Browsing by Publisher "Springer London"

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    Coexistence of Behçet's disease and myasthenia gravis in a patient [3]
    (Springer London, 2004) Pırıldar T.
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    Safety and efficacy of single-incision sling for female stress urinary incontinence: 3 years’ results
    (Springer London, 2016) Yildiz G.; Ceylan Y.; Ucer O.; Arslan D.; Çelik O.; Gunlusoy B.
    Introduction and hypothesis: The purpose of this study was to investigate the success and complication rates of single-incision sling for treating stress urinary incontinence (SUI), with a 3-year follow-up. Methods: This study comprised 173 female patients with SUI or mixed urinary incontinence (MUI) with dominant SUI who underwent minisling procedure. All patients had positive cough stress test preoperatively; they were followed up for 3 years after surgery (1, 3, 6, 12 months, and yearly). Results: Total follow-up was 36 months, and mean age 51 years (44–77); 128 (74 %) patients presented SUI and 45 (26 %) MUI. Objective and subjective cure and failure rates were 83.8 % (145 cases), 6.4 % (11 cases), and 9.8 % (17 cases), respectively. There were no differences in cure rates between 1 and 3 years. Mean body mass index was 28.7 (26.1–35.2), and mean operating time 7.9 min. (6.5–11.9). There were no major intraoperative complications. Eleven patients (6.4 %) had de novo urge incontinence that resolved using anticholinergic drugs; no patient had urinary retention. Vaginal mesh extrusion was reported in nine (5.2 %) patients. Conclusions: The minisling system attained high success rates at 3 years’ follow-up. The procedure was easy to learn and has lower complication rate. © 2016, The International Urogynecological Association.
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    The use of neural networks for the prediction of cone penetration resistance of silty sands
    (Springer London, 2017) Erzin Y.; Ecemis N.
    In this study, an artificial neural network (ANN) model was developed to predict the cone penetration resistance of silty sands. To achieve this, the data sets reported by Ecemis and Karaman, including the results of three high-quality field tests, namely piezocone penetration test, pore pressure dissipation tests, and direct push permeability tests performed at 20 different locations on the northern coast of the Izmir Gulf in Turkey, have been used in the development of the ANN model. The ANN model consisted of three input parameters (relative density, fines content, and horizontal coefficient of consolidation) and a single output parameter (normalized cone penetration resistance). The results obtained from the ANN model were compared with those obtained from the field tests. It is found that the ANN model is efficient in determining the cone penetration resistance of silty sands and yields cone penetration resistance values that are very close to those obtained from the field tests. Additionally, several performance indices such as the determination coefficient, variance account for, mean absolute error, root mean square error, and scaled percent error were computed to examine the performance of the ANN model developed. The performance level attained in the ANN model shows that the ANN model developed in this study can be employed for predicting cone penetration of silty sands quite efficiently. © 2016, The Natural Computing Applications Forum.
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    Dynamic dispatching priority setting in customer-oriented manufacturing environments
    (Springer London, 2017) Güçdemir H.; Selim H.
    In today’s competitive environment, customer-oriented view is essential in gaining sustainable competitive advantage. This study aims to reflect the customer-oriented view to production planning and control decisions. To this aim, a simulation optimization-based approach is developed for job shop systems with dynamic order arrivals. Product-type-based lot splitting is applied in order to improve the flow time, and machine-based dispatching rules are utilized for sublot scheduling to realize dynamic scheduling. Multiple customer segments with different importance weights and their expectations and penalties on order completion rate on due date, tardiness, and earliness are considered. A customer satisfaction-based objective function is defined. Customer-oriented dispatching rules are proposed in this study to ensure the prioritization of orders from the key customers in order fulfilling. In order to prevent customer losses by providing a balanced structure between the customer segments in terms of the satisfaction levels, weight setting functions that dynamically compute the weights in the proposed dispatching rules are proposed. It is aimed to determine the near-optimal values of the segment-based parameters of the related weight setting functions. To this aim, a differential evolution algorithm-based simulation optimization approach is proposed. To confirm its viability, the proposed approach is applied to a realistic job shop system. © 2017, Springer-Verlag London.
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    Photostimulation of osteogenic differentiation on silk scaffolds by plasma arc light source
    (Springer London, 2018) Çakmak A.S.; Çakmak S.; Vatansever H.S.; Gümüşderelioğlu M.
    Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) has been used for more than 30 years to heal wounds. In recent years, LLLT or photostimulation has been indicated as an effective tool for regenerative and dental medicine by using monochromatic light. The aim of this study is to indicate the usability of plasma arc light source for bone regeneration. This is why we used polychromatic light source providing effective wavelengths in the range of 590–1500 nm for cellular response and investigated photostimulation effects on osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) seeded on 3D silk scaffolds. Cellular responses were examined by using cell culture methods in terms of proliferation, differentiation, and morphological analyses. The results showed that photostimulation with a polychromatic light source (applied for 5 min from the 3rd day after seeding up to the 28th day in 2-day intervals with 92-mW/cm2 power from 10-cm distance to the cells) enhanced osteogenic differentiation of hMSCs according to higher alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, collagen and calcium content, osteogenic gene expressions, and matrix mineralization. In conclusion, we suggest that the plasma arc light source that was used here has a great potential for bone regeneration. © 2017, Springer-Verlag London Ltd., part of Springer Nature.
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    Bone mineral density, vitamin D status, and calcium intake in healthy female university students from different socioeconomic groups in Turkey
    (Springer London, 2018) Ersoy B.; Kizilay D.Ö.; Yilmaz S.K.; Taneli F.; Gümüşer G.
    Summary: Peak bone mass is reached in late adolescence. Low peak bone mass is a well recognized risk factor for osteoporosis later in life. Our data do not support a link between vitamin D status, bone mineral density (BMD), and socioeconomic status (SES). However, there was a marked inadequacy of daily calcium intake and a high presence of osteopenia in females with low SES. Purpose: Our aims were to (1) examine the effects of different SES on BMD, vitamin D status, and daily calcium intake and (2) investigate any association between vitamin D status and BMD in female university students. Subjects and methods: A questionnaire was used to obtain information about SES, daily calcium intake, and physical activity in 138 healthy, female university students (age range 18–22 years). Subjects were stratified into lower, middle, and higher SES according to the educational and occupational levels of their parents. All serum samples were collected in spring for 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration (25OHD). Lumbar spine and total body BMD was obtained by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan (Lunar DPX series). Osteopenia was defined as a BMD between − 1.0 and − 2.5 standard deviations (SDs) below the mean for healthy young adults on lumbar spine DXA. Results: No significant difference was found between the three socioeconomic groups in terms of serum 25OHD concentration, BMD levels, or BMD Z scores (p > 0.05). Both the daily intake of calcium was significantly lower (p = 0.02), and the frequency of osteopenia was significantly higher in girls with low SES (p = 0.02). There was no correlation between serum 25OHD concentration and calcium intake and BMD values and BMD Z scores (p > 0.05). The most important factor affecting BMD was weight (β = 0.38, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Low SES may be associated with sub-optimal bone health and predispose to osteopenia in later life, even in female university students. © 2018, International Osteoporosis Foundation and National Osteoporosis Foundation.