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Objective: To increase the production of human milk, mothers must have an adequate, balanced, and healthy diet. This study investigated the effect of maternal food consumption on the macronutrient composition of breast milk. Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study included 46 mothers. Food consumption and breast milk content of mothers were analysed on postnatal days 1, 5, and 15. Macro and micronutrient values consumed by the mothers were evaluated using the BeBis programme. Breast milk was analysed with Miris HMATM device. Results: In repeated measurements until mature milk was secreted (days 1st, 5th and 15th), the amount of carbohydrates and fat in breast milk gradually increased, whereas the amount of protein decreased. A significant negative correlation was observed between the amount of carbohydrates and energy consumed by mothers on the 5th day and the amount of breast milk proteins. There was a significant positive correlation between the amount of carbohydrates in the mothers' food consumption on the 15th day and the amount of carbohydrates in their breast milk. Conclusions: The effect of nutrient consumption of the mothers in the study group in the last 24 h on the macronutrient levels of breast milk was evaluated. It was observed that maternal food consumption affected the macronutrient composition of breast milk during the three follow-ups. In repeated measurements, the nutrients consumed by the mothers affected the breast milk (transitional milk, and mature milk) content. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The purpose of this research is to observe the performance of intelligence of 7th year students by providing them with certain types of food. The research has been an experimental study and has been conducted in the autumn term of the 2007 - 2008 school years. In purpose of pre-election, in Erzurum Ilıca Şeker Primary school in classes 7/ A-B, 47 and in Erzurum İstiklal Primary school in classes 7/ A-C 33 students were given the R. B. Catel Intelligence Test and Personal Information Forms were applied to them. Following this, 20 students were chosen as the experimental group and 20 students were chosen as the control group. The experimental group has been provided to take certain types of nourishment for 8 weeks "regularly and under control". The control group has been provided to take these kinds of nourishment in minimum amount. In the research, the data related to the students' development of intelligence were added to the Cattel Intelligence Test, which was developed by Cattel (1957) and adopted by Toğrol (1974). The raw points obtained from this process were turned into points related to "parts of intelligence". In order to analyse whether the difference between the averages of pre-test points and post-test points were meaningful t test has been done; in order to analyse the relation between the averages of pre-test and post-test correlation analysis has been performed. At the end of the research following findings were observed. In terms of gender, there hasn't been any meaningful differentiation observed between the averages of the pre-test and post-test points related to parts of intelligence of girls and boys. In terms of being a private school or state school, there hasn't been any meaningful differentiation observed between the averages of the pre-test and post-test points related to parts of intelligence. It is observed that there hasn't been any meaningful differentiation in the averages of pre-test points related to parts of intelligence between the experimental group and the control group. However, there has been a meaningful differentiation observed in the averages of post-test points related to parts of intelligence of the experimental group. There has been a positive and very meaningful relation between the averages of pre- test and post- test points. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background/Aims: Hyperammonemia causes severe mortality and morbidity when left unnoticed. We aimed to compare the number of ammonia test requests before and after establishing the Department of Pediatric Metabolism (DPM) in a clinic of pediatrics. Methods: The study was conducted retrospectively between 15/11/2022-16/11/2023. Study data were evaluated before (pre-group) and after (post-group) the establishment of DPM. Results: Two hundred eighty-five admissions were assessed in the study. There were 99 admissions in the pre-group and 186 in the post-group. There were 17 admissions for different reasons in the pre-group and 29 in the post-group. The most common reasons for admission were elevated transaminases, seizures, vomiting and metabolic acidosis. Definitive diagnosis was made in 16 (17.6%) patients admitted in the pre-group and 39 (23.8%) in the post-group. The most common diagnoses were genetic syndromes, mitochondrial diseases and organic acidemias. Twenty-one patients were diagnosed with inherited metabolic diseases (IMDs). Mitochondrial diseases were the most commonly diagnosed IMD (8(38%)). From the 15 pediatric subunits, ammonia test was requested from 8 in the pre-group and 13 in the post-group. In the pre-group, the pediatric subunit where ammonia was requested the most was the Pediatric Neurology Polyclinic (n=25 (25.3%)). In the post-group, the subunit that required the highest number of ammonia tests was the DPM (68(23.9%)). In the ROC analysis conducted for the predictive power of the initial ammonia level in requesting a control ammonia test, the area under the curve is 0.927, and the p-value is 0.001. For the cut-off value of 60.3 µmol/l, the sensitivity was 90.9%, and the specificity was 88.6%. Conclusion: After DPM was established, there was an increase in ammonia test requests, in the diversity of reasons for requesting ammonia testing from admissions, and in IMD diagnosis. DPM had a positive effect on pediatricians’ awareness of hyperammonemia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: This study aimed to determine the temperature- and time-dependent variations in the anti- Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) antibody titres in serum samples collected from T. gondii -infected patients., Methods: During May 2017-February 2018, five serum samples (stored at different time periods and conditions) from pregnant or non-pregnant women aged ≥18 years who were infected with T. gondii and had applied to our Parasitology Department of Hafsa Sultan Hospital, Manisa Celal Bayar University, were investigated for the anti- T. gondii IgG antibody levels by enzyme linked fluorescent assay (ELFA)., Results: The serum samples of five female volunteers who were infected with T. gondii that were stored at room temperature (20/25 °C), in a cargo package (+4/+8 °C), in a refrigerator (+4 °C), in a deep freezer (-16/-20 °C) and in an incubator (+37 °C) were tested at 0, 24, 48 and 72 hours after infection with the ELFA test. No statistically significant difference was observed in the anti- T. gondii IgG antibody titres (p>0.05)., Conclusion: The results obtained from the patients infected with T. gondii at different times and conditions of up to 72 hours were not significantly affected clinically. Hence, more comprehensive data can be obtained by increasing the number of patients and storing the serum samples for more than 72 hours.