Examining education supervisors' stress level they experience due to their duties

The main purpose of this study is to determine education supervisors’ stress level they experience due to their duties. The working group comprised of 208 education supervisors employed in İstanbul province in the 2009-2010 academic year. The data were gathered through Education Supervisors’ Stress Level Determination Scale (ESSLDS) developed by the researchers themselves. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of the scale was found as 0, 90. The data were analyzed with arithmetic mean, standard deviation, t-test and one-way variant analysis method (ANOVA). The results reveal that the education supervisors experience moderate level stress due to variety of their duties; a bit higher stress due to inefficiency of supervision and difficulties of working conditions; lower than normal level stress regarding of communication problems. In general, education supervisors experience moderate level stress due to their supervisory duties they carry out. While there are significant differences in gender, age, number of rewards and number of in-service training variables, there is no significant difference concerning education and professional experience variables.Araştırmanın amacı, eğitim müfettişlerinin denetim görevlerinden dolayı yaşadıkları stres düzeyini belirlemektir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu 2009-2010 akademik yılında İstanbul ilinde çalışan 208 eğitim müfettişi oluşturmaktadır. Veriler araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen “Eğitim Müfettişlerinin Stres Düzeyini Belirleme Ölçeği” ile toplanmıştır. Ölçeğin Cronbach Alpha güvenirlik katsayısı 0,90 olarak bulunmuştur. Veriler aritmetik ortalama, standart sapma, t-testi ve tek yönlü varyans analizi (ANOVA) yöntemiyle analiz edilmiştir. Araştırma sonuçları, eğitim müfettişlerinin rol çeşitliğinden dolayı orta düzeyde stres yaşadıkları; denetimin etkisizliği ve çalışma koşullarından dolayı daha fazla stres yaşadıkları ve iletişim sorunlarından dolayı da normalden daha fazla stres yaşadıklarını ortaya koymuştur. Genel olarak eğitim müfettişlerinin denetim görevlerinden dolayı orta düzeyde stres yaşadıkları anlaşılmıştır. Araştırmada cinsiyet, yaş, ödül almış olma durumu ve hizmet içi eğitim değişkenleri bakımından anlamlı farklılıklar bulunurken, müfettişlerin eğitim durumları ve kıdem değişkenlerine göre herhangi bir fark bulunmamıştır

Comparison of laying performance, egg quality and bone characteristics of commercial and türk laying hen genotypes kept in a free-range system

This study was designed to compare of laying performance, egg quality and bone characteristics of commercial and Türk laying hen genotypes kept in free-range system. A total of 720 laying hens (Atabey, Lohmann White, Atak-S, Lohmann Brown; n=180 hens/genotype) were used in the experiment. Production performance was determined as the mean of egg production, egg weight, and FCR value between 54 and 66 weeks of age. Egg quality parameters and bone characteristics of tibia and femur were measured at 66 weeks of age. The mean value of egg production was found to be higher in Lohmann Brown and Lohmann White genotypes compared to Atak-S and Atabey genotypes between 54 and 66 weeks of age (P<0.01). The brown eggs obtained from (Lohmann Brown, Atak-S) genotypes tended to be heavier than the white hen genotypes (Lohmann White, Atabey). The lowest mean value of FCR was observed in Lohmann White hens ranged from during the experimental period. The Lohmann Brown and Atak-S eggs obtained from (3.350 g/cm2 and 3.300 g/cm2) had a stronger shell strength compared to the Lohmann White and Atabey (2.847 g/cm2 and 2.910 g/cm2, P<0.01). The breaking strength of tibia was found to be higher in brown hens (366.0 N and 381.2 N) than white hens (267.0 N and 322.2 N) (P<0.01). These findings related to different genotypes could be instructive for arranging new management rules and nutritional advice for stronger eggshell and bone strength of hens in free range system

A theoretical analysis of social justice views of republican and Islamic women's civil society organizations in Turkey: diverging claims and contending traditions

This study attempts to explain diverging claims of justice generating from two major movements within women’s civil society, namely republican and Islamic women’s activism. Given that purpose, empirical data obtained from semi-structured interviews and secondary sources is analyzed under the light of social justice literature which is marked by socioeconomic justice - symbolic justice dichotomy and liberalism – communitarianism debate. The results of the study suggest that although both movements intend to formulate their own claims of justice within a liberal perspective, the impact of Kemalism and Islam on republican and Islamic civil society organizations is decisive. The power of Islam and Kemalism against liberalism can particularly be better observed in the arguments which they formulate for opposing the claims of other groups

Effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy combined with platelet-rich plasma on diabetic wounds: an experimental rat model

Introduction: Hyperbaric oxygen and platelet-rich plasma are used in the treatment of diabetic wounds. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy and autologous platelet concentrates in healing diabetic wounds. Material and methods: Thirty-six female Wistar albino rats were used in this study. Diabetes mellitus was induced chemically with an intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin. The rats were divided into a control group, a hyperbaric oxygen group, a platelet-rich plasma group, and a combined therapy group. Platelet-rich plasma was applied just after the creation of the wound; hyperbaric oxygen treatment was carried out daily over 7 days. Wound healing was evaluated according to four parameters: ulcerations, epidermal thickness, density of dermal collagen fibers, and proliferation of dermal blood vessels. Results: The number of active ulcers in the combined therapy group was fewer than in the control group (p = 0.039), and the wound area was greatest in controls (p < 0.001). The epidermal thickness in platelet-rich plasma and combined therapy groups was non-significantly greater than in the control group (p = 0.097 and p = 0.074, respectively). The amount of fibrous collagen in these two groups was greater than in the control group (p = 0.002). Conclusions: Combined hyperbaric oxygen and platelet-rich plasma therapy was found to be successful in diabetic wound healing. The combination therapy had no additive effect in terms of angiogenesis and the development of new collagen fibers

Badanie służące ocenie występowania choroby wieńcowej w młodym wieku

Introduction. An increasing number of younger patients are being hospitalized with acute coronary syndromes. Earlier risk assessment is essential to prevent or delay coronary artery disease (CAD). This study aimed to assess the rate, risk factor profile, presentation, management and prognosis in young patients with CAD and compared with the same age group without CAD. Material and methods. In this retrospective study, 4325 patients who had undergone coronary angiography from 2011 to 2014 were identified. A total of 627 patients were ≤ 45 years age; 412 of them had CAD, and 215 had normal coronary arteries (control group). Results. The mean age of the patients was 41.7 ± 4.1 years in the CAD group and 41.5 ± 4.5 years in the control group. The prevalences of dyslipidemia, smoking, family history of CAD, hypertension, diabetes, and overweight were higher in the CAD than in the control group. However, the obesity rate was not significantly different between the two groups. Patients with ACS often presented with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) (49.3%), and single-vessel involvement (55.3%) predominated. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was the main myocardial reperfusion therapy (68.4%). Conclusıons. Among the young patients studied, CAD had a higher incidence in males. Smoking was the most important modifiable risk factor. Also, patients showed high prevalences of dyslipidemia, overweight, diabetes, and family history of CAD. This study re-emphasizes the relationship between traditional cardiovascular risks and CAD in young.Wstęp. Coraz więcej młodych osób jest hospitalizowanych z powodu ostrych zespołów wieńcowych (ACS). Wczesna ocena ryzyka ma podstawowe znaczenie w zapobieganiu chorobie wieńcowej (CAD) lub opóźnieniu jej wystąpienia. Badanie przeprowadzono w celu oceny częstości występowania CAD, jej czynników ryzyka, objawów, leczenia oraz rokowania u młodych pacjentów z CAD i porównanie tych danych z odpowiednimi danymi dotyczącymi osób niechorujących na CAD. Materiał i metody. Na potrzeby tego retrospektywnego badaniu zidentyfikowano 4325 chorych poddanych koronarografii w latach 2011–2014. W grupie badanych było 627 chorych w wieku nie więcej niż 45 lat; u 412 osób z tej grupy stwierdzono CAD, a u 215 obraz tętnic wieńcowych był prawidłowy (grupa kontrolna). Wyniki. Średni wiek chorych wynosił 41,7 ± 4,1 roku w grupie CAD i 41,5 ± 4,5 roku w grupie kontrolnej. W grupie CAD stwierdzono częstsze występowanie dyslipidemii, palenia tytoniu, dodatniego wywiadu rodzinnego odnośnie do CAD, nadciśnienia tętniczego, cukrzycy i otyłości niż w grupie kontrolnej. Jednak różnica w zakresie częstości występowania otyłości nie była istotna statystycznie. U chorych z ACS często stwierdzano zawał serca z uniesieniem odcinka ST (49,3%), a dominującym typem zmian w koronarografii była choroba jednonaczyniowa (55,3%). Najczęściej stosowanym leczeniem reperfuzyjnym (68,4%) była przezskórna interwencja wieńcowa. Wnioski. W badanej grupie młodych pacjentów stwierdzono większą zapadalność na CAD wśród mężczyzn. Najważniejszym poddającym się modyfikacji czynnikiem ryzyka było palenie tytoniu. U dużej części chorych stwierdzono również dyslipidemię, otyłość, cukrzycę i występowanie CAD w rodzinie. Badanie ponownie zwróciło uwagę na zależność między tradycyjnymi czynnikami ryzyka sercowo-naczyniowego a występowaniem CAD w młodym wieku

Recent Advances in Health Biotechnology During Pandemic

The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which emerged in 2019, cut the epoch that will make profound fluctuates in the history of the world in social, economic, and scientific fields. Urgent needs in public health have brought with them innovative approaches, including diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. To exceed the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, various scientific authorities in the world have procreated advances in real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) based diagnostic tests, rapid diagnostic kits, the development of vaccines for immunization, and the purposing pharmaceuticals for treatment. Diagnosis, treatment, and immunization approaches put for- ward by scientific communities are cross-fed from the accrued knowledge of multidisciplinary sciences in health biotechnology. So much so that the pandemic, urgently prioritized in the world, is not only viral infections but also has been the pulsion in the development of novel approaches in many fields such as diagnosis, treatment, translational medicine, virology, mi- crobiology, immunology, functional nano- and bio-materials, bioinformatics, molecular biol- ogy, genetics, tissue engineering, biomedical devices, and artificial intelligence technologies. In this review, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the development of various scientific areas of health biotechnology are discussed

Eğitim Müfettişlerinin Görevlerinden Dolayı Yaşadıkları Stres Düzeyinin İncelenmesi

The main purpose of this study is to determine education supervisors’ stress level they experience due to their duties. The working group comprised of 208 education supervisors employed in İstanbul province in the 2009-2010 academic year. The data were gathered through Education Supervisors’ Stress Level Determination Scale (ESSLDS) developed by the researchers themselves. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of the scale was found as 0, 90. The data were analyzed with arithmetic mean, standard deviation, t-test and one-way variant analysis method (ANOVA). The results reveal that the education supervisors experience moderate level stress due to variety of their duties; a bit higher stress due to inefficiency of supervision and difficulties of working conditions; lower than normal level stress regarding of communication problems. In general, education supervisors experience moderate level stress due to their supervisory duties they carry out. While there are significant differences in gender, age, number of rewards and number of in-service training variables, there is no significant difference concerning education and professional experience variables.Araştırmanın amacı, eğitim müfettişlerinin denetim görevlerinden dolayı yaşadıkları stres düzeyini belirlemektir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu 2009-2010 akademik yılında İstanbul ilinde çalışan 208 eğitim müfettişi oluşturmaktadır. Veriler araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen “Eğitim Müfettişlerinin Stres Düzeyini Belirleme Ölçeği” ile toplanmıştır. Ölçeğin Cronbach Alpha güvenirlik katsayısı 0,90 olarak bulunmuştur. Veriler aritmetik ortalama, standart sapma, t-testi ve tek yönlü varyans analizi (ANOVA) yöntemiyle analiz edilmiştir. Araştırma sonuçları, eğitim müfettişlerinin rol çeşitliğinden dolayı orta düzeyde stres yaşadıkları; denetimin etkisizliği ve çalışma koşullarından dolayı daha fazla stres yaşadıkları ve iletişim sorunlarından dolayı da normalden daha fazla stres yaşadıklarını ortaya koymuştur. Genel olarak eğitim müfettişlerinin denetim görevlerinden dolayı orta düzeyde stres yaşadıkları anlaşılmıştır. Araştırmada cinsiyet, yaş, ödül almış olma durumu ve hizmet içi eğitim değişkenleri bakımından anlamlı farklılıklar bulunurken, müfettişlerin eğitim durumları ve kıdem değişkenlerine göre herhangi bir fark bulunmamıştır

Viscoelasticity and pattern formations in stock market indices

The viscoelastic and thermodynamic properties of four stock indices, namely, DJI, Nasdaq-100, Nasdaq-Composite, and S&P were analyzed for a period of 30 years from 1986 to 2015. The asset values (or index) can be placed into Aristotelian ‘potentiality-actuality’ framework by using scattering diagram. Thus, the index values can be transformed into vectorial forms in a scattering diagram, and each vector can be split into its horizontal and vertical components. According to viscoelastic theory, the horizontal component represents the conservative, and the vertical component represents the dissipative behavior. The related storage and the loss modulus of these components are determined and then work-like and heat-like terms are calculated. It is found that the change of storage and loss modulus with Wiener noise (W) exhibit interesting patterns. The loss modulus shows a featherlike pattern, whereas the storage modulus shows figurative man-like pattern. These patterns are formed due to branchings in the system and imply that stock indices do have a kind of ‘fine-order’ which can be detected when the change of modulus values are plotted with respect to Wiener noise. In theoretical calculations it is shown that the tips of the featherlike patterns stay at negative W values, but get closer to W = 0 as the drift in the system increases. The shift of the tip point from W = 0 indicates that the price change involves higher number of positive Wiener number corrections than the negative Wiener. The work-like and heat-like terms also exhibit patterns but with different appearance than modulus patterns. The decisional changes of people are reflected as the arrows in the scattering diagram and the propagation path of these vectors resemble the path of crack propagation. The distribution of the angle between two subsequent vectors shows a peak at 90°, indicating that the path mostly obeys the crack path occurring in hard objects. Entropy mimics the Wiener noise in the evolution of stock index value although they describe different properties. Entropy fluctuates at fast increase and fast fall of index value, and fluctuation becomes very high at minimum values of the index. The curvature of a circle passing from the two ends of the vector and the point of intersection of its horizontal and vertical components designates the reactivity involved in the market and the radius of circle behaves somehow similar to entropy and Wiener noise. The change of entropy and Wiener noise with radius exhibits patterns with four branches