The Effect of Breathing and Relaxation Exercises on Self-Care, Dyspnea, and Fatigue in Heart Failure: A Randomized Controlled Study.

Dyspnea, fatigue, and self-care are common occurrences of heart failure. This study evaluated the effects of yoga breathing and progressive muscle relaxation exercises on dyspnea, fatigue, and self-care in heart failure. The study conducted between April 2023 and March 2024 randomized 66 heart failure patients into 3 groups (yoga breathing exercise, progressive muscle relaxation exercise, and control).

Challenges and predictive radiological findings in the diagnosis of neuroendocrine tumors in patients with acute appendicitis.

Background: Acute appendicitis is one of the most common surgical emergencies. With antibiotic-first treatment strategies gaining importance, the risk of an appendiceal tumor as an incidental finding or as the cause of appendicitis presents an obstacle to a conservative approach. Neuroendocrine tumors, the most frequent type of appendiceal tumors, are difficult to diagnose preopera-tively due to their small size.

Treatment and long term follow-up results in patients with pulmonary vascular thrombosis related to COVID-19.

Pulmonary embolism is a complication of COVID-19 infection. The aim of this study is to assess prognosis and treatment response, including incidences of chronicity, relapse, and mortality among outpatients diagnosed with COVID-19-related pulmonary embolism between 2020 and 2022. A total of 101 patients with pulmonary embolism, started on anticoagulation during or within a month of COVID-19 infection, were included after testing positive by PCR.

Long-Term Outcomes of Pediatric Pars Planitis: Retrospective Cohort from a Single Tertiary Center in Turkey.

Purpose: To retrospectively analyze long-term outcomes of pediatric pars planitis (PP).

Methods: PP was defined as vitreal inflammation with snowbank or snowball formation in the absence of a related disease. Eighty-five eyes of 44 patients were included in this study.

Effects of Housing Systems on Production Performance, Egg Quality, Tonic Immobility and Feather Score in Laying Hens.

Background: This study was designed to investigate the effects of different housing systems on production performance, egg quality and welfare in laying hens.

Methods: One hundred and twenty 42-week-old "Atak S" laying hens, purchased from a manufacturing company, were randomly assigned to 4 housing systems: conventional cages, furnished cages, deep-litter system and free-range. Each system housed 30 hens, which were kept in these systems for 6 weeks.

A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing the severity of core symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in females and males.

In the past decade, there have been substantial changes in diagnostic nomenclature. This study investigated sex differences in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptom severity based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-IV, DSM-IV(TR), and DSM-5 criteria, separating rating scale and clinical interview data in children and adults with ADHD. PubMed, PsycINFO, and Scopus were searched for published studies (1996-2021) reporting severity of attention, and hyperactivity/impulsivity in males and females.

Perceived Social Support and Depression, Anxiety and Stress in Pregnant Women Diagnosed With Foetal Anomaly.

Aim: To examine the relationship between perceived social support level and depression, anxiety and stress in pregnant women diagnosed with foetal anomaly.

Design/methods: This descriptive and correlational study was conducted in an advanced prenatal evaluation unit of a university hospital between December 2021 and May 2022. The study data collected from 131 pregnant women through a personal information form, depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS-42) and multidimensional scale of perceived social support (MSPSS).

Women's Attitudes toward Family Planning in the Postpartum Period and Affecting Factors: Turkiye Sample.

Introduction: Despite declining birth rates and improvements in maternal health care, the number of unwanted pregnancies and unwanted births in Turkiye remains high. The aim of this study was to determine women's attitudes and preferences regarding family planning and the factors influencing them in the postpartum period.

Method: A descriptive and correlational study was carried out.

A Flexible Asymmetric Supercapacitor with High-Performance and Long-Lifetime: Fabrication of Nanoworm-Like-Structured Electrodes Based on Polypyrrole-Thiosemicarbazone Complex.

A thiosemicarbazone-based iron(III) complex is prepared and used in the preparation of a supercapacitor electrode material. This electrode is produced by a solvothermal reaction of polypyrrole and the complex on carbon felt. The characterization of the complex and material is carried out using UV-vis, elemental analysis, FT-IR, XRD, BET, and TGA methods, and the surface morphology is examined using SEM technique.

The Effect of Noise and Reverberation on Spatial Perception in Sequential Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users.

Background:  Spatial orientation is an executive function which includes vital activities and auditory organization according to daily bodily movements, directionality, and environmental information. It is directly linked to the vision and hearing and used throughout life, building complex relationships with these systems, based on learning.

Purpose:  Our purpose in our study is to try to see the effects of noise and reverberation on the users by comparing the localization and auditory performances of the cochlear implant (CI) user individuals in a silent, noisy environment and reverberation.

Profiling of five urinary exosomal miRNAs for the differential diagnosis of patients with diabetic kidney disease and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.

Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the diagnostic utility of microRNAs (miRNAs) for distinguishing between urine samples from patients with Diabetic Kidney Disease (DKD) and those with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS).

Methods: In this multicentric, cross-sectional investigation, we enrolled patients diagnosed with DKD, individuals with primary biopsy-proven FSGS, and healthy controls. The top 5 miRNAs (hsa-mir-21, hsa-mir-30a, hsa-mir-193a, hsa-mir-196a, hsa-mir-200a) were selected to quantify miRNAs in urine samples.

The effect of web based and traditional self breast examination education on nursing students' knowledge, skills and self-directed learning skills: A randomised controlled study.

Aim: The aim of this study is to examine the effect of web based self-breast examination education on nursing students' knowledge, skills, and self-directed learning skills in self-breast examination.

Background: Breast cancer is the most prevalent type of cancer among women, mortality rates are still high today. It is critical to improve the knowledge and skills and raise the self-awareness and health consciousness of individuals and society about self-breast examination, which is important in the early diagnosis of breast cancer, in order to lower mortality rates.

Achieving bifacial photovoltaic performance in PTB7-based organic solar cell by integrating transparent contact for emerging semi-transparent applications.

In this study, the design, fabrication and detailed analysis of semi-transparent bifacial organic solar cells (ST-OSC) based on MoO/Ag/WO (10/d/d nm) dielectric/metal/dielectric (DMD) transparent contact system integrated with PTB7 polymer were investigated. The study emphasizes the importance of designing transparent contact systems to optimize the solar cells' transparency (average visible transmittance, AVT), color rendering (color rendering index, CRI), efficiency (power conversion efficiency, PCE), and bifaciality. The performance of three distinct configurations was examined in the AVT (47.

Behavior of jittering potential before and after impulse blockings: a preliminary study in myasthenia gravis.

Neuromuscular junction disorders lead to secession of bioelectrical activity transmission between motor nerve endings and muscle fibers. In diseases that are severe enough, impulse blockings are observed. This study aims to reveal the behavior of neuromuscular junction before and after impulse blockings.

Tapping Into Awareness: Assessing Nursing Students' Water Consumption Behaviors and Sustainability Perceptions Through a Cross-Sectional Study With Machine Learning Approach.

Introduction: Investigating water consumption behaviors and perceptions of water sustainability among nursing students is crucial for effective resource management. This study employs machine learning (ML) techniques to analyze these factors in detail.

Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study involved 182 senior nursing students from an accredited faculty in Istanbul, Turkey, during the 2023-2024 academic year.

Manufacturing Radially Aligned PCL Nanofibers Reinforced With Sulfated Levan and Evaluation of its Biological Activity for Healing Tympanic Membrane Perforations.

The main objective of this study is to construct radially aligned PCL nanofibers reinforced with levan polymer and investigate their in vitro biological activities thoroughly. First Halomonas levan (HL) polysaccharide is hydrolyzed (hHL) and subjected to sulfation to attain Sulfated hydrolyzed Halomonas levan (ShHL)-based material indicating heparin mimetic properties. Then, optimization studies are carried out to produce coaxially generated radially aligned Poly(caprolactone) (PCL) -ShHL nanofibers via electrospinning.