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The protective effect of MCP-1-2518 A > G promoter polymorphism in Turkish chronic renal failure patients requiring long-term hemodialysis
(SPRINGER, 2015)
Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) plays a major role in the pathogenesis and progression of different types of human renal disease. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of MCP-1 gene -2518 ...
Biosorption of Cu2+ and Ni2+ Ions from Synthetic Waters
(SPRINGER, 2017)
In this study, biosorption of Cu2+ and Ni2+ ions to tobacco stalks was investigated under different operational conditions. The effects of the initial pH, ion concentrations, temperature, and duration of contact and adsorbent ...
Pre-service Science and Technology Teachers' Efficacy Beliefs about Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Usage and Material Design
(EDAM, 2012)
in this study. a scale entitled "Information and Communication Technologies Usage and Material Design Efficacy [ICT_MDE](") is developed to investigate pre-service science and technology teachers' efficacy beliefs regarding ...
Artificial neural networks based on principal component analysis, fuzzy systems and fuzzy neural networks for preliminary design of rubble mound breakwaters
(ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2010)
The new artificial intelligence models proposed for the preliminary design of rubble mound breakwaters consist of (1) multi layer feed forward artificial neural networks, (2) hybrid artificial neural networks with principal ...
Sonographic Evaluation for Predicting the Presence and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease
(LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2013)
Purpose: The aim of our study was to investigate the relationship between age, sex, obesity, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), and both the presence and severity of coronary ...
Dietary effects of Ca-zeolite supplementation on some blood and tibial bone characteristics of broilers
(SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES, 2011)
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of differing amounts of natural Ca-zeolite on bone and some blood parameters. A total of 240 day-old Ross 308 broiler chicks were assigned to four treatments with three ...
Ineffective Doses of Dexmedetomidine Potentiates the Antinociception Induced by Morphine and Fentanyl in Acute Pain Model
(KOREAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY, 2013)
The aim of this study was to evaluate the synergistic potentiation effect of ineffective doses of dexmedetomidine on antinociception induced by morphine and fentanyl in acute pain model in rats. Seventy albino Wistar rats ...
Effects of Different Surface Treatments on the Bond Strength of Acrylic Denture Teeth to Polymethylmethacrylate Denture Base Material
(MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC, 2014)
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of various surface pretreatments in the ridge lap area of acrylic resin denture teeth on the shear bond strength to heat-polymerized polymethylmethacrylate ...
Internet use and its relation with the academic performance for a sample of high school students
(DRUNPP-SARAJEVO, 2012)
This study was conducted to determine the general characteristics of Internet use among high school students in Turkey and to examine the relation between the Internet use and the academic performance of the students. The ...
Paraoxonase activities and oxidative status during late pregnancy and postpartum period in dairy cattle with and without retained fetal membrane
(HELLENIC VETERINARY MEDICAL SOC, 2017)
The aim of this study was to evaluate serum paraoxonase 1 (PON1) activities, total antioxidant capacity (TAC), total peroxidation (TPX), oxidative stress index (OSI) and their associations with Retained fetal membrane (RFM) ...