Ortaokul öğrencilerinde okula bağlılığın yordanmasında algılanan sosyal destek ve değerin rolü

The aim of this study is to examine school attachment levels of secondary school students in terms of perceived social support and human value. The data of the study was obtained from a total of 317 secondary school students, including 192 girls and 125 boys in the 2015-2016 academic year. A correlational research model was used in this study. In the study, some scales are used as data collection tools as follows: School Attachment Scale developed by Hill and Werner (2006) and adapted to Turkish by Savi (2011), Moral Maturity Scale developed by Dilmaç (1999), Social Support Rating Scale for Children and Adolescents developed by Dubow and Ullman (1989) and adapted to Turkish by Gökler (2007). The correlation and stepwise linear multiple regression analysis are used in the analysis of the data. The analyses are tested with the help of SPSS 16.0 package program with.01 and.05 levels of significance. The findings of the research reveal that perceived teacher social support, perceived friend social support and human value are in the position of being predictors of the school attachment. Implications of these findings are discussed within the context of literature. © 2018, Hacettepe University. All rights reserved

The diagnostic value of adenosine deaminase activity in sputum in pulmonary tuberculosis

AbstractThis study was carried out in Atatürk Chest Diseases and Surgery Center. It's aim to determine and compare sputum adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity in pulmonary tuberculosis (tb), lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients in order to assess its diagnostic value. Patients and method: Eighty-four patients (25 tb, 30 lung cancer and 29 COPD) were included in the study. ADA activity in sputum and serum was measured. Sputum ADA activities of tb patients were significantly higher than the other two groups (P<0.05). Sputum/serum ADA ratios were similar in all groups. Sputum ADA activities between 150 and 200 U/L were the measurements with the best test performance according to the ROC curve. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value were 44.0, 86.4, 57.8, 78.4% for 150 U/L and 32.0, 96.6, 80.0, 77.0% for 200 U/L, respectively. Area under the curve was 0.663. Because of low sensitivity, routine determination of ADA activity in sputum for the diagnosis of pulmonary tb is not recommended. However, it can be helpful in the diagnosis of smear-negative cases who are strongly suspected of tb

The role of perceived social support and value in prediction of school attachment among secondary school students [Ortaokul öğrencilerinde okula bağlılığın yordanmasında algılanan sosyal destek ve değerin rolü]

The aim of this study is to examine school attachment levels of secondary school students in terms of perceived social support and human value. The data of the study was obtained from a total of 317 secondary school students, including 192 girls and 125 boys in the 2015-2016 academic year. A correlational research model was used in this study. In the study, some scales are used as data collection tools as follows: School Attachment Scale developed by Hill and Werner (2006) and adapted to Turkish by Savi (2011), Moral Maturity Scale developed by Dilmaç (1999), Social Support Rating Scale for Children and Adolescents developed by Dubow and Ullman (1989) and adapted to Turkish by Gökler (2007). The correlation and stepwise linear multiple regression analysis are used in the analysis of the data. The analyses are tested with the help of SPSS 16.0 package program with.01 and.05 levels of significance. The findings of the research reveal that perceived teacher social support, perceived friend social support and human value are in the position of being predictors of the school attachment. Implications of these findings are discussed within the context of literature. © 2018, Hacettepe University. All rights reserved