Number of studies assessed the association between Cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) -1722T/C polymorphisms and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was increasing. However, these studies have provided conflicting results. In this study, meta-analysis was performed to invest the correlation between CTLA-4 -1722T/C polymorphisms and SLE susceptibility. Eligible case-control studies publish...

Osmanlı Devleti 1722-47 yılları arasında İran’da uzun süren savaşlara katıldı. Bu makale, Batı’da barışın sağlandığı ve Doğu’da savaş ihtimalinin günden güne arttığı 1718-1722 arası dönemde hükümetinin imparatorluğun güneydoğu bölgelerinde yaptığı hazırlıkları ele almaktadır. Makale Suriye Irak’taki askerî siyasî nizamın tesisi faaliyetlerini merkez-çevre ilişkileri bağlamında arşiv kaynakların...

background: the prevalence of hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection is increasing worldwide. cytotoxic t-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (ctla-4) may play a role in the intensity of the disease. the aim of this study was to evaluate the association between genetic variants of the ctla-4 and hcv infection. methods: restriction fragment length polymorphism-polymerase chain reaction (rflp-pcr) was per...

The comment by David Eltis, Frank Lewis, and David Richardson brings to the fore issues about productivity growth in slave-based economies, and about broader interpretations of those societies and their successor economies. Their assessment confirms that prices derived from probate inventories behaved like those derived from market transactions, suggesting that rich data available in probate in...

The 27 December 1722 Algarve earthquake destroyed a large area in southern Portugal generating a local tsunami that inundated the shallow areas of Tavira. It is unclear whether its source was located onshore or offshore and, in any case, what was the tectonic source responsible for the event. We analyze available historical information concerning macroseismicity and the tsunami to discuss the m...