Analyzing emergency department presentations linked to secondary earthquake effects.

Objective: The earthquakes that struck Türkiye on February 6, 2023, significantly impacted the province of Hatay. A portion of the patients presenting to emergency departments (ED) following the earthquake were exposed to secondary effects without experiencing direct physical trauma. This study aims to evaluate the demographic, clinical, and psychosocial characteristics of patients presenting to the ED during the early post-earthquake period due to secondary effects, as well as to examine the challenges encountered during this process.

The Effects of Gluten on Weight Gain, Hematological, Biochemical, and Various Endocrinological Parameters.

Background/aims:  This study is aimed to compare the effects of nutrition which has been enriched with different amounts of gluten to gluten-free diets on weight gain, diabetogenic state, hematological, and biochemical parameters.

Materials And Methods:  A total of 40 newly weaned male Wistar albino rats used in the study were randomized into 4 different groups based on the gluten rations they were given. Following 12 weeks of diet they were killed and intracardiac blood samples were collected.

The Electrical and Photodetector Characteristics of the Graphene:PVA/p-Si Schottky Structures Depending on Illumination Intensities.

Five samples were fabricated to obtain a diode with a PVA interface, both with and without graphene doping at different rates with high rectification in the dark. The electrospinning method was employed to apply the doped and undoped solutions, creating the interlayers. Since the diode with a 1 wt % graphene-doped PVA interlayer outperformed the other samples, the main electrical and photodetector characteristics of this structure were investigated.

Predictive factors of age-related macular degeneration with poor response to three loading doses of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor.

Purpose: To evaluate the predictive factors of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) with poor response to three loading doses of intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB).

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was performed on nAMD patients three loading IVB initial treatment. The patients were divided into two groups, without residual fluid on optical coherence tomography (OCT) images (Group 1) and with residual fluid (Group 2).