18-21 Yaş Grubu Bireylerin Genel Zekâ Düzeyleri İle Psikolojik Semptom Dü- zeyleri Arasındaki İlişki (The Relation between General Intelligence Levels and Psychological Symptom Levels of Adolescents)

Purpose: Researchers have stated that high intelligence might bring about psycho-logical problems. The purpose of this study was to investigate relationships be-tween general intelligence and some psychological symptoms.Method: Research participants included 73 students who were either university students in their first year or preparing for university. Their age ranged from 18 to 21 with a mean of 19,93. Female participants constituted 42,5% of the total and male participants included 57,5% of the total. The Raven’s Advanced Progressive Matrices (RAPM) and the Psychological Symptoms Scanning Scale-90-R were used to collect data. The former was used to measure the participants’ general intelli-gence while the latter was used to measure their psychological symptoms. Meas-urement instruments were administered to the participants in their classrooms. Data analysis included correlational analysis between general intelligence scores and psychological symptom scores. Results: Findings showed that correlations between general intelligence scores and psychological symptom scores for the total sample ranged from -0,04 to -0,29, respectively. Anger score had the lowest correlation with general intelligence and the sensibility score had the highest correlation with general intelligence. Total psychological symptom scores had a correlation of -0,23 with general intelligence scores. Other psychological symptom scores also had negative correlations with general intelligence scores. General intelligence scores had a correlation of -,27 with obsessive compulsive disorder, -,24 with somatization, -,18 with depression, -,23 with anxiety, -,24 with phobia, -,09 with paranoid tendency, and -,16 with psikotism. Conclusions: Research findings show that in general, as general intelligence level increases, the level of psychological symptom decreases and as general intelli-gence level decreases, the level of psychological symptom increases. However, when data was analyzed by participants’ parents’ gender, the pattern of relation-ship becomes positive. That is, correlations between general intelligence scores and psychological symptom scores among participants with mothers (n = 15) who had university or higher education become positive. Similar findings were ob-tained when data was analyzed by fathers’ educational levels. Correlations range from .10 to .78. In conclusion, as parents’ educational level increases, correlations between general intelligence and psychological symptoms of their children be-come negative. However, it should be noted that the number of sample is rather small in parents’ gender analysis. We strongly recommend that findings by the total sample should be paid more attention than parents’ gender groups

Texture mapping on geometrical models

Ankara : The Department of Computer Engineering and Information Sciences and the Institute of Engineering and Science of Bilkent Univ. , 1989.Thesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 1989Includes bibliographical references leaves 37-39.The contribution of the visual effects of textures is an important aspect in generating images of real objects. Texture mapping is a very successful technique in this respect. Texture mapping can be subdivided into two fundamental topics; the geometric mapping and the filtering. The texture mapping system developed in this study is adaptable to different types of geometric models. Superqueadric, Bezier or b-spline surfaces can be mapped with textures. The geometric modeling and the texture synthesis subsystems were also implemented for this purpose. The system works in an interactive manner, the user describes the geometric model and the texture and gets the result in a reasonable amount of time. The speed and the usability of the system by a naive user are the keypoints of implementation.Açıkgöz, Oktay AydınM.S

Usage of rice milk in probiotic yoghurt production

There are previous studies focusing on the production of probiotic and fermented dairy products made using vegetable based raw materials like oats and soy, however there is a limited number of studies on the usage of rice milk in fermented dairy products. Four different types of yoghurt samples were produced and stored for 21 days at 4°C. Physical, chemical, microbiological and sensory characteristics of the samples were performed at the 1st, 7th, 14th and 21st days of the storage. It was determined that rice milk increased the viscosity values but decreased the values of the texture, whey separation and the chemical and microbiological properties of yoghurts. Acetaldehyde, acetoin, acetone and diacetyl of carbonyl compounds were detected as main flavor components of yoghurt samples. In the sensory analysis, scores decreased as the rice milk proportions in yoghurt was increased and the panelists reported that P1 sample (25% rice milk + 75% cow's milk) was the closest sample to the control sample (100% cow's milk). Generally speaking, samples containing rice milk did not give good results. However, P1 samples were the most favored products among the samples containing rice milk as they were the closest product to the control group. The consumption of such products is continuously increasing as the customers' tendency to consider them as functional products rather than traditional food products increase.Ege University Scientific Research Fund (2011-ZRF-009

Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) on Heavy Metal and Salt Stress

The Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are microorganisms that live symbiotically with plant roots and have many benefits to soil and plants. In this study, some effects of AMF which are known to be soil and plant beneficial, have been evaluated and solution proposals have been put forward against heavy metal and salinity stress in the soil. Salt accumulation and high concentrations of heavy metal in the soil affects negatively the microbial diversity and activity. Removal of salt acumulation and heavy metal from contaminated soil by chemical and physical methods is both very expensive and ineffective. Therefore, AMF are important for alleviating the heavy metal and salt stress in plants. AMF can alter plant physiol¬ogy and root morphology, increase the uptake of nutrients and water from the soil through an extensive hyphal network, decrease the use of chemical fertilizer, interact with other soil microorganisms plant growth promoting, induce of some resistance parameters in the plants and produce the glomalin which develops the properties and structure of soil. AMF are eco-friendly solutions according to traditional methods and the use of suitable plant-fungi combinations increases the chances of success of these applications

6-9 Yaş Çocuklarının Hareket Gelişimleri İle Akıl Yürütme Yeteneği Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

Bu araştırmada, 6-9 yaş çocuklarının genel motor gelişim özellikleri ile zihinsel yeteneklerden akıl yürütme yeteneği (akıcı zekâ) arasındaki ilişki incelenmiştir. Araştırmanın örneklemini, özel bir İlkokula devam etmekte olan 6-9 yaş grubundaki öğrencilerden random yoluyla belirlenmiş toplam 78 öğrenci oluşturmuştur. Verilerin elde edilmesinde iki ölçek kullanılmıştır: hareket gelişimlerini ölçmek amacıyla Lincoln Oseretzsky Motor Gelişim Testi ve akıl yürütme yeteneklerini (akıcı zekâ) ölçmek amacıyla WJ-Rcog Zihinsel Yetenek Test Bataryası’nda yer alan Analiz-Sentez Testi. Hareket gelişimi ve akıl yürütme yeteneğinin yaşlara göre farklılaşma durumunu saptamak için varyans analizi, cinsiyete göre farklılaşma durumunu saptamak üzere ise t-testi hesaplaması yapılmıştır. Tüm örneklem grubu ve alt gruplarda hareket gelişimi ile akıl yürütme yeteneği arasındaki ilişkiyi saptamak amacıyla da pearson çarpım momentler katsayısı hesaplamaları yapılmıştır. Araştırmadan elde edilen bulgulara göre;  6-9 yaş çocuklarının hareket gelişimleri ile akıl yürütme yetenekleri arasında; tüm grupta ve 6 yaş grubunda .01 düzeyinde manidar bir ilişki görülmüştür.7, 8 ve 9 yaş gruplarında ise manidar bir ilişki saptanmamıştır. Her iki cinsiyet alt gruplarında hareket gelişimi ile akıl yürütme yeteneği arasında .01 düzeyinde manidar ilişkiler saptanmıştı

Relationship Between Atopy Patch Test with Foods and SCORAD

Background and Design: The relationship between food and atopic dermatitis (AD) is controversial. Atopy patch test (APT) gained prominence due to low specificity of “fresh prick tests” (FPT) with foods, commonly late occurrence of lesions in AD and, thus, the inconsistencies in anamneses, and being the provocative tests time consuming and risky, as well as due to the role of T lymphocytes in the pathophysiology of the disease. In this study, we investigated the relationship of APT and FPT made with food with SCORAD index assessing the disease severity.Materials and Methods: Forty-five children (21 males and 24 females) aged between 2-15 years who were diagnosed with AD in our outpatient clinic between May 2006 and May 2007 were included in the study. FPT and APT with eggs, milk and wheat flour were performed in all patients. The severity of illness was assessed using the SCORAD index. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 11.0 for Windows. A p value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant