{"title":"Psychotherapy of post-traumatic stress disorder in the context of process and outcome studies","authors":"Bilge Celebi","doi":"10.5455/nofor.2022.08.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/nofor.2022.08.04","url":null,"abstract":"Therapeutic methods and techniques are quite diverse in the treatment of cognitive, emotional and behavioral problems that emerge as a result of traumatic experiences. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a syndrome often triggered by extreme traumatic events. PTSD has been studied with various groups using different therapy techniques. The aim of the current study is to systematically review the extant literature on PTSD with a focus on efficacy of distinct forms of therapies including cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), group psychotherapy integrated with CBT (CBGT), hypnosis, cognitive behavioral writing therapy (CBWT), virtual reality exposure (VR), also group music therapy, narrative revealing therapy (NET). This article presents a review of the literature on effectiveness of various some therapies widely used in treating PTSD in studies with process and outcome research designs. It includes discussion of methods and results of studies as well as suggestions for future research avenues.","PeriodicalId":402171,"journal":{"name":"Novel Forensic Research","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133375565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O. Karatas, H. Altuncul, Nazli Holumen, I. Erkan, D. Islek, E. Yukseloglu
{"title":"Mitochondrial DNA (8389-8865 base pairs) mutation search in Turkish population","authors":"O. Karatas, H. Altuncul, Nazli Holumen, I. Erkan, D. Islek, E. Yukseloglu","doi":"10.5455/nofor.2023.03.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/nofor.2023.03.06","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: STR loci in nuclear DNA (nDNA) is generally used for identification and identity determination in forensic sciences. However, it is not always possible to achieve successful results from these loci. Especially in biological samples containing nDNA that are degraded in quantity and quality, there might be difficulties to analyze. In such cases, it may be more reliable to use mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis. Because there is only one nDNA in the cell, while there are many copies of mtDNA. Therefore, it is advantageous to work with. HVI, HVII and HVIII regions in mtDNA are used for identification purposes in forensic sciences. However, the discrimination power of these regions are limited. As an alternative to these regions, studying the coded region will increase the discrimination power. For this reason, the aim of our study is to distinguish the points showing polymorphism in the region between 8389-8865 base pairs as an alternative to the HVI, HVII and HVIII regions. In addition, it will be optimized for routine use in biological samples that do not contain enough nDNA with the regions where the polymorphism rate is determined. \u0000Materials and Methods: In our study, blood samples were taken from 150 volunteers from the Turkish population who were not related. The region in question was reproduced in accordance with the method of PCR Tzen et al. The obtained sequences were compared with the Cambridge Reference Sequence. \u0000Results: The most common polymorphisms were found to be 8860G, 8697A, 8847delC, 8691delA. The discrimination power of the studied region was calculated to be 0.923641, the probability of random matching was 0.076359 and the genetic diversity was calculated as 0.9303827. \u0000Conclusion: In line with these data, it was determined that we could distinguish between individuals with the region we examined and that we could increase the discrimination power by analyzing this region together with the HVI, HVII, HVIII regions.","PeriodicalId":402171,"journal":{"name":"Novel Forensic Research","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127460280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RNA-Approached technology applications in forensic genetics","authors":"E. Yukseloglu","doi":"10.5455/nofor.2022.06.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/nofor.2022.06.01","url":null,"abstract":"Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a nucleic acid which is structurally different from DNA. DNA is the most used and approved nucleic acid in routine applications in forensic caseworks. In this article, giving an information about which RNA types are chosen for which forensic applications is aimed. RNA technologies are developing in the concept of forensic genetics and they can be adapted into routine case works in the case of well conditions are supplied. Both coding and non-coding RNAs are investigated for forensic purposes and most examined ones are messenger RNAs, and microRNAs. There are some researches on circular RNAs and piwi-interacting RNAs but they are in low number when compared with first two RNA types. Forensic studies based on RNA technologies are body fluid identification, post mortem interval determination, determination of stain age, estimation of an individual’s age and sex, identification of organ tissues, wound age estimation, and determination of drug abuse. Lastly, different RNA based technologies can be used in these studies and some of them are micro-array, Nano-String technology, real time PCR, end point PCR, high resolution melt (HRM) analysis and next generation sequencing (NGS) technology.","PeriodicalId":402171,"journal":{"name":"Novel Forensic Research","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128625868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}