The spatiotemporal land use/cover change of Adana city

ISPRS Conference on Serving Society with Geoinformatics, ISPRS-SSG 2013 --11 November 2013 through 17 November 2013 -- --The major driving factors for land use planning are largely limited to socio-economic inputs that do not completely represent the spatio-temporal patterns and ecological inputs have often been neglected. Integration of remote sensing and GIS techniques enabled successful applications in characterizing the spatiotemporal trends of land use/land cover (LULC) change. This study demonstrated an approach that combines remote sensing, landscape metrics, and LULC change analysis as a promising tool for understanding spatiotemporal patterns of Adana city. Calculation of spatial metrics was based on a categorical, patch-based representation of the landscape. Landscape metrics are conceptual framework for sustainable landscape and ecological planning. LULC change analysis was performed by considering the metric calculation. Post-classification technique was used for the metric based change detection and two different remotely sensed data set recorded in 1967 (CORONA) and 2007 (ALOS AVNIR) were used for the analysis. Additionally, a LULC projection for the year 2023 was also generated and integrated to the change analysis. SLEUTH model was utilised as a urban growth model for the future developments of study area in the scope of Cellular Automata (CA). SLEUTH model contains the main elements that characterize the core characteristics of CA: it works in a grid space of homogeneous cells, with a neighburhood of eight cells, two cell states and five transition rules that act in sequential time steps. Most useful and relevant metrics for landscape including: percentage of landscape, patch density, edge density, largest patch index, Euclidian mean nearest neighbor distance, area weighted mean patch fractal dimension and contagion were calculated for the 1967, 2007 and 2023 LULC maps and temporal changes were determined for the study area. Most considerable change was observed on the agricultural areas. Urban sprawl is the major driving factor of the LULC change

Tiroidektomiden on yıl sonra ortaya çıkan semptomatik boyun kitlesinin endovasküler embolizasyonla tedavisi]

Thyroid surgery is safe and can generally be performed with minimal morbidity. Most of the postoperative complications following thyroid surgery are not life-threatening, but can affect the quality of life. Arteriovenous fistula of the superior thyroid artery and vein is a rare complication of thyroid surgery. Patients with a history of thyroidectomy may present with a symptomatic neck mass in the late period. The possibility of an arteriovenous fistula of the superior thyroid artery and vein should be considered in such cases. Interventional radiology is successful in the definitive diagnosis and treatment of arteriovenous fistulas. In this article, an arteriovenous fistula diagnosed 10 years after thyroidectomy was defined. The fistula between superior thyroid artery and vein was treated with detachable coils and glue embolizations. © 2013 by Türkiye Klinikleri

Treatment of a Symptomatic Neck Mass Appeared Ten Years After Thyroidectomy with Endovascular Embolization: Case Report

Thyroid surgery is safe and can generally be performed with minimal morbidity. Most of the postoperative complications following thyroid surgery are not life-threatening, but can affect the quality of life. Arteriovenous fistula of the superior thyroid artery and vein is a rare complication of thyroid surgery. Patients with a history of thyroidectomy may present with a symptomatic neck mass in the late period. The possibility of an arteriovenous fistula of the superior thyroid artery and vein should be considered in such cases. Interventional radiology is successful in the definitive diagnosis and treatment of arteriovenous fistulas. In this article, an arteriovenous fistula diagnosed 10 years after thyroidectomy was defined. The fistula between superior thyroid artery and vein was treated with detachable coils and glue embolizations. © 2013 by Türkiye Klinikleri

The Effect Of Sport?ng Hab?ts And D?fferent Var?ables On Self-Esteem Of Pol?ce Off?cers

Having low or high self-esteem is considered to have an effect on one's attitude towards himself or herself as well as towards other individuals in the society. Therefore, it is important to determine the factors that improve individuals' self-esteem. Considering that the quality of education obtained by an individual has an impact on self-esteem, it is imperative to point out what factors in the education process boost one's self-esteem and to execute such factors. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of sporting activities on self-esteem of police officers with respect to different variables. The total of 266 police officers, 32 female and 234 male, who serve in the City of Erzurum in Turkey participated in this survey. Scale of Self Esteem, developed by Kuzgun (2005), was used in order to gather data. T test and variance analysis were utilized as well. The difference among the groups' choices is evaluated based on P 0.05 significance level. Based on the evaluation of the survey results, no difference among police officers was observed in terms of average self-esteem with respect to gender and sporting habits, whereas, a difference was observed in terms of average self-esteem with respect to the type of sport performed. Those who perform individual sports tend to have higher self-esteem compared to those who perform team sports or no sport at all. Since, having police officers with high self-esteem serve and interact with individuals will have a positive effect on social interactions in the society. It is imperative to provide opportunities and encoruge police officers to do individual sports and to further study the factors that may help increase the self-esteem of such individuals. Keywords: Self-esteem, Individuality, Sporting, Police Officer

Elevated serum osteoprotegerin levels predict in-hospital major adverse cardiac events in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction

PubMed: 22727437The aim of our study was to investigate whether osteoprotegerin (OPG) is related to in-hospital major adverse cardiac events (MACE) and reperfusion parameters in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The OPG/receptor activator of nuclear factor-?B (RANK)/RANK ligand pathway has recently been associated with atherosclerosis. OPG is a predictor of cardiovascular events in patients with acute coronary syndrome. This study included 96 consecutive patients with STEMI undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Two groups with equal number of patients were formed according to median OPG level. The association of OPG levels on admission with post-procedural reperfusion parameters, and in-hospital MACE were investigated. Patients with higher OPG levels displayed higher neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, admission troponin, admission glucose, and high-sensitive C-reactive protein. Higher OPG levels were associated with increased thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) risk score, TIMI risk index, pain to balloon time, need for inotropic support, shock, and MACE, mainly driven by death. Reperfusion parameters were not different between the two groups. TIMI risk score, TIMI risk index, myocardial blush grade, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), number of obstructed vessels, and OPG significantly predicted adverse cardiac events. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed OPG as an independent predictor of MACE as well as eGFR, number of obstructed vessels, and corrected TIMI frame count. OPG, a bidirectional molecule displaying both atheroprotective and pro-atherosclerotic properties, is currently known as a marker of inflammation and a predictor of cardiovascular mortality. The present study, for the first time, demonstrated that an increased OPG level is related to in-hospital adverse cardiovascular events after primary PCI in patients with STEMI. © 2012 Japanese College of Cardiology

Effect of seed powder of a herbal legume fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graceum L.) on growth performance, body components, digestive parts, and blood parameters of broiler chicks

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of dietary Trigonella foenum-graceum L. seed powder (TFGSP) on growth performance, blood glucose, protein and lipid profile of broilers (Ross-308). One hundred ninety two, 1-d old mixed sex broiler chicks were allocated to 5 dietary treatments in which 0, 5, 10, 20 and 40 g TFGSP doses per kg commercial broiler diet were added for a period of 42 days. The results showed that body weight and the breast weight decreased after TFGSP treatment compared to control (P<0.05). Feed intake decreased after 5 g TFGSP treatment while 40 g TFGSP treatment decreased feed efficiency and leg weight compared to control (P<0.01). There was no significant difference in weights of digestive system parts, except duodenum weight and lipid oxidation between control and treatment groups. A 20 g TFGSP treatment enhanced blood glucose level (P<0.01), but decreased triglyceride level (P<0.01) compared to control. At 40 g TFGSP the blood cholesterol decreased (P<0.05) but LDL level increased compared to control (P<0.01). In conclusion, TFGSP addition to broiler diet decreased appetite and, consequently, reduced growth performance, more likely, attributting to the enhanced blood glucose level. Copyright 2013 Zoological Society of Pakistan

Evidence against the core/cover interpretation of the southern sector of the Menderes Massif, west Turkey

The Menderes Massif, in western Anatolia, has been described as a lithological succession comprising a basal 'Precambrian gneissic core of sedimentary origin' overlain in sequence by 'Palaeozoic schist' and 'Mesozoic-Cenozoic marble' forming the envelope. The boundary between core and schist envelope was interpreted as a major unconformity, the 'Supra-Pan-African unconformity'. By contrast, our field observations and geochemical data show that around the southern side of Besparmak Mountain, north of Selimiye (Milas), the protoliths of highly deformed, mylonitized augen gneisses are granitoid rocks intrusive into the adjacent Palaeozoic metasedimentary schists. The field relationships indicate the age of intrusion to be younger than late Permian and there is no evidence for the existence of either an exposed Precambrian basement or the 'Supra-Pan-African unconformity' in this sector of the Menderes Massif