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Toxicon ; 237: 107540, 2024 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38042309

ABSTRACT

This study aimed to measure total aflatoxin (AF) (AFB1, AFB2, AFG1, and AFG2) and ochratoxin A (OTA) levels in dried fruit samples and to evaluate the potential dietary exposure and cancer risk to these mycotoxins in Kayseri/Türkiye. Dried fruit samples were collected between April-May 2021. A total of 11 dried grapes and apricot samples, 7 dried fig and plum samples were collected. Total aflatoxins and OTA in dried fruits were determined by ELISA method. Then, the margin of exposure (MOE) and cancer risk were calculated. Total AF was detected in dried fruit samples between 42.86%, and 100%. Between 18.18% and 57.14% of samples exceeded the European Commission (EC) limits for total AF. Moreover, OTA was detected in all samples. Between 71.43% and 100% of samples exceeded the EC limits for OTA. Cancer risk due to OTA exposure was higher than total AF and it was determined that OTA exposure could pose a risk for public health (MOE < 10,000). Although mycotoxin exposure seems to be low due to the low consumption of dried fruit in Türkiye, the risk of exposure and cancer may increase because of complying with the recommendations of the dietary guidelines. The findings provide new insights into exposure to total AF and OTA through the consumption of dried fruit.


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Aflatoxins , Mycotoxins , Neoplasms , Ochratoxins , Aflatoxins/analysis , Fruit/chemistry , Dietary Exposure , Turkey , Food Contamination/analysis , Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/methods , Ochratoxins/analysis , Mycotoxins/analysis , Risk Assessment , Neoplasms/chemically induced , Neoplasms/epidemiology
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Nurs Inq ; 30(3): e12544, 2023 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36482879

ABSTRACT

Nurses are the closest healthcare providers to patients and emotional labor is the most invisible part of nursing work. However, the management of emotions to promote organizational goals and to ensure patient satisfaction may have both positive and negative impacts on nurses' working life. The purpose of this cross-sectional, descriptive study was to examine the emotional labor behaviors of nurses and their opinions on emotional labor. Two hundred nineteen nurses working at public hospitals in Ankara between September and December 2018 participated to this study. Data were collected using the sociodemographic characteristics form and "The Scale of Emotional Labor Behavior for Nurses." Nurses had higher scores on the deep and sincere emotional acting subdimensions of the emotional labor scale than the surface acting subdimension. Findings suggest that nurses act deeply and intimately, instead of surface acting. Most of the nurses expressed that nurses were emotionally affected when caring for patients; however, nurses had to control their feelings toward patients and behave professionally to meet the expectations of their managers, which may lead to an implicit emotional dissonance. Based on the results of this study, we suggest to support nurses emotionally and to incorporate the topic of emotional labor into educational programs.


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Nurses , Nursing Staff, Hospital , Female , Humans , Cross-Sectional Studies , Surveys and Questionnaires , Nursing Staff, Hospital/psychology , Emotions , Job Satisfaction
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