Teacher Perceptions on School Administrators’ Entrepreneurship Skills

The purpose of this study is to determine school administrators’ entrepreneurship skills according to teacher opinions. The general screening model was used in the study. 227 teachers working in the province of Elazığ constituted the sample of the study. The data were collected through the “Entrepreneurship Scale”. According to the study findings, teachers stated the entrepreneurship skills of school administrators; at “I Agree” level for “Need for Achievement”, “Self-Confidence” and “Internal Locus of Control” dimensions, at “I am Uncertain” level for the “Tolerance of Ambiguity”, “Innovativeness” and “Risk-Taking Propensity” dimensions. With regards to the entrepreneurship skills of school administrators, no differences among the sub-dimensions were detected concerning the type of duty and type of school variables. While there were significant differences among all the sub-dimensions except for “Tolerance of Ambiguity” for the professional duration in the school variable, no differences were detected for the gender, age and educational status variable. Keywords: Entrepreneurship, school manager, entrepreneurial skills

Fibromiyalji hastalarında skapular stabilizasyon egzersiz eğitiminin postür ve ağrı üzerindeki etkisi

Çalışmamız, fibromiyalji hastalarında skapular stabilizasyon egzersiz eğitiminin servikal postür ve ağrı üzerindeki etkisini araştırmak amacıyla yapıldı. Çalışmaya yaşları 18-60 yıl arasında değişen 59 hasta dahil edildi. Bireyler skapular stabilizasyon egzersiz (n=29) ve klasik egzersiz (n=30) grubu olmak üzere iki gruba ayrıldı. Klasik egzersiz ve skapular stabilizasyon egzersiz grubunun her ikisine de egzersiz öncesi hotpack, TENS ve ultrason uygulandı. Bu uygulama her iki gruba da haftada 5 gün olmak üzere toplam 6 hafta devam etti. Bu tedaviyi takiben klasik gruba klasik omuz egzersizleri, skapular stabilizasyon grubuna ise stabilizasyon egzersizleri verildi. Hastalar ağrı, servikal postür, fonksiyonel durum ve yaşam kalitesi açısından değerlendirildi. Hastalara tüm değerlendirmeler tedavi öncesi ve 6 haftanın sonunda olmak üzere iki kez tekrarlandı. Çalışmanın sonucunda gruplar tedavi öncesi ve tedavi sonrası karşılaştırıldığında, klasik grupta servikal postür dışında, her iki grupta da tedavi sonrası ağrının azaldığı, fonksiyonel durumun geliştiği ve yaşam kalitesinin iyileştiği gözlendi (p0.05). Sonuç olarak, fibromiyalji tanısı konmuş hastalarda ağrı ve servikal postür üzerinde skapular stabilizasyon egzersizlerinin etkili olduğu gözlendi. Bu nedenle fibromiyalji hastalarında görülen semptomların kısa sürede iyileşmesini sağlayabilmek için klasik egzersizler yerine skapulayı içine alan stabilizasyon egzersizlerinin mutlaka kullanılması gerektiği görüşündeyiz

Social work education in Turkey at the crossroads: An analysis of educational trends and socio-political context in a historical perspective

Similar to the trajectory in many countries, social work education in Turkey developed in the aftermath of World War II, the foundations of which were shaped along international dynamics rather than local context. In this regard, there has been an ongoing debate on localization of social work education. This article discusses the historical trajectory of social work education in Turkey through a systematic review of literature and analysis of data collected by semi-structured interviews with key informants. The implications of neoliberalism for the social work profession in Turkey reflect a dual framework where the human rights perspective co-exists with a faith-based approach

An investigation on determining optimum wall ratio–cost relationship of shear walled reinforced concrete buildings

Reinforced concrete walls are very efficient structural elements in terms of carrying the lateral loads that are expected to affect the structures during the service of the buildings. These elements, which are not used for economic reasons in buildings designed in areas with low seismic hazard, can actually provide a significant increase in performance with a very small increase in construction cost. In this study, a total of 9 building models have been created and the relationship between optimum reinforced concrete wall ratio and cost on these buildings has been investigated. The design and analysis of the models were carried out according to the criteria specified in TSC 2018. Three different structural systems specified in TSC 2018 were used in the designed models. These structural systems used; RC frame structures, RC wall-frame structures and RC wall structures. These structures were analyzed by Response Spectrum Method which is linear analysis method and base shear forces were obtained. Then, push-over analysis, which is a nonlinear analysis method, was applied to obtain the base shear forces that the structure can actually carry. After the analysis, the quantities of materials to be used for the construction of the structural systems of the models were calculated and current manufacturing prices and rough costs were calculated. In order to compare the obtained costs with the structural performances, nonlinear shear forces and linear shear forces ratios were calculated and the over strength factors were calculated for each model. In the light of the data obtained from the studies in the literature, when the over strength factors and cost values are examined together, it is concluded that the optimum design for the conditions specified in TSC 2018 will be provided with the RC wall ratio between 0.001 - 0.0016. It is concluded that lateral load carrying capacity of construction increases up to 650% by increasing the construction cost by 17% for the designed models

COMBINED PLATE VERSUS EXTERNAL FIXATION FOR DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURES

ABSTRACT Objectives: This study aimed to compare the functional and radiological results of patients who had intra-articular comminuted distal radius fractures and were operated on with external fixation percutaneous pinning or the volar-dorsal combined plate osteosynthesis. Methods: In this study, 49 patients operated on and followed up for the comminuted distal radius fractures between May 2015 and January 2019 were retrospectively evaluated. The surgical outcomes of the patients, who were operated on with combined dorsal-volar plate osteosynthesis or external fixation percutaneous pinning, were compared in this study. Functional and radiological scores were evaluated and analyzed statistically. Results: There was no statistical difference between external fixation and volar-dorsal combined plate groups regarding the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH) questionnaire, the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), the Mayo scoring system, range of motion, and grip strength values. Discussion: Although the combined volar-dorsal plate osteosynthesis technique had a longer operation time and a more complicated surgical procedure, the combined volar-dorsal plate osteosynthesis had lower complication rates and permitted early mobilization. The combined volar-dorsal plate osteosynthesis could be an alternative to external fixation percutaneous pinning. Level of Evidence III, Therapeutic Studies Investigating the Results of Treatment

Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Characterization of Solitary Pulmonary Lesions

Background: We evaluated the differential diagnosis of solitary pulmonary lesions on magnetic resonance imaging.Aims: To investigate the value of diffusion weighted imaging on the differential diagnosis of solitary pul-monary lesions.Study Design: Randomized prospective study.Methods: This prospective study included 48 solitary pulmonary nodules and masses (18 benign, 30 ma-lignant). Single shot echo planar spin echo diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) was performed with two b factors (0 and 1000 s/mm2). Apparent diffusion coeffi-cients (ADCs) were calculated. On diffusion weighted (DW) trace images, the signal intensities (SI) of the le-sions were visually compared to the SI of the thoracic spinal cord using a 5-point scale: 1: hypointense, 2: moderately hypointense, 3: isointense, 4: moderately hyperintense, 5: significantly hyperintense. For the quantitative evaluation, the lesion to thoracic spinal signal intensity ratios and the ADCs of the lesions were compared between groups.Results: On visual evaluation, taking the density of the spinal cord as a reference, most benign lesions were found to be hypointense, while most of the malignant lesions were evaluated as hyperintense on DWI with a b factor of 1000 s/mm2. In contrast, on T2 weighted images, it was seen that the distinction of malignant lesions from benign lesions was not statistically significant. The ADCs of the malignant lesions were significantly lower than those of benign lesions (mean ADC was 2.02×10-3 mm2/s for malignant lesions, and 1.195×10-3±0.3 mm2/s for benign lesions). Setting the cut-off value at 1.5×10-3, ADC had a sensitivity of 86.7% and a specificity of 88.9% for the differentiation of benign lesions from malignant lesions.Conclusion: DWI may aid in the differential diagnosis of solitary pulmonary lesions. (ClinicalTrials.gov Iden-tifier: NCT02482181

Hemophagocytic syndrome due to leishmania infection diagnosed with immunofluorescence antibody test

Leishmaniasis is a reticuloendothelial system disease that mostly observed before the age of 5. Visceral infection causes long-standing fever, weight loss, weakness, pancytopenia, and hepatosplenomegaly. Leishmania infantum is responsible for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Turkey. We present a case of hemophagocytic syndrome due to Leishmania infection diagnosed with an immunofluorescence antibody test (IFAT). Leishmania amastigotes were not observed on bone marrow aspiration. We consider that IFAT is very important for parasite detection in the diagnosis of VL in children, particularly when amastigotes are not obtained on bone marrow aspiration

Chapter The pressures and the ecological quality status of the Marmara Sea (Turkey) by using marine macroalgae and angiosperms

In the present study, the Marine Floristic Ecological Index (MARFEI) was tested to assess the impacts by using marine benthic macrophytes and pressures by using the Macroalgae-Land Uses Simplified Index (MA-LUSI) in the Marmara Sea (Turkey). Sampling of benthic macrophytes was made from 0-5 m depth at 29 different sites during the summer periods of 2017, 2018 and 2019. The study revealed good ecological status class (ESC) for 6 sites, moderate for 11 sites, poor for 8 sites and bad for 4 sites. MARFEIeqr showed a negative linear relationship with the pressure index MA-LUSI

Düzce İli Akçakoca İlçesinin Taşkın ve Rusubat Zararlarından Korunması İçin Kompozit Araç Köprüsü Tasarımı

Ulaşım, insanoğlunun geçmişten günümüze en önemli faaliyetlerinin başında gelmektedir. Ulaşım denildiğinde genel olarak mal, insan ve fikirlerin bir yerden diğerine taşınması anlaşılmaktadır. Ulaşım unsurlarının başında da köprüler gelmektedir. Karayolu köprüleri ülkemizde pek araştırılmamış olmakla birlikte literatür sıkıntısı bulunmaktadır. Bu çalışmada Düzce ili Akçakoca ilçesinde yapılan betonarme-çelik (kompozit) araç köprüsü tasarımı ve hesapları yapılmıştır. Hesaplarda AISC ve AASHTO [6] dikkate alınmıştır. Türkiye’deki tüm köprüler değerlendirildiğinde Türkiye’de 2013 yılı itibari ile toplamda 7144 köprüden 6833 tanesi betonarme, 261 tanesi çelik ve 50 tanesi taş köprüdür. Yani 2013 yılı itibari ile ülkemizdeki köprülerin %95.65’i betonarme, %3.65’i çelik ve %0.69’u taş köprüdür. Köprü ayakları istinat duvarı şeklinde betonarme olarak tasarlanmıştır. C20 betonu kullanılmıştır. Köprü taşıyıcı kirişleri çelik profil HE500B ve HE400B olarak tasarlanmıştır. Deprem ve araç yükleri dikkate alınarak SAP2000 yazılımında hesaplar yapılmıştır [7]. Hesaplar sonrasında elemanlarının uygun olduğu, değerleri sağladığı tespit edilerek yerinde uygulanmıştır. Hesaplar detaylı olarak sunulmuştur

Case study writing guide in sport and exercise psychology

Spor ve egzersiz psikolojisinin gelişiminde spor bilimleri ve psikoloji alanlarının uygulamaları, kavramları ve teorileri önemli bir rol oynamaktadır (Weinberg ve Gould, 2014). Bu bağlamda ele alınan güncel konulardan biri de örnek olay (vaka) çalışmalarıdır (Hemmings ve Holder, 2013). Örnek olay çalışmaları spor ve egzersiz psikolojisi alanında yer alan uygulamacıların ve araştırmacıların deneyimleri, gözlemleri ve araştırmalarının bilimsel bir çerçevede raporlaştırılmasına dayanmaktadır. Uluslararası alan yazında görünürlüğü gittikçe artmakta olan örnek olay çalışmalarının ülkemizde henüz yeterli örneği bulunmamaktadır. Bunun temel sebebinin ise Türkçe alan yazında uygulamacılar ve araştırmacılar için örnek olay çalışmalarının yazımında yararlanabilecekleri bir kaynağın bulunmaması düşünülmektedir. Bu doğrultuda uygulamacıların ve araştırmacıların örnek olayların yazımı veya raporlaştırılması sırasında yararlanacakları bir kaynağın oluşturulması amaçlanmıştır.The practices, concepts, and theories of sport sciences and psychology play an important role in the development of sport and exercise psychology (Weinberg & Gould, 2014) One of the current topics addressed in this context is case studies (Hemmings & Holder, 2013). The foundation of case studies is the scientifically grounded reporting of the experiences, observations, and research by both practitioners and researchers in sport and exercise psychology. Case studies, which are gaining popularity in the international literature, do not yet have enough examples in Turkey. It is believed that the main reason for this is that there are no resources in the Turkish literature for practitioners and researchers to use when writing case studies. The aim, therefore, was to create a resource that could be used by practitioners and researchers in the writing and reporting of case studies.Publisher's Versio