İHÜ Araştırma ve Akademik Performans Sistemi
DSpace@İHÜ, İbn Haldun Üniversitesi’nin bilimsel araştırma ve akademik performansını izleme, analiz etme ve raporlama süreçlerini tek çatı altında buluşturan bütünleşik bilgi sistemidir.
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Postmortem evaluation of deaths in individuals with a history of bariatric surgery: Autopsy and histopathological findings
(Springer Nature, 2026) Keskin Öztürk, Beyza; Buğra, Aytul; Şahin, Hüseyin Çağrı; Oduncu, Muhammed; Kılıç, Furkan
Background: Bariatric surgery effectively treats morbid obesity, but postoperative deaths may present diagnostic and medicolegal challenges. Determining whether death is related to surgery often requires combined interpretation of autopsy and histopathological findings. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate autopsy and histopathological findings in deaths occurring in individuals with a history of bariatric surgery and to assess their contribution to determining the cause of death and its relationship to bariatric surgery. Methods: This retrospective autopsy-based case series included medicolegal autopsies with a history of bariatric surgery examined at the Council of Forensic Medicine between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2025. Demographics, procedure type, surgery-to-death interval, autopsy findings, histopathology, and cause of death were recorded. Deaths were classified as surgery-related or unrelated based on combined forensic, pathological, and clinical evaluation. Results: A total of 51 cases were included. Mean age at surgery was 36.1±10.7 years; 58.8% were female. Sleeve gastrectomy was the predominant procedure (50/51, 98%). Death was considered surgery-related in 24 cases (47.1%) and unrelated in 27 (52.9%). In surgery-related deaths, the median interval was 10 days and 75% occurred within 30 days. Common autopsy findings were perforation, anastomotic leakage, intra-abdominal hemorrhage, and findings consistent with peritonitis or sepsis. Histopathology most frequently showed acute peritonitis, acute inflammation, gastrointestinal wall necrosis, and microthrombi. Infectious and septic complications predominated. Conclusions: Deaths in individuals with a history of bariatric surgery represent a pathologically and forensically heterogeneous group. Autopsy and histopathological examination are essential for determining the cause of death and its relationship to bariatric surgery.
BRI and infrastructure development: Impact on the economic growth of lower-income African countries
(Sage Publications, 2026) Belet, Nuran Halise; Abbas, Shehzada Ghulam; Abbas, Shahzada Rahim
Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a multi-billion-dollar investment and a ‘Going Out’ strategy of China. The major vision of BRI is to accelerate infrastructure investment, which, in turn, improves connectivity, enhances trade and foreign direct investment and spurs economic growth in the participating countries. This research seeks to examine the influence of the BRI on key economic indicators—specifically gross domestic product (GDP) growth, unemployment and foreign direct investment across 20 low-income African countries. Employing a robust panel data least squares dummy variable modelling approach, the study analyses the country-specific impact of BRI for data spanning the period from 2008 to 2022. The research outcomes indicate varying impacts of the BRI across different nations. In most countries, the BRI has had no substantial influence on GDP per capita, yet a detrimental effect is evident in Mozambique. The results show BRI has a negative effect on foreign direct investment in Benin, Congo, Tanzania and Rwanda, whereas it has a positive impact in Mozambique and Sierra Leone. Whereas variables like gross capital formation, labour force participation and regulatory indices consistently display substantial positive effects on economic growth, investment and employment. The research underscores the necessity for strong domestic policies that can optimise economic advantages and guarantee long-term growth. JEL Codes: O11, O55, H54
Islamic perspectives on psychological and spiritual well-being and treatment
(Springer Nature, 2026) Keshavarzi, Hooman; Ali, Bilal; İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi, Psikoloji Bölümü
This chapter outlines Islamic perspectives on psychological and spiritual well-being and its accompanying treatment implications. Pathology is described on a continuum of health and pathology that includes both manifest psychological and internal spiritual dysfunction. Disorder is not relegated solely to the normative clinical determinants of social, occupational, or familial dysfunction but also includes afterlife considerations. Thus, pathology is seen as the manifestation of any internal or external barriers to maintaining the minimal requirements of optimal functioning as Islamically defined by the presence of character virtues, absence of character defects, and compliance with Islamic external conduct. Within this Islamic schema of health and disorder, modern behavioral science is afforded an important role, and there exists significant convergence between the two fields of Islamic spirituality and behavioral science. The manifestations of this convergence can be seen in two particular domains: (i) external conduct (fiqh al-ẓāhir), mental status considerations for determining the applicability of Islamic legal and ritual requirements of adherents, and (ii) inner conduct (fiqh al-bāṭin), spiritual transformation, where both spiritual exercises and normative psychological treatment strategies can be employed toward the aim of attaining psycho-spiritual health within the context of this Islamic health schema. Both external and internal conduct is discussed within a mental health treatment context, outlining key Islamic concepts and notions to help inform a healthy incorporation of Islamic spirituality within this treatment setting.
Semantic satiation and perceiving meanings
(Springer Nature, 2026) Başoğlu, Yavuz Recep
Some argue that we can and sometimes do perceptually experience meaning properties. Roughly, the idea is that when we listen to a speech or read a text in a language we know, our perceptual experience can present words as having certain meanings. One prominent support for this view is the argument from semantic satiation. When one excessively repeats a word by uttering, writing, or hearing it, it appears to “lose its meaning.” This familiar phenomenon is called semantic satiation. Semantic satiation seems to be a form of negative aftereffect, where excessive exposure to certain stimuli biases the subsequent experience in an opposing way. If so, the proponents argue that we can be perceptually aware of meaning properties because aftereffects are arguably perceptual phenomena. If experiences of meaning properties are subject to aftereffects, then they are perceptual. I argue that, unlike other putative forms of high-level aftereffects, semantic satiation does not provide the distinctive explanatory support needed for an inference to the thesis that perceptual experience presents meaning properties.
The Mecca Agreement: Türkiye-Saudi Arabia-Pakistan alignment and the making of a new regional security order
(Ibn Haldun University Press, 2026) Telci, İsmail Numan; Özdemir, Ömer Behram; İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi, Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü
The recent geopolitical landscape in the Middle East has witnessed a momentum in rapprochement between regional actors. Following the normalization of relations in 2021, Ankara and Riyadh, first increased their economic cooperation and then deepened their partnerships, particularly in strategically critical areas such as the defense industry. By 2025, a framework for closer cooperation had already emerged as Ankara and Riyadh have adopted common approaches in their foreign policies concerning regional issues and threats. However, the escalation of the U.S.-Iran war on February 28, 2026 has transformed this bilateral effort into a trilateral framework. The “Operation Epic Fury” and the subsequent regional chaos proved that a Türkiye-Saudi partnership alone is not enough to create a security bloc that would serve as an alternative security arrangement for Gulf partners. This is where Pakistan’s strategic inclusion becomes the “third pillar” of a new regional architecture. By integrating Pakistan’s seasoned military manpower and fighter jet deployments with Turkish defense technology and Saudi financial weight, these three nations have formalized a new platform serving as an alternative power center through the trilateral defense agreement signed in Mecca on 7 August 2026. Given the increasing instability following the US-Iran war, the trilateral collaboration increasingly functions as a survival mechanism, particularly for Saudi Arabia. Pakistan’s role as a leading mediator in facilitating the April 2026 ceasefire and its willingness to provide a new security umbrella through its strategic deterrence partially compensates for declining U.S. security guarantees. This platform has now evolved into a formal political-military bloc capable of resisting both Israeli expansionism and the spillover effects of the U.S.-Iran conflagration. This realignment may signal the early stages of a new political conjuncture in the context of alliance formation in the Middle East. By integrating their respective strengths, these states aim to formulate more effective policies under conditions of regional uncertainty. This rapprochement, both in terms of timing and content, should be primarily regarded as a necessity arising from the uncertainty created by regional and global threats, particularly in the post February 28 period. Indeed, the abrupt changes in U.S. policies in the Middle East, coupled with the growing sense of insecurity within the Gulf region, as well as Israel’s military actions in Gaza and beyond and its subsequent assertive regional strategies, constituted significant warning signals for states such as Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. These countries, tasked with maintaining intricate political equilibria, were thereby compelled to pursue new strategic avenues for collaboration...
