The Relationship Between Religious Health Fatalism and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors of Earthquake Victims: The Example of Türkiye.

Earthquakes are natural disasters that cause physical, psychological, social, and environmental damage. Due to the intense psychological impact, victims of earthquakes may associate a fatalistic approach with religion as a mechanism for seeking protection. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between religious health fatalism and healthy lifestyle behaviors among earthquake victims.

Sleep Quality and Its Predictors among Dyspnea, Fatigue and Exercise Capacity in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.

Background: Poor sleep quality is an overlooked symptom in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), however it may significantly contribute to disease burden.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the sleep quality of patients with PAH and investigate its association with dyspnea, fatigue, and exercise capacity.

Methods: Forty-five patients were included.

Evaluation of upper extremity functional capacity and activities of daily living in patients with heart failure: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Considering the limitations in activities of daily living (ADL) and the impact of improvements in patients with heart failure (HF), appropriate assessment of upper extremity functional capacity and ADL is important.

Objectives: To evaluate upper extremity functional capacity and ADL in patients with HF and compare them with healthy controls.

Methods: This study included 30 HF patients and healthy controls.

An enantioselective and modular platform for C4'-modified nucleoside analogue synthesis enabled by intramolecular trans-acetalizations.

C4'-modified nucleoside analogues continue to attract global attention for their use in antiviral drug development and oligonucleotide-based therapeutics. However, current approaches to C4'-modified nucleoside analogues still involve lengthy (9-16 steps), non-modular routes that are unamenable to library synthesis. Towards addressing the challenges associated with their syntheses, we report a modular 5-step process to a diverse collection of C4'-modified nucleoside analogues through a sequence of intramolecular trans-acetalizations of readily assembled polyhydroxylated frameworks.

Evaluating the effectiveness of the Complex Behaviour Forum-A multisystem approach to supporting people with complex challenging behaviour.

Background: This study assessed the effectiveness of a cross-departmental case review panel-the Multicap Complex Behaviour Forum (CBF)-in reducing challenging behaviour exhibited by people with intellectual disabilities.

Methods: Thirty participants (15 CBF participants and 15 matched-control participants) took part in the study. Behavioural data was collected for each CBF participant (and their matched control) for the three-month period before entering the CBF, during their time in the CBF, and the 3 months after exiting the CBF.

Structured different exercise protocols improve lung function, respiratory muscle strength, and thickness in stroke patients. A randomized controlled trial.

Background: The effect of core stabilization exercises (CSE) alone, or in combination with neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) and Kinesio taping (KT) on lung function, respiratory muscle strength, and thickness in patients with stroke is not fully known.

Objective: To compare the efficacy of NMES and KT applied with CSE on lung functions, respiratory muscle strength, and thickness in patients with stroke.

Methods: A total of 45 stroke patients were randomly assigned to the core stabilization exercises (CSE) group, CSE+KT group or CSE+NMES group, respectively.

Leg length discrepancies (LLD): An etiology to be considered in its proper measure. A critical and historical review.

Introduction: Studies of leg-length discrepancies (LLD) have been the subject of debate for almost 200 years. A large number of studies have emerged, most frequently using assessment criteria based on painful symptoms or joint damage.

Development: While many authors argue for a threshold of 10-20 mm to establish a link between pain and LLD, most publications based on radiography show lesion stigmata on lumbar, hip and knee joints as early as 6 mm.

The Effect of Computerized Wobble Board and Core Stabilization Exercises on Balance Performance and Exercise Capacity in Patients With Heart Failure: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: To investigate the effects of computerized wobble board exercise training (CWBET) and core stabilization exercise training (CSET) on balance performance, and exercise capacity in patients with heart failure (HF).

Desing: Single-blind randomized controlled prospective study.

Setting: Cardiology department of a local university hospital.

Digital Media Use and Health Literacy Levels of Women in Turkey.

Obtaining information about women's use of digital media, their behavior in acquiring health information in the digital environment and their level of health literacy will fill an important gap in the literature. This research was conducted to examine the digital media use and health literacy levels of women in Turkey. The population of the research was the female population between the ages of 20-60 in Turkey in 2020, and the sample consisted of 404 women in this age range.

Investigation into the Relationship Between Women's Thoughts, Stigmatizing Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors on Voluntary Abortion and Spiritual Well-Being in Turkiye.

Introduction: Although abortion can be implemented within the framework of legal rules and practices, the issue of abortion in socio-cultural, philosophical, and religious terms is one of the crucial issues that has been discussed since the existence of humanity. This study aims to examine the relationship between women's thoughts on voluntary abortion, their stigmatizing attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, and their spiritual well-being in Turkiye.

Method: The sample of this analytical-cross-sectional study consisted of 300 women between the ages of 18 to 49 who had a telephone.

Artificial intelligence assisted patient blood and urine droplet pattern analysis for non-invasive and accurate diagnosis of bladder cancer.

Bladder cancer is one of the most common cancer types in the urinary system. Yet, current bladder cancer diagnosis and follow-up techniques are time-consuming, expensive, and invasive. In the clinical practice, the gold standard for diagnosis remains invasive biopsy followed by histopathological analysis.

The relationship between women's climate change awareness and concerns about climate change in Turkiye.

Objectives: This study was conducted to examine the relationship between women's awareness of climate change and their worries about climate change in terms of women's health in Turkiye.

Study Design: Cross-sectional survey.

Methods: The research was conducted in a descriptive study design in the relational survey model.

Six-Minute Walk Test: How to do Guide for Performing a Reliable Test, Interpretation, and Prognostication in Pulmonary Hypertension.

Six-minute walk test (6MWT) is the most widely used exercise capacity measurement worldwide in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). Although cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is the gold standard for the assessment of exercise capacity in cardiovascular diseases; the limited accessibility of the device, the need for experience in interpreting the results, and the difficulties in performing CPET in advanced PH have aroused the interest in the application of easier methods for the measurement of exercise capacity. Since then, accumulated data proved that; 6-minutes walking distance (6MWD) can be used to determine exercise capacity and is highly correlated with maximum oxygen consumption (peak VO2) detected by CPET in patients with heart failure and/or PH.

The Relationship Between the Levels of Thanatophobia and the Attitudes Towards the Care of Dying Patients Among Student Nurses.

This study aims to examine the relationship between the levels of thanatophobia and the attitudes towards the care of dying patients among student nurses. It is descriptive, cross-sectional, and correlational. 140 student nurses studying at the faculty of health sciences of one foundation university participated in it.

In silico analysis of the possible crosstalk between O-linked β-GlcNAcylation and phosphorylation sites of Disabled 1 adaptor protein in vertebrates.

Disabled 1 (Dab1) is an adaptor protein with essential functions regulated by reelin signaling and affects many biological processes in the nervous system, including cell motility, adhesion, cortical development, maturation, and synaptic plasticity. Posttranslational modifications directly guide the fates of cytoplasmic proteins to complete their functions correctly. Reciprocal crosstalk between O-GlcNAcylation and phosphorylation is a dynamic modification in cytoplasmic proteins.

Six-minute stepper test for evaluating functional exercise capacity in patients with sarcoidosis.

Background: Researchers and clinicians may benefit from alternative tests that do not require large physical spaces or corridors for simply evaluating functional exercise capacity in the clinical practice.

Objective: Aim of this study was to investigate whether six-minute stepper test (6MST) is a valid tool for measuring functional exercise capacity in patients with sarcoidosis.

Methods: Thirty-six patients with sarcoidosis and 18 healthy controls were evaluated with 6MST and six-minute walk test (6MWT).

Knowledge and attitudes of pregnant women about Coronavirus vaccines in Turkiye.

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine pregnant women's knowledge and attitudes regarding coronavirus vaccines in Turkiye. The research population consisted of 400 pregnant women who applied to a public hospital in this city. The data of the study was collected with the 'Personal Information Form' and 'Attitudes Towards COVID-19 Vaccine Scale'.

Evaluation of primary and accessory respiratory muscles and their influence on exercise capacity and dyspnea in pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Background: Skeletal and respiratory muscle disfunction has been described in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), however, involvement of accessory respiratory muscles and their association with symptomatology in PAH is unclear.

Objectives: To assess the primary and accessory respiratory muscles and their influence on exercise tolerance and dyspnea.

Methods: 27 patients and 27 healthy controls were included.

A systematic review to determine the anti-vaccination thoughts of pregnant women and the reasons for not getting vaccinated.

The aim of this study was to determine the anti-vaccination thoughts of pregnant women and the reasons for not getting vaccinated. In this study, data was obtained by retrospectively scanning the cross-sectional and qualitative studies published in the databases of 'PubMed, Cochrane, EBSCOhost, ULAKBİM and Google Scholar' in Turkish and English languages between 2011-2021. The PRISMA method was used in the preparation of the systematic review.

Effect of timber removal on the total nutrient fluxes from a freshwater-supplying forested watershed.

Effects of 18% thinning on nutrient fluxes were investigated in a broadleaf forest. Streamflow and suspended sediment were sampled during the calibration and treatment periods for the treatment and control watersheds to determine total nutrient fluxes through bedload sediment and runoff. Streamflow was measured, and water samples were collected from the streams of the watersheds.

Exploring the Candidate Terminal Glycan Profile in Neural Regeneration of the Sea Urchin , Using Lectin Blotting and Mass Spectrometry.

Glycans are expressed as conjugates of glycoproteins, glycolipids, and proteoglycans. The huge diversity of glycans on glycoconjugates contributes to many biological processes, from glycan-based molecular recognition to developmental events, such as regeneration in the nervous system. Echinoderms, which have a close phylogenetic relationship with chordates, are an important group of marine invertebrates for body regeneration.

Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and its impact on quality of life and functional exercise capacity in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Background: In pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), pathophysiological consequences of the disease and the drugs used to treat PAH may adversely affect musculoskeletal system. Aim of the study was to evaluate musculoskeletal pain prevalence and its impact on quality of life (QoL) and exercise capacity in PAH patients.

Methods: 61 PAH patients were evaluated with Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) for musculoskeletal pain presence, EmPHasis-10 and Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) for QoL, 6-min walk test (6MWT) for functional exercise capacity and International Physical Activity Questionnaire- Short Form (IPAQ-SF) for physical activity participation.

Exercise capacity, lung and respiratory muscle function in substance use disorders.

Background: Substance use disorder (SUD) causes conditions such as cognitive and behavioral disorders, anxiety, depression, and social isolation it also causes acute airway inflammation by affecting airway bronchial dynamics. The current study aimed to investigate the lung function, respiratory muscle strength, and exercise capacity in patients with SUD.

Methods: One hundred-eighty three patients with SUD, a total of 119 healthy controls, 54 of whom were cigarette smokers and 65 of whom were non-smokers were included in the study.

Cut-off values of 6-min walk test and sit-to-stand test for determining symptom burden in atrial fibrillation.

Background: Since symptomatology is a major predictor of quality of life and an endpoint for the management of atrial fibrillation (AF), practical approaches for objectively interpreting symptom burden and functional impairment are needed.

Aims: We aimed to provide cut-off values for two frequently used field tests to be able to objectively interpret symptom burden in atrial fibrillation.

Methods: One hundred twenty-five patients with AF were evaluated with European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) score, 6-min walk test (6MWT), 30 s sit-to-stand test (30 s-STST), Short-Form 36 (SF-36), International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF), and spirometry.

Evaluation of Midwives' Perceptions of Spirituality and Spiritual Care in Aydın, Turkey.

Spirituality is an integral part of holistic care, but studies have revealed that the spiritual dimension of care is largely neglected in healthcare settings. This study evaluated midwives' perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care. The study is a cross-sectional design and was conducted from April 1 to June 30, 2018 in Aydın, Turkey.