5 research outputs found
Capital Fixity and Mobility in Response to the 2008-09 Crisis: Variegated Neoliberalism in Mexico and Turkey
The article examines the 2008-9 crisis responses in Mexico and Turkey as examples of variegated neoliberalism. The simultaneous interests of corporations and banks relative to the national fixing of capital and their mobility in the form of global investment heavily influenced each state authority’s policy responses to the crisis at the expense of the interests of the poor, workers, and peasantry. Rather than pitching this as either evidence of persistent national differentiation or some Keynesian state resurgence, we argue from a historical materialist geographical framework that the responses of capital and state authorities in Mexico and Turkey actively constitute and reconstitute the global parameters of market regulatory design and neoliberal class rule through each state’s distinct domestic policy formation and crisis management processes. While differing in specific content the form of Mexico and Turkey’s state responses to the crisis ensured continuity in their foregoing neoliberal strategies of development and capital accumulation, most notably in the continued oppression of workers. That is, the prevailing strategy of accumulation continues to be variegated neoliberalism
Distribution of Orthopedic Surgery Interventions: Evaluation of 6236 Cases
Objective: Epidemiological studies can provide valuable guidance for the planning and improvement of healthcare services and medical education. In developing as well as developed countries, orthopedic interventions are considered basic healthcare and there is very high demand. The aim of this study was to determine the distribution of orthopedic and traumatological surgical interventions performed at state hospitals in a province of Turkey and to calculate the number of orthopedic beds required for that population
Selenium and Vitamin E Modulates Radiation-Induced Liver Toxicity in Pregnant and Nonpregnant Rat: Effects of Colemanite and Hematite Shielding
The levels of liver lipid peroxidation, glutathione peroxidase, reduced
glutathione, and vitamins A and E were used to follow the level of
oxidative damage caused by ionizing radiation in pregnant rats. The
possible protective effects of selenium and vitamin E supplemented to
rats housed in concrete-protected cages using hematite and colemanite
were tested and compared to untreated controls. Ninety-six rats were
randomly divided into four main equal groups namely control (A), normal
concrete (B), concrete containing colemanite (C), and concrete
containing hematite (D). Except group A, all groups exposed to 7 Gy
radiation. The four main groups were divided into four subgroups each as
follows: subgroups 1 (n = 6): nonpregnant control rats. Subgroups 2 (n =
6): selenium and vitamin E combination was intraperitoneally (i.p.)
given to the nonpregnant rats for 20 days. Subgroups 3 (n = 6): pregnant
control rats. Subgroups 4 (n = 6): selenium and vitamin E combination
was i.p. given to the pregnant rats for concessive 20 days. Lactate
dehydrogenate, alkaline phosphates, and lipid peroxidation values were
higher in subgroups 1 and 3 than in no radiation group although
glutathione peroxidase and vitamin E levels in liver were lower in
radiation group than in no radiation group. Lactate dehydrogenate
activity and lipid peroxidation levels were found to be decreased in
subgroups 2 and 4 protected with concrete containing hematite and
colemanite when compared to subgroup 1 and 3 with normal concrete. The
radiation doses in rats housed by concrete without colemanite and
hematite exposed radiation clearly showed liver degeneration. In
conclusion, selenium and vitamin E supplementations and housing by
concrete with colemanite was found to offer protection against
gamma-irradiation-induced liver damage and oxidative stress in rats,
probably by exerting a protective effect against liver necrosis via its
free radical scavenging and membrane stabilizing. Protective effects of
colemanite in the liver seem to be more important than in hematite