Beyond the Visible: The Relationship Between Social Appearance Anxiety, Hopelessness, and Depression in Women with Urinary Incontinence.

Objective: This study aims to examine the relationship between the severity of urinary incontinence and levels of social appearance anxiety, hopelessness, and depression in women.

Methods: A total of 393 women participated in this descriptive and correlational study. Data were collected using the Introductory Information Form, Incontinence Severity Index (ISI), Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS), Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).

[Measles, Rubella, Mumps and Varicella Seropositivity in Health Technician Students: A Seroprevalence Study].

Measles, rubella, mumps and chickenpox infections are among the childhood diseases that can be prevented by vaccination. Healthcare workers are at greater risk of diseases transmitted through contact with patients' respiratory secretions, infected blood and body fluids. Students studying in the field of health are at the risk of encountering infectious diseases as much as healthcare personnel during their internship and practice experience in healthcare institutions during their education.

The Effect of storybook use in pediatric health services on children's fear and anxiety levels: A meta-analysis study.

Background: Invasive procedures are commonly used in pediatric healthcare, and storybooks can be used as an adjunct analgesic method.

Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of using storybooks as a distraction technique to reduce fear and anxiety in pediatric healthcare. This study was conducted with the aim of revealing the level of effect of storybook use on children's fear and anxiety level in pediatric health services.

Lateralization-specific adaptation in auditory cortical evoked potentials: Comparison with frequency-specificity.

'Opponent channels model' (OCM) is the widely accepted model for cortical representation of sound lateralization. Stimulus-specific 'release from adaptation' (RFA) in cortical responses has been used in previous studies to test the predictions of this model. However, these attempts were shown to be prone to confounds of spurious responses such as those to auditory motion and sound onset.

Dodder ( sp.) extract prevents cognitive deficits in a rat model of hepatic encephalopathy.

Objective: In our study, the protective effect of dodder plant extract against encephalopathy induced by cholestatic liver disease model was investigated.

Methods: Spraque Dawley rats were used in the study. For the cholestatic liver disease model, the bile duct ligation (BDL) was applied.

Experiences of migrant seasonal agricultural worker mothers in earthquakes: A phenomenological study.

Objective: Seasonal agricultural migration leads to both economic hardship and humanitarian challenges. Individuals involved in this migration face severe poverty and deprivation, with mothers critical participants in agrarian work, being especially vulnerable due to challenging conditions and family responsibilities. This study explores the experiences of migratory seasonal agricultural worker mothers and their children, particularly how the earthquake in Turkey impacted them on February 6, 2023.

The Effects of Lamium garganicum L. Subsp. lasioclades (Stapf.) R. Mill Plant Against Fibroblast (U2OS Cell), Acetylcholinesterase, Glutathione S-Transferase: An In Vitro, In Silico Biological Activity Screening Study.

In this study, some biological activities of extracts of Lamium garganicum subsp. lasioclades (Lgl) have been evaluated as well as identified the phenolic composition. Concentration ranges of 31.

Exploring the relationship between proactive personality, individual innovation, and mental health in university students.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to determine the effects of proactive personality and individual innovation characteristics of university students on their mental health together with their socio-demographic characteristics.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among students of Yozgat Bozok University in 2022. Data was collected using a sociodemographic information form, Individual Innovation Scale (IIS), Proactive Personality Scale (PPS), and the Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale (DASS-21).

Apoptotic effect of thymoquinone on OVCAR3 cells via the P53 and CASP3 activation.

Purpose: The limitations in cancer treatment and the inadequacy of classical methods have made it necessary to discover therapeutics in cancer treatment. The cytotoxicity of thymoquinone, which has quite different properties in terms of biological activities, in ovarian cancer cells, and the changes in the expression levels of apoptotic genes (p53/caspase-3 (casp-3)) were investigated.

Methods: In the study, thymoquinone (5, 50, 100, 250 and 500 µM and 24, 48, 72 hours) were applied to ovarian adenocarcinoma cancer cell line (OVCAR3), at different concentrations.

Turkish adaptation of the fear of cancer scale: validity, measurement invariance and reliability study.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the Turkish cultural and psychometric properties of the cancer fear scale developed by Feng et al. This methodological study was conducted between January and April 2024 with students from a university in eastern Turkey. Data were collected from two different sample groups (sample 1:350, sample 2:245).

[The Relationship between Serum Neuropeptide FFR2, Serum Smoothelin and Pregnancy Outcomes in Pregnant Women with Gestational Hypertension].

Objective: Gestational hypetension is a major public health concern due to its links with cardiovascular disease, stroke and neonatal morbidity and mortality. Timely diagnosis and effective management of gestational hypertension are essential for both maternal and neonatal health. Neuropeptide FF Receptor 2 (NPFFR2) is a protein secreted by the brain and placenta, involved in pain regulation, water balance, and the modulation of cardiovascular effects.

The effect of training to diabetes patients according to planned behavior theory on self-efficacy and patient empowerment: A randomized study.

Aim: To examine the effect of training provided to type 2 diabetes patients according to the theory of planned behavior on self-efficacy and patient empowerment.

Methods: This study, pre-test-post-test active control group single-blind experimental design, was conducted in the internal medicine outpatient clinic of a state hospital between April and October 2023. Participants were randomly assigned to the intervention group (IG; n = 45) and control group (CG; n = 47).

Intracerebroventricular administration of the exercise hormone irisin or acute strenuous exercise alleviates epileptic seizure-induced neuroinflammation and improves memory dysfunction in rats.

Background: Status epilepticus is a common and potentially life-threatening neurological emergency with a high risk for cognitive and neurobiological impairment. Our aim was to evaluate the neuroprotective effects of centrally administered irisin and acute exhausting exercise against oxidative brain injury and memory dysfunction due to a pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced single seizure. Male Sprague Dawley rats with intracerebroventricular (icv) cannulas were randomly divided into intraperitoneally (ip) saline-injected control and PTZ-injected (45 mg/kg) seizure groups.

Modified Dead-Alive Test for the assessment of semantic and episodic memory performance of older patients with neurocognitive disorder.

The aim of this study is to provide a test that allows for evaluation of both semantic memory (SM) and episodic memory (EM). The study sought to examine psychometric characteristics of the Modified Dead-Alive Test (M-DAT) in patients with neurocognitive disorders and the healthy elderly (HE). The M-DAT consists of 45 names of celebrities who have died in the remote past (15), died in the last five years (15), and are still alive (15), and participants are asked whether they are alive or dead.

The Bibliometric Analysis of the Postgraduate Theses Written on Medical Parasitology in Türkiye.

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the theses prepared in the field of medical parasitology in Türkiye and to reveal the importance given to the science of parasitology in the groves of academe and to raise awareness in this field.

Methods: Council of Higher Education's National Thesis Center database has been analyzed postgraduate these documents conducted in the field of medical parasitology from January 1985 to September 2022.

Results: As a result of the examining, 393 theses made in the field of medical parasitology were detected.

The effect of combined hydrolyzed type 2 collagen, methylsulfonylmethane, glucosamine sulfate and chondroitin sulfate supplementation on knee osteoarthritis symptoms.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of the combined hydrolyzed type 2 collagen, methylsulfonylmethane (MSM), glucosamine sulfate (GS), and chondroitin sulfate (CS) supplement on knee pain intensity in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA).

Patients And Methods: This multicenter, observational, noninterventional study included 98 patients (78 females, 20 males; mean age: 52.8±6.

Investigating the Effects of Tube Current and Tube Voltage on Patient Dose in Computed Tomography Examinations with Principial Component Analysis and Cluster Analysis: Phantom Study.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of tube current and tube voltage choices on patient dose in adult and pediatric CT protocols by qualitative analysis using Principal Component Analysis (PCA), cluster analysis, and statistical analysis.Dose length product (DLP), Effective mAs (Eff. mAs), and volume-weighted CT dose index (CTDIvol) dose descriptors were obtained from 16 adult and pediatric head phantom CT examinations.

The Effects of Family Functioning on Gross Motor Function, Activity, and Participation in Children with Cerebral Palsy.

Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate whether family functioning (FF) could impact gross motor function, activity, and participation in children with cerebral palsy (CP).

Materials & Methods: Sixty-seven children with spastic diplegic CP who were admitted to the Special Education and Rehabilitation Clinic were included in the study. The guidelines of the American Academy of Neurology were followed for the diagnosis of spastic diplegia.

Comparison of Clinical Outcomes between del Nido Cardioplegia and Microplegia among Patients Undergoing Elective Mitral Valve Replacement.

Background: Cardioplegia solutions are used to protect the myocardium from ischemic injury caused by cardiopulmonary bypass and various types of cardioplegia solutions have been introduced for cardiac surgery. In this study, we aimed to compare the effects of del Nido cardioplegia and microplegia, which were mostly used in our clinic for intraoperative and postoperative processes among patients who underwent elective mitral valve replacement. As a result, the comparison could be performed in a specific patient group without additional valvular or coronary disease, and cardioplegia distribution could be achieved more efficiently.