Kastamonu University

Enflasyon, Finansal Derinlik ve Kayıtlı İşletme Dinamizmi: Firma Giriş ve Çıkışlarına İlişkin Ülkelerarası Panel Analizi

Bu çalışma, enflasyon ve finansal derinlik göstergelerinin kayıtlı limited şirket giriş ve çıkış yoğunluklarıyla ilişkisini 2006-2024 dönemi için incelemektedir. Bağımlı değişkenler Dünya Bankası Entrepreneurship Database'in 8. baskısından, makroekonomik değişkenler World Develop...

Targeted intraluminal heparinization with flushing in arteriovenous fistula surgery: A practical approach

Background: Early thrombosis is the most common cause of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) failure within the first month after AVF creation. The necessity of heparin use to prevent early thrombosis in AVF surgery is still debated. This study evaluated the effect of the “Targeted Intra...

The Relationship Between Women's Disaster Preparedness, Genital Hygiene Behaviors, and Menstrual Hygiene Measures

INTRODUCTION: Disasters disrupt access to water, sanitation, privacy, and menstrual hygiene products, thereby increasing women's risk of genital and urinary tract infections and posing a threat to reproductive health. Despite the importance of disaster preparedness, limited evide...

Preoperative Iron Deficiency Anemia and Frailty in Geriatric Colorectal Cancer Surgery: A Prospective Observational Study

Objective: Although iron deficiency anemia (IDA) and frailty are common among geriatric surgical patients—frailty has been reported in approximately 31% of patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery—prospective data on the association between IDA and frailty in patients underg...

Forecasting Türkiye’s salmon exports: A multi-method assessment of market dynamics and country-specific prospects

Türkiye has rapidly emerged as an important producer and exporter of Turkish salmon, yet the future trajectory of its exports may differ substantially across destination markets. This study examines the short-term country-specific prospects of Türkiye’s salmon exports and identif...

Health Claims, Labeling Practices, and Consumer Information Characteristics of Herbal Lactation Teas Marketed to Breastfeeding Women in Türkiye: A Cross-Sectional Digital Marketplace Analysis

BACKGROUND: Herbal teas targeting breastfeeding women are marketed through digital retail platforms using lactation-related claims, botanical formulations, and maternal or nature-oriented imagery. However, evidence describing their online marketplace presentation in Türkiye remai...

Partners in Influence: The Synergic Role of Civil Society Organizations in Shaping Turkish Foreign Policy in Africa

In a world where international relations are constantly evolving, civil society organizations (CSOs) have emerged as vibrant actors shaping Turkish foreign policy, particularly within Africa’s diverse and dynamic landscapes. These organizations serve as crucial partners, bridging...

Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Turkish ATRAI-14 among radiology residents: a multicenter national survey

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into radiology, and residents’ attitudes are central to its adoption. The ATRAI-14 measures radiologists’ attitudes toward AI implementation, but its performance in other linguistic and health-system contexts is unknown. We...

Traumatic sciatic nerve injuries: a bibliometric analysis of the last decade (2015–2025) penetrating and blunt mechanisms, surgical indications, and functional outcomes

Abstract Background Traumatic sciatic nerve injuries are functionally devastating and surgically demanding, yet no single center accumulates enough cases to draw reliable conclusions about mechanism-specific outcomes or optimal surgical timing. Despite a growing body of literatur...

Validity and reliability of the pica, ARFID and rumination disorder interview- ARFID questionnaire (PARDI-AR-Q) in Turkish adults

Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is increasingly recognized as a clinically significant eating disorder across the lifespan, yet psychometrically validated assessment tools in non-English-speaking adult populations remain scarce. The Pica, ARFID and Rumination Di...

Türkiye’de Kadın İstihdamı ve Ekonomik Gelişme: Sektörel Karşılaştırma

Bu çalışma, Türkiye'de kadınların tarım, sanayi ve hizmet sektörlerindeki işgücüne katılımının ekonomik gelişme ile nasıl etkileşim içerisinde olduğunu sektörel karşılaştırma ile ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır. Analizde, hem gelişmekte olan bir ekonomi olması hem de Avrupa Birliği...

Vestibular Dysfunction and Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Controlled cVEMP Study

This study aimed to evaluate vestibular function and the relationship between vestibular dysfunction, if present, and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients without vestibular symptoms, using the cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (cVEMP) test. This pr...

Eight months of misdiagnosis: Intra-articular osteoid osteoma in a 48-year-old woman

Intra-articular osteoid osteoma of the femoral neck is a diagnostically challenging entity, particularly when it occurs beyond the fourth decade of life, a demographic in which this tumor is rarely considered. We report the case of a 48-year-old woman presenting with an 8-month h...

Beyond Body Weight: Maternal Propolis Selectively Modulates Metabolic and Hepatic Outcomes in Male and Female Rat Offspring Exposed to a Maternal Cafeteria Diet

Background/Objectives: Maternal obesogenic diets may produce persistent developmental alterations in offspring, with response patterns that may differ between males and females. We investigated whether propolis supplementation from preconception through lactation modified metabol...

The effects of hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna, berry (CMB) on growth, hematology, antioxidant, digestive enzyme activity, gut microbiota, and disease resistance of African catfish, Clarias gariepinus

This study evaluated the effects of dietary supplementation of hawthorn ( Crataegus monogyna ) berry (CMB) on growth performance, hematological parameters, antioxidant status, digestive enzyme activity, gut microbiota, and disease resistance of African catfish ( Clarias gariepinu...

Early hormonal responses of irisin and nesfatin-1 following sleeve gastrectomy in women with obesity: A preliminary study

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is an effective surgical intervention for morbid obesity, yet early hormonal changes contributing to metabolic adaptation remain underexplored. The objective of this study was to evaluate the early postoperative changes in the energy-regulati...

Vocational tourism education at the secondary level in Türkiye and the competencies of trainee students from the perspective of tourism professionals

This study examines vocational tourism education at the secondary level in Türkiye by assessing trainee students’ core competencies from the perspectives of hotel department managers. Drawing on Bandura’s Social Learning Theory and organizational size theory, it investigates how...

Attention-Enhanced Bi-LSTM Ensembles with Frozen ESM-2 Embeddings Achieve Competitive Performance in Protein Subcellular Localization

Predicting protein subcellular locations computationally is crucial for analyzing large protein datasets. A key issue is that similar sequences in training and test sets artificially inflate accuracy estimates. This study investigates whether Protein Language Model (PLM) features...

Diagnosis, management, and prevention of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever: a Delphi-based consensus study in Türkiye

Background Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a widely distributed viral haemorrhagic fever with expanding geographic range. As new regions encounter the disease, clinicians must make high-stakes decisions despite limited standardised management frameworks. Methods In thi...

Maun (Swietenia mahagoni) odununun bazi karakteristik özelliklerinin belirlenmesi

Yenilenebilir bir biyomalzeme olan ahşap, yüksek mekanik dayanımı, işlenebilirliği ve karbon depolama kapasitesi sayesinde sürdürülebilir malzeme teknolojilerinde önemli bir yere sahiptir. Bu kapsamda, ekonomik değeri yüksek tropikal ağaç türlerinin özelliklerinin incelenmesi, sü...