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Evaluation of inhibitory activity of domestic probiotics for against invasion and infection by Proteus mirabilis in the urinary tract
Authors: Lai Tzu-Min , Lin Pei-Pei , Hsieh You-Miin , Tsai Cheng-Chih 
Published: May 2020

Introduction: Approximately 5% of men and 40%–50% of women have experienced urinary tract infections (UTI), which are the most common infectious diseases and nosocomial infections in humans. Proteus mirabilis is susceptible to most antibiotics, but antibiotic treatment usually causes side effects. In this research, lactic acid bacteria (LAB) was assessed for its inhibitory activity against a urinary tract pathogen.
Methodology: We studied the effect of pH adjustment, heat, and enzyme treatments on the inhibitory activity of LAB strains and their supernatants, using well-diffusion and co-culture assays. In the cell culture assay, anti-adhesion and anti-invasion activities against P. mirabilis were tested with SV-HUC-1 urothelial cells.
Results: LAB were able to adhere to the urothelial cells and inhibited P. mirabilis growth. LAB were also able to inhibit P. mirabilis adhesion to or invasion of SV-HUC-1 urothelial cells. Finally, in the competition assay, LAB showed inhibitory effects against P. mirabilis. LAB could also inhibit the invasion of P. mirabilis into urothelial cells.
Conclusions: Two LAB strains (PM206 and 229) exhibited antagonistic activity against P. mirabilis adhesion or invasion of urothelial cells in culture. In the future, probiotics may be used in food or urinary tract cleansing and could replace antibiotic treatments.
Sustainable health promotion for the seniors during COVID-19 outbreak: a lesson from Tokyo
Authors: Aung Myo Nyein , Yuasa Motoyuki , Koyanagi Yuka , Aung Thin Nyein Nyein , Moolphate Saiyud , Matsumoto Hiromichi , Yoshioka Takashi 
Published: May 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is novel corona virus infection outbreak that has gone global in 2020. Current prevention policies consist of hand hygiene and social distancing. Emergencies overloaded health services and shocked the logistics chains in many countries, especially Italy and China. Having more than a quarter of its population being elderly, Japan is at high risk for COVID-19 induced morbidity and mortality.
This situation cancelled schedules of all routine group exercise activities for the seniors in Japan. While the outbreak is ongoing, staying at home is safe. However, successive days of being house-ridden and limited movement can lead to excessive physical inactivity. Some elderly who are not moving much can lose a significant amount of muscle strength, flexibility and aerobic capacity. It can accelerate the frailty and dependency of the seniors, and subsequently, claiming of care and health services. Moreover, existing and new evidences showed that physical activity can promote antiviral immunity.
An alternative to usual group exercise activities is crucial to keep seniors active without affecting social distancing. While staying at home for long, functional exercises maintaining basic level of physical activity and movements are urgently required to be introduced to the seniors in Tokyo and around the world to prevent functional decline.
Home exercise is a practical option. Therefore, we made a home-version of the functional training exercise video with different sets of 10-minutes exercise for 7 days a week. This breakthrough alternative may sustain health promotion for the elderly persons to preserve their active aging and maintain optimal health.
The Impact of Augmented Reality for Displaying Virtual 3d Models of Products in Real Environments on Improvement of the Consumer Experience in Buying Industrial Designed Products
Authors: Atanasova Paneva Elena , Sidorenko Sofija 
Published: May 2020

The purpose of this paper is to explore the possibilities for implementation of the augmented reality (АR) in the sales. The augmented reality contributes to enhansing and improving the consumer experience through the virtual display of 3D models of products in realistic environments. In this paper is presented an overview of the consumer behavior in online shopping and their uncertainties in the process. The online shopping offers more satisfaction to the modern consumers looking for comfort and speed. On the other hand, some consumers still feel uncomfortable to shop online. What prevents them from buying online is the inability to realistically check the products, to examine their different variants, and to show them to their friends from which they will get comments and opinions before the purchase.
In this thesis are examined the possibilities for implementation of augmented reality technology in online stores, as well as the possibilities for management of the product configurations in AR – options for choosing different materials and colors of the product, that will allow the customers to adjust the product to their needs. The aim is to find methods and techniques that would alleviate the disadvantages as result of the lack of physical contact with the products during online sales, that would reduce the consumer uncertainty and increase the likelihood of successful choice and increased online sales.
Tolerance of Daffodil (Narcissus poeticus L. c.v. “Ice Folies”) to Nickel Contaminated Media
Authors: Arzu ÇIĞ  
Published: May 2020

The objective of this study was to determine the tolerance of daffodil (Narcissus poeticus L. c.v. “Ice Folies”) as a hyperaccumulator plant to nickel contaminated media. This research was carried out in a completely randomized plot experimental design with three replications in green house conditions. Four doses of nickel (control, 25 mg kg-1, 50 mg kg-1, 75 mg kg-1) were applied to each growing media having 500 g soil:sand mixture in 2:1 ratio. The distillate water was used in irrigation and Hoagland solution was applied for fertilization. At the end of the experiment, effects of nickel applications on leaf length, plant length, flower length (P<0.01) and flower diameter, stem diameter (P<0.05) were found significant, except leaf number and leaf length. The lowest first flowering time, full flowering time and first floret withering time were obtained in control and 75 mg kg-1 nickel application. The highest leaf length (341.60 mm), plant length (418.24 mm), flower length (70.74 mm) and stem diameter (7.63 mm) were obtained in 75 mg kg-1 nickel application. The highest flower diameter was found as 78.35 mm in 25 mg kg-1 nickel application. Generally, while the nickel doses increased flowering time, leaf length, plant length, flower length and flower diameter increased.
Tolerance of Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis L. c.v. “Blue Star”) to Lead Contaminated Media
Authors: Füsun GÜLSER  , Arzu ÇIĞ  
Published: May 2020

The objective of this study was to determine the tolerance of hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis L. c.v. “Blue Star”) as a hyper accumulator plant to lead contaminated media. This research was carried out in a completely randomized experimental design with three replications in green house conditions. Four doses of lead (control, 20 mg kg-, 40 mg kg-1, 80 mg kg-1) were applied to each growing media having 500 g soil: sand mixture in 2:1 ratio. The distillate water was used in irrigation and Hoagland solution was applied for fertilization. At the end of the experiment, effects of lead applications on all of plant growth criteria and flowering were found significant (P<0.01) except leaf number and stem diameter. The lowest first flowering time, full flowering time and first floret withering time were obtained as 77.00 day, 79.20 day and 82.39 day in control, respectively. The highest plant length and flower length were obtained as 229.91 mm and 146.36 mm in 20 mg Pb kg-1 application. The highest flower diameter and floret number were found as 63.03 mm and 42.42 in 40 mg Pb kg-1 application. Generally, while the lead doses increased flowering time, leaf length, plant length, flower length, flower diameter and floret number increased.
Experience with opportunistic salpingectomy during vaginal hysterectomy for uterine prolapsus
Authors: Töz Emrah , Özcan Aykut 
Published: May 2020

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the trend in uptake of salpingectomy at the time of vaginal hysterectomy after the Clinical Practice Statement of Society for Gynecologic Oncology and to assess the risk of operative/postoperative complications associated with salpingectomy during vaginal hysterectomy.
Material and Methods: Patients who underwent vaginal hysterectomy or vaginal hysterectomy with salpingectomy for uterine prolapsus between January 2010 and January 2018 were analysed. We divided the patients into two groups to see the change in the rate of opportunistic salpingectomy after a systemwide practice recommendation was issued. Group 1 consist of patients who were operated between 2010-2014, before recommendation of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology that favour salpingectomy and Group 2 consist of patients operated after that.
Results: From January 2010 to January 2018, a total of 1224 vaginal hysterectomies were performed. A total of 808 patients under 60 years old were included in the study. There was no difference in operating time, the median estimated blood loss, intraoperative complication and postoperative complication by the performance of salpingectomy (P>0.05). When we examine the changes in the rate of salpingectomy year by year, from 2014, the salpingectomy rates increased, being 4 % in 2013, 7 % in 2015, and 8 % in 2017 onward.
Conclusion: We report an increase in the rate of salpingectomy during vaginal hysterectomies from 3 % to 7.2 % after the recommendation of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology that favour salpingectomy but this increase is not as great as the increase during laparoscopic or abdominal hysterectomies.
Pre- and Postoperative Evaluation of Operated Myoma Uteri Patients: a 5-Year Tertiary Care Experience
Authors: Budak Hıdır , Buğday Rezan , Budak Mehmet Şükrü , Yalınkaya Ahmet , Budak Adnan , Gül Talip 
Published: May 2020

Introduction: This study aims to evaluate the pre- and postoperative outcomes of myomas operated in a tertiary clinic.
Method: We retrospectively evaluated data from a total of 378 cases operated for myomas between January 2014 and December 2018 in the Dicle University Medical Faculty Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic.
Results: There were 169 cases of abdominal myomectomy (44.7%), 156 cases of total abdominal hysterectomy (41.3%), 15 cases of laparoscopic myomectomy (4%), 13 cases of total laparoscopic hysterectomy (3.4%), 12 cases of myomectomy during cesarean delivery (3.2%), 9 cases of hysteroscopic myomectomy (2.4%), and 4 cases of vaginal myomectomy (1.1%). Pathology results revealed 341 cases of leiomyoma (88.2%), 32 cases of concomitant leiomyoma and adenomyosis (8.4%), and 13 cases of STUMP (3.3%). There were 5 cases of intraoperative bowel injury, 1 case of bladder injury, and 1 case of postoperative wound infection.
Conclusion: Myomas can be surgically treated with satisfactory outcomes and low complication rates. The preferred surgical treatment will majorly depend on the patient's fertility expectations.
The effect of ultrasonography in predicting medical treatment success in ectopic pregnancy
Authors: Balikoglu Meric , Bayraktar Burak , Akar Mert Mevlüt 
Published: May 2020

Ectopic pregnancy(EP) treatment success in a single dose methotrexate(MTX) regimen is decided by more than 15% β chorionic gonadotropin reduction in the 4th and 7th days after administration of 50mg/m² of medication. In our study , it was aimed whether the EP mass size less than 40mm detected by ultrasonography and the adnexal side on which it was located had an effect on the success of medical treatment.
82 patients who treated with MTX included in the study were divided into two groups as those with a single dose of methotrexate success and those without (n:67 vs n:15). The groups were compared in terms of age, parity, size of adnexal mass detected on ultrasonography, and the side of ectopic pregnancy.
The parity rates and the age of patients were similar in both groups(p = 0.615, p = 0.742). Although the average adnexal mass size was found to be higher in the patient group those single dose MTX treatment was not successful, there was no statistically significant difference(p = 0.098). Ectopic pregnancy was frequently observed on the right side in the group in which the medical treatment was successful(66 % vs 33%).
The effect of ectopic pregnancy mass size on medical treatment prediction was investigated in cases with mass size less than 40mm. Ectopic pregnancy mass size, even if it is below 40 mm, may not indicate the medical treatment success.
Five-Year Retrospective Evaluation of large for gestational age (LGA) infants who Birth Weight of Over 90% Percentile
Authors: Altaş Hüseyin , İçen Mehmet Sait , Budak Hıdır , Bugday Rezan , Budak Mehmet Şükrü , Gül Talip 
Published: May 2020

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the obstetric and neonatal outcomes of pregnant women delivering large for gestational age (LGA) infants.
Material and Methods: A total of 399 pregnant women giving birth to LGA infants in the Gynecology and Obstetrics Department of Dicle University Medical Faculty Hospital between January 2014 and December 2018 were included in this retrospective study. Demographic features, pregnancy and infant data, delivery type (vaginal delivery/cesarean delivery), and patients’ indications for cesarean section were assessed.
Results: The mean age of the patients was 32.34±6.63, their gravida was 5.16±2.65 and parity was 3.55±2.36. The mean gestational week was 37.12±2.840 weeks and the mean birth weight was 3922.46±643.546 g. Of all patients, diabetes was detected in 28.5%, polyhydramnios in 11.3%, placental invasion anomaly in 4%, and preeclampsia in 9%. While 83.7% (334) of the patients underwent cesarean section, the remaining 16.3% (65) underwent normal delivery. 3.25% (13) of the patients developed complications during delivery. The rate of fetal anomaly was 11.7% (47) in existing pregnancies while the rate of fetal death was 5.01% (20).
Conclusion: A cesarean delivery was performed in the majority of pregnant women with a suspected LGA infant. This group of patients exhibited a very high rate of gestational diabetes mellitus and diabetes mellitus. Existing pregnancies constitute a specifical pregnancy population that should be taken into consideration regarding probable complications and problems with the infant.
The comparison of outcomes of macrosomic deliveries with gestational diabetes or non gestational diabetes
Authors: Turgay Batuhan , KANMAZ Ahkam Göksel 
Published: May 2020

Objective: To compare the prenatal, neonatal and postnatal complications of macrosomic deliveries in pregnancies with GDM (gestational diabetes mellitus) and non gestational diabetes mellitus.
Material and Methods: The medical records of 42034 patients who made delivery in a tertiary hospital between 2014 and 2017 were enrolled retrospectively. A total of 2102 patients who made delivery a newborn more than 4000 gr were accepted as macrosomia and included in the study. These patients were divided into two groups as pregnancy with GDM and no GDM so prenatal, birth and neonatal outcomes and complications of these groups were compared. A P value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results: 258 women with GDM and 1844 women with no GDM were included in this study. Patients who were in GDM group were younger than the patients in no GDM group with statistically significant (p<0.001). Preeclampsia, ceserean delivery and primary ceserean rate were higher in the GDM group with statistically significant (p<0.001). The mean birth week was lower significantly in the GDM group and mean newborn birth weight of GDM group was higher compared with no GDM group (p<0.001 and p<0.001, respectively). The rate of necessity of newborn intensive care unit hospitalization and shoulder dystocia were higher in the GDM group.
Conclusion: Macrosomic pregnancies with GDM have some poor obstetrics and neonatal outcomes compared with macrosomic pregnancies with no GDM. On the other hand, it should be kept in mind that macrosomia can be occured with non-complicated pregnancy and obstetrician should consider the related complications.
A rare presentation of a patient with primary female genital lymphoma
Authors: Budak Emine , Budak Adnan , Akgün Ayşegül , Özeren Mehmet 
Published: May 2020

Objective: Primary lymphoma originating from the female genital tract (PLFGT) is extremely rare and so we wanted to present clinical and PET / CT findings of a case with PLFGT.
Case report: PET / CT images of a 57-year-old woman with abdominal pain revealed a hypermetabolic mass in the pelvic region, involving the uterus and cervix, extending to the bilateral adnexal region. Histopathological evaluation of the mass was determined as follicular lymphoma.
Conclusion: Although PLFGT is extremely rare, the possibility of lymphoma should also be kept in mind in patients with gynecological mass.
Keywords: extranodal lymphoma, primary lymphoma of the female genital tract, PET/CT.
Sonographic and Histologic Outcomes of Adnexal Torsion
Authors: Saçkıran Latife Buket , Beyan Emrah , Özeren Mehmet 
Published: May 2020

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the success of ultrasound in the diagnosis of adnexal torsion before surgery and to define its histological diagnosis and results in different age periods.
Material and Methods: This study was carried out with a retrospective examination of 130 patients clinically suspected as adnexal torsion between January 2008 and May 2012. The success of sonography in the diagnosis of adnexal torsion was investigated by diagnostic tests. 70 cases confirmed by surgery were divided into 3 groups. Children and adolescents under 18 years of age were classified as Group 1, reproductive women Group 2 and postmenopausal women Group 3. In these 3 groups, mass size, type, histological diagnosis and outcome of adnexal torsion were defined.
Results: The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of ultrasound were 84.3%, 78.3%, and 81.5%, respectively. There were significant differences in the presence of ultrasonic hallmarks among the true positive, false positive, and false negative cases of adnexal torsion. Adnexal torsion was identified in 70 cases. The majority of cases were found to occur in the reproductive period (47 of 70). Teratoma was the most common histological diagnosis in children and adolescents, while normal ovary was in the reproductive period. In the postmenopausal period, the most common histological diagnosis was cystadenoma, but the malignant ovarian tumor was observed in 2 of 10 cases.
Conclusion: We conclude that ultrasonography performed by a specialized obstetrics and gynaecology ultrasound unit plays an important role in the preoperative diagnosis of adnexal torsion. Most adnexal torsions occurred in women of reproductive age, and the right side was dominant. The spectrum of histological diagnosis varied at different ages.
Developing and Validating a Comprehensive Scale to Measure Perceived Barriers to Technology Integration
Authors: Basarmak Ugur , Hamutoglu Nazire Burcin 
Published: May 2020

The purpose of this study was to develop a comprehensive and a generic scale to measure perceived barriers to technology integration. To this end, 511 pre-service teachers for the factor structure of the scale were performed. Findings showed that the scale has 51 items and 14 factors explained 63.17% of total variance. CFA results confirmed the structure of the scale. Furthermore, convergent and divergent validity were examined, and results show that the scale has construct validity. The reliability of the scale was calculated by Cronbach’s alpha co-efficiency and composite coefficient of fourteen factors show that the scale is reliable. It is thought that this instrument will be a practical guide for all pre-service teachers, teachers, teacher educators, instructors in “Supporting Technology Integration” from the field of instruction, learning, teaching, curriculum development, learning environments, teacher education, educational technology, educational developments, measurement and evaluation, and educational statistics which are appropriate to the scope of the journal, and may help to get a contribution and high quality studies.
Effects of Environmental Factors on Hydrogen Absorption and Sulfide Stress Cracking Susceptibility of Low Alloy Steel
Authors: Kobayashi Kenji , Omura Tomohiko , Fujimoto Shinji 
Published: May 2020

In this study, the sulfide stress cracking (SSC) susceptibility of high-strength low alloy steels was investigated quantitatively. Double cantilever beam tests were used to evaluate the effects of environmental factors, namely pH, H2S partial pressure, and temperature, on the SSC. The corrosion rates and the absorbed diffusible hydrogen concentration were also determined. The critical stress intensity factor (KISSC), which signifies the SSC susceptibility, was mainly affected by the H2S partial pressure and the temperature. Even though the solution pH apparently affected the corrosion rate, the influence of pH on KISSC was small. Considering these results, the environmental contribution in each elementary process of the SSC phenomenon was discussed. The estimated local hydrogen concentration at the crack tip area, which clearly depends on H2S partial pressure and temperature, showed good correlation to the KISSC obtained in various sour conditions.
Cuir Devotion: A Conversation
Authors: Fairfield Joy Brooke , Toral (and Penelope Sumac) Enzo Vasquez 
Published: May 2020

Abstract
After watching Enzo Vasquez Toral's Cuir Devotion at the Memphis Fringe Festival in 2019, I was curious about the research and performance methodologies that built this humorous and moving hybrid solo piece that features a queer take on a Catholic patron-saint fiesta called the Tunantada in the Peruvian Central Andes. Creator Vasquez Toral is a performance studies scholar who researches the interplay of colonial legacies, Indigenous ways of knowing, and contemporary queer/trans epistemologies within the Tunantada through conventional ethnographic, auto-ethnographic and performance ethnographic modes. What follows is a transcript of our conversation about the creation, development, and goals of Cuir Devotion featuring Vasquez Toral and a surprise guest.
Ein aufgeschobenes Leben
Authors: Kraus Dita 
Published: May 2020

Dita Kraus überlebte mehrere Konzentrationslager und baute sich in Israel ein neues Leben auf.

Dita Kraus, geboren 1929 in Prag, wächst als einziges Kind einer jüdischen Familie auf. Ihre unbeschwerte Kindheit schildert sie mit Witz und Wehmut. 1942 wird sie mit ihren Eltern zunächst nach Theresienstadt, dann nach Auschwitz deportiert, wo ihr Vater stirbt. Schließlich gelangt sie mit ihrer Mutter über Außenlager des Konzentrationslagers Neuengamme in das KZ Bergen-Belsen, wo beide am 15. April 1945 befreit werden. Kurz danach stirbt die Mutter.
Dita kehrt allein nach Prag zurück. 1949 entschließt sie sich, mit ihrer jungen Familie nach Israel zu emigrieren. Anschaulich und detailliert beschreibt sie, wie sie sich - wie viele andere Holocaust-Überlebende in Israel auch - unter schwierigsten Bedingungen eine neue Existenz aufbauen. Sie bleibt von Schicksalsschlägen nicht verschont und muss den Tod von zwei ihrer drei Kinder erleben. Gleichwohl schafft sie es, sich ihren Lebensmut zu bewahren.
Seit Anfang der 1990er Jahre berichtet sie als Zeitzeugin über ihre bewegte Lebensgeschichte. In ihren Memoiren erinnert sie sich an die Menschen und die Stationen ihres Lebens und schaut zurück auf neunzig Jahre gelebte jüdische Geschichte.