Determining the nutrition habits of the mothers of gifted children during the pregnancy: A retrospective study

Amaç: Bu araştırmada, üstün zekâlı çocuğu olan annelerin gebelik dönemindeki beslenme al ışkanlıklarının araştırılması ve kontrol grubu ile karşılaştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Retrospektif ve ta- nımlayıcı nitelikteki bu çalışmaya 48’i üstün zekâlı ve 46’sı kontrol olan 94 çocuk ve anne çifti dâhil edilmiştir. Demografik bilgiler, beslenme alışkan- lıkları ve fiziksel aktivite durumları anket formu ile sorgulanmıştır. Bulgu- lar: Üstün zekâ ve kontrol grubundaki çocukların yaş ortalamaları sırasıyla 9,3±1,9 ve 10,3±1,4 yıldır. Annelerin eğitim durumları arasında anlamlı fark görülmezken (p=0,125), meslek dağılımlarının anlamlı olarak farklı olduğu; kontrol grubu annelerinin %58,7’sinin ev hanımı, üstün zekâ grubu annele- rinin %47,9’unun memur veya özel sektör çal ışanı olduğu belirlenmiştir (p=0,035). Annenin gebelikteki fiziksel aktivite durumu ile çocu ğun üstün zekâlı olması arasında anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmamıştır (p=0,580). Gebelikte balık, çay, kahve ve su tüketimi; ya ğ tercihi, iyotlu/iyotsuz tuz kullan ımı gibi faktörler ve besin desteği kullanımı ile zekâ arasında anlamlı bir ilişki gözlenmemiştir (p>0,05). Gebelikte bir besine aşırı istek duyma oranı her iki grupta da benzer olup üstün zekâ grubunda besinlere kar şı tiksinti duyma oranı, kontrol grubuna göre anlaml ı olarak daha dü şük bulunmu ştur (p=0,039). En fazla istek duyulan besinler başta erik olmak üzere diğer mey- veler olurken en fazla tiksinti duyulan besinler tavuk, so ğan ve çay olarak kaydedilmiştir. Sonuç: Soyut bir kavram olan zekây ı etkileyen faktörlerin belirlenmesi oldukça karma şık ve zorlay ıcıdır. Annenin gebelikteki bes- lenme durumu ve alışkanlıklarının çocuğun zekâ düzeyi üzerindeki etkile- rini net olarak belirlemek için daha kapsaml ı, kontrollü ve uzun süreli çalışmalar gereklidir.Objective: In this study, it was aimed to investigate the nu- tritional habits of mothers with gifted children during pregnancy and to com- pare them with the control group. Material and Methods: This retrospective and descriptive study included 94 child and mother couples, 48 of whom were gifted and 46 of whom were controls. Demographic infor- mation, nutritional habits and physical activity status were questioned with a questionnaire. Results: The mean ages of the children in the gifted and control groups were 9.3±1.9 and 10.3±1.4 years, respectively. While there was no significant difference between the education levels of the mothers (p=0.125), the occupational distributions were significantly different; It was determined that 58.7% of the mothers of the control group were housewives, and 47.9% of the mothers of the gifted group were civil servants or private sector employees (p=0.035). There was no significant relationship between the physical activity status of the mother during pregnancy and the child being in the gifted group (p=0.580). No significant relationship was ob- served between factors such as fish, tea, coffee and water consumption; oil preference, use of iodized/non-iodized salt and the use of nutritional sup- plements during pregnancy and intelligence (p>0.05). The rate of excessive craving for any food during pregnancy was similar in both groups, and the rate of food disgust in the gifted group was found to be significantly lower than the control group (p=0.039). While the most desired foods were other fruits, especially plums, the most disgusting foods were recorded as chicken, onions and tea. Conclusion: Determining the factors affecting intelligence, which is an abstract concept, is quite complex and challenging. More com- prehensive, controlled and long-term studies are needed to more clearly de- termine the effects of the mother’s nutritional status and habits during pregnancy on the child’s intelligence level

Platelet-Rich Fibrin Used as a Scaffold in Pulp Regeneration: Case Series

Regenerative endodontic treatment (RET) is a biologically based treatment approach to provide root development and increase the prognosis of teeth. The purpose of this case series was to evaluate the clinical and radiological results of RET using platelet-rich fibrin (PRF), in 4 immature teeth with necrotic pulps. At the end of 18-24-month follow-up, no clinical symptoms were recorded. Apical closure was observed in 3 of the 4 teeth. All of the preoperative periapical lesions were healed. However, a calcified tissue formed in the middle third of the root in one case diagnosed with chronic apical periodontitis at 3-month follow-up. PRF was successful as a scaffold and can be recommended for revascularization protocol of necrotic immature teeth. However, prognosis of tooth can be attributed to many factors such as duration of pulp necrosis, pretreatment status of the periapical region and viability of living tissues

Diagnosis of comorbid migraine without aura in patients with idiopathic/genetic epilepsy based on the gray zone approach to the International Classification of Headache Disorders 3 criteria

BackgroundMigraine without aura (MwoA) is a very frequent and remarkable comorbidity in patients with idiopathic/genetic epilepsy (I/GE). Frequently in clinical practice, diagnosis of MwoA may be challenging despite the guidance of current diagnostic criteria of the International Classification of Headache Disorders 3 (ICHD-3). In this study, we aimed to disclose the diagnostic gaps in the diagnosis of comorbid MwoA, using a zone concept, in patients with I/GEs with headaches who were diagnosed by an experienced headache expert.MethodsIn this multicenter study including 809 consecutive patients with a diagnosis of I/GE with or without headache, 163 patients who were diagnosed by an experienced headache expert as having a comorbid MwoA were reevaluated. Eligible patients were divided into three subgroups, namely, full diagnosis, zone I, and zone II according to their status of fulfilling the ICHD-3 criteria. A Classification and Regression Tree (CART) analysis was performed to bring out the meaningful predictors when evaluating patients with I/GEs for MwoA comorbidity, using the variables that were significant in the univariate analysis.ResultsLonger headache duration (<4 h) followed by throbbing pain, higher visual analog scale (VAS) scores, increase of pain by physical activity, nausea/vomiting, and photophobia and/or phonophobia are the main distinguishing clinical characteristics of comorbid MwoA in patients with I/GE, for being classified in the full diagnosis group. Despite being not a part of the main ICHD-3 criteria, the presence of associated symptoms mainly osmophobia and also vertigo/dizziness had the distinguishing capability of being classified into zone subgroups. The most common epilepsy syndromes fulfilling full diagnosis criteria (n = 62) in the CART analysis were 48.39% Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy followed by 25.81% epilepsy with generalized tonic-clonic seizures alone.ConclusionLonger headache duration, throbbing pain, increase of pain by physical activity, photophobia and/or phonophobia, presence of vertigo/dizziness, osmophobia, and higher VAS scores are the main supportive associated factors when applying the ICHD-3 criteria for the comorbid MwoA diagnosis in patients with I/GEs. Evaluating these characteristics could be helpful to close the diagnostic gaps in everyday clinical practice and fasten the diagnostic process of comorbid MwoA in patients with I/GEs

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Looking without seeing: profile of women authors in Turkey

Bu makale, edebiyat sosyolojisi alanına giren ve Türkiye’deki edebiyatçı kadınların profilini ortaya çıkartmayı amaçlayan bir araştırma projesinin ürünüdür. Kadın yazarların eğitim durumları, meslekleri, babalarının meslekleri, yapıt verdikleri türler ve bildikleri yabancı diller gibi kimi unsurlar ele alınarak bu verilerin yıllara dağılımı incelenmektedir. İstatistiksel veriler ve bunlara dayalı olarak yapılan niceliksel analizler toplumsal ve kültürel süreçleri tüm yönleriyle yansıtmasalar da, sözkonusu verilerin yıllara göre nasıl değiştiğini görmek “kadın edebiyatı” adıyla çerçevelenen ve fazla sorgulanmadan adeta bir kanon gibi kabul edilen yazınsal üretimin değerlendirilmesinde otomatikleşen kimi yargıların yeniden gözden geçirilmesi için gereklidir. İstatistiksel dağılımlar bir panorama çizmekle kalmaz, edebiyatın kurumsallaşması, metalaşması, nesilden nesile ve farklı kültürlere aktarımı gibi konulara ışık tutabilecek veriler de sunar. Örneğin, edebiyatçı kadınların doğum yeri ve ikamet yeri üzerine yapılacak karşılaştırmalar, ülkenin edebiyat merkezi olan şehirlerini belirlememize yardımcı olur. Edebiyatçı kadınların yapıt verdikleri türlerin dağılımı ve bu dağılımın yıllara göre gösterdiği değişim, edebiyattaki toplumsal cinsiyet dinamiklerini ve bu dinamiklerin tarihsel süreçteki gelişimini anlamamıza yardımcı olur. İstatistiksel verileri değerlendiren bu makale, edebiyatçı kadınların görünürlüğünü etkileyen unsurları tartışmaya açmakta ve edebiyat için gelenekselleşen bilginin sadece erkekler üzerinden türetilmesinin yanlışlığına değinmektedir.This article is a product of a research project which, within the scope of the sociology of literature, aims to unravel the profile of women writers in Turkey. The educational status of women writers, their occupation, their father’s occupation, the genres to which they contribute their foreign language abilities and the distribution of this data over the years are examined. Despite their shortcomings in giving a thorough understanding of social and cultural processes, quantitative analyses, they nevertheless, can play a crucial role in problematizing the established judgments and often poorly scrutinized assumptions which serve as the canon of the field which is framed as “women’s literature”. For instance, to see how certain statistical data has changed over the years, can shed light on previously neglected phenomena about the literary production of women writers. Statistical distributions not only provide a panorama but also give a perspective about the institutionalization and commodification of literature and its transfer to new generations and different cultures. For example, comparisons of place of birth and place of residence of women writers help us to identify the cities which are the country’s literary centers. The distribution of genres and the variation of this distribution over the years, help us to understand the dynamics of gender in literature and the historical development of these dynamics. This article evaluates statistical data, opens a discussion on the factors affecting the visibility of women’s literary tradition, and points to the inaccuracy of forming the established information on literature on a men-only basis

Fluorescent sporopollenin microcapsule modified by BODIPY for sensitive&selective recognition and efficient removal of Cu (II) from aqueous solution

WOS:000785096500006Sporopollenin microcapsules (sporopollenin exine capsule (SEC)) have characteristic holes with 25 μm diameter and can be chemically obtained from the natural pollen grains. In this paper, a BODIPY derivative was successfully immobilized on SEC modified with 3-(aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) to obtain a fluorescent microcapsule sensor (Sp-APTES-monoBODIPY) and then it was used for both sensitive-selective detection and removal of Cu (II) ions. The prepared surfaces were characterized by several techniques like FT-IR, SEM, XRD. The photophysical measurements (response time, pH, complex stoichiometry, etc.) were fluorometrically performed for the detection of Cu (II) ions in the fluorescence spectroscopy. The limit of detection (LOD) and quantified (LOQ) are 4.9 × 10−7 M and 1.2 × 10−6 M for the detection of Cu (II) which is challenging, respectively. Otherwise, about the removal of Cu (II) with Sp-APTES-monoBODIPY fluorescent microcapsule, we also calculated the maximum isotherm parameters and adsorption capacities from the Freundlich, Dubinin-Radushkevich and Langmuir equations. When the Sp-APTES-monoBODIPY was used as an adsorbent for the removal of Cu (II) ions, the adsorption kinetics and isotherms well fitted the pseudo-second-order model and the Langmuir model, respectively. The maximum adsorption capacity is 25 mg.g−1. All results showed that the synthesized fluorescent microcapsule can be used as an ideal adsorbent and sensor material of Cu (II) ions for simultaneous environmental cleaning applications