Self-Efficacy, and Well-Being (Flourishing) have been suggested to play an important role in in...

The most recent version of the job demands-resources (JD–R) theory proposes that demanding working conditions and employee strain form a self-perpetuating loss cycle. By acknowledging that such cycles are detrimental for both employees and organizati...

This study clarified the field control efficacy, yield regulation effect and action mechanism of 40% cyproconazole suspension concentrate (SC) against southern corn rust caused by Puccinia polysora, aiming to provide scientific support for its regist...

Willingness to compromise is defined as the propensity to accept an alternative career-related option that was not the one initially desired. In the literature, there is a validated scale for measuring willingness to compromise but not an Italian val...

The prevalence of chronic pain in Spain is 15%. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on patients with chronic pain. A quasi-experimental design of repeated measures pre- and post-test (N = 57...

In the context of difficult-to-treat carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections, we evaluated imipenem, meropenem, and doripenem combinations against eleven carbapenemase-producing P. aeruginosa isolates. According to the widespread globa...

Conventional therapy is commonly used for the treatment of inflammatory skin conditions, but undesirable effects, such as erythema, dryness, skin thinning, and resistance to treatment, may cause poor patient compliance. Therefore, patients may seek c...

Background: Long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy (LA-ART) with cabotegravir and rilpivirine (CAB + RPV) has emerged as a promising alternative to daily oral regimens for people living with HIV (PLWH), particularly those facing adherence chal...

The outcome of endodontic therapy is directly related to the control of infection. The aim of the study was to evaluate in vitro the efficacy of Simvastatin (SIM) and diclofenac (DC) solutions on endodontic biofilms. Methods: Mature biofilms were gro...

Parenting in contemporary societies is increasingly organized through tensions between individualized responsibility and socially embedded care. While psychological accounts have traditionally emphasized parental competencies, attachment, and individ...

This study aimed to test the cross-sectional mediating and moderating role that positive psychological factors play in the association between pain intensity and pain interference in individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain. A descriptive cross-...

School belonging is an important indicator of students’ school adjustment and psychological well-being, yet it may be particularly vulnerable among students in Chinese secondary vocational education because of early academic tracking and weak v...