Luchino Visconti’nin (Yeni) Gerçekçi Tutku’su

Sinemasal anlatılarda çoğunlukla erkeklerin hikâyelerine yer verilmekte kadın karakterler ikinci planda kalmaktadır. Bu kadın karakterler de toplumsal cinsiyete dair kabul edilen öngörülerin sınırları içinde beyazperdede boy göstermektedir. Toplumsal cinsiyete dair temsillerde hassas davranan, az da olsa egemen söylemin çizdiği sınırların dışına çıkan/çıkabilen yönetmenlerin olması kuşkusuz umut vericidir. Bu çalışmada Luchino Visconti’nin Tutku (Ossessione, 1943) filminde kadına “görece daha özgür” bir alan açılıp açılmadığı anlatı ve sinematografi göz önünde bulundurularak metin çözümlemesi yöntemi ile değerlendirilmektedir. Kimilerine göre “yeni gerçekçi sinema” kimilerine göre ise “gerçekçi sinema” olarak değerlendirilen bu filmde erkek egemen söylemin inşa edilip edilmediği, kadınların nasıl temsil edildiği, bu temsillerin ne kadar gerçeğe yakın olduğu feminist sinema kuramı tartışmaları çerçevesinde ele alınmaktadır. Visconti’nin kullandığı sinema dili “kadın olmanın” anlamını nasıl inşa ediyor sorusu araştırmanın çıkış noktasıdır. Sadece İtalyan sinemasının değil dünya sinemasının da önemli yönetmenlerinden/auteurlerinden biri olan Luchino Visconti’nin ele alınan bu filminde kadın temsilinin “gerçekçi” olduğu ileri sürülmektedir. Filmin döneme/içinde bulunduğu çağa tanıklık etme “görevini üstlenmiş” anlatısında aynı duyarlılığı “kadınlığa/kadın olmaya dair” temsillerde de sergilediği; kadınları arzularıyla, çelişkileriyle seyirciye sunduğu düşünülmektedir

Popular Film Narrative and Woman as the Riddle Bearer

In 2000s of Turkish Cinema, male characters are in the center and female characters have secondary roles in filmic narratives. It is remarkable that woman discourse finds an expression opportunity in leakage points of filmic narratives which meanings about patriarchal discourse got into circulation. In analysis of whether woman discourse is enabled or not in diegetic world of the films, the narrative is as important as formal features of the film like gaze and voice. Filmic narrative which is shaped by basic questions like how narratives are established; who is the director of the narrative is sometimes supported by a riddle component. In the study, leak lines where woman discourse become visible will be traced in the films named as Neredesin Firuze (Ezel Akay, 2004), Hokkabaz (Ali Taner Baltacı, Cem Yılmaz, 2006) and Av Mevsimi (Yavuz Turgul, 2010) which female characters are handled as riddle components. </p

Effects of glomerular filtration rate on the severity of coronary heart disease

Objective: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is considered to beone of the most common risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is the best method oftesting level of kidney function and determining stage of kidneydisease. The aim of this study was to examine the impactof renal function on severity of coronary heart disease (CHD).Methods: The present study included 918 patients undergoingelective coronary angiography. GFR was evaluated bysimplified Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) formula(mL/min/1.73 m2). The extent and severity of CHD wereevaluated according to SYNTAX score.Results: According to SYNTAX score, 416 patients had normalcoronary arteries or nonsignificant CHD (control group),267 had mild CHD (SYNTAX score: 1–22), 129 had moderateCHD (SYNTAX score: 23–32), and 106 had severe CHD(SYNTAX score: ?33). Estimated GFR values (median [25th–75th percentiles]) were 99.00 (83.00–116.00) in the controlgroup, 85.00 (73.00–101.00) in the mild CHD group, 87.00(73.25–101.75) in the moderate CHD group, and 81.00(65.00–101.00) in the severe CHD group. According to Spearman’srank correlation analysis, a negative correlation foundbetween MDRD and SYNTAX score was statistically significant(p<0.001, r=-0.268).Conclusion: Renal function is an important predictor of presenceand severity of angiographic CHD in patients without severerenal impairment. Negative correlation between MDRDand SYNTAX score was determined. This simple biochemicaltest can be used in determining risk of cardiovascular diseaseaside from other risk factors during routine clinical practice

Epicardial adipose tissue thickness can be used to predict major adverse cardiac events

Objective Increase in epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness is associated with subclinical and manifest coronary artery disease. In addition, it is associated with the severity and extent of coronary atherosclerosis. We aimed to investigate whether increased EAT thickness is associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Patients and methods Two hundred consecutive patients who were admitted with stable angina pectoris, unstable angina pectoris or acute myocardial infarction (MI), and had undergone coronary angiography were included and followed for revascularization, nonfatal MI, hospitalization for heart failure and cardiovascular death for 26 (5–30) months. Results There were significantly more revascularizations, nonfatal MI and cardiovascular death in patients with an initial EAT thickness more than 7mm (P<0.001 for all). Significant predictors of cardiovascular death were identified as an EAT thickness more than 7mm [hazard ratio (HR) 1.9, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.4–8.3, P=0.039] and diabetes (HR 3.42, 95% CI 0.7–17.5, P=0.014) in the multivariate Cox regression analysis. Event-free survival for cardiovascular death in the EAT up to 7mm group was 97.9%, whereas it was 90.7% in the EAT more than 7mm group (P=0.021). In addition, significant predictors of MI were identified as an EAT thickness more than 7mm (HR 2.4, 95% CI 0.6–10.0, P=0.021) and diabetes (HR 3.4, 95% CI 1.0–11.2, P=0.04). Event-free survival for MI in the EAT up to 7mm group was 96.4%, whereas it was 68.2% in the EAT more than 7mm group (P=0.001). Conclusion Increase in EAT thickness independently predicts adverse cardiac events including MI and cardiovascular death. Coron Artery Dis 26:686–691 Copyright © 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserve

Biotopes in the Ganos (Işıklar) Mountain and Near Surrounding Areas

In our day, with the increase of industrialization, the tendency towards natural resources has accelerated. This causes an increase in environmental pressure groups on the ecosystems. The increase in the demand for biological resources, lack of awareness of the global impact of biodiversity at the local level, and inadequate government policies regarding the protection of biological resources lead to loss in terms of biodiversity. Biological and ecological diversity are threatened especially due to inaccurate and intensive land use. For this reason, the importance of habitat protection is increasing, and potential ways to support environmental conservation efforts are being explored throughout the world. For landscape ecology and sustainability, a more effective and sustainable understanding of the use of space should be developed by demonstrating the current state of natural resources. In ecological planning, biotope mapping is a very important study to refer for taking decisions about conservation-utilization. With the biotope mapping, living environments and important habitats of plant and animal species are determined, the sensitivity status of each habitat is determined, thus, decisions regarding protection and utilization of biotopes can be taken according to their sensitivities. In this study, biotopes of Ganos Mountain and its immediate surroundings have been mapped. Within the scope of the study, selective and representative mapping methods have been used for biotope mapping.In this context, existing studies on the research topic and area have been collected and evaluated, and once the area has been determined and identified according to the land use types, the biotopes that are important in terms of conservation and the ones that may represent the entire area enabling generalization are checked, and floristic studies have been initiated in those areas. As a result of analyses, the potentials of the mapped biotopes have been identified and the areas under threat of deterioration have been identified and proposals have been developed to ensure the continuity of the ecosystem in these areas

Nötrofil lenfosit oranı daha yaygın, ciddi, kompleks koroner arter hastalığı ve miyokart perfüzyonunda bozulma ile ilişkilidir

We investigated the relation between neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (N/L) and the extent, severity, and complexity of coronary artery disease (CAD) and myocardial perfusion. Study design: One hundred and fifty-one patients who underwent coronary angiography with stable angina pectoris (SAP) (n=93) or acute coronary syndrome (ACS) (n=58) were included in the study. Blood samples were drawn before coronary angiography. Gensini and SYNTAX scores and myocardial blush grade (MBG) were assessed. Results: Neutrophil counts were 4.4±1.4 and 5.0±1.6 in the SAP and ACS groups (p=0.018), whereas lymphocyte counts were 2.2±0.7 and 2.1±0.7, respectively (p=0.104). N/L was 2.2±1.2 in the SAP and 2.6±1.0 in the ACS (p=0.002) groups. In patients with SAP, N/L was significantly correlated with Gensini and SYNTAX scores (Gensini score r=0.32, p=0.002; SYNTAX score r=0.36, p=0.000), but there was no significant correlation between N/L and MBG. In the ACS group, N/L had a more powerful association with both Gensini and SYNTAX scores (Gensini r=0.42, p=0.001; SYNTAX r=0.51, p=0.000). N/L was negatively correlated with MBG in ACS patients (r= -0.48, p=0.000). Significant correlations persisted both in the SAP and ACS groups after correcting for age, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and statin use; however, the associations were weaker. Cut-off N/L to predict moderate to severe CAD according to SYNTAX score was 2.26, with 72% sensitivity and 71% specificity (area under the curve [AUC]: 0.772, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.679-0.865, p<0.001). Conclusion: N/L is associated with severe, extensive and complex CAD and may be used to predict moderate to severe involvement in patients with CAD

Association between admission glucose and coronary collateral flow in ST-Elevation myocardial infarction patients

13th International Congress of Update in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery (UCCVS) -- MAR 23-26, 2017 -- Cesme, TURKE