The Late Cretaceous genus Omphalocyclus from Turkey: new stratigraphical data for the Mediterranean Tethys

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Late Eocene evolution of Spiroclypeus in Europe

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The updated orthophragminid zonation and main turnovers based on the late Paleocene to Priabonian record from Turkey

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Bartonian to end-Rupelian reticulate Nummulites of the Western Tethys

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Definition of the Ethical Values and Ethics Codes for Turkish Midwifery: A Focused Group Study in Kocaeli

Background: The independent roles of midwives have not been properly defined, and midwifery ethical values and moral codes proper to Turkish culture have not been developed. The absence of legal regulations concerning midwifery has negatively affected midwifery in the process of professionalization. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify the professional values of midwifery in Turkey. Materials and Methods: A focus group was created with the participation of nine midwives working at two state hospitals and a university hospital that provide birth service for women in Kocaeli, which is the most important industrial city in Turkey. The opinions of the midwives on the characteristics that a good midwife should possess and the professional values that a good midwife should observe were collected via in-depth interviews. The interviews were recorded. A total of three meetings were held with the participants. Finally, the notes taken by the reporter during these interviews were rearranged, and the recordings were transcribed by the researchers. Results: The characteristics suggested by the participants were classified into three categories: professional, personal, and interpersonal. Professional competence, capacity to properly inform interested parties, trustworthiness, respect for individuals and human dignity, and empathy were the most commonly named characteristics. As for the professional values of midwifery, professional competence, trustworthiness, responsibility, maximum benefit, and protection of privacy were the most often identified. Midwives also reported that most of the difficulties they faced in the exercise of daily tasks concerned protecting the privacy of their patients as well as the integrity and prestige of the profession, achieving the maximum benefit and least harm for patients, and providing a just and equal service. Conclusions: The professional values were mentioned by participant midwives were similar to the values proposed by international professional organizations. But there were some differences perhaps due to cultural differences

Evolution of western Tethyan involute Heterostegina from late Bartonian to the end-Priabonian

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Lepidorbitoides (Foraminifera) from the lower Maastrichtian Kallankuruchchi Formation, Cauvery Basin, India: Morphometry and paleobiogeography

The southernmost occurrence of the early Maastrichtian larger benthic foraminifera (LBF) in Tethys is known from the Kallankuruchchi Formation in the Cauvery Basin, SE India, represented by Lepidorbitoides-Siderolites assemblages. The systematics, age and paleobiogeography of Lepidorbitoides here have as yet remained unresolved due to lack of information particularly on the nepionic arrangement, whereas their links with the Western Tethyan and Caribbean biogeographic domains were speculated. Lepidorbitoides, studied from the same level in seven samples in two separate areas, invariably possess quadriserial nepionts and adauxiliary chamberlets, whose mean number ranges from 3.79 to 4.67. The ratio between the sample means of the internal diameter of deuteroconch and protoconch varies between 1.72 and 1.86. The equatorial layer in the early stage consists of arcuate chambers with basal stolons, and ogival-to spatulate chamberlets with annular and oblique stolons in the later stages. These features are consistent with the phylogenetically advanced members of the Western Tethyan Lepidorbitoides lineage, such as L. minor (Schlumberger) and L. socialis (Leymerie), and all samples were assigned to the transitional development stages of these species based on the morphometry. The taxonomic status of some Lepidorbitoides species, originally described from the Kallankuruchchi Formation and widely adopted in previous works, such as L. blanfordi (Rao) and L. inornata (Rao), are not justified. We extend the geographic range of Western Tethyan Lepidorbitoides to southern India. © 2017 Elsevier Lt

Determination of fatty acid, tocopherol and phytosterol contents of the oils of various poppy (<i>Papaver somniferum</i> L.) seeds.

The fatty acid, tocopherol and sterol contents of the oils of several poppy seeds were investigated. The main fatty acids in poppy seed oils were linoleic (687.6-739.2 g kg^-1), oleic (141.3-192.8 g kg^-1) and palmitic (76.8-92.8 g kg^-1). The oils contained an appreciable amount of -tocopherol (195.37-280.85 mg kg^-1), with a mean value of 261.31 mg kg^-1 and α-tocopherol (21.99-45.83 mg kg^-1), with a mean value of 33.03 mg kg^-1. The concentrations of total sterol ranged from 1099.84 mg kg^-1 (K.pembe) to 4816.10 mg kg^-1 (2. sınıf beyaz), with a mean value of 2916.20 mg kg^-1. The major sterols were -sitosterol, ranging from 663.91 to 3244.39 mg kg^-1; campesterol, ranging from 228.59 to 736.50 mg kg^-1; and Δ⁵-avenasterol, ranging from 103.90 to 425.02 mg kg^-1. The studied varieties of poppy seeds from Turkey were found to be a potential source of valuable oil.<br><br>El contenido en ácidos grasos, tocoferoles y esteroles de aceites de varias semillas de adormidera fueron investigadas. Los principales ácidos grasos en el aceite de semilla de adormidera fueron el ácido linoleico (687.6-739.2 g kg^-1), ácido oleico (141.3-192.8 g kg^-1) y ácidos palmítico (76.8- 92.8 g kg^-1). Los aceites contienen una cantidad apreciable de -tocoferol (195.37-280.85 mg kg^-1), con un valor medio de 261.31 mg kg^-1 y α-tocoferol (21.99-45.83 mg kg^-1), con un valor medio de 33.03 mg kg^-1. La concentración total de esteroles varió desde 1099.84 mg kg^-1 (K.pembe) a 4816.10 mg kg^-1 (2. sınıf beyaz), con un valor medio de 2916.20 mg kg^-1. El principal esterol fue el -sitosterol, que varió desde 663.91 a 3244.39 mg kg^-1; el campesterol, que varió desde 228.59 a 736.50 mg kg^-1; y el Δ⁵-avenasterol, que varió desde 103.90 a 425.02 mg kg^-1. Las semillas estudiadas de las diferentes variedades de adormidera de Turquía pueden ser una fuente potencial de aceites con valor añadido