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    Compliance of abstracts of randomized control trials with CONSORT guidelines: a case study of Balkan journals
    (Pensoft Publishers, 2022) Sut N.; Kocak Z.; Korkmaz S.; Uzun, Cem; Faculty Member; School of Medicine; 7722
    Background: Published reports of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are not compliant with the CONSORT checklist as much as they should. Objective: To assess the quality, in terms of the level to which they are compliant with the CONSORT checklist, of abstracts of RCTs published in general medical journals in the Balkan region. Methods: Two observers assessed the abstracts of RCTs published in five general medical journals of the Balkan region between 2012 and 2018 to determine the level to which the abstracts were compliant with the 16-item CONSORT abstracts checklist. Results: Of the 183 studies that were identified for evaluation, 124 (67.8%) were excluded from the evaluation. The average compliance level was 44.5% (95% CI: 41.9%–47.1%), the lowest being that for randomization (1.7%), funding (1.7%), numbers analysed (11.0%), blinding (13.6%), and trial registration (18.6%). However, the compliance level was very high for conclusions (99.2%), objectives (96.6%), interventions (95.8%), and primary outcomes (83.9%). The length of the abstract (word count) and the level of compliance were positively correlated (rs = 0.43; p = 0.001). Abstracts of trials published in journals that endorse CONSORT in their publication policies were more compliant than those published in other journals (47.5 ± 10.4 versus 40.8 ± 8.0, p = 0.024). Conclusion: The overall level of compliance with the CONSORT checklist was below 50%. To improve the quality of abstracts of RCTs, authors should be encouraged to use the CONSORT checklist, and editors should check compliance with the CONSORT guidelines as part the publishing workflow.
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    Uluslararası kalkınma, devlet ve toplum
    (2018) Department of Sociology; Yörük, Erdem; Faculty Member; Department of Sociology; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; 28982
    This article reviews the use of the concepts of “the state,” “society” and “state-society” relations, by specifying the changing definitions, differing assumptions, and the variety of exogenous factors that were either included or mitigated in the various theories of international development. In this analysis, respectively, classical development theories, modernization perspective, dependency theory, world-system perspective, class-based development theories, neo-liberal theories, state-centered approaches, post-modern theories and globalizationist theories are considered and conceptualizations of state and society in each of these approaches are evaluated.