Institutions And Initiatives Role In Turkeys National Innovation System

In Turkey, increasing focus to the concept of innovation underlined the importance of the related institutions role in the economic agenda. Hence, a clear understanding of the functions of the actors that makes up the countrys innovation system is important in policy formulation stages. Accordingly, the goal of this literature review is to analyze institutions duties that are active in the National System of Innovation and to assess recent developments contribution to the innovation policy targets. It has been observed that Turkey has a strong institutional infrastructure, but also has some problems concerning firm-based innovation, university-industry cooperation and development of innovation inputs

Suppression of ferromagnetism in URhGe doped with Ru

In the correlated metal URhGe ferromagnetic order (T_C = 9.5 K) and superconductivity (T_s= 0.25 K) coexist at ambient pressure. Here we report on alloying URhGe by Ru, which enables one to tune the Curie temperature to 0 K. URuGe has a paramagnetic ground state and is isostructural to URhGe. We have prepared a series of polycrystalline URh_{1-x}Ru_{x}Ge samples over a wide range of x values. Magnetization and electrical resistivity data (T > 2 K) show, after an initial increase, a linear suppression of T_C with increasing x. The critical Ru concentration for the suppression of ferromagnetic order is x_cr ~ 0.38.Comment: pdf file (2 pages, 1 figure); submitted to the Proceedings of the Int. Conf. SCES'0

Ferromagnetic order in U(Rh,Co)Ge

We report the variation of ferromagnetic order in the pseudo-ternary compounds URh_{1-x}Co_{x}Ge (0 \leq x \leq 1). Magnetization and transport data taken on polycrystalline samples show that the Curie temperature T_{C} gradually increases with increasing Co content from a value of 9.5 K for URhGe to a maximum value of 20 K for x = 0.6 and then steadily decreases to 3 K for UCoGe. The magnetic interaction strength varies smoothly across the series. For all samples the electrical resistivity for T < T_{C} follows the behaviour \rho = \rho_{0} + AT^2. The A coefficient is dominated by scattering at spin waves and is strongly enhanced for x = 0 and 1.Comment: 12 pages (4 figures), submitted to SS

Evidence for an antiferromagnetic component in the magnetic structure of ZrZn2

Zero-field muon spin rotation experiments provide evidence for an antiferromagnetic component in the magnetic structure of the intermetallics ZrZn2.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure

Reservoir sedimentation in the Demirköprü Dam, Turkey

River morphodynamics and sediment transportSedimentation in reservoir

Sudjelovanje studenata u bolonjskom procesu: analiza turskog iskustva

Bologna Process studies in Çankaya University’s Interior Architecture Department (INAR), Turkey have been initiated in 2008. The goal of this study is to explore students’ perceptions about the new programme outcomes framed with the Turkish Higher Education Qualifications Framework and to provide a set of guidelines for the Bologna Process to be implemented. A questionnaire including semi-structured questions is conducted in the data collection process. Content analysis method is used in order to examine students’ perceptual outcomes. The findings of the study display that students’ perceptions underline the importance of the acquisition of knowledge, skills and competences in social, economic and managerial dimensions of the professional life. Results also reveal the need of students for the acquisition and use of communicative, collaborative and interdisciplinary aspects of the profession and their expectations on both theoretical and practical contents of INAR courses. Furthermore, this study which mainly followed a student-cantered approach concluded that it is also possible to generalize new programme outcomes through the active participation of students.Studiranje prema bolonjskom procesu na Odsjeku za arhitekturu interijera (INAR) turskog Sveučilišta Çankaya počelo je 2008. Cilj ove studije jest istražiti percepcije studenata vezane uz nove programske ishode unutar okvira Turskog kvalifikacijskog okvira za visoko obrazovanje te pružiti skup smjernica za provedbu bolonjskog procesa. U procesu prikupljanja podataka proveden je upitnik sastavljen od napola strukturiranih pitanja. Za ispitivanje percepcijskih ishoda studenata upotrijebljena je metoda analize sadržaja. Pokazalo se da studenti naglašavaju važnost usvajanja znanja, vještina i kompetencija u društvenim, ekonomskim i rukovoditeljskim dimenzijama profesionalnog života. Rezultati također otkrivaju potrebe studenata za usvajanjem i upotrebom komunikacijskih, suradničkih i interdisciplinarnih aspekata samog zanimanja, kao i očekivanja u pogledu kako teorijskog, tako i praktičnog sadržaja kolegija na Odsjeku za arhitekturu interijera. U ovoj studiji, koja je uglavnom slijedila pristup kojemu je student u središtu zanimanja, donesen je zaključak da je moguće generalizirati nove programske ishode aktivnim sudjelovanjem studenata

Mechanisms of motivational interviewing in health promotion: a Bayesian mediation analysis

BACKGROUND: Counselor behaviors that mediate the efficacy of motivational interviewing (MI) are not well understood, especially when applied to health behavior promotion. We hypothesized that client change talk mediates the relationship between counselor variables and subsequent client behavior change. METHODS: Purposeful sampling identified individuals from a prospective randomized worksite trial using an MI intervention to promote firefighters’ healthy diet and regular exercise that increased dietary intake of fruits and vegetables (n = 21) or did not increase intake of fruits and vegetables (n = 22). MI interactions were coded using the Motivational Interviewing Skill Code (MISC 2.1) to categorize counselor and firefighter verbal utterances. Both Bayesian and frequentist mediation analyses were used to investigate whether client change talk mediated the relationship between counselor skills and behavior change. RESULTS: Counselors’ global spirit, empathy, and direction and MI-consistent behavioral counts (e.g., reflections, open questions, affirmations, emphasize control) significantly correlated with firefighters’ total client change talk utterances (rs = 0.42, 0.40, 0.30, and 0.61, respectively), which correlated significantly with their fruit and vegetable intake increase (r = 0.33). Both Bayesian and frequentist mediation analyses demonstrated that findings were consistent with hypotheses, such that total client change talk mediated the relationship between counselor’s skills—MI-consistent behaviors [Bayesian mediated effect: αβ = .06 (.03), 95% CI = .02, .12] and MI spirit [Bayesian mediated effect: αβ = .06 (.03), 95% CI = .01, .13]—and increased fruit and vegetable consumption. CONCLUSION: Motivational interviewing is a resource- and time-intensive intervention, and is currently being applied in many arenas. Previous research has identified the importance of counselor behaviors and client change talk in the treatment of substance use disorders. Our results indicate that similar mechanisms may underlie the effects of MI for dietary change. These results inform MI training and application by identifying those processes critical for MI success in health promotion domains

Pressure Evolution of the Ferromagnetic and Field Re-entrant Superconductivity in URhGe

Fine pressure ($P$) and magnetic field ($H$) tuning on the ferromagnetic superconductor URhGe are reported in order to clarify the interplay between the mass enhancement, low field superconductivity (SC) and field reentrant superconductivity (RSC) by electrical resistivity measurements. With increasing $P$, the transition temperature and the upper critical field of the low field SC decrease slightly, while the RSC dome drastically shifts to higher fields and shrinks. The spin reorientation field $H_{\rm R}$ also increases. At a pressure $P\sim 1.8$ GPa, the RSC has collapsed while the low field SC persists and may disappear only above 4 GPa. Via careful $(P, H)$ studies of the inelastic $T^2$ resistivity term, it is demonstrated that this drastic change is directly related with the $P$ dependence of the effective mass which determines the critical field of the low field SC and RSC on the basis of triplet SC without Pauli limiting field.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figures, to appear in Journal of the Physical Society of Japa

Evidence for a ferromagnetic quantum critical point in URhGe doped with Ru

We have investigated the evolution of ferromagnetic order in the correlated metal series URh_{1-x}Ru_{x}Ge. Magnetization, transport and specific heat measurements provide convincing evidence for a ferromagnetic quantum critical point at the critical concentration x_{c} = 0.38. Here we report ac-susceptibility and magnetization measurements on selected samples with Ru doping concentrations near the critical point.Comment: 2 pages, conference paper, submitted to the proceedings of SCES'0