The Role of Media Literacy in Online Information Searching Strategies

Along with the spread of Web 2.0 technologies, individuals' habits such as learning, socializing, and getting information have changed rapidly. A lot of information, the accuracy of which cannot be trusted, is available in the web, and it becomes difficult to choose useful, relevant, and accurate information. This pollution is also present in the media. The abilities to choose messages in the media, to look at these messages critically, and to produce your own messages are considered among the 21st-century skills. These reasons bring media literacy (ML) and online information searching strategies (OISS) to the agenda. The processes of ML and OISS have interrelated features. Therefore, it is important and necessary to examine these concepts together. Based on this necessity, the aim of the study was to determine the role of ML in OISS. To this end, the data were collected from 1809 pre-service teachers using the OISS inventory and the ML level determination scale. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, MANOVA, and multiple regression analysis. According to the results, pre-service teachers' ML and OISS levels were above the moderate level. ML and OISS vary significantly according to the type of websites. In conclusion, ML was revealed as a predictor variable that could explain OISS at a rate of 33.2%

GEBELİK VE GEBELİK SONRASI DÖNEMDE YENİ KORONA VİRÜSÜ HASTALIĞI (COVİD-19)

Dünya Sağlık örgütü, 2020 Şubat’ta hastalığı Covid-19, etken virüsü " Şiddetli Akut Solunum Sendromu Coronavirus-2"şeklinde tanımladı. Covid-19’un diğer insanlara göre gebelerde daha etkili olduğunu gösteren bir kanıt yoktur. Gebelikte Covid-19 yönetimi; enfeksiyon kontrol prosedürleri, erken izolasyon, aşırı sıvı yüklenmesini önleme, oksijen tedavisi, ampirik antibiyotik kullanımı, fetal ve uterus kasılma takibi, laboratuvar testlerinin yapılması, ilerleyen solunum yetmezliği için erken mekanik ventilasyon, bireyselleştirilmiş doğum planlaması ve multidisipliner ekip yaklaşımından oluşmaktadır. Sağlık kuruluşlarında yönetilen gebeliklerde ekip yönetimi önerilir. Gebelerde Covid-19 belirtileri ile birlikte gebeliğin obstetrik komplikasyonlarıda izlenmelidir. Amniyotik sıvı, kordon kanı, yenidoğan boğaz kültürü ve anne sütü örneklerinin sonucunda SARS-CoV-2 negatif olduğu için transplasental bulaşmayı gösteren hiçbir kanıt yoktur. Şüpheli veya kesinleşmiş vakalarda doğum eylemi başladığında doğum ünitesinde negatif basınçlı odalarda izole takip edilmelidir. Covid 19’lu gebede vajinal doğum planlanırsa sürekli elektronik fetal monitorizasyon yapılması daha güvenilirdir. Covid-19’lu tüm gebelerde bilgilendirme ve danışmanlık yapılmalıdır

Health communication: use of public ads as a communication tool in the pandemic period

Kitle iletişim araçlarında sıklıkla yer bulan ve önemi her geçen gün daha da artan sağlık haberleri, sağlık iletişimi kavramını gündeme getirmiştir. Bir halkla ilişkiler faaliyeti olan sağlık iletişimi kampanyaları, bireylere sağlıkla ilgili doğru ve güvenilir bilgiyi aktararak hastalıklara dair bilinçlendirmeyi hedeflemektedir. Toplumsal farkındalığın artması ve faydanın sağlanması için Sağlık Bakanlığı da kitle iletişim araçları vasıtasıyla kamu spotları yayınlamaktadır. Söz konusu kamu spotlarında kimi zaman rasyonel kimi zaman da duygu çekicilikleri kullanılarak bireylerin bilinçaltına hitap edilmektedir. Bu çalışmada, T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı Sağlığın Geliştirilmesi Genel Müdürlüğü tarafından COVID-19 (Koronavirüs) salgınına dair farklı temalara sahip 5 kamu spotunun Roland Barthes’in göstergebilimsel analiz yöntemiyle incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı’nın kamu spotlarında, hastalığı önleyici ve hastalıktan korunmayı teşvik edici rasyonel ve duygusal kodları kullanarak bilinçlendirme faaliyetleri yaptığı görülmüştür. İncelenen kamu spotları alanında uzman veya kamuoyunda güven kazanmış dizi oyuncularıyla desteklenmiştir. Elde edilen bulgular itibariyle kamu spotlarında temel anlamsal düzeyde inanılırlık ve güvenilirlik temaları kullanılarak hedef kitleyi ikna etmeye yönelik mesajlar verildiği sonuna ulaşılmıştır.Health news, which is frequently included in media and becomes much more important day by day, revive the concept of health communication. As a public relations activity, health communication campaigns aim to raise awareness about illness by conveying correct and reliable information. In order to increase social awareness and provide benefits, the Ministry of Health also broadcasts public service announcements through mass media. In these public service advertisements, the subconscious of individuals is addressed by using sometimes rational and sometimes emotional appeals. In this study, T.R. It is aimed to analyze 5 public service announcements with different themes about the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) epidemic by the General Directorate of Health Promotion of the Ministry of Health with the semiotic analysis method of Roland Barthes. As a result of the study, T.R. It has been seen that the Ministry of Health carries out awareness-raising activities by using rational and emotional codes that prevent and encourage disease prevention in public service announcements. In the field of public spots that were examined are supported by TV series actors who were experts in their fields or gained public trust. According to the findings, it was concluded that the messages aimed at persuading the target audience were given by using the themes of credibility and reliability at a basis semantic level in the field of public spots

Attachment and social connectedness : the sequential mediating role of inferiority and perfectionism

A large body of research has been reported on the lifelong consequences of attachment, with social connectedness being one of the main related factors. It is thus crucial to determine the mediating variables in the relationship between attachment and social connectedness. To better understand the relationship between anxious and avoidant attachment styles and social connectedness among university students, this study investigated the sequential mediating roles of inferiority and perfectionism. The study involved 390 undergraduate students (257 female, 133 male) enrolled in various undergraduate programs. Data was collected through various scales including the Experiences in Close Relationships, Almost Perfect Scale, Social Connectedness, and Inferiority Scale. Structural equation modeling shows that adaptive perfectionism partially mediates the relationship between avoidant attachment and social connectedness. Additionally, inferiority functions as a mediator between anxious attachment and maladaptive perfectionism, while maladaptive perfectionism partially functions as a mediator between inferiority and social connection. The results suggest that it would be beneficial for practitioners to address inferiority and perfectionism so as to promote social connectedness among undergraduate students.peer-reviewe

Multiple Perspectives on Surrogacy and In-Vitro Fertilization in Turkey

In November 2018, all types of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) involving third parties, including surrogacy, were prohibited in Turkey. In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) methods for married heterosexual couples, however, are highly promoted by the official-legal framework despite the fact that the number of people seeking surrogate mothers abroad has been increasing dramatically. This reveals not only several ethical questions about the practice of surrogacy but also legal debates both in Turkey and in the world. Thus, this article presents a conceptual and legal framework for the practice of surrogacy in Turkey. It aims to make a basic examination of surrogacy and introduce some of the ethical questions and their implications for law in this area

Influence of Particle Size on the Structure and Properties of 316L Hollow Fiber Membranes Sintered Under Argon Atmosphere

316L based stainless steel hollow fiber membranes (HFs) are used as an alternative for polymer and ceramic based membranes. Application areas of 316L hollow fiber membranes are applications such as support or particle filter of gas and liquid separations in chemical and waste treatment industries. Among various methods, dry-wet spinning technique was selected as the production method of hollow fiber membranes since it is the most popular one. The aim of the study is to produce hollow fiber membranes in different powder particle sizes (coarse, fine, and their mixture), and to examine their structure and also their properties such as chemical compositions, pore amount, average pore size, and pore distribution. 3-point bending tests were also used to determine their mechanical properties. HFs produced from fine particles show higher densification than coarse particle size samples. In terms of pore structure, mixed particle size yields lower porosity and pore size than the finest particle size. On the other hand, the finest particle size yields the highest bending strength and bending deflection

The Examination of Online Information Searching Strategies of Students That Use Social Network

Bu çalışmanın amacı, sosyal ağ kullanan öğrencilerin çevrimiçi bilgi arama stratejilerini, eğitim düzeyi, yaş ve günlük internet kullanım süresi açısından incelemektir. İlişkisel tarama modelinde desenlenen araştırmanın örneklemini çevrimiçi bir sosyal ağ uygulaması aracılığıyla ulaşılan 1135 katılımcı oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma verileri Demografik Özellikleri Belirleme Formu ve Çevrimiçi Bilgi Arama Stratejileri Envanteri ile toplanmıştır. Verilerin çözümlenmesinde betimsel istatistikler ve tek faktörlü varyans analizi tekniklerinden yararlanılmıştır. Araştırmanın bulgularına göre sosyal ağ kullanan öğrencilerin çevrimiçi bilgi arama stratejileri, yaş, eğitim düzeyi ve günlük internet kullanım süresi bakımından anlamlı farklılık göstermektedir. Bu anlamlı farklılığın daha net belirlenmesi ve bütüncül bir bakış açısının ortaya konması için gelecek araştırmalarda farklı sosyal ağ platformu kullanan bireyler ile birlikte sosyal ağ kullanmayan bireyler de sürece katılarak veri toplanması ve çok değişkenli istatistiksel yöntemlerden yararlanılması önerilmektedir.The purpose of this study is to determine the online information searching strategies of students that use social network by the educational level, age and daily internet use. The sample of the study designed as a relational model constitute 1135 participant achieved through the social networking application. The research data were collected with the Demographic Characteristics Form and the Online Information Searching Strategy Inventory. In data analysis, descriptive statistics and one way Anova were used. According to findings, online information searching strategies of students that use social network had significant difference in terms of educational level, age and daily internet use. Future researches are recommended with various social networking platform users and nonusers and utilization of multivariate statisticals methods to clarify this significant difference and reveal holistic perspective

Kaparideki fenolik bileşenlerin özütlenmeside yeni bir yöntem: mikrodalga ile özütleme

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Is metabolic syndrome related with coronary artery disease severity and complexity: An observational study about IDF and AHA/NHLBI metabolic syndrome definitions

Background: The aim of the present study was to assess the relation between metabolic syndrome (MS) and coronary artery disease (CAD) complexity, assessed by Syntax score (SS), and severity in non-diabetic patients with stable CAD who underwent coronary angiography, and to evaluate whether the MS defined by different definitions, including International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and American Heart Association/National Heart Lung Blood Institute (AHA/NHLBI) guidelines, similarly correlated with SS.Methods: The present study is cross sectional and observational with prospective inclusion of 248 consecutive patients (157 male) who underwent coronary angiography due to stable CAD.Results: The prevalence of MS was 54.4% according to IDF definition and 50.4% according to AHA/NHLBI definition. MS score according to IDF definitions (r = 0.446, p < 0.001), MS score according to AHA/NHLBI definitions (r = 0.341, p < 0.001) were moderately correlated with SS. In Fisher r to z transformation test the correlations of the presence of MS according to IDF and AHA/NHLBI definitions with SS were not statistically significant (p = 0.168, z = –1.38). The systolic blood pressure (p < 0.001, B = 0.354, 95% CI = –0.308 to 0.228), diastolic blood pressure (p = 0.006, B = –0.194, 95% CI = –0.333 to –0.056), age (p = 0.014, B = 0.147, 95% CI = 0.029 to 0.264), left ventricular ejection fraction (p = 0.031, B = –0.150, 95% CI= –0.286 to –0.014), waist/hip circumference (p < 0.001, B = 45.713, 95% CI = 23.235 to 68.1919) and log10 high density lipoprotein (p < 0.001, B = –22.209, 95% CI = –33.298 to–11.119) were the independent predictors of SS in linear regression analysis.Conclusions: MS is associated with the presence and complexity of CAD. Besides the presence of discrepancy in the limits of waist circumference, both IDF and AHA/NHLBI criteria were similarly correlated with CAD complexity