Dual Strategy with Adipose-Derived Stem Cells and l-arginine Recovered Cavernosal Functions in a Rat Model of Radical Prostatectomy.

As standard therapy for prostate cancer, radical prostatectomy causes cavernous nerve (CN) injury and increases fibrosis and hypoxia-induced penile structural alterations. This study aimed to determine the potential beneficial effects of adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) and l-arginine alone or in combination on the penile erection in a rat model of erectile dysfunction caused by bilateral cavernous nerve transection (CNT). Male rats ( = 35) were randomized into five groups: Sham-operated; CNT (4-weeks); CNT plus ADSCs (1 × 10 cells by intracavernosal injection); CNT plus l-arginine (4 weeks, 10 mg/kg/day, oral); and ADSCs combined with l-arginine in CNT.

Care experiences and care expectations of hospitalized high-risk pregnant women: a qualitative study.

Gaining insight into the prenatal care experiences and expectations of high-risk pregnant women is crucial for offering holistic care that aligns with their individualized needs. This study aimed at determining the care experiences and expectations of women with high-risk pregnancies. We adopted a descriptive qualitative approach in the research.

The effect of prenatal anxiety on prenatal attachment in high-risk pregnant women and related factors: a cross-sectional study.

High-risk pregnant women experience stress and anxiety. Anxiety may affect prenatal attachment. This study aimed to examine the effect of anxiety on prenatal attachment in high-risk pregnant women.

Childhood Non-verbal Communication Scale (CNCS): Turkish Adaptation and Psychometric Properties.

Introduction: Nonverbal communication (NC) skills develop dramatically during the first year of life. Especially in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), inadequacies in these skills in the early period negatively affect language development later. Therefore, early recognition of ASD symptoms is the first step in the diagnosis.

Do Attitude, Awareness and Intention to Perform Female Genital Mutilation or Cutting for Their Daughters of Women Healthcare Providers Differ from Mothers in Somalia?

Aim: This study aimed to determine whether there were differences in attitude, awareness, and intention to perform female genital mutilation or cutting for their daughters in the future between female healthcare providers and mothers.

Methods: A comparative cross-sectional study design was used.

Results: A total of 508 women were included in the study.

The Impacts of Acidophilic Lactic Acid Bacteria on Food and Human Health: A Review of the Current Knowledge.

The need to improve the safety/quality of food and the health of the hosts has resulted in increasing worldwide interest in acidophilic lactic acid bacteria (LAB) for the food, livestock as well as health industries. In addition to the use of acidophilic LAB with probiotic potential for food fermentation and preservation, their application in the natural disposal of acidic wastes polluting the environment is also being investigated. Considering this new benefit that has been assigned to probiotic microorganisms in recent years, the acceleration in efforts to identify new, efficient, promising probiotic acidophilic LAB is not surprising.

Spiritual Care Competencies and the Frequency of Spiritual Care Practices of Nurses in Turkey.

This descriptive study aimed at determining the spiritual care competencies and the frequency of spiritual care practices of nurses. A total of 119 nurses working in the palliative care unit, oncology services, and intensive care units of a state hospital in Turkey participated in the study. The data were collected by the  Participant Information Form, Spiritual Care Competence Scale, and Nurse Spiritual Care Therapeutics Scale.

Effects of coronary artery calcified plaque and stent on severity and survival of COVID-19 patients: a decision tree model study.

Aim: We aimed to investigate the relationship between the presence of calcified plaques and stents in coronary arteries as evaluated by the chest computed tomography severity score (CT-SS) and mortality rates in patients with COVID-19.

Material And Methods: A single-center retrospective analysis was conducted of 492 patients (≥18 yrs) who were hospitalized between March and June 2020. All included patients had RT-PCR tests positive for COVID-19.

Five-factor personality traits as predictors of intercultural sensitivity among Turkish preservice teachers.

The aim of this study is to examine the relationships between the five-factor personality traits and intercultural sensitivity among Turkish preservice teachers. The participants of this study were 1218 college students enrolled at a university located in the central Black Sea Region of Türkiye. The participants were selected using a convenience sampling method.

The impact of obesity on ocular hemodynamics and choroidal thickness.

Background: Obesity affects microvascular structures. The effect of obesity on the ocular vascular system can be evaluated by changes in the choroidal thickness (CT) and retrobulbar blood flow (RBF).

Objectives: To evaluate the CT and RBF parameters in obese patients with various body mass index (BMI) values and compare these parameters with normal weight, healthy subjects.

Effects of Patient-Based Imaging Artifacts On CT Diagnosis of COVID-19 and Its Severity.

Purpose: To investigate the effects of patient-induced artifacts on the diagnostic performance of the COVID-19 Reporting and Data System (CO-RADS) and the computed tomography chest severity score (CT-SS).

Methods: A single-center retrospective analysis of patients aged 18 years and older who were admitted to the authors' hospital with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 and underwent chest CT between July and November 2021 was conducted. Patients' chest CT scans were examined by 3 radiologists for CT-SS and CO-RADS classifications.

Can C-reactive protein/albumin ratio be a prognostic factor in acute stroke patients undergoing mechanical thrombectomy?

Introduction: C-reactive protein (CRP) and albumin are markers synthesized by the liver and may reflect inflammatory responses. CRP/Albumin ratio (CAR) serves better to reflect the inflammatory state and therefore the prognosis. Worse prognosis is reported in previous studies when CAR rate on admission is high in patients with stroke, aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, malignancy or patients followed in intensive care units.

Adaptive diffusion priors for accelerated MRI reconstruction.

Deep MRI reconstruction is commonly performed with conditional models that de-alias undersampled acquisitions to recover images consistent with fully-sampled data. Since conditional models are trained with knowledge of the imaging operator, they can show poor generalization across variable operators. Unconditional models instead learn generative image priors decoupled from the operator to improve reliability against domain shifts related to the imaging operator.

In-Domain Transfer Learning Strategy for Tumor Detection on Brain MRI.

Transfer learning has gained importance in areas where there is a labeled data shortage. However, it is still controversial as to what extent natural image datasets as pre-training sources contribute scientifically to success in different fields, such as medical imaging. In this study, the effect of transfer learning for medical object detection was quantitatively compared using natural and medical image datasets.

An evaluation of antibacterial properties and cytotoxicity of UV-curable biocompatible films containing hydroxyethyl cellulose and silver nanoparticles.

The present study aimed to develop biocompatible film materials with antibacterial and anticancer properties that can be cured with UV rays depending on the thiol-en click reaction mechanism. The synthesized m-Ag NPs were added to formulations containing acrylate functionality HEC, pentaerythritol tetrarkis(3-mercaptopropionate), and photoinitiator at different rates (0, 20, 40, and 60 parts per hundred (phr)). The antibacterial activity of the films was evaluated against S.

The Effects of MBSR Programme on Prenatal Comfort and Fetal Health Anxiety in Pregnant Women.

Objective: This study was conducted to examine the effect of the online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programme applied to pregnant women on their prenatal comfort and foetal anxiety levels.

Material And Method: This randomised controlled study was conducted between July and October 2022, with 89 pregnant women registered in a Family Health Centre of Adiyaman, located in the Southeastern Anatolia region of Turkey. In the study, a total of eight sessions of MBSR programme, one session per week for eight weeks, were applied to the pregnant women in the experimental group.

The effect of mothers' fears of Covid-19 on their attitudes towards feeding their children and using food supplements.

This study aims to investigate the correlation between mothers' COVID-19 fears and their attitudes toward feeding their children and using food supplements. The mothers of 312 children aged 3-6 years participated in this study. Data were collected online using the Descriptive Characteristics Form for Children and Their Families, the Questionnaire Form on Food Supplement Use, the Mother's Attitudes Toward the Feeding Process Scale (MAFPS), and the Fear of COVID-19 Scale.

Does the addition of choline and/or betaine to diets reduce the methionine requirements of laying quails? Assessment of performance and egg antioxidant capacity.

The purpose of the present study was to assess the performance, quality of eggs internally and externally, and antioxidant capacity of yolks in laying quails with the administration of choline and betaine to diets containing reduced methionine levels. A total of 150 Japanese laying quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) at the 10-wk age were randomly assigned to 6 experimental groups, each consisting of 5 replicates and 5 birds for 10 wk. The treatment diets were designed by adding the following substances: 0.

Preparation, spectroscopic, X-ray crystallographic, DFT, antimicrobial and ADMET studies of N-[(4-flourophenyl)sulfanyl]phthalimide.

N-[(4-Fluorophenyl)sulfanyl]phthalimide (CHFNOS, FP) was synthesized and characterized using X-ray crystallography. It was then investigated via quantum chemical analysis using the density functional theory (DFT) approach, as well as spectrochemically using FT-IR and H and C NMR spectroscopy, and elemental analysis. The observed and stimulated spectra are in very good agreement for the DFT method.

The use of purple carrot powder in the diet of laying quails improved some egg quality characteristics, including antioxidant capacity.

The goal of the current experiment was to investigate the effect of dietary concentrations of purple carrot powder (PCP) on performance, egg production, egg quality, and the antioxidant capacity of the yolk in laying quails. A total of one hundred and fifty 22-week-old Japanese laying quails were allotted to 5 dietary treatments each with 6 replicates of 5 quails. Quails were allocated to five dietary treatments (0, 0.

Vertically oriented self-assembly of colloidal CdSe/CdZnS quantum wells controlled hydrophilicity/lipophilicity balance: optical gain of quantum well stacks for amplified spontaneous emission and random lasing.

We propose and demonstrate vertically oriented self-assembly of colloidal quantum wells (CQWs) that allows for stacking CdSe/CdZnS core/shell CQWs in films for the purposes of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) and random lasing. Here, a monolayer of such CQW stacks is obtained liquid-air interface self-assembly (LAISA) in a binary subphase by controlling the hydrophilicity/lipophilicity balance (HLB), a critical factor for maintaining the orientation of CQWs during their self-assembly. Ethylene glycol, as a hydrophilic subphase, orients the coalition of these CQWs into self-assembled multi-layers in the vertical direction.

Investigation of the Relationship Between Trefoil Factor Family Peptides and Sinonasal Inflammation.

The trefoil factor family (TFF) is a relatively new family of peptides. In some studies, an association between trefoil factors and inflammatory diseases of the nasal and paranasal sinuses has been suggested. However, it is still not clear whether there is a relationship between trefoil peptides and inflammation of the respiratory tract.

An Ensemble of Deep Learning Object Detection Models for Anatomical and Pathological Regions in Brain MRI.

This paper proposes ensemble strategies for the deep learning object detection models carried out by combining the variants of a model and different models to enhance the anatomical and pathological object detection performance in brain MRI. In this study, with the help of the novel Gazi Brains 2020 dataset, five different anatomical parts and one pathological part that can be observed in brain MRI were identified, such as the region of interest, eye, optic nerves, lateral ventricles, third ventricle, and a whole tumor. Firstly, comprehensive benchmarking of the nine state-of-the-art object detection models was carried out to determine the capabilities of the models in detecting the anatomical and pathological parts.