BEHAVIORAL FACTORS AFFECTING INDIVIDUALS’ FINANCIAL INVESTMENT DECISION: I.M.M. FINANCIAL SERVICES UNIT EMPLOYEES EXAMPLE

This study aims to outline the factors affecting the behaviours of financial investors for investment_x000D_ preferences. The questions that reveal the socio-demographic characteristics, financial profiles and_x000D_ behavioral tendencies of the investors were asked, the propositions were evaluated and interpreted._x000D_ The participants’ budgets to allocate shares to investment are very low. This makes them indifferent_x000D_ to new investment instruments in finance and directs them the more reliable gold, etc. investment_x000D_ instruments tradionally. Less returns, less risk logic have always been at the forefront in the answers_x000D_ given. It was found that external and environmental factors were effective in making the financial_x000D_ investment decisionThis study aims to outline the factors affecting the behaviours of financial investors for investment preferences. The questions that reveal the socio-demographic characteristics, financial profiles and behavioral tendencies of the investors were asked, the propositions were evaluated and interpreted. The participants’ budgets to allocate shares to investment are very low. This makes them indifferent to new investment instruments in finance and directs them the more reliable gold, etc. investment instruments tradionally. Less returns, less risk logic have always been at the forefront in the answers given. It was found that external and environmental factors were effective in making the financial investment decisio

Non-Valvuler Atriyal Fibrilasyonu Olan Hastalarda Kanama Risk Sınıflandırılmasında Platelet-Lenfosit Oranının Yeni Kullanımları: Pilot Çalışma

Objective: The primary aim of this study was to investigate the role of platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) to predict bleeding risk in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). Secondary aim was to determine the possible relation between PLR and thromboembolic and bleeding risk scores. Tertiary aim was to evaluate the predictive value of PLR for the patients in the therapeutic international normalized ratio (INR) range. Method: PLR was calculated from the complete blood count of 228 patients who were under warfarin management for NVAF. The patients were called and it was questioned whether they had experienced the bleeding event within six months after measurement of the PLR values. Correspondence/Yazışma Adresi: Kahraman Cosansu, Deparment of Cardiology, Sakarya University, Education and Research Hospital Sakarya, Turkey, 54100 e-mail: [email protected] DOI: 10.5798/dicletip.705814 Results: Bleeding event was observed in 48 patients after the PLR was calculated. It was found significantly correlation between PLR and CHA2DVAS2C (p165,9 was determined significant indicator for bleeding (p 165,9 değeri kanama için önemli bir gösterge olarak belirlendi (p <0.001) ve 12 kattan fazla kanama riski olduğunu gösterdi (12.27, [5.74-26.21]). Sonuç: Bu çalışmanın sonuçları PLR'nin kanama riskini saptamak için yararlı bir parametre olabileceğini göstermektedir. Bildiğimiz kadarıyla, bu PLR'nin hem CHA2DS2-VASc hem de HAS-BLED risk skorları ile korelasyonunu gösteren ilk çalışmadır. PLR ayrıca terapötik INR aralığındaki hastaları da öngörebilir

Measuring tactical creativity with the help of divergent thought: Example of TRNC U-21 football teams

This study aims on the assessment of the situations of tactical orientation of 36 young, elite soccer players born in the years 1999-2000-2001, selected between 2 cities, 6 teams which belong to Cyprus Turkish Football Association (Kıbrıs Türk Futbol Federasyonu) in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. This study evaluates the aspects in two ways. In order to evaluate the tactical directed situations, specific tactics and creative performance were measured with respect to Game Test. In case 1, Longitudinal design was carried to analyse intra-individual improvements of elite young football players according to football-specific creativity and tactical game intelligence by using a dynamic performance diagnostic tool. In case 2, cross-sectional design was carried in which objective, valid, differentiative enough to record, tactical indicators were created to measure football-specific creativity and game intelligence as a diagnostic instrument. In both of the studies, different evaluation criteria were spotted and with these criteria, players were scored. According to these scores, divergent tactical thinking results has been obtained. The results according to divergent tactical thinking showed that disparate changes were obtained in between the players of KTFF U-21. As a result, the practical implications for the processes of training has been deeply discussed in both cases

QT and JT dispersion in children with familial mediterranean fever

Objectives: This study aims to determine QT dispersion and JT dispersion, and their relationship with conventional echocardiography values in a group of children with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Patients and methods: The study included 48 FMF patients (26 males, 22 females, mean age 11.10±3.42 years; range 5 to 18 years) as the FMF patients and 31 healthy children (17 males, 14 females, mean age 9.61±2.83 years; range 5 to 17 years) as the healthy controls. Electrocardiography and conventional echocardiography were performed on the FMF patients and healthy controls. Both groups were evaluated with a standard 12-lead electrocardiography. QT, JT and RR distances were measured in both groups. The corrected QT (QTc) and corrected JT (JTc) were calculated. QTcd and corrected JT dispersion (JTcd) were detected. Results: There was no statistically significant difference between the FMF patients and healthy controls in terms of RR, QT, QTd, QTcd, JT, JTc, JTd, and JTcd measurements and echocardiography parameters. QTc value was higher in the FMF patients than the healthy controls. Conclusion: QTc value indicates increased ventricular sensitivity and is an important marker of cardiovascular mortality. It has an important effect on sudden cardiac death and arrhythmia. Our study results suggest that electrocardiographic monitoring may be useful in patients with FMF

La résorption foliaire des espèces fixatrices et non-fixatrices d’azote dans une forêt marécageuse du nord de la Turquie

Foliar resorption of nutrients in plants is a key factor to conserve nutrients especially nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) and makes plant species less-dependent to soil nutrient status. There is much debate whether N-fixing and non-fixing species differ or not with respect to N and P usage strategies. Two N-fixing (one actinorhizal and one legume) and four non-fixing species were sampled in a swamp forest in northern Turkey to compare nitrogen-fixing and non-fixing species with respect to resorption efficiency (RE) and resorption proficiency (RP). Actinorhizal and legume species were Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertner subsp. glutinosa and Robinia pseudoacacia L., respectively. Non-fixing species were Quercus hartwissiana Stev., Acer campestre L. subsp. campestre, Euonymus europaeus L. and Fraxinus excelsior L. It has been found that N-fixing species had lower NRE than non-fixing species in the present study, while N-fixing species were more P-proficient than non-fixing species (except for F. excelsior). Additionally, N/P ratios of N-fixing species were higher than those of non-fixing species. Foliar resorption was not highly proficient in both N-fixing and non-fixing species in the present studyLa résorption foliaire des nutriments dans les végétaux est un facteurclé de conservation des nutriments en particulier de l’azote (N) et du phosphore (P) et rend les plantes moins dépendantes des ressources nutritionnelles du sol. La question de savoir si les espèces fixatrices d’azote diffèrent ou non des non-fixatrices dans leurs stratégies d’utilisation de N et de P demeure fort débattue. Deux fixatrices d’azote (une actinorhize et une légumineuse) et quatre non-fixatrices ont été échantillonnées dans une forêt marécageuse du nord de la Turquie afin de comparer les fixatrices au non-fixatrices dans l’efficience (RE) et la capacité (RP) de leur résorption. Les espèces fixatrices (actinorhize et légumineuse respectivement) ont été Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertner subsp. glutinosa et Robinia pseudoacacia L. Les non-fixatrices étaient Quercus hartwissiana Stev., Acer campestre L. subsp. campestre, Euonymus europaeus L. et Fraxinus excelsior L. Il a été trouvé dans la présente étude que les fixatrices d’azote ont un plus faible NRE mais une plus grande capacité en P que les non-fixatrices (à l’exception de F. excelsior). De plus, les N/P ratios des fixatrices d’azote sont apparus plus élevés que ceux des non-fixatrices. La résorption foliaire ne s’est pas avérée de forte capacité tant chez les fixatrices que chez les non-fixatrices d’azote dans notre étud

Phosphorus-nitrogen compounds. Part 48. Syntheses of the phosphazenium salts containing 2-pyridyl pendant arm: Structural characterizations, thermal analysis, antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity studies

The phosphazenium salts (protic ionic liquids, PILs/protic molten salts, PMOSs) (6a-6d and 7a) of the free phosphazene bases (4a-4d and 5a) were prepared by the reactions of the corresponding cyclotriphosphazenes with the bulky gentisic acid. The structures of the PMOS were evaluated using the elemental analyses, FTIR, 1H, 13C{1H} and 31P{1H} NMR data. The molecular and crystal structures of 4a and 6c were established by X-ray crystallography. The thermal properties of the PMOS were determined using TG and DTA techniques. On the other hand, the antimicrobial activities of the free phosphazene bases (4a-4d and 5a-5d) and PMOSs (6a-6d and 7a) were screened against the selected bacteria and yeast strains. The antimicrobial activities of the free phosphazene bases and the PMOSs were compared. The interactions of the phosphazenes and their salts with plasmid DNA were elucidated by the agarose gel electrophoresis. The evaluations of the cytotoxic activities of these compounds were also studied against to L929 fibroblast and breast cancer cells (MDA-MB-231).  

An Area of Discord in the Context of the Letters of Holy Qur’an (An Evaluation Around Nickname, Articulation Point and Characteristic)

Tecvid ilminin en önemli meselesi Kur’ân-ı Kerîm harfleridir. Zira harflerin düzgün telaffuz edilmesi, Kur’ân tilâvetinde hatadan korunmanın en temel şartıdır. Söz konusu gerçeklikten hareketle İslâm âlimle-ri Arap dilinde harflerin tasnifine, mahreçleri ve sıfatları konusuna ilk asırdan başlamak üzere her devirde özel bir önem vermişlerdir. Arap dilinde harflerle alakalı konular ele alındığında gündeme gelen mesele-lerden biri de onların lakapları meselesi olmuştur. Halîl b. Ahmed’in Kitâbü’l-‘Ayn isimli eserinde harflerin mahreçlerini gözeterek on tane lakap belirlemesiyle harflerin lakapları konusunun erken dönemde ortaya çıktığı gözlemlenmektedir. Harflerin lakapları, onların mahreçlerinden hareketle oluşturulmakla birlikte konunun, harflerin sıfatlarıyla da irtibatlı olduğu anlaşılmaktadır. Bu makalede harflerin lakapları mesele-sinin ortaya çıkışı, lakaplar konusunun eserlerde yer alma süreci, harfler için belirlenen lakapların neler olduğu, harflerin lakapları tamlamasıyla ne kastedildiği, harflerin lakaplarının bağlantılı olduğu diğer baş-lıklar, aynı harflere verilen lakapların âlimler arasında farklılık arz edip etmediği, harflerin lakapları konu-suna yer veren müelliflerin oranı, harflerin lakapları bağlamında öne sürülen eleştiriler gibi Arap dili, kı-raat ve tecvid ilimlerinde harflerin lakaplarıyla bağlantılı konular araştırılacaktır.The main subject of tajwid is the letters of the Qur’an. Correct pronunciation of the letters is the essen-tial necessity to avoid mistakes in Qur’an recitation. Hence Muslim scholars attach importance to classi-fication of Arabic letters, articulation points (makharij al-huruf) and characteristics of letters (sifat al-huruf) in every period since the early centuries of the Islamic calendar. When the subjects related to Arabic letters are studied one of the topics that comes up is nicknames of letters (alqab al-huruf). Since al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi stated ten nicknames of letters considering their articulation points in his book Kitab al-‘Ayn nicknames of letters emerged in early periods. It is understood that despite the nicknames of letters were named according to their articulation points, the nicknames are related to their characteristics too. In this article the topics related to nicknames of letters in Arabic, qiraat and tajwid sciences such as the emerge of nicknames of letters, the process of taking part of nicknames in books, what is meant by the noun phrase of nicknames of letters, other tittles that are related to nick-names of letters, what are the nicknames of letters, whether nicknames of letters differ among scholars, the rate of writers who have given place to the subject of nicknames of letters, critiques in the context of nicknames of letters will be studied

SF6 YALITKANLI SİSTEMLERDE ARK ANALİZİ

Yüksek gerilim enerji iletim ve dagıtım sistemlerinde devrenin açılıp kapanmasında SF6 gazlı devre kesiciler kullanılmaktadır. SF6 gazlı devre kesicilerde ark olgusu temel prosestir. Bu çalısmada SF6 gazlı devre kesici nozzle'ındaki ark davranısının incelenmesi için, basitlestirilmis bir ark modeli gelistirilmistir. Bu çalısmada ark modeli için Mayr denklemi gelistirilmistir. Bu model devre kesicilerin kesme kabiliyetlerini belirlemek için kullanılmıs ve Matlab Simulink yardımıyla simülasyonları yapılmıstır. Bu çalısmada Mayr model parametre degerlerine göre gerilim ve akım degisimleri elde edilmis ve elde edilen sonuçlar literatürde geçerli olan veriler ile karsılastırılmıstır.SF6 circuit breakers are used to open and close the power circuit at high voltage levels in transmission and distribution systems. Arcing phenomena is the fundamental process in SF6 circuit breakers. In this study, a simplified arc model is developed to analyse at SF6 circuit breaker nozzle arc behaviour. Mayr equation is developed for arc model in this study. This model is used to determine circuit breakers breaking ability and is simulated by means of Matlab Simulink. In this study voltage and current variations are obtained according to Mayr model parameters values and the results obtained are compared with the available data in literature

Memluk Sultanı Eşref Halil ve Siyasi Faaliyetleri

Memluk Devleti içerisinde Kalavun ve hanedanının önemli bir yeri vardır. Kalavun’dan sonra Memluk sultanı olan Eşref Halil ise dört yıllık saltanatında Haçlılara yönelik yaptığı mücadelelerle dikkati çekmektedir. 666 yılında doğan Eşref Halil, 689 yılında Memluk tahtına oturdu. Sultan Kalavun aslında Salih Ali’yi veliahd ilan ettiği ancak onun ölmesi sebebiyle Eşref Halil’i veliaht ilan etmek zorunda kaldığı görülmektedir. Burada sultan Eşref Halil’in ahlaki zaaflarını ve emirlerle anlaşmada problemlerinin olduğunu düşünerek onu veliaht göstermek istemediği anlaşılmaktadır. Eşref Halil zamanında Akka, Sayda, Sur, Hayfa, Kal’atü’r-Rum ve diğer yerler İslam hâkimiyetine kazandırılmış, Suriye bölgesi Haçlılardan temizlenmiş oldu. Özellikle Akka’nın Haçlı işgalinden kurtarılması İslam âleminde büyük sevince neden olmuş ve Eşref Halil Akka fatihi olarak İslam tarihindeki yerini almıştır. Haçlılardan kazanılan bu topraklardan sonra bölgede huzursuzluk kaynağı olan Ermeniler üzerinde de tam olarak hâkimiyet sağ- lanmıştır. Eşref Halil’in bundan sonraki hedefi ise Irak bölgesini Moğol işgalinden kurtarmaktı. Moğolların Halep’in iade edilmesi şeklindeki mektuplarına ağır bir dille cevap vererek yakında Irak bölgesini Müslümanlara kazandıracağını belirtmiş, gerekli hazırlıkları başlatmıştır. Ancak Eşref Halil emirlerle sürtüşmesinin kurbanı olarak 693 yılında feci bir şekilde öldürülmesi sebebiyle buna imkân bulamamıştır. Siyasi faaliyetlerinin yanında Eşref Halil’in imar faaliyetlerinde bulunduğu, ticaret ve ekonominin gelişmesi için gayret gösterdiği söylenebili