COMPARING INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN TURKEY AND ARGENTINA

Comparative Education is a discipline helps to identify the similarities and differences and explains the facts appearing similar between two or more education systems in different cultures and various countries, and puts forward useful suggestions about the ways to educate people (Türkoğlu, 1985). Since Salamanca Statement (UNESCO, 1994), inclusive education has got considerable steps globally. That has made the governments take the action to apply educational policies to eliminate students’ disadvantage arising from gender, disability, culture, ethnicity, socio economic background etc. The purpose of this paper is to compare inclusive education in Turkey and Argentina. Bereday's (1964) comparative education model has been conducted through the study. Comparing inclusive education in Turkey and Argentina not only contribute to better understand the inclusive education implications in these two developing countries but also define problems and propose solutions.  While inclusive education policies in Turkey focus on disabled students and students with learning difficulties, they focus on disadvantaged groups to provide educational equality.Keywords: Comparative education, inclusive education, Turkey, Argentin

A Mixed Research on Cheating and Absenteeism Behaviors of Teacher Certificate Program Students

The primary goal of this research is to explore absenteeism tendency, and the attitudes towards absenteeism and cheating of students who attended the teacher certificate program. In addition, this research aims to identify the views of students and lecturers on cheating and absenteeism. A sequential explanatory mixed-method research design was employed in this research. The sample of the quantitative data was 321 teacher certificate program students studying at Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Turkey. Absenteeism tendency, cheating attitude and absenteeism attitude scales were used to collect the data. Descriptive statistics, correlation, independent t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey HSD tests were used to analyze the data. Qualitative data was collected through semi-structured interview forms. 14 students and 14 lecturers were interviewed, recorded, and transcribed. Qualitative data was analyzed through quantitative content analyses and descriptive analyses. Research findings show that verbal field students have significantly more positive cheating attitudes than quantitative field students. While cheating attitudes show no significant difference between genders, students in physical education departments have higher scores in the dimensions of environmental conditions and opportunity and ability than verbal and quantitative field students. Both students and lecturers describe cheating as “unfair behavior and plagiarism,” and absenteeism as a “right” in unavoidable situations. It is emphasized that the active participation of students in classes mostly depends on the instructor

Wafer-scale graphene/ferroelectric hybrid devices for low-voltage electronics

Preparing graphene and its derivatives on functional substrates may open enormous opportunities for exploring the intrinsic electronic properties and new functionalities of graphene. However, efforts in replacing SiO$_{2}$ have been greatly hampered by a very low sample yield of the exfoliation and related transferring methods. Here, we report a new route in exploring new graphene physics and functionalities by transferring large-scale chemical vapor deposition single-layer and bilayer graphene to functional substrates. Using ferroelectric Pb(Zr$_{0.3}$Ti$_{0.7}$)O$_{3}$ (PZT), we demonstrate ultra-low voltage operation of graphene field effect transistors within $\pm1$ V with maximum doping exceeding $10^{13}\,\mathrm{cm^{-2}}$ and on-off ratios larger than 10 times. After polarizing PZT, switching of graphene field effect transistors are characterized by pronounced resistance hysteresis, suitable for ultra-fast non-volatile electronics.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures; EPL 2011; In pres

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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the nasal cavity: a case report and review of the literature

Our aim is to describe clinicopathological, histochemical, and immunohistochemical findings of one case of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the nasal cavity. A 10-year-old female presented with a short history of nasal obstruction, epistaxis, nasal discharge and headache. Computerized tomography (CT) scans showed a space-occupying lesion in the right nasal cavity. Histological examination of initial biopsy showed fascicles of spindle cells in a mixed inflammatory background with a predominance of plasma cells, typical of inflammatory pseudotumor. The spindle cells were positive for vimentin and actin. The mass was completely excised without any difficulty under generalized anesthesia. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the nasal cavity is a localized and completely benign lesion. Simple complete excision is curative. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd

Graphene-P(Vdf-Trfe) Multilayer Film For Flexible Applications

A flexible, transparent acoustic actuator and nanogenerator based on graphene/P(VDF-TrFE)/graphene multilayer film is demonstrated. P(VDF-TrFE) is used as an effective doping layer for graphene and contributes significantly to decreasing the sheet resistance of graphene to 188 ohm/sq. The potentiality of graphene/P(VDF-TrFE)/graphene multilayer film is realized in fabricating transparent, flexible acoustic devices and nanogenerators to represent its functionality. The acoustic actuator shows good performance and sensitivity over a broad range of frequency. The output voltage and the current density of the nanogenerator are estimated to be ∼3 V and ∼0.37 μAcm-2, respectively, upon the application of pressure. These values are comparable to those reported earlier for ZnO-and PZT-based nanogenerators. Finally, the possibility of rollable devices based on graphene/P(VDF-TrFE)/graphene structure is also demonstrated under a dynamic mechanical loading condition. © 2013 American Chemical Society

Protective Effect of Pomegranate Extract on Cisplatin-induced Ototoxicity

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of pomegranate extract (PE) as a protection agent against cisplatin ototoxicity

Protective Effect of Pyrrolidine Dithiocarbamate on Myringosclerosis

Objective: Myringotomy is most often used to treat recurrent acute otitis media and chronic effusion otitis media. The most common sequela of myringotomy is myringosclerosis. It has recently been shown that the development of myringosclerosis after myringotomy occurs concomitantly with an increased concentration of reactive oxygen species in the middle-ear cavity and an inflammatory reaction in the tympanic membrane. To assess the effect of pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate on acute inflammation due to myringotomy

Efficacy of Octyl-2-Cyanoacrylate in Type I Tympanoplasty

11th International Congress on Cleft Lip and Palate and Related Craniofacial Anomalies -- SEP 10-13, 2009 -- Fortaleza, BRAZIL --Objective: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of octyl-2-cyanoacrylate for type I tympanoplasty. Methods: This study involved 23 patients (14 females and 9 males) with chronic otitis media who underwent type I tympanoplasty. During surgery, the temporal fascia is placed underlying the eardrum remnant, and octyl-2-cyanoacrylate was dropped over the temporal fascia. The mean air-bone gap (ABG) at the 4 frequencies (500, 1000, 2000, and 4000) was calculated for each patient before and after surgery. These data were compared by Student t test. Results: The mean follow-up was 10 months (range, 6-12 mo). Successful tympanic membrane grafting occurred in 21 patients (91.3%). Graft failure was seen in 2 patients. The mean preoperative ABG of the 23 patients was 19.3 (SD, 5.7) dB, and the postoperative ABG improved to a mean value of 8.2 (SD, 5.9) dB (P <= 0.0001). Conclusions: Octyl-2-cyanoacrylate is effective and safe in using as a compound on temporalis muscle fascia in type I tympanoplasty and can be used more widely in tympanoplasty.WOS:0002907321000652-s2.0-79957971932PubMed: 2155889