• Qualified nurses' perceptions of cultural competence and experiences of caring for culturally diverse patients: A qualitative study in four European countries 

  Anton-Solanas, Isabel; Rodríguez-Roca, Beatriz; Vanceulebroeck, Valérie; Kömürcü, Nuran; Kalkan, Indrani; Tambo-Lizalde, Elena; Huércanos-Esparza, Isabel; Nova, Antonio Casa; Hamam-Alcober, Nadia; Coelho, Margarida; Coelho, Teresa; Gils, Yannic Van; Öz, Seda Degirmenci; Kavala, Arzu; Subirón-Valera, Ana B (MDPI (Multidisipliner Digital Publishing Institute), 2022)

  Background: European nurses are expected to provide appropriate care for patients from diverse cultural backgrounds. However, there is limited knowledge and understanding of this process. The aim of this study was to analyse ...

• The relationship between alexithymia and clinical features in rhinoplasty patients 

  Gökçe Kütük, Sinem; Taşdelen, Yasin; Topuz, Muhammed Fatih; Bilece, Zeki Tolga; Düzenli, Ufuk; Bora, Fatih (Elsevier Science Ltd, 2022)

  Summary Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the incidence of alexithymia in rhinoplasty patients before and after surgery, and to increase the value of alexithymia analysis. The study also aimed to evaluate ...

• Effect of exercises according to the circadian rhythm in type 2 diabetes: Parallel-group, single-blind, crossover study 

  Yılmaz Menek, Merve; Budak, Miray (Elsevier Science Ltd, 2022)

  Background and aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of structured exercise appropriate the circadian rhythm in terms of blood sample test (BST), functionality and quality of life (QoL) in individuals with type 2 diabetes. ...

• First-line usage of daratumumab, lenalidomide, dexamethasone (DRd) combination in a case of castleman disease variant of polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes syndrome (CD-POEMS) 

  Sevindik, Ömür Gökmen; Mutlu, Yaşa Gül; Balık Aydın, Berrin; Serin, İstemi (Lippincot Williams & Wilkins, 2022)

  Polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes syndrome (POEMS) is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome of an underlying plasma cell disorder (PCD).1 Castleman disease (CD), itself, can ...

• The relationship between bariatric food pyramid and long-term anthropometric measurements of patients undergoing bariatric surgery 

  Erdem, Nihal Zekiye; Mert Biberoğlu, Fatma; Taşkın, Halit Eren (Wiley, 2022)

  The bariatric food pyramid is a standard for long-term healthy living and nutritional habits of patients who have undergone bariatric surgery, taking their gastric capacity and special nutritional requirements into account. ...

• The effectiveness and tolerability of clobazam in the pediatric population: Adjunctive therapy and monotherapy in a large-cohort multicenter study 

  Kamaşak, Tülay; Serdaroğlu, Esra; Yılmaz, Özlem; Aydın Kılıç, Betül; Gönüllü Polat, Burçin; Erdoğan, Irmak; Yücel Şen, A. Derda; Özen, Nalan; Durgut, Betül Diler; Yıldız, Nihal; Özkan Kart, Pınar; Dilber, Beril; Acar Arslan, Elif; Şahin, Sevim; Topçu, Yasemin; Gençpınar, Pınar; Serin, ‪Hepsen Mine; Hız, Semra A.; Çarman, Kürşat Bora; Olgaç Dündar, Nihal; Okuyaz, Çetin; Aydın, Kürşad; Serdaroğlu, Ayşe; Tekgül, Hasan; Cansu, Ali (Elsevier B.V., 2022)

  Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness and tolerability of clobazam therapy in the pediatric population in terms of seizure semiology, epileptic syndromes, and etiological subgroups. Methods: A retrospective cohort study ...

• Further clinical and genetic evidence of ASC-1 complex dysfunction in congenital neuromuscular disease 

  Marais, Anett; Bertoli-Avella, Aida M.; Beetz, Christian; Altunoğlu, Umut; Alhashem, Amal; Mohamed, Sarar; Alghamdi, Abdulaziz; Willems, Patrick; Tsoutsou, Eirini; Fryssira, Helena; Pons, Roser; Almarzooq, Reem; Yüksel Karatoprak, Elif; Ayaz, Akif; Ünverengil, Gökçen; Calvo, Maria; Yüksel, Zafer; Bauer, Peter (Elsevier Masson s.r.l., 2022)

  Transcriptional coregulators modulate the efficiency of transcription factors. Bi-allelic variants in TRIP4 and ASCC1, two genes that encode members of the tetrameric coregulator ASC-1, have recently been associated with ...

• Radial shock-wave therapy for frozen shoulder patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A pilot trial comparing two different energy levels 

  Çevik Saldıran, Tülay; Yazgan, Pelin; Akgöl, Ahmet Cüneyt; Karantay Mutluay, Fatma (NLM (Medline), 2022)

  BACKGROUND: Extracorporeal shock-wave therapy (ESWT) is highly recommended for the management of orthopedic shoulder pathologies. Yet, the clinical relevance of the dose difference effect of radial ESWT approaches in the ...

• The effect of omentectomy on the blood levels of adipokines in obese patients with endometrial cancer 

  Comba, Cihan; Özdemir, İsa Aykut; Demirayak, Gökhan; Erdoğan, Şakir Volkan; Demir, Ömer; Yıldız, Güneş Özlem; Bulut, Huri; Karakaş, Sema; Gülseren, Varol; Afşar, Selim; Güngördük, Kemal (Elsevier Ltd, 2022)

  Objective: To investigate the blood levels of adipokines in obese patients with endometrial cancer who have and have not undergone omentectomy. Methods: Between September 2017 and September 2019, the study recruited 54 ...

• SELEX against whole-cell bacteria resulted in lipopolysaccharide binding aptamers 

  Yılmaz, Deniz; Muslu, Tuğdem; Parlar, Ayhan; Kurt, Hasan; Yüce, Meral (Elsevier B.V., 2022)

  Nucleic acid aptamers are target-specific oligonucleotides selected from combinatorial libraries through an iterative in vitro screening process known as Systemic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment (SELEX). In ...

• Hedgehog signaling: Linking embryonic lung development and asthmatic airway remodeling 

  Zeng, Ling-Hui; Barkat, Muhammad Qasim; Syed, Shahzada Khurram; Shah, Shahid; Abbas, Ghulam; Xu, Chengyun; Mahdy, Amina; Hussain, Nadia; Hussain, Liaqat; Majeed, Abdul; Khan, Kashif-ur-Rehman; Wu, Ximei; Hussain, Musaddique (MDPI, 2022)

  The development of the embryonic lung demands complex endodermal-mesodermal interactions, which are regulated by a variety of signaling proteins. Hedgehog (Hh) signaling is vital for lung development. It plays a key ...

• The comparison of Ottawa Ankle Rules and Shetty test performances in foot-ankle trauma patients visited to the emergency department 

  Ak, Rohat; Kurt, Erdem; Bahadırlı, Suphi; Çakır, Mehmet Semih; Bilgu, Ali Selman; Eke Kurt, Şebnem Zeynep (Elsevier Science Ltd, 2022)

  Background: The Ottawa Ankle Rules (OARs) and Shetty test (ST), are assessment guidelines intended to minimize radiographs in patients with ankle trauma. The aim of this study is to determine and compare the effectiveness ...

• Stimuli-responsive theranostic system: A promising approach for augmented multimodal imaging and efficient drug release 

  Demiral, Ayşegül; Goralı, S. İrem; Yılmaz, Hülya; Verimli, Nihan; Çulha, Mustafa; Erdem, Sultan Sibel (Elsevier B.V., 2022)

  Destruction of drug resistant and invisible micro-tumors requires innovative screening and treatment modalities. Theranostic nanosystems offering multimodal imaging and therapy are attractive platforms with potential to ...

• In vivo generated autologous plasmin assisted vitrectomy in young patients 

  Aras, Cengiz; Şentürk, Fevzi; Koytak, Arif; Doğramacı, Mahmut; Karaman Erdur, Sevil; Kocabora, Selim (BioMed Central Ltd, 2022)

  Background Autologous plasmin enzyme facilitates the induction of posterior vitreous detachment(PVD) during vitrectomy in young patients. We proposed the concept of in-vivo generated plasmin which is based on the injection ...

• Potential of novel methyl jasmonate analogs as anticancer agents to metabolically target HK-2 activity in glioblastoma cells 

  Uludağ, Damla; Bay, Sadık; Onur Sucu, Bilgesu; Şavluğ İpek, Özgecan; Mohr, Thomas; Güzel, Mustafa; Karakaş, Nihal (Frontiers Media S.A., 2022)

  Change in the energy metabolism of cancer cells, which display significant differences compared to normal cells, is a rising phenomenon in developing new therapeutic approaches against cancers. One of the metabolic enzymes, ...

• Oxidative stress in maternal milk and cord blood in gestational diabetes mellitus: A prospective study 

  Erdoğan, Fırat; Şenkal, Evrim; Özer, Ömer Faruk; İpek, İlke Özahi; Altuntaş, Şükriye Leyla; Özde, Şükriye (Associacao Paulista Medicina, 2022)

  BACKGROUND: Reduced antioxidant defenses may reflect a poor protective response against oxidative stress and this may be implicated in progression of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Oxidative stress induced by ...

• Stress-induced Childhood Onset Neurodegeneration with Ataxia and Seizures (CONDSIAS) presenting with torticollis attacks: Phenotypic variability of the same mutation in two Turkish patients 

  Öztürk, Gülten; Ayaz, Akif; Topçu, Yasemin; Akyüz, Gülcan; Ünver, Olcay; Akbeyaz, İsmail; Ekinci, Gazanfer; Türkdoğan, Dilşad (Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022)

  Two patients with the same genetic mutation in ADPRHL2 gene, which takes a role in DNA repair, transcription, telomer function, and apoptosis are presented.[1] Developmental delay, intellectual disability, epilepsy, ...

• Treatment effects on event-related EEG potentials and oscillations in Alzheimer's disease 

  Yener, Görsev; Hünerli Gündüz, Duygu; Yıldırım, Ebru; Aktürk, Tuba; Başar Eroğlu, Canan; Bonanni, Laura; Del Percio, Claudio; Farina, Francesca; Ferri, Raffaele; Güntekin, Bahar; Hajós, Mihály; Ibáñez, Agustín; Jiang, Yang; Lizio, Roberta; Lopez, Susanna; Noce, Giuseppe; Parra, Mario A.; Randall, Fiona; Stocchi, Fabrizio; Babiloni, Claudio (Elsevier B.V., 2022)

  Alzheimer's disease dementia (ADD) is the most diffuse neurodegenerative disorder belonging to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia in old persons. This disease is provoked by an abnormal accumulation of amyloid-beta ...

• The preamble to the free radical biology and medicine virtual special issue on “Targeting genetic biosensors to intracellular signaling pathways” 

  Eroğlu, Emrah; Graier, Wolfgang F.; Malli, Roland (Elsevier Inc., 2022)

  Studying biological signaling pathways is key to understanding the various processes within a cell. The science of biological redox regulation is a rapidly growing research area with implications for various disciplines, ...

• A novel fuzzy framework for technology selection of sustainable wastewater treatment plants based on TODIM methodology in developing urban areas 

  Eseoğlu, Güneş; Yapsaklı, Kozet; Tozan, Hakan; Vayvay, Özalp (Nature Research, 2022)

  Optimal technology selection of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) necessitates the adoption of data-driven scientific approaches that satisfy the sustainability requirements of the urban ecosystem. Such approaches should ...

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