Impacts of land use/land cover and climate change on landscape sensitivity in Tunca River sub-basin: Use in spatial planning and sectoral decision processes.

Managing landscape change is increasingly challenging due to rapid anthropogenic shifts. A delicate balance must be struck between the environment and change to ensure landscapes can withstand these impacts. This study conducted in the Tunca River sub-basin of Edirne province, aims to assess landscape sensitivity by examining the influence of land use/land cover (LULC) and climate change on landscape function processes.

Utilization of Recycled Brick Powder as Supplementary Cementitious Materials-A Comprehensive Review.

Over the past two decades, extensive research has been conducted to explore alternative supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) in order to address the environmental concerns associated with the cement industry. Bricks, which are frequently preferred in the construction sector, generate a lot of waste during the production and demolition of existing buildings, requiring environmentally sustainable recycling practices. Therefore, many studies have been carried out in recent years on the use of brick waste as supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) in cement mortar and concrete production.

Alteration in ACL loading after total and partial medial meniscectomy.

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are often caused by high impact loadings during competitive sports but may also happen during regular daily activities due to tissue degeneration or altered mechanics after a previous knee injury or surgery such as meniscectomy. Most existing research on ACL injury has focused on impact loading scenarios or the consequence of ACL injury on meniscus. The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of varying degrees of medial meniscectomy on the mechanics of intact ACL by performing a poromechanical finite element analysis under moderate creep loadings.

The effect of auditory stimuli on the pain and physiological parameters of children on mechanical ventilation during aspiration procedure: A randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: The study was conducted to determine the effect of mother's voice and music sound on pain and physiological parameters during aspiration procedure in children with mechanical ventilation support in the pediatric intensive care unit.

Design And Methods: This study was a randomized controlled type experimental study. According to the power analysis result of the sample of the study, 84 children who were treated in the pediatric intensive care unit of two university hospitals in Istanbul were formed.

Prevalence of High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Types and Their Association with Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma, and High- and Low-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions in Turkish Women.

Background: This study aimed to investigate human papillomavirus (HPV) type prevalence in our region and the relationship between uterine cervical HPV types and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)/intraepithelial lesions.

Methods: HPV test results were obtained from patient file archives of the Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic. Pathology report results were obtained from the digital records of the Pathology Laboratory and the patient file archives of the Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic in 2018.

Creep behavior of human knee joint determined with high-speed biplanar video-radiography and finite element simulation.

Creep and relaxation of knee cartilage and meniscus have been extensively studied at the tissue level with constitutive laws well established. At the joint level, however, both experimental and model studies have been focused on either elastic or kinematic responses of the knee, where the time-dependent response is typically neglected for simplicity. The objectives of this study were to quantify the in-vivo creep behavior of human knee joints produced by the cartilaginous tissues and to use the relevant data to validate a previously proposed poromechanical model.

Changes in Knee Joint Mechanics After Medial Meniscectomy Determined With a Poromechanical Model.

The menisci play a vital role in the mechanical function of knee joint. Unfortunately, meniscal tears often occur. Meniscectomy is a surgical treatment for meniscal tears; however, mechanical changes in the knee joint after meniscectomy is a risk factor to osteoarthritis (OA).

An investigation of serum irisin levels and inflammatory markers in fibromyalgia syndrome.

Objective: In the present study, we aimed to compare serum irisin levels in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and healthy control subjects and also investigate the relationship between irisin, disease activity and inflammation markers in patients.

Methods: A total of 84 women, including 48 patients who were diagnosed with FMS and 36 healthy controls, were included in this study. The demographic characteristics of the patients and control group were recorded.

The curative effect of cannabinoid 2 receptor agonist on functional failure and disruptive inflammation caused by intestinal ischemia and reperfusion.

Ischemia and reperfusion of intestinal tissue (intestinal I/R) induce disruption of ileal contractility and chain responses of inflammatory. The aim of this study was to reveal whether therapeutic value of cannabinoid 2 (CB2) receptor activity in the intestinal I/R, via to the exogenous administration of CB2 agonist (AM-1241). Intestinal I/R injury were performed through 30-min ischemia and 150-min reperfusion of mesenteric artery in Wistar rats.

The relationship between serum leptin level and disease activity and inflammatory markers in fibromyalgia patients.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate whether there is a correlation between serum leptin level, disease activity and inflammation markers in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS).

Methods: A total of 48 patients with FMS diagnosed according to the 1990 American College of Rheumatology criteria were included in the study, as well as 36 healthy women as controls. The Visual Analogue Scale was used to gauge pain severity, the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire was used to assess physical function, the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey was used to examine quality of life, and depression was measured with the Beck Depression Inventory.

Look closer to welders' lung.

Introduction: Welding produces miscellaneous gases and particles that has various impact on respiratory system and long term exposure may result "welders'lung". The aim of this study is to describe the radiological findings of welders' and make an awereness for welders radilogical findings.

Materials And Methods: The clinical and radiological findings of welders' who had hospital applications with respiratory symptoms between January 2010-January 2017 were evaluated retrospectively.

Correction to: Improving the baking quality of bread wheat by genomic selection in early generations.

Unfortunately, the co-author, Dr. Güngör was missed out in the authorship of original publication by mistake and it is updated now.

Accessory occipital suture mimicking fracture in head trauma.

The occipital bone is a complex structure due to its anatomy and accessory sutures. Fracture - accessory suture differential diagnosis should be performed carefully in patients with a history of head trauma [4]. In this case report we wanted to emphasize that accessory sutures can be difficult to diagnose in patients with head trauma.

Frozen Elephant Trunk and Antegrade Visceral Debranching in the Surgical Treatment of Type B Aortic Dissection: An Alternative Method.

Intervention is inevitable in complicated Type B aortic dissections. Classical surgical procedures and endovascular interventions are far from ideal treatments due to their high risk of periprocedural complications and mortality. There is often a need for alternative method in cases of difficult anatomy.

Genomic assisted selection for enhancing line breeding: merging genomic and phenotypic selection in winter wheat breeding programs with preliminary yield trials.

Early generation genomic selection is superior to conventional phenotypic selection in line breeding and can be strongly improved by including additional information from preliminary yield trials. The selection of lines that enter resource-demanding multi-environment trials is a crucial decision in every line breeding program as a large amount of resources are allocated for thoroughly testing these potential varietal candidates. We compared conventional phenotypic selection with various genomic selection approaches across multiple years as well as the merit of integrating phenotypic information from preliminary yield trials into the genomic selection framework.

The relationship between medial meniscal subluxation and stress distribution pattern of the knee joint: Finite element analysis.

Background: Degenerative changes of the knee joint and clinical follow-up after meniscal subluxation are well documented. In the current study three-dimensional (3D) finite element analysis (FEA) of human lower limb was used to investigate the effect medial meniscal subluxation on the loadings of the knee structures.

Methods: Apart from the reference model, a total of ten 3D models were created, according to amount of medial meniscal subluxation.

Improving artificial neural network model predictions of daily average PM10 concentrations by applying principle component analysis and implementing seasonal models.

Unlabelled: This study introduces a seasonal modeling approach in the prediction of daily average PM10 (particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter<10 μm) levels 1 day ahead based on multilayer perceptron artificial neural network (MLP-ANN) forecasters. The data set covered all daily based meteorological parameters and PM10 concentrations in the period of 2007-2014. Seasonal ANN models for winter and summer periods were separately developed and trained by using a lagged time series data set.

Experimental and theoretical studies of (E)-2-(2-hydroxystyryl)-6-(4-methoxybenzoyl)-5-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,2,4-triazin-3(2H)-one.

Crystal structure of the title compound, C26H21N3O5, has been synthesized and characterized by FT-IR, (1)H NMR, (13)C NMR and X-ray single crystal determination. The molecular geometry was also calculated by using Gaussian 03 software and structure was optimized by using HF and DFT/B3LYP method with the 6-31G(d) basis sets in ground state. The comparison of the theoretical and experimental geometries of the title compound indicated that the X-ray parameters agree with the theoretically obtained values.

Neuroprotective effect of atorvastatin in spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Objectives: Prevention of the development of paraplegia during the repair of the damage caused by descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aneurysms remains an important issue. Therefore, we investigated the protective effect of atorvastatin on ischemia-induced spinal cord injury in a rabbit model.

Method: Thirty-two rabbits were divided into the following four equally sized groups: group I (control), group II (ischemia-reperfusion), group III (atorvastatin treatment) and group IV (atorvastatin withdrawal).

Natural thermal adaptation increases heat shock protein levels and decreases oxidative stress.

Heat shock proteins (HSPs), originally identified as heat-inducible gene products, are a family of highly conserved proteins that respond to a wide variety of stress including oxidative stress. Although both acute and chronic oxidative stress have been well demonstrated to induce HSP responses, little evidence is available whether increased HSP levels provide enhanced protection against oxidative stress under elevated yet sublethal temperatures. We studied relationships between oxidative stress and HSPs in a physiological model by using Garra rufa (doctor fish), a fish species naturally acclimatized to different thermal conditions.

Respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function tests in security and safety products plant workers.

Objective: Lock and key factory workers are under the risk of metal pneumoconiosis and occupational asthma. In this cross-sectional study, it's aimed to evaluate the relationship between metal dust exposure and respiratory symptoms, pulmonary function tests of workers in different section of lock and key factory.

Methods: 54 male workers (mean age, 32.

Hand carriage of Candida occurs at lesser rates in hospital personnel who use antimicrobial hand disinfectant.

Background: The hands of hospital personnel are considered to be important for colonization and infection of patients with Candida spp. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of different hand disinfectants in reducing the carriage of Candida species on the hands of hospital personnel.

Methods: A controlled study was conducted at Duzce University School of Medicine Hospital.