Selçuk University

Effects of Grain Source and Emulsifier Supplementation of Reduced-Energy Diets on Performance, Slaughter Traits, Tibia Characteristics, Jejunal Histomorphology and Pancreatic Enzymes in Broilers

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of emulsifier addition to reduced-energy maize-, barley- or wheat-based diets on selected indicators in broilers. In this experiment, a total of 540 unsexed (mixed-sex) one-day-old Ross 308 chicks were allocated to six treatmen...

Synthesis, in silico study and cytotoxic evaluation of new benzimidazole derivatives as potential aromatase inhibitors

AIMS: ) was designed, synthesized, and evaluated as potential aromatase inhibitors with anticancer activity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: ADMET profiling were performed for the selected compounds. RESULTS: values (2.40-2.64 µM), surpassing cisplatin, while maintaining favorable selecti...

Performance, Emission, Energy, and Exergy Assessment of Gasoline–1-Decanol, Gasoline–DIPE, and JP-8 Fuels Toward Sustainable Two-Stroke UAV Propulsion

This study experimentally investigates the performance, emission, energy, and exergy characteristics of six fuels in a two-cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) engine, using neat gasoline (G100) as the reference fuel. The test matrix comprised G100, neat...

Relationships Between Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy, Confidence in Infant Care, and the Maternal Role: The Role of Excessive Postpartum Social Support in a Collectivist Cultural Context

Objective: Conducted within a collectivist cultural context, this study examined the relationships between breastfeeding self-efficacy, confidence in infant care, maternal role attainment, and excessive postpartum social support during the early postpartum period. Methods: This c...

Temporal Changes in Anthropometric Circumferences and Bioimpedance-Derived Body Composition During Eight Weeks of Reformer Pilates in Young Women Without Regular Exercise Participation

Background: Evidence on Pilates-related body composition is inconsistent, and few studies track changes during programs. Objective: To assess body mass, bioimpedance-derived body-fat percentage and muscle mass, and seven circumferences at baseline, week 4, and week 8 of supervise...

Use of methylene blue in the management of refractory shock in pediatric intensive care units: a nationwide assessment of clinical practice in Türkiye

This study aimed to evaluate previous clinical experience with methylene blue (MB), reported indications, dosing and administration preferences, monitoring and safety practices, and barriers to use among physicians working in pediatric intensive care in Türkiye. This national, cr...

The effect of resveratrol on the hippocampus in the pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) - dependent kindling model of epilepsy

Epilepsy is a long-term neurological condition marked by neuronal excitotoxicity, oxidative stress, and inflammation of the nervous system. This study seeks to explore the neuroprotective and anti-seizure properties of Resveratrol (RSV) and the molecular processes involved in a p...

A Point Cloud Transformer-Based Regression Approach for Estimating Above-Ground Biomass from 3D Point Clouds

From the perspective of global food security, the estimation of crop biomass and yield is a critical process. Traditionally, plant height is manually measured using field samples for biomass and yield estimation, and plant samples are cut, dried, and weighed. This labor-intensive...

Thrombophilic Variants and Clinical Outcomes in Young Ischaemic Stroke Patients Undergoing Mechanical Thrombectomy: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Objective: This study aimed to characterise thrombophilic variants in young patients (≤50 years) undergoing mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for acute ischaemic stroke and to determine their clinical relevance. In addition, outcomes in young patients were compared with those in older...

Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Novel Dithiocarbamate-Based Human Carbonic Anhydrase IX/XII Inhibitors as Potential Anti-Glioblastoma Agents

To develop human carbonic anhydrase (hCA) IX/XII-targeted therapeutics for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), novel dithiocarbamate (DTC)-based compounds were synthesized and evaluated for their inhibitory activity against hCA I, II, IX, and XII isoforms. The most potent hCA IX/XII i...

The effect of anxiety toward AI-based health technologies on attitudes toward the use of telemedicine services: The mediating role of online privacy perception

Introduction This study aimed to examine the effect of individuals’ anxiety toward AI-based health technologies on their attitudes toward the use of telemedicine services and to determine the mediating role of online privacy perception in this relationship. Methods Designed withi...

Plasma-Treated Water And Olive Oil In DNCB-Induced Atopic Dermatitis Across Mouse Strains

AbstractObjective: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a clinically significant chronic inflammatory skin disorder in which disease severity and therapeutic response may vary across experimental animal strains. Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) has recently emerged as a promising treatment mod...

L-Carnitine Supplementation in Overweight Dogs: An Uncontrolled Pilot Study on Nutrient Digestibility, Metabolic Health, and Body Condition

Background: L-carnitine supports mitochondrial fatty acid transport and has been proposed for weight management, but its short-term effects in overweight dogs are unclear. This pilot study aimed to generate preliminary, hypothesis-generating data on these effects, including possi...

Role of feline specific features in drug safety

Cats exhibit unique physiological, anatomical, and metabolic traits that significantly impact the pharmacokinetics of drugs, including their absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion. These differences, when compared to other companion animals, particularly dogs, result...

The mediating role of electronic health literacy: examining the relationship between self-efficacy and health-seeking behavior

Objective: This study aimed to examine the association of self-efficacy with health-seeking behavior and to determine whether electronic health literacy mediates this relationship.Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, data were collected from 964 adults aged 18 and older resid...

Pre-absorption dynamics in multistate run processes: exact distributions and actuarial applications

This paper provides a complete analytical characterization of the joint distribution of state counts before run-based absorption in multistate discrete-time processes. For sequences of independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) random variables, we derive the exact joint di...

From peace-through-tourism to peace-to-tourism: A cross-national analysis of peace-security profiles and tourism competitiveness

This study reframes peace as a structural condition associated with tourism competitiveness. Moving beyond the dominant “peace-through-tourism” paradigm, it advances a “peace-to-tourism” perspective that conceptualizes peace as institutional capital shaping predictability, coordi...

Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, Molecular Docking and DFT Studies of Electronically Tuned Benzylidene-Based Schiff Bases

Inspired by the medicinally relevant stilbene scaffold, a series of six electronically tuned benzylidene-based Schiff base derivatives were designed, synthesized, and characterized by FT-IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and ESI-MS analyses. The biological properties of the synthesized compou...

Comparative diagnostic evaluation of intestinal gas patterns in normal and in cases with intestinal foreign bodies in cats

The aim of this study was to evaluate intestinal gas patterns in healthy cats and cats with gastrointestinal foreign bodies and to assess their diagnostic value in plain abdominal radiography. Eighty cats were divided into four equal groups: cats with confirmed gastrointestinal f...

Clinician-curated ChatGPT-4o– and DeepSeek-R1–assisted exercise programmes added to standard physiotherapy for subacromial pain syndrome: a triple-masked randomized controlled trial

Large language models may assist clinicians in developing exercise programmes and could offer an alternative approach to conventional physiotherapist-designed rehabilitation in musculoskeletal disorders such as subacromial pain syndrome. The aim of this triple-masked randomized c...