Perceptions of Instructors on Using Web 2.0 Tools in Academic English Courses

It is impossible to imagine a university instructor who does not make use of the internet today. The internet provides not only quick access to reliable research data but also certain programs that teachers can tailor to use in their own specific contexts and to interact with their students in practical ways. There might still be resistance to learning new technologies and adapting to them even in the most ‘modern’ work environments even among the relatively younger teachers. The aim of this study was to explore the ELT instructors’ perspectives on the use of Web 2.0 technologies in university level academic English skills courses in an English-medium university, and to test whether a year-long regular training program made a difference in their perceptions and practice of the use of Web 2.0 tools in their teaching. 21 instructors from Middle East Technical University were offered regular training sessions on the practical uses of certain Web 2.0 tools such as, the Google Drive, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google Docs, Google Forms, Kahoot, Mysimpleshow, Poll Everywhere, Nearpod, Mentimeter, Edpuzzle, and QR codes. A pretest and posttest to explore the instructors’ knowledge of and attitudes towards Web 2.0 tools were administered before and after the series of training sessions to see if there were any significant changes. Also, follow-up interviews were carried out with the instructors who participated in the sessions to obtain a deeper insight into their perspectives. Both the questionnaire and the interview results revealed that there were significant changes in these instructors’ attitudes towards the use of Web 2.0 tools

House Dust Mites from Public HealthAND#8217;s Perspective

The prevalence of allergic diseases has been increasing steadily worldwide and public health is seriously affected. House dust mites are considered as the most important source of indoor allergens associated with the allergic diseases. House dust mites, the most common species Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus ve Dermatophagoides farinae, can be found in every environment where has optimum conditions, especially bed and sitting rooms. The purpose of this review, is to present some knowledge with public health perspective about the mites frequencies in our country and which measures must be taken to avoid from them by via of the examples from studies related to house dust mites performed in various regions of Turkey. It is clear that the protective measures are the most important step in the treatment of house dust mite allergies. The risk of sensitization to allergic diseases and symptoms result from house dust mites can be reduced if preventive measures to decrease this exposure is used manner effectively. [TAF Prev Med Bull 2010; 9(6.000): 695-702

Clinical Genetic Approach to De Novo Changes Identified in Array-CGH Analysis

Objective: In this study, it is planned to work with fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH), quantitative polymerase chain reaction (Real-Time qPCR) or with another a-CGH platform to verify genomic imbalances detected in a-CGH examination. It is aimed to determine whether the change is clinically relevant, so that genotype-phenotype relationship can be established and contribute effective genetic counseling