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Vanilin/PEI Esaslı Hidrojellerin Kendi Kendini Onarma ve Hücre Canlılığı Özelliklerinin İncelenmesi
No full textExamination of nursing students' individual values and perceptions of individualized care
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Evaluation of the physical and emotional effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with fibromyalgia and chronic low back pain: A multicenter cross-sectional controlled study
No full textObjectives: This study aimed to investigate the physical and emotional effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and chronic low back pain (CLBP) patients.
Patients and methods: The cross-sectional controlled study was performed with 1,360 participants (332 males, 1,028 females; mean age: 42.3±12.5 years; range, 18 to 65 years) between September 2020 and February 2021. The participants were evaluated in three groups: the FMS group (n=465), the CLBP group (n=455), and the healthy control group (n=440). Physical activity, pain levels, and general health status before and during the pandemic were evaluated in all participants. Stress levels were analyzed with the perceived stress scale (PSS) in all groups, and disease activity was analyzed with the fibromyalgia impact questionnaire (FIQ) in patients with FMS.
Results: Patients with FMS had worsened general health status and pain levels during the pandemic compared to the other groups (p< 0.01). The FMS group showed significantly higher PSS scores than those in other groups (p< 01). There was a weak-positive correlation between FIQ and PSS parameters in patients with FMS (p< 0.05, r=0.385).
Conclusion: The general health status, pain, and stress levels of the patients with FMS and CLBP tended to worsen during the pandemic. This high-stress level appeared to affect disease activity in patients with FMS
Teaching English for Specific Purposes: Online, or not Online, that is the question
No full textMany Teaching/learning references discuss and highlight the importance of relevancy when it comes to choosing the materials and tasks that should meet the students’ needs. The same applies to teaching/learning any second language. However, students’ needs may differ when they learn the same language as a general language or as a language for specific purposes. In Turkey, the Higher Education Ministry issued a decree that Universities can shift 40% of the classes to the virtual domain. The purpose of that is to reduce the number of students coming to the campus at a time. Many universities teaching practical sciences like medicine, Engineering... et c. decided to include English for specific purposes ESP in the list of subjects to be offered online. However, as David V. Kimball rightly stated, \"with every innovation comes a new abuse.\" The question to address in this study is: would online English for Specific Purposes be more appealing to the students than face-to-face?The researcher is planning to distribute a questionnaire to the students who did their preparatory course (General English Course) online before joining their program at the university. The questions will help the students draw a comparison between both experiences. This in turn will show if they prefer to learn their ESP course online or face-to-face by weighing the advantages and disadvantages of online learning.The purpose of doing this study is to find out what kind of difficulties/advantages students face when having their ESP classes online. Keywords: Online learning, ESP, English, face-to-face, advantage