Publications by authors named "A Burak Ciftci"

Objectives: The study was conducted to investigate the effect of swing on stress and comfort in premature newborns who could not be reunited with their mothers.

Methods: The study was conducted in a randomised controlled experimental design. The intervention group included newborns who received swing intervention (n = 64) and the control group included newborns who did not receive swing intervention (n = 64).

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Objective: Mechanisms of sleep disorders in fibromyalgia (FM) patients, such as insomnia, early morning awakenings and poor quality sleep, have not yet been proven and no consistent and effective treatment is yet available. The aim of this study was to investigate the pineal gland volume and the relationship between total fibre count, total fibre volume and total fibre length of the spinoreticular tract involved in regulation of sleep and wakefulness in terms of the mechanism of sleep disturbance.

Methods: This study included only female cases, 31 with fibromyalgia and 31 controls.

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This study investigated how the number of images collected for digital measurements in dentistry affects accuracy compared with traditional methods. A Frasaco maxillary model was scanned using a SHINING 3D AutoScan-DS-MIX dental 3D scanner to create an STL file. The maxilla was molded 10 times using polyvinyl siloxane (Zhermack Elite HD+) to produce plaster models, which were scanned with the same reference scanner to generate 10 STL files.

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Aim: It was aimed to determine the potential effect of Lactobacillus acidophilus supplementation on rats exposed to an experimental high-fat diet on serum lipid profile and kidney total beta amyloid protein (TBAP) and Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-α) levels.

Methods: 24 male Sprague-Dawley rats were used in the study to establish 4 groups. Standard rat food (SD) was provided to Group 1 as the control; Group 2 was fed a high-fat diet (HFD); Group 3 consumed SD and received L.

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Purpose: Nosemosis is a disease that infects both Western honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) and Asian honeybees (Apis cerana) and causes colony losses and low productivity worldwide. In order to control nosemosis, it is important to determine the distribution and prevalence of this disease agent in a particular region.

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