Reading Relation of Modernity and Space through Virginia Woolf’s and Arnold Bennett’s Works

The conviction about the inefficacy of discussing space as an absolute, but only as a physical concept has occasioned a broader conception of space and focused great attention on space as a social product and socially produced concept. This transformation, triggered by modernity, produced the ideas that space reserves personal and social relations and has diverse meanings which come as no surprise to us now. Virginia Woolf, best known for her modernist novels, and Arnold Bennett, best known for his provincial novels, have both experienced and reflected on the process of modernity and its effect on social life. Therefore, this study aims to discuss the relation between space and modernity in these writers’ novels, who reflected the influence of modernity on identity and physical space

Pulmonary thromboembolism associated with quetiapine: a case report

Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), which includes pulmonary embolism and deep-vein thrombosis is also a potentially fatal adverse drug reaction and little attention has been focused on this topic. Atypical antipsychotics are associated with an increased risk of pulmonary embolism. In this case we want to show pulmonary thromboembolism associated with quetiapine. A 36-year-old man with bipolar disorder, presented to the Emergency Department complaining of epileptic seizure, general weakness, mild fever, and dizziness. Pulmonary thromboembolism was considered as the result of clinical evaluation. There were no risk factors such as age, smoking, trauma, immobilization, surgery, heart disease, and genetic risk factors to explain pulmonary embolism. In this case we see that the pulmonary embolism was associated with quetiapine. We should be more careful about pulmonary thromboembolism. Physicians and individuals must be aware of this potentially fatal, though treatable, adverse drug reaction when starting treatment, especially in patients who have other risk factors for VTE

Desire to have other children in families with a chronically disabled child and its effect on the relationship of the parents

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the desire of the parents who had a chronically disabled child to have other children and to investigate the effect of having a disabled child on the relationship of the parents

Desire to have other children in families with a chronically disabled child and its effect on the relationship of the parents

AIM: The aim of this study was to examine the desire of the parents who had a chronically disabled child to have other children and to investigate the effect of having a disabled child on the relationship of the parents. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The families of 145 chronically disabled children were included in the study. After the sociodemographic information belonging to the child and family were obtained, the prepared questionnaire form was used to interrogate if the parents lived together, the number of children in the family, if they wished to have other children and the relation of the disabled child with the household. Ethics committee approval was obtained from Dokuz Eylül University (date: 18.10.2012, decision number, 2012/34-13). The data obtained in the study were expressed as figures and percentages. RESULTS: While 91.7% of the parents continued their relationship, 2.8% were divorced and 1.4% were left by their spouses. The rate of the parents who did not wish to have (or did not have) other children after a disabled child was found to be 65.2%. The major reason for the families not to wish to have other children was found to be the fact that they thought they could not spare enough time for their disabled child. While 35.1% of the parents stated that clemped together more tightly, 35.2% stated that their concerns about the future increased further. Fifty eight percent of the parents stated that social relations and community involvements were not affected, whereas others stated that they were affected in different ways. CONCLUSIONS: Although the relationship between the parents was not affected to a great extent in families who had chronically disabled children, it was found that parents intensively experienced concern for the future. It was found that this also affected the desire of the parents who had a chronically disabled child to have other children with the concern that the child will be disabled

Comparison of the fall risk and balance in frail and non-frail older adults

Aim: To compare fall risk and balance in frail and non-frail older adults. Methods: Older people over the age of 65 who agreed to participate in the study voluntarily were included. Older people with a score of 9 and above according to the Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS) were classified as frail group (n=52) and older people below this score were placed into the non-frail group (n = 52). Older people’s fall risks were evaluated with the Fall Risk Questionnaire (FRQ) and their balance performance was evaluated with the Tinetti Balance and Gait Test (TBGT) and Four Square Step Test (FSST). Results: The Frail group's FRQ mean score was significantly higher than the other group (p<0.001). The frail group's TBGT balance, gait, and total scores were significantly lower than the non-frail group (p<0.001). The FSST time was significantly lower in the non-frail group (p=0.009). Conclusions: The results of our study suggest that the balance performance of the elderly during the frailty period decreases compared to the normal elderly and this increases the risk of falling. Therefore, we think that this negative aspect of frailty should be taken into account in clinical practice.