SOCIAL SUPPORT AS A MEDIATOR BETWEEN SLEEP DISTURBANCES, DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS, AND HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING HEMODIALYSIS.

BackgroundThe hemodialysis regimen is an inevitable and mandatory treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).During the dialysis journey, patients may experience maladaptation in terms of sleep disturbances, depressive symptoms, and reduced health-related quality of life (HRQOL).Psychosocial resources such as social support may have

The ability to acquire chemical defenses through the diet has evolved across several major taxa.Chemically defended organisms may need to balance chemical defense acquisition and nutritional quality of prey items.However, these dietary preferences and potential trade-offs are rarely considered in the framework of diet-derived defenses.Poison frogs

The treatment of HPV-positive oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) continues to evolve as multiple ongoing and recently completed clinical trials investigate the role of surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy.Current trials are investigating transoral robotic surgery (TORS) in treatment de-escalation protocols in an ef

The article examines the establishment of civilian supremacy and presidential control over the Turkish Armed Forces in the last two decades.It purports that such control was possible due to the combined use of reformative and repressive instruments.Under the JDP governments, intermittent legal reforms trimmed the political power of military bureauc

Jing-Fang Shi,1,2 Ping Wu,2 Xiao-Li Cheng,2 Mop Handles Xiao-Yi Wei,2 Zi-Hua Jiang3 1Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources Preservation and Utilization, Agro-Biological Gene Research Center, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, People’s Republic of China; 2Key Laboratory of Plant Resources C