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Objectives: We investigated the prospective association between (a) ADHD symptom dimensions, including their persistence and (b) adult sleep quality in a female sample, covarying adult depressive symptoms. Methods: Participants comprised four persistence groups (persisters, partials, desisters, and comparison) based on overall ADHD diagnosis and separate dimensions of inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity (HI) in childhood, late adolescence, and early adulthood, featuring girls with ( n = 140) and without ( n = 88) carefully diagnosed ADHD. Results: Only persistence of inattention predicted lower adult sleep quality when covarying young-adult depression, which was also a significant predictor. When additionally covarying stimulant medication use in adulthood, inattention persistence lost significance, although depression maintained significance, with medication use predicting worse sleep quality. Conclusions: Persistence of inattentive (but not HI) symptoms was significantly related to adult sleep quality in the context of concurrent depression. Sleep quality is an important outcome for research on and treatment for ADHD.

病人服務滿意度是臨床病人照護面及護理品質的重要指標項目之一。調查2019年8-10月共13位初次血液透析門診病人，護理指導滿意度僅有3.32分。分析原因為：護理指導工具不符合現況所需、護理指導方法不夠多元化、缺乏完善的護理指導作業標準流程規範。故選定八項改善方案：（1）舉辦護理指導方法教育訓練；（2）修訂護理指導作業標準流程；（3）制定護理指導作業稽核方法；（4）修訂護理指導單張；（5）錄製血液透析護理指導相關影片；（6）設立Facebook護理指導群組並建立QR code連結；（7）製作透析用導管傷口及手臂動靜脈瘻管模型；（8）使用透析飲食紅綠燈認知測驗盤進行飲食認知評值。經專案措施介入後，初次血液透析門診病人護理指導滿意度由3.32分提升至4.46分，達成專案目的。希望藉由專案分享，完善的護理指導措施介入，幫助初次血液透析門診病人自我照顧能力的增加，提升最佳透析生活品質。 Patient satisfaction is one of the important indicators of clinical patient care and nursing quality. A survey filled out by 13 outpatients who underwent their first hemodialysis during the period of August to October 2019 indicated that satisfaction with nursing guidance was only 3.32 points. The reasons included the following: the nursing guidance tools did not meet the needs of current situations, the nursing guidance methods were not diversified enough, and the lack of a completely standardized operating procedure for nursing guidance. Therefore, eight improvement plans were selected: (1) to hold nursing guidance method educational trainings, (2) to revise the standard operating procedure of nursing guidance work, (3) to develop nursing guidance audit methods, (4) to revise nursing guidance leaflets, (5) to record videos relating to hemodialysis nursing guidance, (6) to establish a Facebook nursing guidance group and create a QR code link, (7) to make hemodialysis catheter wounds and arm arteriovenous fistula models, (8) to use hemodialysis diet traffic light cognitive test panel for diet cognition evaluation. After the implementation of the measures, the satisfaction of outpatients’ care guidance for those undergoing their first hemodialysis increased from 3.32 points to 4.46 points, thus fulfilling the purposes of the project. It is hoped that through the sharing of the project and the implementation of comprehensive nursing guidance measures, it will help outpatients undergoing their first hemodialysis increase their self-care ability and improve quality of hemodialysis life. &nbsp

Introduction: Adolescence is a period of vulnerability for emotion regulation and sleep difficulties, risks that might be compounded by intense COVID-19 lockdowns and challenges. The aim of this study was to investigate how sleep quality related to emotion regulation difficulties in adolescents during lockdown in Perú. Methods: Participants were 2563 adolescents enrolled in Innova school in Perú (11 – 17 years) in May 2020. Hypotheses were derived from exploring one half of the sample, preregistered at https://osf.io/fuetz/, and then confirmed in the second half of the sample. Participants completed subjective surveys of sleep quality (short PSQI) and the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale Short Form (DERS-SF). Results: Worse sleep quality was robustly associated with more difficulties in emotion regulation across both samples. The association was found particularly for emotional regulation subscales related to the ability to engage in goal directed behavior in the face of distress, emotional clarity and strategies to deal with feeling distressed. In contrast, there was no robust association between sleep and the ability to regulate impulses in the context of negative emotions, and no association with the ability to accept emotions. Girls and older adolescents robustly endorsed worse sleep quality and more difficulties in emotion regulation. Limitations: The cross-sectional nature of this study prevents us from determining the direction of the association. Data was collected using adolescent self-report which, while informative of adolescent perceptions, might diverge from objective measures of sleep or emotion regulation difficulties. Conclusions: Our findings with adolescents in Perú contribute to our understanding of the association between sleep an emotion regulation at a broader global scale.

Combining photothermal and photodynamic modalities has shown encouraging therapeutic efficacy against various malignant cancers. Developing a delivery method for targeting and penetrating tumors is still a major focus for advancing this therapeutic approach. Herein, we report a novel strategy involving the utilization of stem cells as a live carrier to codeliver photothermal and photodynamic agents for cancer therapy. To this end, a novel gold nanorod (AuNR)-PEG-PEI (APP)/chlorin e6 (Ce6)-loaded adipose-derived stem cell (ADSC) system is proposed in which AuNRs and Ce6 act as the photothermal and photodynamic agents, respectively. To integrate with stem cells, the APP/Ce6 nanocomplexes exhibit advantages of low drug leakage, low cytotoxicity, efficient cellular uptake, and redox-responsive release. After loading of APP/Ce6 nanocomplexes, the ADSCs still maintained good tumor tropism and were capable of penetrating into the tumor spheroids. The photothermal effect induced by exposure to near-infrared light irradiation at 808 nm promoted the release of Ce6 from the stem cells into the surroundings and hence increased its availability to treat cancer cells. APP/Ce6-loaded ADSCs exerted effective dose-dependent in vitro anticancer activities via anticipated photothermal and photodynamic effects. In a murine CT26 colon cancer model, APP/Ce6 delivered by ADSCs resulted in superior tumor suppression compared to other delivery strategies. It was also noted that in vivo applications of APP/Ce6-loaded ADSCs did not induce noticeable detrimental effects on normal tissues/organs.

The invention of secondary batteries technology is a milestone in the electronic industry. However, the liquid organic electrolytes suffer from safety issues such as flammability and explosion. This give rise to the progress of new solid electrolytes as non-flammable alternatives. Another obstacle that prevents all-solid-state electrolytes from practical use is the high contact resistance between electrode and electrolyte which results in low ionic conductivity. Therefore, our study aims to develop a chemically stable sodium solid electrolyte with high ionic conductivity at room temperature. In this study, we modified a NAISCON-type sodium ionic solid electrolyte by cation substitution. By using NASICON/polymer film, we reduced the contact resistance between electrolyte and electrodes. The modified materials were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction analysis, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements. An ionic conductivity up to 10-4 S cm-1 at room temperature was obtained. The modified NASICON-type sodium ionic solid electrolyte was then assembled into a full-cell system to demonstrate its applications in all-solid-state sodium ion batteries. Keywords: solid electrolytes, polymer film

Research on multimarket contact and firm performance has produced mixed results. To reconcile this discrepancy, we theorize how varying levels of multimarket contact may generate mutual forbearance that influences firm performance. We also examine how strategic alliances moderate the relationship between levels of multimarket contact and firm performance. Our analysis of 233 semiconductor firms across 52 markets reveals that multimarket contact has an inverted U-shaped relationship with a multimarket firm’s market share. The number of strategic alliances that a firm has helps to further extend the positive effect of multimarket contact and mitigate its negative effect on the firm’s market share. Accordingly, our study contributes to the literature on multimarket competition by shedding light on the conditions under which multimarket contact may increase/decrease firm performance.

Using the trickle-down model as the theoretical foundation, we explored whether subordinates' perceived supervisory non-work support (subordinates' PSNS) mediates the relationship between supervisors' perception of higher-level managers' non-work support (supervisors' PSNS) and subordinates' organizational citizenship behaviors. Using dyadic data collected from 132 employees and their immediate supervisors, we found support for the aforementioned mediation process. Furthermore, supervisors' perceived in-group/out-group membership of subordinates moderated the aforementioned supervisors' PSNS-subordinates' PSNS relationship, such that this relationship is stronger for out-group subordinates. Theoretical and practical implications and future research directions are discussed.

Summary We surveyed full-time employees of ongoing mentoring relationships toinvestigaterelationships among mentors’ perceived organizational support (POS), the extent of mentoring functions proteges received, and proteges’ POS. Moreover, we examined the moderating role of mentors’ altruistic personality in the relationship between mentors’ POS and mentoring functions received. Results showed that mentors’ POS was positively related to the extent of mentoring proteges reported receiving, which was then related positively to proteges’ POS.Furthermore, the extent of mentoring received partially mediated the relationship between mentors’ POS and proteges’ POS. We also found that mentors’ altruistic personality moderated the positive relationship between mentors’ POS and the extent of mentoring received such that this relationship was stronger for low altruistic mentors. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Using social cognitive career theory as a theoretical foundation, we examined the relationship between mentor and protégé organizational socialization as well as the mediating role of career, psychosocial, and role-modeling support received by protégés. We also examined the moderating role of mentorship formality in the relationship between mentor socialization and the receipt of career, psychosocial, and role-modeling support. Using survey data collected from 209 ongoing mentoring dyads from five banks in Taiwan, regression results indicated that mentor socialization was positively related to career functions and role modeling that protégés received, as well as protégé socialization. Career support partially mediated the relationship between mentor socialization and protégé socialization. Mentorship formality moderated the relationship between mentor socialization and psychosocial support, suggesting that the positive relationship between mentor socialization and psychosocial functions only bears out in informal mentoring relationships. We offer a discussion of the theoretical and practical implications of these findings.

Our study aimed to identify two types of stressors from supervisors: abusive supervision (AS) and workload demands from supervisors (WDS). AS reflects the relationship dimension of supervisor-related stressors, and WDS reflects the task dimension of supervisor-related stressors. In Study 1, we attempted to distinguish between AS and WDS. The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that AS and WDS are two distinct dimensions of supervisor-related stressors. In Study 2, we utilized job demands–resources model and investigated whether AS and WDS can uniquely predict subordinates’ emotional exhaustion (EE). We also explored whether perceived job characteristics (PJCs) have differential moderating effects on the relationships between the two dimensions of supervisor-related stressors (AS and WDS) and EE. Consistent with our predictions, the results showed that both AS and WDS have incremental predictive effects on EE after controlling for the effect of the other. The results also revealed that PJCs weaken the WDS–EE relationship, not the AS–EE relationship. We discussed the theoretical and practical implications at the end. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

In a sample of 442 part-time MBA and undergraduate students, the relationships between emotional intelligence and the integrating style and between emotional intelligence and the dominating style of conflict management were moderated by extraversion. In addition, agreeableness moderated the relationships between emotional intelligence and compromising style and between emotional intelligence and dominating style.

This study attempts to analyze the concentration ratio of Taiwan's film market by using several different traditional indicators, such as CRN and Herfindahl index. The differences between the major film suppliers and the remainder of the market, and the competitive differences between the local and international suppliers are compared. The results show that a few major players corner the market, and that for the majority of these top distributors their success is derived from ticket sales for American films. The authors discuss possible reasons for these statistics, the implications for the industry, and recommendations on how to improve the market share of local producers.

Our study aimed to identify two types of stressors from supervisors: abusive supervision (AS) and workload demands from supervisors (WDS). AS reflects the relationship dimension of supervisor-related stressors, and WDS reflects the task dimension of supervisor-related stressors. In Study 1, we attempted to distinguish between AS and WDS. The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that AS and WDS are two distinct dimensions of supervisor-related stressors. In Study 2, we utilized job demands-resources model and investigated whether AS and WDS can uniquely predict subordinates' emotional exhaustion (EE). We also explored whether perceived job characteristics (PJCs) have differential moderating effects on the relationships between the two dimensions of supervisor-related stressors (AS and WDS) and EE. Consistent with our predictions, the results showed that both AS and WDS have incremental predictive effects on EE after controlling for the effect of the other. The results also revealed that PJCs weaken the WDS-EE relationship, not the AS-EE relationship. We discussed the theoretical and practical implications at the end.

Prior research on performance of multi-market firms has ignored the roles played by the market relationships beyond direct market contact and a firm’s alliances in shaping performance of multi-mark...

Prior studies on the effect of performance feedback on organizational search have produced mixed results. To reconcile the mixed results, we develop a two-stage model of performance feedback and examine how the technological knowledge network of an industry shapes an organization’s responses to performance feedback. We propose that performance aspiration first induces an organization’s motivation to change its routine of technological search and then influences the direction of technological search. The effect of performance aspiration on the direction of technological search is moderated by the organization’s position in the technological knowledge network and network density. Our analysis of 182 semiconductor firms’ patenting activity, 1996-2008, reveals that a firm’s likelihood of its search intensity for new technological knowledge to be above the industry average is positively and negatively associated with the distance of performance below and above aspiration, respectively. The ratio of new knowled...

Research on multi-market competition and firm performance has produced mixed results. This research has also yet to investigate how strategic alliances may shape multi-market competition and firm p...