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The purpose of this study is to investigate the hydrogeology of the Sarkikaraagac Basin in southwest Turkey and to assess its groundwater vulnerability. The groundwater of the basin, used for both drinking and irrigation, is discharged to the Beysehir Lake, the largest in the Lake District. Groundwaters have Ca-Mg-HCO3 and Mg-HCO3 facies. The most important pollutant factor is anthropogenic pollution, originating from dense and widespread agricultural activity, which moves through the groundwater to the Beysehir Lake. The groundwater vulnerability of the alluvial aquifer is determined with different parameters using the DRASTIC approach. The most vulnerable area, covering 30.23% of the basin, is strongly correlated with known pollution values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Coronary Artery Ectasia (CAE) is the dilatation of the epicardial coronary arteries 1.5 times that of normal adjacent segment. CAE can be congenital or acquired. In Isparta region, it have been found at 0.7 % incidence that was higher than previous reports in patients who underwent diagnostic catheterization. In recent years, contribute of information technology to health sector, increased quickly. GIS is a technology that determines the geographical distribution of diseases and helps to analyse the relationship between environmental factors and characteristics of population and diseases. Geograhic Information Systems (GIS) technology, visualized classical data operations like, interrogate and statistically analyse, and connected it geographic analyze that supplied by maps. We aimed to determine the demographic characteristics of CAE patients in Isparta region, distribution of patients in province and counties and to form the CAE maps for Isparta region after transferring the data to GIS systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]