The enlargement of the European Union will bring many political, economical and structural changes on the Continent, which require careful and deep analysis to be made. This paper will grasp the enlargement of the European Union from the aspect of the trade pattern and trade specialization of six major European Union candidates; namely, Turkey, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Poland and the Czech R...

Vibrio vulnificus is a naturally occurring, salt-water bacteria found in estuarine and coastal waters worldwide. It prefers low salinity and warm water temperatures for optimum growth. Infection from Vibrio vulnificus is uncommon, although it has been reported from many locations (e.g. southern United States of America, Israel, Republic of Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Spain, Turkey). It can be serious...

H. Sahin,1,* S. Tongay,2,† S. Horzum,1,3 W. Fan,2 J. Zhou,2 J. Li,4 J. Wu,2,5 and F. M. Peeters1 1Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerpen, Belgium 2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA 3Department of Engineering Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Ankara University, 06100 Ankara, Tur...

Department of Hematology, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium; Nizhniy Novgorod Region Clinical Hospital, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russian Federation; N.N. Blokhin Cancer Research Center, Russian Academy of National Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation; National Cancer Center, Goyang Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea; Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germ...

President: Mihail Garevski (Republic of Macedonia), e-mail: [email protected] Vice-Presidents: Martin Koller (Switzerland), e-mail: [email protected] Mauro Dolce (Italy), e-mail: [email protected] Secretary-General: Atilla Ansal (Turkey) Secretary: Andreas J. Kappos (Greece), e-mail: [email protected] Treasurer: Rainer Flesch (Austria), e-mail: Rainer.Fle...

The Global Influenza Hospital Surveillance Network (GIHSN) has established a prospective, active surveillance, hospital-based epidemiological study to collect epidemiological and virological data for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres over several consecutive seasons. It focuses exclusively on severe cases of influenza requiring hospitalization. A standard protocol is shared between sites al...

The Republic of Turkey was established in 1923 out the remains Ottoman Empire. Between and 1938, Turkish republic underwent fifteen years rapid expansion growth, with Ankara as its new capital Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938) first president. During this period, reinforced concrete (RC) played a significant role construction Ankara’s public-use buildings. This study focuses on 57 these structu...

The paper provides an overview and a comparison of land markets covering the three candidate countries for European Union membership: Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic (FYR) of Macedonia and Turkey. We analyse and compare agricultural land structures and factors driving land markets. The analyses are based on the available crosssection and time-series evidence on agricultural land structure...

BACKGROUND The causes of death have changed with regard to the epidemiological and demographic events in society. There is no evidence of prior research into the epidemiological transition in Turkey. This transition in Turkey should be observed starting with the Ottoman Empire period (19th to early 20th century). However, information about the Ottoman Empire is quite limited. AIMS To discuss ...

background & aim: the fear of childbirth is defined as the fear experienced before, during and after birth. this study was carried out to study the relationship between fear of childbirth and obstetric variables . methods & materials : : this cross sectional study was conducted in a state hospital in kars, turkey on 403 pregnant women who were recruited from the delivery ward. the convenience s...