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Impact of flexible and non-flexible classroom environments on learning of undergraduate students
No full textThe physical factors, which were studied less often than the other factors affecting students' learning, were considered in this study. The present study investigated the effect of the flexibility and non-flexibity of the physical classroom setting on undergraduate students' learning. The study adopted a mixed-method research design. The quantitative phase of the study employed the quasi-experimental method of research utilizing the pretest-posttest non-equivalent groups design. T Test and the Repeated Measures ANOVA test was used to compare the group means. In the qualitative phase of the study, the students received a questionnaire with open-ended questions to gather their opinions, and the data were analysed in NVIVO 11. There was no significant difference between the experimental and control groups in terms of learning; however, the achievement scores of both groups were found to be high. Furthermore, the views received from both groups indicated that the physical environment influenced learning in terms of motivation and enthusiasm. © 2019 The Author(s).* This study has been supported by Mus Alparslan University Scientific Research Coordination Unit. Project Number: BAB-18-EMF-4901-03 ** Corresponding author: Canan Demir-Yildiz, Mus Alparslan University, Faculty of Education, Educational Sciences Department. Mus / Turkey. ? [email protected]
Hand-held spectrophotometer design for textile fabrics
No full textIn this study, a hand-held spectrophotometer was designed by taking advantage of the developments in modern optoelectronic technology. Spectrophotometer devices are used to determine the color information from the optic properties of the materials. As an alternative to a desktop spectrophotometer device we have implemented, it is the first prototype, low cost and portable. The prototype model designed for the textile industry can detect the color tone of any fabric. The prototype model consists of optic sensor, processor, display floors. According to the color applied on the optic sensor, it produces special frequency information on its output at that color value. In Arduino type processor, the frequency information is evaluated by the program we have written and the color tone information between 0-255 ton is decided and displayed on the screen
Izak Y. Gabay, Yildiz i sus sekretos: el reino de Abdul Hamid: description and datingIzak Y. Gabay, Yildiz i sus sekretos: el reino de Abdul Hamid: description and dating
No full text<p><em>Yildiz i sus sekretos: el reino de Abdul Hamid</em> (<em>Yildiz and its secrets: the reign of Abdülhamid)</em>, is one of the few documents found about the late Ottoman Empire written by a Sephardic Jewish author. It supposes an important document for the studies about General Universal History, especially for the one related to the Ottoman Empire and the intercultural relations which existed within it. In this article we will proceed to the presentation of the contents of this book, one of the last representatives works more significant written in Judeo-Spanish <em>aljamia </em>with Hebrew letters, by gathering some points of interest such as the fixing of certain crucial dates in the history of the book.</p>
Izak Y. Gabay, Yildiz i sus sekretos: el reino de Abdul Hamid: descripción y datación
No full textYildiz i sus sekretos: el reino de Abdul Hamid (Yildiz and its secrets: the reign of Abdülhamid), is one of the few documents found about the late Ottoman Empire written by a Sephardic Jewish author. It supposes an important document for the studies about General Universal History, especially for the one related to the Ottoman Empire and the intercultural relations which existed within it. In this article we will proceed to the presentation of the contents of this book, one of the last representatives works more significant written in Judeo-Spanish aljamia with Hebrew letters, by gathering some points of interest such as the fixing of certain crucial dates in the history of the book.Yildiz i sus sekretos: el reino de Abdul Hamid, es uno de los pocos trabajos que se encuentra sobre el último período de la historia del Imperio Otomano escrito por un autor judío sefardí. Es un importante documento para los estudios sobre la historia universal y, en particular, para la del Imperio Otomano así como sobre aquellos acerca de las relaciones interculturales que en él existieron. En este artículo se procederá a la introducción del contenido de esta obra, una de las últimas representaciones de trabajos de cierta envergadura escritos en aljamía judeoespañola con letras hebreas, recogiendo algunos puntos de interés como la fijación de ciertas fechas determinantes en la historia del libro
The Contradictions of Free Market System and The Impacts of FDI and Foreign Trade on Economy
No full textThis paper examines the effects of the FDI and foreign trade (Exports and Imports) as well as their importance in international economic activities. A central subject the study is to examine the impact of FDI and foreign trade on the growth and prosperity status of countries. Whereby the paper examines the role of international business on the developing progress of countries. The economic growth of a country depends on the quantity and productivity of the economic factors. For that reason FDI and Import-Export are most significant economic activities, which have substantial effects on the quantity as well as quality of economic factors in any country. On the other side, customs union, quotas and regional trade pacts deactivate partly or in some cases even completely the projected effects of Smith’s absolute and Ricardo’s comparative advantages theories in the international production cooperation. The study examines this situation from a modern economic point of view
Research on Critical Thinking Skills in Problem Based Learning on Probing in Biology
No full textYapılan araştırmanın amacı Probleme Dayalı Öğrenmede (PDÖ) Eleştirel Düşünme
Becerilerinin öğrencilerin biyoloji dersinde akademik başarısına ve probleme dayalı
öğrenmeye yönelik tutumuna etkisini ortaya koymaktır. Araştırmada gerçek deneme
modellerinden tek faktörlü, ön test- son test üç gruplu karışık deneysel desen kullanılmıştır.
Bu araştırma Mamak Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi'nde 9. sınıfa devam eden 30
öğrenci üzerinde yürütülmüştür. Öğrenciler eleştirel düşünme becerilerine göre
ayrılmışlardır. Öğrencilerin PDÖ etkinliklerini geçekleştirmek için biyoloji dersi bakteriler
ve arkebakteriler konusu ile ilgili 3 adet problem durumu (senaryo) oluşturulup, 9 haftalık
uygulama gerçekleştirilmiştir. Verilerin toplanmasında Cornell Eleştirel Düşünme Becerisi
Testi, Akademik Başarı Testi, Probleme Dayalı Öğrenmeye Yönelik Tutum Ölçeği, Grup
Arkadaşlarını Değerlendirme Formu ve Öğrenci Performansını Değerlendirme Formu
kullanılmıştır. İstatiksel işlemlerde korelasyon, t testi, varyans, kovaryans analizleri
yapılmış ve ,05 anlamlılık düzeyi temel alınmıştır. Araştırmada elde edilen bulgulara göre,
eleştirel düşünme becerisi farklılığının uygulanan testteki başarıya etkisinin olduğu,
eleştirel düşünme becerisi yüksek olan öğrencilerin daha başarılı olduğu görülmüştür.
Uygulama öncesinde öğrencilerin PDÖ'ye yönelik tutumlarında anlamlı bir fark
bulunmazken, uygulama sonrasında eleştirel düşünme becerisi orta düzeyde olan ve
yüksek olan öğrencilerin PDÖ'ye karşı tutumları arasındaki fark anlamlı bulunmuştur.
Ancak uygulama öncesi ve sonrasında öğrencilerin PDÖ'ye yönelik tutumlarında anlamlı
bir farklılık görülmemiştir.The goal of the research, is to find out the effect of Critical Thinking in Problem-Based
learning on the success of students in Biology lessons and attitudes towards Problem Based
Learninig (PBL). In this research, among factual testing types: Single-Factor, Pre-Test,
Final-Test, Three-Grouped Mixed Experimental pattern were used. In this research, 30
students from Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School. Those students were
seperated according to their Critical Thinking levels. In order to do the students' PBL
activities; three scenarios about bacteria and arkebacteria in Biology lesson were created
and those were implemented for 9 weeks. During data collection step; Cornell Critical
Thinking Skill Test, Academic Achievement Test, Scale of PBL Attitude, Evaluation of
Group Members Form, and Forms of Evaluation of Students Performances were used.
During statistical process, correlation, t test, variance and co-variance analysis were done
and 05 relevance level was based. According to the findings of this research, it is obvious
that; the variety of Critical Thinking Skill has an effect on the performance of the applied
test and also the students with high-level of Critical Thinking Skill are more successful
than the others. Before the implementation period; there was no significant variation in the
attitudes of students towards PBL but after the implementation, the difference in the
attitudes of students with medium and high level of Critical Thinking Skill were found
significant. However, before and after the implementation; no significant difference was
seen in the attitudes of students towards PBL
THE EFFECTS OF EDUCATION ACTIVITIES THAT ARE PREPARED ACCORDING TO THE MULTIPLE INTELIGENCE THEORY ON 9TH CLASS STUDENTS' SUCCESS OF BIOLOGY AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT ARE LEARNED
No full textAraştırmada Çoklu Zekâ Kuramı'nın Biyoloji eğitimine uygulanabilirliği, öğrencilerin başarısına ve öğrenilen bilgilerin kalıcılığına etkisi değerlendirilmiştir.
Araştırmanın evrenini orta öğretim kurumlarında biyoloji dersi alan 9. sınıf öğrencileri oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmada yararlanılan öğrenci grupları Hakkâri Lisesi'nde bulunan 9A ve 9D sınıfı öğrencileridir. 9A sınıfı deney grubunu, 9D sınıfı kontrol grubunu oluşturmaktadır. Çalışma gruplarındaki toplam öğrenci sayısı yetmiş ikidir. Bu araştırma kapsamında, deney ve kontrol grupları için ön test ve son test kullanılmıştır. Bir ay sonra son test, kalıcılık testi olarak tekrarlanmıştır. Deney ve kontrol gruplarının başarı puanları arasındaki farklar t testi ile kontrol edilmiştir. Araştırmada anlamlılık düzeyi .05 olarak kabul edilmiştir.
Araştırma sonucunda;
1) Çoklu Zekâ Kuramına göre hazırlanmış ders planı kapsamında yürütülen uygulama sürecinde öğrencilerin derse etkin katılımlarının olduğu, kullanılan farklı yöntem ve materyallere karşı ilgi gösterdikleri, uygulamalardan etkilendikleri gözlenmiştir.
2) Grupların ön test puanları arasında anlamlı fark bulunmazken son test puanları arasında deney grubu lehine anlamlı fark bulunduğu görülmüştür. Çoklu Zekâ Kuramına göre hazırlanan etkinliklerin öğrenci başarısını olumlu yönde etkilediği görülmüştür.
3) Kontrol grubunun son test ve kalıcılık testi puanları arasında anlamlı bir fark bulunduğu, ancak deney grubunun son test ve kalıcılık testi puanları arasında anlamlı fark bulunmadığı tespit edilmiştir. Çoklu Zekâ Kuramına göre hazırlanan etkinliklerle öğrenilen bilgilerin, geleneksel yöntemle öğrenilen bilgilerden daha kalıcı olduğu görülmüştür.
Araştırma sonunda ortaya çıkan verilere dayalı olarak araştırmacı tarafından ortaya konulan önerilere yer verilmektedir.In the Research, the feasibility of the Multiple Intelligences Theory in the education of Biology and its effects on students' success and permanence of the knowledge that are learned have been evaluated.
The people who have taken part in the research are the students that takes biology lesson in high schools. The Studentes groups that have taken part in the Research are Students of 9A and 9D in Hakkâri High School. While 9A is the experiment group, 9D is the control group. The number of the Students in the study groups is seventy two.
In the research, a pre-test and a final-test have been used for experiment and control groups. One mounth later, the final-test has been done again as a permanence test. The differences between the success points of experiment and control groups have been controlled with a t test. In the Research, significance/meaningfullness level has been accepted as .05.
At the and of the research;
1) In the application process that has been carried on by a lesson plan prepared according to the Multiple Intelligences Theory, it has been observed that the Studentes have taken part in lessons actively, they have showed concern for the different methods and materials and they have got impressed by the applications.
2) While there isn't a significant difference between the pre-test points of the groups, a significant difference has been seen between their final test points in favour of experiment group. It has been seen that the activities that has been prepared according to the Multiple Intelligences Theory has effected the students' success positively.
3) It the has been determined that there is a significant difference between the final test and the permanence test points of the control group but there isn't a significant difference between the final test and permanence test points of the experiment group. It has been seen that the knowledge that have been learned by the activities according to the Multiple Intelligences Theory are more permanant than the ones that have been learned according to the traditional methods.
At the end of the research, there are some suggestions that are made by researcher according to the data
Effect of parathyroidectomy timing in kidney transplant recipients on graft function
No full textObjectives: Persistent hyperparathyroidism can have a deleterious effect on graft function in kidney transplant recipients, although serum calcium, phosphorus, and parathyroid hormone levels tend to normalize after successful transplant. Parathyroidectomy can result in sustained amelioration of persistent hyperparathyroidism despite graft failure risk and unfavorable graft outcomes. Data on this issue are limited and conflicting. Here, we evaluated the effects of parathyroidectomy on graft function in kidney transplant recipients.Materials and Methods: This retrospective study included 249 adult kidney transplant recipients (121 deceased-donor/128 living-donor; 142 males/107 females; mean age of 39.3 +/- 11.6 y; mean follow-up of 46.5 +/- 23.5 mo). Participants were grouped as those without (n = 222), those with pretransplant (n = 12), and those with posttransplant (n = 15) parathyroidectomy. Graft outcomes and serum calcium, phosphorus, and parathyroid hormone levels were studied.Results: Serum calcium levels at baseline and at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months and parathyroid hormone levels at baseline and at 6 and 12 months were higher and serum phosphorus levels at 3, 6, and 12 months were lower in the posttransplant parathyroidectomy group versus the other groups (P .05).Conclusions: Parathyroidectomy resulted in sustained decreased levels of serum calcium and parathyroid hormone. We observed no graft failure risk associated with parathyroidectomy in our study. Parathyroidectomy before transplant is advantageous with better graft function
Weight gain in kidney transplant recipients: Risks, cardiovascular outcome and management
No full textKidney transplantation (KT), which is by far the most frequently carried out transplantation globally, is generally accepted as the best treatment both for quality of life and cost effectiveness in end stage renal disease patients although other renal replacement therapies are present. In spite of considerable progress in immunosuppressive and supportive treatments, a number of factors still interfere with the complete success of KT. Cardiovascular (CV) disease is the leading cause of death in renal transplant recipients (RTR). They are at an increased CV risk because of advanced age and adverse effects such as weight gain, hypertension, glucose intolerance, diabetes and dyslipidemia. The determinants that lead to atherosclerosis in RTRs are similar to those in the general population. Excessive weight gain that leads to obesity is quite common after KT. This is often attributed to corticosteroids and other immunosuppressive drugs. Average weight gain in 1year posttransplant period have been reported to be 8-14 kgs. Risk factors for weight gain are feeling of well-being, unrestricted diet, increased appetite, ethnicity, age at the time of transplant, sex, pre-existing obesity, dialysis modality, socioeconomic status and donor type. Obesity has long been associated with an increased risk for coronary heart disease. The risk is compounded by the common coexistence of other risk factors associated with obesity. It is uncertain how much of the risk is due to obesity alone. Furthermore, the mechanisms by which obesity, particularly abdominal obesity, cause or accelerate coronary atherogenesis are also uncertain. Abdominal fat is a strong predictor of mortality after adjustment for total-body fat, and waist circumference correlates highly with abdominal fat. Body mass index (BMI) apart, anthropometric measures of abdominal obesity and body fat distribution like waist circumference and waist/hip ratio appear directly, rather than inversely, associated with all-cause and CV mortality in the general population. In a recent study of RTRs, waist-to-hip ratio but not BMI correlated with CV risk factors, suggesting that central adiposity has a major role in determining CV risk. This shows the importance of identifying ideal measures of adiposity in the evaluation of RTRs because most centers rely solely on BMI. Using only BMI as a cut off value for transplant might not be ideal. In the general population, obesity is widely recognized as a major risk factor for the development of kidney disease. Glomerular hyperfiltration and hypertrophy have long been proposed as possible pathogenic mechanisms in obesity related kidney disease. Many important risk factors for chronic allograft nephropathy, shortened graft function and lower recipient life expectancy have a higher incidence in obese patients, including hypertension, dyslipidemia and type 2 diabetes, although there are conflicting reports in the literature. In addition, posttransplant complications, especially new-onset transplant diabetes mellitus, wound complications and weight gain, are more common in obese RTRs (BMI ≥35kg/m2) in early period. The management of obesity is an important factor necessary to ensure long-term patient and graft survival. Nutritional counseling and exercise should be available immediately after KT for all RTRs. In this article, we review the impact of increased BMI on patient and graft survival, risk factors for the development of post-transplant obesity and available intervention options. © 2012 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved
A path analysis of the role of communication in developing trust and its effects on employee involvement
No full textGüven, örgütsel performansı etkileyen önemli bir değişken olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. İletişim güven geliştirmede oldukça önemli bir role sahiptir. Örgüt içinde güven ortamının oluşabilmesi de çalışanlar arasındaki iletişimle ilişkilidir. Bu nedenle birçok araştırma güven ile iletişim arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemiştir. Ancak bu çalışma, diğerlerinden daha kapsamlı olarak, bilginin niceliğinin, bilginin niteliğinin ve iletişimde açıklığın, güven ile ilişkisinde çalışkan katılımı çıktısıyla birlikte bütüncül bir ilişkisel modelde incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Araştırma modeli 176 hastane çalışanı üzerinde yol analiziyle test edilmiştir. İletişim, güven, iletişimde açıklık ve çalışan katılımı ilişkisini konu alan araştırma modeli doğrulanmıştır. Çarpıcı bir sonuç olarak paylaşılan bilginin niceliğinin güven geliştirmede bilginin niteliğinden daha fazla etkiye sahip olduğu tespit edilmiştir.Trust is an important concept in social science research as a key factor in organizational success Communication plays an important role in the development of trust within an organization. Number of researchers have been studied the relationship between trust and communication. This study tests the specific linkages among quality of information, quantity of information, openness, trust, and outcomes such as employee involvement in 176 employees of a hospital. Using path analysis, the research model about the relationship between trust, openness, communication (sharing information) and employee involvement was confirmed in Turkey. We also found that in developing trust the role of quality of information has more effect than the role of quantity of information
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