The primary education sector in Pakistan faces many challenges relating to access to education and quality of resources. This paper evaluates the Educational Voucher Scheme (EVS) in Lahore, Pakistan aimed at increasing access to primary schooling for low income families residing in the underdeveloped areas of Lahore by using the four criteria for evaluating privatization plans in education outl...

BACKGROUND Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) is essential in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced fibroblast activation and collagen secretion in vitro. However, its effects on the process of lung fibroblast activation and fibrosis initiation during LPS induced acute lung injury (ALI) remain unknown. The goal of the present study was to determine the effect of inhibiting TLR4 on LPS-induced ALI and fibro...

Ahmet ÖZTÜRK*, Erdem DEVECİ, Erman BAĞCIOĞLU, Figen ATALAY, Zehra SERDAR Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Dumlupınar University, Kütahya, Turkey Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakıf University, İstanbul, Turkey Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey Department of Psychiatry, Pendik State Hospital, ...

Robotic genitalia sparing female cystectomy Erdal Alkan1, Abdullah Erdem Canda2, Altug Semiz3, Ahmet Oguz Ozkanli4, Merve Yilmaz4, Mevlana Derya Balbay1 1Memorial Şişli Hospital, Department of Urology, Istanbul, Turkey 2Yildirim Beyazit University, School of Medicine, Ankara Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Department of Urology, Ankara, Turkey 3Memorial Şişli Hospital, Department of Gyn...

1Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey 2Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey 3Department of Infectious Diseases, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hos...

Gokmen Zararsiz, Dincer Goksuluk, Selcuk Korkmaz, Vahap Eldem, Izzet Parug Duru, Turgay Unver, Ahmet Ozturk Department of Biostatistics, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey Division of Bioinformatics, Genome and Stem Cell Center (GENKOK), Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey Department of Biostatistics, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey Department of Biology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Tu...

Klasik Türk edebiyatında rağbet gören türlerin başında, baharı konu edinen bahâriyyeler gelmektedir. Baharın güzellikleri, tabiatın yeniden canlanışı, tabiatta meydana gelen değişikler ile bu değişikliklerin insan üzerindeki etkileri bahâriyyelerde zengin hayal ve benzetmelerle dile getirilmiştir. Bahâriyye türünde manzume yazan şairlerden birisi de 19. yüzyıl şairlerinden olan genç yaşta hayat...

Emre Güvercin1, Gökhan Temiz1, Çağrı Çakmakoğlu1, Nebil Yeşiloğlu1, Gökhan Faydacı2, Gaye Taylan Filinte1, Mehmet Bozkurt1, Tayfun Aköz3 1Clinic of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey 2Clinic of Urology, Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey 3Department of Plastic, Reconstructi...

Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology, Amasya University Training and Research Hospital, Amasya, Turkey (MÇ) Clinic of Internal Medicine, Amasya University Training and Research Hospital, Amasya, Turkey (MÇ) Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Altındağ, Turkey (AA) Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology, Istanbul Surgery Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey (AA) Department of Otor...

1Department of Otolaryngology, Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital ENT Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey 2Department of Otolaryngology, Giresun University ENT Clinic, Giresun, Turkey 3Department of Otolaryngology, Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital Radiology Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey *Corresponding author Huseyin Sarı, MD Department of Otolaryngology Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital, I...