Working Memory and Inhibition as Mediators in the Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Emotional Eating.

Previous studies have focused on the dual relationship among adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), cognitive abilities, and emotional eating. The current study aims to test the mediating role of executive functioning (working memory and inhibition) between ACEs and emotional eating. A total of 1105 community-based participants, aged 18-45 (Mean = 26.

Relationships between empathy, executive functions, and internalizing and externalizing symptoms in early adolescents.

Background: Previous studies have shown associations between internalizing and externalizing symptoms, executive functions, and empathy. However, the mechanisms that affect this relationship remain unclear. This study employed regression analysis to explore the relationships between empathy, executive functions, and internalizing and externalizing symptoms.

Role of C-Reactive Protein/Lymphocyte and Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratios in Predicting Mortality in Patients with Fournier's Gangrene.

Background And Objectives: Fournier's gangrene (FG) is a polymicrobial-induced necrotizing fasciitis that affects the deep and superficial tissues of the perineal, perianal, scrotal, and genital regions. This study aimed to investigate the role of C-reactive protein (CRP)/lymphocyte and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratios, which are objective markers of inflammatory response, in predicting mortality in patients with FG.

Patients And Methods: Seventy-one patients who underwent surgery for FG between 2019 and 2023 were evaluated retrospectively.

Production of Polyvinyl Alcohol/Amoxicillin - Chitosan/Collagen Hybrid Bilayer Membranes for Regeneration of Gingival Tissues.

Periodontal diseases, if untreated, can cause gum recession and tooth root exposure, resulting in infection and irreversible damage. Traditional treatments using autologous grafts are painful and often result in postoperative complications. Scaffolds offer a less invasive alternative, promoting cell proliferation and healing without additional surgery, thus enhancing comfort for patients and doctors.

From ice to neurons: investigating the neuroprotective effects of Antarctic microalgae and extracts.

In this study, it was aimed to examine the neuroprotective effects of ethanolic extracts of YTU.ANTARCTIC.001 and OZCIMEN.

anticancer efficacy of extract-loaded chitosan nanoparticles against gastric and colon cancer cells.

Objective: This study assessed the anticancer activities of -loaded chitosan nanoparticles in gastric and colon cancer cells compared with fibroblast cells and examined the balance between ROS and antioxidants.

Methods: Considering this information, we synthesized -loaded chitosan nanoparticles (CO-CSNPs) the ionic gelation method. Their characterizations were carried out with ZetaSizer, UV-Vis, FTIR and SEM devices including size, morphology and surface zeta potential analysis, loading capacity, encapsulation efficiency, drug release, and chemical interactions.

Development of Graphene Oxide-Based Anticancer Drug Combination Functionalized with Folic Acid as Nanocarrier for Targeted Delivery of Methotrexate.

Graphene has become a prominent material in cancer research in recent years. Graphene and its derivatives also attract attention as carriers in drug delivery systems. In this study, we designed a graphene oxide (GO)-based methotrexate (MTX)-loaded and folic acid (FA)-linked drug delivery system.

Frontiers of stem cell engineering for nanotechnology-mediated drug delivery systems.

Background And Purpose: Cell biology approaches have gained a successful integration, development and application of nanotechnology with stem cell engineering and have led to the emergence of a new interdisciplinary field known as stem cell nanotechnology (SCN). Recent studies showed the potential and the advancement of developments for SCN applications in drug delivery systems. Cancer, neurodegenerative, muscle and blood diseases, cell and gene therapies, and tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications are the important targets of SCN.

A cross-sectional survey on university students' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding organ, tissue, and body donation.

Purpose: Body donors continue to have an important role in anatomy education in medical schools. Furthermore, the demand for organ transplantation is increasing as life expectancy increases. In Turkey, there are efforts to enable both donations to be made through a single system.

Early predictive factors and risk assessment for anastomotic leakage in patients undergoing low anterior resection for rectal cancer.

Objective: Anastomotic leakage is a complication that creates significant concern in terms of postoperative morbidity and mortality after colorectal surgery. This study aimed to identify variables for detecting anastomotic leakage in those who had open, laparoscopic, or robotic low anterior resection for cancer and to explore their relationships.

Patients And Methods: A total of 283 patients who were diagnosed with rectal cancer and underwent low anterior resection were divided into two groups: those with and without anastomotic leakage.

Peer relationships, adolescent anxiety, and life satisfaction: a moderated mediation model in Turkish and syrian samples.

Prior studies comparing Syrian refugee adolescents to their native peers in the same region have found higher anxiety and lower life satisfaction. Therefore, identifying regulatory variables is crucial for implementing support programs. This study examined the mediating effect of peer relationships and the moderating effect of being a refugee or native adolescent on the relationship between adolescent anxiety and life satisfaction across different samples.

Optical coherence tomography angiography evaluation of optic disc and retinal vascular densities in obese patients.

Background: To evaluate optic disc and retinal vascular densities in obese patients using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).

Methods: This study included 27 eyes from 27 obese patients with a body mass index (BMI) of ≥35 who were scheduled for bariatric surgery at the general surgery clinic and 26 eyes from 26 healthy individuals with a BMI of 18.5-24.

The effect of alpha-lipoic acid on oxidative parameters, SCUBE-1 and SCUBE-2 in hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury in cholestatic rats.

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the protective effects of alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) on the liver, oxidative parameters, and signal peptide-CUB-epidermal growth factor-like domain-containing proteins 1 and 2 (SCUBE-1 and -2) in an experimental cholestatic hepatic ischemia-reperfusion (IR) model.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-four female rats were included in the study and divided into four groups of six rats each. Group 1 was the control group, in which only laparotomy was performed; Group 2 underwent laparotomy and received alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) on a daily basis; bile duct ligation was performed in Group 3; bile duct ligation was performed, and ALA was administered to Group 4.

Better together: Cross-tolerance induced by warm acclimation and nitrate exposure improved the aerobic capacity and stress tolerance of common carp Cyprinus carpio.

Climate warming is a threat of imminent concern that may exacerbate the impact of nitrate pollution on fish fitness. These stressors can individually affect the aerobic capacity and stress tolerance of fish. In combination, they may interact in unexpected ways where exposure to one stressor may heighten or reduce the resilience to another stressor and their interactive effects may not be uniform across species.

Evolution of N-balance with qualitative expert evaluation approach.

Pollution of rivers by nitrate is a major issue. Many land use units are considered as net nitrate producers when the input dominates the uptake (e.g.

30 Years Retrospective Review of Tuberculosis Cases in a Tuberculosis Dispensary in Bursa/Nilufer, Turkey (1985-2014): Changes of Epidemics.

Objective: The aim of this study is to describe the epidemiological and clinical aspects of patients who applied to the Bursa Nilufer Tuberculosis Dispensary by investigating the trends in epidemics over three decades.

Method: In this retrospective observational study, the records of all tuberculosis cases (1630 patients) treated in the last 30 years (1985-2014) at the Bursa Nilufer Tuberculosis Dispensary were examined and statistically analyzed.

Results: Males comprised 65.

A study on the effects of different hydraulic loading rates (HLR) on pollutant removal efficiency of subsurface horizontal-flow constructed wetlands used for treatment of domestic wastewaters.

The research into the treatment of domestic wastewaters originating from Büyükdöllük village in Edirne Province was carried out over a 3 year experimental period. The wastewaters of the settlement were treated using a constructed wetland with subsurface horizontal flow, and the effects of different hydraulic loading levels on removal efficiency were studied. In order to achieve this goal, three equal chambers (ponds) of 300 m(2) each were constructed and planted with Phragmites australis.

Estimation of vertical migration velocity of (137)Cs in the Mount IDA/Kazdagi, Turkey.

This paper presents the results obtained from a radioecological study carried out in the forest sites of Mount IDA (Kazdagi)/Edremit, Turkey. For 118 soil profiles, the depth distribution of (137)Cs activity was established by fitting the experimental points to an exponential, a gaussian or a log-normal function. The relaxation lengths were in the range of 1.

Persistence of 137Cs in the litter layers of forest soil horizons of Mount IDA/Kazdagi, Turkey.

In 2010-2012, an extensive study was performed in forest sites of Mount IDA (Kazdagi)/Edremit 26 years after the Chernobyl accident. The (137)Cs activity concentrations were determined by gamma-ray spectrometry in the forest soil layers (OL, OF + OH and A horizons) separately. Based on 341 surface soil samples and 118 soil profiles, activity concentrations of (137)Cs in OL horizons varied between 0.

Sorbic and benzoic acid in non-preservative-added food products in Turkey.

Sorbic acid (SA) and benzoic acid (BA) were determined in yoghurt, tomato and pepper paste, fruit juices, chocolates, soups and chips in Turkey by using high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC). Levels were compared with Turkish Food Codex limits. SA was detected only in 2 of 21 yoghurt samples, contrary to BA, which was found in all yoghurt samples but one, ranging from 10.

Dynamical origin of memory and renewal.

We show that the dynamic approach to fractional Brownian motion (FBM) establishes a link between a non-Poisson renewal process with abrupt jumps resetting to zero the system's memory and correlated dynamic processes, whose individual trajectories keep a nonvanishing memory of their past time evolution. It is well known that the recrossings of the origin by an ordinary one-dimensional diffusion trajectory generates a Lévy (and thus renewal) process of index theta = 1/2 . We prove with theoretical and numerical arguments that this is the special case of a more general condition, insofar as the recrossings produced by the dynamic FBM generates a Lévy process with 0 < theta < 1.