Use of hematological parameters in evaluation of treatment efficacy in cutaneous leishmaniasis

Objective: In the present study we investigated the role of hematological parameters, including neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and platelet/lymphocyte ratio, mean platelet volume and platelet distribution width in the evaluation of treatment efficacy in adult patients diagnosed with cutaneous leishmaniasis. Methods: The study group included 45 adult patients diagnosed with cutaneous leishmaniasis and treated as inpatients in the dermatology clinic between 2011 and 2014. A group of 45 healthy adults served as a control group. Results: Pre- and post-treatment white blood cell count, neutrophils, and lymphocytes were significantly reduced among the patient group relative to the control group. Platelet distribution width, red cell distribution width, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and platelet/lymphocyte ratio were significantly elevated among the patients compared to the healthy subjects. Pre-treatment white blood cell, lymphocyte and platelet counts were significantly elevated compared to post-treatment counts among the patient cohort. Treatment was associated with reduced eosinophil count, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and platelet/lymphocyte ratio relative to pre-treatment status. Conclusion: Routine hematological testing results such as platelet/lymphocyte ratio, white blood cell count, neutrophil count, red cell distribution width, platelet distribution width, and mean platelet volume may be clinically significant markers of the inflammatory state useful in the evaluation of early treatment efficacy among patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2015;5(4): 167-17

Education Diplomacy in Higher Education Institutions: An Evaluation of International Student Centers as Think Tanks

The international activities of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are considered an element of soft power in inter-state relations and are included within the scope of education diplomacy in the literature. States such as the United States of America (USA) and the United Kingdom (UK), which are among the pioneers of education diplomacy, shape their international activities within this framework through international education as well as international research. The main adaptive stakeholders of academic and administrative activities in both fields include universities as well as various state institutions, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and think tanks. This study examines the relationship between think tanks and education diplomacy, the role of Turkish and US HEIs in education diplomacy, and whether international student organizations of universities can be considered think tanks. Literature review and content analysis methods were preferred as methods in the study. Within the scope of the literature review, education diplomacy and think tanks, and within the scope of content analysis, existing administrative regulations and publications were examined, taking into account the structures of Turkish and US HEIs on the axis of education diplomacy. The conclusion of the study is that the international student management preferences of Turkish and US HEIs have similar outputs with think tanks by assuming a kind of central role in the contribution of countries to education diplomacy, thus gaining the ability to become a more active, institutional and sustainable stakeholder in education diplomacy and this situation provides various advantages to higher education

An evaluation on the Neo-Weberian State theory

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Hydatid cyst in the wrist

WOS:000627777200001PMID: 33681935A 41-year-old female presented with a 3-year history of swelling in the right wrist associated with pain and numbness involving the fingers. Physical examination of her wrist revealed swelling and mildly painful movement with minimal limitation. The patient was living in a region endemic for hydatid disease

Cyber security policies in Türkiye

In this study, activities carried out for information security in the world and in Türkiye within the framework of information security policy will be discussed. The importance of information security policy has increased even more after cyber-attacks around the world. In this context, the study will include various cyber-attacks, and the measures taken against cybersecurity attacks will be analyzed through an information security policy. The ENISA reports prepared within the framework of the European Union's cyber security policy will be included, and the actors and their activities involved in the construction process of Türkiye's national information security policy will be evaluated. The cyber-attacks experienced in Türkiye will also be touched upon, and the mechanisms developed, official policy documents, and the activities of the actors will be analyzed. The main problem encountered in this context will be the various difficulties in the construction of the national information security policy. The solution to the problem is to focus on which mechanisms the state, which is at the center of the information security policy process, has developed structurally and functionally. In this regard, elements of the management process come to the fore. An information security management system consists of steps such as planning, implementation, control, and taking precautions

Türk Kamu Yönetiminde Ofis Sistemi: E-Devlet Uygulamalarindan Dijital Dönüsüm Ofisine

In the millennium, it became more significant to develop public administration as a consequence of the abrupt changes in the technology. Public administrators, however, tried to adapt themselves to the changes in communication and information technologies through e-state services. Digital Transformation Office (DTO), one of the four offices in the new government system, is regarded as the most significant leading actor of smart-state practices in the adaptation of up-to-date technologies to the public administration. However, administrative offices that do not overlap with the Turkish public administration have also altered the hierarchy in the new government system. The Offices, examples of a transition from vertical to horizontal hierarchy, are expected to have different roles in policy making. This paper aims to focus on DTO, under the Turkish Presidency, as a complementary enterprise of transition of s-state from e-state that coordinates the reforms emerged considering the transition and vertical hierarchy model along with digital state practices

Use of hematological parameters in evaluation of treatment efficacy in cutaneous leishmaniasis

ABSTRACT Objective: In the present study we investigated the role of hematological parameters, including neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and platelet/lymphocyte ratio, mean platelet volume and platelet distribution width in the evaluation of treatment efficacy in adult patients diagnosed with cutaneous leishmaniasis. Methods: The study group included 45 adult patients diagnosed with cutaneous leishmaniasis and treated as inpatients in the dermatology clinic between 2011 and 2014. A group of 45 healthy adults served as a control group. Results: Pre-and post-treatment white blood cell count, neutrophils, and lymphocytes were significantly reduced among the patient group relative to the control group. Platelet distribution width, red cell distribution width, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and platelet/lymphocyte ratio were significantly elevated among the patients compared to the healthy subjects. Pre-treatment white blood cell, lymphocyte and platelet counts were significantly elevated compared to post-treatment counts among the patient cohort. Treatment was associated with reduced eosinophil count, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and platelet/lymphocyte ratio relative to pre-treatment status. Conclusion: Routine hematological testing results such as platelet/lymphocyte ratio, white blood cell count, neutrophil count, red cell distribution width, platelet distribution width, and mean platelet volume may be clinically significant markers of the inflammatory state useful in the evaluation of early treatment efficacy among patients with cutaneous Bulgular: Hastaların hem tedavi öncesi hem de tedavi sonrası değerleri kontrol grubu ile karşılaştırıldığında beyaz küre, nötrofil ve lenfosit oranları istatiksel olarak anlamlı düşük bulundu. Trombosit dağılım hacmi, kırmızı küre dağılım geniş-liği, Nötrofil/Lenfosit ve Trombosit/Lenfosit oranı ise istatiksel olarak anlamlı yüksek bulundu. Hastaların tedavi öncesi ve sonrası değerleri karşılaştırıldığında ise tedavi öncesi beyaz küre, lenfosit ve trombosit değerleri istatiksel olarak anlamlı yüksek bulunurken eozinofil, Nötrofil/Lenfosit ve Trombosit/Lenfosit oranları istatiksel olarak anlamlı düşük bulundu. Sonuç: Rutin olarak hemogram testi içinde kolaylıkla ölçülebilen Trombosit/Lenfosit oranı, beyaz küre, nötrofil sayısı, kırmızı küre dağılım genişliği, trombosit dağılım hacmi ve ortalama trombosit hacmi gibi parametreler kutanöz leishmaniazis hastalarında inflamatuvar durumun belirlenmesinde ve erken dönemde tedavi etkinliğinin değerlendirilmesinde kullanılabilecek belirteçler olabileceğini düşünüyoruz. Anahtar kelimeler: Erişkin hasta, kutanöz leishmaniasis, nötrofil/lenfosit oranı, trombosit/lenfosit oranı Sula B and Tekin R. Haematological parameters in cutaneous leishmaniasis 16