250 research outputs found
Measurements in a Carousel (Metingen in een Carrousel)
No full textThis report is essentially a report of the measurements in the carousel of the laboratory for Fluid Mechanics of the Delft University of Technology made accessible for a slightly wider public. A comprehensive documentation about the considered investigation, both concerning the theoretical background and concerning the elaboration of the experimental evidence can be found in: Booij, R., (1994), "Measurements of the flow field in a rotating annular flume ", Communications on Hydraulic and Geotechnical Engineering, report no. 94-2, Laboratory for Fluid Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Delft University of Technology. To make the report more widely accessible a short explanation and description of the contents of every subdivision in English is added. The original text in Dutch by M.M.L. Melis is retained because an integral translation would be too time consuming. The added pages with English text are numbered El, etc.Hydraulic EngineeringCivil Engineering and Geoscience
Protocol for Cell Surface Biotinylation of Magnetic Labeled and Captured Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells
No full textGuner, Huseyin/0000-0002-0220-5224; Findik, Fatma/0000-0001-9165-3653; Ayaz Guner, Serife/0000-0002-1052-0961; Acar, Mustafa Burak/0000-0002-9109-6575; Guzel, Melis/0000-0002-5973-0839;Analysis of the surfaceome of a blood cell subset requires cell sorting, followed by surface protein enrichment. Here, we present a protocol combining magnet-ically activated cell sorting (MACS) and surface biotinylation of the target cell subset from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). We describe the steps for isolating target cells and their in-column surface biotinylation, fol-lowed by isolation and mass spectrometry analysis of biotinylated proteins. The protocol enables in-column surface biotinylation of specific cell subsets with minimal membrane disruption.Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye (TUBITAK) [119S457]This work was supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye (TUBITAK) (Project Number: 119S457) to S.O. We thank Prof. Dr. Eugene STEELE for language editing. The graphical abstract and figures were created with BioRender.com
‘Names will never hurt us’:A qualitative exploration of çapulcu identity through the eyes of Gezi Park protesters
No full textWhile there is a wealth of literature on how and why people engage in collective action, there has been comparably less focus on the way identities that have emerged (as compared to how they are consolidated or politicized) through crowd action are understood and explained by those who carry those identities, as well as the particular importance of norm formation and adherence in this process. The Gezi Park protests in Turkey allowed studying exactly how a newly created identity – çapulcu identity [Turkish for looters] – can be perceived by the protesters. The present study utilizes a qualitative approach to explore how the çapulcu identity was understood by people who participated in the Gezi Park protests, as well as the norms and prototypes associated with that identity. More specifically, we investigated perceptions of (1) the defining characteristics of a new identity (i.e., meaning of çapulcu), (2) prototypicality (i.e., typical çapulcu), (3) expectations of çapulcu behaviour in terms of social norms, and (4) out-group definitions (i.e., differentiating a çapulcu from a non-çapulcu). We used a survey with open-ended questions to explore çapulcu identity and analysed the data from 196 participants using qualitative content analysis. Results highlighted the important defining characteristics of çapulcu identity, how this identity is positioned in relation to the newly created out-group (i.e., government supporters), and social norms based on this newly created identity. We discuss the meanings of identity characteristics and social norms in the political context of Turkey in relation to existing collective action models, as well as why we need to examine identities that come about during protests qualitatively
Examining prejudice reduction through solidarity and togetherness experiences among Gezi Park activists in Turkey
No full textPrejudice reduction research has focused on reducing negative regard as a means to improve relations between various groups (e.g., religious, ethnic, political). Though positive regard between groups may be created, these forms of contact and common identification do not alter policy orientations of advantaged groups toward disadvantaged ones. Rather than intergroup contact, it is suggested that a collective action model of prejudice reduction (Dixon, J., Levine, M., Reicher, S., & Durrheim, K. (2012). Beyond prejudice: Are negative evaluations the problem and is getting us to like one another more the solution? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 35, 411-425) would create ties between disadvantaged groups to work toward beneficial policy change. We seek to show that the Gezi Park protests in Taksim, İstanbul functioned as an intergroup phenomenon, requiring the cooperation of a number of disadvantaged groups (e.g., feminists, Kurds) working together to improve the status of all present. In a series of interviews with 34 activists from the Gezi Park protests, participants were to reflect on their individual and group-based experiences during their time in the Gezi Park protests. Data indicate that although a few groups remained distant or disconnected during the protests, a common ground was achieved such that some participants were able to overcome past prejudices. Data also indicate that through group perceptions and individuals’ descriptions of events, groups who had previously not been able to cooperate were able to work and stick together at Gezi. Results also imply, in line with Dixon et al. (2012), that if disadvantaged groups work together, they might change the position of their groups and improve each group’s disadvantaged position via collective action
What happens after the protests? Understanding protest outcomes through multi-level social change
No full textOver the last few years, large-scale social movements and the consequences of these movements from the perspectives of protesters have been gaining increased attention across the globe. Psychological research has tended to focus on individual or group level change; however, understanding the consequences of these social movements involves realizing that social movements bring about change in different ways: at the individual level, the group level, and the systemic or policy level. The current research attempts to examine not only the individual and group level change but also system level change from the perspective of participants of the Gezi Park protests in İstanbul, Turkey. The consequences of the protests in the subsequent 3 years will be discussed through a series of expert interviews. Overall, results indicate that a number of gains occurred on all 3 levels, but there were overall losses over time. With the impact of other political factors, many of those gains were lost as well
The Differential Role of Parenting in Externalizing and Internalizing Behaviors of Male and Female Turkish Preschoolers
No full text##nofulltext##Müren, Hatice Melis (MEF Author)..
Feminist framing of europeanisation : gender equality policies in Turkey and the EU /
No full textMelis Cin is Lecturer in Education and Social Justice at Lancaster University, UK. She is a feminist researcher with a particular interest in exploring the relationship between education, peace and international development. She is the author of Gender Justice, Education and Equality: Creating Capabilities for Girls’ and Women’s Development (2017) and the co-editor of Youth, Gender and the Capabilities Approach to Development (with A. Lopez-Fogues, 2018).Part I: Conceptual Framework -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Gender and the EU?; Rahime Süleymanoğlu-Kürüm and F. Melis Cin -- Chapter 2: Enlargement Strategy of the EU: A Framework for Analysis for the (de)Europeanisation in Turkey; Diğdem Soyaltın-Colella and Rahime Süleymanoğlu-Kürüm -- Chapter 3: EU Foreign Policy and Gender: How does the EU Incorporate Gender in its External Relations?; Dimitrios Anagnostakis -- Chapter 4: Alternative Explanations from Feminist Theories: Towards a Feminist Framework for the Europeanisation Process; F. Melis Cin and Rahime Süleymanoğlu-Kürüm -- Chapter 5: Construction of a Gender Equality Regime? The Case of European Union Assistance in Turkey; Büke Boşnak -- Part II. Empirical Analysis of Gender Policies in Turkey -- Chapter 6: Internationalism and Europeanisation in the struggle over gender equality: Women’s rights/feminist movement in Turkey; Elif Uzgören -- Chapter 7: Cherry-picking in Policymaking: The EU’s Presumptive Roles on Gender Policymaking in Turkey; Burcu Taşkın -- Chapter 8: Turkey’s Legislative Reforms to Address Violence against Women, and the EU: Uphill Struggles, Hard-Won Achievements and a Promising Ally; Burcu Özdemir Sarıgil -- Chapter 9: Budgetary Impact of Gender Mainstreaming and its Implementations in the EU and Turkey -- Gamze Yıldız Şeren Kurular -- Chapter 10: Gender Inequality in Businesses: Woman Managers and Resilient Gender Norms; Mine Afacan Fındıklı, Duygu Acar Erdur and Ayfer Ustabaş -- Chapter 11: Gender equality in Basic Education: Feminist Constructions of the EU; F. Melis Cin and Ecem Karlıdağ-Dennis -- Chapter 12: The External Dimension of EU Migration and Refugee Policies: Gender-Specific Challenges; Canan Ezel Tabur -- Chapter 13: Conclusion: Can the EU be a feminist actor?; Rahime Süleymanoğlu-Kürüm and F. Melis Cin.Subsequently, the book develops a feminist framework of Europeanisation by drawing on the work of key feminist philosophers (Carole Pateman, Onora O’Neill, Nancy Fraser, Anne Phillips, Iris Young) and uses this framework to offer a critique of the Europeanisation of gender policies in various areas where the EU has prompted changes to domestic policies, including in civil society, political representation, private sector, violence against women, education, and asylum policy. Rahime Süleymanoğlu-Kürüm is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Bahçeşehir University, Turkey. She is also an associate member of the Nottingham Interdisciplinary Centre for Economic and Political Research (NICEP). Her research focusses on Europeanisation, EU foreign policy, Turkish foreign policy, gendering EU studies, and gender and diplomacy. She is the author of Conditionality, the EU and Turkey: From Transformation to Retrenchment(2019). F.^This book explores the Europeanisation of gender policies and addresses some of the challenges of the debates surrounding the EU’s impact on domestic politics. Using Turkey as a case study, it illustrates that Europeanisation needs a feminist agenda and perspective. The first part of the book critically engages with the literature on Europeanisation, the EU’s gender policies and gender policymaking, and the interaction between Europeanisation and gender policies to argue that the Europeanisation framework falls short in devising sustainable gender policies due to a lack of feminist rationale and theory.^Melis Cin is Lecturer in Education and Social Justice at Lancaster University, UK. She is a feminist researcher with a particular interest in exploring the relationship between education, peace and international development. She is the author of Gender Justice, Education and Equality: Creating Capabilities for Girls’ and Women’s Development (2017) and the co-editor of Youth, Gender and the Capabilities Approach to Development (with A. Lopez-Fogues, 2018).Part I: Conceptual Framework -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Gender and the EU?; Rahime Süleymanoğlu-Kürüm and F. Melis Cin -- Chapter 2: Enlargement Strategy of the EU: A Framework for Analysis for the (de)Europeanisation in Turkey; Diğdem Soyaltın-Colella and Rahime Süleymanoğlu-Kürüm -- Chapter 3: EU Foreign Policy and Gender: How does the EU Incorporate Gender in its External Relations?; Dimitrios Anagnostakis -- Chapter 4: Alternative Explanations from Feminist Theories: Towards a Feminist Framework for the Europeanisation Process; F. Melis Cin and Rahime Süleymanoğlu-Kürüm -- Chapter 5: Construction of a Gender Equality Regime? The Case of European Union Assistance in Turkey; Büke Boşnak -- Part II. Empirical Analysis of Gender Policies in Turkey -- Chapter 6: Internationalism and Europeanisation in the struggle over gender equality: Women’s rights/feminist movement in Turkey; Elif Uzgören -- Chapter 7: Cherry-picking in Policymaking: The EU’s Presumptive Roles on Gender Policymaking in Turkey; Burcu Taşkın -- Chapter 8: Turkey’s Legislative Reforms to Address Violence against Women, and the EU: Uphill Struggles, Hard-Won Achievements and a Promising Ally; Burcu Özdemir Sarıgil -- Chapter 9: Budgetary Impact of Gender Mainstreaming and its Implementations in the EU and Turkey -- Gamze Yıldız Şeren Kurular -- Chapter 10: Gender Inequality in Businesses: Woman Managers and Resilient Gender Norms; Mine Afacan Fındıklı, Duygu Acar Erdur and Ayfer Ustabaş -- Chapter 11: Gender equality in Basic Education: Feminist Constructions of the EU; F. Melis Cin and Ecem Karlıdağ-Dennis -- Chapter 12: The External Dimension of EU Migration and Refugee Policies: Gender-Specific Challenges; Canan Ezel Tabur -- Chapter 13: Conclusion: Can the EU be a feminist actor?; Rahime Süleymanoğlu-Kürüm and F. Melis Cin.Subsequently, the book develops a feminist framework of Europeanisation by drawing on the work of key feminist philosophers (Carole Pateman, Onora O’Neill, Nancy Fraser, Anne Phillips, Iris Young) and uses this framework to offer a critique of the Europeanisation of gender policies in various areas where the EU has prompted changes to domestic policies, including in civil society, political representation, private sector, violence against women, education, and asylum policy. Rahime Süleymanoğlu-Kürüm is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Bahçeşehir University, Turkey. She is also an associate member of the Nottingham Interdisciplinary Centre for Economic and Political Research (NICEP). Her research focusses on Europeanisation, EU foreign policy, Turkish foreign policy, gendering EU studies, and gender and diplomacy. She is the author of Conditionality, the EU and Turkey: From Transformation to Retrenchment(2019). F.^This book explores the Europeanisation of gender policies and addresses some of the challenges of the debates surrounding the EU’s impact on domestic politics. Using Turkey as a case study, it illustrates that Europeanisation needs a feminist agenda and perspective. The first part of the book critically engages with the literature on Europeanisation, the EU’s gender policies and gender policymaking, and the interaction between Europeanisation and gender policies to argue that the Europeanisation framework falls short in devising sustainable gender policies due to a lack of feminist rationale and theory.
La Tomba ipogeica di Badde de Janas (Putifigari, Sardegna): una nuovadomus de janascon riproduzione del tetto
No full textThis paper presents a new Sardinian neolithic rock-cut tomb of domus de janas type that
shows, in the main room, the reproduction of a double-pitched roof, as imitation of a dwelling.
The reproduction is realistic in style, completely painted of red, and can be related
to the nearest Painted Tomb of S’Incantu in the same Putifigari area. It is discussed on the
meaning of such decorations inside rock-cut tombs that reproduce rooms of rectangular plan.
However, no sure traces of rectangular huts were found in neolithic dwellings of Sardinia,
except the discussed case of Serra Linta (Sedilo). Author thinks that it’s more probable that
the reproductions of rectangular houses with double-pitched roof, insidedomus de janas,
rather represent a cult building, like the famous “Red Temple” one that it was built in the
top surface of Monte d’Accoddi altar, near Sassari
A new look at Sokolluzade Hasan Paşa’s illustrated universal history
No full textThis article revisits a universal history written in the late sixteenth century for the governor of Baghdad Sokolluzade Hasan Paşa (d. 1602) in light of a new- ly-discovered source that provides the missing concluding section of this universal history. This concluding section (Bibliothèque nationale de France Supplément turc 1322), which was announced in the index but not completed in the extant presen- tation copies (Topkapı Palace Museum Library H. 1369 and H. 1230), reinforces the idea of Sokolluzade Hasan Paşa’s imperial claims at the same time as it highlights the Baghdadi tenor of the work, as it was written in Baghdad by an author who be- longed to the governor’s household. However, the Paris manuscript presents no mere conclusion or continuation of a universal history. It is rather akin to a compilation (mecmuʿa) that juxtaposes sections from this universal history with sections from Za- kariya al-Qazwini’s (d. 1283) ʿAjāʾib al-Makhlūqāt wa Gharāʾib al-Mawjūdāt, thus recontextualizing this late-sixteenth-century universal history.Publisher versio
Sense and Sensitivities: Researching children and young people’s identity and social attitudes in a divided society
No full textThis chapter focuses on the sensitivities and challenges that researchers need to be mindful of when carrying out identity-related quantitative research with children and young people in societies that have been impacted by conflict. Drawing from our own experience of multiple research studies, and from two case studies in particular, we share lessons learned regarding thoughtful and sensitive engagement with both gatekeepers and children and young people themselves at each stage of the research process. In conclusion, the chapter emphasises the need for: in-depth preparation before fieldwork begins; flexibility and a ‘big-picture’ approach to research design; transparency; and careful use of categorisations
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