180 research outputs found
Measurements in a Carousel (Metingen in een Carrousel)
No full textThis report is essentially a report of the measurements in the carousel of the laboratory for Fluid Mechanics of the Delft University of Technology made accessible for a slightly wider public. A comprehensive documentation about the considered investigation, both concerning the theoretical background and concerning the elaboration of the experimental evidence can be found in: Booij, R., (1994), "Measurements of the flow field in a rotating annular flume ", Communications on Hydraulic and Geotechnical Engineering, report no. 94-2, Laboratory for Fluid Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Delft University of Technology. To make the report more widely accessible a short explanation and description of the contents of every subdivision in English is added. The original text in Dutch by M.M.L. Melis is retained because an integral translation would be too time consuming. The added pages with English text are numbered El, etc.Hydraulic EngineeringCivil Engineering and Geoscience
The Differential Role of Parenting in Externalizing and Internalizing Behaviors of Male and Female Turkish Preschoolers
No full text##nofulltext##Müren, Hatice Melis (MEF Author)..
La Tomba ipogeica di Badde de Janas (Putifigari, Sardegna): una nuovadomus de janascon riproduzione del tetto
No full textThis paper presents a new Sardinian neolithic rock-cut tomb of domus de janas type that
shows, in the main room, the reproduction of a double-pitched roof, as imitation of a dwelling.
The reproduction is realistic in style, completely painted of red, and can be related
to the nearest Painted Tomb of S’Incantu in the same Putifigari area. It is discussed on the
meaning of such decorations inside rock-cut tombs that reproduce rooms of rectangular plan.
However, no sure traces of rectangular huts were found in neolithic dwellings of Sardinia,
except the discussed case of Serra Linta (Sedilo). Author thinks that it’s more probable that
the reproductions of rectangular houses with double-pitched roof, insidedomus de janas,
rather represent a cult building, like the famous “Red Temple” one that it was built in the
top surface of Monte d’Accoddi altar, near Sassari
A new look at Sokolluzade Hasan Paşa’s illustrated universal history
No full textThis article revisits a universal history written in the late sixteenth century for the governor of Baghdad Sokolluzade Hasan Paşa (d. 1602) in light of a new- ly-discovered source that provides the missing concluding section of this universal history. This concluding section (Bibliothèque nationale de France Supplément turc 1322), which was announced in the index but not completed in the extant presen- tation copies (Topkapı Palace Museum Library H. 1369 and H. 1230), reinforces the idea of Sokolluzade Hasan Paşa’s imperial claims at the same time as it highlights the Baghdadi tenor of the work, as it was written in Baghdad by an author who be- longed to the governor’s household. However, the Paris manuscript presents no mere conclusion or continuation of a universal history. It is rather akin to a compilation (mecmuʿa) that juxtaposes sections from this universal history with sections from Za- kariya al-Qazwini’s (d. 1283) ʿAjāʾib al-Makhlūqāt wa Gharāʾib al-Mawjūdāt, thus recontextualizing this late-sixteenth-century universal history.Publisher versio
An Analysis of 1344 Consecutive Acute Intoxication Cases Admitted to an Academic Emergency Medicine Department in Turkey
No full textComparison of the predictive utility of Revised Trauma Score, Emergency Trauma Score, and Glasgow Coma Scale-Age-Pressure scores for emergency department mortality in multiple trauma patients
No full textObjective: In this study, we aimed to compare the utility of Revised Trauma Score (RTS), Glasgow Coma Scale, Age, and Systolic Blood Pressure (GAP) scores, and Emergency Trauma Score (EMTRAS) in multiple trauma patients for the prediction of mortality in the emergency department (ED). Materials and Methods: In this observational diagnostic accuracy study, a consecutive convenience sample of all adult patients (older than 16 years) with multiple trauma (injuries confined to at least two body regions) admitted to the trauma bay of the ED during the shifts of the researchers was used. Presence of ED mortality was recorded, and RTS, EMTRAS, and GAP scores were calculated at the analysis stage of this study. Results: The study sample included 279 multiple trauma patients. Of the 279 patients, 13 (4.7%) died in the ED. Among the 266 patients who survived to hospital admission, 3 were lost to-follow-up (foreigner patients). In the following 30 days, 28 more patients were lost, 23 in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) (23/62, 37.1%), 4 in the wards (4/131, 3.1%), and 1 after discharge (1/73, 0.1%). The prognostic accuracies (AUC) of RTS, EMTRAS, and GAP were 0.92, 0.94, and 0.93, respectively, for ED mortality. Conclusion: In this study, all trauma scores performed similar in the ED for the prediction of ED mortality
An analysis of 1344 consecutive acute intoxication cases admitted to an academic emergency medicine department in Turkey
No full textOBJECTIVE: One of the major causes of emergency department (ED) visits is acute poisoning. Acute intoxications occur soon after either single or multiple exposures to toxic substances, and they started to be a more serious problem in developing countries. The objective of this study was to investigate the local patterns of acute intoxications, as well as clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of patients with acute poisoning, admitted to our hospital's ED. METHODS: This single-center, retrospective study was conducted using medical records of consecutive patients admitted to the ED between January 2016 and December 2017. RESULTS: A total of 1344 patients were included in the statistical analysis. Of these, 673 (50.1%) were female. Mean (+/- SD) age was 32.2 (+/- 12.0), ranging between 17 and 84 years. The highest number of poisoning cases was observed in summer, especially in July (10.0%) and August (11.8%), whereas lowest number of admissions related to poisoning occurred during winter in November (5.1%) and December (5.2%). Among admitted cases, many were suicide attempts (55.7%) followed by non-intentional (accidental) ingestion of non-pharmaceutical (n=553, 41.2%) and pharmaceutical agents (n=42, 3.1%). Single agents were the most common cause of acute intoxications (63.2%) rather than multidrug intoxications. Most frequently observed causes of poisonings were recreational substances (30.0%) and agents exposed by inhalation (13.2%). INR, lactate, and pH levels at admission were significant predictors of 7-day mortality without a significant paired difference between each other. The AUCs for each were 0.89 (SE 0.04; p<0.0001), 0.84 (SE 0.10; p=0.0007), and 0.79 (SE 0.11; p=0.0102), respectively. CONCLUSION: We conclude that recreational substances and medicinal drug intoxications were the leading cause of acute poisonings in our region, occurring mostly during the summer
Prehistoric metallurgy in the western Mediterranean. New archaeological and archaeometric data from Sardinia
No full textIn the specialised literature regarding the ancient metallurgy of the western Mediterranean, archaeological and archaeometric research of the earlier phases of Sardinian metallurgy is not very common, partly due to the relative scarcity of available data.
The main objective of this work is to examine the most ancient aspects, from the Final Neolithic to the Final Eneolithic. This research integrates published data and new archaeological and archaeometric contributions, collected from two of the most important Prenuragic contexts: Su Coddu/Canelles and Monte d’Accoddi. The artefacts relative to the former of the two are datable to the Early Eneolithic and were recovered during excavations directed by the author between 2001 and 2007. The artefacts of Monte d’Accoddi were discovered during excavations undertaken by Ercole Contu (1952-1959); these belong to a longer chronological arc and are related to diverse phases of the site.
The second objective is to examine the metallurgic production of prehistoric Sardinia in the framework of the Western Mediterranean. This research is taken on through two approaches: the reorganisation and analyses of published material, based on the revision of outdated chronologies in the light of recent radiometric datings, and through drawing comparisons with production from extra-insular areas, with particular attention given to peninsular Italy
Comparison of the predictive utility of Revised Trauma Score,Emergency Trauma Score, and Glasgow Coma Scale-Age-Pressurescores for emergency department mortality in multiple traumapatients
No full textObjective: In this study, we aimed to compare the utility of Revised Trauma Score (RTS), Glasgow Coma Scale, Age, and SystolicBlood Pressure (GAP) scores, and Emergency Trauma Score (EMTRAS) in multiple trauma patients for the prediction of mortalityin the emergency department (ED).Materials and Methods: In this observational diagnostic accuracy study, a consecutive convenience sample of all adult patients (olderthan 16 years) with multiple trauma (injuries confined to at least two body regions) admitted to the trauma bay of the ED during theshifts of the researchers was used. Presence of ED mortality was recorded, and RTS, EMTRAS, and GAP scores were calculated at theanalysis stage of this study.Results: The study sample included 279 multiple trauma patients. Of the 279 patients, 13 (4.7%) died in the ED. Among the 266patients who survived to hospital admission, 3 were lost to-follow-up (foreigner patients). In the following 30 days, 28 more patientswere lost, 23 in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) (23/62, 37.1%), 4 in the wards (4/131, 3.1%), and 1 after discharge (1/73, 0.1%). Theprognostic accuracies (AUC) of RTS, EMTRAS, and GAP were 0.92, 0.94, and 0.93, respectively, for ED mortality.Conclusion: In this study, all trauma scores performed similar in the ED for the prediction of ED mortalit
Aspetti identitari tra passato imperiale e presente repubblicano: una lettura dell’impatto sociale del Varlik Vergisi
No full textDespite the Ottoman heritage of a multi-ethnic, multi-faith and multilingual society, the Republic was inspired by a process of cultural homogenisation that produced a stigmatization of minority identities. The Varlık Vergisi, the Wealth Tax, strongly affected the conditions of the minorities marking one of the most important implementations of this process of social engineering. Faik Ökte, author of the work Varlık Vergisi Faciası, “The tragedy of the wealth tax”, which still represents a relevant source for those studying the Turkish wartime period, defines the capital tax as “one of the most shameful episodes in the financial history of Turkey”. The present article focuses on the social impact of Varlık Vergisi through the critical reading of the memories collected in Varlık Vergisi Faciası
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