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Being a child in the pronatalist culture an essay on newspaper reports of the years of 1929-1940
Get PDFThis study focuses on the detail of the relationship between children and the politics of
the new regime by centering the Republican period pronatalist policies. It can be
estimated that a country which has come out of a devastating war, has experienced
territorial losses and has subsequently fallen into the clutches of epidemics has faced
with serious losses in its human resources. It is inevitable for a society which moves on
after being weakened with these losses to continue to the rhythm of the world by
recuperating afterwards. The politicians of that period who were aware of that the
biggest power needed in the given period is the human resources, have been in a
search of different ways for the rectification and strengthening of the wounded
Turkish society through population policies at every opportunity. Within the authentic
boundaries of the state mechanism, the family and marriage in general and the
existence of the child in particular has a determining role. The fact that the
identification of the road to the child is encoded through family and marriage has been
continuously intersecting the paths of this tripartite mechanism. The fact that the
belief towards marriage and family was stronger than ever, has increased the need for
pronatalist policies as of that period. This study focuses on the way of handling the
issue by the newspapers of the years between 1929 and 1940. It was conducted a
content analysis from the titles preferred in the newspaper reports to the language
used and the presentation type of the news. It was seen that many reasons including
the continuity of the lineage and the safety of the nation in its authentic boundaries,
the fear towards that biological losses will cause losses in many other fields, the need
for both the quantity and the quality of the people, the desire to avert disinformation
in human resources, and the belief towards that development will realize with a
dynamic population, are among the precipitating reasons of the Republican period
pronatalist policies.Bu çalışma Cumhuriyet dönemi pronatalist politikalarını merkeze alarak, çocuk ve yeni
rejimin siyaseti arasındaki ilişkinin detayına odaklanmaktadır. Yıkıcı savaşlardan çıkan,
toprak kayıpları yaşayan ve peşi sıra salgın hastalıkların pençesine düşen bir ülkenin
insan kaynağında da ciddi kayıplar olduğu tahmin edilebilir. Bütün bu kayıplar ile
eksilerek hayata devam eden toplumun, dünyanın ritmine, toparlanarak devam etmesi
kaçınılmazdır. İçinde bulunduğu dönemde ihtiyaç duyulan en büyük gücün insan
kaynağı olduğunun farkında olan dönemin siyasileri, her fırsatta nüfus politikaları ile
yaralı Türk toplumunun yeniden iyileşmesi ve güçlenmesi için farklı arayışlar içine
girmiştir. Devlet mekanizmasının kendi özgün sınırları içinde, genelde aile ve evlilik
özelde ise çocuğun varlığı belirleyici bir role sahiptir. Çocuğa giden yolun aile ve evlilik
ile kodlanması bu üçlü mekanizmanın yollarını sürekli kesiştirmektedir. Evliliğe ve
aileye olan inancın her zamankinden daha güçlü olması, dönem itibari ile pronatalist politikalara olan ihtiyacı artırmıştır. Çalışma 1929 ve 1940 yıllarına ait dönem
gazetelerinin konuyu işleme şekline odaklanmaktadır. Gazete haberlerinde tercih
edilen başlıktan, kullanılan dile ve haberin sunuluş şekline dair içerik analizi yapılmıştır.
Soyun sürekliliği ve milletin özgün sınırları içinde güvende kalması, biyolojik kayıpların
birçok alandaki kayıplara neden olacağı korkusu, insanın niceliği kadar niteliğine de
duyulan ihtiyaç, insan kaynağındaki deformasyonun önüne geçme isteği, kalkınmanın
dinamik bir nüfus ile gerçekliğine duyulan inanç gibi birçok nedenin cumhuriyet
dönemi pronatalist politikaların tetikleyici nedenleri arasında olduğu görülmüştür
Comparison of Motivation to Participate in Physical Activity between Individuals with and without Smartwatch Use
Get PDFThis study aimed to determine and compare the motivations of individuals using and not using smartwatches with the physical activity tracking feature to engage in physical activity. Of the 311 individuals who were contacted on social media platforms and volunteered to participate in the study, randomly selected 100 individuals, half using smartwatches and half not using smartwatches, were included in the sample. As data collection tools, a personal information form prepared by the researchers was used to determine the personal characteristics of the participants, and the fitness/energy release and action/activity status subscales of the Participation Motivation Questionnaire (PMQ), developed by Gill et al. in 1983 and adapted to Turkish by Oyar et al. in 2001, was administered to measure the participants' level of engaging in physical activity. The data obtained from the data collection tools were subjected to statistical analyses using SPSS v. 26 software. Parametrical statistics were used in line with the results of the data normality test. According to the research findings, the participants who used smartwatches had a significantly higher score in the fitness/energy release subscale of PMQ (x2.14 +/-.466) compared to those that did not use smartwatches (g1.79 +/-.351) (p=.036). According to the point-biserial correlation analysis, there was a statistically significant, positive, and strong correlation between using smartwatches and motivation to participate in sports for the fitness/energy release subscale (rpb=.694, p<.001)
Gözyaşı Vadisi’nde Kaybetmeye Yazgılılar: Mihail Lermontov ve Demon
Get PDFDemon, the poem of Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (1814-1841), often who is regarded
as rebellious genius of Russian literature, took ten years of the writer’s short twenty-sevenyear life to complete. The main theme of the work, at first glance, seems to be based on a
fragment of the life of the fallen angel, who was expelled from heaven, based on rebirth with
earthly love but that ends in defeat. When the man and the devil’s paths crossover in the original sin, the devil initiates the earthly life of man by making Adam and Eve eat the fruit
of the tree of knowledge. Man is expelled from heaven and sent to the "valley of tears" called
earth. The paths of the downfall of these two beings, of man, who is the crown of divine
creation, and the one who was an archangel before the rebellion, coincides once again with
the path of salvation in the work. However, a detailed examination reveals that placing the
work in this narrow frame weakens its intellectual, socio-political content. The biblical theme
functions here as an external framework which encompasses a philosophically meaningful
conflict. Moreover, the work, due to the close identity between the author and protagonist,
contains deep traces of Lermontov's individual sense of the world towards the period and
the universe that he lived in. In Russia of the 1830s, the contradictions between the
individual and the social structure deteriorated. The social reality, in which the individual
has no opportunity to realize himself, symbolizes the valley of tears where Lermontov and
his protagonist demon wander as exiled spirits. Within the scope of our study of
Lermontov's Demon, the conclusion was reached by examining the fate of the devilin the
valley of tears called the world, the writer-hero and Russia of Tsar Nicholas I as the valley of
tearsforLermontov. Having started from establishing an identity between the protagonist
and the author, the two different approaches within a religious and social framework are
used to carry out the evaluations.Demon, Rus edebiyatının isyankar dehası olarak kabul edilen Mihail Yuryeviç
Lermontov’un (1814-1841) yirmi yedi yıllık kısa yaşamının on yılı boyunca üzerinde çalıştığı
eseridir. Eserin ana teması ilk bakışta İncil’de geçen düşmüş melek, cennetten kovulan
şeytanın dünyevi aşkla yeniden doğmaya dayanan ancak yenilgiyle sonlanan yaşamından
bir kesite dayanıyor gibi görünür. Zira insan ve şeytanın yolu ilk günahla kesişir ve şeytan,
Âdem ile Havva’nın bilgi ağacı meyvesini yemesini sağlayarak insanoğlunun dünyevi
yaşamını başlatır. İnsan, cennetten kovularak dünya denen “gözyaşı vadisine” gönderilir.
Tanrısal yaratımın tacı olan insan ile isyandan önce baş melek olan bu iki varlığın beraber
girdikleri düşüş yolu, eserde kurtuluş yolu ile bir kez daha kesişir. Ancak detaylı bir
inceleme, eserin bu dar çerçeveye yerleştirilmesinin düşünsel, toplumsal-politik içeriğini
kısırlaştırdığını gözler önüne serer. İncil teması burada felsefi açıdan anlamlı bir çatışmayı
kapsayan dışsal bir çerçeve olarak yer alır. Zira eser; yazar ve kahraman özdeşliğinde
Lermontov’un içinde yaşadığı çağ ve evrene yönelik bireysel dünya duyumsayışına dair
derin izler barındırır. 1830’lu yıllar Rusya’sında birey ve toplumsal yapı arasındaki çelişkiler
keskinleşir. Bireyin kendini gerçekleştirme imkânının olmadığı toplumsal gerçeklik,
Lermontov ve kahramanı Demon için sürgün bir ruh olarak dolaştıkları gözyaşı vadisini
sembolize eder. Çalışmamız kapsamında bu sonuca Lermontov’un Demon adlı eseri
bağlamında dünya denen gözyaşı vadisinde şeytanın yazgısı, yazar-kahraman ve gözyaşı
vadisinin Lermontov için mekânı olan Çar I. Nikolay Rusya’sı ekseninde incelenmesi
yapılarak ulaşılmıştır. Kahraman ile yazar arasında özdeşlik kurma noktasından hareket
edilmiş, değerlendirmeler dini ve toplumsal çerçeveden iki farklı yaklaşımla
gerçekleştirilmişti
Evaluation of the extract obtained from various medicinal and aromatic plants “antibacterial and antioxidant⇝ in the wood industry
Get PDFThroughout the history of mankind, various plants (medicinal
aromatics etc.) have been used naturally to prevent all diseases, or they have
been used in a wide range of fields, especially in the pharmaceutical industry,
by cultivating in agriculture/greenhouse areas. However, as a result of the
protection and coloring of the wood material by chemically, especially the
indoor contamination causes negative effects on human health. The main
objective of this study is to use the wooden product in wooden child toys,
hospitals, sterile areas, pharmacies, wood-based materials used in the kitchen
(fork, knife, serving plates and chopping boards etc.), playgrounds, dining table
surfaces, nursery and kindergarten furniture, beehives etc. In addition, it will
be recommended to use on all surfaces where there is an antibacterial /
antioxidant effect, as well as on the surfaces with collective contact such as
door handles, cabinet handles, elevator buttons and cash dispenser keys. In
research, extracts of Evelik (Rumex patientia L.) and Çakşır (Ferula comunis
L.) herbs (1% concentration) from medicinal aromatic plants were prepared
and spruce and mahogany wood were used as wood type. According to ASTM
D 143-76 principles, retention and bending resistance properties were
determined by impregnation according to the results of the experiment, the
highest retention (0.55%) and bending strength (100.20 N/mm2
) were
determined in Evelik plant and the optimum increase was determined when the
results were compared with the control sample
A new alternative quantile regression model for the bounded response with educational measurements applications of OECD countries
No full textThis article introduces a new distribution with two tuning parameters specified on the unit interval. It follows from a ‘hyperbolic secant transformation’ of a random variable following the Weibull distribution. The lack of research on the prospect of hyperbolic transformations providing flexible distributions over the unit interval is a motivation for the study. The main distributional structural properties of the new distribution are established. The different estimation methods and two simulation works have been derived for model parameters. Subsequently, we develop a related quantile regression model for further statistical perspectives. We consider two real data applications based on the educational measurements of both OECD and some non-members of OECD countries. Our regression model aims to relate the desire to get top grades on certain young students in the OECD countries with some of their Education and School Life Index such as reading performance, work environment at home, and paid work experience. It is shown that the elaborated quantile regression model has a better fitting power than famous regression models when the unit response variable possesses skewed distribution as well as two independent variables are significant in the statistical sense at any standard significance level for the median response
Formation of bioactive tyrosine derivatives during sprouting and fermenting of selected whole grains
No full textSprouting is a popular method in cereal processing because sprouted grains are accepted to have high nutritional value. The increased proteolytic activity by sprouting increases the free amino acids in grains. It was hypothesized that an increased amount of tyrosine can be utilized by microorganisms during fermentation to form higher amounts of bioactive tyrosine derivatives. Sprouting increased the tyrosine and tyramine contents considerably, but increases and decreases in L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) and dopamine were specific to the cereal. More tyramine, L-DOPA, and dopamine formation was observed during sourdough fermentation than that in yeast fermentation. As a result of the combined application of sprouting (48 h at 20 degrees C) and sourdough fermentation (36 h at 30 degrees C), the amounts of dopamine, L-DOPA, and tyramine found in rye were 27, 50, and 136 mg/kg, respectively. Cereal products rich in dopamine and L-DOPA can thus be produced as functional food ingredients with their positive effects on human health and mood
Growth responses of Pinus sylvestris L. to climate from the southeastern limit of its natural distribution area, Turkey
No full textPinus sylvestris, the most widely distributed pine species, is commonly used in dendrochronological studies. Based on a lack of studies at its southeastern distribution, we analysed the growth responses of P. sylvestris to temperature and precipitation. We selected 13 sites to study the effects of climate on the growth of Scots pine stands throughout a geographic gradient over time. Trees were sampled from pure stands at different elevations and landscape conditions. The linear and non-linear associations between tree-ring widths and climate variables were calculated with locally specific linear correlation analysis and a mixed generalised additive model. Moving window correlation function was also performed to understand the temporal stability of limiting factors on growth from 1930 to 2013. Our findings showed that early spring temperature (March-April) and late spring-early summer precipitation (May-June) are the major drivers of growth at all sites, where high temperature constraints and high precipitation enhances the growth. Moving window correlation analysis highlighted that the response to precipitation was stationary while temperature changed over time. Our non-linear analysis provided a threshold for March-April temperature. The threshold indicates that the relative additional increment sharply increases up to 7 °C and then slightly decreases
Development of Fırat Netlessphobia Scale and investigation of its psychometric properties
No full textPurpose: The present study aimed to determine the level of Netlessphobia in the general population by developing the “Fırat Netlessphobia Scale.”. Design and Measures: Trial form consisting of 19 items, which was tested in terms of language and psychometric validity, was applied to a sample group of 690 people. The reliability of the scale was verified by evaluating Cronbach's α reliability coefficient and test-retest consistency. Results: The developed “Fırat Netlessphobia Scale” can account for 60.7% of the variance related to Netlessphobia. Cronbach's α reliability coefficient of the scale was calculated as 0.93. Conclusions: According to the findings, the Fırat Netlessphobia Scale is a cost-effective scale that facilitates the valid and reliable estimation of high variance and a low number of items. Practice Implications: This practical and cost-effective scale is widely applied owing to its small number of items and short expressions. The present study emphasizes the importance of exploring Netlessphobia and the need for future research in this area to recognize the risk groups and establish protection strategies
Effectiveness of training sample and features for random forest on road extraction from unmanned aerial vehicle-based point cloud
No full textThe author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was funded by Artvin Coruh University Scientific Research Projects Coordinatorship, grant number 2019.F40.02.02.The accuracy of random forest (RF) classification depends on several inputs. In this study, two primary inputs—training sample and features—are evaluated for road classification from an unmanned aerial vehicle-based point cloud. Training sample
selection is a challenging step since the machine learning stage of the RF classification depends greatly on it. That is, an imbalanced training sample might dramatically decrease classification accuracy. Various criteria are defined to generate different
types of training samples to evaluate the effectiveness of the training sample. There are several point features that can be
used in RF classification under different circumstances. More features might increase the classification accuracy, however, in
that case, the processing time is also increased. Point features such as RGB (red/green/blue), surface normals, curvature,
omnivariance, planarity, linearity, surface variance, anisotropy, verticality, and ground/non-ground class are investigated in this
study. Different training samples and sets of features are used in the RF to extract the road surface. The experiment is conducted on a local road without a raised curb located on a relatively steep hill. The accuracy assessment is conducted by comparing the model classification results with the manually extracted road surface point cloud. It is found that the accuracy
increases up to around 4%–13%, and 95% overall accuracy was obtained when using convenient training samples and
features
Inclusive knowledge production at an elementary school through family-school-university partnerships: A formative intervention study
Get PDFStudents from racially minoritized backgrounds have been disproportionately subject to exclusionary school discipline in the United States. Utilizing cultural-historical activity theory and the formative intervention methodology, we conducted a yearlong formative intervention, Learning Lab, in an elementary school with significant racial disproportionality in school discipline. Teachers, family members, administrators, support staff, and community members with diverse and often opposing histories and goals worked together to critically examine their existing behavioral support system and racial disparities in practices, assumptions, processes, and outcomes from multiple perspectives. We utilized the method of expansive learning actions to analyze qualitative data from ten subsequent sessions. Our findings showed that local stakeholders successfully formed and sustained a diverse working group that represented families, educators, researchers, and community members. Learning Lab members worked collaboratively to question their existing school practices and to examine the root causes of racial disproportionality through historical and empirical analyses. We discuss both possibilities and challenges regarding inclusive knowledge production and the systemic transformation process at local schools