INVESTIGATING TURKISH MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS' COPING STRATEGIES IN SCIENCE

This study aimed at investigating firstly, whether gender differences exist in Turkish middle school students' use of coping strategies in science classes, and secondly, whether there are mean level differences in students' positive coping, projective coping, denial coping, and non-coping when they face an academic failure in science. For this purpose Academic Coping Inventory, were administered to 997 7th grade elementary students. The findings suggest that there is no significant difference between girls and boys in terms of using coping strategies when they face an academic failure in science. Further, overall, Turkish middle school students tend to use positive coping strategies or non-coping strategies when they face an academic failure in science. In other words, they try to find what they did wrong, and they study hard for the next time, and they tend to blame themselves for the failure

Maternal killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors and paternal human leukocyte antigen ligands in recurrent pregnancy loss cases in Turkey

Objective. The survival of a semi-allogeneic fetus depends on several immunological mechanisms, and it has been suggested that recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) could develop as a result of one or more immunological abnormalities. Methods. Compatibility between partners for human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genotypes and the relationships between maternal killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) and paternal HLA-Bw4/Bw6 and HLA-C1/C2 supra-groups were investigated in 25 couples with RPL in comparison to healthy couples with children. HLA and KIR genotyping was performed using polymerase chain reaction with sequence-specific primers and/or sequence-specific oligonucleotides. Results. HLA class I incompatibility between partners, especially in HLA-B alleles, was more common in the RPL group (p= 0.01). HLA-C2 homozygosity was more frequent in the male partners of RPL couples than in other groups (p= 0.03). The KIR2DL5 gene frequency was significantly higher in both the female and male partners of RPL couples, whereas the KIR2DS3 gene frequency in male partners of RPL couples was significantly reduced (p= 0.03). The presence of KIR2DL3 in women with RPL was correlated with the presence of HLA-C2 alleles in their spouses (p= 0.03). Conclusion. Our data from a Turkish population suggest that male HLA-C2 homozygosity may play an important role in RPL. Additionally, an incidental match between male HLA-C2 and female HLA-C1 ligand KIR receptors might perturb the balance between activatory and inhibitory KIR-ligand interactions during pregnancy in couples affected by RPL. The roles of orphan KIR2DL5 and orphan KIR2DS3 in RPL remain obscure

Kemik ve kıkırdak dokusu onarımına yönelik olarak yağ dokusundan farklılandırılmış hücre ve seramik/polimer kompozit içeren yapay dokuların geliştirilmesi

TÜBİTAK MAG01.05.200

Formation of non-governmental women organization in the transition between Ottoman empire and Turkish republic: Non-governmental women organizations in Aydin and their fields of activity

Bu çalışmamda ilk olarak sivil toplum kavramının tarih içerisinde bir kavram olarak ortaya çıkışı ve geçirdiği değişiklikler ele alınmıştır. Sivil toplum kavramını tartışırken Batı'daki karşılığı ile Türkiye'de karşılığı yerine Türk tarihi ve toplumsal gerçeğinden hareketle sivil toplum unsurlarının işlevselliğini ve özelliklerini göz önünde bulundurmak çalışmaya yön verilmiştir. Sivil toplumda kadına biçilen rol ve özel /kamusal alan ayrımında anlamını bulan sivil toplum teorilerinde nasıl bir değişim meydana getirdiğine değinilmiştir. Tarih boyunca kadının toplumsal statüsü modernleşmedeki rolü, Osmanlı ve Cumhuriyet döneminde kadın STK'ların ın siyasal iktidar karşısındaki konumu gibi konulara değinilmeye çalışılmıştır. Son olarak da Aydın'da bulunan kadın STK'larınn tüzükleri incelenip yaptıkları çalışmalar incelenmiştir . Aydın ilinde 12 dernek tüzüğü incelenmiş, tüzüklerinde yer alan konular değerlendirilmiştir. Derneklerin amaç ve faaliyetleri kadın sorunlarını içermekle birlikte, faaliyetlerinde amaçlarıyla örtüşen girişimlere rastlanmamıştır. Kadının toplumsal cinsel eşitliğini savunmak ve bu konuda toplumsal farkındalığı yükseltmek adına yapılan faaliyetler tespit edilememiştir.In this study, initially appearence and transformation of the notion of civil society throughout the history will be studied. While discussing the notion of civil society, considering functionalities and specialities of civil society elements in respect to Turkish history and social realities instead of meaning of the notion in Western and Turkish senses will direct the study. Role of women in civil society and transformation of the theories of civil society which can be understood through the difference between private and public spheres will also discussed. Social status of women throughout the history, their parts in the process of modernization, positions of women participated non-governmental organizations during the Ottoman and Republican periods will be tried to be clarified. Finally statutes of women participated non-governmental organizations in Aydın will be analysed. Within the province of Aydın statutes of 12 civil society organization have been reviewed and articles of their statutes evaluated. Though objects of these civil societies are touching the problems of the women, it is not possible to find activities that overlap these objects. None of their activities aim to defend gender equality and raise their awareness