AN IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY INTERVENTION FOR PREOPERATIVE ANXIETY AND DISTRESS AMONG ADULTS UNDERGOING ONCOLOGICAL SURGERY: PROTOCOL FOR A 3-PHASE DEVELOPMENT AND FEASIBILITY TRIAL

BackgroundPreoperative state anxiety (PSA) is distress and anxiety directly associated with perioperative events.PSA is associated with negative postoperative outcomes such as longer hospital length of stay, increased pain and opioid use, and higher rates of rehospitalization.Psychological prehabilitation, such as education, exposure to hospital en

Land use and land cover (LU/LC) detection has great significance in management of natural resources and Bracelet protection of environment.Hence, monitoring LU/LC with the state-of-the-art approaches has gained importance during the recent years and free access satellite images have become valuable data source.The aim of this study is to compare cl

In the present descriptive-analytical study, the researchers investigate vowel shortening process in Central Kurdish based on the principles and methods of optimality phonology.Data analysis indicates that this process along with glide formation is used as strategies to resolve the hiatus of two vowels by speakers of Central Kurdish.Thus, the long