The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) poses an unprecedented challenge to humanity.SARS-CoV-2 infections range from asymptomatic to severe courses of COVID-19 with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), multiorgan involvement and death.Risk factors for disease severity include older ag
BACKGROUND: The aim was to translate and develop a patient competence (PC) questionnaire in the context of cardiology and test its validity and reliability.METHODS: In total, 148 cardiac patients who have inclusion criteria of the study were completed cardiac PC (CPC) questionnaire.Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and self-administered instrum
The use of oak fragments allows wine cellars to reduce costs and the length of wine aging compared to traditional aging in oak barrels in the winery.The main objective of this work was to study the effect of the use of oak fragments on the volatile, phenolic, and organoleptic characteristics of Tempranillo red wines, as a function of the contact ti
The effect of recycled coarse aggregate (RCA) on the fresh and hardened properties of C40 self-compacting concrete (SCC) was investigated in this paper.The slump, T 500 (the time needed for SCC to spread into a round configuration with a nominal diameter of 500 mm), the slump flow and the flow time of fresh C40 SCC as well as the compressive streng
Abstract Objective Hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is one of the common causes of acute pancreatitis (AP).Hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis (HTG-AP) is associated with higher mortality owing to its tendency for greater severity and rapid progression.The purpose of this study was to explore the mechanism of involvement of tumor necrosis factor receptor-r