The mobility of pooled turkey sperm following various storage regimens was assessed by objectively measuring the ability of sperm to penetrate a 2% Accudenz [5-(N-2,3-dihydroxypropylacetamido)-2,4,6-tri-iodo-N,N'-bis(2,3-dihydroxypropyl)isophthalamide] solution at 41 C. When semen was diluted with Beltsville poultry semen extender and stored at 5 C with agitation at 150 rpm, sperm mobility decl...

This study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of human brucellosis and identify the potential risk factors in a rural area of Western Anatolia, Turkey. A simple random-sampling method was used for identifying 1,052 subjects for the study. Blood samples, collected from all the subjects, were studied following the methods of Rose Bengal slide agglutination and standard tube agglutinati...

The increasing level of globalization in cotton has led to a greater need for understanding production and marketing systems of coutries other than our own. Turkey is one important country in terms of the magnitude of total cotton production. This paper addresses the system in Turkey, with some discussion of current and future performance of Turkey in the global cotton market. There are signifi...

Ismayil YILMAZ 1, Ismail DEMIRYILMAZ 2, Mehmet I. TURAN 3*, Bahadır SULEYMAN 4, Isil S. TURAN 5, Durdu ALTUNER 4, Hamit H. ALP 6 & Halis SULEYMAN 4 1 Erzincan University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Erzincan, Turkey 2 Ibni Sina Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Kayseri, Turkey 3 Diyarbakir Research and Educational Hospital, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Diyarbakir, T...

* Deparment of Artificial-Insemination, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Dicle, TR-21280 Diyarbakır TURKEY ** Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Dicle, TR-21280 Diyarbakır TURKEY *** Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Dicle, TR-21280 Diyarbakır TURKEY **** Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of ...

Namık Özbek1, Arzu Yazal Erdem1, Özlem Arman Bilir1, Fatma Karaca Kara2, Mutlu Yüksek3, Neşe Yaralı1, Meltem Özgüner4, Nazmiye Yüksek5, Bahattin Tunç1 1Ankara Children’s Hematology and Oncology Hospital, Clinic of Pediatric Hematology, Ankara, Turkey 2Ankara Children’s Hematology and Oncology Hospital, Clinic of Biochemistry, Ankara, Turkey 3Bülent Ecevit University Faculty of Medicine, Departm...

Ali Cihan TAŞKIN*, Tolga AKKOÇ, Hakan SAĞIRKAYA, Haydar BAĞIŞ, Sezen ARAT College of Science, Koç University, İstanbul, Turkey Reproduction Biology Laboratory, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Institute, TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center, Kocaeli, Turkey Department of Reproduction and Artificial Insemination, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey Department of Gene...

Article history: Received 26 January 2013 Accepted 22 February 2013 Available online 21 March 2013 Kagitcibasi and Biricik (2011) presented generational IQ gains for Turkey on the Goodenough Draw-a-Man test (Draw-a-Person). Following their results (their Table 1) the mean IQ gain from 1977 to 2010 (33 years) across three different population groups was 5.24 IQ (per decade dec = 1.59 IQ points)....