Publications by authors named "Eyluel Kulak"

Background: The Medication Literacy Scale for Adults (MELSA) version I was previously developed among adults with high educational levels. However, the validity of the tool for the general populations was not established.

Objective: The aim of the study was to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of the MELSA version II among community-dwelling Turkish adults with both low and high education levels.

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Introduction: Satellite DNA is an important component of the eukaryotic genome. Some satellite DNAs plays an important role in various biological processes. The red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans, 2n=50, C=1.

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Introduction: The Phasianidae family belongs to Galliformes, which is basal to other Neognathae. Despite the availability of chromosome-level genome assemblies for many Phasianidae species, the karyotypes for some species remain poorly investigated.

Methods: In this study, we described karyotypes using classical, differential, and molecular cytogenetic (BAC-FISH) methods.

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Musculoskeletal disorders associated with excessive smartphone use represent a significant health issue. Text neck syndrome is one such disorder within that group, increasingly affecting individuals worldwide across various age groups. The phenomenon of text neck may occur in individuals who frequently and for prolonged periods adopt a forward-flexed neck and head position while looking at the screens of mobile electronic devices.

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Objective: We sought to examine the association of risk behaviors (i.e., risk perception, risk-taking/impulsivity, and sensation-seeking) and mental health symptomatology (depression, posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD], anxiety and anger) on problematic alcohol use (alcohol problems and frequent heavy drinking [FHD]) among United States Army Reserve and National Guard (USAR/NG) soldiers.

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Alcohol use is a primarily social behavior, and marriage is an important aspect of social relationships. This article reviews alcohol use and its impact on several facets of the marital relationship, including the impact of alcohol use on intimate partner violence (IPV), marital satisfaction, marital functioning, and divorce. There is considerable evidence of the role alcohol plays in IPV and recent research identifies moderators of the alcohol-IPV relationship.

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  • The study investigates how military service experiences, like deployment and combat exposure, affect the substance use of service members' civilian partners.
  • It emphasizes the importance of relationship satisfaction in mitigating the negative effects of these military experiences on partners' alcohol consumption.
  • Findings indicate that higher relationship satisfaction can reduce heavy drinking in partners, suggesting that supporting relationships could help address partner substance use linked to soldiers' service experiences.
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Background: There is limited knowledge about the current guidelines implementation in the every-day clinical practice.

Aims: To describe risk factors management in patients with coronary artery disease through lifestyle modifications and the use of drug therapies in order to provide an objective assessment of the implementation of the current guidelines on cardiovascular prevention.

Methods: Twelve departments of cardiology in six regions participated in the study (conducted in 2022-2023).

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  • - The compound polycrystalline [FeL2][BF4]2 demonstrates a significant hysteretic spin transition around 240 K, with its behavior influenced by sample history, consisting of two related high-spin polymorphs (HS1 and HS2).
  • - Upon cooling, both high-spin forms transition to low-spin phases (LS3 and LS4) at approximately 230 K, with LS3 coming from HS1 and LS4 from HS2, showing different crystal structures and transition temperatures.
  • - Repeated cycling through the spin transition results in a gradual increase of HS1 and LS3 phases while depleting HS2 and LS4, indicating complex phase behavior and sample-dependent characteristics across related iron(II) and
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In 1983, Linus Pauling and colleagues reported about enhanced antitumor activity of the Cu(II) complex of the simplest ATCUN (amino terminal Cu(II) and Ni(II)-binding motif) peptide (NH-Gly-Gly-His-COOH, GGH) in the presence of ascorbate as an additive. In the following 4 decades, structural modifications of this complex were implemented, however, anticancer activity could not be significantly increased. This has led to neglecting the ATCUN motif and its Cu(II) complexes as potential chemotherapeutic agents.

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Background And Aims: The transformation of sieve elements from meristematic cells, equipped with a full complement of organelles, to specialized transport tubes devoid of a nucleus has long been enigmatic. We hypothesized a strong involvement of various degradation pathways, particularly macroautophagy in this context, emphasizing the importance of autophagic selectivity in the remaining viability of these cells.

Methods: Experiments were performed on pioneer roots of Populus trichocarpa cultivated in rhizotrons under field conditions.

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Introduction: The aim of the article is to determine the appropriate concentration of desflurane to effectively counteract the increase in blood pressure resulting from surgical stress. In medical practice, this increase is often limited by using additional doses of opioid drugs. Additional medications or higher doses of those already used may adversely affect your health.

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Salinity represents a considerable environmental risk, exerting deleterious effects on horticultural crops. Nanotechnology has recently emerged as a promising avenue for enhancing plant tolerance to abiotic stress. Among nanoparticles, cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeO NPs) have been demonstrated to mitigate certain stress effects, including salinity.

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Midkine (MDK) is a protein that contributes to both physiological and pathological processes. Several studies provide insight into the different roles of MDK in development, tissue repair, neural plasticity, and health and disease processes. This research further examined how MDK contributed to conditions, including neurological diseases, inflammation, and ischaemia.

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Objectives: Evidence suggests that decreased dopamine secretion in mesocorticolimbic pathways could predispose to increased susceptibility to substance addiction. It has been proposed to define such a phenomenon as the reward deficit syndrome (RDS). Dopaminergic projections of the reward system receive glutaminergic projections from cortex.

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A key factor in biomineralization is the use of organic molecules to direct the formation of inorganic materials. However, identification of molecules that can selectively produce the calcium carbonate polymorphs calcite or aragonite has proven extremely challenging. Here, we use a phage display approach to identify proteins - rather than the short peptides typically identified using this method - that can direct calcium carbonate formation.

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Purpose: Oncotype Dx Recurrence Score (RS) is prognostic and predictive of chemotherapy benefit in women with node-negative and node-positive in hormone receptor-positive (HR+), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HER2-) early breast cancer. Nevertheless, its direct cost may be inhibitive. This study assesses the correlation between the RS and the free online PREDICT tools' estimations of adjuvant chemotherapy benefit.

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In this study, we introduce a novel advancement in the field of theoretical exploration. Specifically, we investigate the transfer and trapping of electronic excitations within a two-component disordered system confined to a finite volume. The implications of our research extend to energy transfer phenomena on spherical nanoparticles, characterized by randomly distributed donors and acceptors on their surface.

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Ultrahigh-temperature Joule-heating of carbon nanostructures opens up unique opportunities for property enhancements and expanded applications. This study employs rapid electrical Joule-heating at ultrahigh temperatures (up to 3000 K within 60 s) to induce a transformation in nanocarbon aerogels, resulting in highly graphitic structures. These aerogels function as versatile platforms for synthesizing customizable metal oxide nanoparticles while significantly reducing carbon emissions compared to conventional furnace heating methods.

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The residual bone tumor and defects which is caused by surgical therapy of bone tumor is a major and important problem in clinicals. And the sequential treatment for irradiating residual tumor and repairing bone defects has wildly prospects. In this study, we developed a general modification strategy by gallic acid (GA)-assisted coordination chemistry to prepare black calcium-based materials, which combines the sequential photothermal therapy of bone tumor and bone defects.

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We analyzed the effects of foliar spraying with amino acids, chitosan (CHS) and nanocomposites (NCs) of chitosan with the amino acids proline, L-cysteine and glycine betaine (CHS-Pro NCs; CHS-Cys NCs, CHS-GB NCs, respectively) on the changes in the physiological and biochemical parameters of iceberg lettuce grown at the control temperature (20 °C) and under chilling conditions (4 °C). The physicochemical parameters of the phospholipid monolayers (PLs) extracted from plants showed the effects of the treatments on the properties of the monolayers, namely, the packing density and flexibility. We observed increased accumulation of proline at 4 °C, and differences in the concentrations of sugars in most of the analyzed variants were a consequence of the lowered temperature and/or the use of organic compounds.

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Unfortunately, ovarian cancer is still diagnosed most often only in an advanced stage and is also the most lethal gynecological cancer. Another problem is the fact that treated patients have a high risk of disease recurrence. Moreover, ovarian cancer is very diverse in terms of molecular, histological features and mutations.

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