When exploring biological determinants of spontaneous physical activity (SPA), it is critical to consider whether methodological factors differentially affect rodents and the measured SPA. We determined whether acclimation time, sensory stimulation, vendor, or chamber size affected measures in rodents with varying propensity for SPA. We used principal component analysis to determine which SPA c...

One of the new methods used to remove contaminants from effluent is electrocoagulation method, which sometimes combined with other increase removal efficiency contaminants. To simultaneously nickel, cyanide, zinc, and copper, method photo-electrocoagulation was along an oxidizing agent, namely hydrogen peroxide (Hp). In addition, effects factors affecting were studied, including pH, electrode a...

This study evaluates the multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat assay (MLVA) and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) when using restriction enzymes BstZI, SacII, and ApaI to fingerprint a diverse collection of methicillin (meticillin)-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) sequence type 398 (ST398) isolates. These isolates had been characterized previously by multilocus sequence typin...

INTRODUCTION There have been significant technological advances for hemostasis in thyroid surgery, which allow more precise and safer vascular sealing than the traditional bond associated with mono- or bipolar electrocoagulation. OBJECTIVE To compare the complications in total thyroidectomy using traditional techniques (ligation and electrocoagulation, including LigaSure) compared to the excl...

Staphylococcal protein A (Spa) is an important virulence factor of Staphylococcus aureus. Transcription of the spa determinant occurs during the exponential growth phase and is repressed when the cells enter the postexponential growth phase. Regulation of spa expression has been found to be complicated, with regulation involving multiple factors, including Agr, SarA, SarS, SarT, Rot, and MgrA. ...

OBJECTIVES We aimed to evaluate a wide spectrum of clinical features of adult patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA) whose initial manifestation was fever, using the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) classification criteria. METHODS We retrospectively collected the electronic medical records of hospitalized SpA patients who initially presented to the Severance Hospit...

Background: The aim of this study is to measure the level of radon gas in the thermal springs of the four seasons in the Black Sea Region and to determine the gamma activity levels in the soils around them. Materials and Methods: Indoor radon activity concentrations of four spa facilities, namely Ladik, Havza, Ilıcaköy, and Ayder, were measured using CR-39 passive radon dosimeters and active ra...

Classification methods such as linear discriminant analysis (LDA) have been widely applied to fault detection in industrial processes. In this case, the problem consists of classifying the operation as normal or faulty on the basis of monitored variables. If the number of such variables is large, selection techniques may be used to choose an informative subset of features in order to obtain a c...

One important task of the emergency anaesthesia service is to Background: provide rapid, safe and effective anaesthesia for emergency caesarean sections (ECS). A Decision to Delivery Interval (DDI) <30 minutes for ECS is a quality indicator for this service. The aim of this study was to assess the DDI and the impact of chosen anaesthetic technique (general anaesthesia (GA), spinal anaesthesia (...