The assessessment of rural tourism potential of Balıkesir

Toplumların sosyo- ekonomik gelişmelerine bağlı olarak seyahat tercihlerinde de birtakım değişiklikler meydana gelmeye başlamıştır. Bu nedenle, değişen turizm talebine cevap verebilmek, turizmden daha fazla fayda sağlayabilmek ve rakipler karşısında rekabet üstünlüğü elde edebilmek için farklı turizm çeşitlerinin geliştirilmesi oldukça önemli hale gelmiştir. Alternatif turizm çeşitlerinden biri de, kırsal turizmdir. Günümüzde şehirleşmenin beraberinde getirdiği artan gürültü, çevre kirliliği, tekdüzelik, stres, vb. yaşanan pek çok olumsuzluk, turizm anlayışının da yavaş yavaş kırsal turizmi benimser bir hal almaya başlamasını sağlamıştır. Türkiye, kırsal turizm için elverişli bir coğrafi yapıya, kültürel ve beşeri bir dokuya sahiptir. Sahip olunan bu zengin kaynaklar ile, kırsal turizmde artan talebi karşılayabilir, kırsal turizmden önemli bir pay alabilir, sağlayacağı avantajlardan fazlasıyla yararlanabilir. Ancak tüm turizm çeşitlerinde olduğu gibi, kırsal turizmden de bahsederken yöresel analizlerin yapılmasının önemli olduğunu söylemek gerekmektedir. Kırsal turizme yönelik yöresel imkanların tespit edilmesi ülke genelinde turizm stratejilerinin daha gerçekçi bir şekilde belirlenmesi açısından oldukça önemlidir. Kırsal turizm açısından gelişme potansiyeline sahip her bir yörenin ayrıntılı bir şekilde güçlü ve zayıf yanlarının, tehdit ve fırsatlarının ortaya konulması böylelikle yol haritasının oluşturulması gerekmektedir. Çalışmamızın temel amacı da bu düşünce üzerine kuruludur. Ülkemizin kırsal turizm açısından önemli bir yöresi olabilecek ve 2023 Türkiye turizm stratejisinde de önemi vurgulanan Balıkesir ilinin kırsal turizm potansiyeli değerlendirilecek ve geliştirilmesi için önerilerde bulunulacaktır.Depending on the socio-economic development of societies, some changes have begun to occur in their travel preferences. Thus, it has been important that different types of tourism be developed in order to meet the changing tourism demand, to provide more benefits from tourism and to obtain a competitive advantage against the rivals. One of the alternative tourism types is rural tourism. Today, the increasing noise, environment pollution, monotony, stress and so many negatives brought about by urbanization have allowed understanding of tourism to start to adopt rural tourism slowly. Turkey has a favourable geographic, cultural and humanity structure for rural tourism. Through all these rich resources, the increasing demand for rural tourism can be met, a considerable amount of share can be gained and many advantages can be taken. However, as in all types of tourism, it is essential to express that local analysis be carried out while dealing with rural tourism. The determination of local facilities for rural tourism is very important in that strategies of tourism all across the country should be identified in a more realistic way. It is necessary that the strengths and weaknesses, threats and opportunities of each region having the potential to develop in terms of rural tourism be exhibited in detail, creating a roadmap. The main aim of this study is based on this idea. The rural tourism potential of Balıkesir, which can be an important region in terms of rural tourism in our country and the importance of which is highlighted in 2023 Türkiye Tourism Strategy, will be evaluated and proposals will be made on development of this cit

Perception of Local People Towards the Influences of Tourists From Arab Countries: Sapanca Sample

DergiPark: 396605trakyasobedTürkiye’ye yönelik uluslararası turizmhareketleri incelendiğinde, Arap ülkelerinden gelen turist sayısının giderekarttığı görülmektedir. Türkiye, sahip olduğu eşsiz doğal güzellikler ilebirlikte tarihi, coğrafi ve kültürel yakınlığı, dizi ve filmlerin etkileri,sosyal medya gibi daha birçok nedenle Arap turistlerin gözde ziyaretyerlerinden biri haline gelmiştir. Arap turistler, ülkemizde özellikle sıcakyaz dönemlerinde yeşil ve suyun buluştuğu serin ve sakin yerleri olarak yoğunbir şekilde tercih etmektedirler. Sapanca yöresi başta sahip olduğu gölü ileArap turistler için başlı başına bir çekim yeridir. Sapanca yaz aylarındabirçok Arap turisti ağırlamakla birlikte her geçen gün yöreyi ziyaret edenturist sayısı artmaktadır. Hatta bu turistlerin kalıcı bir hale gelmesi emlaksatışlarını da başlatmıştır.  Sapanca’ dagörülen Arap turizmi ekonomik, sosyo-kültürel, çevresel birçok değişimi deberaberinde getirmiştir. Bu doğrultuda çalışmanın amacı, Sapanca’da yaşayanhalkın Arap ülkelerinden gelen turistlerin yöreye etkilerini nasıldeğerlendirdiklerini belirleyebilmektir. Yapılan araştırma sonucunda, Arapturistlerin ziyaretlerinin yerel halk tarafından olumlu karşılanmadığı, Sapancahalkına yarardan çok zarar verdiği düşüncesine sahip oldukları tespit edilmiştir. When examining internationaltourism movements towards Turkey, there is an increase in the number oftourists from Arab countries. Turkey, with its unique natural beauty withits historical, geographical and cultural proximity, and the impact of theseries and films, has become one of the favorite places to visitmore Arab tourists as the influence of social media. Arabtourists prefer the cool and calm places of our country, particularly in thehot summer months, where green and water meets. The Sapanca region is amajor attraction for Arab tourists with the lake that it has in thefirst place. Sapanca has attracted manyArab tourists in the summer months, and the number of tourists visiting theregion is increasing day by day. The fact that these tourists become permanenthas also started estate sales. The Arab tourism seen in Sapanca brought with itmany changes in economic, socio-cultural and environmental. The aimof working in this direction is to be able to determine how the people living inSapanca evaluated the tourists' influences from the Arab countries on thelocality. As a result of the research, it has been found that the visitsof Arab tourists are not favored by the local people, and they think that theyare harmful to the people of Sapanca

Üniversite öğrencilerinin Erişkin Dikkat Eksikliği Hiperaktivite Ölçeğinin alt boyutları düzeylerinin çeşitli değişkenler açısından incelenmesi

The aim of this study is to determine whether or not the different types of ADHD change according to age, gender, class and department. The study was carried out during the 2008-2009 academic year at Ondokuz Mayıs University and focused on students at the university. The data necessary to investigate the ADHD level of students has been gathered by the ADHD scale (Turgay,2004) and Personal İnformation Form. It can be seen that there were important differences between students of age, gender, class and section variables when considering attention disorder. In the same way it was also observed that there were important differences between the characteristics and problems associated with ADHD among the groups. This study gives us an important clue regarding the prevalance of ADHD and of its symptoms such as attention disorder, hyperactivity and impulsivity among university students.Bu araştırmanın amacı, üniversite öğrencilerinin Erişkin Dikkat Eksikliği Hiperaktivite Ölçeğinin alt boyutları düzeylerinin yaş, cinsiyet, sınıf ve bölümlerine göre değişip değişmediğini belirlemektir. Bu araştırmanın evrenini 2008-2009 öğretim yılında Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi’nde, öğrenim gören öğrenciler oluşturmaktadır. Örneklem ise, bu öğrenciler arasından rastgele seçilen 1954 öğrencidir. Araştırmada Turgay tarafından geliştirilen Erişkin Dikkat Eksikliği Hiperaktivite ölçeği ve Kişisel Bilgi Formu kullanılmıştır. Yaş, Cinsiyet, Sınıf ve Bölüm değişkenlerine göre Dikkat eksikliği alt boyutu toplam puanları açısından gruplar arasındaki farkın anlamlı olduğu gözlenmektedir. Aynı şekilde DEHB ile ilgili özellikler ve sorunlar alt boyutu toplam puanları açısından gruplar arasındaki farkın anlamlı olduğu gözlenmektedir. Bu sonuçlar bize üniversite öğrencilerinin Dikkat eksikliği, Aşırı hareketlilik/dürtüsellik ve DEHB ile ilgili özellikler ve sorunlar boyutları ile ilgili bazı ipuçları vermektedir

Novel extracellular synthesized silver nanoparticles using thermophilic <i>Anoxybacillus flavithermus</i> and <i>Geobacillus stearothermophilus</i> and their evaluation as nanodrugs

In this investigation, two new thermophilic bacteria were isolated. The new isolates were characterized by 16S rRNA, biochemical, morphological, and physiological analyzes and the isolates were identified as Geobacillus stearothermophilus strain Gecek20 and thermophilic Anoxybacillus flavithermus strain Gecek19. Various biological activities of extracellular Ag-NPs synthesized from thermophilic G. stearothermophilus strain Gecek20 and thermophilic A. flavithermus strain Gecek19 were evaluated. The produced NPs were analyzed by SEM, SEM-EDX, and XRD analyses. The antioxidant abilities of new synthesized Ag-NPs from thermophilic G. stearothermophilus strain Gecek20 (T1-Ag-NPs) and new synthesized Ag-NPs from thermophilic A. flavithermus strain Gecek19 (T2-Ag-NPs) were studied by DPPH inhibition and metal chelating ability. The highest DPPH and metal chelating abilities of T1-Ag-NPs and T2-Ag-NPs at 200 mg/L concentration were 93.17 and 90.85%, and 75.80 and 83.64%, respectively. The extracellular green synthesized T1-Ag-NPs and T2-AgN-Ps showed DNA nuclease activity at all tested concentrations. Moreover, both new synthesized Ag-NPs had antimicrobial activity against the strains studied, especially on Gram positive bacteria. T1-Ag-NPs and T2-AgNPs also showed powerful Escherichia coli growth inhibition. The highest biofilm inhibition percentages of T1-Ag-NPs and T2-Ag-NPs against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus were 100.0%, respectively, at 500 mg/L.</p

Knowledge levels of vocational high school students about substance addiction and sexually transmitted diseases

Introduction: This study was carried out to determine the knowledge levels of vocational high school students about substance addiction and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Materials and Methods: 20691 students from 22 vocational high schools were included in this study, and it was conducted with a total of 1929 students selected with stratified sampling. The data obtained in this study was collected using a questionnaire form. Results: The mean age of the students was 16.58±1.17, of which 54.1% were male, and 57.4% were high school 9-10th grade. It was determined that most of the students (95.9%) lived with their families and 25.2% of them came with migration. 95.5% of the students stated that they had information about the health hazards of cigarettes, alcohol and other substances. While 60.9% of students stated knowing HIV/AIDS, 55.7% hepatitis B and 45.2% hepatitis C from STDs, 70.1% stated not knowing genital wart, 76.3% gonorrhea, 76.7% syphilis, 86.7% chlamydia, and 87.6% trichomonas. More than half of students stated knowing that STDs have symptoms like vaginal discharge odor (56%), inguinal pain (52.8%), itch (52.1%), and wart and blister (54.3%) in sexual organs. It was determined that more than half of the students do not know complications of STDs, and 41.5% of students stated that condom usage in every intercourse was necessary. 68.8% of the students did not receive any education about STD. Conclusions: It was determined that the vocational high school students did not have enough information about STD and substance abuse and peer-based education were planned for the students. © 2021, Galenos Publishing House. All rights reserved

Meslek lisesi öğrencilerinin madde bağımlılığı ve cinsel yolla bulaşan hastalıklar hakkındaki bilgi düzeyleri

Introduction: This study was carried out to determine the knowledge levels of vocational high school students about substance addiction and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Materials and Methods: 20691 students from 22 vocational high schools were included in this study, and it was conducted with a total of 1929 students selected with stratified sampling. The data obtained in this study was collected using a questionnaire form. Results: The mean age of the students was 16.58±1.17, of which 54.1% were male, and 57.4% were high school 9-10th grade. It was determined that most of the students (95.9%) lived with their families and 25.2% of them came with migration. 95.5% of the students stated that they had information about the health hazards of cigarettes, alcohol and other substances. While 60.9% of students stated knowing HIV/AIDS, 55.7% hepatitis B and 45.2% hepatitis C from STDs, 70.1% stated not knowing genital wart, 76.3% gonorrhea, 76.7% syphilis, 86.7% chlamydia, and 87.6% trichomonas. More than half of students stated knowing that STDs have symptoms like vaginal discharge odor (56%), inguinal pain (52.8%), itch (52.1%), and wart and blister (54.3%) in sexual organs. It was determined that more than half of the students do not know complications of STDs, and 41.5% of students stated that condom usage in every intercourse was necessary. 68.8% of the students did not receive any education about STD. Conclusions: It was determined that the vocational high school students did not have enough information about STD and substance abuse and peer-based education were planned for the studentsGiriş: Bu çalışma meslek lisesi öğrencilerinin madde bağımlılığı ve cinsel yolla bulaşan hastalıklar (CYBH) hakkındaki bilgi düzeylerini belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmaya 22 meslek lisesinden 20691 öğrenci dahil edilmiş ve tabakalı örneklemle seçilen toplam 1929 öğrenci ile çalışma yürütülmüştür. Çalışmada elde edilen veriler anket formu kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Bulgular: Öğrencilerin yaş ortalaması 16,58±1,17 olup, bunların %54,1’i erkek, %57,4’ü lise 9-10. sınıfta okumaktadır. Öğrencilerin çoğunun (%95,9) aileleri ile yaşadığı ve %25,2’sinin göç ile geldiği belirlenmiştir. Öğrencilerin %95,5’i sigara, alkol ve diğer maddelerin sağlığa zararları hakkında bilgi sahibi olduğunu belirtmiştir. Öğrencilerin %60,9’u CYBH’dan HIV/AIDS’i, %55,7’si hepatit B ve %45,2’si hepatit C’yi bildiğini belirtirken, %70,1’i genital siğil, %76,3’ü gonore, %76,7’si sifiliz, %86,7’si klamidya ve %87,6’sı trikomonazı bilmediğini belirtmiştir. Öğrencilerin yarısından fazlası kötü kokulu akıntı (%56), kasıklarda ağrı (%52,8), kaşıntı (%52,1) ve cinsel organlarda siğil ve uçuk (%54,3) gibi CYBH’ın belirtileri olduğunu ifade etmiştir. Öğrencilerin yarıdan fazlasının CYBH’ın komplikasyonlarını bilmediği saptanmış ve CYBH’dan korunmada %41,5’i her ilişkide kondom kullanılması gerektiğini belirtmiştir. Öğrencilerin %68,8’i CYBH hakkında herhangi bir eğitim almamıştır. Sonuç: Meslek lisesi öğrencilerinin cinsel yolla bulaşan hastalıklar ve madde bağımlılığı konusunda yeterli bilgiye sahip olmadıkları saptanmış ve öğrenciler için akran temelli eğitimler planlanmıştır

Comparison of infants and children with urolithiasis: a large case series.

We evaluated the demographic features, etiologic risk factors, treatment strategies, and outcome of the infants and children with urolithiasis (UL). A retrospective multicenter study was conducted including 23 Pediatric Nephrology centers in Turkey. The medical records of 2513 children with UL were reviewed. One thousand, three hundred and four boys and 1209 girls (1.1:1) were reported. The mean age at diagnosis was 39.5 +/- 35 months (0.4-231 months), and 1262 patients (50.2%) were in the first year of life (infants). Most of the cases with infantile UL were diagnosed incidentally. Microlithiasis (< 3 mm) was found in 794 patients (31.6%), and 64.5% of the patients with microlithiasis were infants. Stones were located in the pelvis-calyces in 63.2% (n: 1530) of the cases. The most common stone type was calcium oxalate (64.6%). Hypocitraturia was the most common metabolic risk factor (MRF) in children older than 12 months, but in infancy, hypercalciuria was more common. Fifty-five percent of the patients had received at least one medical treatment, mostly potassium citrate. At the end of a year's follow-up, most of the patients with microlithiasis (85%) showed spontaneous remission. The rate of spontaneous stone resolution in infants was higher than in children. Spontaneous remission rate was higher in cases with MRF ( - ) stones than in MRF ( +) stones. However, remission rate with medical treatment was higher in cases with MRF ( +) stones. This study represents the results of a large series of infants and children with UL and showed that there are several differences such as underlying metabolic and anatomic abnormalities, clinical course, and stone remission rates between infants and children with urinary stone disease