Molecular Prevalence and Phylogenetic Analysis of spp. in Goats from Adana, Türkiye.

Anaplasmosis is a disease in animals that leads to significant economic losses. In addition, the zoonotic potential of vector-borne species is increasing its importance, both around the world and in Türkiye, in particular. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and phylogenetic profile of species in goats from the districts of Adana province, Türkiye, via molecular methods.

The Association Between Depression and Antidiabetic Treatments in Type 2 Diabetes Patients with Both Good and Poor Glycemic Control.

: Much research has demonstrated that there is a relation between depression and chronic diseases. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the most common chronic diseases, and it is an expanding global health problem. This study aims to explore the relationship between glycemic control (GC), antidiabetic agents, and depression in T2DM, focusing on how depression affects treatment adherence and GC.

The impact of response type on affordance and spatial compatibility effects in human and object interactions.

Everyday social interactions or goal-directed actions towards objects activate action plans appropriate to their affordances. The spatial compatibility of a stimulus and a response might interfere with the activation of these action plans. In the present study, we examined how framing of interactions affects the interplay between affordance and spatial compatibility effects towards humans and objects in two separate experiments.

Relationship between parental adverse childhood experiences and the prevalence of early childhood caries.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the behavioural health conditions associated with parents' retrospective adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) scores and their children's early childhood caries (ECC) in parent-child dyads.

Materials And Methods: Parents with children younger than 72 months were included in the study. A relational screening model was used.

Evaluation of possible associated factors for early childhood caries: are preterm birth and birth weight related?

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the oral and dental health of preschool children aged 12-71 months living in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, and to examine the effects of low birth weight (LBW) and preterm, early term and term birth on dental caries.

Methods: 475 participants were included in the study. Intraoral examinations were performed and evaluated for the presence of early childhood caries (ECC).

3D finite element analysis of stress distribution as a result of oblique and horizontal forces after regenerative endodontic treatment part II: comparison of material thickness.

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the stress distribution caused by secondary trauma forces after regenerative endodontic treatment (RET) using different thicknesses of coronary barrier material with three-dimensional finite element analysis(FEA).

Method: A control model was created using the tomography image of the immature maxillary central tooth with computer software.Study models were created with the modulus of elasticity and Poisson's ratio of the materials used in RET.

Can the Serum Endocan Level Be Used as a Biomarker to Predict Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Patients with Prediabetes?

Background: Patients with prediabetes have an increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; therefore, early detection is important.

Objective: The present study aimed to reveal the usability of serum endocan levels as a biomarker in the diagnosis of subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with prediabetes, based on CIMT measurements.

Methods: Participants were classified according to the presence (n=42) or absence (n=42) of prediabetes.

Knowledge, Attitude and Clinical Practice of Dentists about Extraction of First Permanent Molars.

Purpose: The extraction of permanent first molar (PFM) teeth with poor prognosis allows the build of a new-and-ideal occlusion with the spontaneous movement of the healthy second and third molars by taking advantage of the patient's development. This study aimed to evaluate dentists' knowledge level about controlled tooth extractions and determine their information needs.

Study Design: The survey, consisting of 9 questions about balance and compensation extractions, was prepared on Google Forms and sent via email to dentists.

Efficacy of Preemptive Analgesia on Postoperative Pain Control in Children Who Underwent Full-Mouth Dental Rehabilitation Under General Anesthesia: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.

Aims: To evaluate the efficacy of intravenous preemptive analgesia on postoperative pain in children undergoing dental rehabilitation under general anesthesia.

Methods: In this prospective randomized clinical trial, 70 children aged 3 to 7 years were scheduled for dental treatment and randomized into two groups: the control group or the preemptive group. Patients received 15 mg/kg of intravenous paracetamol either before the start of treatment (preemptive group, n = 35) or at the end of treatment (control group, n = 35).

Dynamic contrast-enhanced breast magnetic resonance imaging findings that affect the magnetic resonance-directed ultrasound correlation of non-mass enhancement lesions: a single-center retrospective study.

Objective: Our single-center retrospective study aimed to evaluate the relationship between magnetic resonance (MR)-directed ultrasound (MDUS) detectability and MRI findings of non-mass enhancement (NME) lesions, regarding the morphologic and enhancement features, the distance from the skin and nipple, and the presence of concomitant landmarks.

Methods: A total of 350 MRI-detected NME lesions that were determined between January 2015 and May 2019 and subsequently underwent MDUS were analyzed. The MRI findings, biopsy results, and follow-up outcomes of lesions were recorded.

Characteristics and outcomes of 974 COVID-19 patients in intensive care units in Turkey.

Background: In our previous report on Turkish COVID-19 patients requiring intensive care, the 24 patients in a single ICU were elderly and mortality was high. We extended our analysis to include patients admitted to ten ICUs.

Objectives: Report the demographics, clinical features, imaging findings, comorbidities, and outcomes in COVID-19 patients.

Estimating the total economic costs of Neospora caninum infections in dairy cows in Turkey.

The aim of this study was to estimate the total cost of Neospora caninum infection in cows in Turkey. According to present literature, the mean seroprevalence of infection was estimated as 14.7%.

Relationships among oncostatin M, insulin resistance, and chronic inflammation: a pilot study.

Objective Activated macrophages (M1-type macrophages) in adipose tissue secrete many proinflammatory cytokines that induce insulin resistance (IR). Oncostatin M (OSM), a member of the interleukin-6 (IL-6) family of Gp130 cytokines, plays an important role in a variety of biological functions, including the regulation of inflammatory responses. Proinflammatory cytokines released in patients with IR trigger a chronic, low-grade inflammatory reaction in blood vessel walls.

Choice of treatment based on Turkish hypertension consensus report: Do we follow the recommendations?

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine how often the recommendations of the Turkish Hypertension Consensus Report are followed, and to draw attention to the report.

Methods: The demographic information of 1000 patients diagnosed with hypertension and the details of the antihypertensive medications prescribed at the outpatient service of a tertiary care hospital were recorded, and the data were compared with the recommendations of the report.

Results: The mean age of the patients was 62±11 years.

The Effects of Blood Glucose Regulation in Omentin-1 Levels among Diabetic Patients.

Omentin-1, an adipocytokine that increases the insulin sensitivity, has been determined to be reduced in patients with insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance, and Type-2 diabetes mellitus. In this study, we have investigated the alterations in Omentin-1 levels with the blood glucose regulation in diabetic patients having poor glycemic control. By this way, we aimed to determine the role of Omentin-1 as a marker in follow-up and monitoring progression of diabetes.

Serum Osteoprotegerin Levels Related With Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Chronic Kidney Disease.

Background: To evaluate osteoprotegerin (OPG) levels in relation to cardiovascular (CV) risk factors in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on different regimens of renal replacement therapy.

Methods: A total of 143 patients with CKD and 30 healthy controls were included in this study and divided into five categories, including predialysis patients with chronic renal failure (preD; n = 36), chronic peritoneal dialysis patients (PD; n = 36), hemodialysis patients (HD; n = 35), renal transplant patients (RT; n = 36), and controls (n = 30). Data on demographics, concomitant diseases and CV risk factors, serum OPG levels, and correlates of serum OPG levels were determined.

[Knowledge levels about some ectoparasites in owners of dairy cattle enterprises in the Kars province of Turkey].

Objective: One of the most important problems in the livestock sector in Turkey is the failure to provide the desired yield increase in animal production. In dairy cattle enterprises owner's in Kars province in order to detect their knowledge level about recognition of some ectoparasites and protection methods from them.

Methods: In this study, a survey was conducted in 26 villages with a total of 92 producers in Kars province.

Ionizing radiation induces structural and functional damage on the molecules of rat brain homogenate membranes: a Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopic study.

Humans can be exposed to ionizing radiation, due to various reasons, whose structural effects on biological membranes are not well defined. The current study aims to understand the ionizing radiation-induced structural and functional alterations in biomolecules of brain membranes using Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy using rat animal models. For this purpose, 1000 cGy of ionizing radiation was specifically directed to the head of Sprague Dawley rats.

Phylogeny of cultivated and wild wheat species using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy.

Within the last decade, an increasing amount of genetic data has been used to clarify the problems inherent in wheat taxonomy. The techniques for obtaining and analyzing these data are not only cumbersome, but also expensive and technically demanding. In the present study, we introduce infrared spectroscopy as a method for a sensitive, rapid and low cost phylogenetic analysis tool for wheat seed samples.

Agomelatine strongly interacts with zwitterionic DPPC and charged DPPG membranes.

Depression is one of the most common psychiatric diseases in the population. Agomelatine is a novel antidepressant drug with melatonin receptor agonistic and serotonin 5-HT2C antagonistic properties. Furthermore, being a melatonergic drug, agomelatine has the potential of being used in therapeutic applications like melatonin as an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antiapoptotic drug.

Comparison of carotid artery stenting and carotid endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis: a single center study.

Introduction: Carotid artery stenting (CAS) is believed to be an alternative to carotid endarterectomy (CEA); however, recent studies have demonstrated an increase of complications with stenting that does not reflect our experience. We thus wanted to compare the periprocedural and 1-year follow-up outcomes of CAS with those of CEA among patients with symptomatic extracranial carotid stenosis in a population from eastern Turkey.

Methods: The hospital records of all patients who underwent carotid artery revascularization were retrospectively reviewed.

[Seasonal distribution and economic importance of cystic echinococcosis in cattle slaughtered at Kars Municipal Abattoir, Turkey].

Objective: Cystic echinococcosis is a very important zoonotic disease both for the World and Turkey. This study was performed to determine the prevalence, seasonal distribution and economic importance of Cystic echinococcosis by using the data provided from the 2010 records of the Kars Municipal Abattoir.

Methods: In this retrospective study, the records of 3.