Uyku ile ilişkili solunum bozukluklarının tanı ve etkilerini tahmin edebilen bir anket kullanılması hem tanı algoritmasında hem de tedavide maliyet-etkin olabilir. Bu nedenle, bu çalışmanın amacı; Pediatrik Uyku Anketi (PSQ)’nin Türkçe’ye çevrilmesi ve Türkçe anketin geçerlilik ve güvenilirliğinin test edilmesidir. Uyku ile ilişkili solunum bozukluğu ile uyumlu belirtileri olan 2-17 yaş arasınd...

The disparity in access to information and communications technologies (ICTs), often referred to as “digital divide”, has received significant attention among policy makers and academics around the world. In particular, the need for continuous monitoring of the ICT adoption rates by communities in different economies has been one of the top priorities in various forums. In order to address this...

AIMS Recent study suggests that algorithms such as the Duke Clinical score (DCS) may overestimate the pretest probability. The Agatston score representing the grade of coronary artery calcification can be simply calculated from low-radiation exposure ECG-gated plain CT. In this study, we investigated whether or not more superior diagnostic performance for obstructive coronary artery disease (CA...

BACKGROUND Memory disorders and Alzheimer's disease (AD) share the same risk factors with cardiovascular diseases. OBJECTIVE We tested whether elevated N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels would predict any incident dementia or AD. METHODS The association between NT-proBNP and the risk of dementia was evaluated in a total of 7,158 subjects without previous memory diso...

Screening for colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a key aspect of infection control to limit the nosocomial spread of this organism. Current methods for the detection of MRSA in clinical microbiology laboratories, including molecularly based techniques, require a culture step and the isolation of pure colonies that result in a minimum of 20 to 24 h until a re...

This article introduces an evolutionary approach to the ontogeny of grammar and establishes a relation between sexual behaviors mental linguistic mechanisms in phylogeny. Initially, it presents summary ideas relating language evolution nature adaptations, holistically discuss them terms selection. Next, generative, hierarchical, gendered, combinatorial recursive operations are illustrated, expl...