Analytically Investigation of FRP Ductility Effect on Retrofitted RC Columns

Retrofitting of currently used buildings has come into question with the determination of buildings’ performance levels due to earthquake force effect. In this sense, lots of retrofitting techniques have been applied for the retrofitting of current buildings. Columns, beams, joints and slab can be reinforced on the basis of member, with the retrofitting techniques. By this way, building safety is provided by increasing the performance level of the buildings. Within the scope of this study, force-deformation relationship of a single column reinforced with FRP (Fiber Reinforced Polymer) compared with not reinforced column was analysed with regard to finite element method. In the analyses, a column in 300x300 mm in size, 2000 mm in height was modelled. Load was applied step by step as lateral load from 50 nodes which are on 1/7 top of column. After the force-displacement relationship of not retrofitted column was revealed, analysis was repeated by modelling FRP material through plastic hinge area of not damaged column. In conclusion, it is found out that FRP material increases energy consumption capacity of a single column up to 30%

M.E.B. İslam ansiklopedisindeki Kur’an ve tefsirle ilgili maddelerin eleştirel analizi

06.03.2018 tarihli ve 30352 sayılı Resmi Gazetede yayımlanan “Yükseköğretim Kanunu İle Bazı Kanun Ve Kanun Hükmünde Kararnamelerde Değişiklik Yapılması Hakkında Kanun” ile 18.06.2018 tarihli “Lisansüstü Tezlerin Elektronik Ortamda Toplanması, Düzenlenmesi ve Erişime Açılmasına İlişkin Yönerge” gereğince tam metin erişime açılmıştır.M.E.B. İslâm Ansiklopedisindeki Kur'ân ve Tefsirle İlgili Maddelerin Eleştirel Analiziadlı bu çalışmamızda, Oryantalistler tarafından hazırlanan ve Müslüman milletlerin tarih,coğrafya, etnografya ve biyografya bilgilerini içeren The Encyclopaedia of Islâm / İslâmAnsiklopedisindeki Kur'ân ve Tefsirle ilgili maddelerde bulunan yanlış, maksatlı yorum veiddiaları incelemeye çalıştık. Oryantalist yazarlar, ansiklopedide kavramları işlerkenkelimenin kökeninden, o konudaki İslâm âlimlerinin değişik görüşlerinden, farklırivayetlerden, yanlış anlama ve sübjektif yorumlarından hareketle bir takım iddialardabulunmaktadırlar. Başta vahyi inkâr ederek Hz. Muhammed'in Kur'ân'ı birilerindenöğrenerek oluşturduğunu söylemeye çalışmaktadırlar. Çalışmamızda onların bu iddialarınageçmeden önce birinci bölümde konunun anlaşılmasında büyük bir önem taşıyanoryantalizmi, The Encyclopaedia of Islâm'ı ve İslâm Ansiklopedisini tanıtmaya gayret ettik.İkinci ve üçüncü bölümlerde ise oryantalistlerin çalışmalarının sadece olumsuz yönleriüzerinde durarak ortaya koydukları iddialarını cevaplandırdık.Bu çalışma sübjektif bir yöntemle hareket eden oryantalistlerin çoğunun İslâm ve İslâmmûrası hakkındaki yanlış, saptırma, iftira ve iddialarının bu ansiklopedi maddelerinde dedevam ettiğini göstermektedir. Ayrıca bu çalışma ile İslâm âleminde oryantalistlere cevapolacak bir ansiklopedinin hazırlanmasının bir ihtiyaç olduğu ve bununla birlikte İslâmhakkında çok büyük çalışmaları bulunan oryantalistlere karşı mücadelede, aynı şekildebüyük bir araştırma gayreti içinde olmamız gerektiği de ortaya çıkmıştır.Anahtar Kelimeler: İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Kur'ân, Kur'ân İlimleri, Tefsir, OryantalizmThe Encyclopaedia of Islam was prepared by the Orientalists and it includes the history,geography, ethnography and biography of the Muslims. This study investigated the falsestatements and misinterpretation of the Orientalists about the items of the Qur?an andthe commentary of the Qur?an in the M.E.B. Encyclopaedia of Islam. Muslim scholarshave different views about the origin of the words in Qur?an. However orientalists havesome false claims about Islam in the Encyclopaedia of Islam which was prepared byorientalist because of different views about the origin of the words. Firstly, they havedenied authenticity revelation and then they have said that the prophet Muhammedlearned the Qur?an from other people. At the first part of our study, we tried to introduceorientalism, the Encyclopaedia of Islam which is very important for understanding ofthis theme. At the second and third part, we emphasized negative opinions of orientalistin their study (The Encyclopaedia of Islam) and we answered orientalists? claims.Our study have displayed that the majority of the orientalists have false comments andincorrect statements about Islam and it is observed that they did not change their attitudein the following words. In addition, this study shows that the world of the Islam shouldprepare an Encyclopaedia and it should answer the false comments of the Orientalists.Particularly, if we want to answer the false staments of the Orientalists, we shouldinvestigate about the our legacy very well.Keywords: Encyclopaedia of Islâm, Qur?an, Sciences of Qur?an, Exegesis, Oriantalis

M.E.B. İslam ansiklopedisindeki Kuran Ve Tefsirle İlgili Maddelerin Eleştirel Analizi

06.03.2018 tarihli ve 30352 sayılı Resmi Gazetede yayımlanan “Yükseköğretim Kanunu İle Bazı Kanun Ve Kanun Hükmünde Kararnamelerde Değişiklik Yapılması Hakkında Kanun” ile 18.06.2018 tarihli “Lisansüstü Tezlerin Elektronik Ortamda Toplanması, Düzenlenmesi ve Erişime Açılmasına İlişkin Yönerge” gereğince tam metin erişime açılmıştır.Günümüz birey ve toplum yaşamının şekillenmesinde endüstriyel yapılanmanın gelişimi büyük bir rol oynamaktadır. Özellikle endüstri devrimi ile başlayan bu süreç, sosyolojik yaklaşımların ortaya çıkmasına, ekonomik ve siyasi akımların oluşmasına, birey-devlet ilişkilerinin şekillenmesine, toplumsal açıdan tarihe yön vermiş olayların oluşumuna, özellikle çalışma hayatına zemin hazırlamıştır. İnsanın gelişiminin zemininde, bireysel ve toplumsal ihtiyaçlarının çok önemli bir yer kapladığı yapılmış birçok çalışmada gözümüze çarpmaktadır. Çalışma hayatı ise bir insanın bireysel ve toplumsal ihtiyaçlarını gidermesinde en önemli unsur olarak görünmektedir. Endüstri devrimine kadar karmaşık olan çalışan-işveren ilişkileri devrim sonrasında gelişmiş, insan kaynağı önemli hale gelmiştir.Çalışma da insan kaynaklarının endüstriyel yapılanmasının gelişimindeki rolü ele almaya çalışılmış, insanın bireysel ve toplumsal gelişiminde ihtiyaçlarının etkisini ve bu ihtiyaçların sağlanmasında çalışan-işveren ilişkilerinin tarih boyunca süregelen değişimleri ile kurumsallaşma aşamalarını `insan kaynağı', `insan' faktörü çerçevesinde incelemek, diğer yandan hem çalışanların hem de işverenlerin kurumsallaşma sürecinde endüstriyel yapılanmanın gelişimine paralel olarak insan kaynaklarının bu gelişime katkısını ele almak amaçlanmıştır.Tüm bu çerçevede endüstriyel yapılanmanın gelişiminde insan kaynağının önemine işaret etmek gerekmektedir. Endüstrileşme ile birlikte bugün önemli oranda oluşmuş olan çalışan ve işveren kurumsallaşmalarının ne denli zor süreçler ve acılar ile geldiğini, aslında bu sürecin insan ve toplum gelişimlerinin tetikleyicisi olduğunu, küreselleşen dünyanın en gözde kavramlarından birinin insan kaynakları olduğunu, endüstrileşen ve hala gelişmekte olan ülkelerde ciddi bir rekabet ortamı ve hizmet sektörü oluştuğunu ve bu sektörde her şeyin temelde `insan'a hizmet ettiğini düşünürsek, insan kaynağının önemini, insan faktörü olmazsa, devasa teknolojilerin, yatırımların, tüm faaliyetlerin tek başına bir işe yaramayacağını, ortaya bir şey çıkaramayacağını, her şeyin yine insan emeği sayesinde gerçekleştiğini özellikle belirtmek gerekmektedirThe development of industrial structuring has a considerable role in the shape of contemporary individual and social life. Starting primarily with the Industrial Revolution, this process constructed a ground for the emergence of sociological approaches as well as the economic and social movements, the configuration of relations between the individuals and the state, the emergence of the key historical incidents, and especially the shape of bussiness life. In various studies, it is mentioned that individual and social needs takes a huge space on human development. On the other hand, working life is seen as the vital factor in satisfying the individual and social needs of a person. Industrial Revolution,the employe-empoyer relationship to the complex, after the revolution advanced, human resources have become important.In this study, the concept of human resources and its role in the development of industrial structuring will be taken into consideration. Furthermore, examining the impact of a person?s individual and social needs, and the case of satisfying those, the shape of employer-employee relations throughout history and the phases of intitutionalism will be analysed with regard to the ?human? and ?human resources? concepts. The further stage of this study will be focused on the contribution of employers and employees in the development of industrial structuring correspondingly with the impact of human resources.In this manner, it is needed to point out a vital requirement of human resources in the development of industrial structuring, which is the case of stating the problematic phases of intitutionalism of both employers and employees by industrialisation through history, regardless of standing as the developer of individual and social life. While considering human resources as the favourite concept in global world and the competitive environments in developing states that serve to ?human? in basic, the importance of human resources in bussiness life, in which the deficiency of human factor reflects the lack of huge investments and sophisticated technologies, should be mentioned

Professional and Academic Expectation for the Future of Students of Social Work

Sosyal Hizmet bölümü Türkiye’de son 5 yıl içerisinde hem devlet üniversitelerinde hem de vakıf üniversitelerinde hızlı bir artış göstermiştir. Bu hızlı artışın getirmiş olduğu problemlerin öğrenciler üzerinde nasıl bir etki yarattığı ve kendilerini gelecek beklentileri üzerinden akademik ve mesleki bağlamda nasıl yorumladıkları önemli bir konu haline gelmektedir. Artan niceliğin öğrenci odağında nasıl tepki gördüğü ve nitelik bakımından nasıl algılandığı soruları da ayrıca bu çalışmanın üzerinde durmak istediği noktalar olmuştur. Aynı zamanda bu çalışmada Sosyal Hizmet bölümü öğrencilerinin akademik ve mesleki beklentilerinin betimlemeye çalışarak hızla artan bölüm sayısının, öğrenci merkezli bir yaklaşımla, nasıl karşılık bulduğu araştırılmaya çalışılacaktır.The Social Work Major has shown a rapid increase in Turkey over the past 5 years in both public and private universities. It is becoming an important issue how the problems brought about by this rapid increase have had an impact on students and how they have interpreted by students in the academic and professional context through their expectation for the future. Increasing the number of Social Work Major in universities how students react and how it is perceived in terms of quality has been a point that this study would like to emphasize. At the same time, in this study, it will be tried to investigate both how the rapidly increasing number of SW Majors are perceived by students and tried to describe the academic and professional expectations of the students especially with a student-centered approach

Bilişim Teknolojileri Öğretmeni Adaylarının Programlama Sürecini Etkileyen Faktörler

The aim of this study is to determine the problems effecting programming process of preservice information technology teachers and the reasons of these problems by monitoring programming process. In this study, programming processes of pre-service teachers were investigated with cognitive task analysis. Six Information Technologies teacher candidates, taking Internet Based Programming course in Fall Semester of 2011-2012 academic year at the Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies (CEIT) at Hacettepe University, participated in the study. Participants were divided to three groups, namely advanced, intermediate and beginner according to their prior programming knowledge and experiences, Tasks of writing program and reading program were assigned to the participants. After the tasks of reading program and thinking and writing program simultaneously, interviews were made with retrospective thinking aloud procedure. The data was analyzed by the NVivo 8 package program. It was found that while participants in advanced level were more successful in the task of writing program, participants in intermediate level were more successful in the task of reading program. The findings indicated that these two processes, writing program and reading program, may require different skills and cognitive processes.Bu çalışmanın amacı, bilişim teknolojileri öğretmen adaylarının programlama sürecini izleyerek, bu süreçteki sorunları ve bu sorunların nedenlerini belirlemektir. Bu çalışmada bilişsel görev analizi ile öğretmen adaylarının programlama süreçleri incelenmiştir. Çalışmaya Hacettepe Üniversitesi Bilgisayar ve Öğretim Teknolojileri Eğitimi (BÖTE) Bölümü’nde 2011-2012 Güz Dönemi’nde İnternet Tabanlı Programlama dersine devam eden 6 bilişim teknolojileri öğretmen adayı katılmıştır. Katılımcılar önceki programlama bilgi ve deneyimlerine göre ileri, orta ve düşük olmak üzere üçe ayrılmıştır. Katılımcılara program yazma ve program okuma görevleri verilmiştir. Program okuma görevi ile eş-zamanlı düşünme ve program yazma görevinden sonra geriye dönük sesli düşünme ile görüşme yapılmıştır. Veriler NVivo 8 programı yardımıyla analiz edilmiştir. Program yazma görevinde ileri düzeydeki katılımcılar daha başarılı olurken, program okuma görevinde orta düzeydeki katılımcıların daha başarılı olduğu görülmektedir. Bu durum, program yazma ve okuma görevlerinin birbirinden farklı beceriler gerektirdiğini ve farklı bilişsel süreçler içerdiğini göstermektedir

Concept of Happiness in Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder that affects a person's emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. Although the symptoms of schizophrenia vary from person to person, the course of the disorder is generally not mild. In addition to these effects of the disease, patients have to struggle with both social and family problems. Having positive feelings such as hope and happiness for patients during this hard period can be a source of motivation in coping with the disease. Indeed, happiness is a basic dimension of a person's life, related to both functionality and achievement. Happiness is a power that supports mental and psychological well-being in many fields, from healthy living to social interaction in individuals. Happiness in schizophrenia points out less depressive mood, less social isolation, and a more hopeful process for the future and treatment process during the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of schizophrenia. However, limited data are available on happiness in schizophrenia due to the long-standing belief that anhedonia is an inherent feature in schizophrenia. In this context, this study aims to create awareness about the ignored concept of happiness in patients with schizophrenia and to evaluate happiness in schizophrenia with its clinical and functional results

Associations of non-HDL-C and triglyceride/HDL-C ratio with coronary plaque burden and plaque characteristics in young adults

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is uncommon in young adult patients. However, these patients have different risk factor profiles and high-risk coronary plaques are more common. The aim of this study was to examine the relations between the coronary plaque burden, plaque composition, serum non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non–HDL-C) levels, and triglyceride/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (TG/HDL-C) ratio in young adults. We analyzed a total of 551 patients under age 45 who had undergone coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA). Coronary plaque characteristics were analyzed using CCTA. Multivariate linear regression analysis was used to assess the predictors of non-calcified plaque (NCB) and calcified plaque (CB) burdens. Serum non–HDL-C levels and TG/HDL-C ratio were higher in the coronary atherosclerosis patient group. Serum non–HDL-C levels and the TG/HDL-C ratio were higher in the obstructive CAD patient group. The plaque burden was positively correlated with non-HDL-C (r = 0.30; p < 0.001), and TG/HDL-C ratio (r = 0.18; p < 0.001).  NCB was positively correlated with age, gender, smoking status, fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, serum triglycerides, hbA1c, non–HDL-C, and TG/HDL-C ratio. Non–HDL-C (β coefficient = 0.13; p = 0.023) and TG/HDL-C ratio (β = 0.10;  p = 0.042) were independent predictors of NCB. Serum non–HDL-C levels and TG/HDL-C were significantly associated with the presence and burden of coronary plaques. Serum non–HDL-C and TG/HDL-C ratios were independently associated with NCB, suggesting their use as easy-to-compute markers for identifying high-risk groups in young adults

Insecticidal activity of fatty acid-rich Turkish bryophyte extracts against sitophilus granarius (coleoptera: curculionidae)

This work was supported by grants from Cankiri Karatekin University and the State Planning Organization, Turkey (Project No: 2010K120720). The authors would also like to thank Turkish Republic Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs, General Directorate of Nature Protection and National Parks for permission to collect the mosses Dicranum scoparium and Hypnum cupressiforme from Ilgaz Mountain National Park. Finally, the authors thank Bianka Martinez for grammatical revision of the manuscript.The composition of fatty acids and insecticidal effects was performed for the Turkish mosses Dicranum scoparium, Hypnum cupressiforme, Polytrichastrum formosum, Homalothecium lutescens and the Turkish liverwort Conocephalum conicum. All structures were determined by means of gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry techniques. The determination of fatty acids was done using a simple and mild method that utilized different solvent extractions ranging from nonpolar to polar solvents (hexane, dichloromethane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol, respectively), and the samples were powdered with and without liquid nitrogen. The correlations between the saturated and unsaturated fatty acid contents depending on the solvent polarity and their crushing process by liquid nitrogen were observed. The insecticidal activity of the bryophytes was analyzed by using the methanol, hexane and esterified methanol extracts. The hexane extracts of Polytrichastrum formosum showed the highest insecticidal activity (70.33%) against Sitophilus granarius. Contact toxicity activities of lauric, myristic and palmitic acids besides single dose studies of the solvent extracts were carried out. The highest mortality rate (53.34%) was obtained from the myristic acid among the tested pure fatty acids. The activities of palmitic and lauric acids were 17.75% and 4.32%, respectively

Investigating the Relationship between Life Satisfaction and Academic Self-Efficacy on College Students’ Organizational Identification

This article explores the relationship between life satisfaction, academic self-efficacy, and organizational identification through a full structural equation model. The data was collected from 255 participants enrolled in different colleges within two universities via the scales of Life Satisfaction, Academic Self-Efficacy, and Organizational Identification. The results show that life satisfaction has direct significant effects on academic self-efficacy and organizational identification. In addition, the study also revealed that there is a significant indirect effect from life satisfaction to organizational identification via academic self-efficacy

Can NLR, PLR and LMR be used as prognostic indicators in patients with pulmonary embolism? Author’s reply on commentary

We appreciate the comments made by Dr Bedel and colleagues. NLR, PLR and LMR are affected by various diseases such as oncological, collagen tissue, inflammatory, or severe renal/liver diseases [1]. Because of this, we have listed some of the above-mentioned disorders in the tables. Hematological diseases, collagen tissue disease, inflammatory diseases, congenital heart disease, or severe renal/liver disease were therefore excluded from the study. However, the presence of malignancy did not affect our results in regression analysis. Platelets swell until 120 minutes in ethylene diamine tetra acetic (EDTA) and until 60 minutes in citrate [2]. Authors suggest that optimal measuring time should not exceed 120 minutes. The blood samples of the patients were taken within 1 hour after their emergency admission. All blood samples in our study were tested within 1 hour of collection [3]. We used EDTA for whole blood anticoagulation. The mean duration of symptoms prior to admission was 5.04 ± 6.9 days. The drugs such as corticosteroids affect inflammatory parameters. Therefore, we excluded inflammatory diseases without emphasizing corticosteroids or other anti-inflammatory drugs