Explainable fNIRS-based pain decoding under pharmacological conditions via deep transfer learning approach.

Significance: Assessment of pain and its clinical diagnosis rely on subjective methods which become even more complicated under analgesic drug administrations.

Aim: We aim to propose a deep learning (DL)-based transfer learning (TL) methodology for objective classification of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)-derived cortical oxygenated hemoglobin responses to painful and non-painful stimuli presented under different timings post-analgesic and placebo drug administration.

Approach: A publicly available fNIRS dataset obtained during painful/non-painful stimuli was used.

Peritumoral Adipose Tissue Density Predicts the Malignancy in cT1 Renal Masses.

Objective: Not only the frequency of surgery for small renal masses has increased secondary to the improvements and frequent use of imaging techniques but also the frequency of detection of benign lesions in nephrectomy specimens has increased as well. We aimed to assess the predictive value of computed tomography density of perirenal adipose tissue and peritumoral adipose tissue in distinguishing between benign and malignant renal masses.

Materials And Methods: The current study included 116 patients who underwent nephrectomy for renal masses between January 2015 and December 2020.

Lamina Measurements with Computed Tomography for C2 Translaminar Screw Fixation in Pediatric and Adult Cases.

Aim: To measure C2-related morphometric parameters in a Turkish population.

Material And Methods: The computed tomography (CT) images of three groups (Group 1: paediatric cases aged 1-6 years, Group 2: age7-16 years, and Group 3: adult cases), who had cervical spine CT were used to measure some morphometric parameters for safe C2 translaminar screw fixation. The measured parameters included thickness, height and length of the C2 lamina on both sides and the C2 lamina-midline angle.

Post-activation depression of primary afferents reevaluated in humans.

Amplitude variation of Hoffmann Reflex (H-reflex) was used as a tool to investigate many neuronal networks. However, H-reflex itself is a subject to intrinsic changes including post-activation depression (P-AD). We aimed to investigate P-AD and its implication on motor control in humans.

The prevalence of childhood psychopathology in Turkey: a cross-sectional multicenter nationwide study (EPICPAT-T).

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of childhood psychopathologies in Turkey.

Method: A nation-wide, randomly selected, representative population of 5830 children (6-13 years-old) enrolled as a 2nd,3rd or 4th grade student in 30 cities were evaluated for presence of a psychiatric or mental disorder by a Sociodemographic Form, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL), and DSM-IV-Based Screening Scale for Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Children and Adolescents scales. Impairment criterion was assessed via a 3 point-Likert scale by the parent and the teacher independently.

Associations Between Father Temperament, Character, Rearing, Psychopathology and Child Temperament in Children Aged 3-6 Years.

Temperament refers to the totality of individual characteristics present from birth that determine a child's unique style of behavior. Maternal personality and attitudes, one of the factors affecting temperament traits in children, is a frequently investigated subject. However, paternal variables have remained insufficiently studied.

Preliminary results from a nationwide adult cardiology perspective for pulmonary hypertension: RegiStry on clInical outcoMe and sUrvival in pulmonaRy hypertension Groups (SIMURG).

Objective: The present study was designed to evaluate the characteristics of pulmonary hypertension (PH) and adult cardiology practice patterns for PH in our country.

Methods: We evaluated preliminary survey data of 1501 patients with PH (females, 69%; age, 44.8±5.

Impact of Chronic Rheumatic Valve Diseases on Large Vessels.

BACKGROUND AND AIM OF STUDY: Rheumatic valvular heart disease, which remains a common health problem in developing countries, has numerous consequences on the heart chambers and circulation. The study aim was to investigate the effects of chronic rheumatic valve disease on the diameters of the descending aorta (DA) and inferior vena cava (IVC). METHODS: A total of 88 patients with echocardiographically documented rheumatic valvular heart disease and 112 healthy controls were enrolled into the study.

The Psychiatric Consequences of Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychiatric consequences of sexual abuse and its associated factors in children and adolescents referred to our child and adolescent psychiatry clinic from official medico-legal units.

Methods: All victims of sexual abuse (n=590) aged 1-18 (mean: 13.56±3.

Maternal stress and perinatal features in autism and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Background: We investigated the shared and non-shared perinatal risk factors for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a clinical sample. Additionally, we compared these groups regarding pre/postpartum maternal stress and the duration of breastfeeding.

Methods: Children aged 3-18 years old with ASD (n = 100) were compared with age- and gender-matched children with ADHD (n = 100) and with age- and gender-matched healthy controls (n = 80).

[Relationship between the Psychiatric Symptoms in Expecting Parents and Postpartum Depression and Infantile Colic: A Multicenter Follow up Study].

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between postpartum depression (PPD), infantile colic (IC) and different psychosocial variables, psychiatric symptoms, attachment style and perceived social support in expecting parents.

Method: Two hundred forty five expecting mothers and 150 expecting fathers were first interviewed between the 22-34 weeks of pregnancy. Sociodemografic data form, Adult Attachment Style Scale (AASS), State Anxiety Inventory (SAI), Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) and Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) were filled out by each expecting parent.

Abuse Characteristics and Psychiatric Consequences Associated with Online Sexual Abuse.

The current study examined the rate and psychiatric correlates of sexual abuse involving the use of digital technologies by the offender in a wide sample of juvenile victims. Sociodemographic, abuse, and psychiatric characteristics of 662 sexually abused children and adolescents were evaluated. Of these, 93 reported that digital devices were used by the offender in several ways to facilitate the sexual abuse.

Mother-Child Interactions of Preterm Toddlers.

Introduction: We aimed to investigate the mother-toddler relationship in preterm toddlers.

Methods: The sample consisted of 18 mothers and their preterm toddlers (group 1) and 20 mothers and their fullterm toddlers (group 2). Anxiety and depressive symptom levels, attachment pattern, and parental attitudes of mothers and social-emotional problems and developmental level of the toddlers were explored to assess possible confounding factors in the mother-toddler relationship.

Relationship between Neurocardiogenic Syncope and Ventricular Repolarization.

Background: We aimed to analyze ventricular repolarization in neurocardiogenic syncope (NCS) patients by using T-peak-T-end interval, T-peak-T-end/QT ratio, T-peak-T-end/QTc ratio and corrected QT interval (QTc), QT dispersion (QTd), QT index (QTI) and corrected QT interval index (QTcI) comparing with the corrected JT dispersion (JTcd), and corrected JT (JTc) and the corrected JT interval index (JTcI), by inspecting ventricular activation until termination of repolarization. These parameters are used as an index of potential ventricular arrhythmogenesis.

Methods: We have studied patients with head-up tilt table test (HUTT) (+) (33 patients; mean age: 28 ± 11 years) and HUTT (-) as control group (33 patients; mean age: 30 ± 11 years).

Neuropsychological and Clinical Profiles of Children and Adolescents Diagnosed with Childhood Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Introduction: The differential features of childhood-onset obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) compared to adult-onset OCD are being more of a focus of attention in recent years. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical and neuropsychological profiles of children and adolescents diagnosed with childhood-onset OCD and to investigate the association between the duration, severity, comorbidity, and family history of the disorder and clinical and neuropsychological functional impairments.

Methods: Thirty-five OCD patients (patient group) and 35 healthy control subjects (control group) between 8-15 years of age were included.

Myocardial Performance Index in Neurocardiogenic Syncope Patients.

Background: Many syncopes resulting from neural reflexes in various conditions are called neurocardiogenic syncope (NCS). We aimed to investigate the presence of left ventricular (LV) myocardial performance index (MPI) in patients with NCS, which was diagnosed with head-up tilt table test (HUTT), and the accurateness of the test in order to use it as a method in patients with NCS. Assuming the MPI as a potential cause of syncope, we assessed the Tei index with non-invasive tissue Doppler echocardiography method.

Effects of lying position on P-wave dispersion in patients with heart failure.

Objective: It was the aim of this study to investigate the effects of the right lateral decubitus, left lateral decubitus and supine lying position on P-wave dispersion (PWD) in patients with heart failure (HF).

Subjects And Methods: Seventeen patients with HF whose ejection fraction was <35% were included in the study. Right lateral decubitus, left lateral decubitus and supine electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings were obtained.

Child sexual abuse in Turkey: an analysis of 1002 cases.

This study investigated the characteristics of abuse suffered by children, the dimensions of the psychiatric effects associated with abuse, and the factors affecting these. One thousand two cases aged under 18, exposed to sexual abuse, and referred over a 7-year period were assessed. Girls represented 80.

Effect of methylphenidate treatment on appetite and levels of leptin, ghrelin, adiponectin, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in children and adolescents with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder.

Objectives: We aimed to explore whether the use of methylphenidate relates leptin, ghrelin, adiponectin, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). In addition, the relationship between methylphenidate-related weight loss in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) patients and these biomolecules were evaluated.

Methods: Thirty ADHD patients receiving methylphenidate and 20 healthy controls were included.

Self-esteem and psychiatric features of Turkish adolescents with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: a comparative study with epilepsy and healthy control groups.

Objective: Children and adolescents with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) and epilepsy are known to have psychosocial problems. The aim of the present study was to compare the psychosocial difficulties, history of stressful life events/abuse, psychiatric diagnosis, and self-esteem of adolescents with PNES to the ones with epilepsy and healthy controls at a tertiary care center in Turkey.

Method: Thirty-four adolescents with PNES diagnosed by video-EEG were compared with 23 adolescents that have epilepsy and 35 healthy volunteers.

Prognostic role of echocardiographic and hematologic parameters in heart failure patients complicated with incidental pleural effusion diagnosed during echocardiographic evaluation.

We aimed to determine long-term prognostic role of echocardiographic and hematologic parameters in heart failure patients complicated with incidental pleural effusion (PE) diagnosed during echocardiographic evaluation. The study was performed by evaluating patient records in which PE was incidentally detected during echocardiographic examination in a tertiary teaching hospital between Jan 2002 and Dec 2012. Total 151 patients with heart failure complicated with PE were analyzed.

Prognostic role of incidental pleural effusion diagnosed during echocardiographic evaluation.

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the long-term prognostic implications of incidental pleural effusion (PE) detected during echocardiographic examination and its relationship with concomitant diseases.

Hypothesis: The study hypothesis is to test whether incidental pleural PE detected during echocardiographic examination be used as a prognostic marker.

Methods: The study was performed by evaluating patient records (N = 251) in whom PE was incidentally detected during echocardiographic examination in a tertiary hospital between 1999 and 2012.

[Neuropsychological profiles of adolescents with bipolar disorder and adolescents with a high risk of bipolar disorder].

Purpose: In recent years evidence of an association between bipolar disorder (BD), and specific neuropsychological impairment and familial transmission of BD has been mounting. The aim of this study was to identify the clinical and neuropsychological features of BD in adolescents, to assess the clinical and neuropsychological parameters in adolescents with a high risk of familial transmission of BD, and to identify probable early markers of the disorder.

Materials And Methods: The study included 25 patients aged 12-18 years that were diagnosed as BD (case group), 25 adolescents without a mood disorder that had a parent and/or sibling diagnosed as BD, (risk group), and 25 typically developing adolescents (control group).