Ankara Mehmet Akif Ersoy Literature Museum Library

Türkiye’nin örnek Edebiyat Müze Kütüphanelerinden biri olan ve Türk İstiklal Marjının şairi Mehmet Akif Ersoy’un tarihi evinde açılan Edebiyat Müze Kütüphanesi hakkında bilgi verilmektedir.This article deals with Literatüre Museum Library which was opened in historical house of Mehmet Akif Ersoy who is the Turkish National Anthem poet and it is one of the model Literatüre Museum Libraries of Turkey

7E Modeline göre düzenlenmiş İngilizce Öğretim Programının 11.Sınıf öğrencilerinin İngilizce dersindeki başarılarına ve kalıcı öğrenmelerine etkisinin incelenmesi

The present study aims to investigate the impact of teaching activities designed in line with 7E model on 11th graders' academic success and retention in English courses. The study was conducted on a total number of 63 11th grade students studying in two different classes of a state school in Konya in 2016-2017 academic year. Quasi-experimental model was used within the study. While teaching activities designed according to 7E model were implemented on the experimental group for 7 weeks, the activities of the regular curriculum were implemented on the control group. At the end of 7 weeks of study, English course achievement test was conducted on both groups again as post-test. 3 weeks after the implementation, retention test was conducted on both groups. At the end of the study, it was found out that activities designed according to 7E model significantly contribute to the academic achievement and retention of the studentsBu çalışmanın amacı, İngilizce derslerinde 7E modeline göre düzenlenmiş öğretim etkinliklerinin lise 11. Sınıf öğrencilerinin başarılarına ve kalıcı öğrenmelerine olan etkisini incelemektir. Araştırma, 2016-2017 eğitim-öğretim yılında Konya ilinde bulunan bir devlet okulunda iki farklı şubede öğrenim gören 11.sınıf toplam 63 öğrenci ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışmada yarı deneysel model kullanılmıştır. Deney grubuna 7 hafta süreyle 7E modeline göre düzenlenmiş öğretim etkinlikleri uygulanırken; kontrol grubuna da 7 hafta süreyle mevcut programdaki etkinlikler uygulanmıştır. Uygulama sonucunda her iki gruba sontest olarak İngilizce Dersi Başarı Testi tekrar uygulanmıştır. Uygulamadan 3 hafta sonra da her iki gruba kalıcılık testi uygulanmıştır. Elde edilen verilerle gruplar arasındaki farkın anlamlı olup olmadığını test etmek için t-testi uygulanmıştır. Bu çalışmanın sonunda; 7E modeline göre düzenlenmiş etkinliklerin öğrencilerin başarılarına ve kalıcılıklarına anlamlı bir katkı sağladığı görülmüştür. Yabancı dil öğretiminde 7E modeli uygulamasının eksikliği tespit edildiğinden, bu çalışma 7E modeline göre düzenlenmiş öğretim etkinliklerini alanyazına kazandırması açısından önemlidi

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANTHROPOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS AND PHYSICAL FITNESS PARAMETERS OF FIGURE SKATING ATHLETES

In order to monitor training effects and physical developments in elite sports, it may be beneficial to perform anthropometric measurements and physical fitness tests regularly. In this study, the relationship between the anthropometric properties and physical fitness values of elite figure skating athletes were investigated. 21 elite athletes in the 11-16 age group, female (n=12) and male (n=9), participated in the study. Anthropometric measurements were taken in accordance with The International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK) protocol. Σ6 and Σ8 skinfold thickness, body fat ratio (BF%), body mass index (BMI), Manouvrier Index (MI), waist/hip ratio and somatotype components in girls Group II, III and in boys Group II were calculated. Also, balance, flexibility, handgrip strength, vertical jump, agility, medicine ball overhead back throw, speed, and endurance tests were applied to all groups. Descriptive statistical analyzes were made using the IBM SPSS 25.0 statistics program. The relationship between variables was calculated by the Pearson Correlation coefficient. The significance level was taken as

Cooperative Learning in EFL Classes: A Comparative Study on Vocabulary Teaching

This present study aims to investigate the efficiency of cooperative learning and traditional instruction in terms of vocabulary recognition in foreign language teaching. In line with this purpose, the study searches for the answer of the following research question: “Is there a significant difference between the vocabulary learning performances of the students who were taught through cooperative learning method and the students who were taught through traditional methods?”and tries to find out whether students’ vocabulary could be enriched through an instruction which emphasizes the role of cooperation rather than competition among students in teaching vocabulary. The study employs a quantitative research design comparing cooperative learning versus traditional method in terms of vocabulary learning/teaching. The instruments of the study cover a pre-test, a posttest, 8 reading texts, worksheets, posters, and quizzes. The test in concern- the vocabulary test- underwent a process with the guidance and supervision of language and scale development experts, and then was finalised to be used as the pre-test and posttest Cronbach’s alpha 0.83 . The participants were freshmen at Selcuk University School of Foreign Languages SOFL . The study was carried out in a four-week experimental process on two groups- experimental and control – each of which consisted of 18 students. A pre-test was applied at the beginning of the process to make sure if the two groups were equal in terms of their prior vocabulary knowledge and see the improvement afterwards. Throughout the study, the experimental group experienced learning vocabulary through Cooperative Learning CL and the control group was taught through traditional instruction- the gloss and the use of a monolingual dictionary with the same vocabulary syllabus for both groups. At the end of four weeks, a post-test -the same as the pre-test- was applied. Collected data was analysed through SPSS. The results indicated that the participants of the experimental group who had the Cooperative Learning experience led to better results in terms of vocabulary learning than the other students who were taught through the traditional instructio

The Tomb and Mosque of Şeyh Nusrettin in Tokat-Zile

Tokat İli, Zile İlçesi Şeyh Nusrettin/Tekke Köyü’nde bulunan Şeyh Nusrettin Türbe ve Camii günümüze kadar yöre halkının çabalarıyla gelebilmiştir. Minare, muhdes depo ve avlunun da bulunduğu bir yapı topluluğu içinde yer alan türbe ve cami, her yıl Nisan ayında yapılan dinî törenlerin yanı sıra yıl boyunca da sürekli ziyaret edilmektedir. 14. yüzyıl ortalarına tarihlendirilen kare planlı, kubbeli türbe ile daha geç dönemde inşa edilen dörtgen planlı caminin yapı malzemeleri tamamen farklıdır. Türbede bulunan 1855 yılına ait Zileli Emin tarafından yapılmış kalemişi süslemeler dikkat çekicidir. Türbe ile ilgili 1980’li yıllarda araştırmacı Halit Çal tarafından çalışmalar yapılmış, mimari ve süsleme özellikleri ortaya konulmuştur. Bu çalışmada yapı topluluğu, literatürde var olan türbe yapısı ile daha önce incelenmemiş olan cami ve diğer kısımlarla bir bütün olarak ele alınmıştır. Literatür ve alan çalışmalarıyla incelenen yapının rölövesi yapılarak dinî yapı topluluğunun mimarî ve süsleme özellikleri incelenmiştir.The tomb and mosque of Şeyh Nusrettin, located in Tekke / Şeyh Nusrettin village in Zile county, Tokat province, Turkey, have survived to our day by the efforts of locals. The tomb and mosque, which are part of a building complex, including the minaret, later-added depot and courtyard, are visited year round as well as every April when religious ceremonies take place. Construction materials of the domed-square planned tomb which is dated to the 14th century and the rectangular planned mosque of a later period are completely different. The kalemişi (colourful decoration done with a brush on a plastered surface) on the interior walls of the tomb draws attention, which were made by Zileli Emin in 1855. Halit Çal studied the architectural and ornamental aspects of the tomb in 1980s. In this study, the building complex has been studied as a whole together with the tomb, which already exists in the literature, and the mosque and other structures which were not previously studied. Architectural and ornamental characteristics of the religious complex have been examined with literature and field works

Heart rate turbulence analysis in female patients with fibromyalgia

OBJECTIVE: Fibromyalgia is characterized by diffuse musculoskeletal pain and discomfort. There are several reports regarding autonomic nervous system dysfunction in patients with fibromyalgia. Heart rate turbulence is expressed as ventriculophasic sinus arrhythmia and has been considered to reflect cardiac autonomic activity. Heart rate turbulence has been shown to be an independent and powerful predictor of sudden cardiac death in various cardiac abnormalities. The aim of this study is to determine whether heart rate turbulence is changed in female patients with fibromyalgia compared with healthy controls. METHODS: Thirty-seven female patients (mean age, 40±11 years) with fibromyalgia, and 35 age- and sex-matched healthy female control subjects (mean age, 42±9 years) were included. Twenty-four hours of ambulatory electrocardiography recordings were collected for all subjects, and turbulence onset and turbulence slope values were automatically calculated. RESULTS: The baseline clinical characteristics of the two groups were similar. There were no significant differences in turbulence onset and turbulence slope measures between patients and control subjects (turbulence onset: −1.648±1.568% vs. −1.582±1.436%, p ϝ 0.853; turbulence slope: 12.933±5.693 ms/RR vs. 13.639±2.505 ms/RR, p ϝ 0.508). Although body mass index was negatively correlated with turbulence slope (r ϝ −0.258, p ϝ 0.046), no significant correlation was found between body mass index and turbulence onset (r ϝ 0.228, p ϝ 0.054). CONCLUSION: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate heart rate turbulence in patients with fibromyalgia. It appears that heart rate turbulence parameters reflecting cardiac autonomic activity are not changed in female patients with fibromyalgia

A case of down syndrome with basal ganglia calcification

Sekiz yasında, Down sendromlu, erkek hasta pnömoni ve solunum yetmezligiyle ÇocukYogun BakımÜnitesine kabul edildi. Izleminde tremor, strabismus, idrar retansiyonu ve klonus fark edildi. Bu nörolojik bulgular için çekilen bilgisayarlı beyin tomografisinde bilateral bazal gangliyon kalsifikasyonu gösterildi. Ayrıca nörolojik bulgular kusmalarını önlemek amacıyla baslanan metoklopramide baglandı. Hastanın bazal gangliyon kalsifikasyonunun TORCH, metabolik ve endokrin nedenlere baglı olmadıgı gösterilerek Down sendromuna baglı oldugudüsünüldü.Eight-year-old boy with Down syndrome was accepted to The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit for pneumonia and respiratory failure. Tremor, strabismus, urinary retantion and clonus were observed during his hospitalization. Bilateral basal ganglia calcification was demonstrated by computerized tomography neurologic findings were included to be due to metoclopramid which had been begun for vomiting. Bilateral basal ganglia calcification was decided to be due toDownsyndrome after excludingTORCH,metabolic and endocrin causes

Effect of the Toll-Like Receptor 4 Antagonist Eritoran on Retinochoroidal Inflammatory Damage in a Rat Model of Endotoxin-Induced Inflammation

Purpose. We investigated the effect of eritoran, a Toll-like receptor 4 antagonist, on retinochoroidal inflammatory damage in an endotoxin-induced inflammatory rat model. Methods. Endotoxin-induced inflammatory model was obtained by intraperitoneal injection of 1.5 mg/kg lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Group 1 had control rats; in groups 2-3 LPS and 0.5 mg/kg sterile saline were injected; and in groups 4-5 LPS and 0.5 mg/kg eritoran were injected. Blood samples were taken and eyes were enucleated after 12 hours (h) (groups 2 and 4) or 24 hours (Groups 3 and 5). Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels in the serum and retinochoroidal tissue and nuclear factor kappa-B (NFκB) levels in retinochoroidal tissue were determined. Histopathological examination was performed and retinochoroidal changes were scored. Results. Eritoran treatment resulted in lower levels of TNF-α, MDA, and NFκB after 12 h which became significant after 24 h. Serum TNF-α and retinochoroidal tissue NFκB levels were similar to control animals at the 24th h of the study. Eritoran significantly reversed histopathological damage after 24 h. Conclusions. Eritoran treatment resulted in less inflammatory damage in terms of serum and retinochoroidal tissue parameters

Naiv hepatit C enfeksiyonlu hastaların on-altı yıllık prognozu

Objectives: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the clinical course of treatment-naive patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) who were followed up in various centers in Turkey. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective study performed with the participation of 15 centers. Patients aged 18 years and older with HCV infection were included. Results: A total of 391 treatment-naive patients infected with HCV were included in this study. During the follow-up period, the final values of alanine aminotransferase, aspartate transaminase, and total protein were significantly decreased when compared to the initial values (p<0.001, p<0.001, and p=0.005, respectively). In the study group, 19.2% of the patients underwent liver biopsy and 4.1% underwent transient elastography (FibroScan). An increased histological activity index (HAI) score and fibrosis in the second biopsy were observed in one patient, only increased HAI in two patients and increased fibrosis in one patient, as shown on the FibroScan. In the 16 years of the study period, cirrhosis was radiologically detected in only one patient. Conclusion: Even if rapid progression is not observed, close monitoring of the clinical findings related to liver failure and fibrosis with invasive or non-invasive methods may be useful.Amaç: Bu çalışmada ülkemizin çeşitli merkezlerinde takip edilen naiv hepatit C virüs (HCV) ile enfekte hastaların klinik seyrini değerlendirmeyi amaçladık. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Bu çalışma retrospektif olarak 15 merkezin katılımıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışmaya 18 yaş üstü, HCV enfeksiyonu olan hastalar dahil edilmiştir. Bulgular: Çalışmada 391 tedavi-naiv HCV enfeksiyonlu hasta yer almıştır. Hastaların takip süresinde son alanine aminotransferase, aspartate transaminase ve total protein değerleri ilk düzeyine göre önemli düzeyde azalmıştır (sırasıyla p<0,001, p<0,001, p=0,005). Çalışma grubunda hastaların %19,2’sine karaciğer biyopsisi, %4,1’ine elastografi (FibroScan) uygulanmıştır. Takip esnasında bir hastada ikinci biyopside histolojik aktivite indeksi (HAI) ve fibroziste artma, iki hastada sadece HAI’da artma, birinde FibroScan ile fibrozis değerinde artma olduğu gözlenmiştir. Bir hastada 16 yıl içinde radyolojik olarak siroz saptanmıştır. Sonuç: Hızlı progresyon gözlenmemekle birlikte hastaların izleminde karaciğer yetmezliği ile ilgili klinik bulguların ve invaziv veya noninvaziv yöntemlerle fibrozisin yakın takibi yararlı olabilir

Studies on the reproductive effects of chronic treatment with agomelatine in the rat

Agomelatine is an antidepressant with a novel mechanism of action. It is a melatonergic agonist for MT1 and MT2 receptors and a serotonin (5-HT2C) receptor antagonist. Agomelatine has been suggested not to have adverse effects on sexual functions. However, the effects of chronic agomelatine administration on reproductive functions have not been sufficiently studied in animal models. We mainly aimed to explore the effects of agomelatine on reproductive functions in the male and female rats. For the experimental studies, Sprague Dawley rats were used. The animals started to receive daily oral agomelatine (10mg/kg) on post-natal day 21. Agomelatine advanced vaginal opening in the female rats whereas it delayed puberty onset in the male rats. Agomelatine treatment significantly decreased intromission frequencies, which indicates a facilitator role of this antidepressant on male sexual behavior. In the forced swimming test (FST) used for assessing antidepressant efficacy, agomelatine induced a significant decrease in duration of immobility, and an increase in the swimming time, respectively, which confirms the antidepressant-like activity of agomelatine. The present findings suggest that agomelatine shows a strong antidepressant effect in the male rats without any adverse influences on sexual behavior, and its effects on pubertal maturation seem to show sex-dependent differences.TÜBiTAK – 113S19