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The relationship between emotional eating, mindful eating, and depression in young adults
No full text<p>The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between eating behavior, eating awareness, and depression in young adults. Young adults aged between 18 and 25 years were included in the study. Questionnaires and body composition measurements were made face-to-face by the researcher in the interview room. The demographic characteristics were questioned through the questionnaire form. Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ), Mindful Eating Questionnaire (MEQ), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were used. It was determined that the Mindful Eating Questionnaire total score and Beck Depression Inventory total score affected emotional eating. A statistically significant positive correlation was found between the Beck Depression Inventory total score and the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire sub-scores. There was a statistically significant negative correlation Beck Depression Inventory total score and the Mindful Eating Questionnaire total score and sub-scores of mindless eating and emotional eating. In summary, depression seems to be a factor that triggers emotional eating, and emotional eating is a factor that negatively affects mindful eating.</p>
<p>Depression affects emotional eating. Emotional eating affects mindful eating.image</p>
Developing an Individual Disaster Preparedness Scale for Teachers
No full text<p>This study aimed to contribute to disaster research and educational security planning by developing a scale that assesses teachers' individual disaster preparedness. After the 38-item pool formed by the deductive method was subjected to surface and content validity, a draft questionnaire form was created with the remaining 35 items and tested with a pilot study. For the validity and reliability analyses of the scale, a questionnaire was administered to 726 participants, who were determined by convenience sampling method from permanent status teachers working in public schools providing primary and secondary education in two provinces (Bayburt and Gümüşhane) located in the north-east of Turkey, by face-to-face interview method. As a result of the exploratory factor analysis conducted for construct validity, seven factors with eigenvalues above 1, explaining 69.117% of the total variance, were identified. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to verify the structure, and at this stage, nine items were removed from the scale, and analysis was performed again. General goodness of fit values: χ²/sd=3.063, GFI=0.919, AGFI =0.897, CFI=0.950, NFI=0.928 and RMSEA=0.053. Standardized factor loadings ranged between 0.541 and 0.999. The overall Alpha value of the scale is 0.865. As a result of the master validity test, it was determined that the scale met the convergent and divergent validity conditions. The final version of the scale was a psychometrically appropriate measurement tool for the teachers in the sample. </p>
Performance comparison of GPM IMERG V07 with its predecessor V06 and its application in extreme precipitation clustering over Türkiye
No full text<p>Defining regions with similar characteristics for extreme precipitation is crucial for understanding the impacts of climate change, planning and managing water resources, and designing hydraulic structures. However, studies on the regionalization of extreme precipitation for T & uuml;rkiye are limited, and regional extreme precipitation characteristics are not well defined. In this study, motivated by the need to contribute to this field, homogenous regions for extreme precipitation across T & uuml;rkiye were determined using the latest version (V07) of Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM (IMERG). We initially validated IMERG V07 estimates using data from 214 ground-based stations and compared the results with its predecessor V06. The results revealed that IMERG showed some notable improvements from V06 to V07 for all seasons, especially in winter. During this season, the correlation coefficient increased from 0.57 to 0.64, the mean absolute bias decreased from 78.22 % to 69.27 %, and the RMSE decreased from 11.10 mm/day to 9.70 mm/day. In V07, while the trend of decreasing accuracy with increasing elevation observed in V06 continues, it has been shown that some notable improvements were achieved in continuous and categorical metrics. We then applied widely used non-hierarchical (K-means) and hierarchical (Ward's method) clustering techniques. To perform this, we first applied Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to reduce the number of variables related to extreme precipitation (e.g. amount, frequency, standard deviation, and seasonality) and geographic characteristics to identify the most significant variables for analysis. The K-means method delineated T & uuml;rkiye into eight extreme precipitation regions, while the Ward's method resulted in six distinct extreme precipitation regions. We evaluated the results based on the existing extreme precipitation climatology literature for T & uuml;rkiye and by associating them to known precipitation dynamics, and as a result, we recommended eight precipitation regions determined by the K-means. The identified precipitation regions are expected to contribute to future studies analyzing the effects of climate change and to regional studies on natural disasters resulting from extreme precipitation.</p>
Decoding genetic diversity and population structure of <i>Brassica</i> species by inter primer binding site (iPBS) retrotransposon markers
No full text<p>Marker-assisted breeding serves as a potent tool for screening target germplasm, assessing genetic diversity, and determining breeding potential of a crop. Therefore, inter primer binding site (iPBS)-retrotransposons marker system was employed to evaluate a collection of 33 Brassica genotypes, including 10 Brassica juncea, 5 B. oleracea, 7 Sinapis alba, 5 B. nigra, and 6 B. rapa, were utilized to evaluate their genetic diversity and variations 10 polymorphic primers that generated a total of 144 bands. Various diversity indices were calculated in the studied germplasm, including polymorphism information content (0.13-0.30), effective number of alleles (1.217-1.689), Shannon's information index (0.244-0.531), and gene diversity (0.148-0.370). These indices collectively affirmed substantial genetic variations within the germplasm. Molecular variance analysis revealed that the majority (62%) of genetic variations were present within populations. The Brassica accessions were categorized into three populations utilizing a model-based structure algorithm. Evaluation of diversity indices based on the structure indicated that populations III and II exhibited higher diversity. Principal coordinate analysis and neighbor-joining analysis further corroborated the three distinct populations, confirming the reliability of the STRUCTURE analysis. Notably, the genetic distance assessment identified BN1 and BN3 from B. nigra species and the genotypes BO1 and BO3 from B. oleracea as genetically diverse mustard accessions. The extensive genetic diversity observed within the Brassica germplasm underscores its significance as a valuable genetic resource for comprehensive Brassica breeding programs. Moreover, these accessions hold promise as suitable candidates for heterosis breeding initiatives aimed at improving mustard production.</p>
Innovative chitosan-silver nanoparticles: Green synthesis, antimicrobial properties, and migration assessment for food packaging
No full text<p>This study investigates the green synthesis of chitosan-based silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) and their application as antimicrobial coatings for food preservation. The effects of three coatings were evaluated on refrigerated tomatoes over 22 days: distilled water (control), 1 % chitosan (CH), and chitosan-based Ag NPs (Ag/CH). The synthesized Ag/CH was characterized by FT-IR, UV-vis spectroscopy, SEM, TEM, DLS, and XRD, confirming successful synthesis and a crystalline face-centered cubic structure. Antimicrobial activity, evaluated using the disk diffusion method, showed that Ag/CH coatings demonstrated superior antibacterial properties, with inhibition zones ranging from 9.19 to 11.07 mm. The Ag/CH coating effectively maintained tomato quality, with minimal changes in pH, color, and microbial counts. Although silver migration occurred, it remained within safety limits. This study addresses a gap in the literature by investigating the effects of chitosan-based silver nanoparticles on tomato quality and metal migration, demonstrating their potential as a sustainable solution for food preservation.</p>
HORIZON EUROPE RIA PROJECT - CULTURATI_Deliverable 1.7 Impact Report 1
No full text<p>Impact Report 1 highlights the initial outcomes of the CULTURATI project, focusing on cultural heritage engagement, stakeholder involvement, and technological implementation. It outlines key achievements, challenges, and the project's early impact on user experiences, collaborations, and policy discussions.</p>
How do climate policy uncertainty and renewable energy and clean technology stock prices co-move? evidence from Canada
No full text<p>This work probes the dynamic co-movement between the Climate Policy Uncertainty Index (CPU) and the Renewable Energy and Clean Technology Index (RECT) employing the novel wavelet power spectrum (WPS) and wavelet coherence (WC) approaches for monthly data between 2013 and 2022. Using the wavelet approach enables us to observe the causality direction from both time and frequency dimensions and also to help detect the causal linkage in the short-medium and long-term horizons. This is the first study aiming to perform this relationship from both time and frequency dimensions. Remarkably, findings reveal that: i) CPU seems only volatile in 2019 and 2021 in the short run; (ii) there was significant volatility in the RECT in the short and long terms (SLT) between 2018 and 2022; (iii) RECT significantly caused the CPU between 2014 and 2018; iv) after 2019, CPU started to cause RECT in the short and medium terms (SMT).</p>
SunCloud: A mobile application for children with urinary incontinence
No full text<p>Background and AimUrinary incontinence is an important problem with potentially adverse effects on the psychological, social and personality development of children. Today, with the developing technology, the use of information and communication technologies such as wearable technology, message services and mobile applications has become widespread in solving health problems. In this study, it was aimed to develop a mobile application that facilitates the follow-up of children, increases their compliance with treatment and ensures the continuity of communication between them and the health worker. The methodology, design and preliminary evaluation results of the mobile application are presented in this article.MethodsDuring the development process of the mobile application, the content was first created in line with the literature review. After the content was determined, the interface design was made on MS Word and Photoshop software. At this stage, six experts were consulted for content and design. The mobile application, finalised in design, was implemented on Android and IOS platforms. After the mobile application was created, 10 children and their families were interviewed.ResultsNine of the families (90%) found the developed mobile application useful and easy to use. Families' suggestions to improve the mobile application were to make it more interesting for children and to enrich its content.ConclusionIn line with the feedback, the mobile application was updated and finalised. Preliminary results are promising that the developed mobile application can be used as an aid to treatment in children with urinary incontinence. With the mobile application developed, urotherapy training was not limited to the time they visited the hospital. This suggests that the mobile application can eliminate the problem of partial or omitted treatment. This research has shown that leveraging technology can be a good option to increase treatment success.Clinical Trial NumberNCT05815940</p>
19. Yüzyıldan Günümüze Kudüs Sempozyumu: Bildiri Özetleri Kitabı
No full text<p>19. Yüzyıldan Günümüze Kudüs isimli uluslararası sempozyum, Osmanlı idaresi, İngiliz Mandası ve 1947’den günümüze İsrail işgali altındaki Kudüs’ün tarihi, siyasi, dini ve kültürel boyutlarını ele alan çok yönlü akademik yaklaşımları sentezleyen bilimsel bir müzakere ortamı sundu. Osmanlı Kudüs’ünün idari politikaları, muafiyet uygulamaları ve iletişim ağlarına dair sunumlar, dönemin sosyo-ekonomik ve idari dinamiklerini inceleyerek bölgenin Osmanlı yönetimindeki çok boyutlu gerçekliğini ortaya koydu. İngiliz Manda döneminin toplumsal hafızadaki izleri, Haskala hareketinin Yahudi milliyetçiliği ve Siyonizm’e etkisi ile Yahudi oryantalistlerinin İsrail’in kuruluşundaki rolleri tartışıldı. Sempozyum, Kudüs’ün kimliğini şekillendiren haritalardaki emperyalist ve oryantalist söylemleri, Hâlidiye Kütüphanesi’ndeki yazma eserler üzerine çalışmaları ve Mescid-i Aksa’nın manevi statüsüne dair incelemelerle şehrin kutsal hafızasını analiz etti. Batı edebiyatındaki temsillerden Arap-İbrânî etimolojik tartışmalara, Filistin hukukunda kadının konumundan Gazze’deki savaş ahlakına uzanan geniş bir yelpazede, Kudüs’ün maddi ve manevi dokusunu anlamaya yönelik farklı disiplinlerin buluştuğu perspektifler sunuldu. 7 Ekim 2023 sonrasında İsrail’in Gazze’de gerçekleştirdiği insanlık dışı katliamlar ve uluslararası hukuku ihlal eden işgal politikaları karşısında Batı medyasının ikiyüzlü tutumu eleştirilirken, Filistin halkının direnişi, Mescid-i Aksa’nın Murâbıtlar eliyle korunma mücadelesi ve İsrail ürünlerini boykot fetvalarının küresel etkileri irdelendi. Radikal Siyonist grupların kutsal mekânlara saldırılarından zorunlu göç felaketine kadar tüm boyutlarıyla, insanlığın bu zulme kayıtsız kalmaması gerektiği vurgulandı. Sempozyum, Kudüs’ü yaşam mücadelesi, çatışma ve direniş simgesi olarak ele alırken, şehrin geçmişini ve bugününü anlamak için disiplinlerarası yaklaşımların gerekliliğine dikkat çekti.</p>
Economic Interactions in a Divided Society: Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot Relations in Cyprus
No full text<p>This research examines the economic endeavors of communities characterized by cultural diversity, shaped by historical <br>
processes that encompass various commonalities and tensions. This framework seeks to explore how economic<br>
relationships influence cultural dynamics and social connections. The research took place on the island of Cyprus, focusing<br>
on areas where Turkish and Greek communities exhibit different degrees of homogeneity. The main data comprises<br>
detailed interviews carried out with 125 participants. The results indicate that financial tools, which play a role in the global<br>
acknowledgment of Cyprus as a cohesive whole, have been reshaped through the viewpoints of the participants and are<br>
demonstrated to have a direct impact on the relationship between the two communities. Furthermore, the restricted<br>
engagement among neighboring communities that utilize comparable economic resources stands out as a significant<br>
finding. </p>