Akdeniz University Hospital

Predictive value of MON/HDL ratio on mortality at 1 and 6 months in patients over 65 years of age scheduled for hip fracture surgery

In this research, the aim was to evaluate the predictive value of the monocyte/high density lipoprotein (MON/HDL) ratio on mortality at 1 and 6 months in patients over 65 years of age scheduled for hip fracture surgery. A total of 129 patients aged 65 and older, who were surgical...

Leadership Deflection and Systemic Inertia: Implications for Equity in Ethnically and Linguistically Diverse Schools

This article explores how school leaders working in ethnically and linguistically diverse schools operating within a centralized system position themselves in the face of tensions created at the meso- and micro-levels by the structural gaps at the macro level. Using data from a q...

Modality as a Tool for Power Struggle

Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story, set in Central Park, captures the intricate dynamics of social power through a chance encounter of two characters: Jerry, a marginalized drifter, and Peter, a complacent middle-class publishing executive. Through an examination of language nuances, t...