1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Istanbul University School of Medicine, Istanbul; 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara; 3Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Istanbul University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey Correspondence: Dr Ercan Bastu, Istanbul University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology...

Atopic eczema (AE) is the most common childhood inflammatory skin condition. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of AE and its relation to various risk factors. In a cross-sectional study, 9,991 children ages 13 to 14 years in 61 primary schools in 32 districts of Istanbul were evaluated. The prevalence of AE and associated symptoms was assessed using the International Study of...

BACKGROUND Heterozygous beta thalassemia (HBT) has been proposed to increase the risk of developing autoimmune disease. Our aim in this study was to examine the prevalence of HBT among multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS HBT frequency was investigated in our MS group (243 patients with MS). Hemoglobin electrophoresis (HE) was carried out if MS patients had a mean corpuscular ...

Ecem Yıldız a, Yeliz Ekinci b a Institute of Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey b Department of Industrial Engineering, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey Abstract: This study solves the facility location problem of an IT service company whose main problem is to arrive at the customer’s site in the shortest time when support is ne...

Mekân edebî eserlerin vazgeçilmez unsurlarından biridir. Bazen mekân insan ruhuna tesir etmiş, bazen de ruhu mekânın yeniden şekillenmesi noktasında etkili olmuştur. unsurunun Klasik Türk şiirindeki yansıması genel itibariyle şehirler şeklinde olup bu şehirlerden en çok İstanbul kaleme alınmıştır. Gerek merkezden gerekse taşradan olsun, divan şairleri İstanbul’a olan hayranlıklarını şiirlerinde...