An especial transition phase of hospitals: the adaptation of hospital operations to the development of COVID-19 and policy adjustments

The ongoing pandemic coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) remains a significant issue for global health, economics, and society. In order to balance epidemic control and economic recovery, many countries have successively announced the gradual relaxation of some lockdown restrictions. Hospitals and medical staff constitute the backbone in this war against COVID-19. In response to this serious situation, many hospitals went into emergency and impaired healthcare access to patients with conditions other than COVID-19. Therefore, gradually promoting hospital operations and functions back to the new normal is important, especially when this outbreak has been effectively controlled. In this study, we introduce existing and potential problems that could seriously affect people's health. Additionally, we propose that an especial transition phase between the emergency and regular modes of hospitals can be well adapted to the current situation.

Experimental study on the transparency of different all-ceramic materials and their color changes under different backgrounds / 华西口腔医学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the aesthetic outcomes of all-ceramic restorations by using four different porcelain materials on mimic-tetracycline pigmentation backgrounds.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The translucency parameters (TP) of four different all-ceramic restorations (IPS e.max, Cercon, Lava, and Girrbach) were measured under white and black back grounds by using Datacolor 600, and the TP of each group (n = 8) was calculated. Five different mimic-tetracycline pigmentation teeth were printed with different colors by using a colorized printer as the prepared teeth backgrounds, under which the color parameters of each group were measured. The color differences with a standard 2M2 sample were calculated.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The TP values of the all-ceramic restorations were 15.67 +/- 0.58 for IPS e.max, 9.73 +/- 0.43 for Girrbach, 9.55 +/- 0.25 for Lava, and 7.56 +/- 0.43 for Cercon. The TP value of the IPS e.max group was significantly higher than those of the other three groups (P < 0.001). The deltaE of the IPS e.max group was 1.33 national bureau of standards (NBS) on the yellow background, and the deltaE of the Lava and Girrbach groups were 0.75 NBS to 1.47 NBS on the mimic-tetracycline pigmentation backgrounds of gray, dark gray, dark red, and light red.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The IPS e.max group has favorable TP. IPS e.max shows better aesthetic effects than the others when restoring mimic-tetracycline pigmentation teeth (on yellow background). Lava and Girrbach show better aesthetic effects on mimic-tetracycline pigmentation teeth (on gray, dark gray, dark red, and light red backgrounds).</p>

Effectiveness of integrated teaching designed according to nurse's core competency / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective To explore the effects of the integrated teaching," teaching,studying and doing",which designed according to the nurse's core competency. Methods The integrated teaching of "teaching,studying and doing" was applied to the experimental class. The basal portions of the integrated teaching were as follows:searching for the Internet information,Sharing information between groups,per-forming cleaning care for the elders living in welfare agency according to nursing process,writing Nursing History or reflections. Results Comparison of mean scores between the experimental class and the con-trol one predicted significant differcences on theoretical and practical test,and the former was better than the Last. Conclusions The integrated teaching designed according to the nurse's core competency was more effective than the traditional teaching method,since the students from the experimental class valued the knowledge and skills immanently,and were involved in applying,reviewing them in time.