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Usage of Analgesics among Young Girls and Dysmenorrhea
No full textObjective: This study aimed to determine dysmenorrhea prevalence and menstruation characteristics among young girls and whether dysmenorrhea affects the use of analgesics.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in female university students who applied to Baskent University's Medicosocial Center.
Results: There were 190 participants in the dysmenorrhea group and 80 participants in the control group. The prevalence of dysmenorrhea was 70%. Reading of the drug prospectus in the dysmenorrhea group was higher than in the control group (69.9% vs. 46.8%, p < 0.05). Recommending her own drug to someone else (67.8% versus 53.3%, p < 0.05) and not paying attention to the recommended drug use period (72.5% vs. 59.7%; p < 0.05) was higher in the dysmenorrhea group than in the control group. In the dysmenorrhea group, the reasons to take the last pain relievers were headache or abdominal pain in the same order as the control group and the rate of abdominal pain was higher in the study group (30.0% versus 11.5%, p < 0.05). The inability to remember the name of the last used pain reliever was higher in the study group (24.2% versus 17.5%, p < 0.05). The rate of knowing the name of any three different pain relievers was higher in the study group (81.6% versus 80.4%, p < 0.05).
Conclusion: University students who are in need of medication due to diseases more frequently encounter drugs. Developing behaviors on rational drug use in these students may provide productive results. It may be effective to organize contact meetings for students on the use of non-prescription drugs
Is Nurse Workforce Sufficient in Intensive Care Units in Turkey. Results of the Multicenter Karia Study
No full textIntroduction: In this multicenter study, we analysed the magnitude of healthcare worker (HCW) [infection control practitioner (ICP), nurses and others] workforce in hospitals participated in the study.
Materials and Methods: This study was performed in 41 hospitals (with intensive care units-ICU) located in 22 cities from seven regions of Turkey. We analysed the ICP workforce, nursing and auxiliary HCW (AHCW) workforce in ICUs, number of ICU beds and occupied beds in four different days [two of which were in summer during the vacation time (August 27 and 31, 2016) and two others in autumn (October 12 and 15, 2016)]. The Turkish Ministry of Health (TMOH) requires two patients per nurse in level 3 ICUs, three patients per nurse in level 2 ICUs and five patients per nurse in level 1 ICUs. There is no standardization for the number of AHCW in ICUs. Finally, one ICP per 150 hospital beds is required by TMOH.
Results: The total number of ICUs, ICU beds and ICPs were 214, 2377 and 111, respectively in he 41 participated centers. The number ICPs was adequate only in 12 hospitals. The percentage of nurses whose working experience was 2. The number of patients per other HCW was minimum 3.75 and maximum 4.89 on weekdays and on day shift while it was minimum 5.02 and maximum 7.7 on weekends or on night shift. When we compared the number of level 1, 2 and 3 ICUs with adequate nursing workforce vs inadequate nursing workforce, the p value was <0.0001 at all time points except summer weekend night shift (p=0.002).
Conclusion: Our data suggest that ICP workforce is inadequate in Turkey. Besides, HCW workforce is inadequate and almost 1/4 of nurses are relatively inexperienced especially in level 3 ICUs. Turkish healthcare system should promptly make necessary arrangements for adequate HCW staffing
Ultrasound Elastography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings of Breast Angiosarcoma Mimicking a Benign Lesion by Elastography: A Case Report
No full textIntroduction: Primary and secondary angiosarcomas of the breast are rare neoplasms. Radiologically, magnetic resonance imaging, mammography, and ultrasound (US) findings of angiosarcomas have been reported previously. However, ultrasound (US) elastography findings of angiosarcoma have not been reported yet. Currently, US elastography should be used commonly to decide biopsy or short-term follow-up of breast lesions.
Case Presentation: A 39-year-old female from Adana, Turkey, was admitted to Dr.Turgut Noyan Adana Teaching and Medical Research Center at the breast center of Baskent University, with a palpable right breast mass, which had been enlarging for one year in 2015. Our breast center is a tertiary referral center. B-mode US and US elastography findings suggested that the lesion was benign; however, magnetic resonance imaging showed a mass enhancing intensely at early phases with rapid wash out. The final diagnosis of the mastectomy specimen confirmed low-grade angiosarcoma. If the recommendation would have been based on the elastography findings, it would have been catastrophic because angiosarcomas tend to rapidly increase in size.
Conclusions: B-mode US and elastography findings of breast angiosarcoma may mimic benign lesions
Hybrid War and Its Strategic Implications to Turkey
No full textDiscussions on the hybrid threats and hybrid wars have begun to gain interest among the security communities around the world since 2000s, and exponentially increased after Russian-Ukraine conflict in 2014. The political and military conflict between Russia and Turkey since November 2015 has carried the discussion to Turkey. Now it is believed that Turkey is in fact in a multi-front hybrid war with some of its neighbors but not just Russia. In this article it is aimed to fully explore hybrid war concept and its strategic implications to Turkey. The definitions of hybrid threat, hybrid conflict and hybrid war is considered in the first section. Then Russian hybrid war concept is discussed. Next, features and consequences of hybrid war are applied to Turkey in order to identify the strategic implications. Finally, recommendations are made as to a way ahead for Turkish decision makers with respect to fighting hybrid war
A novel computer-based method for measuring the acetabular angle on hip radiographs
No full textObjective: The aim of this study was to propose a new computer based method for measuring acetabular angles on hip radiographs and to assess its practicality, sensitivity and reliability for acetabular angle measurement.
Methods: A total of 314 acetabulum were assessed on 157 pelvic X-ray images. Acetabular angles were measured with both the conventional method (Method 1) and our proposed method (Method 2). All the Acetabular Index (AI) angle, Acetabular Angle (AA) and Acetabular Center (ACM) angle were measured with both methods.
Results: The mean AI angle for Method 1 is 11.02 degrees +/- 2.7 degrees and the mean AI angle for Method 2 is 10.08 degrees +/- 1.88 degrees, the mean AA angle for Method 1 is 39.5 degrees +/- 5.3 degrees and the mean AA angle for Method 2 is 39.36 degrees +/- 4.68 degrees, the mean ACM angle for Method 1 is 50.5 degrees +/- 6.01 degrees and the mean ACM angle for Method 2 is 55.42 degrees +/- 12.43 degrees.
Conclusion: Our novel automated method appear to be reliable and practical for acetabular angle measurement on hip radiographs. (C) 2017 Turkish Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V
Problematic Internet Usage: Personality Traits, Gender, Age and Effect of Dispositional Hope Level
No full textPurpose: The aim of this study is to examine the effect of personality traits, gender, age and effects of dispositional hope level in problematic internet usage of university students. Research Methods: This paper is an example of a descriptive study, which presents the relationship between problematic internet usage of university students considering personality traits, gender, age and dispositional hope level. The study group consists of 376 students from different universities. Research data was collected by using the Problematic Internet Usage Scale, The Big Five Inventory, and the Dispositional Hope Scale. In the analysis of data, parametric tests were used. Findings: It has been observed that as neuroticism increases, excessive usage also increases; as conscientiousness increases, excessive usage of the internet decreases. As openness, extraversion and neuroticism increase, the effects of negative results of internet usage increase; as conscientiousness increases, the effects of negative results of internet usage decrease. At the same time, it can be said that as hope levels increase, the negative effects of internet usage decrease. All of these results can be interpreted as variables, except being an extravert does not have a practical value. Implications for Research and Practice: Based on the results, it was suggested that evaluation of results related to the studies made with high school students and adults will contribute to the field. In future studies, relationships between different usage fields of internet and problematic internet usage can be examined. The results would be helpful for prevention and intervention programs. (C) 2017 Ani Publishing Ltd. All rights reserve
Placental elasticity on patients with gestational diabetes: Single institution experience
No full textBackground: Gestational diabetes is defined as glucose intolerance which is first recognized in pregnancy. Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) is the cornerstone in diagnosing gestational diabetes. Placental elasticity evaluation is relatively new concept and is principally used for research purposes. We aimed to find any relation between placental elasticity evaluation and patients of gestational diabetes diagnosed by 75 g OGTT.
Methods: There were 91 patients took part in study, forming two groups as gestational diabetic patients (21 patients) and control group (70 patients). Elasticity of placenta was determined by acoustic radiation force impulse technology utilized by two blinded radiology specialists.
Results: We were not able to find any correlation between 75 g OGTT values and placental elasticity measurements (p > .05). Also placental elasticity was not found to be significantly different in two groups (p > .05).
Conclusion: Placental elasticity measurement on the 24th-28th weeks does not seem to be a marker for identification of gestational diabetes. Copyright (C) 2017, the Chinese Medical Association. Published by Elsevier Taiwan LLC
Türkiye'nin 1990-2003 ve 2004-2015 yılları arası iç ve dış borç analizi üzerine bir uygulama
No full textTüm dünyada olduğu gibi ülkemizde de devlet, görevlerini yerine getirmek için finansman sağlama yollarına başvurmuştur. Bunların içinde şüphesiz iç ve dış borçlanmanın yeri oldukça büyüktür. Ülkemizin ekonomik tarihine baktığımız zaman da borçlanma yöntemi pek çok dönemde tartışma konusu olmuştur.
Bu çalışmanın ama Türkiye'nin 2003 yılı öncesi ve sonrası iç ve dış borç verilerini uluslararası para birimi olan dolar üzerinden karşılaştırarak doğru sonuçlar ortaya konması ve bunların yorumlanmasıdır. Böylelikle süregelen iç borç ve dış borç stoku ile ilgili tartışmalara açıklık kazandırılması, gelecek çalışmalarda da ışık tutması amaçlanmaktadır.
As it is all over the world, the govenment in our country also applied financing methods in order to supply finance for carrying out it's duties. Among these, internal borrowing and external borrowing clearly are quite important. Looking back our country's economical history, borrowing has been a point at issue over many periods.
The purpose of this study is to compare Turkey's internal and external borrowing data in international currency of dollar to produce correct results and commenting these results. Thus, it is aimed to clarify the continual debates over internal and external borrowing and also to shed light on future studies
Performance analysis of uplink throughput wıth changing active set size ın cellular radıo systems
No full textGenişband Kod Bölmeli Çoklu Giriş, yüksek yukarı yönlü data transferini destekler. Yumuşak geçiş, servislerin devamlılığına ve genişletilmiş kaliteye yardımcı olur. Hücresel ağ performansı yumuşak geçiş parametresine bağlıdır. Bu tez çalışmasında, WCDMA hücresel ağlarında yumuşak geçiş parametrelerinin etkisini göreceğiz. Biz, bu çalışma boynunca, bir yumuşak geçiş parametresi olan “max Active Set Size”’a odaklandık.
Çok kullanışlı bir istatistiki ölçüm olarak actif set boyutu ve yukarı yönlü bilgi aktarım hızı kullanıldı.Bu sayısal sonuçlar yukarı yönlü bilgi aktarım hızı ve yumuşak geçiş bölgesi üzerinde belirleyici etkisi olduğunu gösterir dolayısıyla da yumuşak geçiş algoritmasının genel performansı üzerinde.
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access supports high uplink speeds. Soft handover, that helps continuity services and enhanced quality. Cellular networks performance depends upon Soft handover parameters. In this thesis, the effect of soft handover parameters on the performance of WCDMA cellular networks, is shown. Focused Soft handover parameter is “max Active Set Size” during this study. A very useful statistical measure for characterizing the performance of WCDMA cellular system is the active set size and uplink throughput. It is shown through numerical results that this parameter have decisive effect on uplink data speed performance and soft handover region, hence on the overall performance of the soft handover algorithm
Türk bankacılık sektöründe penetrasyon: İnternet bankacılığı ve mobil bankacılık ürünlerindeki penetrasyonun analizi
No full textGünümüz bankacılık sektörü, tarih sayfalarında ilk ortaya çıkışından itibaren çok
büyük ve ciddi dönüşümler geçirmiştir. Bankacılık sektörünün ekonomi alanındaki en
önemli işlevi, finansal kaynaklara sahip olanlarla işletme sahiplerini, bir diğer deyişle,
sermaye ve girişimciyi bir araya getirmeleridir. Bu sayede içerisinde yer aldıkları ülkelerin
ekonomilerine büyük faydalar sağlamaktadır. Makroekonomik boyutta önem taşıyan bir
başka işlevleri de finansal sisteme kazandırılan fonların, ekonomik alanda kalkınmayı en
fazla destekleyecek alan ve sektörlere aktarılmasıdır. Bankacılık sektörünün faaliyetlerinden
yararlanılan bir diğer alan ise kayıt dışı ekonomiyle mücadeledir. Kayıt dışı ekonominin
varlığı ve boyutu, devletin gelir kaynağı olan vergilendirme sistemi ile yakından ilişkilidir.
Bu nedenle kayıt dışı ekonomik faaliyetlerin varlığı, ülkenin kalkınmasına yönelik büyük
bir etkiye sahiptir.
Bankacılık sektörü zaman içerisinde müşterilerine daha iyi hizmet verebilmek ve
daha kolay ulaşılabilir olmak adına büyük değişimler geçirmiştir. Günümüz dünya
bankacılığı artık sanal şubeler ve 24 saat hizmet veren çağrı merkezlerinde aktif konuma
gelmiştir. Bankacılık sektörünün, küresel dünyada hızla gelişerek yayılan bu yeniliklere
uyum sağlayabildiği, çalışmanın son bölümünde yer alan tablolardaki verilerin ani
yükselişlerinden anlaşılmaktadır. Ekonominin her alanında etkin bir role sahip olan
bankaların ülkemizde bu kadar hızlı bir biçimde sistemlerini geliştirmiş olmaları,
ekonominin gelişmesi ve sürdürülebilirliği adına umut verici niteliktedir.
Today’s banking sector has undergone tremendous and serious transformations since
its first appearance on history pages. The most important function of the banking sector in
the economy is to bring together business owners with financial resources, in other words
capital and entrepreneurs. This provides great benefits to the economies of the countries in
which they are located. Another function that is important in the macroeconomic dimension
is the transfer of funds to the financial system to the sectors and sectors that will most support
economic development. Another area benefiting from the activities of the banking sector is
the struggle with the informal economy. The existence and size of the informal economy is
closely related to the state’s taxation system, which is the source of income. For this reason,
the existence of informal economic activities has a great influence on the development of
the country.
Over time, the banking sector has undergone major changes in order to be able to
serve its customers better and to be more easily accessible. Today’s world banking is now
active in virtual branches and 24-hour call centers. It is understood from the sudden rise of
the data in the tables in the last part of the study that the Turkish banking sector can keep up
with these innovations that have spread rapidly in the global world. Banks that have an
effective role in all aspects of the economy have developed their systems so rapidly in our
country that it is promising for the development and sustainability of the economy