Journal articles on the topic 'Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi (Istanbul, Turkey)'

This study addressed the traits and characteristics that Turkish students deem most important in a long-term romantic partner. We collected quantitative and qualitative data on characteristics desired in romantic partners from students attending Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi in Istanbul, Turkey. Like our previous cross-cultural studies conducted in Japan, Russia and the United States, results supported dependability and love as the most important traits. Overall, positive internal attributes were rated as highly important and we recommend the traits associated with the positive psychology movement be more fully considered in future studies on mate preferences.

Bu çalışma Türkiye’de Yükseköğretim Kalite Sürecinde A1, A2 ve A3 kategorisinde yer alan Devlet Araştırma Üniversitelerinin 2016-2021 dönemine ait kalite etkinliğini göreli olarak ölçmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Üretim sistemlerinin etiklik belirlemesinde sıkça kullanılan yöntemlerden birisi olan Veri Zarflama Analizi (VZA) bu çalışmada da kullanılmıştır. Çalışmada her üretim biriminin yıldan yıla etkinlik değişimlerini hesaplayarak birimlerin teknik etkinlik, teknolojik etkinlik ve toplam faktör verimliliğindeki değişimleri belirlemek amacıyla VZA metoduna ek olarak Malmquist İndeksi (Mİ) metodu da kullanılmıştır. Çalışma verilerinin çözümlenmesinde DEA Solver LV(v8) Excel uzantısından yararlanılmıştır. Çalışmada Kalite etkinlik göstergesi olarak üniversitelerin “Kuruma Ait Bilgiler-Kalite Güvence Sitemi-Eğitim ve Öğretim-Araştırma ve Geliştirme-Toplumsal Katkı” başlıklarından belirlenen üç girdi ile dört çıktı verisi kullanılmıştır. VZA sonuçlarına göre üniversitelerin ortalama %31’i dönemin tamamında etkin olmuştur. Mİ sonuçlarına göre ise Toplam Faktör Verimlilik Değişim (TFVD) skoru 1 değerinin üzerinde hesaplanan ilk 3 üniversite Fırat Üniversitesi, Erciyes Üniversitesi ve İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi olmuştur. TFVD değeri azalan KVB’ler ise Çukurova Üniversitesi, Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, İstanbul Üniversitesi, Ege Üniversitesi ve Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi olarak saptanmıştır. Bu çalışmanın kalite sürecinde göreli etkin olan birimlerin etkinlik türü ve derecesinin belirlenerek göreli etkin olmayan birimlerde etkin olmak için yapılması gerekenlerin belirlenmesi ve bu konuda yapılacak diğer çalışmalara örnek olması açısından önemli olduğu düşünülmektedir.

PURPOSE The Turkish Bahçeşehir Breast Cancer Screening Project was a 10-year, organized, population-based screening program carried out in Bahçeşehir county, Istanbul. Our aim was to examine the biologic features and outcome of screen-detected and interval breast cancers during the 10-year study period. METHODS Between 2009 and 2019, 2-view mammograms were obtained at 2-year intervals for women aged 40 to 69 years. Clinicopathological characteristics including ER, PR, HER2-neu, and Ki-67 status were analyzed for those diagnosed with breast cancer. RESULTS In 8,758 screened women, 131 breast cancers (1.5%) were detected. The majority of patients (82.3%) had prognostic stage 0-I disease. Contrarily, patients with interval cancers (n = 15; 11.4%) were more likely to have a worse prognostic stage (II-IV disease; odds ratio [OR], 3.59, 95% CI, 0.9 to 14.5) and high Ki-67 scores (OR, 3.14; 95% CI, 0.9 to 11.2). Interval cancers detected within 1 year were more likely to have a luminal B (57.1% v 31.9%) and triple-negative (14.3% v 1%) subtype and less likely to have a luminal A subtype (28.6% v 61.5%; P = .04). Patients with interval cancers had a poor outcome in 10-year disease-specific (DSS) and disease-free survival (DFS) compared with those with screen-detected cancers (DSS: 68.2% v 98.1%, P = .002; DFS: 78.6% v 96.5%, P = .011). CONCLUSION Our findings suggest the majority of screen-detected breast cancers exhibited a luminal A subtype profile with an excellent prognosis. However, interval cancers were more likely to have aggressive subtypes such as luminal B subtype or triple-negative cancers associated with a poor prognosis requiring other preventive strategies.

Bu çalışmada tarihi 30 yıla dayanan Türkiye’deki yeni medya çalışmaları literatürünün bir haritasının çıkarılması amaçlanmıştır. Bu çerçevede Türkiye’deki en eski iletişim fakülteleri arasında bulunan İstanbul Üniversitesi, Marmara Üniversitesi ve Ankara Üniversitesi’nin kurumsal hakemli akademik dergileri incelenmiştir. Dergilerde yayınlanan yeni medya alanındaki çalışmalar bir araştırma tasarımının olmazsa olmaz üç kriteri: anahtar kavramlar, teorik arka plan ve yöntem bakımından analiz etmiştir. Bulgulara göre Türkiye’de medya çalışmaları kendi içerisinde anlamlı benzerlikler gösteren erken dönem, gelişme dönemi ve geç dönem olarak üç evreye ayrılabilir. Türkiye’de internetin yeni hayata girdiği erken dönem boyunca yalnız birkaç anahtar kavram öne çıkarken, teorik tartışmalara veya yönteme rastlanmamıştır. Gelişme dönemi olarak adlandırılan ikinci on yıllık süreçte anahtar kavramlarda kısmi bir artış görülse de özgün araştırma makalelerinin sayısı oldukça azdır. Araştırmaların neredeyse tamamı içerik analizi yöntemine dayanmaktadır. Bu dönemde batı literatüründen ödünç alınan çeşitli teorik tartışmaların sayısında bir artış gözlenmiştir. Geç dönemde ise yeni medya çalışmaları hem sayısal olarak hem konu bakımından en zengin dönemdir. Çalışmalarda göze çarpan kavram ve teorik arka plan tartışmaları önceki dönemlere kıyasla daha çeşitlidir. Bunun yanında yöntem bilimsel çeşitliliğin aynı seviyede gelişmediği görülmüştür. Tüm dönemler boyunca dergilerin genel eğiliminin eleştirel olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Ancak yeni medya teknolojileri paralelinde Türkiye tecrübesine dayalı özgün kavramların, teorilerin ve yöntemlerin geliştirilmediği görülmüştür. İncelenen bütün kategorilerde Kıta Avrupası başta olmak üzere AmerikamBirleşik Devletleri kökenli sosyoloji, siyaset bilimi ve psikoloji gibi farklı disiplinlerden ödünç alınmış bir araştırma karakteri hakimdir.

In this study, sociological analysis of public profiles of Democrat Party deputies who served years between 1950 and 1960 as a ruling party deputy by using elite theory has been planned. Before sociological analysis of deputies clarifying the complex structure of first event is needed. To achieve this firstly some basic concepts explained by using general fictions. We will set our work foundation over basic ideas of political sociology on Politics, democracy, powers, the political elite and the intellectual foundation concepts. After creating the conceptual and fictional background of the subject the historical background of the period before Adnan Menderes and his Democrat Party's ruling time has been analyzed.As a sample Group Democratic Party Deputies have been selected who served years between 1950 and1960 under Grand National Assembly umbrella from research universe consist of Turkish political elite. A set of data has been created by using "Spatial Analysis Technique" on the basis of background of the political elite has been used. Parliament's institutional records, publications and websites, especially by examining the parliament albums, since 1950, the year he took over the ruling period have been evaluated and used. These data sets were analyzed by using SPSS. Analysis of 1323 deputies have been planned from the perspective of social indicators like education level, age, foreign language they know, gender and place of birth under the light of generated data in the period of three course term.When the political elite as a result of the study evaluated the required properties for the Democratic Party deputies to be born in Istanbul, he should be more educated university graduates. In other sociological characteristics, to be young and middle-aged, gender and family status in the context of male, married, with three children to outweigh. If the analyzed period, as Turkey that lack of a college education is considered the country's first university graduate of Istanbul University attorneys are frequent. Law graduate to be, people who manage to know at least one foreign language and civilian bureaucrats seem to be dominant in parliament as in the DP. ÖzetBu çalışmada, Demokrat Partinin iktidar yılları olan 1950-1960 yılları arasında görev yapmış Demokrat Parti milletvekillerinin, toplumsal profillerinin elit teorisi üzerinden sosyolojik analizinin yapılması hedeflenmiştir. Milletvekillerinin sosyolojik analizinden önce incelediğimiz olayın ilk başta karmaşık yapısını belirginleştirmek gerekmektedir. Bu doğrultuda ilk başta genel bir kurgulama yapılarak bazı temel kavramlar açıklanmıştır. Siyaset, demokrasi, erk, parti, elit, siyasi elit kavramları üzerinden siyaset sosyolojisinin fikri temelleri üzerine çalışma oturtulmuştur. Konunun kavramsal ve kurgusal alt yapısı oluşturulduktan sonra dönemin tarihsel arka planı da göz önüne alınarak Adnan Menderes ve Demokrat Parti iktidar yılları, öncesi ve dönemi ile birlikte ele alınmıştır.Türk siyasi elitlerinin oluşturduğu araştırma evreninden, örneklem kümesi olarak 1950–1960 yılları arasında, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi çatısı altında görev yapmış Demokrat Parti milletvekilleri seçilmiştir. “Konumsal Analiz Tekniği” kullanılarak, TBMM’nin kurumsal kayıtları, yayınları ve web sitesi özellikle de TBMM albümleri incelenerek, Demokrat Parti’nin iktidarı devraldığı yıl olan 1950’den itibaren Demokrat Parti milletvekilliği yapmış siyasi elitlerin toplumsal özgeçmişleri temelinde bir veri seti oluşturulmuştur. Bu veri setleri SPSS kullanılarak analiz edildi. Oluşturulan veri seti ışığında, üç dönemlik bir süreçte toplam 1323 Demokrat Partili milletvekilinin mesleki dağılımları, eğitim durumları, yaş, bildikleri yabancı dil, cinsiyet ve doğum yeri gibi sosyal indikatörler açısından incelemesi planlanmıştır.Yapılan çalışma neticesinde bir siyasal elit olarak Demokrat Parti milletvekilli için aranan özellikler değerlendirildiğinde İstanbul doğumlu olmak, eğitimli dahası üniversite mezunu olmak gerekmektedir. Aranan diğer nitelikler: genç-orta yaşlı, cinsiyet ve aile durumu bağlamında erkek, evli, üç çocuklu olmak ağır basmaktadır. İncelenen dönemler itibariyle Türkiye’de üniversite eğitimi veren kurumların azlığı göz önünde bulundurulursa ülkenin ilk üniversitesi olan İstanbul Üniversitesi mezunu vekiller yoğunluktadır. Hukuk bölümü mezunu olmak, en az bir yabancı dil bilmek ve sivil-bürokrat yönetici olan kişiler DP sıralarında parlamentoda baskın olarak gözükmektedir.

Son yıllarda popüler bir kavram olan biyofili, insanın doğuştan gelen ‘doğaya ve doğada bulunan canlılara’ karşı hissettiği duygusal yakınlık, mimari bağlamda yapılı çevrelerde insan ve doğa etkileşimini ifade ederken doğanın yararlı etkilerinin sürdürülmesine de olanak tanıyan tasarımı tanımlanmaktadır. Günümüzde ekoloji ve doğal çevreyi koruma, insan sağlığını destekleme ve sürdürülebilir tasarımı gerçekleştirmedeki değeriyle biyofilik tasarım / iyileştirici tasarım / terapötik çevre, modern mimari stratejilerinden biri olarak kabul görmektedir. Biyofilik tasarım, tüm dünyada olduğu gibi ülkemizdeki araştırmalara da konu olmaya başlamıştır. Lisansüstü tezlerde biyofilik tasarıma karşılık gelen “biyofilik mimari, iyileştiren mimari, terapötik mimari” anahtar kelimeleri ile yapılan çalışmalar taranmıştır. Çalışma için tarama, Yükseköğretim Kurulu Ulusal Tez Merkezi’nde “gelişmiş arama” bölümünde “tümünde (tez adı, özet, konu, dizin)”, “içinde geçsin” şeklinde sözdizimleri kullanılarak yapılan tarama ile 24 teze ulaşılmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda, konuyla ilgili Yükseköğretim Kurulu Ulusal Tez Merkezi veri tabanında 01.06.2022 tarihine kadar ulaşılabilen tezler arasında; 2021 yılında en çok tezin üretildiği, en fazla çalışmanın Gazi Üniversitesi, İzmir Ekonomi Üniversitesi, Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi, Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi ve İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi’nde gerçekleştirildiği, tez çalışmalarında sağlık yapıları üzerine araştırmaların daha ağırlıklı olduğu belirlenmiştir. Tezlerde nitel ve nicel araştırma türünün birlikte kullanıldığı, anket uygulamaları ile desteklendiği ve anahtar kelime olarak en fazla “biyofili” kavramının tekrarlandığı da tespit edilmiştir. Literatürde biyofilik mimari ile ilgili yapılan lisansüstü tezler son yıllarda artış gösterse de genel nitelikler ve çeşitlilik bağlamında çalışmaların azlığı bu alandaki boşluğu göstermektedir. İyileştirici etkiye sahip mimari niteliklerin benimsenerek çok daha fazla yapı türüne entegre edilmesi için bu çalışma, yeni araştırmalara katkı sunmayı hedeflemektedir.

Sakarya Savaşı’ndan sonra M. Kemal Paşa’ya; “İşte zaferi kazandınız, şimdi ne yapmak isterdiniz?” diye soranlara; “Milli Eğitim Bakanı olarak memleketimin irfanına hizmet etmek isterdim” diye cevap vermişti. Eğitime böyle değer veren bir lider olarak Atatürk, 1933’te Türk yükseköğretimini çağdaş seviyeye çıkarmak için Üniversite Reformunun gerçekleştirilmesini desteklemiştir. Bu reformla da 31 Temmuz 1933’te Darülfünunun kapatılarak yerine 1 Ağustos 1933’te İstanbul Üniversitesi açılmıştı. Darülfünun kapatılarak medrese kökenli hocaların çoğu emekliye sevk edilmiştir. Yeni açılan İstanbul Üniversite’nin ihtiyacı olan akademisyenler Adolf Hitler’in zulmünden Almanya’dan kaçmak durumunda olan akademisyenlerden karşılanmıştır. 1933 senesi Alman profesörler için zulüm yılı olurken, Türk yükseköğretimi için zirve yılı olmuştur. Çünkü alanında dünyaca ünlü Ordinaryüs unvanına sahip bilim insanları yönlerini Türkiye’ye dönmek zorunda kalmışlardır. İstanbul Üniversitesi’nde görevlendirilen Alman akademisyenlerin çoğunluğu Yahudi kökenli ve bazılarının da Hitler’e muhalefet ettikleri için üniversitedeki görevlerinden uzaklaştırılan bilim insanlarından oluşturulmuştur. Fakat İstanbul’da mülteci Alman akademisyenler görev yaparken, Ankara’daki yükseköğretim kurumlarında Hitler Almanya’sı tarafından vazifelendirilen Alman hocalar görev yapmıştır. Buna rağmen Ankara Yüksek Ziraat Enstitüsü’nde İstanbul Üniversitesindeki gibi mülteci akademisyen olarak dört bilim adamı da çalışma imkânı bulmuştur. Bu dört bilim insanından birisi olan jeolog/yer bilimci Ord. Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Salomon-Calvi olmuştur. S. Calvi’nin hayatı, Ankara’daki görevleri ve Anadolu coğrafyasına olan katkıları arşiv belgeleri başta olmak üzere yerli ve yabancı kaynaklar araştırılarak hazırlanmıştır.

Bu araştırma, adli muhasebe konusunda yazılmış lisansüstü tezlerin bibliyometrik analizinin yapılmasını amaçlamaktadır. Adli muhasebe, ticari uyuşmazlıklara ilişkin mali nitelikteki olayların çözümünde geleneksel muhasebe yöntemlerinin yetersizliği sonucunda ortaya çıkan, hukuk ile muhasebenin ortak bir çalışma alanı olarak adlandırılan çalışma disiplinidir. Adli muhasebe, birçok gelişmiş ülkede yeni bir meslek dalı olarak kabul görmesine rağmen, ülkemizde son yıllarda gelişmeye başlayan bir çalışma alanıdır. Araştırma kapsamında Ulusal Tez Merkezi’nde “Adli Muhasebe” konusunda erişilebilen 69 adet tez; tür, yayın dili, konu, araştırma yöntemi, üniversite, enstitü, anabilim dalı, danışman unvanı, yayımlandıkları yıl ve sayfa aralığı ölçütleri açısından incelenmiş ve elde edilen bulgular yorumlanmıştır. Araştırma kapsamında konuya ilişkin yayımlanan tezlerin büyük çoğunluğunun yüksek lisans tezi türünde olduğu, en fazla çalışılan konu başlığının Adli Muhasebecilik Mesleği olduğu, en fazla tercih edilen veri toplama metodunun anket yöntemi olduğu, en fazla tezin İstanbul Okan Üni versitesi ve Marmara Üniversitesi bünyesinde hazırlandığı ve en fazla tezin 2019 yılında hazırlandığı tespit edilmiştir.

Mantarlar, insanoğlunun doğada var olma çabası sonucu, keşfedildiğinden bu yana besin ve ilaç kaynağı olarak kullanılmaktadır. Doğada kendiliğinden yetişen mantarlar gıda ve ilaç kaynağı olarak son zamanlarda yeniden insanların ilgisini çekmeye başlamıştır. Gastronomi turizmi açısından ise, yerel kültürlerin temel besin kaynaklarından biri olan mantarların ve mantarlardan yapılan yemeklerin ekonomik değer kazanması çabası bu çalışmanın önemini oluşturmaktadır. Bu çalışmada Kaz Dağları bölgesinde sonbahar ve ilkbahar mevsiminde doğal habitatında gelişen mantar çeşitlerinin neler olduğunun ve yöresel isimlerinin ortaya çıkarılmasıamaçlanmaktadır. Bu amaca dayalı olarak, 12.10.2021-22.11.2022 tarihleri arasında Kaz Dağları köyleri yöre insanı ile gezilerek mantarlar toplanarak ve fotoğrafları çekilmiş ve tüketim şekilleri araştırılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda bölgede yenilebilir 12 çeşit mantarın olduğu ortaya çıkmıştır. Mantarların gastronomi turizmine henüz kazandırılmadığı çalışmanın en önemli bulguları arasındadır. Bu çalışma SBA-2021- 3709 numaralı Kuzey Ege Yenilebilir Otlar adlı araştırma kapsamında Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi BAP koordinasyon birimi tarafından desteklenmektedir. Bu çalışma 2. International Conference on Social Science, Humanities and Education, October 21- 22, 2022, Fenerbahçe University, İstanbul, Turkey, kongresinde bildiri olarak sunulmuştur.

Bu makale, Osmanlı Devleti’nin Hariciye Nazırı Mustafa Asım Turgut’un kızı, Devlet Güzel Sanatlar Akademisi mezunu Türkiye’nin ilk kadın mimarlarından ve Akademi Mimarlık Şubesinin ilk kadın akademisyeni Yüksek Mimar Leyla Asım Turgut’a dairdir. Çalışmanın temel amacı, kadın/mimarlık tarihine dair yapılan çalışmalara, Leyla Asım Turgut biyografisi ile katkı sağlamaktır. Leyla Asım Turgut figürü üzerinden 1940 ve 1950’ler Türkiye’sinde kadın mimarların erkek mimarlarla aralarındaki cinsiyete dayalı mesleki iktidar ilişkilerini sorgulamak bu makalenin üzerinde durduğu bir başka noktadır. Metnin yazılmasını kolaylaştırıcı unsur, Leyla Asım Turgut’un tıpkı Avrupa’daki aristokrat aileler gibi aile geçmişi ve kendi kişisel geçmişine dair kayıtları koruyarak özel arşivini oluşturmasıdır. Bu arşivin bir kısmını vasiyetinde, Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi İstanbul Resim Heykel Müzesi ve İstanbul Kitaplığı Çelik Gülersoy Vakfı’na bağışlamıştır. Metnin oluşumunda literatür taramasının beraberinde bu iki kuruma devredilen Leyla Turgut Terekesindeki, fotoğraflardan ve arşiv malzemesinden yararlanılmıştır. Fotoğrafların arkasına el yazısı ile yazılmış özel notlar biyografinin kurgulanmasında kolaylaştırıcı, hatta biyografinin doğruluğunu sağlayan unsur olmuştur. Anahtar Kelimeler: Erken Cumhuriyet Dönemi, Kadın, Mimar, Leyla Asım Turgut This article is about Master Architect Leyla Asım Turgut, the daughter of Mustafa Asım Turgut, the Foreign Minister of the Ottoman Empire, a graduate of the State Academy of Fine Arts, one of the first female architects in Turkey and the first female academician of the Architecture Department of the Academy. The main purpose of this study is to contribute to the study of women's/architecture history through the biography of Leyla Asım Turgut. Questioning the gendered professional power relations between female and male architects in 1940s and 1950s Turkey through the figure of Leyla Asım Turgut is another point that this article emphasises. What facilitated the writing of the text was the fact that Leyla Asım Turgut, like aristocratic families in Europe, created her own private archive, preserving records of her family history and her own personal history. In her will, she donated part of this archive to the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum and the Istanbul Library Çelik Gülersoy Foundation. The photographs and archival material from the Leyla Turgut Terekesi, which have been transferred to these two institutions, have been used in the preparation of the text. Special handwritten notes on the back of the photographs facilitated the construction of the biography and even ensured its accuracy. Keywords: Woman, Architect, Türkiye, Early Republican Period, Leyla Asim Turgut.

Yaşadığımız çağda meydana gelen teknolojik gelişmeler avantajlarının yanısıra bazı dezavantajları da beraberinde getirmiştir. Otomasyon sistemlerinin yaygınlaşması bu sistemleri kullanan tüm kesimleri etkilemiştir. Bu etkilerden birisi de stresin alt boyutu olarak tanımlanan ve son yıllarda iş yaşamında ciddi problemlere yol açan ‘teknostres’tir. Teknostres, çok sayıda bilgisayar sistemiyle çalışmanın ve bu sistemler ile kişisel yaşamın, kuruluşun ve kullanıcıların taleplerini gerçekleştirirken oluşan kaygı veya zihinsel baskı hissi olarak adlandırılmaktadır. Teknostresin olumsuz etkileri; hem kütüphane personeli hem de kullanıcılar için teknoloji tabanlı eğitim ve öğretim, teknolojiye karşı olumlu bir tutum geliştirmek, yeterli ekipman ve teknik destek sağlamak, daha ergonomik çalışma ortamı sağlamak, teknolojiyi kullanırken düzenli molalar vermek, çoklu görevden kaçınmak, stres yönetimi eğitimi, etkili zaman yönetimi ve düzenli fiziksel egzersiz ve meditasyon yapmak vb. çözüm yolları ile azaltılabilir. Bu çalışmanın amacı teknostres ile verimlilik arasındaki ilişkiyi ele almak, teknostresin nedenlerini ve kütüphaneciler üzerindeki etkilerini örgütsel verimlilik açısından incelemek ve teknostres yönetimine ilişkin önerilerde bulunarak alan yazına kavramsal açıdan katkı sağlamaya çalışmaktır. Betimleme yöntemi kullanılan çalışma kuramsal niteliktedir. Kaynakça Aghwotu, P. T. ve Owajeme, O. J. (2010). Technostress: Causes, symptoms and coping strategies among librarians in university libraries. Educational Research, 1(12), 713-720. doi:http://www.interesjournals.org/ER Ahmad, U. N. ve Amin, S. M. (2012). The dimensions of technostress among academic librarians. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences. 65, 266-271. doi: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.11.121 Akınoğlu, H. F. (1993). Teknostres. Türk Kütüphaneciliği, 7(3), 159-173. Erişim adresi: http://www.tk.org.tr/index.php/tk/article/view/1388 Al-Qallaf, C. L. (2006). Librarians and technology in aca­demic and research libraries in Kuwait: Perceptions and effects. Libri, 56(3), 168-179. Erişim adresi: https://doi.org/10.1515/ libr.2006.168 Arnetz, B. B. ve Wiholm, C. (1997). Technological stress: Psychophysiological symptoms in modern offices. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 43(1), 35-42. Erişim adresi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3999(97)00083-4. Ayyagari, R. (2007). What and why of technostress: Technology antecedents and implications (Doktora tezi). Amerika Birleşik Devletleri: Clemson Universitesi. Erişim adresi: https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1133&context=all_dissert Ayyagari, R., Grover, V. ve Purvis, R . (2011). Technostress: Technological antecedents and implications. MIS Quarterly, 35(4), 831-858. Erişim adresi: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41409963 Bondanini, G., Giorgi, G. , Ariza-Montes, A. ve Vega-Munoz, A. ve Andreucci-Annunziata, P. (2020). Technostress dark side of technology in the workplace: A scientometric analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(21), 1-25. doi:10.3390/ijerph17218013 Brod, C. (1984). Technostress: The Human Cost of the Computer Revolution. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading. Champion, S. (1998, Nov). Technostress: Technology’s Toll. School Library Journal, 44(1), 48-51. Chauhan, K. (2018). The influence of technostress on productivity among OPJGU library professionals. Indian Journal of Library and Information Science, 12(2), 83-88. Erişim adresi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijlis.0973.9548.12218.2 Clark, K. ve Kalin, S. (1996). Technostressed out? How to cope in the digital age. Library Journal, 30-32. Clute, R. (1998). Technostress: A content analysis [Yayımlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi]. Ohio, USA: Kent State University. Erişim adresi: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED423911.pdf Çınar, K. (2017). Potansiyel stres kaynaklarının üniversite kütüphanecilerinin çalışma yaşamı kalitesi üzerindeki etkisi. İstanbul örneği (Yayımlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi). İstanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü. Çoklar, A. N. ve Şahin, Y. L. (2011). Technostress levels of social network users based on ICTs in Turkey. European Journal of Social Sciences,, 23(2), 171-172. Erişim adresi: https://www.tecnostress.it/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Technostress-in-Social-Turkey.pdf Das, S. (2019). The status and impact of technostress on library professionals: essionals: A study among the professionals of the selected Private College Libraries in North Bengal. Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)(3642). Erişim adresi: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/3642 Davis-Millis, N. (1998). Technostress and the Organization: A Manager's Guide to Survival in the Information Age. 67th Annual Meeting of the Music Library Association, 14 February 1998. Boston, Massachusetts. Erişim adresi: https://web.mit.edu/ninadm/www/mla.html

TEOMAN DURALI’NIN DARVİNCİ EVRİM ve DARWİNİZM ELEŞTİRİSİ Teoman Duralı’s Critique of Darwinian Evolution and Darwinism Esra KARTAL SOYSAL Dr. Öğretim Üyesi, Marmara Üniversitesi, İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi, Felsefe Bölümü Assistant Prof., Marmara University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Philosophy Department İstanbul, Turkey esra.kartal@marmara.edu.tr ORCID: 0000-0002-0985-7196 Öz Bu çalışmada Ş. Teoman Duralı’nın, biyoloji biliminin ve felsefesinin merkezî dayanağı olan Darvinci evrime ve ondan türeyen Darwinizme ilişkin eleştirisi, kısmen kesişen dört kategori üzerinden yapılandırılarak ortaya konacaktır. İlkin Duralı için Darvinci evrim, bir teori olmaktan ziyade bir varsayımdır, zira bilimsel olarak bir teori olmanın gereklerini karşılamaz ve fakat eldeki varsayımlar içinde biyoloji bilimi için vazgeçilmez bir kullanışlılık arz etmektedir. İkincisi Duralı, herhangi bir aşkın varlığa referans vermeksizin kendi kendisinin ilkesi olan içkin bir süreci temellendiren Darvinci evrimin aşkınlık düzlemini gereksiz, hatta zamanla geçersiz kılmasına karşı aşkınlığın –bilimin konusu olamasa dahi– sistemden en azından felsefî olarak elenemeyeceğini savunur. Aşkınlık anlayışının devamı kabilinden üçüncü olarak Duralı İslam düşünce geleneğinden devraldığı beşer-insan ayrımına gider ve evrimin beşer oluşu açıklamasına mukabil insan oluşu açıklayamayacağını, bu işi ancak ve ancak –Müslüman felsefecilerin 8. ve 18. yüzyıllar arasında ortaya koymayı denediği– tekâmül anlayışının kotarabileceğini iddia eder. Bilhassa en karmaşık canlı insanın, beşer oluşa indirgenmesinin karşısında netlikle durarak holistik bir tutum takınır. Son olarak Duralı, Darvinci evrimden türemiş Darwinizmden kaynaklanan ve sonra dönüp onu besleyen ideolojilerin (bilhassa kapitalizm, komünizm ve nasyonal sosyalizm) varsayım ve icraatlarının evrim varsayımından itinayla ayrılmaları gerektiğini, zira Darvinci evrimle uyuşmadıklarını öne sürer. Tüm önkabul ve eleştirileri ile Duralı ne evrim taraftarı ne evrim karşıtıdır. Evrimi, belkemiği bir bilimsel varsayım olarak işlevsel bulur, ancak etrafında kümelenen sorunların çözümüne yönelik önerilerde bulunur. Anahtar kelimeler: Darvinci evrim, varsayım, tekâmül, aşkınlık, beşer, insan, Darwinizm. Abstract In this article, Ş. Teoman Duralı’s critique of Darwinian evolution and Darwinism which derives from it, that is the central base of the science and philosophy of biology, will be structured through four partially overlapping categories. First of all, for Duralı, since it does not fulfill the requirements of being a theory scientifically Darwinian evolution is a hypothesis rather than a theory, but it provides an indispensable usefulness for the science of biology. Secondly, Duralı argues that transcendence cannot be eliminated from the system at least philosophically, even if it is not the subject of science, against the fact that Darwinian evolution, which grounds an immanent process that is its own principle without reference to any transcendent being, renders the transcendent realm unnecessary and even invalidated over time. Thirdly, as a continuation of the understanding of transcendence, Duralı goes to the distinction between man and human being, which he inherited from the tradition of Islamic thought, and claims that evolution can only explain man not human being and explaining human being can only be handled with the understanding of tekâmul which Muslim philosophers tried to put forward between the 8th and 18th centuries. In particular, he takes a holistic attitude by standing firmly against the reduction of human being as the most complex living being to man. Lastly, Duralı argues that the assumptions and practices of the ideologies (especially capitalism, communism and national socialism) that originated from Darwinism derived from Darwinian evolution and then fed it back should be carefully separated from the evolution hypothesis, because they are incompatible with Darwinian evolution. With all his presuppositions and criticisms, Duralı is neither pro-evolutionary nor anti-evolutionary. He finds evolution a functional backbone as a scientific hypothesis, but also makes suggestions for solving the problems clustered around it. Keywords: Darwinian evolution, hypothesis, tekâmul, transcendence, man, human being, Darwinism.

Dear Colleagues, In the previous editorial paper published by Balat et al. [1] as an Early View Article a few months ago, it was reported that there were changes in the Editorial Team of the European Journal of Therapeutics (Eur J Ther). During these few months, while the preparations for the new issue (June 2023, volume 29, Issue 2) continued, the editorial board also was revised. We would like to inform you that the Editorial Board has been strengthened by academics who are competent in their fields from many countries of the world and will continue to be strengthened in the future. As it is known, Eur J Ther started broadcasting in 1990 as a Journal of the Faculty of Medicine University of Gaziantep (In Turkish: Gaziantep Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi). In the first paper titled “While Starting” (In Turkish: Başlarken) of the first issue, Prof. Sabri Güngör, who was the first Editor-in-Chief, stated that the aim of the journal is to have an influential place in the field of science [2]. Over the past three decades, the journal has continued to advance. At the present time, it is inevitable to reorganise the editorial board of the journal and enrich it with leading international editors in order to move the journal to better places. This editorial will explain essential developments in the journal in the last few months, and the new Editorial Board Members of the Eur J Ther will be introduced. Changes are inevitable, and we are delighted to announce that this issue marks several significant improvements. Specifically, we bolstered our editorial team with esteemed international academics and expanded our pool of referees. Consequently, the evaluation period for the submitted articles was significantly reduced. In the last two months, the journal metrics are as follows: Acceptance rate: %29 Average time until the final decision: 24.4 days Average time to publish as Accepted/Early View Article, after acceptance: 4.8 days. Thanks to these improvements, as you will notice, there are 25 articles in this issue. In this way, this issue has been the issue in which most articles have been published so far. In addition, applications were made to DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) and BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine), among the most essential open-access databases in the world, in May 2023. Moreover, cited references to the previous and/or alternative names of the journal (Gaziantep Medical Journal, Gaziantep Med J, Gaziantep Tıp Dergisi and Gaziantep Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi) in Web of Science that were not reflected in the journal metrics were identified and reported to the Web of Science. Some of these correction requests have been finalized and corrected, and thus the total number of citations and the H-index of the journal increased [3]. After all these data are updated, it will be seen that the citation values of the Eur J Ther will increase even more. We will also update the guidelines for the authors and reviewers with respect to the ICMJE [4] and EQUATOR Network [5], which will enhance the quality of research in the medical fraternity. Additionally, the use of DOI for articles published in the journal started in 2011 (2011, volume 17, Issue 2). In order to facilitate the recognition and access of the articles, DOIs have also been defined for all articles published in previous issues. Editors Ayşe Balat, MD, became the new Editor-in-Chief of Eur J Ther for the second time, the first between 2007-2010. She is a Professor in Pediatrics and a specialist in Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatology. She has been working as Vice President of Gaziantep University since October 2020. She was the Dean of Gaziantep University Medical Faculty (2007-2010), President of the Mediterranean Kidney Society (MKS) between 2015 to 2018, and Secretary beginning in 2018. She is also President of the International Association for the History of Nephrology (IAHN) since 2022. In Gaziantep, she first established Pediatric Nephrology and Pediatric Rheumatology Units, and the first peritoneal dialysis was performed by her. She has several studies published in international and national peer-reviewed scientific journals (H-Index: 26, i10-index: 59 and approximately 2500 citations). She was the Guest Editor of the International Journal of Nephrology in 2012 (special issue titled “Devil’s Triangle in Kidney Diseases: Oxidative Stress, Mediators, and Inflammation”). She is a member of many national and international associations related to her field, including membership in the Turkish Pediatric Nephrology Association board in the past. She has several scientific presentation awards at national and international congresses. She has been joined as an “invited speaker” at 20 International Meetings. As of 2007, she organizes World Kidney Day activities within the scope of the “Survival is not Enough” program (in the first rank among European pediatric nephrologists as an organizer of those activities). Recently, she was elected as a “lifelong member of the Academy of Medicine and Surgical Sciences” of the University of Naples, which is one of the four important academies in Naples. Şevki Hakan Eren, MD, is the new Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Eur J Ther. Dr Eren graduated from the Medical School, University of Gaziantep, Turkey and completed Emergency training at Cumhuriyet University. He has been working as a Professor at Gaziantep University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey. He is interested in traumatology, and toxicology. Mehmet Sait Menzilcioğlu, MD, is the new Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Eur J Ther. Dr. Menzilcioğlu graduated from the Medical School, University of Gaziantep, Turkey and completed Radiology training at the same University. He has been working as an Associate Professor at Gaziantep University, Department of Radiology, Gaziantep, Turkey. He is interested in neuroradiology, ultrasonography, doppler Ultrasonography, Computerized Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, interventional radiology, and obstetric sonography. İlhan Bahşi, MD, PhD, is the new Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Eur J Ther. Dr Bahşi is also on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, and Mersin University School of Medicine Lokman Hekim Journal of History of Medicine and Folk Medicine. In addition, he has published more than 80 articles (H-index: 12 and i10-index: 15) and has been a referee for more than 600 academic papers in many internationally indexed journals. Dr Bahşi, who has been working in the Department of Anatomy at the Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine since 2012, completed his doctorate education in 2017 and obtained the title of PhD. Besides anatomy, he is particularly interested in the history of medicine, medical ethics, and education. İlkay Doğan, PhD, is the new Editorial Board member of the Eur J Ther for Statistics and Methodology. He is in the Department of Biostatistics at the Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine. His professional focus lies in research about Structural Equation Modeling, Multivariate Analysis. With a wealth of experience spanning over 15 years across multiple disciplines, including veterinary, nursing, sport and medicine, Dr Doğan has held various notable articles. He is a member of the Turkish Biostatistics Association. Ahmet Acıduman, MD, PhD, graduated from Ege University Faculty of Medicine in 1987 and later specialized in Neurosurgery in 1997. Dr Acıduman further expanded his academic credentials by completing a PhD in the History of Medicine and Ethics in 2005. Currently, he is a Professor in the Department of History of Medicine and Ethics at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine. With a notable record of over 200 academic publications, Dr Acıduman’s contributions to the field continue. Bilal Çiğ, PhD, is a new Editorial board member of the Eur J Ther. Associate Prof Bilal Çiğ is a Postdoctoral researcher at King's College London Wolfson Card. He has been investigating the roles of ion channels in neurological diseases using the patch clamp technique for nearly 15 years. For the past few years, he has focused on the interactions of TRPA1 and Kir 4.1 channels in demyelination. He has 40 SCI-E and international publications, with about 1300 citations. Tsvetoslav Georgiev, MD, PhD, holds an esteemed position as an associate professor at the First Department of Internal Medicine in Varna, Bulgaria, while also working as a clinician at the University Hospital St. Marina. He has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation in 2018 at the Medical University in Sofia. Having obtained a specialization in rheumatology that same year, Dr Georgiev has extensive expertise in this intricate field of medicine. He further expanded his knowledge and skills by attending comprehensive courses on imaging diagnostics and musculoskeletal ultrasound in rheumatology held in various locations. Dr Georgiev has been involved in formulating the Bulgarian consensus on osteoarthritis and EULAR recommendations for the non-pharmacological core management of osteoarthritis. Notably, Dr Georgiev has received recognition for his outstanding contributions as a reviewer, earning awards in 2019 and 2021 from the Korean Academy of Medical Sciences. Davut Sinan Kaplan, PhD, is a new Editorial Board Member of the Eur J Ther. Dr Kaplan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology at Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine. He is also the Graduate School of Health Sciences’ Director. He has taken involved in a wide variety of research with animal models. His research generally focuses on Endocrinology, Metabolism, Physical Activity, and Breast Milk. He has mentored a large group of master’s and PhD students. He has served for many years as a member of the local animal experiments ethics committee. Mehmet Karadağ, MD, is a new Editorial Board Member of the Eur J Ther for Psychiatry. Dr. Karadag is an Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Gaziantep University School of Medicine. He has experience on Posttraumatic Stress, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity, Autism Spectrum, Anxiety, Depressive Disorders and EMDR Therapy. He is also EMDRIA accredited EMDR Consultant. Murat Karaoglan, MD, is a new Editorial Board Member of the Eur J Ther for Endocrinology. Dr. Karaoglan is an Associate Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology. He is in the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology at the Gaziantep University School of Medicine. He has experience on growth disorder, diabetology and disorder of sexual development. Waqar M. Naqvi, PhD, is a faculty in the Department of Physiotherapy at the College of Health Sciences, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, UAE. His professional focus lies in the development of the research ecosystem within healthcare education, with a particular interest in AI, AR, VR, Sensors, and innovation in health sciences. With a wealth of experience spanning over 14 years across multiple countries, including India, Canada, Cameroon, Hong Kong, and Saudi Arabia, Dr Naqvi has held various notable positions. These include his roles as the Associate Director of Research at the NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences, Acting Dean and Vice Dean of the Physiotherapy College, Convener for the International Admission Office, International Accreditation and Quality Assurance Wing, Staff Selection Committee, and Coordinator for a Staff-Student Exchange Program. In recognition of his outstanding contributions, Dr Naqvi was honored with the Distinguished Service Award and Young Achiever Award from the Indian Association of Physiotherapy. Dr Naqvi is widely recognized for his expertise in conducting seminars and workshops on research, publications, and intellectual property rights. Specializing as a research trainer in the fields of medicine, dentistry, physiotherapy, and health sciences, Dr Naqvi's unwavering commitment to research excellence and his genuine passion for mentoring aspiring researchers are instrumental in shaping the future of healthcare. He firmly believes in the power of evidence-based practice and actively advocates for its implementation. Ali Nasimi is a neuroscientist in the field of central regulation of the cardiovascular system. Victor Nedzvetsky, PhD, DrSc is a full professor of Physiology, Biochemistry and Lab Diagnostics, where coordinates courses on Neurochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology. Additionally, he is a vice-director of “The Biosafety Center” research and development company (Ukraine). He obtained PhD in biochemistry at Dnipropetrovsk University, Ukraine (1990). After postdoctoral training, he received a degree of Doctor Science at Kyiv National University (2006). Since 2015 he was involved as an invited professor of Bingol University, Turkey as a supervisor of PhD projects on genetic and molecular biology. He has participated in both the education and research work of the Dept. Art and Science of Bingol University from 2015 to 2021. His current research interests are focused on intestinal barrier function, brain blood barrier, astrocytes, cognitive deficits, bioactive compounds as anticancer agents, nanomaterials, and neuroprotection. He is the author of over 230 research publications and ten patents. He is a member of the editorial board of the journal “Regulatory Mechanisms of Biosystems”. Raphael Olszewski, DDS, MD, PhD, DrSc is a full professor of oral surgery and dentomaxillofacial radiology at the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Brussels, Belgium. Professor Olszewski is an oral surgeon and member of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, UCLouvan, Brussels, Belgium. Prof Olszewski is the Editor-in-Chief of NEMESIS: Negative effects in medical sciences: oral and maxillofacial surgery. Janusz Ostrowski, MD, PhD. Internal medicine, nephrology, and public health specialist. Former Head of the Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology at the Provincial Hospital in Wloclawek, Poland. Director for Peritoneal Dialysis in Diaverum Company Poland. Secretary of the Historical Section of the Polish Society of Nephrology. Former President of the International Association for the History of Nephrology. Professor, Vice Dean of the School of Public Health and Head of the Department of the History of Medicine in the Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education in Warsaw, Poland. Ayşe Aysima Özçelik, MD, is a new Editorial Board member of Eur J Ther for Neurology. She is the head of the pediatric neurology department and works at Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine. She is the regional manager for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy disease. She is an experienced physician in the treatment and follow-up of genetic neurological disorders, epilepsy, and neuromuscular diseases. Maria Piagkou, DDS, MD, MSc, PhD is a new Editorial Board member of Eur J Ther for Neurology. She is an associate professor at the Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She is a Deputy Vice-President of the Hellenic Association of Public Health in Greece and a President of the printed material handling committee of the National Organization for Medicines. She has twenty-one years of teaching activity in the field of anatomy, focused on head and neck, oral and maxillofacial area, as well as on skull base anatomy and anatomical variants. Her main areas of interest are head and neck anatomy and surgery, skull base anatomy, oral surgery, maxillofacial and dental trauma, rehabilitation, intraoral fixation after condylar fractures, and teeth replantation. She is an associate editor in 2 journals of Anatomy and acts as Editorial Board Member in six other journals. She authored six chapters in neuroanatomy and oral and maxillofacial surgery and thoracic surgery books, two monographs, and edited the translation of 9 books. She is a reviewer in 30 international scientific journals. She authored 156 publications in PubMed, 91 abstracts in 26 international congresses, and 318 abstracts in Greek scientific meetings. She is General Secretary of the Sports Medicine Association of Greece and treasurer of the Hellenic Association of Anatomy. Halima Resić, MD, PhD is a Professor of Internal medicine – nephrology in Sarajevo. Professor Resić studied medicine at the University of Belgrade where she also undertook a clinical fellowship in nephrology. She finished her postgraduate studies also at the University of Belgrade in 1987. Professor Resić worked at the Clinical Centre of Belgrade from 1972. to 1992. In 1993. She worked at the Marmara University of Istanbul. Also, in the period from 1994. to 1996. she took part in projects for refugees in Munich with the support of the Ministry of Health of the city of Munich. From 1996. till 2019. professor Resić worked at the Clinical Center University of Sarajevo, where she was head of the Clinic of Hemodialysis. In 2001. She obtained her PhD degree in Nephrology. She became a professor at the Medical Faculty of the University of Sarajevo in 2013. Professor Resić published about 180 professional and scientific papers in relevant journals. She has been a president of organizations of a few national congress and nephrology schools, and also an active participant of ERA congress and WCN congress. She has also been invited lecturer in over 60 different international and national congresses. Professor Resić was President of the BANTAO Society (2017-2019), and President of the Mediterian Kidney Society. She has been President of the Society of Nephrology, Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2010-2020) and also, she is President of Donor’s network of Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is a member of ERA EDTA and ISN, and also a member of the Committee of SRC by ISN. She is a member of the Council of EAPE (European Association of Professor Emerita). She is also vice president of IANUBIH (International Academy of Science and Arts in Bosnia and Herzegovina) and a member of the board of South Eastern Europe by ISN. In her carrier, she obtains many international awards for her work in the field of Nephrology. Aldo Rogelis Aquiles Rodrigues is a new Editorial Board member of Eur J Ther for Neurology. Currently, he is an associate professor in physiology at the Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro, MG, Brazil since 2006. Before that, he worked as a research associate at the Department of Neurophysiology, Madison, USA from 2002 to 2005. He has experience in auditory neurons electrophysiology, enteric neurons and ion channels in general. Domenico Santoro is a Full Professor of Nephrology, Director of the Division of Nephrology and Coordinator of the Nephrology Fellowship Program University of Messina, AOU G. Martino – Messina. He is s a clinical expert in glomerular disorders with a scientific formation at the section of renal Pathology of the CSMC UCLA Los Angeles. He collaborated in genetic studies in glomerular disease. He coordinates as principal investigators several studies in glomerular disease both in clinical/therapeutical as well genetic aspects. He is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Nephrology and MBC Nephrology. Author of more than 270 scientific publications indexed on Scopus, H-index in Scopus: 38; H-index in Google Scholar: 46. Onur Taydaş, MD, is a new Editorial Board Member of the Eur J Ther for Radiology. Dr Taydas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology at the Sakarya University School of Medicine. He has a Turkish Society of Radiology Proficiency Certificate, a European Diploma in Radiology, and a Turkish Interventional Radiology Diploma. He has experience in neuroradiology, musculoskeletal radiology, and interventional radiology. Gregory Tsoucalas (or Tsoukalas), born in 1974 and originated from the Island of Skopelos in the center of the Aegean Sea, he had studied Medicine in the University of Saint Kliment Ohridski in Sofia Bulgaria. He had then continued his studies in Lyon France and Athens Greece. He had been a Nuclear Medicine-Oncology-End stage physician in Saint Savvas Anticancer Hospital of Athens. He had after that moved to the city of Volos where he had been a physician in the Saint George Clinic for Alzheimer and Related Dementia Syndromes-End stage. He had finally moved to the General Clinic Anassa of Volos in the Internal Pathology Department. He currently holds the position of the Assistant professor of the History of Medicine, and head of the Department of History of Medicine and Medical Deontology, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece. Specialized in Nuclear Medicine, MSc in Palliative Medicine and PhD in the History of Medicine from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, History of Medicine Diploma from Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, post-doc in Anatomy from Democritus University of Thrace, Anthropology Course Diploma from Leiden University. He holds diplomas in Mastology and Clinical Nutrition for the related European Societies. He is the General Secretary of the Hellenic Branch of the Balkan Medical Union. Interested in the fields of History of Medicine, Deontology, Bioethics, Anatomy and Humanities, he is the writer of more than 200 articles in the PubMed database and more than 200 in other bases. He loves books and had published 10, while he had participated with chapters in various publications. Member of the International Society of the History of Medicine he had presented more than 130 speeches and 50 lectures in international level. Member of DELTOS (Hellenic Society) he had presented more than 400 speeches in local level. He enjoys more than 2500 citations, H-index: 17, and i10-index: 41. Hamit Yıldız, MD, PhD, is the new editorial Board member for Internal Medicine. Dr Yildiz is an internal medicine specialist and practices in Gaziantep University Hospital. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. He completed his internship at Gaziantep University in Gaziantep and also graduated with a PhD in molecular biology. He has more than ten years of experience as a specialist who focuses on patients with diabetes, hypertension and thyroid diseases. His special interest is recombinant DNA technologies and the development of biotechnological drugs. Betül Yılmaz Furtun, MD, FASE, FAAP, is a new Editorial Board Member for the Eur J Ther. She is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine and Associate Medical Director of the Fetal Cardiology/Fetal Cardiac Intervention Program at Texas Children's Hospital. Dr Yilmaz Furtun is also a Course Director of Fetal Cardiology Education/Curriculum Development for advanced and categorical cardiology fellows and an Associate Director of the Fetal Care Center Steering Committee for fetal cardiology at Texas Children's Hospital. Dr Yilmaz Furtun is a pediatric cardiologist with expertise in advanced imaging modalities including fetal echocardiography, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography. Dr Yilmaz Furtun completed her pediatrics training at Washington University in St. Louis, pediatric cardiology training at Columbia University Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, and fetal cardiology/advanced imaging training at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Dr Yilmaz Furtun actively participates in fetal and pediatric echocardiography laboratory protocol development and fetal and echocardiography lab and Fetal Care Center quality and improvement initiatives. Dr Yilmaz Furtun has been a member of the American Society of Echocardiography, the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Fetal Heart Society as well as American College of Cardiology. Dr Yilmaz Furtun’s clinical and research focus relates to cardiac imaging by echocardiography and fetal echocardiography. She utilizes her experience in these areas to study how we can use non-invasive imaging modalities for investigating normal and abnormal cardiac function in patients with congenital heart disease and in fetuses with cardiac compromise. Her primary research interests focus on fetal cardiovascular assessment and cardiac dysfunction in patients with congenital heart disease, in fetuses with congenital abnormalities, and in multiple gestation pregnancies complicated by twin-twin transfusion syndrome. Matthew Zdilla, DC, is a new Editorial Board Member for the Eur J Ther. Dr Zdilla was educated at the University of Pittsburgh and Northeast College of Health Sciences. He serves as an Associate Professor at the West Virginia University School of Medicine in the United States of America. He is an award-winning, internationally recognized clinical anatomist who has published scores of high-impact research papers regarding human diversity and the impact of anatomical variation on clinical procedures. In addition to his experience as an accomplished researcher, Zdilla brings his experience as an ad hoc reviewer for nearly 40 journals to the European Journal of Therapeutics. Joseph Schmidt, MFA has taught academic writing for the University of Louisville and various campuses of The City University of New York (CUNY). An accomplished poet, he has contributed content to, and edited a number of small literary journals. At Gaziantep University, he has lent his editorial and native English language talents to some of his Turkish colleagues in the sciences. He teaches in the university’s School of Foreign Languages (YDO).