On Oct 21–22, 2013, stakeholders in newborn health convened in Istanbul, Turkey, to discuss how to accelerate the implementation of kangaroo mother care (KMC) globally. Focused attention on newborn deaths, which now account for 44% of under-5 mortality, is required to accelerate progress toward Millennium Development Goal 4 (to reduce child mortality by twothirds) and beyond. KMC has been prove...

In this study, the karyotypes of six spider species from Turkey belonging to the families Gnaphosidae, Salticidae, Thomisidae, and Zodariidae were analyzed. Male chromosomal features including diploid chromosome numbers and sex chromosome systems were determined as 2n=22, X1X20 in Drassyllus sur Tuneva & Esyunin, 2003, Nomisia exornata (C. L. Koch, 1839), and Nomisia orientalis Dalmas, 1921; 2n...

[1] This project was funded by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), Project code: VHAG-2042 * University of Kafkas, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Internal Diseases, 36100, Kars TURKEY ** Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Veterinary Research, 01010, Adana TURKEY *** University of Kafkas, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Departmen...

Murat TAVLAŞOĞLU, Ahmet Barış DURUKAN*, Mustafa KÜRKLÜOĞLU, Adem GÜLER, Zekeriye ARSLAN, Mehmet Ali ŞAHİN, Hasan Alper GÜRBÜZ, Leyla GÜLER Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Diyarbakır Military Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medicana International Ankara Hospital, Ankara, Turkey Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children’s National Heart Institute, Chi...

FERIT KUŞCU1, SÜHEYLA KÖMÜR1, DILEK YAĞCI ÇAĞLAYIK2,3, ASLIHAN ULU1, AYŞE SEZA İNAL1, BEHICE KURTARAN1, YEŞIM TAŞOVA1, HASAN SALIH ZEKI AKSU1, AYKUT ÖZKUL4 1Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Adana, Turkey 2Public Health Institute of Turkey, National Arbovirus and Viral Zoonoses Reference and Research Laboratory Ankara, Turkey 3...

Ayça Dilruba Aslanger1, Aynur Akbulut2, Gül Tokgöz3, Sakine Türkmen4, Kanay Yararbaş5 1 Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital, Medical Genetics Department, Kocaeli, Turkey 2 Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Kocaeli, Turkey 3 Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital, Department of Hematology, Kocaeli, Turkey 4 Hemoglobinopathy Screening Cen...

Deniz YÜCEL1, Mehmet OĞUZ2, Osman YÜKSEL2, Güldal YILMAZ3, Özge Tuğçe PAŞAOĞLU4, Nedim SULTAN5 1 Department of General Surgery, Mersin Anamur State Hospital, Mersin, Turkey 2 Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Gazi, Ankara, Turkey 3 Department of Medical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Gazi, Ankara, Turkey 4 Department of Medical Biochemistry, Facult...

Correspondence Address: Dr. Selen Gür Özmen, İstanbul Üniversitesi, Deneysel Tıp ve Araştırma Enstitüsü (DETAE), Sinirbilim Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye E-mail: [email protected] Received: 06.08.2014 Accepted: 06.09.2014 1Unit of Stroke Rehabilitation and Research, Memorial Şişli Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey 2Clinic of Neurology, Iğdır State Hospital, Iğdır, Turkey 3Unit of Intensive Car...

[1] The work is supported by grants from Research Foundation of Celal Bayar University (Project No: TIP 2006/47) * Celal Bayar Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Farmakoloji Anabilim Dalı, TR-45030 Manisa TURKEY ** Celal Bayar Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Fizyoloji Anabilim Dalı, TR-45030 Manisa TURKEY *** Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Fizyoloji Anabilim Dalı Anabilim Dalı, TR-35030 İzmir ...

a Baskent University, Ankara, 06810 Turkey (phone: (+90)3122341010/1220; fax: (+90)3122341051; e-mail: [email protected]). (corresponding author) b Department of Computer Engineering, Engineering Faculty of Ankara University, Aziz Kansu Building, Tandogan Kampus, Tandogan, Ankara, 06100 Turkey (e-mail: [email protected]). c Baskent University, Ankara, 06810 Turkey (e-mail: afet@baske...