Evaluation of oncology-related healthcare professionals' knowledge and practices on sustainable nutrition, Ankara, Turkey

Background: Increasing population, limited resources, and climate change require adopting more sustainable diets. This study aims to evaluate health professionals' knowledge levels and practices on sustainable nutrition. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between January 2022 and May 2022 at Dr. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Training and Research Hospital in Ankara. The research was performed by using the "Stretched Sampling Method". A semi-structured and self-reported online survey was recruited to collect data from healthcare professionals. Data from 298 participants were subjected to descriptive and univariate analyses to evaluate differences in knowledge mean scores and SCOFI scores. The data analysis results with the SPSS 26.0 program were accepted as a 95% confidence interval, with significance p≤0.05. Result: A total of 298 people participated in the study. The mean age of respondents was 36 years (13±10.8). More than two-thirds (79.2%) were females, more than half (52%) were nurses, 20.5% were doctors, 60.4% had a bachelor's degree, % and 12.8 had a master's degree. Sustainable nutrition knowledge and SCOFI mean scores were 10.71±5.3 (0-24) and 54.09±13.2, respectively. 37.9% of the participants stated that they had heard of the concept of sustainable nutrition before. The sustainable nutrition knowledge of females was lower, and the SCOFI score was higher (P>0.05). The SCOFI score of the 18-25 age group was lower than the other age groups (P<0.05). Sustainable nutrition knowledge means scores increased as the education level increased (P<0.05). Dieticians had the highest sustainable nutrition knowledge and SCOFI score (P<0.05). The SCOFI score of those working in the surgery room and intensive care unit was lower than the other units (P<0.05). Conclusion: Training for healthcare professionals might increase sustainable nutrition knowledge and awareness

Manufacturing Execution Systems And A Sectoral Application

Information systems have widespread usage on Manufacturing Systems. Most companies need tracking production processes with information systems to become prominent in highly competitive environment. There are some specific metrics need to be followed and important to access these datas on time and also should be reliable. These metrics include all manufacturing and quality processes. In this context; efficiency, line stoppages, malfunction and interruptions, body and supplied part trace ability informations are needed. This study MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) is the system developed for tracking production processes. MES is working from receipt of order to delivery of the product that are the essentials for the production activities to achieve real time status of all manufacturing data. In this way, all information which not manually recorded or takes long process time to record or can be tracked instantaneously and these records can be reached and analyzed in the future. The system also provides accurate data for us. In this study all phases from design to implementation of an automotive subindustry firm’s MES application designed based on integrated software process requirements are depicted. Relevant system’s integrated software will be implemented to Module Line. This study will allow tracking related product’s all process, decision making and traceability data with serial numbers. Keywords: MES, Manufacturing Execution Systems, Information Systems, Traceability Note: Yılmaz Gökşen was mistakenly omitted from the author list when this article was first published on (19 March, 2017). Yılmaz Gökşen was added to the author list on (18 May, 2017). We apologise for the error

Evaluation of Tax Incentives Provided to Renewable Energy Investments in the World

Renewable energy (REN) has become one of the most important policy issues of the last twenty years. Various policies are currently being implemented in 126 countries around the world to promote renewable energies. These are; Income tax exemption, real estate tax exemption; In sales, value adder tax (VAT), spesific excise tax (SCT), customs tax and import tax exemption, accelerated depreciation and Researh and Devepolment (R & D) expenditure reduction. Also, in some countries, energy/carbon taxes are levied on fossil fuels. Renewable energy sources are encouraged by exempting this energy tax. The method of this study is to examine the detail of tax spesific incentives for renewable energy investments in that countries and draw some conclusions and recommendations in this respect.Yenilenebilir Enerji (YEN) son yirmi yılın en önemli politika konularından biri haline gelmiştir. Dünya genelinde halen 126 ülkede YEN’nin teşviki için çeşitli vergi teşvik politikaları uygulanmaktadır. Bunlar; gelir vergisi istisnası, emlak vergisi muafiyeti, satışlarda; katma değer vergisi, özel tüketim vergisi, gümrük vergisi ve ithalat vergisi istisnası, hızlandırılmış amortisman uygulaması ve Araştırma Geliştirme (Ar-Ge) harcamaları indirimi şeklindedir. Ayrıca bazı ülkelerde, fosil yakıtlardan enerji/karbon vergisi alınmaktadır. YEN kaynakları ise bu vergiden muaf tutulmak suretiyle teşvik edilmektedir. Bu çalışmanın yöntemi söz konusu ülkelerde YEN yatırımlarına sağlanan vergi teşviklerini ayrıntılı olarak incelemek ve bu kapsamda bir takım tespit ve değerlendirmelerde bulunmaktır

Almanca Öğretmeni Adaylarının Sözcük Öğreniminde Kullandıkları Öğrenme Stratejileri

YabancıDil öğreniminde geleneksel dilbilgisi kurallarınıtemel alan dil öğretim yöntemleri artık yerini farklı, öğrencilerin daha etkin olduğu dil öğretim yöntemlerine, tekniklerine ve stratejilerine bırakmıştır. Öğrenci artık öğrenme yollarınıdaha bilinçli kullanarak öğrenme kapasitelerini genişletmekte, bilgiyi kodlama- depolama ve çağrışım sağlayan dolaylıve dolaysız öğrenme stratejileriyle edindikleri bilgilere yenilerini ekleyerek, hedeflerine daha kolay yaklaşabilmektedirler. İkinci yabancıdil öğrenme sürecinde de öğrencilerin karşıkarşıya kalacağıen önemli sorunlardan biri sözcük öğrenimidir. Bu çalışmada Anadolu Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Alman Dili Eğitimi Anabilim Dalıprogramının 1., 2., 3., 4., sınıflarında 2011-2012 Eğitim Öğretim yılının bahar döneminde öğrenim görmekte olan 178 Öğretmen adayının ikinci yabancıdil olarak Almanca öğrenirken sözcük öğreniminde kullandıklarıöğrenme stratejilerinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmış, cinsiyet, sınıf gibi değişkenlere bakılarak kullanılan stratejiler belirlenmiştir

Investigation of novel tumor markers based on hybridoma technology

Cataloged from PDF version of article.Hybridoma technology is a highly specific technique utilized for the production of monoclonal antibodies. In cancer research, monoclonal antibodies are used as tumor markers for diagnosis of malignant tissue versus benign or normal, for differential diagnosis of tumor type, for pathological grading of tumor biopsy specimens, for detection of the antigens that are up- or down-regulated in tumor cells or in sera of cancer patients, and for detection of primary or metastatic lesions. Additionally, monoclonal antibodies are employed in predicting the course of the disease, in diagnostic approaches for carrying imaging reagents to tumors, and in therapy for targeting cytotoxic reagents to and triggering or blocking cell surface molecules. This study involved generation of 6D5 and 9C11 monoclonal antibodies against apoptosis induced hepatocellular carcinoma cell line HuH-7, followed by characterization experiments. 6D5 antibody recognized 5 different epitopes in a panel of 28 cell lines in Western blotting experiments. In immunohistochemistry studies, 6D5 demonstrated positive staining in cirrhotic and cancerous cells of liver cancer tissue samples. On the other hand, 9C11 antibody recognized a single band in the same panel of 28 cell lines but it was not immunoreactive in immunoperixodase studies of liver cancer tissue samples, under our experimental conditions.Çelikkaya, HilalM.S

Real-time routing with priority scheduling and power adjustment in wireless sensor networks

Ankara : The Department of Computer Engineering and the Institute of Engineering and Science of Bilkent University, 2008.Thesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 2008.Includes bibliographical references leaves 64-67.Many wireless sensor network applications require real-time communication, and real-time applications require packets to reach destination on time. However, applications may send packets with different priorities and hence delay bounds for packets may vary significantly. Therefore packet differentiation in the network is essential for meeting the deadline requirements. We propose a routing protocol that supports real-time communication by utilizing transmit power adjustment in order to meet the deadline of urgent packets and use energy efficiently. Our protocol also provides packet scheduling and gives precedence to urgent packets. We have conducted experiments on our sensor network testbed to observe the effects of transmit power on end-to-end delay. As expected, increasing transmit power increases the range and link quality, and reduces the number of hops to reach destination. Therefore adjusting transmit power has a great effect on delivery time and can reduce the end-to-end delay. Our protocol, Real-time Routing with Priority Scheduling and Power Adjustment, uses different levels of transmit power for packets with different priorities. It sends urgent packets with maximum power to minimize end-to-end delay and lower priority packets with reduced power to save energy and balance the load on nodes. Simulation results show that our routing protocol increases the deadline meet ratio of packets and reduces the transmit energy spent per packet when compared to routing protocols that use fixed transmit power. Additionally, results indicate that our approach lessens the interference on sensor nodes that are caused by other transmissions and helps balancing the load on the nodes.Çelikkaya, Emine BüşraM.S

Bogota Bag and Negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) Experience in Children

Introduction: as the war that took place in Syria caused many tragedies, it also brought children with open abdominal wounds which are not very common in pediatric surgery practice. In this study, we present the results of ten children treated with BB and NPWT for open-abdomen. Material and methodsMaterials and Methods: we retrospectively reviewed the hospital records of ten children who were treated with BB and NPWT in our clinic between February 2016 and June 2018.Results: Ten of the patients had sustained firearm injuries during the war in Syria. There were four girls and six boys. The average age was 8.1 years (2-14 years). Five patients received BB in emergency conditions followed by NPWT. Five patients received NPWT only. Abdomen could be closed in all 10 patients who treated with combined BB and/or NWPT. Enteroatmospheric fistula developed in one patient and ventral hernia developed in one patient. No mortality occurred in our patients.Conclusion: BB and NPWT techniques can be applied fast and easy and have a high success rate in children with an open abdomen

KOBİ'lerde Ar-Ge ve ihracat desteği Gebze Organize Sanayi Bölgesi üzerine bir araştırma

Küçük ve Orta Boy İşletmeler (KOBİ) dünya ekonomisinde pek çok açıdan önemli bir yere sahiptirler. Türkiye'de de benzer şekilde ekonominin temel yapı taşını oluşturan KOBİ'ler sundukları esneklik, istihdama katkıları, büyük işletmeleri tamamlayıcı olmaları, krizlerden daha az düzeyde etkilenmeleri açısından etkin konumdadırlar. Günümüz dünyasında işletmelerin küresel şartlarda hayatta kalabilmesi için sürekli bir yenilik arayışı ve yarışı içerisinde olması gerekmektedir. Bu doğrultuda ekonomide büyük pay sahibi konumunda olan KOBİ'ler Araştırma Geliştirme (Ar-Ge) faaliyetlerine önem vermelidir. Çalışmanın ilk kısmında dünya ve Türkiye'de ki Ar-Ge eğilimleri ve KOBİ'lere yönelik Ar-Ge destekleri üzerinde durulmuştur. Çalışmanın ikinci bölümünde sınırların artık soyut kavramlar olarak yer ettiği dünyada yaptığını tanıtıp, ürettiğini anlatmanın yöntemi olan ihracat kavramı üzerinde durulmuştur. KOBİ ve ihracat kavramlarından yola çıkılarak, ihracatta KOBİ'lere sağlanan desteklerden bahsedilmiştir. Ar-Ge ve İhracat destekleriyle ilgili olarak Gebze Organize Sanayi Bölgesinde bulunan KOBİ'ler üzerine alan çalışması yapılmış KOBİ'lerin Ar-Ge ve İhracat desteklerinden ne ölçüde yararlandıkları belirlenip, desteklerden faydalanan ve faydalanmayan KOBİ'ler arasındaki farklılıklar ortaya konulmaya çalışılmıştır. Anahtar Kelimeler: Küçük ve Orta Boy İşletmeler (KOBİ), Araştırma Geliştirme (Ar-Ge), Ar-Ge ve İhracat Destekleri.\ud Small and Middle size Enterprises (SMEs) have an important place in World economy in many ways. SMEs, which are the cornerstones of the economy in Turkey, are active in respects of flexibility, contribution to employment, being complementary to big businesses and being less affected from crises. Today, businesses should be in a continuous race and search for innovation to survive in current global conditions. Accordingly, SMEs, having an important role in economy, should give importance to Research and Development (R&D) activities. In the first part of the study, R&D tendencies in the world and Turkey and R&D subsidies for SMEs are handled. In second part of the study, term of exportation, which is the method of introducing the manufactured goods and telling about them in the world where borders became abstract terms, is discussed. By dealing with terms of SME and exportation, granted financial supports to SMEs for exportation are mentioned. A fieldwork, concerning R&D and exportation subsidies, has been conducted on SMEs in Gebze Industrial Zone. It has been sought to be figured out that to what extent SMEs benefit from R&D and exportation subsidies, and differences between SMEs who benefit from financial supports and of those who don't. Key Words: Small and Middle size Enterprises (SME), Research and Development (R&D) and Exportation Supports