Design criteria of in campus sport facilities with reference to World University sports competitions a case study in IZTECH campus

Thesis (Master)--Izmir Institute of Technology, City and Regional Planning, Izmir, 2000Includes bibliographical references (leaves: 189-193)Text in English; Abstract: Turkish and Englishxiii, 220 leavesThe topic of this research is: to define the major programming issues and design principles of sports facilities in universities' campus areas that will contribute to the organization of citywide and countrywide sports competitions as well as to serve for the recreational utilization of all the ordinary university students and the staff; and t6 design a sports complex in newly developing IZTECH campus with respect to those planning and design considerations.To generate the terminology for provision of sports facilities, firstly, sport is to be wlderstood in all its social, recreational and professional dimensions, so that, as a starting point, concept of sport and its relatively increasing importance in human life is described. Then, sports activities are classified according to their nature and interested groups. This classification,furtherly contributed to examine which types of sports are accepted as official and commonly provided to students in universities. Under this initial information, adequate spatial requirements and capacities for sports facilitie relative to the population sizes in campus areas are examined with respect to examples of universities from foreign countries and Turkey. Moreover, official standards for World University sports competitions are presented to understand spatial and organizational requirements needed for the sports facilities. It allowed generating the design guidelines and dimensional standards for planning of purposed sports facilities, which are implementedin the case study area at the final step ofthe research. Initial studies before the design process of the project showed that, sp0l1s facilities in majority of Campus Universities do not only respond to recreational use of students in their spare tinle but also respond to competitive activities and multi-level events as well. Because of this result, it is aimed in the final project that how sports facilities in IZTECH campus designed most effectively with respect to the standards of world university sports competitions which is the best event for guiding the design process of such a project

Food impaction in older age: Think about an eosinophilic esophagitis

Eosinophilic esophagitis is an inflammatory condition of esophagus. It is generally seen in childhood and young population. Men are more commonly affected than women. However, it is not common in an advanced age. Eosinophilic esophagitis decreases the ability of the esophagus to stretch and accommodation against foods. Therefore, the major symptom in adults with eosinophilic esophagitis is difficulty in swallowing solid food (dysphagia). Specifically, the food gets stuck in the esophagus after it is swallowed. Less common symptoms include heartburn and chest pain. Because of this, it may be incorrectly diagnosed as a gastroesophageal reflux disease. Here, we reported a case presented with food impaction at advanced age. As a conclusion, eosinophilic esophagitis is a rare entity that must be remembered in advance aged patients presenting with food impaction

Bosniaks in Turkey and a Study on the Culinary Culture

DergiPark: 834049trakyasobedMutfak kültürü, farklı toplumlarda yemeğin pişirilme ve tüketilme sürecinde yeme içme geleneği ve bu çerçevede gelişen inanış ve uygulamalardan oluşan geleneklerin tümüdür. Kültürel miras içerisinde en önemli yapıtaşlarından biri olup toplumların tarih süresince yaşadığı coğrafyanın özelliklerini yansıtan kültürel bir zenginliktir. Çoğunluğu Bosna-Hersek’te yaşayan Boşnaklar, uzun yıllar boyunca Osmanlı egemenliğinde yaşamını devam ettirmiş bir toplum olup göçlerle Türkiye’nin farklı bölgelerine yerleşmiş ve köyler kurmuşlardır. Bu etkileşim Türklerle pek çok medeniyeti bir araya getirdiği gibi bu medeniyetler içinde önemli yer tutan milletlerden biri olma özelliğini sağlamıştır. Bu çalışmada Boşnakların kültürel kimliğini yansıtmakta önemli payı olan mutfak kültürüne ait özellikler keşifsel bir araştırmayla ortaya konmaya çalışılmıştır. Bu bağlamda özel günleri ve bu günlerde yapılan yemekler, geleneksel yemekler ile Türk mutfağı kültürel etkileşimleri ele alınmıştır. Çalışmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme tekniği kullanılmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda Türkiye’de yaşayan Boşnakların önemli bir kısmının mutfak kültürlerine ait yemekleri ve kültürel ritüellerini devam ettirmeye çalıştıkları ancak bu yemeklerin yeni kuşaklarda unutulmaya başlandığı belirlenmiştir.Culinary culture is a tradition of food and beverage in the cooking and consumption process of food in different societies and it is all of the traditions consisting of beliefs and practices developed within this scope. It is one of the most important constituents in cultural heritage and it is a cultural richness that reflects the characteristics of the geography in which societies lived throughout history. Bosniaks, most of whom live in Bosnia-Herzegovina, are a society that continued their life under Ottoman rule for many years. The Bosniaks have established their settlement in different regions of Turkey by coming through immigration. This interaction has brought together many civilizations with Turkish peoples and provided the feature of being one of the nation’s holding an important place these civilizations. In this study, the characteristics of cuisine culture, which have an important role in reflecting the cultural identity of Bosniaks, have been tried to be revealed through an exploratory research. In this context, special days and meals prepared on these days, traditional dishes and cultural interactions of Turkish cuisine have been addressed. A semi-structured interview form which is one of the qualitative research methods was used in the study. According to the findings of the research, it was observed that an important part of Bosniaks living in Turkey tried to sustain rituals and meals which are belong their culinary culture, however these meals were being forgotten by the new generations

HERD BEHAVIOR IN CRYPTO ASSET MARKETAND EFFECT OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON HERD BEHAVIOR

The initial purpose of the study is to search whether the market exhibits herd behavior or not by examining the crypto asset market in the context of behavioral finance. And the second purpose of the study is to measure whether the financial information stimulates the herd behavior or not. Within this frame, the announcements of Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), Governing Council of European Central Bank (ECB) and Policy Board of Bank of Japan (BOJ) for interest change, and S&P 500, Nikkei 225, FTSE 100 and GOLD SPOT indices’ data were used. In the study, the analyses were made over 100 cryptocurrencies with the highest trading volume by the use of 2014:5 -2019:12 period. For the analysis, the Markov Switching approach as well as loads of empiric models developed by Chang et al. (2000) were used. According to the results obtained, the presence of herd behavior in the crypto asset market was determined in the relevant period. But it was found that interestrate announcements, and stock exchange performances had no effect on the herd behavior

Reprint of "Decision support models for supplier development: Systematic literature review and research agenda"

The continuing trend towards sourcing components and semi-finished goods for less vertically integrated manufacturing systems globally leads to a dramatic increase in supply options for companies. To ensure that companies benefit from the potentials global sourcing offers, supplier-buyer relationships need to be managed efficiently. Due to the decreasing share of value-adding activities provided in-house, suppliers are more and more considered as an essential contributor to the buying company's competitive position. Consequently, to realize and sustain competitive advantages, companies try to establish institutionalized long-term relationships to their most important suppliers and to actively improve the productivity and performance of their supplier base. To support supplier development in practice, researchers have developed decision support models that provide assistance in selecting and implementing suitable supplier development activities. The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive and systematic overview of decision support models for supplier development and to develop a research agenda that helps to identify promising areas for future research in this area. First, typical applications for supplier development as well as potential development measures that can be adopted to improve the performance of suppliers are identified. Secondly, a systematic literature review with a focus on decision support models for supplier development is conducted. Based on the analysis of the literature, we define a research agenda that synthesizes key trends and promising research opportunities and thus highlight areas where more decision support models are needed to foster supplier development initiatives in practice

Diagnosis of comorbid migraine without aura in patients with idiopathic/genetic epilepsy based on the gray zone approach to the International Classification of Headache Disorders 3 criteria

BackgroundMigraine without aura (MwoA) is a very frequent and remarkable comorbidity in patients with idiopathic/genetic epilepsy (I/GE). Frequently in clinical practice, diagnosis of MwoA may be challenging despite the guidance of current diagnostic criteria of the International Classification of Headache Disorders 3 (ICHD-3). In this study, we aimed to disclose the diagnostic gaps in the diagnosis of comorbid MwoA, using a zone concept, in patients with I/GEs with headaches who were diagnosed by an experienced headache expert.MethodsIn this multicenter study including 809 consecutive patients with a diagnosis of I/GE with or without headache, 163 patients who were diagnosed by an experienced headache expert as having a comorbid MwoA were reevaluated. Eligible patients were divided into three subgroups, namely, full diagnosis, zone I, and zone II according to their status of fulfilling the ICHD-3 criteria. A Classification and Regression Tree (CART) analysis was performed to bring out the meaningful predictors when evaluating patients with I/GEs for MwoA comorbidity, using the variables that were significant in the univariate analysis.ResultsLonger headache duration (<4 h) followed by throbbing pain, higher visual analog scale (VAS) scores, increase of pain by physical activity, nausea/vomiting, and photophobia and/or phonophobia are the main distinguishing clinical characteristics of comorbid MwoA in patients with I/GE, for being classified in the full diagnosis group. Despite being not a part of the main ICHD-3 criteria, the presence of associated symptoms mainly osmophobia and also vertigo/dizziness had the distinguishing capability of being classified into zone subgroups. The most common epilepsy syndromes fulfilling full diagnosis criteria (n = 62) in the CART analysis were 48.39% Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy followed by 25.81% epilepsy with generalized tonic-clonic seizures alone.ConclusionLonger headache duration, throbbing pain, increase of pain by physical activity, photophobia and/or phonophobia, presence of vertigo/dizziness, osmophobia, and higher VAS scores are the main supportive associated factors when applying the ICHD-3 criteria for the comorbid MwoA diagnosis in patients with I/GEs. Evaluating these characteristics could be helpful to close the diagnostic gaps in everyday clinical practice and fasten the diagnostic process of comorbid MwoA in patients with I/GEs

An unpredictable complication during percutaneous endoscopic tube placement: Esophageal perforation

WOS: 000343106300032PubMed ID: 25314168A percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) was performed to provide an enteral feeding route. Major and minor complications related to this procedure include, aspiration, wound infections, necrotizing fasciitis, peritonitis, abscess, peristomal leakage, pneumoperitoneum, ileus, portomesenteric venous gas, colon injury, gastrocolocutaneous fistulae, abdominal wall bleeding, intra-abdominal bleeding, gastric outlet obstruction, inadvertent gastrostomy tube removal, spleen trauma, clogged PEG tube, tumor implantation at PEG site, and buried bumper syndrome [1, 2]

Sleep quality of menopausal women

YÖK Tez No: 412771Menopoz, kadınlarda üremenin sona erdiği dönemdir. Yumurtalıkların cerrahi operasyonlarla karşılıklı olarak çıkartılması durumuna cerrahi menopoz olarak adlandırılır. Doğal menopoz ise kadınlarda ortalama 45-55 yaş dönemleridir. Yumurtalıkların yaşlanmayla birlikte işlevsizleşmesi sonucu kadınlarda artık yumurta oluşumu gözükmez ve üreme dönemi sonlanır. Menopoz başlangıcıyla birlikte kadınlarda pek çok hormon seviyelerinde düşüşler görülmeye başlar. Bu durum vazomotor semptomlara sebep olurken uyku kalitesini olumsuz yönde etkiler. Bu çalışmada; menopoza girmiş bayanlarda yaşanan uyku problemlerinin önce öznel daha sonra nesnel olarak izlenmesiyle birlikte ortaya konulması ve uyku kalitesi üzerine olan etkilerinin daha iyi anlaşılması, elde edilecek bilgilerle de literatüre, gelecek çalışmalar için ön bilgi sunulması amaçlandı. Araştırmaya Kadın Hastalığı ve Doğum polikliniğinde menapoz tanısı konmuş ve bilgilendirilmiş onam formu alınmış hastalar dahil edildi. Tüm katılımcıların sosyodemografik özellikleri ve menapozal dönemlerine ilişkin veriler kaydedildikten sonra, yüz yüze görüşme yöntemiyle Pittsburg Uyku Kalite İndeksi anketi (PUKÖ) uygulandı, subjektif uyku kalitesi değerlendirmesi yapıldı. Anket formlarının skorlanmasını takiben PUKÖ skorları uyku kalitesinde bozulmaya işaret eden hastalar çağırılarak, uyku laboratuvarımızda non-invaziv bir teknik olan polisomnografi (PSG) tetkikine alındı. Uyku kalitesi bozukluğunun objektif olarak incelendi. Sürekli değişkenler bakımından grupların karşılaştırılmasında verilerin dağılım şekline bağlı olarak Independent Samples t test veya Mann-Whitney U test kullanıldı. Kategorik verilerin analizinde Chi-Square veya Fisher's Exact testlerinden yararlanıldı. Çalışmamızda PUKÖ sonuçları anlamlı çıkan hastaların 17 tanesine PSG uygulandı ve bu hastalardan 11 tanesine OUAS tanısı konuldu. Ayrıca hastaların Non-Rem 1 evrelerinin sürelerinin uzadığı ve REM döneminin kısaldığı görüldü. Hastaların REM latans değerlerinin arttığı, uyku etkinliklerinin düştüğü sonuçlarına ulaşıldı. Sigara içen ve içmeyen hastalar arasında PUKÖ sonuçları bakımından yapılan karşılaştırmada, yüksek PUKÖ sonuçları ve sigara içmek arasında anlamlılık bulundu. Sigara içen hastaların uyku düzenlerinden daha fazla şikâyetçi oldukları görüldü. Sonuç olarak; çalışmamızdan elde edilen veriler doğrultusunda yapılacak olan ileri çalışmalarla, uyku kalitesini düzeltmeye yönelik çalışmaların olumlu sonuçlarının literatüre katılmasıyla, hastaları fizyolojik ve mental olarak dinlendirici etkin bir uyku sürecine kavuşturacağını, bunun sonucu olarak da yaşam kalitelerini yükselteceğini söyleyebiliriz.Menopause is a period in which fertility of a woman ends. The reciprocally removal of ovaries is called as surgical menopause. On the other hand, natural menopause is the period seen in women averagely at the age of 45-55. Ovary period in women does not occur as a result of becoming unfunctional by getting older and so fertility ends. Initiating with menopause, lots of hormone levels in women start decreasing. This situation effects the quality of sleep negatively at the same time resulting in vasomotor symptoms. In current study, it was aimed that revealing sleep disorders of menopausal women first subjectively then objectively and understanding effect on sleep quality more clearly and obtained data we found to use for further studies. This study included patients giving consent form and diagnosed with menopause in outpatient polyclinics of gynecology and obstetrics. After saving all participants' sociodemographic attributes and data related to menopausal period, subjective sleep quality evaluation was done by conducting Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index questionnaire by using face to face method. After grading PSQI forms, the patients whose sleep quality showed signs of impair were called to clinics and polysomnography which is an noninvasive technic was conducted in our sleep labs so that sleep quality disorders was examined objectively. In terms of continuous variables on comparison of groups, depends on data dispensation model, either independent samples T test or Mann-Whitney U test was used. On analysis categorical data, either Chi-Square test or Fisher's Exact test was used. In our study, PSG was conducted on 17 of patient whose PSQI score were significant and 11 of them were diagnosed with OSAS. In addition to this result, it was seen that patients had extended Non-Rem 1 duration, while REM duration diminised. We concluded that patients' REM latency lprolonged and sleep efficiency decreased. Comparison between smoker and non-smoker in terms of PSQI score, high PSQI score was significant. Smokers are more complainant about sleep pattern than non-smoker. In conclusion; further studies to be conducted in accordance with data obtained from our study, positive results of improving quality of sleep studies by taking place in literature, the patients will have restful and effective sleep by physiologically and mentally, and so they will have better life quality

Özel okullarda, devlet okullarında ve dersanelerde çalışan lise öğretmenlerinin iş tatminlerinin karşılaştırılması

This survey aims to find whether there is a significant difference between job satisfactions of teachers working in state high schools, private colleges and private university courses. Moreover, the effects of variables like sex, gender, age, teaching experience, payment were also investigated. Data were obtained in 2001-2002 academic year from 282 teachers employed in 22 state high schools, private colleges and private courses schools in İstanbul. Two instruments were used: 20-item short form of the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) and the Personal Information Inventory. Data were analyzed statistically using SPSS package program. According to the results the job satisfaction of teachers working in the state high schools were found to be lower than the ones working in private colleges and university courses.Bu araştırmayla devlet okullarında, özel okullarda ve dershanelerde çalışan öğretmenlerin iş tatminlerini saptamak ve aralarında istatiksel açıdan manidar bir farklılık olup olmadığını belirlemek amaçlanmıştır. Ayrıca öğretmenlerin iş tatminlerinin cinsiyet, medeni durum, yaş, mesleki deneyim, meslek seçimi, mezun olunan kurum, başka işte çalışma ve gelir durumu değişkenlerine göre nasıl değiştiği de incelenmiştir. Araştırmaya 2000-2001 öğretim yılında, İstanbul'da Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı'na bağlı devlet okulu, özel okul ve dershanelerde görev yapan toplam 22 kurumdan 282 öğretmen katılmıştır. Verilerin toplanmasında kişisel bilgiler formu ve Minnesota iş tatmin ölçeği'nin 20 sorudan oluşan kısa formu kullanılmıştır. Veriler SPSS paket programı kullanılarak istatiksel açıdan analiz edilmiştir. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre özel okullarda ve dershanelerde çalışan öğretmenlerin iş tatmini düzeylerinin devlet okullarına göre daha yüksek olduğu görülmüştür