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Origin and geodynamic implications of basaltic rocks intercalated with Miocene turbidites around the Iskenderun Basin (Eastern Mediterranean / Turkey)
No full textWe report a detailed investigation and the geodynamic implications of a basaltic lava flow that is intercalated with the early-middle Miocene turbiditic sedimentary rocks (Karatas, Formation) that are exposed near the Iskenderun Basin in southern Turkey. In order to reveal the age and origin of the basaltic rocks, we systematically sampled clastic samples from measured sedimentary sections, which include the basaltic lava flow, from around Ceyhan (east of Adana city). Forty different species belonging to 14 calcareous nannoplankton genera were identified in the samples, representing the Langhian-Tortonian (middle-late Miocene) time interval. Considering the stratigraphic distribution of the calcareous nannoplankton species in the section, the age of the basaltic lava flow is determined to be Serravallian (middle Miocene). The basaltic rocks experienced only minor magmatic evolution and have a restricted compositional range. Analysed in situ major element contents (from electron microprobe analysis, EMPA) for minerals (plagioclase, olivine and clinopyroxene) hosted by the late Miocene basaltic rocks show that they originated in an intraplate setting. Geochemical analysis indicates that olivine have Fo (forsterite) compositions between 57.81% and 83.83%. The EMPA contents (primarily based on pyroxenes) suggests that the late Miocene volcanism was related to the Pleistocene Delihalil-Turunclu basaltic volcanism. The studied late Miocene volcanism could have originated in two possible tectono-magmatic environments: 1) one involving collisional tectonics (e.g., folding) combined with a change from regional compression to strikeslip; or 2) an intraplate setting. We propose that the tectonic setting of the late Miocene basaltic lava flow was similar to that of the extensive Pleistocene Delihalil volcanism in the same region. This would extend the onset of the regional basaltic volcanism back to the middle-late Miocene, rather than being restricted to the Pleistocene-Quaternary
Obese destinations
No full textPurpose: Whether a human body has a healthy carrying capacity is calculated by body mass index (BMI). The BMI is found by dividing body weight in kilograms by the square of body length. If the person's body weight is more than the heaviness that the body can carry healthily, it is called obesity. Destinations have a specific area, just like a human body. Therefore, any destination whose carrying capacity is exceeded can be called an “obese destination”. This study's primary purpose is to reveal the importance of destination carrying capacity through the concept of obesity. Design/methodology/approach: Content analysis, one of the qualitative research methods, was employed, and graffiti reflecting the feelings of the local people toward tourists were used as data. Graffiti was considered as a social carrying capacity indicator to identify obese destination symptoms. Fifty graffiti obtained from search engines about destinations with obesity problems were analyzed. Findings: The study's findings reveal that anti-tourist graffiti indicates obese destination symptoms. Furthermore, when the content analysis of graffiti is examined, it is seen that the obese destination's local people have intense anger toward tourists. This is a clear manifestation of the destination's health deterioration. Originality/value: This study, in which the concept of obese destination is used for the first time, suggests that destinations' health may worsen just like people. If destinations with over-tourism are called obese, a more expansive awareness will be created about the destinations' problems. The study suggests that nonecolabel can be used as a mandatory diet tool for obese destinations. Anti-tourist graffiti has been addressed as an obese destination symptom
Heritability and environmental influence on pre-weaning traits in Kilis goats
No full textBirth and weaning weights, average daily weight gain, and Kleiber ratio are important indicator traits in selection decision. The phenotypic expression of these traits is determined by the genetic background, environmental effects, and their interactions. The objective of this study was to estimate genetic parameters regarding birth (BW) and weaning weights (WW) and average daily weight gain (ADWG), Kleiber ratio (KR), and obtain the effects of sex, birth type, herd, and year. The data consisted of 2274 Kilis goats with pedigree information obtained from 53 bucks and 774 does in 4 generations. The restricted maximum likelihood (REML) procedure was conducted with an animal linear mixed model. Sex, birth type, herd, and year were found to be statistically significant (p value < 0.001) for all traits. Moderate direct heritabilities (ha2) for BW, WW, ADW, and KR were found to be as 0.18 ± 0.03, 0.50 ± 0.04, 0.47 ± 0.04, and 0.37 ± 0.05, respectively. The proportion of maternal permanent environmental effect (c2) to the total phenotypic variance (σ2p) was estimated as 0.00 ± 0.00, 0.12 ± 0.02, 0.11 ± 0.02, and 0.18 ± 0.03 for BW, WW, ADWG, and KR, respectively. The genetic, phenotypic, and environmental correlations between the pre-weaning growth traits were found to be ranging from − 0.02 to 0.99. Thus, our study suggests moderate heritabilities and positive and relatively high genetic correlations among the observed pre-weaning growth traits. These results have implications in terms of providing rapid genetic progress for these traits in breeding programs of Kilis goats
A new hybrid model for classification of corn using morphological properties
No full textAutomated classification of corn is important for corn sorting in intelligent agriculture. Corn classification process is a necessary and accurate process in many places in the world today. Correct corn classification is important to identify product quality and to distinguish good from bad. In this study, a hybrid model was proposed to classify the 3 corn species belonging to the Zea mays family. In the hybrid model, 12 different morphological features of corn were obtained. These morphological features were used for the classification process in the hybrid model created using machine learning (ML) algorithms. When morphological features were given as input to ML algorithms for normal classification, the test score was 96.66% for Decision Tree (DT), 97.32% for Random Forest (RF) and 96.66% for Naive Bayes (NB). With the proposed hybrid model, this rate has reached 100% test score in all three algorithms. Test processes were measured by statistical models. While Accuracy was 97.67% as a result of normal classification, this rate was 100% in hybrid model. The experimental results demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed corn classification system
The relationship between malignant skin diseases and health literacy and protection from sun and skin cancer: a case-control study
No full textIn recent years, skin cancer increased with the increase in sun exposure of people all over the world. In this study, we aimed to find out how much people in Turkey know about how to protect themselves from the sun and skin cancer, how they act to protect themselves from the sun and skin cancer, how they feel about sun protection, and how well they understand health issues. Patients and Methods: This study was designed as a case-control study. This study included 105 patients who were followed up in our clinic with malignant skin diseases (malignant melanoma (MM), basal cell carcinoma (BCC), and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)) between March 2020 and March 2021. Our control group comprised 105 healthy volunteers. This study collected data with a data collection form and the Health Literacy Scale. Results: The results showed that the mean knowledge level of the control group was higher than that of the case group. Similarly, the mean behavior of protection from sun and skin cancer and mean sun protection attitude is higher in the control group than in the malignant skin diseases group. There is a statistically significant difference between the mean health literacy levels of the malignant skin disease group and the control group. The mean health literacy levels of the malignant skin disease group are lower than the control group. There is a statistically significant effect of health literacy, age, knowledge level of protection from sun and skin cancer, and behavior of protection from sun and skin cancer on the probability of skin cancer. Conclusions: Increasing the level of knowledge may positively affect compliance with skin cancer preventive measures and decrease skin cancer-related morbidity and mortality
Effective Removal of Cationic Dyes from Aqueous Solutions by Using Black Cumin (Nigella sativa) Seed Pulp and Biochar
Get PDFBlack cumin seed pulp (C), as well as biochar (CC) produced via pyrolysis of black cumin seed pulp were used to remove methylene violet 2B (MV) and basic yellow 28 (BY28) from aqueous solution. Adsorption isotherms and kinetics were applied at 10, 25, and 35 °C. The adsorption of methylene violet 2B and basic yellow 28 on the black cumin seed pulp and biochar surface was exothermic; the heat of adsorption values were lower than 0. The adsorption capacities of BY28-C, BY28-CC, MV-C, and MV-CC were 212.8, 625, 164, and 909 mg g-1 at 25 °C, respectively. The adsorption of black cumin seed pulp and biochar data were examined with the Freundlich, Langmuir, Temkin, Dubinin-Radushkevich (D-R), and Flory-Huggins (F-H) isotherm models. The kinetics of the adsorption were fitted to the pseudo first-order and pseudo second order equations. The pseudo second order equation gave a better fit than the pseudo first-order equation
Fritillaria shehbazii and F. selenica (Liliaceae), two new species from Iran
No full textTwo new species, Fritillaria shehbazii from Western Azerbaijan province in northwest Iran and F. selenica from Kurdistan province in western Iran are described. Fritillaria shehbazii is similar to F. chlororhabdota, F. pinardii, F. zagrica, F. kordestanica, F. assyriaca and F. umitkaplanii in the F. caucasica-group in general facies, but differs mainly by the colour and size of its lowest leaves, and shape and colour of perigone segments. Fritillaria selenica is similar to F. assyriaca and F. kordestanica in general facies, but differs mainly by narrower leaves. Detailed taxonomic descriptions, diagnostic characters, original photographs, geographical distributions, habitat, phenology and ecology, etymology, conservation status and phylogenetic analysis of the new and the related species are presented
The Settlement Behavior of Granular Soils Under Vertical Loading Using the Histogram Equalization Method
Get PDFSettlement characteristics of soils are an important phenomenon in terms of bearing capacity and failure behavior. Within this context, the relative density value is a significant factor but its correlations are insufficient to provide precise results under exceptional conditions. The main aim of this study is to determine, for each soil type, the parameters that affect the settlement behavior of granular soils. Soil samples belonging to different granular soil classes were placed in transparent boxes and monitored. Then, behaviors were determined using the Histogram Equalization Method (HEM) performed on the images and loading tests. As a result, it was observed that relative density was the most effective factor for settlement behavior in sandy soils. Also, well-grading criteria was the most important factor for gravelly soils in their settlement behavior. In the well-graded soil samples in a dense condition, the pixel numbers in the image were found to be approximately 2 times higher than in the loose soils. On the other hand, the maximum pixel number for loose conditions in poor-graded soil samples was determined between 1.02 and 1.17 times greater compared to the dense soils. Consequently, the outputs obtained from the HEM agreed with the experiments
Urban Security in the Sociological Imagination of Neighborhood Pressure
Get PDFKentin kültürel zemini üzerine inşa edilen mahalle, toplumsal bütünleşme aracıdır. Toplumsal bütünleşmenin kentsel boyutta sürekliliğinin sağlanması için ise sosyal düzen kurallarına gereksinim duyulmaktadır. Yüz yüze ve kişisel ilişkilerin modern toplumlara göre daha fazla ön planda tutulduğu Osmanlı şehir toplumunda, mahallenin adeta bir toplumsal denetim misyonu üstlendiği anlaşılmaktadır. Bu bağlamda, Osmanlı döneminde mahallede toplumsal duyarlılığın izdüşümü olduğu ve toplumsal denetimi sağladığı iddiasıyla ortaya çıkan mahalle baskısı kavramı tercih edilmiştir. Şerif Mardin tarafından kullanılan mahalle baskısı kavramına siyaset bilimi literatüründe sıkça yer verilmesine karşın, sosyoloji ve kentsel güvenlik bağlamında yer verilmediği görülmektedir. Literatür taramasına dayanan bu çalışmanın amacı, mahalle baskısının sosyolojik tahayyülü üzerinden kentsel güvenliğe olan etkisini geleneksellik ve modernite ekseninde değerlendirmektir. Dolayısıyla çalışmanın savı, kentsel güvenliğin sağlanmasında mahalle baskısının etkili olduğudur. Bu sebeple çalışmada, geleneksellikten moderniteye dönüşüm sürecinde mahalle baskısına, mahalle baskısının ve kentsel güvenliğin kesişim mekânı olan çıkmaz sokağa yer verilecektir. Buna ek olarak, mahalle baskısının sosyolojik etki alanları kentsel güvenlik çerçevesinde değerlendirilecektir. Çalışma sonucunda elde edilen bulgulara göre, mahalle baskısı mekanik dayanışmacı toplumlarda kentsel güvenlik gibi olumlu etkiye sahipken; organik dayanışmacı toplumlarda politik içeriğe sahip olumsuz bir anlam ihtiva etmektedir.The neighborhood, built on the cultural ground of the city, is a means of social integration. In order to ensure the continuity of social integration in the urban dimension, social order rules are needed. It is understood that in the Ottoman urban society, where face-toface and personal relations were prioritized more than in modern societies, the neighborhood almost assumed a social control mission. In this context, the concept of neighborhood pressure, which emerged with the claim that it was a projection of social sensitivity in the neighborhood and provided social control during the Ottoman period, was preferred. Although the concept of neighborhood pressure used by Şerif Mardin is frequently mentioned in the political science literature, it is seen that it is not included in the context of sociology and urban security. The aim of this study, which is based on a literature review, is to evaluate the effect of neighborhood pressure on urban security through the sociological imagination in the axis of tradition and modernity. Therefore, the argument of the study is that neighborhood pressure is effective in providing urban security. For this reason, in the study, , in the process of transformation from tradition to modernity, neighborhood pressure, a dead-end street which is the intersection of neighborhood pressure and urban security will be included. In addition, the sociological impact areas of neighborhood pressure will be evaluated within the framework of urban security. According to the findings obtained as a result of the study, while neighborhood pressure has a positive effect like urban security in mechanical solidarity societies; In organic solidary societies, it has a negative meaning with political content
Practicum in ELT: a systematic review of 2010–2020 research on ELT practicum
No full textStudies in this area are diverse regarding their scale, methodology and context. The purpose of this paper is to report findings from a systematic review of research into the practicum in English Language Teaching (ELT). In order to identify the main issues of concern and to provide a contemporary picture of practicum, 48 studies published in academic journals over the past 10 years and included in ERIC, Taylor &Francis and ScienceDirect databases were reviewed to explore their focus, research methodology and main findings. The findings of the study reveal that the research topics and trends of the reviewed studies on ELT practicum especially include the following issues: beliefs/cognition of pre-service teachers; practicum quality and programme; problems, challenges, and affective factors; mentoring; teacher identity and development; reflectivity; and professional development needs. Furthermore, some implications and suggestions needed for future studies are presented based on the limitations of the reviewed studies