TEACHER INSIGHTS ON POLLUTION

The aim of this research is to determine the level of information and awareness for the environment of teachers who are working in the schools in Gonen district of Isparta. The study group of the research consists of 16 volunteer teachers, 6 science sciences and 10 classroom teachers, who work in the schools in Gonen district of Isparta. As a research model, a descriptive research method was used from qualitative research methods. The research uses a semi-structured interview form developed by the researcher as a data collection tool. The semi-structured interview form contains a total of 9 questions. Descriptive analysis and content analysis were used to analyze data from the semi-structured interview form applied in the research. According to the research findings, teachers have no deep knowledge of the diversity of environmental pollution. It is seen that teachers are emphasizing physical and environmental pollution that they create superficially when talking about the presence of factories in the region. It was concluded that the source of livelihood was on agricultural activity and that the agricultural drugs used reduced the soil efficiency. To preserve the natural structure in the region, the village and the city can be conscious of students and teachers. Plans and projects can be designed under a heading to reduce environmental pollution. Social activities related to the environment can be organized to promote the natural beauty of the region.  Article visualizations

The Effect of Export on Brand Values: Panel Tobit Approach

In today's competitive conditions, companies that want to open up to international markets should offer their products to the market by branding in order to protect and maintain their assets. Having a strong brand is one of the most important issues that will enable companies to increase their exports in highly competitive environments. This study aims to investigate the relationship between the brand value of companies and especially exports and selected financial statement components. The Panel Tobit Method was used in the study to investigate the association between the brand values of 24 manufacturing industry businesses traded on the BIST 100 and their export and chosen financial ratios.As a result of the analysis, a significant and positive relationship was found between the brand values of the companies and their export, paid-in capital and stock returns. Based on the knowledge that exports increase brand value, it emerges that companies should turn to investments that increase and develop brand value in export management.

The Analysis of the Relationship between Key Audit Matters (KAM) and Firm Characteristics: The Case of Turkey

The role of audit profession and the implementation of new audit standards are aimed to improve the quality of audit reports and one of the recent improvements is the inclusion of Key Audit Matters (KAM) as a separate section in the auditor’s report. The aim of introducing KAMs is to give information about the areas of higher risk and the effect of most significant events. This study aims to contribute to the current literature by determining the matters which should be included as KAMs and the factors affecting KAM disclosure. It also examines the relationship between the total number of KAMs and firm level characteristics for the Turkish market. Our findings reveal that some of the firm level characteristics have a significant impact on KAM disclosures

Türkiye'de islami ve geleneksel bankaların müşteri farkındalığı ve seçim kriterlerinin değerlendirilmesi

The purpose of this study is to examine customers’selection criteria, banking products/services and customers’ awareness towards Islamic principles offered by CBs and PBs in Turkey. A sample of 1082 respondents from various cities in Turkey is used in the study by the means of questionnaire used to collect the data between the period of 3rd of July – 23rd of September, 2015. Descriptive statistics and chi-square statistics are reported. To our knowledge this study has been carried out based on the most detailed and comprehensive data ever used in terms of comparative analysis of the CBs and the PBs in Turkey.Bu çalışmanın amacı Türkiye'de Katılım Bankaları ve Ticari Bankalar tarafından İslami ilkelere yönelik sunulan bankacılık ürünlerini / hizmetlerini, müşteri seçim kriterleri ve müşteri bilincini incelemektir. Çalışmada, Türkiye'nin çeşitli illerinden 1082 katılımcıdan oluşan bir örneklem kullanılarak 3 Temmuz – 23 Eylül 2015 dönemi arasında anket yoluyla veri toplanmıştır. Tanımlayıcı istatistikler ve ki-kare istatistikleri rapor edilmiştir. Tarafımızca bu çalışma, bugüne kadar Türkiye'de Ticari Bankalar ve Katılım Bankalarının karşılaştırmalı analizi açısından kullanılan en detaylı ve kapsamlı verilere dayalı olarak yapılmıştır

The Effect of Export on Brand Values: Panel Tobit Approach

In today's competitive conditions, companies that want to open up to international markets should offer their products to the market by branding in order to protect and maintain their assets. Having a strong brand is one of the most important issues that will enable companies to increase their exports in highly competitive environments. This study aims to investigate the relationship between the brand value of companies and especially exports and selected financial statement components. The Panel Tobit Method was used in the study to investigate the association between the brand values of 24 manufacturing industry businesses traded on the BIST 100 and their export and chosen financial ratios.As a result of the analysis, a significant and positive relationship was found between the brand values of the companies and their export, paid-in capital and stock returns. Based on the knowledge that exports increase brand value, it emerges that companies should turn to investments that increase and develop brand value in export management

Türkiye'de Katılım Bankalarının Müşteri Perspektifinden Performanslarının İncelenmesi: Kocaeli İli Örneği

To have an uninterrupted growth performance of participation banks may beonly possible by sustainable development strategies that are consistent withmarket dynamics. Investigating the reasons why customers prefer theseinstitutions, what their expectations are, and analyzing the data obtained fromthese researches are critical in developing strategies. Comprehensive fieldresearch covering all provinces of Turkey which aims to determine the reasonsfor customer preference of participation banks may provide policy implicationsfor the policymakers. As the first step towards carrying out such research, it wasaimed to investigate the reasons for preferring participation banks in Kocaeliprovince. In the study, the required data were collected and analyzed with thehelp of quantitative and qualitative research methods. Firstly, an in-depthinterview method was applied in qualitative research to obtain the data from 12customers working with participation banks in a long period of time. Secondly,the questionnaire method was used to collect data from a wider customer sampleregarding the factors that are important for working with the participationbanks. 407 questionnaires were analyzed and interpreted. 5 main factors, suchas religious factors, service quality variables, social environment effect, financial variables, and marketing mix variables were found to be effective in preferringparticipation banks. The findings of this exploratory study are consistent withthe related literature and it is expected to guide to future studies.Katılım bankalarının büyüme performansının belirli bir eşikten sonra sekteye uğramaması, sürdürülebilir ve piyasa dinamikleri ile tutarlı stratejilerin geliştirilmesi ile mümkün olabilir. Müşterilerin bu kurumları hangi gerekçeler ile tercih ettiği ve beklentilerinin neler olduğu konusunun araştırılması ve bu araştırmalardan elde edilen verilerin analiz edilmesi tutarlı stratejilerin geliştirilmesi açısından önem arz etmektedir. Türkiye genelinde yapılacak kapsamlı bir araştırma ile müşterilerin katılım bankalarını tercih etme gerekçeleri tespit edilerek geliştirilecek politika uygulamalarına dayanak oluşturulabilir. Böyle bir araştırmanın gerçekleştirilmesine yönelik bir adım olarak Kocaeli özelinde katılım bankalarının tercih edilme gerekçelerinin araştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmada nicel ve nitel araştırma yöntemleri yardımıyla gerekli veriler toplanarak, analiz edilmiştir. Öncelikle nitel araştırma kapsamında derinlemesine görüşme yönteminden yararlanılarak uzun süreli katılım bankaları ile çalışan 12 müşteriden gerekli bilgiler elde edilmiştir. İkinci olarak, anket yöntemi ile daha geniş bir müşteri örneğinden katılım bankalarının tercih edilmesinde önemli olan faktörlere yönelik bilgiler toplanmıştır. 407 adet anket formu analiz edilerek, yorumlanmış ve dini faktörler, hizmet kalitesi ile ilgili değişkenler, sosyal çevre etkisi, finansal değişkenler ve pazarlama karması ile ilgili değişkenler şeklinde 5 temel faktörün katılım bankası tercihinde etkili olduğu görülmüştür. Keşifsel bir araştırma özelliği taşıyan bu çalışmanın bulguları, literatür ile uyumlu sonuçlar vermekte olup, gelecek çalışmalara yol göstereceği düşünülmektedir

A comparison of the 2 thermal ablation procedures for the management of benign thyroid nodules

Introduction: In recent years, ultrasound (US)-guided thermal ablation techniques have come to the fore as minimally invasive alternatives to surgery. The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness and safety of radiofrequency ablation or microwave ablation procedures in patients with benign thyroid nodules. Material and methods: This retrospective and single-centre study consisted of 55 patients and 62 benign thyroid nodules that were treated either with radiofrequency ablation (RFA) or microwave ablation (MWA) in our hospital between January 2020 and March 2022. All the patients were at high risk for surgery or with symptomatic TNs and who refused surgery. The TNs diagnosed as benign from the fine-needle aspiration biopsy were evaluated in terms of volume reduction, symptom, and cosmetic scores. In addition, these 2 treatment modalities were compared to each other. Results: Out of 55 patients, 44 (80%) were female and were aged between 24 and 97 years with a median age of 50 years. RFA was applied to 54.5% (n = 30) of the participants, and MWA was applied to 46.5% (n = 25). The volume reduction rate (VRR) after RFA and MWA at the first month was 63.4 ± 14.2 and 65.7 ± 13, respectively. No significant difference was detected between the 2 groups in terms of VRR (p = 0.51). In addition, the mean symptom and cosmetic scores decreased significantly in both procedures, and there was a significant difference due to the symptom score change in the RFA group compared to the MWA group. Of all the patients, one patient experienced haematoma in the RFA, and one patient had transient voice change in the MWA group. No life-threatening complications were noted. Conclusion: In the treatment of benign symptomatic thyroid nodules, both RFA and MWA are options worthy of consideration in terms of efficacy and safety

Children in 2077: Designing Children’s Technologies in the Age of Transhumanism

What for and how will we design children’s technologies in the transhumanism age, and what stance will we take as designers? This paper aims to answer this question with 13 fictional abstracts from sixteen authors of different countries, institutions and disciplines. Transhumanist thinking envisions enhancing human body and mind by blending human biology with technological augmentations. Fundamentally, it seeks to improve the human species, yet the impacts of such movement are unknown and the implications on children’s lives and technologies were not explored deeply. In an age, where technologies can clearly be defined as transhumanist, such as under-skin chips or brain-machine interfaces, our aim is to reveal probable pitfalls and benefits of those technologies on children’s’ lives by using the power of design fiction

Risk factors associated with adverse fetal outcomes in pregnancies affected by Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a secondary analysis of the WAPM study on COVID-19.

Objectives To evaluate the strength of association between maternal and pregnancy characteristics and the risk of adverse perinatal outcomes in pregnancies with laboratory confirmed COVID-19. Methods Secondary analysis of a multinational, cohort study on all consecutive pregnant women with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 from February 1, 2020 to April 30, 2020 from 73 centers from 22 different countries. A confirmed case of COVID-19 was defined as a positive result on real-time reverse-transcriptase-polymerase-chain-reaction (RT-PCR) assay of nasal and pharyngeal swab specimens. The primary outcome was a composite adverse fetal outcome, defined as the presence of either abortion (pregnancy loss before 22 weeks of gestations), stillbirth (intrauterine fetal death after 22 weeks of gestation), neonatal death (death of a live-born infant within the first 28 days of life), and perinatal death (either stillbirth or neonatal death). Logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate parameters independently associated with the primary outcome. Logistic regression was reported as odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI). Results Mean gestational age at diagnosis was 30.6+/-9.5 weeks, with 8.0% of women being diagnosed in the first, 22.2% in the second and 69.8% in the third trimester of pregnancy. There were six miscarriage (2.3%), six intrauterine device (IUD) (2.3) and 5 (2.0%) neonatal deaths, with an overall rate of perinatal death of 4.2% (11/265), thus resulting into 17 cases experiencing and 226 not experiencing composite adverse fetal outcome. Neither stillbirths nor neonatal deaths had congenital anomalies found at antenatal or postnatal evaluation. Furthermore, none of the cases experiencing IUD had signs of impending demise at arterial or venous Doppler. Neonatal deaths were all considered as prematurity-related adverse events. Of the 250 live-born neonates, one (0.4%) was found positive at RT-PCR pharyngeal swabs performed after delivery. The mother was tested positive during the third trimester of pregnancy. The newborn was asymptomatic and had negative RT-PCR test after 14 days of life. At logistic regression analysis, gestational age at diagnosis (OR: 0.85, 95% CI 0.8-0.9 per week increase; pPeer reviewe