EFL students' cognitive journey through the teacher's written feedback

Cataloged from PDF version of article.This study was designed to investigate how much students understand and utilize the teacher’s written sentence, content, and discourse-level feedback, what strategies they employ in processing it, and how effectively students can relate the teacher’s responses to their texts. The study was conducted with 6 upper-intermediate level students and their writing teacher at Istanbul Technical University School of Foreign Languages. The data were collected through the students’ first and revised drafts, students’ and the teacher’s think-aloud protocols (TAPs), and interviews with the students. The results indicated that the students had problems understanding and interpreting the written teacher commentary when the teacher commented on all aspects of a composition in one draft such as sentence, content, and discourse, when the teacher used various ways to present her comments such as marginal, in-text, and final notes, when the teacher commented on each sentence-level error rather than to mark them selectively, and when the teacher was not clear and simple enough for students in the final notes. This study suggests implementing a multi-draft setting, in which there is more than one writing-getting feedback-revising cycle, and selective marking as a way to improve students’ writing abilities and their idea of academic writing. It also suggests that students be trained more on how to utilize the teacher’s written commentary.Çağlar, EmelM.S

Bonding of composite resin to metal framewoks produced by different methods

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, konvansiyonel döküm ve direk metal lazer sinterleme (DMLS) tekniği ile elde edilen kobalt-krom (Co-Cr) alt yapıların kompozit rezin ile bağlantısının değerlendirilmesidir. Gereç ve yöntem: Dikdörtgen şekilli 60 adet döküm ve 60 adet direk lazer sintering (DMLS) metal alt yapı üretildi. Elde edilen örnekler uygulanacak yüzey işlemine göre; Grup K: Kontrol, GrupTK: Tribokimyasal kumlama, Grup Z: Z-Prime Plus uygulaması, Grup M: Monobond Plus uygulaması, Grup TKZ: Tribokimyasal kumlama+Z-Prime Plus uygulaması, Grup TKM: Tribokimyasal kumlama+Monobond Plus uygulaması olacak şekilde kendi içinde rastgele 6 alt gruba ayrıldı (n=10). Bağlantı yüzeyine uygulanan işlemler sonrasında metal yüzeyler üzerine özel bir kalıp yardımıyla akışkan kompozit uygulandı. Örnekler 24 saat distile suda bekletildikten sonra universal test makinası ile makaslama bağlantı dayanım testine tabi tutuldu. Gruplar arası karşılaştırmalarda iki yönlü ANOVA ve Fisher’s LSD testi kullanıldı. P<0.05 düzeyi anlamlı olarak kabul edildi. Bulgular: Döküm altyapıların bağlantı dayanımlarının DMLS altyapılardan anlamlı şekilde daha yüksek olduğu görüldü. Her iki alt yapı tekniğinde de en yüksek bağlantı dayanım değerleri grup TKM’de, en düşük makaslama bağlantı değerleri Grup K’da görüldü. Sonuç: Alt yapı üretim tekniklerinin ve uygulanan yüzey işlemlerinin kompozit rezin-metal bağlantısına etkilediği görüldü. Rezinin her iki alt yapı sisteminde de tribokimyasal kumlama sonrası Monobond Plus uygulaması ile etkin bağlantı oluşturduğu sonucuna varıldı.Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the bonding of composite resin to cobalt-chrome (Co-Cr) frameworks that produced by conventional casting and direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) technique. Material and methods: Rectangular shaped 60 cast and 60 DMLS metal frameworks were fabricated and randomly divided in 6 subgroups according to applied surface treatments (n=10); Group K:control, Group TK: tribochemical blasting, Group Z: ZPrime Plus application, Group M: Monobond Plus application, Group TKZ: tribochemical blasting+Z-Prime application, Group TKM: tribochemical blasting+Monobond Plus application. The treated surface of metal frameworks were bonded to flowable composite resin by special mold. Specimens were left in distilled water for 24 hours and shear bond test were performed by universal test machine. All data were analyzed by using two-way Anova and Fisher’s LSD test. Results were significant for a=0.05. Results: Cast metal frameworks showed higher bond strength values than DMLS frameworks. The highest bond strength values were found in groups TKM, the lowest values were found in group K for both frameworks. Conclusion: Production methods of metal frameworks and surface treatments affected to bonding of composite resin. It was conclued that Monobond application after tribochemical blasting constitute efficient bonding for both metal framework systems

Does Providing Clinical Care for Trauma Patients have a Positive Effect on Physicians’ Perspective on Child Passenger Safety?

Introduction: Motor vehicle crashes are the most common cause of the mortality in the pediatric population. Preventive strategies are the best approach to reduce mortality and morbidity due to motor vehicle crashes. Since parents mostly refer to them for guidance, doctors should have a high level of knowledge and awareness to increase the usage of car safety seats. We thought that providing care for trauma patients could have a positive effect on the physicians’ awareness and knowledge level. Based on this, we aimed to assess the awareness and knowledge of pediatricians and emergency physicians and trauma doctors. Methods: An electronic survey consisting of 23 questions was prepared. Demographic features, awareness and knowledge level of the physicians were assessed on three sections. Five suggestions in the guideline of the American Academy of Pediatrics were used to assess physicians’ knowledge level. The respondents were grouped as those providing clinical care for trauma patients and those do not. Results: The questionnaires were sent to 641 physicians and 323 who completed the questionnaire were included in the study. One hundred and fourteen (35.3%) of the respondents were providing clinical care for trauma patients. One hundred ninety (59.2%) respondents had children. Majority of the physicians had a satisfactory level of knowledge about car safety seat (CSS). The number of respondents reported having adequate self-awareness was found statistically significantly higher in the groups of doctors who have children and provide clinical care for trauma patients (p0.05). Interestingly, the knowledge level in physicians who had children was statistically significantly lower than in those with no children (p<0.01). Conclusion: Our survey revealed that physicians who provide clinical care for trauma patients think they have a high level of knowledge about CSS. Unfortunately, their knowledge level was low as other physicians in the study group

Biyolojik örneklerde kolay uygulanabilir,enzimatik inozitol tayin yönteminin geliştirilmesi

TEZ4539Tez (Yüksek Lisans) -- Çukurova Üniversitesi, Adana, 2003.Kaynakça (s. 76-82) var.xıv, 82 s. ; 30 cm.…Bu çalışma Ç.Ü. Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Birimi Tarafından Desteklenmiştir. Proje No:SBE 2002-YL

The prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease among hospital employees

Quantitative estimate of the actual prevalence of the gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is difficult to obtain because most of the patients with heartburn have intermittent symptoms. The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of typical and atypical symptoms suggesting GERD to investigate the association of habits and social conditions reported to lead to reflux in the employees of hospital. A total of 2037 collected forms were assessed. The prevalence of GERD was found to be 21.7% (442). The prevalence of symptoms other than heartburn in employees with and without GERD symptoms were 6.6% versus 3.4% (P 30 kg/m(2) were independent risk factors associated with GERD symptoms. Age, alcohol, coffee, tea, and tobacco smoking do not seem to be risk factors for reflux

FARKLI YÖNTEMLERLE ÜRETİLEN METAL ALT YAPILARA KOMPOZİT REZİN BAĞLANTISI

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, konvansiyonel döküm ve direk metal lazer sinterleme (DMLS) tekniği ile elde edilen kobalt-krom (Co-Cr) alt yapıların kompozit rezin ile bağlantısının değerlendirilmesidir. Gereç ve yöntem: Dikdörtgen şekilli 60 adet döküm ve 60 adet direk lazer sintering (DMLS) metal alt yapı üretildi. Elde edilen örnekler uygulanacak yüzey işlemine göre; Grup K: Kontrol, GrupTK: Tribokimyasal kumlama, Grup Z: Z-Prime Plus uygulaması, Grup M: Monobond Plus uygulaması, Grup TKZ: Tribokimyasal kumlama+Z-Prime Plus uygulaması, Grup TKM: Tribokimyasal kumlama+Monobond Plus uygulaması olacak şekilde kendi içinde rastgele 6 alt gruba ayrıldı (n=10). Bağlantı yüzeyine uygulanan işlemler sonrasında metal yüzeyler üzerine özel bir kalıp yardımıyla akışkan kompozit uygulandı. Örnekler 24 saat distile suda bekletildikten sonra universal test makinası ile makaslama bağlantı dayanım testine tabi tutuldu. Gruplar arası karşılaştırmalarda iki yönlü ANOVA ve Fisher’s LSD testi kullanıldı. P<0.05 düzeyi anlamlı olarak kabul edildi. Bulgular: Döküm altyapıların bağlantı dayanımlarının DMLS altyapılardan anlamlı şekilde daha yüksek olduğu görüldü. Her iki alt yapı tekniğinde de en yüksek bağlantı dayanım değerleri grup TKM’de, en düşük makaslama bağlantı değerleri Grup K’da görüldü. Sonuç: Alt yapı üretim tekniklerinin ve uygulanan yüzey işlemlerinin kompozit rezin-metal bağlantısına etkilediği görüldü. Rezinin her iki alt yapı sisteminde de tribokimyasal kumlama sonrası Monobond Plus uygulaması ile etkin bağlantı oluşturduğu sonucuna varıldı.Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the bonding of composite resin to cobalt-chrome (Co-Cr) frameworks that produced by conventional casting and direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) technique. Material and methods: Rectangular shaped 60 cast and 60 DMLS metal frameworks were fabricated and randomly divided in 6 subgroups according to applied surface treatments (n=10); Group K:control, Group TK: tribochemical blasting, Group Z: ZPrime Plus application, Group M: Monobond Plus application, Group TKZ: tribochemical blasting+Z-Prime application, Group TKM: tribochemical blasting+Monobond Plus application. The treated surface of metal frameworks were bonded to flowable composite resin by special mold. Specimens were left in distilled water for 24 hours and shear bond test were performed by universal test machine. All data were analyzed by using two-way Anova and Fisher’s LSD test. Results were significant for a=0.05. Results: Cast metal frameworks showed higher bond strength values than DMLS frameworks. The highest bond strength values were found in groups TKM, the lowest values were found in group K for both frameworks. Conclusion: Production methods of metal frameworks and surface treatments affected to bonding of composite resin. It was conclued that Monobond application after tribochemical blasting constitute efficient bonding for both metal framework systems

DISEASE CONTROL USING VARIOUS TREATMENT MODALITIES IN ACROMEGALY

Aim. This study aimed to investigate the clinical presentation and treatment outcomes of newly diagnosed acromegaly patients treated with various combinations of treatment modalities