Emotions reflected in colours: experiences of nursing students during the COVID-19 period.

Background: The aim of this study was to identify nursing students' fears and emotions and to concretise the metaphors they used to describe their feelings towards the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: This study was conducted with nursing students at a foundation university between December 2021 and February 2022 using a sequential mixed methods research design. In the quantitative part of the study, 323 nursing students answered the 'Positive and Negative Emotion Scale' and the 'COVID-19 Fear Scale'.

Twenty-five years of education and information technologies: Insights from a topic modeling based bibliometric analysis.

Education and Information Technologies (EAIT) has been a leading journal in education & educational research since 1996. To celebrate its 25th anniversary and provide a comprehensive overview of the field, a topic modeling-based bibliometric analysis was conducted on the articles published in this journal. The study is constructed upon two methods, bibliometric analysis, and topic modeling.

Extracellular vesicle cargo of the male reproductive tract and the paternal preconception environment.

The molecular composition of extracellular vesicles (EVs) is emerging as a novel biomarker in many areas of research including reproductive health. EVs transport biological molecules such as RNA and protein to facilitate cell-to-cell communication among cells of the male reproductive tract. Human and animal studies have shown that EVs present in seminal plasma or in the male reproductive tract contain important cargo that are important for successful reproductive outcomes.

Warfarin-associated intracranial haemorrhage in pregnant woman with double mechanical valve replacement: a case presentation.

Background: Management of warfarin-associated major haemorrhage in prosthetic valve diseases is difficult as there is a fine line between haemorrhage and thrombosis. An individual's propensity towards thrombosis, such as pregnancy, makes this situation even more complicated. Cases like these are very rare in the literature.

Reconstruction of mammalian oocytes by germinal vesicle transfer: A systematic review.

Nuclear transfer procedures have been recently applied for clinical and research targets as a novel assisted reproductive technique and were used for increasing the oocyte activity during its growth and maturation. In this review, we summarized the nuclear transfer technique for germinal vesicle stage oocytes to reconstruct the maturation of them. Our study covered publications between 1966 and August 2017.

Can thrombectomy and catheters used increase angiographically visible distal embolization in ST elevation myocardial infarction?

Introduction: Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) is the preferred treatment of ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Manual thrombectomy catheters developed to prevent distant embolization are theoretically attractive; however, their clinical efficacy remains controversial. The effects of manual thrombectomy catheters on angiographically visible distal embolisation (AVDE) have not been studied so far.

Post-Translational Modifications in sperm Proteome: The Chemistry of Proteome diversifications in the Pathophysiology of male factor infertility.

Background: The spermatozoa undergo a series of changes in the epididymis to mature after their release from the testis and subsequently in the female reproductive tract after ejaculation to get capacitated and achieve fertilization potential. Despite having a silenced protein synthesis machinery, the dynamic change in protein profile of the spermatozoa is attributed either to acquisition of new proteins via vescicular transport or to several post-translational modifications (PTMs) occurring on the already expressed protein complement.

Scope Of Review: In this review emphasis is given on the PTMs already reported on the human sperm proteins under normal and pathologic conditions with particular reference to sperm function such as motility and fertilization.

Comparative proteomic network signatures in seminal plasma of infertile men as a function of reactive oxygen species.

Background: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) plays a major role in the pathology of male infertility. It is an independent biomarker of sperm function. Seminal plasma is a natural reservoir of antioxidants responsible for the nourishment, protection, capacitation, and motility of sperm within the female reproductive tract resulting in successful fertilization and implantation of the embryo.

Spermatozoa protein alterations in infertile men with bilateral varicocele.

Among infertile men, a diagnosis of unilateral varicocele is made in 90% of varicocele cases and bilateral in the remaining varicocele cases. However, there are reports of under-diagnosis of bilateral varicocele among infertile men and that its prevalence is greater than 10%. In this prospective study, we aimed to examine the differentially expressed proteins (DEP) extracted from spermatozoa cells of patients with bilateral varicocele and fertile donors.

Impact of precise modulation of reactive oxygen species levels on spermatozoa proteins in infertile men.

Background: Elevated levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) are detected in 25% to 80% of infertile men. They are involved in the pathology of male infertility. Understanding the effect of increasing levels of ROS on the differential expression of sperm proteins is important to understand the cellular processes and or/pathways that may be implicated in male infertility.

Major protein alterations in spermatozoa from infertile men with unilateral varicocele.

Background: The etiology of varicocele, a common cause of male factor infertility, remains unclear. Proteomic changes responsible for the underlying pathology of unilateral varicocele have not been evaluated. The objective of this prospective study was to employ proteomic techniques and bioinformatic tools to identify and analyze proteins of interest in infertile men with unilateral varicocele.

Effects of sphingosylphosphorylcholine against oxidative stress and acute lung ınjury ınduced by pulmonary contusion in rats.

Background/purpose: The goal of this study was to evaluate effects of exogenous sphingosylphosphorylcholine (SPC) administration on acute lung injury induced by pulmonary contusion in rats.

Methods: Eight animals were included in each of the following five groups: control, contusion, contusion phosphate-buffered solution (PBS), contusion SPC 2, contusion SPC 10. SPC was administered 3 days at a daily two different doses of 2 μm/ml and 10 μm/ml intraperitoneally.

Differential proteomic profiling of spermatozoal proteins of infertile men with unilateral or bilateral varicocele.

Objective: To compare the sperm protein profile between infertile men with unilateral varicocele and infertile men with bilateral varicocele.

Methods: This prospective study investigated 50 infertile patients with clinical varicocele (33 unilateral and 17 bilateral) seeking fertility workup between March 2012 and April 2014. Routine sperm parameters, reactive oxygen species, total antioxidant capacity, and sperm deoxyribonucleic acid fragmentation were assessed in their semen.

Relation of red cell distribution width to contrast-induced acute kidney injury in patients undergoing a primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

Background And Aim: We investigated the utility of the preprocedural red cell distribution width (RDW) for predicting contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) in patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who underwent a primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

Materials And Methods: A total of 630 consecutive patients who were routinely referred to coronary angiography for STEMI were included in the present study.

Results: CI-AKI was observed in 79 patients (12.

Can Syntax Score predict angiographically visible distal embolization during primary percutaneous coronary intervention?

Background: Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) is the most effective and validated treatment strategy of ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Nevertheless, normal myocardial perfusion cannot always be achieved at the end of the procedure in a significant number of patients with STEMI. The aim of this study was to investigate angiographic and procedural predictors of angiographically visible distal embolization (AVDE) during PPCI and the assessment of mid and long term mortality.

Infertile men older than 40 years are at higher risk of sperm DNA damage.

Background: The effect of paternal age on semen quality is controversial. In this retrospective study, the aim was to investigate the effects of advancing age on sperm parameters including reactive oxygen species (ROS), total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and sperm DNA damage in infertile men. We also examined whether paternal age >40 y is associated with higher risk of sperm DNA damage.

Association Between Contrast Media Volume-Glomerular Filtration Rate Ratio and Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

We hypothesized that contrast media volume-estimated glomerular filtration rate (CV-e-GFR) ratio may be a predictor of contrast media-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI). We investigated the associations between CV-e-GFR ratio and CI-AKI in 597 patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI). An absolute ≥0.

The Effect of Slow Coronary Artery Flow on Microvolt T-Wave Alternans.

Background: Slow coronary artery flow (SCF) is characterized by angiographically confirmed delayed vessel opacification in the absence of any evidence of obstructive epicardial coronary artery disease. Microvolt T-wave alternans (MTWA) is defined as beat-to-beat changes in shape, amplitude, or timing of ST segments and T waves, and is utilized in predicting sudden cardiac death and life-threatening malign ventricular arrhythmias in high-risk patients. In our study, we aimed to evaluate the effects of slow coronary artery flow on MTWA.

Desferrioxamine effectively attenuates testicular tissue at the end of 3 h of ischemia but not in an equal period of reperfusion.

Objective: To investigate the effect of desferrioxamine (DFX) on ipsilateral and contralateral testis damage caused by experimental testis torsion and detorsion.

Materials And Methods: Forty rats were divided into five groups (n = 8): control, torsion (T), torsion + desferrioxamine (T + DFX), torsion/detorsion (T/D), and torsion/detorsion + desferrioxamine (T/D + DFX). The right testes of the rats were subjected to torsion and detorsion for 3 h each.

Serum and liver tissue bio-element levels, and antioxidant enzyme activities in carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity: protective effects of royal jelly.

The liver is a vital organ, and its function is generally impaired by chemicals. Some natural compounds have a protective role against liver diseases such as royal jelly (RJ). To our knowledge, there are no data available on the effect of RJ therapy on the levels of bio-element metabolisms and antioxidant enzyme activities in the carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4))-induced liver damage.

Morphometric and electrophoretic analysis of 13 populations of Anatolian black pine in Turkey.

The genetic variation in populations of Anatolian black pine (Pinus nigra Arn. subsp. pallasiana (L.