Obstacle to e-government: Digital division E-devletleşme önündeki engel: Dijital eşitsizlik

The issue of digital division; is defined as different sectors of society’s difference in rates of access to information and communication technologies.  Digital division is the one of the greatest obstacles to the transition to an information society and the provision of e-government services. In this study, the subject of digital division, importance of reducing digital division and its effect of the transition to e-government were described, the issue of digital division in Turkey and the studies conducted from the international arena about global digital division were emphasized. ÖzetDijital eşitsizlik sorunu; toplumun farklı kesimlerinin bilgi ve iletişim teknolojilerine erişim oranlarındaki fark olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Bu sorun, bilgi toplumuna ve e-devlet hizmetlerine geçiş sürecindeki en büyük engellerden biridir. Bu çalışmada, dijital eşitsizlik sorunu, bu sorunun azaltılmasının önemi ve e-devlete geçiş sürecine etkisi betimlenmekte, Türkiye’de ki dijital eşitsizlik sorunu ve Global dijital eşitsizlik konusunda uluslararası alanda yapılan çalışmalar üzerinde durulmaktadı

DENTAL PATIENTS’ KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS ABOUT TRANSMISSION WAYS OF ACQuIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS)

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the patients’ attitude, knowledge and awareness about HIV/AIDS. And secondary aim was to assess the need for further education about HIV/AIDS. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire of 39 items was used to evaluate the patients’ knowledge. 301 patients were included (mean age 37.12 ±7.85 years, 41.5% male, 58.5% female) in the study. Results were calculated by Students t-test, Chi-square test, Fisher’s exact test. Results: Most of the patients had accurate knowledge about transmission ways, however transmission through breastfeeding (31.6%), public restrooms (44.9%), and insects and mosquitos bite (47.2%) were less recognized. Saliva (32.2%), urine (36.9%), tears (58.5%), sweat (54.5%), breast milk (30.6%), feces (36.9%) and cerebrospinal fluid (7.3%) were less recognized body fluids. Generally university and postgraduate educated patients had more accurate knowledge than other groups. 63.1% of patients thought that they need further education about HIV/AI DS. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that the knowledge level about HIV/AIDS was almost agreeable. However, the patients had deficiencies with respect to their knowl-edge. Therefore the authors of this study believe that there must be education programs related to HIV/AIDS

Distribution of Blood Groups in Different Types of Leukemia Patients in Eskişehir, Turkey

Biochemical and genetic studies by developing technology since the beginning of the 19th&nbsp;century have clarified the functional classification of human blood group antigens, the structures of A, B, H and Lewis determinants and the enzymes that produce them. Moreover, many studies have investigated whether blood group antigens are associated with disease risk. In this retrospective study, we aimed to determine the blood group distribution of patients who had different leukemia diagnoses. Patients were admitted to the Hematology Clinic of Eskişehir Osmangazi University between the years of 2010-2017. ABO and Rh(D) typing of 1055 patients were noted. There were 362 Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), 151 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), 101 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), 139 Lymphoid Leukemia) and 147 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) patients. When we examined the data, we showed the blood group distribution of leukemia patients as percentages A, 0 and B, respectively, but not statistically (p&gt;0.05). At the same time, we found that the A Rh(D)+ blood group was more relevant when taken into account in the Rh(D) blood group. In this study, ABO and Rh (D) blood group distribution of different leukemia types (AML, ALL, CLL, CML) was shown for the first time in Eskişehir, Turkey. As a result, when we look at our data, different results are obtained in literature studies. However, we can’t say which blood group is effective in different types of leukemia, so further research is needed.</p

A real-life analysis of patients with rheumatologic diseases on biological treatments: Data from TURKBIO Registry

Objective: TURKBIO registry, established in 2011, is the first nationwide biological database in Turkey. This study aimed to provide an overview of TURKBIO data collected by June 2018