The socio-demographic, clinical and forensic medical investigation of suicide attempts over 18 years old presented to a training and research hospital’s emergency department: Izmir example

*Parlak, İsmail ( Aksaray, Yazar )Suicide and attempted suicide are among the causes of serious morbidity and mortality and are an important public health problem today. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate socio-demographic, clinical and forensic medical aspects of suicide attempters admitted to our hospital, to identify some risk factors. Thus, we emphasize the importance of suicide and drawing attention to taking measures to prevent suicides. The necessary permissions were obtained for the study. The records of 710 patients who applied to the Emergency Department of Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital between 01 January 2014 and 31 December 2015 were retrospectively reviewed. 54.9% of the patients were female and 45.1% were male. Their ages ranged from 18 to 87 years and the mean age was 32.13 ± 11.52 years. It was determined that they preferred to drink drugs most frequently (n = 665, 93.7%) and then die with firearm (n = 30, 4.2%). Four (0.6%) cases died after all interventions. There is much scientific research on suicide attempts. However, there is insufficient research on how to approach suicidal cases when emergency department workers encounter suicide attempts. In order to prevent suicide attempts and deaths which are a serious public health problem, we think that risk factors should be determined, and protective measures should be taken

The relationship between perceived social support, empathic tendencies and empathic skills

Amaç: Fiziksel ve ruhsal sağlığa yönelik tehlikelere karşı koruyucu rol oynayan faktörlerden birisosyal destektir. Sosyal destek empatiye olumlu katkı sağlayan faktörlerden biridir. Bu çalışmanınamacı, sosyal destek, empatik eğilim ve beceri arasında ilişki olup olmadığını saptamaktır.Yöntem: Bu çalışma kesitsel bir çalışmadır. Çalışmanın evrenini bir kamu üniversitesinde lisansdüzeyinde sağlık eğitimi gören 742 öğrencinin tamamı oluşturmuştur. Power analiz sonrası örneklemealınacak kişi sayısı 441 kişi olarak hesaplanmıştır. Araştırma için gerekli izinler alınmıştır. AraştırmadaAlgılanan Soysal Destek Ölçeği ile Empatik Eğilim ve Empatik Beceri Ölçeği kullanılmıştır.Bulgular: Katılımcıların yaş ortalaması 20,831,93’dür. Sosyal destek ve alt boyutlarının puanlarıyüksektir, ancak empatik eğilim ve becerilerinin puanları düşüktür. Araştırmada, algılanan sosyaldestek ile empatik eğilim ve empatik beceri arasında ilişki bulunmuştur. 21 yaş ve üstünde olanlarınempati kurma potansiyelleri daha yüksek bulunmuştur. Ebelik bölümündekilerin sosyal destek,empatik eğilim ve empatik beceri puanları daha yüksektir.Sonuç: Algılanan sosyal destek ile empatik eğilim ilişkili bulunmasına rağmen empatik beceriilişkili bulunmamıştır.Aim: Social support is one of the factors that play a protective role against hazards to physical andmental health. Social support is one of the factors that contribute positively to empathy. The aim of thisstudy is to determine whether there is a relationship between social support, empathic tendency andempathic skills.Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. The population of the study consisted of all 742undergraduate students receiving education about health at a public university. After the poweranalysis, the number of people to be sampled was calculated as 441. The necessary permissions wereobtained for the research. Perceived Social Support Scale and Empathic Tendency and Empathic SkillScale were used in the study.Results: The mean age of the participants was 20.831.93. The scores of social support and subdimensionsare high, but the scores of empathic tendencies and skills are low. A significant relationshipwas found between perceived social support and empathic tendency and empathic skills. Those whoare 21 years or older have higher potential for empathy. The midwifery department has higher socialsupport, empathic tendency and empathic skill scores.Conclusion: Although perceived social support was associated with empathic tendency, empathicskills were not

Cumhuriyet döneminde Ankara keçisi yetiştiriciliğinin tarihsel olarak değerlendirilmesi

Ankara : İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent Üniversitesi İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi, Tarih Bölümü, 2015.This work is a student project of the The Department of History, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University.by Özer, Abdürrahim

Tuning the Porosity of Dextran Microgels with Supramacromolecular Nanogels as Soft Sacrificial Templates

Hydrogels, as well as colloidal hydrogels (microgels), are important materials for a large variety of applications in the biomedical field. Microgels with a controlled pore size (meso- and macropores) are required for efficient nutrient support, modulation of cell adhesion, removal of metabolic products in cell cultures, and probiotic loading. Common microgel fabrication techniques do not provide sufficient control over pore sizes and geometry. In this work, the natural polysaccharide dextran modified with methacrylate groups is used to synthesize highly monodisperse meso- and macroporous microgels in a size range of 100-150 & mu;m via photo cross-linking in microfluidic droplets. The size of mesopores is varied by the concentration of dextran methacrylate chains in the droplets (50-200 g L-1) and the size of macropores is regulated by the integration of pH-degradable supramacromolecular nanogels with diameters of 300 and 700 nm as sacrificial templates. Using permeability assays combined with confocal laser scanning microscopy, it is demonstrated that functional dextran-based microgels with uniform and defined pores could be obtained.ISSN:1613-6810ISSN:1613-682

Total and regional body composition components of national chess players

Purpose: Due to the character of the chess game, the players' participation in physical activities is limited as they practice sitting for a long time (3-4 hours/day) during the day. This may increase the risk of overweight/obesity and related chronic diseases by increasing the sedentary lifestyle for chess players. The aim of this study is to compare the total and regional body composition components of elite chess players with body mass index (BMI), age and sex-matched controls. Individuals and Methods: 12 A-National chess players (age: 24.9±5.9 years; BMI: 23.5±2.8 kg/m2) and 12 control participants (age: 24.6±1.6 years; BMI: 23.5±3.3 kg/m2) were included in the study. . Body composition was measured with a dual energy x-ray absorptiometry device. In the comparison of chess and control groups, t-test analysis was used in independent groups. Results:Compared to the control group, chess players had higher total fat mass, visceral fat mass and fat ratio; lean soft tissue mass and bone mass were found to be lower, but these differences were not statistically significant (p>0.05). Total fat ratio of female chess players was similar to that of the control group (p>0.05), and visceral fat mass was lower (p=0.015). Although male chess players had lower lean soft tissue and higher fat ratio compared to the control group, no statistically significant difference was found (p>0.05). Although the regional fat ratios (arm, trunk, leg, android, gynoid) of chess players in both genders were higher than the control group, this finding was not statistically significant (p>0.05). When body fat and muscle level indicators are evaluated, Although male chess players had higher fat mass index, lower total and appendicular lean soft tissue mass index compared to the control group, these differences were not statistically significant (p>0.05). Fat mass index and appendicular lean soft tissue mass index values ​​in female chess players were similar to the control group (p>0.05), while lean soft tissue mass index was found to be lower (p=0.022). Conclusion: Total and regional body composition components of A national chess players evaluated in this study are similar to equivalent controls in terms of BMI, age and gender