The goal of this study is to investigate the value of tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 (P-tau181P) in the Alzheimer's disease (AD) cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarker panel for differential dementia diagnosis in autopsy confirmed AD and non-AD patients. The study population consisted of 140 autopsy confirmed AD and 77 autopsy confirmed non-AD dementia patients. CSF concentrations of amyloid-...

Fluid overload is one of the characteristics in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Changes in extracellular fluid volume are associated with progression of diabetic nephropathy. Not only diabetes but also fluid overload is associated with cardiovascular risk factors The aim of the study was to assess the interaction between fluid overload, diabetes, and cardiovascular risk factors, including arteria...

The genetic algorithm (GA) is an optimization tool that has shown great success at solving problems not amenable to easy solution via more traditional means (such as the traveling salesman problem, solved by Koza 1992). Since most CFD problems have not been traditionally posed in terms of optimization, GAs have not yet been widely used in this field. The goal of this work is to demonstrate the ...

Fluid flow that arises from the functional loading of bone tissue has been proposed to be a critical regulator of skeletal mass and morphology. To test this hypothesis, the bone adaptive response to a physiological fluid stimulus, driven by low magnitude, high frequency oscillations of intramedullary pressure (ImP), were examined, in which fluid pressures were achieved without deforming the bon...

Okul öncesi fen eğitiminde temalı bilgi veren resimli çocuk kitapları, bilimsel bilgilerin kazandırılmasında ve süreç becerilerinin geliştirilmesinde oldukça önemlidir. Ulusal uluslararası alan yazında yapılmış olan araştırmalar okul öğretmenlerinin fene karşı ön yargılı düşük öz-yeterlik inancına sahip olduklarını, kavram bilgilerinin yeterli düzeyde olmadığını göstermektedir. Bu noktada dönem...

PURPOSE To investigate diagnostic values of pleural fluid matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), MMP-9, tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) and TIMP-2 measurements in tuberculous pleurisy(TP) and malignat pleurisy (MP). METHODS The study included 24 patients with TP, 22 patients with MP and 15 patients with pleural effusion of non-tuberculous and non-malignant origin as controls. M...

AVO as a known methodology is used to identify fluid type and reservoir lithology in subsurface exploration. Method discussed in this paper, consists of three stages, including: Direct modeling, Inverse modeling and Cross plot interpretation. By direct modeling we can clarify lithology or fluid dependent attributes. Analysis performed using both P-P and P-Sv attributes. Inverse modeling deals w...

PURPOSE The type III secretion system (T3SS) is a significant virulence determinant for Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Using a rodent model, we found that contact lens (CL)-related corneal infections were associated with lens surface biofilms. Here, we studied the impact of human tear fluid on CL-associated biofilm growth and T3SS expression. METHODS P. aeruginosa biofilms were formed on contact len...

This study was designed to examine the relationship between pericardial fluid and plasma CRP levels, and to alterations in other biochemical parameters in patients undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG). The study group consisted of 96 Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) patients who were referred to our clinic for a CABG procedure and from whom sufficient amount of pericardial fluid could...