Mustafa Agah Tekindal

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Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric parameters of an assessment tool developed by Turkish Ministry of Family and Social Services in 2024 to identify risks faced by children under vulnerable conditions. Methods: In the research, the scientific validity and reliability of the "Risk Assessment Form for Children" were examined. The...

Purpose: To assess the effect of saroglitazar (a dual-acting peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPAR-α/γ) agonist in sepsis-induced acute kidney injury (S-AKI) using a rat model. Methods: Female Wistar albino rats were divided into control (n = 12), and study group (n = 24; further divided into groups 1 and 2; n = 12 each) following...

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Background: People spent more time at home as part of the precaution taken after the COVID-19 pandemic. In this stage, human beings began to own more pets and spend more time with them. One of the most significant questions during this period was whether COVID-19 could be transmitted to pets. Beta coronavirus was already known in the veterinary fie...

Objectives: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of carotid artery compression using a point-of-care ultrasound probe (POCUS-CAC) in reducing pulse check times and facilitating the detection of the return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) compared to manual palpation (MP). The secondary aim of the study is...

Background Breast cancer is a heterogeneous condition with variations in histopathological, genomic, and biological characteristics. Although clinicopathological prognostic factors and gene expression profiles are commonly used to guide treatment decisions in patients with breast cancer, there is still a need for new prognostic markers. One potenti...

Background and Objectives: Acute pancreatitis, characterized by pancreatic inflammation, poses significant morbidity and mortality worldwide, with varied etiologies including gallstones, alcohol, and certain medications. Necrotizing pancreatitis represents a severe form of parenchymal damage with considerable impact on patient quality of life. Earl...

Purpose: To investigate the effect of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADMSCs) on doxorubicin (DOX)-induced cardiomyopathy in rats. Methods: A total of 30 male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized into control (n = 10) and study groups (n = 20). Control group received no intervention while the study group received DOX administered intraperito...

Background: Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) poses a significant risk for heart failure in individuals with diabetes, yet its underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood. Elevated blood sugar levels initiate harmful processes, including apoptosis, collagen accumulation, and fibrosis in the heart. Vinpocetine, a derivative of Vinca minor L., h...

The testing of homogeneity of variances has an important place in data analysis, especially in determining the test statistics in the analysis of variance. If the F test, which is a parametric technique, is desired to be used as test statistics in variance analysis, group variances should be homogeneous. To test for homogeneity of variance, several...

Examining the factors impacting egg consumer prices in Turkiye holds significant importance. This research contributes to a deeper understanding of how specific variables influence market prices and illuminates cause-and-effect relationships in price fluctuations. The study analyzed 131 datasets from Turkiye, covering the period from January 2010 t...

Son yıllarda Türkiye’de yükseköğretim kurumlarında erkek ve kadın akademisyen oranının sayısal anlamda görece bir eşitliğe yaklaştığı gözlemlense de hiyerarşik anlamda aynı veriyi gözlemlemek mümkün olmamaktadır. Bu noktada araştırmanın amacı, Türkiye’de yükseköğretim kurumlarında cinsiyetin görünümünü sayısal veriler ışığında analiz etmektir. Çalı...

ÖZET Bu çalışmanın amacı, Covid-19 pandemisi sürecinde Türkiye’deki veteriner fakültesi öğrencilerinin uzaktan eğitime ilişkin tutum ve görüşlerini belirlemektir. Çalışma iki aşamada gerçekleştirilmiştir: Birinci aşamada, veteriner fakültesi öğrencilerinin uzaktan eğitime (UE) ilişkin tutum ve görüşlerini değerlendirmek için bir ölçek geliştirilmiş...

In recent years, many studies have been conducted on mastitis, and preventive measures have been taken to curb it. However, mastitis continues to cause great economic losses in dairy farms and negatively affects high-yielding dairy cows. The current study aims to consolidate the prevalence of subclinical mastitis among dairy cows in Türkiye and to...

The present study aimed to determine the unique values of the entrepreneurial potential of clinical veterinarians and to evaluate this potential by using a reliable and valid measurement tool. The study material was the data obtained from a survey conducted between May 2020 and April 2021 that included 343 veterinarians who were actively working in...

Covid-19 has caused the death of approximately 7 million people and caused severe problems in all areas of life, especially in education. Upon the detection of the first case in Turkey, education was suspended in all educational institutions on March 16, 2020, and it was decided to continue education in a digital environment through distance and op...

Aim: Endocrine disruptors damage the functions of hormones in the body by imitating or blocking them. They and their metabolites change hormone levels and functions in the body. Pesticides constitute a significant group of endocrine disruptors. It is known that Profenofos, and 4-chloro-2-methylphenoxyacetic acid (MCPA) have negative effects on male...

The pregnancy rate following embryo transfer (ET) is a very important factor in the success of embryo production programs. Different strategies were therefore developed to increase pregnancy rates. The aim of this meta-analysis was to investigate the effects of hormone treatments used to increase the success of embryo transfer programs on pregnancy...

In this study, we evaluated some of the factors that affect mortality rate during transport from broiler poultry houses to slaughterhouses by conducting panel data analysis. We analyzed the data obtained from 26,599 broiler farms transported to the slaughterhouse from contracted broiler farms in 11 provinces in Turkey. Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF)...

Recently, Turkey has seen significant increases in animal-source foods and related raw material prices. These recent increases in prices have made it even more important to examine the prices of animal-source foods and their associated factors. This study aimed to reveal the pattern network structure and characteristics of the prices of animal-sour...

Objectives: To investigate the influence of platelet volume indices (PVI) on postoperative pain and edema in patients undergoing bimaxillary surgery and assessed the associations between PVI parameters and other clinical factors. Methods: We examined the medical records of 50 patients aged 18-40, treated between 2019 and 2020. Platelet indices (...

Background Schizophrenia is a severe, chronic mental disorder that causes many psychosocial problems. In order to reveal these problems, it is necessary to measure the quality of life of people with schizophrenia. Aim The aim of this meta-analysis is to compare the quality of life of people with schizophrenia and healthy subjects. Methods Literat...

In the present study, we economically analyzed the enterprises producing chestnut honey in the TR82 region provinces of the Black Sea region of Turkey (Kastamonu, Çankırı, and Sinop provinces). Face-to-face interviews were conducted to collect data from 74 small, medium, and largescale enterprises, and data were analyzed by simple random sampling....

Background: Smartwatches have gained tremendous attention in recent years and have become widely accepted by patients, despite not being intended for medical diagnosis. Objective: This study aimed to determine the accuracy of Apple Watch oxygen saturation measurement in patients with acute exacerbation of COPD by comparing it with medical-grade...

Hayvan sağlığı ekonomisi alanındaki ekonomik ve epidemiyolojik nitelikteki modelleme yöntemleri, hayvan hastalıklarıyla ilgili kompleks durumları ve olayları sadeleştirmek ve anlaşılır bir hale getirilmesi amacıyla yaygın kullanım alanı bulmaktadır. Kitabın bu bölümünde hayvan sağlığı alanında matematiksel/ekonometrik modellemenin bulaşıcı hayvan h...

This study aimed to determine the effect of microfluidic sperm sorting chip on embryo development and quality in the sperm treatment step in in vitro embryo production in cattle. Only A-quality oocytes obtained from the ovaries of Holstein cattle were included in the study. These oocytes were first placed in in vitro maturation medium, and matured...

Context: The Disablement in the Physically Active Scale (DPAS) was recently developed to evaluate the disability process and health-related quality of life. The aim of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the DPAS in physically active individuals with musculoskeletal injury. Methods: The study samp...

Objectives: The impact of seasonal factors on the spread of Coronavirus-19 disease (COVID-19) is not yet clear. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of seasonal factors on the spread of COVID-19. Methods: This multicenter retrospective study was performed by collecting 284-day COVID-19 data from two university hospitals in a metropolita...

This study aimed to determine the attitudes and opinions of the students of veterinary schools in Turkey regarding distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was conducted in two stages: (1) develop and validate a scale for assessing Turkish veterinary students' attitudes and opinions regarding distance education (DE) (n = 250 stude...

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate changes in subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT), choroidal vascularity index (CVI), estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR), mean arterial pressure (MAP), and intraocular pressure (IOP) after renal transplantation. Materials and methods: A total of 49 renal transplantation patients were included in thi...

Understanding price interactions is critical for decision-making in uncertain conditions. The increasing volatility in the global prices of milk in recent years has increased the need for research on the factors affecting the price of milk. Identifying pr ice interactions is a prerequisite for understanding consumer prices of animal products, which...

Objective To measure the cranial volume differences from 15 different parts in the follow-up of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patients and correlate them with clinical parameters. Methods Forty-seven patients with RRMS were included in the study. Patients were grouped into two categories; low Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS)...

Purpose Differentiating abdominal pain due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) in children with acute appendicitis (AA) can cause diagnostic dilemmas. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a previously described scoring system and improve its diagnostic ability in differentiating between the...

Objective: Developing basic and clinical communication and clinical reasoning skills is crucial in facilitating medical school students' future medical practice. The path to these skills` development goes through conducting patient-physician interviews. This research aims to conducted to determine the validity and reliability of the Patient-Physici...

It is aimed to investigate the factors affecting the elective course preferences of veterinary students in Türkiye and to evaluate these factors according to specific socio-demographic criteria. "Elective Course Preference Attitude Scale" was applied to 765 students from 18 veterinary faculties. Data were analyzed with SPSS 25.0. Female students ma...

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of germline variants in BRCA1, BRCA2, CDH1, PALB2, PTEN and TP53 in patients admitted to a medical genetics clinic with breast cancer and to assess these identified variants according to published genetic, surgical and oncological perspectives. Materials and methods: Medical history...

Aim: The aim of study was to investigate effects of nordic walking exercise (NWE) on physical fitness, physical activity, anxiety-depression level and quality of life in smokers. Material and Methods: 30 smoking individuals with a mean age of 31.45±12.75 years were assigned randomly into two groups: NWE (n=15) or control group (n=15). NWE group per...

Background Academic procrastination is a complex phenomenon of purposeful delay which university students are well aware of. Furthermore, it has become more important during the Covid-19 pandemic as with computer-based learning. Despite its bad reputation and necessity of self-control in the course of online education, there is a lack of research o...

Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonosis, that can still be classified as endemic despite its ancient origins which causes economic losses and public health problems. Although effectively controlled by vaccination in animals, there is currently no vaccine for use in humans. Outer Membrane Proteins (OMP) that play an active immunogenic and protective rol...

Bilimsel araştırma yöntemleri, temel ve ileri istatistik, nitel yöntemler konularında şuana kadar yapılmış en kapsamlı olan bu dört ciltlik kitap 52 akademisyen ve uzmanın bir araya gelmesiyle bir yıl gibi kısa bir sürede sıkı bir çalışmanın ardından yazıldı. Sağlık araştırıcıları için ana kaynak olmaya aday olan kitabın birinci cildinde başlıkları...

Ramazan Güven; ‘Hayatın genişliği, uzunluğundan daha önemlidir.’ İbn-i Sina Bir makalenin doğum yolculuğu oldukça uzun ve zor süreçlerden oluşmaktadır. İyi bir akademisyen bu süreçlerin tümüne hakim olmalıdır. Makalenin hipotezinin oluşmasından yayınlanmasına kadar yazarlar çok çeşitli kaynaklardan faydalanmaktadır. Özellikle uzmanlık öğrencileri v...

Bilimsel araştırma yöntemleri, temel ve ileri istatistik, nitel yöntemler konularında şuana kadar yapılmış en kapsamlı olan bu dört ciltlik kitap 52 akademisyen ve uzmanın bir araya gelmesiyle bir yıl gibi kısa bir sürede sıkı bir çalışmanın ardından yazıldı. Sağlık araştırıcıları için ana kaynak olmaya aday olan kitabın ikinci cildinde başlıkların...

Bilimsel araştırma yöntemleri, temel ve ileri istatistik, nitel yöntemler konularında şuana kadar yapılmış en kapsamlı olan bu dört ciltlik kitap 52 akademisyen ve uzmanın bir araya gelmesiyle bir yıl gibi kısa bir sürede sıkı bir çalışmanın ardından yazıldı. Sağlık araştırıcıları için ana kaynak olmaya aday olan kitabın ikinci cildinde başlıkların...

Background: This study aimed to assess the safety and tolerability of nebivolol in hypertensive patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular ejection fraction ≥ 40% in a Turkish cohort. Methods: A total of 1015 hypertensive patients and coronary artery disease with left ventricular ejection fraction ≥ 40% were analyzed from 29 diff...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of serum biochemistry parameters on superovulation response, embryo yield and quality on the onset of synchronization and superovulation protocols in goats. Twelve Angora Goats aged 3-5 years, who gave birth at least once and did not have any reproductive problems were used in the study. For sync...

Purpose: Exercise therapy is the most common conservative treatment for LBP as it is easily accessible and can be individually tailored to the needs of the patient, but no evidence has been presented that one exercise approach is superior to the other. Exercise has generally been associated with improving psychosocial aspects of pain, such as kines...

Investigating the factors that affect broiler chicken prices in Turkey is vital for understanding market formation. The parameters and factors likely to influence the price of broiler chicken were analyzed for the period between 2010-2020 in Turkey. The study adopted the boosting regression model to predict the correlation between broiler chicken c...

Kültür, insan topluluklarının yaşadıkları dünyada uzun zaman diliminde doğruluğunu veya yanlışlığını denetleyerek karar verdikleri, ortak bilinçle kabullendikleri ve benimseyerek nesilden nesle aktardıkları değerler bütünüdür. Kültürel belleğin önemli bir bölümünü oluşturan somut olmayan kültürel miras unsurlarını koruma amacıyla hazırlanan ve Türk...

Amaç: Sosyal medya analizinin amacı sosyal hizmet kavramıyla birlikte kullanılan COVID-19 paylaşımlarının duygu analizini gerçekleştirmek ve analiz sürecini adım adım aktarmaktır. Yöntem: Araştırma nitel araştırma yöntemine sahip olup ikincil veri analizidir. Belirlenmiş tarih aralığında İngilizce yayınlanan Twitter’da ki paylaşımların günü, türü,...

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate whether the addition of heart rate-corrected QT inter- val prolongation to the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events risk score improves the pre- dictive value for early mortality in patients with non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome. Methods: We retrospectively screened our database for con...

The aims of this study were to determine serum adiponectin and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) concentrations in early and late luteal phases following artificial insemination, to evaluate their relationship with progesterone concentrations, and to detect their effects on the pregnancy rate. We used 45 Holstein cows aged 3–4 years who had give...

Smartphone addiction, known as the fear of being without a mobile phone, and is often discussed in relation to excessive internet use problem or addiction. But in general, it is rarely the smartphone itself that creates addiction, but rather the games, apps, and online worlds that people connect to. This study aims to measure the level of smartphon...

Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused both physical and emotional stress throughout the population due to its worldwide impact. The unknowns about the disease, the social isolation, and pregnant women's concerns regarding exposure to the COVID-19, inaccessibility to necessary care, and the possibility of harm to their fetus, may cause incre...

Objective: It was aimed to investigate the relationship of stereoacuity with retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFLT) and P100 latency in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with and without optic neuritis (ON). Materials and Methods: Twenty-nine patients diagnosed with clinically definite MS with and without a history of ON were included in this p...

Yapay zekâ 21. Yüzyılda teknolojinin gelişimi ile tıpta dahil olmak üzere birçok bilim dalında kullanılmaya başlanmıştır. Yapılan araştırma sonuçlarının uluslararası standartlara uygun nitelikte raporlanması, söz konusu araştırmaları anlama, yorumlama ve eleştirel olarak değerlendirme sürecine anlamlı katkılar sağlayacaktır. CONSORT-AI (Consolidate...

University administrations that adopting the quality systems approach must ensure the effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of the activities carried out in their institutions. Directors who want to increase the success of their academic or administrative staff must first determine the level of staff satisfaction and then motivate them to be...

categorical data analysis when the aim is to evaluate the existence of a relationship between a two-category variable and an ordered variables with k categories. It modifies the Pearson chi-square test to include a questionable ranking to the effects of the k categories of the second variable. For example, the doses of a treatment can be ordered as...

We aimed to evaluate the agreements between the guidelines used for both office blood pressure (OBP) and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). Our secondary aim was to define the best threshold to assess children at risk of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). Thresholds proposed by the Fourth Report (FR), European Society of Hypertension (ES...

The objective of this study was to determine the risk factors in the production processes of cattle and small ruminant breeding enterprises, along with developing a scale that could be used during the insured breeding process in different regions of Turkey. In this study, we obtained information from 252 enterprises from different provinces (Afyonk...

Among the sub-branches of the livestock industry in Turkey, milk and dairy product sector is one of the most active production areas. It is essential to examine the supply structure of the milk and dairy product sector and reveal the relations between the production amounts of the products to understand the overall structure of the sector. We deter...

Aim: Declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020, Covid-19 has raised significant psychological concerns and physical problems in humans. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between the methods of coping with stress of the SUFVM students with socio demographic characteristics, experiences during the Covid-19...

Objective: This study aimed at evaluating physicians' attitudes towards the rational use of drugs (RUD) at a training and research hospital. Subjects and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in a training and research hospital affiliated with the Ministry of Health between December 2014 and April 2015. All 424 active-duty physicians...

Blunt chest trauma is an important and common cause of morbidity and mortality. It constitutes an important part of the admissions to the emergency department. For this purpose, we evaluated the demographic characteristics, type of trauma, accompanying traumas, trauma scoring systems and results, duration of stay in the emergency department, and ho...

Değerli Araştırmacılar, Büyük veriyi analitik bir bağlamda sağlık ve bilişim sektörlerinden ve son yıllarda ülkemizde önemli bir konu haline gelen sağlık bilişimi ve veri analitiği sorununu ele alan öğrenme geri bildirimleriyle irdelemeye çalıştık. Ülkemizde dijital dönüşümün gittikçe artan bir gündem olması hasebiyle birçok üniversitede “Veri Anal...

Temel tıp eğitimi, klinik eğitim ve akademisyenlik süreçleri birbirleri ile yakın ilişkili kavramlardır. Uzun soluklu meslek pratiği bu dinamik süreçler arasındaki uyumu bozabilir. Bu çalışmada temel ve klinik tıp eğitimi, hasta ilişkileri ve akademik hayat üçgeninde denge kurmaya çalışan klinisyenlerin, akademisyenlik süreçleri ile ilgili sorulara...

Sivil toplum kuruluşları için yeni finansal kaynaklar üretme imkânı sağlayan sosyal girişimcilik ile STK'ların farkındalık ve yaygınlaştırma kapasitesini geliştiren sosyal pazarlama, popüler iki konsept olarak uygulama alanını genişletmektedir. Araştırma çerçevesinde STK'lara katma değer yaratacak bu iki yeni uygulama sa-hasına ilişkin İzmir ilinde...

Aim: To investigate the validity and reliability of the Basic Depression Scale for Turkey. It was designed and carried out in the form of cross-sectional research methodologically. Material and Methods: Data analysis for structure validity; Cronbach alpha (α) coefficient used in reliability analysis. Factor analysis applied for validity analysis. R...

Background: Recent reports have shown that left‑and right‑sided colon cancers display different clinical and biological features. Chromosomal instability, epigenetic alterations, and defects in the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) mismatch repair (MMR) system may lead to the development of colorectal cancer (CRC). Besides microsatellite instability (MSI...

The purpose of this research is to adapt the criteria in the SPIRIT-AI (Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials-Artificial Intelligence) checklist, which was developed for clinical research evaluating artificial intelligence interventions, into Turkish. Materials and methods: SPIRIT-A has been translated into Turkish by t...

The high costs of feed among the total costs of raw milk production and an unfavorable milk-feed ratio directly affect the profitability of milk producers. To understand how the market in Turkey can be equilibrated, an exploration of the factors affecting milk prices is essential. This study determined the effects of the basic and the economic indi...

We aimed to evaluate the long-term follow-up results of patients with prostate cancer implanted with ultrasound-guided fiducial marker(FM).Forty patients, between 2012-2017 were evaluated. Firstly, the gastrointestinal-genitourinary system side effects were questioned twice immediately after FM implant and in the median 6.5th year and the grading w...

Background/aim: Paget?s disease (PD) of the breast is a very rare presentation of breast malignancy, accounting for 1?3% of all primary breast tumors. We aimed to evaluate and compare the clinicopathological featuresand clinical outcome of PD accompanied by in situ carcinoma and invasive cancer. Materials and methods: We used the archive of our...