Browsing Makale Koleksiyonu by Publisher "WILEY-BLACKWELL"
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Effects of music therapy and guided visual imagery on chemotherapy-induced anxiety and nausea-vomiting
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2013)Aims and objectives To reveal the effects of music therapy and visual imagery on chemotherapy-induced anxiety and nauseavomiting. Background Behavioural techniques such as music therapy and visual imagery are becoming ... -
Effects of oral care solutions on mucous membrane integrity and bacterial colonization
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2014)AimThis research was conducted with the aim of determining the influence of three different oral care solutions on oral mucous membrane integrity in critically ill patients. BackgroundOral care is a basic part of nursing ... -
Effects on caregiver burden of education related to home care in patients undergoing hemodialysis
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2013)Caring for a patient undergoing hemodialysis is highly stressful and can negatively affect a caregiver's physical and psychological well-being. This study was conducted to examine the effect of educational support concerning ... -
Environmentally Sensitive Hydrogels: N-isopropyl acrylamide/Acrylamide/Mono-, Di-, Tricarboxylic Acid Crosslinked Polymers
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2015)Environmentally sensitive hydrogels responsive to various stimuli such as temperature, pH, ionic strength of the medium and the solvent were prepared by using N-isopropyl acrylamide (NIPAM), acrylamide (AAm) and monomers ... -
Evaluation of association between atherogenic index of plasma and intima-media thickness of the carotid artery for subclinic atherosclerosis in patients on maintenance hemodialysis
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2013)Incidence of cardiovascular diseases in the patients having chronic kidney disease (CKD) is between 25% and 60%. This increased rate is proposed to be associated with accelerated atherosclerosis. Increased carotid intima-media ... -
The evaluation of self-care and self-efficacy in patients undergoing hemodialysis
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2010)Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess patients' self-care ability and self-efficacy, to examine the relationship between them and to determine the factors affecting self-care ability and self-efficacy in people ... -
Evaluation of the antioxidant effects of melatonin on the larynx mucosa of rats exposed to environmental tobacco smoke
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016)Objectives: This study's aim was to investigate the effect of melatonin in terms of mitigating the effects of smoking on the laryngeal mucosa of rats exposed to environmental tobacco smoke. Design: Rats were divided into ... -
Evaluation of the relationship between serum levels of VEGF and sVEGFR1 with mortality and prognosis in patients with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2013)The most accepted view to explaining the pathogenesis of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is endothelial damage. This study was conducted in a University hospital to investigate the serum levels and prognostic ... -
Extrapulmonary involvement in patients with sarcoidosis in Turkey
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2011)Background and objective: Extrapulmonary sarcoidosis is common, and is almost always associated with concomitant thoracic involvement. Extrapulmonary manifestations vary on the basis of gender, age at presentation and ... -
Factors controlling stratal pattern and facies distribution of fluvio-lacustrine sedimentation in the Sivas mini-basins, Oligocene (Turkey)
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2017)The Sivas Basin, located in the Central Anatolian Plateau of Turkey, is a foreland basin that records a complex interaction between sedimentation, salt tectonics and regional shortening during the Oligo-Miocene leading to ... -
Fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 Gly388Arg polymorphism is not associated with pre-eclampsia in Turkish women
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2011)Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the association between human fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 (FGFR4) Gly388Arg polymorphism and pre-eclampsia (PE) by carrying out a casecontrol study in Turkish women. Materials ... -
Genitourinary brucellosis: results of a multicentric study
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2014)This study reviewed the clinical, laboratory, therapeutic and prognostic data on genitourinary involvement of brucellosis in this largest case series reported. This multicentre study pooled adult patients with genitourinary ... -
The histopathological and morphometric investigation of the effects of systemically administered humic acid on alveolar bone loss in ligature-induced periodontitis in rats
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016)BackgroundHumic acid is a soil extract found widely around the world. This product includes some trace elements important for human's health. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the morphometric and histopathological ... -
Huge inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of the abdomen
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2012)Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours are benign lesions most commonly located in the lungs, abdominal origin is rare. As differentiation from malignant conditions can be difficult on clinical grounds alone, pathological ... -
In Vitro Comparison of the Cytotoxicity and Water Sorption of Two Different Denture Base Systems
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2015)PurposeDenture base resins have the potential to cause cytotoxicity in vivo, and the mechanical properties of resins are affected by water sorption. There is a correlation between residual monomer and water sorption. Thus, ... -
Influence of smoking on interleukin-1beta level, oxidant status and antioxidant status in gingival crevicular fluid from chronic periodontitis patients before and after periodontal treatment
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2012)Toker H, Akpinar A, Aydin H, Poyraz O. Influence of smoking on interleukin-1beta level, oxidant status and antioxidant status in gingival crevicular fluid from chronic periodontitis patients before and after periodontal ... -
Inverse problems for impulsive Dirac operators with spectral parameters contained in the boundary and multitransfer conditions
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2015)An inverse spectral problem is considered for Dirac operators with parameter-dependent transfer conditions inside the interval, and parameter appears also in one boundary condition. The approach that was used in the ... -
Investigating the sexual function and its associated factors in women with chronic illnesses
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2013)Aims and objectivesTo evaluate sexual dysfunction and the factors that affect sexual dysfunction in women with chronic disease. BackgroundSexual dysfunction is one of the most common problems in women with chronic disease. ... -
An investigation of the relationship between SULT1A1 Arg(213)His polymorphism and lung cancer susceptibility in a Turkish population
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2009)Human sulfotransferase 1A1 (SULT1A1), the most expressed isoform of the phenol SULT1 subfamily, is an important member of sulfotransferase superfamily. A transition, G to A at position 638, in SULT1A1 gene, results in ... -
Iris celikii (Iridaceae), a new species from north-eastern Turkey
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2004)Iris celikii occurring in NE Turkey is described as a species new to science and illustrated. Its ecology, distribution and taxonomic relationships are discussed.