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Objectives: Sepsis is a life-threatening condition, associated with a high mortality rate. It is defined as organ dysfunction caused by an abnormal host immune response to an infection (Sepsis-3). Previously it has been shown that sepsis leads to immune suppression ("immune paralysis"), characterized [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]

Background: Beta-thalassemia major (beta-TM) patients need blood transfusions, which result in iron deposition. To regulate chelation therapy, iron load has to be measured. With MRI, the amount of signal loss and T2* decay time shortening are used for iron quantification. Objectives: The aim was to measure adrenal iron load with T2* relaxometry using MRI, and to compare it with liver and cardiac iron and serum ferritin, and to find out whether adrenal iron could be predicted from those parameters. Patients and Methods: Between October 2014 and March 2015, MRI was performed in 21 patients with beta-TM, recieving blood transfusions and chelation therapy. The control group (n = 11) included healthy volunteers with no known history of adrenal, hematologic, chronic disease, and blood transfusion. Results: Among patients, there was no significant correlation between plasma ferritin and adrenal T2*. Significant difference was detected among T2* values of adrenals between the patient and control groups. There was no significant correlation between adrenal gland and liver T2* in beta-TM patients, moderate correlation was detected between adrenal T2* and cardiac T2*. Conclusion: Adrenal iron in beta-TM can be reliably measured in 3 Tesla MRI. The results highlight the absence of correlation between adrenal iron deposition both with serum ferritin and hepatic iron.

Özet: Bu çal›flmada yumurta parazitoidi Trichogramma evanescens’in sal›verilme noktas›ndan farkl› uzakl›klardaki parazitlemeyetene¤i araflt›r›lm›flt›r. M›s›r ve asma bitkilerinin her ikisinde de sal›verme noktas›ndan uzaklaflt›kça parazitleme miktar›n›n azald›¤›görülmüfltür. Depo koflullar›nda en yüksek parazitleme oran› sal›verme noktas›nda gözlenmifl ve sal›verme noktas›ndan daha yüksekmesafelerde parazitleme azalm›flt›r. Parazitoid yo¤unlu¤u artt›kça parazitleme miktar›nda da art›fl olmufltur. Kullan›lan parazitoidsay›s› 1000 oldu¤unda parazitleme oran› % 11,41 olarak hesaplanm›flken, 2000 ve 3000 parazitoid sal›verildi¤inde bu oran s›ras›yla% 29,75 ve % 62,06 olarak bulunmufltur. Yine depo koflullar›nda içerisinde un bulunan plastik kovalar kullan›ld›¤›nda parazitoidyo¤unlu¤una ba¤l› olarak konukçu ergin ç›k›fl›nda kontrole göre önemli bir azalma görülmüfl ve 500 adet parazitoid sal›verildi¤indekontrolün % 22,86’s› kadar konukçu ergin ç›k›fl› gözlemlenmifltir., In this study we evaluated the dispersal ability of Trichogramma evanescens in field and storage conditions. In field studieswe tested the effects of plant structure on the dispersal ability of T. evanescens from release points. Both in a corn field and ongrapevines the level of parasitism was negatively correlated with distance when the host eggs were located away from the releasepoint. The parasitization rate on grapevines and corn plants at the release point was greater than that away from the release point.Parasitization rates were significantly higher at the highest wasp density in cages. When 1000 wasps were released, the percentageof parasitized host eggs was 11.41%, and this rate increased to 29.75% and 62.06% when 2000 and 3000 wasps, respectively,were released. A similar trend was observed in plastic bags and increasing parasitoids caused a reduction in adult pest emergence.

Jacobsen syndrome (JS), a rare disorder with multiple dysmorphic features, is caused by the terminal deletion of chromosome 11q. Typical features include mild to moderate psychomotor retardation, trigonocephaly, facial dysmorphism, cardiac defects, and thrombocytopenia, though none of these features are invariably present. The estimated occurrence of JS is about 1/100,000 births. The female/male ratio is 2:1. The patient admitted to our clinic at 3.5 years of age with a cardiac murmur and facial anomalies. Facial anomalies included trigonocephaly with bulging forehead, hypertelorism, telecanthus, downward-slanting palpebral fissures, and a carp-shaped mouth. The patient also had strabismus. An echocardiogram demonstrated perimembranous aneurysmatic ventricular septal defect and a secundum atrial defect. The patient was

Background: Beta-thalassemia major (beta-TM) patients need blood transfusions, which result in iron deposition. To regulate chelation therapy, iron load has to be measured. With MRI, the amount of signal loss and T2* decay time shortening are used for iron quantification. Objectives: The aim was to measure adrenal iron load with T2* relaxometry using MRI, and to compare it with liver and cardiac iron and serum ferritin, and to find out whether adrenal iron could be predicted from those parameters. Patients and Methods: Between October 2014 and March 2015, MRI was performed in 21 patients with beta-TM, recieving blood transfusions and chelation therapy. The control group (n = 11) included healthy volunteers with no known history of adrenal, hematologic, chronic disease, and blood transfusion. Results: Among patients, there was no significant correlation between plasma ferritin and adrenal T2*. Significant difference was detected among T2* values of adrenals between the patient and control groups. There was no significant correlation between adrenal gland and liver T2* in beta-TM patients, moderate correlation was detected between adrenal T2* and cardiac T2*. Conclusion: Adrenal iron in beta-TM can be reliably measured in 3 Tesla MRI. The results highlight the absence of correlation between adrenal iron deposition both with serum ferritin and hepatic iron., NA