Beliefs and behaviors of patients' relatives towards childhood epilepsy in Turkey.

Background/aim: Beliefs about health-related problems throughout history are conveyed differently. Unsafe practices based on the superstitious beliefs of patients' relatives in situations requiring emergency medical attention, such as childhood epilepsy, or in the treatment of chronic diseases may be harmful to children's health. Our study aims to determine the superstitious beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours of the relatives of children with epilepsy.

Assessment of Environmental Attitudes and Risk Perceptions among University Students in Mersin, Turkey.

Background: Environmental destruction is one of the most important problems in this century.

Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the environmental attitudes and perceived risks associated with environmental factors of the students.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 7 faculties of Mersin University.

A Classical Wooden Vaginal Speculum Mentioned in Old Medical Manuscripts.

The subject of this paper is the story of an ancient medical instrument. This instrument is a wooden vaginal speculum used in classical and Islamic medicine. Its drawings can be found in Abulcasis al-Zahrawi's and Şerefeddin Sabuncuoğlu's illustrated books of surgery.

THE OPINIONS OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS ABOUT EXPOSED DISCRIMINATION BASED ON HOSPITALS OR HEALTH PERSONNEL.

Objective: The aim of this paper is to determine whether age discrimination exists for hospitalized patients.

Methods: This study was conducted on 298 hospitalized patients at the Mersin University Medical Faculty Hospital in Mersin, Turkey, in May 2012. The questionnaire consisted of 8 questions trying to determine patients' socio-demographic attitudes and consisted of 22 items prepared by the authors.

Variables affecting medical faculty students' achievement: a mersin university sample.

Background: TRAINING PROVIDED IN MEDICAL FACULTIES IS MAINLY COMPOSED OF TWO PHASES: preclinical and clinical. Preclinical period, or the first three years, consists of theoretical classes and practical implementations to develop vocational skills. In the clinical period, students are given applied courses.

[Determining the biomechanical quality of normal and osteoporotic bones in rat femora through biomechanical test and finite element analysis].

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the biomechanical quality of cortical bone in normal and osteoporotic rat femora with the use of biomechanical analysis and finite element analysis.

Methods: Fourteen young adult female Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 225-250 g were randomized into two groups equal in number. One group underwent bilateral ovariectomy under ketamine anesthesia.

Biomechanical evaluation in osteoporosis: ovariectomized rat model.

The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of ovariectomy on rat femur biomechanical parameters. Bone mineral density (BMD) and histological investigation were also evaluated. Fourteen female Sprague-Dawley rats (seven ovariectomized, seven control) were used.

Histoacryl glue in meniscal repairs (a biomechanical study).

The purpose of this study was to investigate the biomechanical efficacy of Histoacryl (cyanoacrylate, N-asetil 2 butyl sistein) in meniscal tear repair. In our study, the primary stability of three different repair techniques in delaying the formation of a gap of 2 mm was investigated. A meniscal tear was repaired with two vertical sutures and Histoacryl in the first group; it was repaired only with Histoacryl in the second group, and with only two vertical sutures in the third group.

Two stage EDTA anti-calcification method for bioprosthetic heart valve materials.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of two-stage EDTA treatment in diminishing calcific degeneration in bovine pericardial bioprosthetic heart valve material.

Material/methods: Conventionally preserved pericardium specimens were divided into two groups. Group I (controls, n=18) pieces were first fixed in phosphate-buffered solution (PBS)+0.

Low-exposure cadmium is more toxic on osteoporotic rat femoral bone: mechanical, biochemical, and histopathological evaluation.

This study aimed to investigate the effects of low-exposure Cd on normal and osteoporotic bone. For this purpose, 12-week-old Sprague-Dawley female rats were assigned randomly to a control group, a Cd group, and an ovariectomy (OVX)+Cd group. OVX+Cd rats underwent bilateral ovariectomy via ventral incision.

The evaluation of micronucleus frequency by acridine orange fluorescent staining in peripheral blood of rats treated with lead acetate.

The data concerning the mutagenic, clastogenic and carcinogenic properties of inorganic lead compounds have been conflicting. Here, we evaluated the frequency of micronuclei in the peripheral blood of female rats treated with three different lead acetate doses. Outbred female Wistar rats were treated by gavage once per week for 10 weeks with cumulative doses of 140, 250 and 500 mg/kg body weight (body wt) of lead acetate.

Acute effect of single-dose cadmium treatment on lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzymes in ovariectomized rats.

We investigated the acute effect of single-dose cadmium (Cd) treatment on lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzymes in liver and kidney of rats following an ovariectomy operation. Twenty-eight female Wistar albino rats were used and were divided into four groups: I, control (n=7); II, cadmium (Cd, n=7); III, ovariectomized (Ovx, n=7); and IV, ovariectomized+cadmium (Ovx-Cd, n=7). Fourteen of the rats were ovariectomized.