Kent Parklarının Değerlendirilmesinde Biyofilik Tasarım Yaklaşımı: Ordu Örneği by Bağlan Özel Karaağaç, Ömer Atabeyoğlu

“…Bu kapsamda çalışma, Ordu ili sahil parklarındaki fonksiyon alanlarının biyofilik tasarım ilkeleri doğrultusunda tam bir analizini sağlamaktadır. Çalışmanın amacı, kentlinin yoğun bir şekilde kullandığı kent parklarının kentliye ne düzeyde ve hangi özellikler ile doğa deneyimi sunduğunu belirlemektir. …”
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Laparoskopik Kolesistektomi Sonrası Gelişen Enfeksiyonlar ile İlişkili Faktörlerin ve Hemşirelik Tanılarının Belirlenmesi by Emine Bayrak Aykan, Nursemin Ünal, Dercan Gençbaş, Gamze Acavut, Neslihan Ilkaz

“…Giriş: Laparoskopik kolesistektomi günümüzde en çok uygulanan cerrahi girişimlerden biridir ve ameliyat sonrası enfeksiyon gelişme riski bulunmaktadır. Amaç: Bu çalışmada, laparoskopik kolesistektomi sonrası gelişen enfeksiyonlar ile ilişkili faktörlerin ve hemşirelik tanılarının belirlenmesi amaçlandı. …”
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Küreselleşme Olgusu Bağlamında Yeni Güvenlik Algısı by İbrahim Erdoğan

“…Yeni güvenlik anlayışı ile birlikte; uluslararası terörizm, organize suç örgütleri, siber terör, saldırma amacı güden devletler, konvansiyonel ve kitle imha silahlarının yaygınlaşması gibi tehditler, ulusal fiziki varlığa yönelmiş tehditler arasına girmiştir. …”
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Standardised protocol for a prospective cross-sectional multicentre clinical utility evaluation of two dual point-of-care tests in non-clinical settings for the screening of HIV an... by James Kiarie, Karel Blondeel, Igor Toskin, Jordi Casabona, Soe Soe Thwin, Massimo Mirandola, Rosanna Peeling, Ronald Ballard, Laura Fernàndez-López, Inga Upmace, Juliana Reyes-Urueña, Mara Vaselova, Mitja Ćosić, Simon Maljevac, William Mejías, Ander Pazos, Andrii Chernyshev

“…The protocol has been adapted to individual countries and approved by RP2, ERC and institutional review boards at each site. …”
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Inverse Occlusion: A Binocularly Motivated Treatment for Amblyopia by Jiawei Zhou, Zhifen He, Yidong Wu, Yiya Chen, Xiaoxin Chen, Yunjie Liang, Yu Mao, Zhimo Yao, Fan Lu, Jia Qu, Robert F. Hess

“…Patients who required refractive correction or whose refractive correction needed updating were given a 2-month period of refractive adaptation. The primary outcome measure was the binocular balance which was measured using a phase combination task; the secondary outcome measures were the best-corrected visual acuity which was measured with a Tumbling E acuity chart and converted to logMAR units and the stereoacuity which was measured with the Random-dot preschool stereogram test. …”
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Interleukin-2/Anti-Interleukin-2 Immune Complex Expands Regulatory T Cells and Reduces Angiotensin II-Induced Aortic Stiffening by Beenish Majeed, Supannikar Tawinwung, Lance S. Eberson, Timothy W. Secomb, Nicolas Larmonier, Douglas F. Larson

“…Adaptive immune function is implicated in the pathogenesis of vascular disease. …”
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Impact of glucocorticoids on the therapeutic efficacy of denosumab against osteoporosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by Jiwon Yang, Youngjae Park, Jennifer Jooha Lee, Seung-Ki Kwok, Ji Hyeon Ju, Wan-Uk Kim, Sung-Hwan Park

“…Results: Denosumab significantly increased the T -scores and aBMD at the lumbar spine, total hip, and femur neck after 12 months, regardless of GC intake. However, apart from the T -score at the lumbar spine, the other parameters did not show significant between-group differences. …”
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Navigating the future of agri-food supply chain: A conceptual framework using bibliometric review by Abdul Kafi, Nizamuddin bin Zainuddin, Mohd Fitri Mansor, Mohamed Najib Bin Salleh, Adam bin Mohd Saifudin, Nurhaizal Azam Arif, Syairah Aimi Shahron, Ravi Ramasamy, Ibrahim Hassan mohamud

“…Additionally, this research highlights the imperative of global collaboration across diverse regions and fields within AFSC to build more resilient supply chains capable of adapting to evolving conditions.…”
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Dış Politika Karar Alma Süreçlerine Etkileri Bağlamında Türk Dış Politikasında Ermeniler by Yasin Öztürk

“…Uluslararası aktörlerin de müdahil olması devletlerin iç-dış politikada karar ve karar alma süreçlerine önemli ölçüde tesir etmektedir, bu yüzden de etnik azınlıklar ve etnik temelli terör örgütlerinin varlığı devletlerin iç ve dış politik yönelimleri için etkin bir yönlendirme aracı olabilmektedir. Ermeni meselesi ve Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) örgütü de bu bağlamda Türk dış politikası karar alma süreçlerinde tarihten günümüze önemli etki doğuran aktör ve faktörlerden olmuştur.…”
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Comparative growth kinetics and drug susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages prevalent in Ethiopia: implications for tuberculosis treatment and management by Tesfaye Gebreyohannis Hailemariam, Tesfaye Gebreyohannis Hailemariam, Melaku Tilahun, Abay Atnafu, Tesfaye Gelanew, Tewodros Tariku Gebresilase, Mekdes Alemu Tola, Abaysew Ayele, Shewki Moga Siraj, Workineh Shibeshi, Kidist Bobosha, Liya Wassie, Yonas Hirutu, Ephrem Engidawork

“…Sub-lineage 4.1.2.1 followed by sub-lineage 4.2.2.2 had the highest maximum growth concentration (Cmax), indicating enhanced growth efficiency and adaptive traits that may increase their pathogenicity or resistance to host defenses or anti-TB drugs. …”
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Velilere Göre Çocuklarının Kitap Tercihleri ve Okuma Alışkanlıkları by Atilla Dilekçi, Seher Çiçek

“…Bu araştırmanın amacı, velilere göre çocukların okuma alışkanlığına ilişkin görüşlerini ortaya koymaktır. …”
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Neuromuscular electrical stimulation training induces myonuclear accretion and hypertrophy in mice without overt signs of muscle damage and regeneration by Aurélie Fessard, Aliki Zavoriti, Natacha Boyer, Jules Guillemaud, Masoud Rahmati, Peggy Del Carmine, Christelle Gobet, Bénédicte Chazaud, Julien Gondin

“…Abstract Background Skeletal muscle is a plastic tissue that adapts to increased mechanical loading/contractile activity through fusion of muscle stem cells (MuSCs) with myofibers, a physiological process referred to as myonuclear accretion. …”
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Phenotype of Peripheral NK Cells in Latent, Active, and Meningeal Tuberculosis by José Alberto Choreño-Parra, Luis Armando Jiménez-Álvarez, Ellis Daniela Maldonado-Díaz, Graciela Cárdenas, Luis Alejandro Fernández-Lopez, José Luis Soto-Hernandez, Marcela Muñoz-Torrico, Gustavo Ramírez-Martínez, Alfredo Cruz-Lagunas, Armando Vega-López, María Lilia Domínguez-López, Carlos Sánchez-Garibay, Parménides Guadarrama-Ortíz, Silvia Giono, Luis Antonio Jiménez-Zamudio, Shabaana A. Khader, Ethel A. García-Latorre, Citlaltepetl Salinas-Lara, Joaquín Zúñiga

“…It is currently believed that the spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) from the lung is an early event that occurs before the establishment of adaptive immunity. Hence, several innate immune mechanisms may participate in the containment of Mtb infection and prevent extrapulmonary disease manifestations. …”
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Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinde Ahlaki Olgunluk ve Etik Duyarlılığın Değerlendirilmesi by Emine Bayrak Aykan, Dilek Yıldız, Berna Eren Fidancı

“…Giriş:Hızlagelişen sağlık bakımı, bazı etik problemleri beraberinde getirmektedir.İnsanları iyileştirme amacı doğrultusunda çalışan hemşireler, bu problemlerietik duyarlılık ve ahlaki olgunluk çerçevesinde ele almalıdır. …”
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An Efficient and Hybrid Deep Learning-Driven Model to Enhance Security and Performance of Healthcare Internet of Things by Muhammad Babar, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Basit Qureshi, Zabeeh Ullah, Fahim Arif, Zahid Khan

“…In this method, we have first considered SDN architecture as a promising solution since it allows for reconfiguration over static network infrastructure and manages the distributed architecture of intelligent H-CIoT networks by keeping the data and control planes apart. Secondly, a security module based on Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (BiLSTM) is implemented to recognize various forms of attacks within the H-CIoT network. …”
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Asthma Risk Prevalence and Associated Factors in Stunted Children: A Study Using Asthma Predictive Index by Gartika Sapartini, Gary W. K. Wong, Agnes Rengga Indrati, Cissy B. Kartasasmita, Budi Setiabudiawan

“…The participants with positive API results had a parental medical diagnosis of asthma (45%), eczema (10.0%), allergic rhinitis (20.0%), and wheezing apart from colds (40.0%) (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Significant risk factors for developing asthma in the participants with a positive API were dog ownership in the past 12 months and parents and siblings with allergic diseases. …”
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Instruments for assessing patient-reported experience measures among patients with diabetes mellitus: a scoping review by Soe Sandi Tint, Myo Zin Oo, Nida Buawangpong, Wichuda Jiraporncharoen, Nutchar Wiwatkunupakarn, Kittipan Rerkasem, Kanokwan Kulprachakarn, Hataichanok Chuljerm, Timothy E. O’Brien, Rohini Mathur, Chaisiri Angkurawaranon

“…Five core domains are proposed across different settings, with an emphasis on culturally adapted measures to enhance the accuracy of patient experience capture in diverse populations.…”
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T7 DNA polymerase treatment improves quantitative sequencing of both double-stranded and single-stranded DNA viruses by Billaud, Maud, Theodorou, Ilias, Lamy-Besnier, Quentin, Shah, Shiraz A., Lecointe, François, De Sordi, Luisa, De Paepe, Marianne, Petit, Marie-Agnès

“…A more recent alternative permits to bypass the amplification step, as library adapters are ligated to sheared and denatured DNA, after an end-modification step (xGen kit). …”
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Identification of plasma proteins binding oxidized phospholipids using pull-down proteomics and OxLDL masking assay‡ by Philipp Jokesch, Lisa Holzer, Lydia Jantscher, Sebastian Guttzeit, Rudolf Übelhart, Olga Oskolkova, Valery Bochkov, Bernd Gesslbauer

“…We hypothesize that in addition to circulating antibodies, multiple non-immunoglobulin plasma proteins can also bind OxPLs and modulate their recognition by innate and adaptive immunity.…”
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Drought stress tolerance based on selection indices of resistant crops variety by R. Daneshvar rad, H. Heidari Sharifabad, M. Torabi, R. Azizinejad, H.R. Salemi, M. Heidari Soltanabadi

“…Considering the tolerance index and the harmonic mean index, Pegah showed the highest sensitivity to drought stress.CONCLUSION: This study indicated that sorghum had several adaptive mechanisms for dealing with drought stress, so that it could be applied as a suitable alternative for other crops with higher water needs such as Zea.…”
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