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Nazım Hikmet, one of the important poets of modern Turkish poetry, is one of the most remarkable figures of the last century with her political, artistic and private life. Nazım Hikmet, who led a turbulent life due to his political ideas, spent many years in prison and fled abroad shortly after he was released by the amnesty law due to the fear of his life. This escape was punished by being stripped of his citizenship and he could not return to Turkey again. Therefore, the works of the author have been banned in Turkey for many years. However, he influenced many people both with his life and with his literary aspect. With the lifting of the bans on his works shortly after his death, many researches were made on the works of the author. However, it was not possible to use the records in the Turkish Diplomatic Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, especially in studies dealing with his biography, since there was a confidentiality decision about the documents. As of 2021, the removal of the confidentiality decision in the documents about Nazım Hikmet has made it possible to access new information. On this occasion, in this study, both previously little-known points about Nazım Hikmet's biography were expanded and some unknown points were revealed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Loss to follow-up after surgery is problematic in that it is thought to lead to poorer outcomes. There is little research on the long-term outcomes of people who have been lost to follow-up vs. patients who attended all follow-up appointments. Rotator cuff repair is unique in that the postoperative course is lengthy, and the rehabilitation program is typically tightly supervised. Therefore, the aim of this investigation is to determine whether there is any long-term difference in functional outcomes after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair between patients who are noncompliant with follow-up appointments vs. those who are compliant with all follow-up. Methods: A database query was carried out which identified 782 patients who underwent arthroscopic rotator cuff repair at our institution during 2016. Patients were separated into 2 cohorts based on whether they were compliant with all follow-up appointments. Demographic variables such as age and sex were compiled along with objective details from surgery such as size of tear, number of anchors, and other pathologies treated. Patients who were lost to follow-up were contacted by phone to answer survey questions. A matching control group of patients who attended all follow-up appointments was identified based on demographics and surgery details using propensity score matching. The control group was then contacted by phone to answer survey questions. Statistical results were reported as P values. Minimum follow-up was set at 2 years. Results: The nonsatisfactory follow-up cohort consisted of 44 people (average follow-up: 30 months), with the satisfactory follow-up cohort consisting of 57 people (average follow-up: 42 months). There was no statistical difference between groups in sex, age, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons scores, Single Assessment of Numeric Evaluation scores, number of anchors, number of tears, additional surgical procedures, and patient satisfaction with the surgery and the surgeon. Of the reasons patients gave for why they did not attend follow-up appointments, 25.0% felt fine or returned to work, 22.7% did not know why, 15.9% reported travel distance, 13.6% of patients gave other explanations, 11.4% reported unrelated medical issues, and 11.4% were unaware they missed any appointments. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that there is no difference in the outcomes of patients who attended all follow-up appointments vs. patients who prematurely discontinued follow-up after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. Better communication with patients in the postoperative period may help to improve follow-up after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.

Leading and following is about synchronizing and joining actions in accordance with the differences that the leader and follower roles provide. The neural reactivity representing these roles was measured in an explorative fMRI-study, where two persons lead and followed each other in finger tapping using simple, individual, pre-learnt rhythms. All participants acted both as leader and follower. Neural reactivity for both lead and follow related to social awareness and adaptation distributed over the lateral STG, STS and TPJ. Reactivity for follow contrasted with lead mostly reflected sensorimotor and rhythmic processing in cerebellum IV, V, somatosensory cortex and SMA. During leading, as opposed to following, neural reactivity was observed in the insula and bilaterally in the superior temporal gyrus, pointing toward empathy, sharing of feelings, temporal coding and social engagement. Areas for continuous adaptation, in the posterior cerebellum and Rolandic operculum, were activated during both leading and following. This study indicated mutual adaptation of leader and follower during tapping and that the roles gave rise to largely similar neuronal reactivity. The differences between the roles indicated that leading was more socially focused and following had more motoric- and temporally related neural reactivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Buying behaviour process goes through many steps which involves many factors affecting its decisions to purchase a good for which final consumption. Here, the recommendation of celebrities has more considerable emotional impact which affects the buying behaviour of a consumer. Nowadays a consumer is very fascinated towards the thing which is popular among the high demand society which is used and recommended by upper-class people and so-called celebrity. A consumer is inquisitive, which are being used by the celebrities and price to follow their reviews. The consumer feels more sympathetic towards a brand if their products were promoted by a celebrity they admire. The purpose of the study is to know how people get more attracted towards the recommendation of the celebrities and how he tries to adopt it in his daily routine. In this research, questioner was sent to the total 200 respondents through social media platforms among which most of them were between the age group of 20-30. The data analyzed by making graph and diagram through the response collected from the questionnaire. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Contemporary scholarship on the topic of discipleship has largely neglected the Old Testament as having any relevance. Yet, many would argue that Jesus extensively used the Old Testament in his teaching and formation of his disciples. What, then, could we say that the Old Testament contributes toward a more holistic concept of Christian discipleship? This study examines the literary structure and several lexical cues in order to discern a concept of discipleship in the book of Deuteronomy. The literary structure of the book of Deuteronomy reveals the book as a covenant manual for Israel's discipleship to YHWH, and a lexical study of use of למד, "to teach/learn," and הלך אחרי, "to walk after" or "to follow" in Deuteronomy yields a view that discipleship in the book of Deuteronomy entails learning YHWH's word so as to maintain exclusive covenant devotion to him. Several of these concepts find a close parallel with Jesus' method of making disciples. Therefore, the best way forward for formal scholarly inquiries into the topic of discipleship to Jesus would do well to glean first from the teachings of YHWH's discipleship of Israel in the Old Testament. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior of mankind says "Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me" (Mk. 8:34). One of the first recommendations the Lord addresses to any Christian who follows Him and His example is to deny his selfish ego and to take up his cross willingly. "Let him deny himself" means denying the old man, the inclination to sin, the denial of the selfish and sinful ego, of φιλαυτία, which is the excessive love of the flesh and its passions, of all sinful deeds, of all impudent utterances, of the willingness to think ignobly, indecently and maliciously, of one's own idiosyncrasies, of all egoistic, egocentric, unprepossessing and arrogant gestures, of all improper and void prejudices, of all vapid and nocuous conversations etc. In my paper, I wish to emphasize, starting from the writings of Holy Fathers, the fact that the phrase "take up one's Cross" has profound meanings that can be approached from different perspectives as broached in numerous commentaries and nuanced interpretations. In my paper, I also considered it necessary to underline and reveal, as completely as possible, the fact that the ones that endure suffering with serenity, peace of mind and the lack of refusal and rebellion against it, are merrily hopeful that the suffering endured accompanied by content for God leads them to resurrection, to a new life. When we suffer and view God, suffering will become for us a gate to the heavenly Kingdom. The fact Christ the Crucified is risen and rules that place of praise to the right of the Father is, for us, a sign of hope, of the promise of dwelling in praise; since we have been with Him in suffering, we will also share with Him the Kingdom of grace and endless joy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this research study we examined the development and effectiveness of an intervention strategy, which was designed to improve intellectually disabled children's behavior in social activities outside a facility center. Researchers engaged in several activities, beginning with development of the intervention strategy, and then moving to collection of baseline data from children and development of intervention strategy procedures. The procedures included: intervention strategy duration; teacher training sessions; and applications. Findings in this research study demonstrated that the intervention strategy has the potential to help young and older children alike, and may ensure that intellectually disabled children increase participation in social networks in school and everyday life. Recommendations are offered for future research; it also is recommended that this intervention program be tested with other age groups and a larger sample of children with intellectual disabilities, such as preschoolers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Understanding the behavior of private capital holders in green investment is a key to the success of green finance policies such as green credit policies. In current literature, there still remain unsettled controversies on the behaviors of private capital holders. The responsibility diffusion theory indicates that private capital holders do not follow commercial banks that issue green credit. However, the signal transmission theory implies that private capital holders may follow. Stand by or follow? We apply the two-way fixed-effects model to analyze the behavior pattern of private capital holders in green investment, using the panel data of 443 listed companies in China. The results show that the private capital holders’ behavior is affected by responsibility diffusion effect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The parsing is applied to the given c-language which is a context free grammar (CFG) language, i.e., any CFG language together with its productions could be parsed as an LL(1) grammar language giving its parsing table and the parsing results to any input string. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The research aimed at being acquainted with the differences among some physical and motor abilities for students of early and late school grades in addition to the differences of physical and motor abilities between each class, beginning from third class, with next one. The follow-up descriptive method was used. The sample included 200 students from the ALJANAEN primary school in the left bank of Mosul city and AHMED ABDULGHANI Primary school in the right bank. The sample represented the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth primary classes of the early and late school grades. Specific tests of the physical and motor abilities were used such as single leap of both legs with distance of 10 meters for measuring the power of leg muscles, zigzag run for measuring the agility, sit and reach for measuring the flexibility of spine and posterior leg muscles. And the numbered circles for measuring coordination. Arithmetic mean, standard deviation, Person’s coefficient correlation, percentage, and (T) test of the two independent samples were used for processing data statistically. The research concluded the following: 1. The students of the late school grade had improved compared with the early one in test of single leap of both legs with distance of 10 meters for measuring the power of leg muscles and test sit and reach of flexibility. 2. There were no improvement differences between the two grades in other abilities such as locomotive speed, left leg power, agility and coordination 3. There were no improvement differences between each class, beginning from third class, with next one in all physical and motor abilities in question

Aim of database: The Danish Gynecological Cancer Database (DGCD) is a nationwide clinical cancer database and its aim is to monitor the treatment quality of Danish gynecological cancer patients, and to generate data for scientific purposes. DGCD also records detailed data on the diagnostic measures for gynecological cancer. Study population: DGCD was initiated January 1, 2005, and includes all patients treated at Danish hospitals for cancer of the ovaries, peritoneum, fallopian tubes, cervix, vulva, vagina, and uterus, including rare histological types. Main variables: DGCD data are organized within separate data forms as follows: clinical data, surgery, pathology, pre- and postoperative care, complications, follow-up visits, and final quality check. DGCD is linked with additional data from the Danish "Pathology Registry", the "National Patient Registry", and the "Cause of Death Registry" using the unique Danish personal identification number (CPR number). Descriptive data: Data from DGCD and registers are available online in the Statistical Analysis Software portal. The DGCD forms cover almost all possible clinical variables used to describe gynecological cancer courses. The only limitation is the registration of oncological treatment data, which is incomplete for a large number of patients. Conclusion: The very complete collection of available data from more registries form one of the unique strengths of DGCD compared to many other clinical databases, and provides unique possibilities for validation and completeness of data. The success of the DGCD is illustrated through annual reports, high coverage, and several peer-reviewed DGCD-based publications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper aimed to present the some aspects on changing the pedomorphological and physical indicators of upper profile of cambic chernozem under soil tillage in a period of 60 years. Soil tillage have directly influence on the size composition of it's, both arable layer and in the immediate vicinity layer. Content of 1.0-0.05 mm fraction in the horizon A of fallow soil is 2.2 times higher, in horizon B - 2.5 times higher, than in arable soil. Cambic chernozem from forest belt in the fallow condition has remediated the original textural properties within a period of 60 years. Using in the arable the tillage of chernozem cambic led to argillisation of upper layer. Content of fraction <0.01 mm constitutes in the horizon A - 60.2%, in horizon B - 59.7%. Soil texture is a quality virtually unchanged, so agricultural and reclamation technologies must adapt to the textural specifics of soils. Role of the soil texture is apparent from the characterization of particle size fractions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis (EORA) is prevalent among older patients, and its incidence is increasing due to aging societies. However, differentiating between EORA and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is challenging for clinicians and hinders the initiation of effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis among older generations, thereby allowing its progression. Therefore, we conducted a qualitative synthesis of narrative reviews via meta-ethnography regarding seronegative EORA diagnosis to clarify the methods to differentiate seronegative EORA from PMR. Three databases (PubMed, EMBASE, and Web of Science) were searched for relevant reviews published between January 2011 and October 2022. The extracted articles were synthesized using meta-ethnography, and 185 studies were selected following the protocol. Seven reviews were analyzed, and four themes and nine concepts were identified. The four themes included difficulty in differentiation, mandatory follow-up, and factors favoring rheumatoid arthritis and those favoring PMR. Factors favoring seronegative EORA and PMR should be considered for effective diagnosis and prompt initiation of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs. Mandatory and long follow-ups of suspected patients are essential for differentiating the two diseases. The attitude of rheumatologists toward tentatively diagnosing seronegative EORA and flexibly modifying their hypotheses based on new or altered symptoms can aid in effective management and avoiding misdiagnosis.

The study investigated the psychosexual status and sexual function in adults who had hypospadias surgery at different ages. A detailed questionnaire was mailed to 130 patients who underwent hypospadias surgery between January 1988 and December 2007, and 50 healthy males who served as the control group. The patients were divided into three groups based on their age at which surgery was completed: group A ( n = 32; <10 years); group B ( n = 45; 10-18 years); and group C ( n = 53; >18 years). The Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale and The Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale were used to assess psychosexual status; a designed questionnaire and the International Index of Erectile Function-5 were used to assess sexual function. The incidence of anxiety and depression was significantly higher in patients than that in controls ( P < 0.001), and was correlated with the age at which surgery was completed. The length and circumference of penises in patients were shorter than those of control groups with statistically significant differences ( P < 0.01). There were no significant differences between patients and controls regarding libido strength, overall sexual satisfaction and erectile function ( P > 0.05). In conclusion, difference existed in certain aspects of psychosexual and penile development between patients and controls. Hypospadias surgery should be performed early. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of our study was to analyze the behavioural responses of horses (N = 51) to familiar humans and to find factors that may affect these responses in three tests: (1) approach to, (2) standing beside, and (3) following the familiar person. We investigated the impacts of horse-related factors (gender and age) and human-related factors (type of work, housing management, amount of handling, number of handlers and training to follow). Horses with one handler needed less time to approach the human than horses with more handlers. Standing beside the human correlated positively with following. Following was mainly affected by training. According to our results, the number of handlers has an important effect on horses’ responses to familiar humans, especially regarding approach and follow behaviour. However, following behaviour is fundamentally determined by training. Keywords: human–horse interaction; approach; follow [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To characterize the fast EEG activities associated with infantile spasms in West syndrome, and their value in predicting the recurrence and localization of late seizures. We selected 23 infants who were followed for at least 2 years. Selected EEG recordings underwent autospectra, coherence, and phase analyses in order to assess the changes during follow-up. Short discharges of fast-rhythms (331 ± 190 ms) with a lateralized onset were detected in 18 of the 23 infants (78.3%). There were no significant differences in the parameters characterizing ICTAL beta-activity (frequency, duration, inter-hemispheric coherence, or transfer time) between the infants with or without seizure recurrence. However, beta-discharges with a consistent location formed part of the ICTAL EEG in all 10 infants with seizure recurrence, but only in eight (61.5%) of those who remained seizure-free (SF) (p < 0.05). In all but one of the infants experiencing seizure recurrence, the ICTAL discharges associated with the late seizures apparently originated from the same hemisphere as that involved at the beginning of the spasm-associated beta-activity, although the precise location varied. Spectral, coherence and phase analyses detected spasm-associated runs of lateralized beta-rhythms in many of our infants with West syndrome. This ICTAL pattern significantly correlated with seizure recurrence. The consistent lateralization of the ICTAL EEG events associated with both the early spasms and late seizures suggests that EEG beta-activities should be considered as indicating local cortical dysfunction in infants who fail to respond to early treatment and often progress toward severe epilepsy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]