Impact of Layer Materials, Their Thicknesses, and Their Reflectivities on Emission Color and NVIS Compatibility in OLED Devices for Avionic Display Applications.

Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) technology is preferred in modern display applications due to its superior efficiency, color quality, and flexibility. It also carries a high potential of applicability in military displays where emission color tuning is required for MIL-STD-3009 Night Vision Imaging Systems (NVISs), as compatibility is critical. Herein, we report the effects of different OLED device layer materials and thicknesses such as the hole injection layer (HIL), hole transport layer (HTL), and electron transport layer (ETL) on the color coordinates, luminance, and efficiency of OLED devices designed for night vision (NVIS) compatibility.

EVALUATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARAOXONASE-1 ENZYME ACTIVITY, AFFECTED VOLUME, AND STROKE ONSET IN ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE PATIENTS.

Acute ischemic stroke has an important place among emergency department admissions. After a rapid diagnosis of the patient admitted with a preliminary diagnosis of stroke, the necessary examination and first intervention should be performed, then diagnostic evaluation should be made. The aim of this study was to investigate whether paraoxonase-1 (PON-1) enzyme activity, measured in patients whose stroke onset is known, is a diagnostic biomarker for stroke by evaluating the relationship between stroke diagnosis, ischemic area volume, and stroke onset.

The role of deep learning for periapical lesion detection on panoramic radiographs.

Objective: This work aimed to detect automatically periapical lesion on panoramic radiographs (PRs) using deep learning.

Methods: 454 objects in 357 PRs were anonymized and manually labeled. They are then pre-processed to improve image quality and enhancement purposes.

The effect of heart failure on gut microbial richness and diversity.

Introduction And Objective: With recent advances in genome sequencing technology, a large body of evidence has accumulated over the last few years linking alterations in microbiota with cardiovascular disease. In this study, we aimed to compare gut microbial composition using 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) sequencing techniques in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and stable heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction and patients with CAD but with normal ejection fraction. We also studied the relationship between systemic inflammatory markers and microbial richness and diversity.

Thiol/disulfide homeostasis in patients treated with normobaric or hyperbaric oxygen for carbon monoxide poisoning.

Objectives: We aimed to determine the value of thiol/disulfide homeostasis (TDH) as an oxidative stress marker in hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) and normobaric oxygen therapy (NBOT) patients presenting with carbon monoxide poisoning. In addition, we compared the effect of HBOT and NBOT on thiol/disulfide parameters.

Methods: This prospective study included 66 patients and 67 healthy individuals who presented to the emergency department.

The effect of the shock index and scoring systems for predicting mortality among geriatric patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding: a prospective cohort study.

Background: Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is an important cause of mortality and morbidity among geriatric patients.

Objective: To investigate whether the shock index and other scoring systems are effective predictors of mortality and prognosis among geriatric patients presenting to the emergency department with complaints of upper GI bleeding.

Design And Setting: Prospective cohort study in an emergency department in Bursa, Turkey.

A prospective study of wake-up stroke patients presenting to the emergency department: a single-center cohort study.

Introduction: This study aims to prospectively examine patients with ischemic wake-up stroke (WUS) presenting to the emergency department, to investigate the risk factors affecting the mortality occurring within 28, 90, and 180 days, and to create a new scoring system for the prediction of 28-day mortality.

Materials And Method: Patients who presented to the emergency department with WUS findings between 01.07.

Measuring Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter with Bedside Ocular Ultrasonography in Patients with Carbon Monoxide Poisoning.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) and clinical and carboxyhemoglobin levels in patients with carbon monoxide poisoning.

Material And Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study enrolled 55 consecutive adult patients with carbon monoxide poisoning. The demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients and the diameters of the optic nerve sheaths of both eyes of those patients at the time of admission and at the 6th hour after receiving 100% oxygen therapy and/or hyperbaric oxygen therapy were determined.

Relationship of platelet counts, platelet volumes, and Curb-65 scores in the prognosis of COVID-19 patients.

Objectives: This study investigated the relationship between 28-day mortality in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and the CURB-65 score, platelet count (PLT), mean platelet volume (MPV), and MPV/PLT ratio (MPR).

Methods: A total of 247 patients with COVID-19 pneumonia who presented to the emergency department between March 15, 2020 and May 15, 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. The age, gender, clinical presentation, history of chronic disease, thoracic computed tomography findings, MPV, PLT, MPR, CURB-65 scores, and 28-day mortality of patients were recorded.

Predictive value of admission neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio in symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage after stroke thrombolysis.

Background: Stroke is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality. The need for additional objective parameters as well as the existing criteria continues for eligible patients. The objective of this study is to determine whether the baseline neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) predicts symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (SICH) due to intravenous thrombolytic therapy.

Investigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the reasons for application to the emergency department in patients with neurological symptoms.

Objective: To investigate whether the COVID-19 pandemic had an effect on the emergency department admission complaints of patients with neurological symptoms.

Methods: A total of 976 patients admitted to the emergency department of our hospital and had undergone neurology consultation during a 6-month period were evaluated. The reasons for consultation, the number of patients consulted, hospitalization counts, and imaging studies for neurological assessment including computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), were recorded and compared.

Evaluation of Syrian refugees' emergency service admissions in the western region of Turkey.

Immigration increases physical, mental, and social health problems. Emergency departments constitute resources that refugees can easily access and where they frequently present. Physicians from every specialty (chest diseases, thoracic surgery, internal diseases, etc.

Characterization of PFC69 and PFC77 Bacteriocins and Their Antimicrobial Activities in Tarhana Fermentation.

Tarhana is a traditional cereal product fermented by lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and yeast strains that has gained special interest recently as an infant nutrition. Tarhana contains wheat flour, yogurt, and various vegetables that might create a microbiological toxicological risk, especially for and . In this study, characterization of the metabolites responsible for antibacterial activity of PFC69 and PFC77 strains obtained from tarhana was performed, and antibacterial effects were detected against ATCC 11778 and ATCC 29213 during the fermentation.

What is the emergency application differences concerning diseases pertinent to the chest between Turkish citizens and Syrian refugees: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: Millions of Syrians were displaced after the Syrian civil war broke in 2011. Turkey hosts the largest number of refugees. This study aimed to describe the disease patterns of Syrian refugees applying to an emergency department.

Plasma oxidative-stress parameters and prolidase activity in patients with various causes of abdominal pain.

Purpose: We aimed to investigate the predictive power of plasma prolidase activity and oxidative-stress parameters for distinguishing in patients with various causes of non-traumatic abdominal pain who presented to the emergency department.

Methods: This study enrolled 100 consecutive adult patients and 100 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. The patients were divided into surgically treated patients (STP); medically treated patients (MTP) and nonspecific abdominal pain (NSAP) patients.

Evaluation of oxidant, antioxidant, and S100B levels in patients with conversion disorder.

Introduction: Various psychodynamic, neurobiological, genetic, and sociocultural factors are believed to be involved in the etiology of conversion disorder (CD). Oxidative metabolism has been shown to deteriorate in association with many health problems and psychiatric disorders. We evaluated oxidative metabolism and S100B levels in the context of this multifactorial disease.

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome during the peripartum period: report of four cases and review of the literature.

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a cliniconeuroradiologic disorder affecting the brain's occipital and parietal lobes characterized by altered mental status, seizures, headache and blurred vision. Eclampsia is one of the main causes of posterior reversible encephalopathy. We aimed to discuss here literature guided clinical and radiologic findings of four women who had experienced status epilepticus at peripartum period and diagnosed as PRES.

Probiotic characteristics of Lactobacillus fermentum strains isolated from tulum cheese.

The aim of this study was to characterize the probiotic characteristics of Lactobacillus fermentum strains isolated from Tulum cheese. Seven L. fermentum strains were selected among the isolated and identified lactobacillus strains due to their abundance.

Synthesis, characterization, electrospinning and antibacterial studies on triphenylphosphine-dithiphosphonates Copper(I) and Silver(I) complexes.

Background: The novel amido and O-ferrocenyldithiophosphonates [FcP(S)(SH)(NHR1)] (Fc = Fe(η5-C5H5)(η5-C5H4), R1 = 1-(4-fluorophenylethyl and benzyloxycyclopentyl) and [FcP(S)(OR2)S-][H3N+C(CH3)3] (R2 = myrtanyl) were synthesized by the reaction of [(FcPS2)]2 (Fc = Fe(η5-C5H5)(η5-C5H4)) and chiral amines, such as (S)-(-)-1-(4-fluorophenylethyl) amine and (1S,2S)-(+)-benzyloxycyclopentyl amine, and of (1S), (2S), (5S)-myrtanol in toluene. The reaction of ferrocenyldithiophosphonates and [Cu(PPh3)2]NO3 or AgNO3 and PPh3 gave rise to copper(I) and silver(I) complexes in THF. [Ag2{FcP(OMe)S2}2(PPh3)2] and [Cu(PPh3)2]NO3 were embedded into nanofibers and their antimicrobial activities on fibers were also investigated.

Hemostatic efficacy of a traditional medicinal plant extract (Ankaferd Blood Stopper) in bleeding control.

The aim of this study is to assess the in vivo hemostatic effect of Ankaferd Blood Stopper (ABS) on rats using a tail bleeding model. Wistar rats were randomized into 4 groups of 9 each: group 1, control, no pretreatment, irrigated with saline; group 2, no pretreatment, irrigated with ABS; group 3, control, heparin pretreatment, irrigated with saline; and group 4, heparin pretreatment, irrigated with ABS. To control bleeding, compressive dressings were placed after instilling 1 mL of either ABS or saline to the bleeding area.

Efficacy of aprotinin treatment on bilateral blunt chest trauma created in rabbits.

Objectives: To investigate the effects of aprotinin, on blood gasses, oxidant-antioxidant status, and lung histopathology in an experimental bilateral blunt chest trauma model.

Methods: Conducted at the Experimental Animal Laboratory of Meram Medical School at Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey, the study comprised 21 New Zealand female albino rabbits who were divided into three groups.Trauma was applied on the sham and aprotinin groups, which was administered intravenous Aprotinin 20.

Factors affecting the clinical outcome of low-voltage electrical injuries in children.

Purpose: This study evaluated the clinical features of low-voltage (220-240 V) electrical injuries and their mortality in children.

Methods: This cross-sectional study evaluated 36 patients younger than 18 years who suffered a low-voltage electrical shock and presented to the emergency department between January 2009 and October 2011. For statistical analysis, Fisher exact test was used for categorical variables, and the Mann-Whitney U test for continuous variables.

The role of oxidative stress and inflammation in the early evaluation of acute non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: an observational study.

Objective: We aimed to assess the role of oxidative stress (OS) and inflammation in the early evaluation of initial acute non -ST -elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) compared with unstable angina pectoris (USAP).

Methods: Forty-seven (54%) patients with NSTEMI and 40 (46%) with (USAP) were included in this cross-section observational study. We assessed the oxidative stress and inflammation parameters.

N-Acetyl cysteine and erdosteine treatment in acetaminophen-induced liver damage.

Objective: This study is aimed to investigate the efficacy of erdosteine usage in acetaminophen-induced liver damage and to compare it with N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) in the treatment and prevention of liver toxicity due to overdose of acetaminophen.

Methods: The rats were separated into the following six groups of seven rats each: control group; acetaminophen (1 g/kg, orally); acetaminophen (1 g/kg, orally) + erdosteine (150 mg/kg/day, orally); acetaminophen (1 g/kg, orally) + NAC (140 mg/kg loading dose, followed by 70 mg/kg, orally); NAC (140 mg/kg loading dose, followed by 70 mg/kg, orally); erdosteine (150 mg/kg/kg, orally), subsequently. In all the groups, potential liver injuries were evaluated using biochemical and hematological analyses, oxidant-antioxidant parameters and histopathological parameters.