Can Emotionally Intelligent Volleyball Players Be More Prone to Sportspersonship?

Emotional intelligence concept has been examined by researchers in the field of education as well as field of sports. When emotional intelligence theory examined, it comes to mind that emotional intelligence can be related to moral behaviors in sport. In this regard, the question of “Can emotional intelligence predict sportspersonship orientation?” comes to mind. Consistent with this question, we examined the relationship between sportspersonship orientation and emotional intelligence level of students participating in university volleyball second division competitions. 79 female and male volleyball players participated in this study. The age mean of participants was found to be 20.29±1.87. 46.8% of participants was female (n=37), 53.2% was male (n=42). %79.7 of participants have reported that they are satisfied with their department (n=63). % 8.9 have reported they are not satisfied with their department while %11.4 have reported that they are partially satisfied with their department. %46 of participant have reported that sporting activities are enough (n=37). %21.5 of them have reported that sporting activities are not enough (n=17) while %31.6 have reported that they are partially enough (n=25). Significant difference was found between genders in terms of emotional appraisal (p<0.01), emphatic sensitivity (p<0.01), positive utilization (p<0.05), respect for social conventions (p<0.05), respect for rules and officials (p<0.05), respect for one’s full commitment toward sport participation (p<0.05). Female volleyball players have reported higher scores than males in terms of all variables. It has been found that emotional intelligence predicts sportspersonship orientation of students participating in university volleyball second division competitions

Diverticular Disease

Diverticulosis is a common problem, especially in industrialized countries. The main risk factors for the development of diverticular disease are physical inactivity and consumption of a low-fiber diet. Among the population with diverticulosis, only 10–25% of the patients develop diverticulitis. Computed tomography (CT) scans are very helpful for diagnosis and deciding the treatment strategy. Patients with acute diverticulitis usually have a good response to conservative therapy. However, some of the patients present with complications such as perforation, fistula, abscess, stricture, and obstruction. Depending on disease severity, they commonly require surgical or radiologic intervention. Despite lots of contradictory results on treatment approaches, recent guidelines tend to be less invasive than the ones in the past. As a result, less invasive treatment protocols, including nonsurgical follow-up, percutaneous drainage, minimally invasive surgery and resection with primary anastomosis, are more commonly used than the more invasive Hartmann procedure. In this chapter, we discuss the clinical characteristics, diagnostic workup and different treatment approaches in the management of diverticular diseases

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION IN ORGANIC MONOLAYERS AT AQUEOUS/VAPOR INTERFACES

The goal of this thesis is to understand how the asymmetry of interfaces affects the structure of adsorbed surfactants and organization within the monolayer. These studies employ a variety of experimental techniques including surface tensiometry and vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy, a nonlinear optical method having surface specificity. The first studies in this thesis examine the ability of different neutral organic surfactants to form films at the aqueous/vapor interface. Specifically, structure and organization within monolayers formed by insoluble and soluble alcohols at aqueous/vapor interfaces were investigated. Relatively simple organic molecules were used to isolate both intermolecular interactions within adsorbed films and the competition between attractive and repulsive forces experienced between monolayer monomers and the aqueous subphase. Results of the experiments allowed us predict that linear alcohols form tightly packed monolayers at the aqueous/vapor interface. This organization allows the alcohol OH group to make strong H-bonds with the water subphase while the hydrocarbon chains interact with each other through attractive van der Waals forces. Our studies showed that the interplay between the van der Waals attraction and the hydrophobic repulsion is the primary factor in determining the equilibrium interfacial structures of 2- and 3-position alcohols. The primary conformer structures predicted for 2-position alcohols include all-trans conformations for insoluble monolayers and a model containing two gauche defects for soluble monolayers. In an effort to model these results we initiated a series of classical molecular dynamics simulations designed to develop molecular insights into the equilibrium structures inferred from experiments. Computer simulations were also used to separate and compare the individual forces contributing to film organization. Our studies in the last part of the thesis focus on the effect of charged soluble surfactants on the structure and organization of phospholipid monolayers adsorbed to aqueous/air interfaces. The self driven spreading of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) on aqueous surfaces to form monolayers was a matter interest in these experiments. The effect of surfactants as a potentially competing surface active species was explored with a function of surfactant bulk phase concentration. The results showed significantly different effects depending on whether the surfactant was anionic or cationic

Sodium Glucose Cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) Inhibitor Related Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Diabetic ketoacidosis is a rare but serious and life-threatening acute complication of diabetes mellitus. It is characterized by ketoacidosis with other findings and should be treated immediately. In this case, a 33-year-old diabetic patient who admitted to the emergency department with diabetic ketoacidosis is presented. The patient was prescribed empagliflozin (sodium glucose cotransporter inhibitor-2) a month ago. The SGLT-2 inhibitors have been approved for use in the treatment of type 2 DM and are still not used in the treatment of type 1 DM. There are such reports of unusual side effects related SGLT-2 inhibitors, in the literature and among them, ketoacidosis is a rare and important side effect

The green divide and heat exposure: urban transformation projects in istanbul

Extreme heat events are happening more frequently and with greater severity, causing significant negative consequences, especially for vulnerable urban populations around the globe. Heat stress is even more common in cities with dense and irregular planning and lacking urban blue-green infrastructures. This study investigates the greening and cooling effects of five selected urban transformation projects and their surrounding areas (within a 10-min walking distance) in Istanbul from 2013 to 2021, with a focus on environmental justice and climate adaptation planning perspectives. By employing temporal analysis of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Land Surface Temperature (LST) values derived from Landsat data sets to detect changes in these five selected urban transformation projects in the megacity of Türkiye, Istanbul, this study finds that the distribution of green infrastructures (e.g., tree canopy) is only limited to project sites of long-running and state-supported urban transformation projects in Istanbul. Consequently, the unequal distribution of green infrastructures creates cooling effects only for the locals residing in the new residential projects. However, the surrounding areas have less urban green infrastructure and are exposed more to the urban heat over time. Urban development policies and planning highly contribute to increasing the climate vulnerabilities among those who do not benefit from the recently developed residential units in Istanbul. Such a trend can affect adaptive capacity of vulnerable communities and redress environmental injustices in urban planning in the megacity of Istanbul

IMEP-33: Total Cadmium and Lead in Baby Food - Interlaboratory Comparison Report, December 2011

The Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM) of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), a Directorate-General of the European Commission, operates the International Measurement Evaluation Programme® (IMEP). It organises interlaboratory comparisons (ILC's) in support to EU policies. This report presents the results of an ILC which focussed on the determination of total Cd and Pb in baby food in support of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 of 19 December 2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs. The test material used in this exercise was baby food formula purchased in a local pharmacy and prepared by the Reference Material Unit of the IRMM for this exercise. Each participant received one bottle containing approximately 15 g of test material. Sixty-six laboratories from 23 countries registered to the exercise and 61 of them reported results. Participants were asked to analyse the measurands in the powder and in the reconstituted form. The assigned value for total Cd was determined by LGC Ltd (UK) and IRMM using direct isotope dilution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The assigned value for total Pb was determined at IRMM using the same technique as for Cd. The standard deviation for proficiency assessment ˆ was set at 22 % of the assigned value based on the modified Horwitz equation. Laboratories were rated with z- and ζ-scores (zeta-scores) in accordance with ISO 13528. Most of the participants reported uncertainties with their results. The outcome of this exercise is clearly characterised by the very low level of Cd and Pb content in the test material which triggered a high number of "less than" values, overestimation especially for lead very likely due to contamination, and a visible method influence in the case of lead. The results were also evaluated with regard to the reported limit of detection and some incoherencies were observed here as well.JRC.D.5-Food Safety and Qualit

IMEP-113: determination of total cadmium and lead in baby food - Interlaboratory Comparison Report - December 2011

This report presents the results of the thirteen proficiency test (PT) which focussed on the determination of total Cd and Pb in baby food according to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 of 19 December 2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs. The test material used in this exercise was baby food formula purchased in a local pharmacy and prepared by the Reference Material Unit of the IRMM for this exercise. Each participant received one bottle containing approximately 15 g of test material. Thirty five laboratories from 26 countries registered to the exercise and all of them reported results. Participants were asked to analyse the measurands in the powder and in the reconstituted form (powder diluted with water, 1:8 fold, to mimic the product as consumed). The assigned value for total Cd was determined by LGC Ltd (UK) and IRMM using direct isotope dilution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The assigned value for total Pb was determined at IRMM using the same technique as for Cd. The standard deviation for proficiency assessment was set at 22 % of the assigned value based on the modified Horwitz equation. Laboratories were rated with z- and ζ-scores (zeta-scores) in accordance with ISO 13528. The outcome of this exercise is clearly influenced by the very low level of Cd and Pb content in the test material which triggered: - a high number of "less than" values; - overestimated values especially for lead very likely due to contamination. Reported results were satisfactory for total cadmium in both forms, (powder and in the reconstituted formula).JRC.D.5-Food Safety and Qualit

ELEVATED NEUTROPHIL/LYMPHOCYTE RATIO IN PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA

Background: Inflammatory mechanisms are reported to play important roles in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. The neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a simple and easily accessible indicator of the systemic inflammatory response. Our goal was to investigate whether NLR was higher in patients with schizophrenia than in healthy comparison subjects similar in age, sex, and body mass index. Subjects and methods: In this multicenter cross-sectional study, we analyzed 156 non-obese patients with schizophrenia and 89 healthy control subjects for complete blood count. The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale was used to determine the severity of clinical pathology. Results: The mean±SD NLR of patients with schizophrenia was significantly higher than that of healthy controls (2.6±1.1 vs. 1.9±0.6, respectively, p0.05). Conclusions: Our findings suggest that NLR levels are increased in physically healthy, non-obese, patients with schizophrenia when compared with physically and mentally healthy individuals. To our knowledge, this is the first study that demonstrated the association between NLR and schizophrenia

Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international cohort study

Background: The impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on postoperative recovery needs to be understood to inform clinical decision making during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. This study reports 30-day mortality and pulmonary complication rates in patients with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection. Methods: This international, multicentre, cohort study at 235 hospitals in 24 countries included all patients undergoing surgery who had SARS-CoV-2 infection confirmed within 7 days before or 30 days after surgery. The primary outcome measure was 30-day postoperative mortality and was assessed in all enrolled patients. The main secondary outcome measure was pulmonary complications, defined as pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, or unexpected postoperative ventilation. Findings: This analysis includes 1128 patients who had surgery between Jan 1 and March 31, 2020, of whom 835 (74·0%) had emergency surgery and 280 (24·8%) had elective surgery. SARS-CoV-2 infection was confirmed preoperatively in 294 (26·1%) patients. 30-day mortality was 23·8% (268 of 1128). Pulmonary complications occurred in 577 (51·2%) of 1128 patients; 30-day mortality in these patients was 38·0% (219 of 577), accounting for 81·7% (219 of 268) of all deaths. In adjusted analyses, 30-day mortality was associated with male sex (odds ratio 1·75 [95% CI 1·28–2·40], p\textless0·0001), age 70 years or older versus younger than 70 years (2·30 [1·65–3·22], p\textless0·0001), American Society of Anesthesiologists grades 3–5 versus grades 1–2 (2·35 [1·57–3·53], p\textless0·0001), malignant versus benign or obstetric diagnosis (1·55 [1·01–2·39], p=0·046), emergency versus elective surgery (1·67 [1·06–2·63], p=0·026), and major versus minor surgery (1·52 [1·01–2·31], p=0·047). Interpretation: Postoperative pulmonary complications occur in half of patients with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection and are associated with high mortality. Thresholds for surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic should be higher than during normal practice, particularly in men aged 70 years and older. Consideration should be given for postponing non-urgent procedures and promoting non-operative treatment to delay or avoid the need for surgery. Funding: National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland, Bowel and Cancer Research, Bowel Disease Research Foundation, Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons, British Association of Surgical Oncology, British Gynaecological Cancer Society, European Society of Coloproctology, NIHR Academy, Sarcoma UK, Vascular Society for Great Britain and Ireland, and Yorkshire Cancer Research