BACKGROUND: The aim was to translate and develop a patient competence (PC) questionnaire in the context of cardiology and test its validity and reliability.METHODS: In total, 148 cardiac patients who have inclusion criteria of the study were completed cardiac PC (CPC) questionnaire.Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and self-administered instrum
This paper contributes to on-going empirical search for an appropriate crude oil price benchmark that ensures greater financial stability and efficient fiscal management in THERMAL DEFENSE Nigeria.It adopted the seasonally adjusted ARIMA forecasting models using monthly data series from 2000m01 to 2012m12 to predict future movement in Nigeria crude
The frequency and intensity of extreme hot events have increased worldwide, particularly over the past couple of decades.Europe has been affected by unprecedented mega heatwaves, namely the events that struck Western Europe in 2003 and Eastern Europe in 2010.The year 2018 was also reported as an unusually hot year, with record-breaking temperatures
Jun-Qi Li,1,* Qian-Ting Wang,1,2,* Ying Nie,2 Yun-Peng Xiao,3 Tao Lin,2 Ru-Jin Han,2 Zhe Li,2 Yu-Ying Fan,2 Xiao-Hui Yuan,1 Yue-Ming Wang,4 Jian Zhang,2 You-Wen He,5 Hua-Xin Liao1 1Department of Cell Biology and Institute of Biomedicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, National Engineering Research Center of Genetic Medici
The large-scale integration of renewable energy sources (RESs) and the Horse Stretch Rugs rapid development of loads cause frequent transmission congestion in the urban power grid (UPG).Transmission system operators usually perform the high-voltage distribution network (HVDN) reconfiguration to mitigate the transmission congestion.However, as the l