Relativistic MOND from Modified Energetics

We begin to investigate the question of what modifications in energy-momentum tensor can yield correct MOND regime. As a starting study, we refrain from insisting on an action principle and focus exclusively on the equations of motion. The present work, despite the absence of an explicit action functional, can be regarded to extend Milgrom's modified inertia approach to relativistic domain. Our results show that a proper MOND limit arises if energy-momentum tensor is modified to involve determinant of the metric tensor in reference to the flat metric, where the latter is dynamically generated as in gravitational Higgs mechanism. This modified energy-momentum tensor is conserved in both Newtonian and MONDian regimes.Comment: 7p

Texture-Music Interaction in Sculpture Work

AbstractSculpture is the art of creating three dimensional forms by using various tools and conveying emotions and thoughts by means of the aesthetic values created in such way. The work of art that comes out in the end may be a form of art that shows abstract or solid features. Statues could be used to tell about persons and sometimes about emotions. The effect of a statue in telling about the emotions could convert into a description related to the language of the material used, and sometimes it is the texture of the form that strengthens this language of description. Each stage from clay kneading to the appearance of form is completed by sensing the various features of surface and texture by means of the sense of touching. This sensitivity that comes out with the use of sense of touching also shows itself through the appearance of the texture over the surface of the tool. The changes in the understandings of texture line depend on persons or their emotional conditions at that specific moment. The subject of this study is how does a soft tone or hard tone in a piece of music being listened to affects a three dimensional form being worked on. The problem of the research is what kind of a sense does the music or the sense of hearing contribute to the already changing nature of the texture that comes out by the use of sense of touching and seeing. 8 students in Visual Arts Education and there are two working group of this study. The students in Visual Arts Education listened to the “Carmina Burana - Fortuna” concerto by Carl Orff. Also, students were given artificial textures such as soft, sharp, wavy ones as well as the organic textures, and they were asked to use the ones which they have found to associate with the music they have listened to. The students in Visual Arts Education have created textures on three dimensional forms accompanied by the music during which the independent observants observed the application taking notes. The interview and observation notes were analyzed with the content analysis in the NVivo 8 package program, and the findings of the study were interpreted by matrix and model

Higgsed Stueckelberg Vector and Higgs Quadratic Divergence

Here we show that, a hidden vector field whose gauge invariance is ensured by a Stueckelberg scalar and whose mass is spontaneously generated by the Standard Model Higgs field contributes to quadratic divergences in the Higgs boson mass squared, and even leads to its cancellation at one-loop when Higgs coupling to gauge field is fine-tuned. In contrast to mechanisms based on hidden scalars where a complete cancellation cannot be achieved, stabilization here is complete in that the hidden vector and the accompanying Stueckelberg scalar are both free from quadratic divergences at one-loop. This stability, deriving from hidden exact gauge invariance, can have important implications for modelling dark phenomena like dark matter, dark energy, dark photon and neutrino masses. The hidden fields can be produced at the LHC.Comment: 5pp, 1 fig. Improved exposition, rectified concurrency to broken and unbroken electroweak vacua, added reference

Hidden Spin-3/2 Field in the Standard Model

Here we show that a massive spin-3/2 field can hide in the SM spectrum in a way revealing itself only virtually. We study collider signatures and loop effects of this field, and determine its role in Higgs inflation and its potential as Dark Matter. We show that this spin-3/2 field has a rich linear collider phenomenology and motivates consideration of a neutrino-Higgs collider. We also show that study of Higgs inflation, dark matter and dark energy can reveal more about the neutrino and dark sector.Comment: 8 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in Eur. Phys. J.

Determining the Factors Affecting Farmers’ Decision on Organic Livestock

In this study, the objective was to determine the factors affecting farmers’ decisions on organic livestock. Within this scope, the Gümüşhane province, in which one of the major organic livestock projects has been carried out, was taken into the focus of attention for this study. The data of the study was obtained from 134 surveys based on census and focusing on farmers doing conventional animal breeding and possessing 25 or more cattle. The data obtained were used in predicting the Logit Model. In the model, it was determined that the inclination to transition to organic animal breeding in institutions where the rate of benefiting from animal breeding supports and the rate of meeting forage requirements from their own are high and besides where the rate of using industrial feed is low. As a result, it was recommended that the government support for forage crops, which are already within the current support policies, should be increased on yearly basis. This will have a positive effect on the decision of the farmers to choose organic livestock. This support is also important in terms of carrying out livestock activities in more profitable and technical way

A Probabilistic Perspective of Human-Machine Interaction

Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences | 2022The article of record at published may be found at https://hdl.handle.net/10125/80256Human-machine interaction (HMI) has become an essential part of the daily routine in organizations. Although the machines are designed with state-of-the- art Artificial Intelligence applications, they are limited in their ability to mimic human behavior. The human- human interaction occurs between two or more humans; when a machine replaces a human, the interaction dynamics are not the same. The results indicate that a machine that interacts with a human can increase the mental uncertainty that a human experiences. Developments in decision sciences indicate that using quantum probability theory (QPT) improves the understanding of human decision- making than merely using classical probability theory (CPT). In this paper, we examine the HMI from a QPT perspective. Applying QPT to studying HMI for decision-making shows improvement in understanding the decision process when interacting with machines because it provides insights into the mental uncertainty of a human that is not apparent in CPT.This research is supported by Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research, Consortium for Robotics Unmanned Systems Education and Research at the Naval Postgraduate School

A Probabilistic Perspective of Human-Machine Interaction

Human-machine interaction (HMI) has become an essential part of the daily routine in organizations. Although the machines are designed with state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence applications, they are limited in their ability to mimic human behavior. The human-human interaction occurs between two or more humans; when a machine replaces a human, the interaction dynamics are not the same. The results indicate that a machine that interacts with a human can increase the mental uncertainty that a human experiences. Developments in decision sciences indicate that using quantum probability theory (QPT) improves the understanding of human decision-making than merely using classical probability theory (CPT). In this paper, we examine the HMI from a QPT perspective. Applying QPT to studying HMI for decision-making shows improvement in understanding the decision process when interacting with machines because it provides insights into the mental uncertainty of a human that is not apparent in CPT

12 haftalık pilates mat egzersizinin 14-15 yaş voleybol kız öğrencilerinin bazı biyomotor özellikler ve teknik performans üzerine etkilerinin incelenmesi

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.Giriş ve Amaç: Bu çalışmada, pilates mat egzersizlerinin genç voleybolcularda kuvvet, dayanıklılık, sürat, patlayıcı kuvvet, süratte devamlılık, denge ve esneklik özellikleri ile teknik performansları üzerine etkilerinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Materyal ve Yöntem: Bu araştırmaya 14-15 yaşlarında 30 bayan voleybolcu gönüllü olarak katılmıştır. Rastgele seçimle sporculardan 15'i deney grubu 15'i kontrol grubunu oluşturmuşlardır. Deney grubu ve kontrol grubunun voleybol antrenman günleri, antrenman içerikleri ve saatleri aynı olmuştur, deney grubu ek olarak 12 hafta süreyle haftada iki saat pilates egzersizleri yapmışlardır. Sporcular egzersizlere başlamadan önce ön testler alınmış olup, on iki hafta sonunda son testler alınmıştır. Her iki test esnasında toplanan verilerin tanımlayıcı istatistikleri hesaplandıktan sonra, homojen veriler için T-test (paired), homojen olmayan veriler için Wilcoxon testi kullanılmıştır. Tüm istatistiklerdeki p anlamlılık değeri p≤0.05 olarak alınmıştır. Bulgular: Kontrol gurubunda yer alan sporcuların kol hareket sürati, line drill, el kavrama kuvveti, sağlık topu atma ve mekik koşusu testlerinde istatistiksel olarak pozitif yönde anlamlı fark gözlenirken, denge testi, otur eriş, omuz esneklik, durarak uzun atlama, dikey sıçrama aktif, dikey sıçrama pasif, bükülü kol asılma, 30 sn mekik testlerinde anlamlı bir fark gözlenmemiştir. Deney gurubunda yer alan sporcuların biyomotor özelliklerinin ve teknik performanslarının tüm ön test son test değerleri arasında istatistiksel olarak pozitif yönde anlamlı farklıklılar oluştuğu gözlenmiştir. Deney ve kontrol gruplarında farklılık gözlenen parametrelerdeki gelişme yüzdeleri karşılaştırıldığında deney gurubununda daha yüksek oranda gelişme olduğu belirlenmiştir. Teknik performans değerlerine bakıldığında deney ve kontrol gurubu verilerinin hepsinde istatistiksel olarak pozitif yönde anlamlı fark bulunmuştur. Sonuçlar: Sonuç olarak, pilates mat egzersizlerinin biyomotor özelliklere ve teknik performansa olumlu yönde etkisi olduğu bulunmuştur. Anahtar Kelimeler: Pilates, Biyomotor, Teknik, Kuvvet, Dayanıklılık, Sürat, Denge, Esneklik, Sürratte devamlılık, Patlayıcı kuvvet, PerformansExamination of the effect of 12 weeks Pilates mat exercises on some biomotor characteristics and technical performance of 14-15 years old volleyball students. Introduction and Purpose: The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of pilates mat exercises on young volleyball students; strength, endurance, speed, explosive force, speed continuity, balance and flexibility parameters and technical performances. Material and Methods: 30 female 14-15 years old volleyball players participated voluntarily in this research. With random selection; 15 of the athletes are participated in experiment group, 15 of the athletes are participated in control group. The volleyball training days, training contents and hours of the exercises were the same in experiment group and the control group, additionally the experiment group had two pilates exercises per week and lasted twelve weeks in total. Preliminary tests were taken before the lessons started and after the lessons the final tests were taken. During both tests, after the descriptive statistics of the collected data were calculated, the T-test (paired) was used for homogenous data, Wilcoxon test was used for nonhomogeneous data. The p-significance value in all statistics was taken as p≤0.05. Findings: In control group; there was a significant difference in arm movement speed, line drill, hand grip strength, health ball throwing and shuttle running tests but, there wasn't a significant difference in balance test, seat access, shoulder flexibility, standing jumping, vertical jumping active, vertical jumping passive, twisted arm 30 Sn crunch tests. When we look at the experiment group, there was a positive significant difference in biomotor characteristics and technical performance tests. When we compared the final tests of the significant data of the experiment and control groups, it was found that there was more relevance in the experiment group as %. When the technical performance values were examined, positive significant differences were found in all of the experiment and control group data. Conclusions: In conclusion, Pilates mat exercises were found to have a positive effect on biomotor characteristics and technical performance. Keywords: Pilates, Biomotor, Technique, Force, Endurance, Speed, Balance, flexibility, Continuity in Speed, Explosive Force, Performanc

Statinlerin troid morfolojisi otoimmunite ve fonksiyonları üzerine etkileri

Hiperlipidemi tedavisinde birincil ilaç olarak kullanılan statinler, hepatik kolesterol oluşumunda hız kısıtlayıcı basamak olan 3-hidroksi-3-metilglutaril-koenzim A (HMG-Ko A) enziminin yarışmalı inhibitörüdürler. Statinlerin koroner arter hastalığında, primer ve sekonder korunmada yararlılığı pek çok çalışmada gösterilmiştir. Bu temel etkinin dışında, statinlerin pleiotropik etkiler olarak adlandırılan bir çok dokuda gözlemlenen lipid dışı etkileri vardır. Bu çalışmada, statinlerin tiroid hücre serilerinde in vitro olarak gözlemlenen antiproliferatif etkilerinin klinik olarak tiroid fonksiyon, otoimmunite, volüm, nodül varlığı ve boyutu üzerine etkilerini prospektif olarak araştırmayı amaçladık. Etik kurul ve hasta onayları alındıktan sonra, hiperlipidemi nedeniyle ilk kez statin tedavisi başlanacak hastalar ile sadece tedavi amaçlı yaşam tarzı değişikliği ve diyet tedavisi alacak hastaların tedavisini planlamada NCEP ATP III kriterleri kullanıldı. Çalışmaya toplam 101 hasta dahil edildi. Statin tedavisi kolunda atorvastatin (10-20mg) ve rosuvastatin (10-20mg) verildi. Statin tedavisi grubunda 69 hasta, kontrol grubunda 32 hasta mevcuttu. Tüm hastalar tedavi başlangıcında ve 6. ayda lipid profili, TSH, anti TPO, anti Tg ve tiroid USG ile değerlendirildi. Altıncı ay kontrolünde TSH ve tiroid otoantikorları ile statin kullanımı arasında ilişki saptanmadı. Tiroid volümleri değerlendirildiğinde, Rosuvastatin 20mg verilen grupta total volümde azalma ve Atorvastatin verilen grupta tiroid sol lob volümünde azalma istatistiki olarak anlamlı bulundu (p<0.05). Nodül çapları açısından gruplar değerlendirildiğinde, Rosuvastatin 10mg grubunda maksimum nodül çapında azalma istatistiki olarak anlamlı bulundu (p<0.05). Nodül sayısında statin grubu ile kontrol grubu arasında 6. ay kontrolünde değişiklik saptanmadı. Sonuç olarak statin verilen tedavi alt gruplarında (Rosuvastatin 20mg, atorvastatin 20mg, rosuvastatin 10mg) tiroid bezi total volüm, lob volümü ve nodül çapı açısından anlamlı olarak azalma gözlendi. Sonuçlar, tiroid bezi üzerinde statinlerin invitro çalışmalarda gösterilen antiproliferatif etkilerini gösteren literatür verileri ile uyumlu bulundu. Elde ettiğimiz sonuçlar çalışmamızın, konu ile ilgili yapılan ilk prospektif çalışma olması açısından önemlidir

The Relationship Between Problem Solving and Creative Thinking Skills among Nursing Students

The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between problem solving and creative thinking skills among nursing students. This is a cross-sectional and correlational study. The sample was composed of 266 nursing students who were assessed on the creative thinking scale and problem solving inventory. The problem solving capability of students increase statistically significant levels as the grades of the students increase. The average score students get from creative thinking scale, did not show any difference due to the level of grade and all students obtained scores to be defined as “over the average creativity”. There was a moderately significant negative correlation between the scores of the two scales employed by the study. Especially higher scores on problem solving for the senior nursing students in comparison with others, is an important result proving nursing education has a positive effect on problem solving