Is CRP-Albumin Ratio an Indicator for Wound Infection in Children Exposed to Severe Burns? A Retrospective Cohort Study.

. In the early stages of severe burn cases, an increase in serum C-reactive protein (CRP) level and a decrease in serum albumin level can be observed. .

Smart city energy efficient data privacy preservation protocol based on biometrics and fuzzy commitment scheme.

Advancements in cloud computing, flying ad-hoc networks, wireless sensor networks, artificial intelligence, big data, 5th generation mobile network and internet of things have led to the development of smart cities. Owing to their massive interconnectedness, high volumes of data are collected and exchanged over the public internet. Therefore, the exchanged messages are susceptible to numerous security and privacy threats across these open public channels.

adapts to high soil temperature in natural conditions due to its highly active antioxidant system protecting its photosynthetic machinery.

Heliotropium thermophilum (Boraginaceae) plants have strong antioxidant properties. This study investigated the effectiveness of the antioxidant system in protecting the photosynthetic machinery of H. thermophilum .

A provably lightweight and secure DSSE scheme, with a constant storage cost for a smart device client.

Outsourcing data to remote cloud providers is becoming increasingly popular amongst organizations and individuals. A semi-trusted server uses Searchable Symmetric Encryption (SSE) to keep the search information under acceptable leakage levels whilst searching an encrypted database. A dynamic SSE (DSSE) scheme enables the adding and removing of documents by performing update queries, where some information is leaked to the server each time a record is added or removed.

Safety assessment of high fructose corn syrup and fructose used as sweeteners in foods.

High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) and Fructose (FR) are widely used sweeteners in many foods and beverages. This study aimed at investigating the cytotoxic effects of HFCS (5%-30%) and FR (62.5-2000 μg/mL) using MTT assay in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HepG) cells, and genotoxic effects of using Chromosome Aberrations (CAs), Sister Chromatid Exchanges (SCEs), Micronuclei (MN) and comet assays in human lymphocytes.

Black box in overactive bladder: Central sensitization and its relationship with urinary symptom severity and quality of life.

Aim: To examine central sensitization (CS), and to investigate the relationship between CS, and urinary symptom severity, and quality of life (QoL) in women with overactive bladder (OAB).

Materials And Methods: A total of 144 women with OAB included the study. CS with the Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI), urinary symptom with the Overactive Bladder Questionnaire-Version 8 (OAB-V8), bladder diary and Patients' Perception of Intensity of Urgency Scale (PPIUS) and QoL with the King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ) were assessed.

Effects of spinal stabilization exercises focusing on the pelvic floor in women with overactive bladder.

Introduction And Hypothesis: The objective was to investigate the effects of spinal stabilization exercises (SSEs) focusing on the pelvic floor with regard to urinary symptoms, pelvic floor muscle strength (PFMS), core stability, quality of life (QoL), and perception of subjective improvement (PSI) in women with overactive bladder (OAB).

Methods: Patients were randomly divided into SSE (n=23) and control (n=24) groups. The SSE group received SSEs focusing on the pelvic floor for 3 days a week for 8 weeks and recommendation.

Effects of pelvic floor muscle training applied with telerehabilitation in patients with multiple sclerosis having lower urinary track symptoms: A randomized controlled trial.

In this study, the researchers aimed to investigate the effects of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) applied with telerehabilitation on urinary symptoms, quality of life, and subjective perception of improvement and satisfaction in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients having lower urinary tract symptoms. Patients were randomly divided into PFMT (:21) and control (:21) groups. The PFMT group received PFMT via telerehabilitation for 8 weeks and lifestyle advice, while the control group received only lifestyle advice.

Assessment of parents´ knowledge regarding phenylketonuria and its affecting factors: a cross-sectional study.

Introduction: the management of phenylketonuria (PKU) is complex. Practical skills and knowledge of individuals taking care of PKU patients are important for treatment compliance. This study investigated parents´ knowledge about PKU and its affecting factors.

Young children's sleep patterns and problems in paediatric primary healthcare settings: a multicentre cross-sectional study from a nationally representative sample.

Studies describing paediatric sleep patterns are needed by taking culture into consideration. The aim of this study was to identify parent-reported sleep-wake patterns in young children and explore possible factors influencing sleep problems. The mothers of 2,434 young children enrolled from well-child outpatient clinics in Turkey completed an online survey including sociodemographic variables, Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and Generalised Anxiety Disorder scales.

A Case of Brain Tuberculosis With an Unusual Presentation Mimicking Viral Fever During a Dengue Outbreak in Bangladesh.

Both dengue and tuberculosis are endemic in South Asian countries, including Bangladesh. Here we report an interesting case presenting as suspected dengue fever and eventually diagnosed as a case of brain tuberculosis. A 27-year-old immunocompetent male presented to us with fever, headache, retro-orbital pain, and photophobia for five days.

Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of strains isolated from patients with dental caries.

Background And Objectives: The oral cavity harbors numerous strains which display remarkable genotypic and phenotypic diversity. This study evaluated the genotypic and phenotypic diversity of 209 strains isolated from 336 patients with dental caries and compared with the universal reference strain, UA159.

Materials And Methods: Selective cultivation on mitis-salivaries-bacitracin agar and species-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was carried out to isolate and identify the 209 isolates from 336 patients with dental caries.

Alkaptonuria in Turkey: Clinical and molecular characteristics of 66 patients.

Alkaptonuria (AKU) is an inborn error of metabolism caused by the deficiency of homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase (HGD) as a result of a defect in the HGD gene. HGD enzyme deficiency results in accumulation of homogentisic acid (HGA) in the body, which in turn leads to multisystemic clinical symptoms. The present study aimed to investigate the presenting symptoms, age at diagnosis, and clinical and genetic characteristics of AKU patients followed-up in different centers in Turkey.

Developing and validation of impurity and the simultaneous quantity determination methods for tablet forms containing Ciprofloxacin HCl and Ornidazole.

In this study simple, effective, fast and economic reverse-phase HPLC methods have been developed for the purposes of identifying impurities and quantities of the two active ingredients in the tablet dosage products containing Ciprofloxacin HCl and Ornidazole together. These methods have been validated according to the parameters of International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) and Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) to prove reliability and applicability of the methods. In the validation studies, all of the parameters defined in ICH as selectivity, precision, accuracy, linearity, LOD, LOQ, recovery, robustness and solution stability were tested.

Exercise in the treatment of childhood obesity.

Changing lifestyles reduce the time spent by children on physical activity during the day. The result is an increasing frequency of childhood obesity, which has become one of the most common chronic diseases of childhood. Furthermore, the treatment of obesity in childhood is quite difficult, and the most common problem is non-compliance with obesity treatment.

Structural analysis and properties of dextran produced by Weissella confusa and the effect of different cereals on its rheological characteristics.

Weissella confusa is a commonly found species in boza, a highly viscous beverage obtained from fermented cereals. Exopolysaccharide (EPS) produced by Weissella confusa C19 was characterized and the role of different cereals on its rheological characteristics were studied. Thus, the effect of the type of cereals on textural characteristics of boza for standard boza production and the fate of W.

Exposure to domestic violence and its effects on adolescents: A survey among Turkish students.

Problem: Exposure to domestic violence is an important social problem. What remains unknown are the effects of domestic violence on Turkish adolescents.

Methods: This study was performed in Kırıkkale, Turkey, to determine the state of verbal and/or physical domestic violence and its effects on adolescent behavior.

Arabidopsis EARLY FLOWERING3 increases salt tolerance by suppressing salt stress response pathways.

Arabidopsis EARLY FLOWERING3 (ELF3) functions in modulating light input to the circadian clock, as a component of ELF3-ELF4-LUX ARRHYTHMO (LUX) evening complex. However, the role of ELF3 in stress responses remains largely unknown. In this study, we show that ELF3 enhances plants' resilience to salt stress: ELF3-overexpressing (ELF3-OX) plants are salt-tolerant, while elf3 mutants are more sensitive to salt stress.

Identification of three novel mutations in fourteen patients with citrullinemia type 1.

Objectives: Citrullinemia type 1 (CTLN1) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder caused by mutations in the argininosuccinate synthetase 1 (ASS1) gene, which encodes for the argininosuccinate synthetase enzyme. Here, we report genetic and clinical characterizations of 14 patients with citrullinemia type 1.

Design & Methods: The study group consisted of 14 patients (4 females, 10 males) diagnosed with citrullinemia type 1 from three centers in Turkey.

First manifestation of citrullinemia type I as Sandifer syndrome.

Kılıç M, Altınel-Açoğlu E, Zorlu P, Yüksel D, Bülbül S, Haeberle J. First manifestation of citrullinemia type I as Sandifer syndrome. Turk J Pediatr 2017; 59: 696-698.

Depression and anxiety among parents of phenylketonuria children.

Objective: To investigate the existence of depression and/or anxiety with underlying risk factors among parents of children with classical phenylketonuria (PKU).

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Division of Pediatric Metabolism, Ankara Children`s Hospital, Dokuz Eylul University, Kirikkale University, and Erzurum Local Research Hospital, Turkey, between January and July 2014. Parents of 61 patients and 36 healthy controls completed the self-report questionnaires.

Sleep problems of adolescents: A detailed survey.

We investigated the sleep problems and sleep habits of adolescents at three public primary schools and two high schools. Our study included 428 Turkish school children (244 girls and 184 boys). We used a questionnaire to determine the time they went to sleep at night; waking time in the morning; incidence of nightmares, snoring, daytime sleepiness, and intrafamilial physical trauma; concentration difficulty in class; and school success.

Quantitative comparison of a human cancer cell surface proteome between interphase and mitosis.

The cell surface is the cellular compartment responsible for communication with the environment. The interior of mammalian cells undergoes dramatic reorganization when cells enter mitosis. These changes are triggered by activation of the CDK1 kinase and have been studied extensively.

Limitations in the approach health caregivers can take in end-of-life care decisions.

Background: In the terminal stages of neuro-metabolic diseases, parents can begin to experience a sense of loss even before the child dies, and might accept death prematurely.

Cases: A 2.5-year-old female patient with Sandoff Disease (diagnosed at 9 months of age), and a 17-month-old male Krabbe patient (diagnosed at 5 months of age) were admitted to the hospital with hypernatraemic dehydration and bronchopneumonia, respectively, within 10 days of each other.