Browsing by Subject "Turkey"

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    Internet Addiction and Social Self-Efficacy: The Mediator Role of Loneliness
    (Universidad de Murcia, 2020) Bakioğlu, Fuad
    El propósito de este estudio fue examinar si la soledad es un mediador entre la adicción a internet y la autoeficacia social. Los participantes fueron 325 estudiantes universitarios (mujeres: 57.8%; hombres: 42.2%). La edad de los participantes osciló entre 17 y 30 años (M = 20.54, DT = 1.99). Los datos del estudio se obtuvieron mediante el Formulario Corto de Adicción a Internet de Young, la Escala de Eficacia Social y Expectativas de Resultados Sociales y la Escala de Soledad de UCLA. Los datos se analizaron utilizando el método de modelado de ecuaciones estructurales y bootstrapping. El modelo de ecuaciones estructurales mostró que había un efecto indirecto sobre la autoeficacia social, mediado por la soledad. Los resultados del procedimiento de arranque indicaron que el efecto indirecto de la soledad fue significativo. Se discutieron las posibles explicaciones, la implicación de la investigación, las limitaciones y las direcciones futuras
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    Significance of rare reproduction occurrences among recent nodosariids and other benthic foraminifera
    (Murcia: Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2005) Meriç, Engin; Görmüs, Muhittin; Nielsen, Jan Kresten; Avsar, Niyazi; Ünsal, Ismail; Sin departamento asociado; Facultad de Biología
    Rare morphologies of nodosariids and other benthic foraminifera reported from various locations and depths in the seas present data valuable in interpreting both past and recent environmental conditions. A few abnormal nodosariids and other benthic foraminifera have been found at the Saros Gulf, near the island of Bozcaada, at the Edremit Gulf (northern Aegean Sea) and Gökova Gulf (southern Aegean Sea) off the coast of W Turkey. The unusual morphology of these foraminifera, “improbable” and rare, is mysterious clues to the natural survival of such organisms. Environmental conditions such as temperature and trace elements may play an important role in stimulating such unusual test occurrences. Warm-water sources in deep-sea environments carry rare trace elements that cause unusual appearances of benthic foraminifera during reproduction. These remarkable and rare specimens found by chance provide data relevant to the reproduction history of nodosariids and other benthic foraminifera.
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    The current epidemiology of leishmaniasis in Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia and implications for disease emergence in European countries
    (Wiley, 2022-05-26) Özbel, Yusuf; Töz, Seray; Muñoz Hernández, Clara; Ortuño, María; Jumakanova, Zarima; Pérez Cutillas, Pedro; Maia, Carla; Conceição, Cláudia; Baneth, Gad; Pereira, André; Van der Stede, Yves; Gossner, Celine M.; Berriatua Fernández de Larrea, Eduardo; Sin departamento asociado
    Leishmania spp. are sand fly-borne protozoan parasites causing leishmaniasis in humans and animals. The aim of the study was to analyse the epidemiology of leishmaniasis in Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia from 2005 to 2020 and evaluate the associated risk for disease emergence in European countries. It is based on an analysis of WHO and OIE reported cases between 2005 and 2020, a review of scientific articles published in SCOPUS between 2009 and 2020 and a questionnaire survey to public health and veterinary authorities in these countries. Endemic Leishmania spp. include L. infantum in the three countries, L. major in Azerbaijan and Turkey and L. tropica and L. donovani in Turkey. Leishmaniasis is reported in humans, animals and sand flies and incidence is spatially and temporarily variable. In the southern Caucasus and particularly in Georgia, reported incidence of human visceral leishmaniasis by L. infantum remains high. However, whilst Georgia experienced a gradual decrease from >4.0 cases per 100,000 population in 2005–09 to 1.13 cases per 100,000 population in 2020, the period with highest incidence in Azerbaijan, which ranged between 0.40 and 0.61 cases per 100,000 population, was 2016–2019, and no cases have so far been reported for 2020. Visceral leishmaniasis in the Southern Caucasus affects mostly young children from deprived urban areas and its closely associated to canine leishmaniasis. Turkey reported cases of visceral leishmaniasis between 2005 and 2012 and in 2016 only, and incidence ranged between 0.02 and 0.05 per 100,000 population. In contrast, the reported annual incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Turkey was much greater and peaked at 7.02 cases per 100,000 population in 2013, associated to imported cases from cutaneous leishmaniasis endemic Syria. Leishmaniasis by L. infantum in Azerbaijan and Georgia represents a regional public and animal health challenge that requires support to improve diagnosis, treatment and control. The unprecedented rise of cutaneous leishmaniasis and the spread of L. tropica and L. donovani in Turkey is an important risk factor for their emergence in Europe, especially in Mediterranean countries where competent vectors are widespread.