How the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic affected housing sector? Empirical evidence from Turkey

PurposeThis study aims to analyze the relationship between the consequences of the pandemic and the housing sector with econometric tests that allow for structural breaks.Design/methodology/approachStudy data were collected weekly between March 9, 2020, and February 4, 2022, and analyzed for Turkey. In the model of the study, housing loans were used as a housing market indicator, and the number of new deaths and new cases were used as data related to the pandemic. The exchange rate, which affects the use of housing loans, was added to the model as a control variable. This study was analyzed to examine the relationship between the pandemic and the housing sector, time series analysis techniques that allow structural breaks were used.FindingsBased on the result of the analyses, it was concluded that there is a long-run relationship between the pandemic stages and housing markets along with structural breaks. As a result of the time-varying causality test developed to determine the causality relationship between the variables and its direction, a bidirectional causality relationship was identified between all variables at certain dates.Research limitations/implicationsStudy data were collected weekly between March 9, 2020, and February 4, 2022, and analyzed in the case of Turkey.Practical implicationsBased on results of the study, it is recommended that policy makers and market actors take into account extraordinary situations such as pandemics and create a budget allocation that is always ready to use for this purpose.Originality/valueThe empirical examination of the relationship between the pandemic and the housing sector in Turkey provides origina

Evaluation of nutritional status in pediatric intensive care unit patients: the results of a multicenter, prospective study in Turkey

IntroductionMalnutrition is defined as a pathological condition arising from deficient or imbalanced intake of nutritional elements. Factors such as increasing metabolic demands during the disease course in the hospitalized patients and inadequate calorie intake increase the risk of malnutrition. The aim of the present study is to evaluate nutritional status of patients admitted to pediatric intensive care units (PICU) in Turkey, examine the effect of nutrition on the treatment process and draw attention to the need for regulating nutritional support of patients while continuing existing therapies.Material and MethodIn this prospective multicenter study, the data was collected over a period of one month from PICUs participating in the PICU Nutrition Study Group in Turkey. Anthropometric data of the patients, calorie intake, 90-day mortality, need for mechanical ventilation, length of hospital stay and length of stay in intensive care unit were recorded and the relationship between these parameters was examined.ResultsOf the 614 patients included in the study, malnutrition was detected in 45.4% of the patients. Enteral feeding was initiated in 40.6% (n = 249) of the patients at day one upon admission to the intensive care unit. In the first 48 h, 86.82% (n = 533) of the patients achieved the target calorie intake, and 81.65% (n = 307) of the 376 patients remaining in the intensive care unit achieved the target calorie intake at the end of one week. The risk of mortality decreased with increasing upper mid-arm circumference and triceps skin fold thickness Z-score (OR = 0.871/0.894; p = 0.027/0.024). The risk of mortality was 2.723 times higher in patients who did not achieve the target calorie intake at first 48 h (p = 0.006) and the risk was 3.829 times higher in patients who did not achieve the target calorie intake at the end of one week (p = 0.001). The risk of mortality decreased with increasing triceps skin fold thickness Z-score (OR = 0.894; p = 0.024).ConclusionTimely and appropriate nutritional support in critically ill patients favorably affects the clinical course. The results of the present study suggest that mortality rate is higher in patients who fail to achieve the target calorie intake at first 48 h and day seven of admission to the intensive care unit. The risk of mortality decreases with increasing triceps skin fold thickness Z-score

A comparative analysis of Turkish and Korean political economy

행사명 : Asia-Pacific Economic and Business History Conference 201

Mannose based polymeric nanoparticles for lectin separation

WOS: 000452275200003The aim of this work is to synthesize the original, new polymeric nanoparticles for concanavalin A (Con A) purification. Nanoparticles were synthesized by surfactant free emulsion polymerization. In the polymerization prosedure, 1-O-(2'-hydroxy-3'-acryloyloxypropyl)-2,3:5,6-di-O-isopropylidene-alpha-D-mannofuranose (Man-OPA) was used as co-monomer and 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate (HEMA) was used as a monomer. Man-OPA was characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), nuclear magnetic resonance and elemental analysis techniques. Poly(HEMA-Man-OPA) nanoparticles were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, FTIR and Zeta Sizer. In adsorption-desorption experiments, maximum Con A adsorption capacity of poly(HEMA-Man-OPA) nanoparticles was found 630.6 mg/g nanoparticle (pH 7.5, 1.0 mg/mL). Adsorption-desorption experiments were repeated in four times. According to results, these nanoparticles could be used several times without significant decrease in Con A adsorption capacity

Do Antithymocyte Globulin-Free Acute Rejection Therapies Increase the Risk of Polyoma Nephropathy in Renal Transplant Recipients?

12th Congress of the Turkish-Transplantation-Centers-Coordination-Association (TTCCA) -- OCT 18-21, 2018 -- Trabzon, TURKEYSen, Sait/0000-0002-1100-6657;WOS: 000500179300023PubMed: 31101182Introduction. BK virus nephropathy is a serious complication that can lead to allograft kidney loss. Excessive immunosuppression increases the risk. We aimed to evaluate whether there is an increased risk of BK viremia and nephropathy in patients who underwent high-dose immunosuppression because of the development of acute rejection in the early period after kidney transplantation. Methods. This retrospective cohort study was performed betweenApril 2015 and March 2016. Twenty-nine patientswho had biopsy-proven acute rejection in the first 3 months were evaluated for BK viremia and nephropathy. Thirty patients who had transplantations at the same period were the control group. Plasma BK-DNA values were examined at 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after the rejection treatment and at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months in the control group. Presence of polyoma nephropathy was examined with surveillance biopsies at the 6 and 12 months. Results. Acute rejection treatment was started on the 12th day after transplantation (2-37 days). Seventeen cellular rejections and 12 humoral rejections were reported by biopsy. Two of the 12 humoral rejections were suspicious. Only pulse steroid (PS) (n = 18); PS, plasmapheresis, and intravenous immunoglobulin (n = 8); PS and intravenous immunoglobulin (n = 2); and PS and plasmapheresis (n = 1) treatments were performed. in 21 patients in the rejection group and 25 patients in the control group, BK-DNA was not positive at all. Two patients had graft loss at 11 and 36 months in the rejection group. Graft losses were secondary to rejection. Conclusions. Treatment with antithymocyte globulin-free regimens after acute rejection episodes did not lead to an increase in BK viremia.Turkish Transplantat Ctr Coordinat Asso

STUDY OF DIFFERENT EXPRESSION PROFILES OF "TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL ION CHANNEL (TRPC) GENE FAMILY" IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING RENAL BIOPSY WITH CLINICAL SUSPECTED GLOMERULONEPHRITIS

57th ERA-EDTA Congress -- JUN 06-09, 2020 -- ELECTR NETWORKWOS: 000562392100047[No abstract available]ERA, EDT

Surgical outcome in patients with MRI-negative, PET-positive temporal lobe epilepsy

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the long-term surgical outcomes of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-negative, fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET)-positive patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and compare them with those of patients with mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS). Methods: One hundred forty-one patients with TLE who underwent anterior temporal lobectomy were included in the study. The surgical outcomes of 24 patients with unilateral temporal hypometabolism on FDG-PET without an epileptogenic lesion on MRI were compared with that of patients with unilateral temporal hypometabolism on FDG-PET with MTS on MRI (n = 117). The outcomes were compared using Engel's classification at 2 years after surgery. Clinical characteristics, unilateral interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs), histopathological data and operation side were considered as probable prognostic factors. Results: Class I surgical outcomes were similar in MRI-negative patients and the patients with MTS on MRI (seizure-free rate at postoperative 2 years was 79.2\% and 82\% in the MRI-negative and MTS groups, respectively). In univariate analysis, history of febrile convulsions, presence of unilateral IEDs and left temporal localization were found to be significantly associated with seizure free outcome. Multivariate analysis revealed that independent predictors of a good outcome were history of febrile convulsions and presence of unilateral IEDs. Conclusion: Our results suggest that epilepsy surgery outcomes of MRI-negative, PET positive patients are similar to those of patients with MTS. This finding may aid in the selection of best candidates for epilepsy surgery. (C) 2015 British Epilepsy Association. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved