Pain, disability, and mood scores were re-measured using the instruments previously described.
Anthropometric status (weight, height, and abdominal circumference) is evaluated using standardized methods and the instruments described below.
The researcher interviewed the patient using the research instruments described below.
The g-factor and anisotropy value were calculated using the instrument software as described (Lakowicz, 1999; Ameloot et al., 2013).
Cd and Pb were measured by ICPMS using the instrument and conditions described above for Al, except that the ICPMS was operated in peak jumping mode (175 sweeps, 3 channel per mass, 0.02 amu spacing, 15,000 μs dwell time) with one 57-s integration measurement for each solution.
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements were carried out using the same instrument described above with the open circuit potential.
The silylated extract was investigated by GC/MS using the same instrument described above, with a capillary column HP-5 (23 m × 0.2 mm, 0.5 μL film thickness, Agilent Technologies, Wilmington, Delaware, USA).
Reflectivity spectra were acquired using the VASE instrument described above.
Nursing content experts from the expert group completed the rating task for the nurse professions, assigning a value to the importance of including each item of knowledge within the curriculum of each of the four cadres of nursing personnel, using the dual-language version of the instrument described below.
