The Second-Generation Turkish-Germans Return ‘Home’: Gendered Narratives of Renegotiated Identities

Turkish migration to Germany which started in the 1960s as ‘guestworker’ migration soon matured to a permanent settlement. Today, Turkish labour diaspora is the largest migrant group in Germany and Europe. The daughters and sons of the first generation Turkish migrants have a different understanding of ‘home’ compared to their parents. Their upbringing in Germany and transnational links to Turkey create a tension between their constructions of ‘belonging’ and ‘home’. This thesis evaluates the second generation’s constructions of ‘home’ within their ‘Turkish’ upbringing in Germany and their ‘return’ orientations and post-return experiences in Turkey. The special focus is given to gender roles and renegotiations in the second generation’s return journey. The empirical evidence comes from in-depth, semi-structured interviews carried out with a non-random sample of Turkish-Germans, interviewed in and around Istanbul in 2012. The analysis section of the thesis is built around answers and insights into three main sets of research questions. First, how did their upbringing within a Turkish family construct and affect their senses of ‘belonging’ and ‘home’? To what extent are nostalgia and family narratives effective on their ‘home’ constructions? Second, how did their childhood memories from Turkey affect their motivations to return to the parental homeland? Third, how does the second generation renegotiate their diasporic and gender identity in the parental homeland? Do they feel that they belong to Turkey? How do they reflect upon their diasporic past in Germany? The thesis analyses these questions with a reference to diaspora, memory, return migration, generation and gender theories. The findings illustrate that family narratives and Turkish upbringing are important components of the second generation’s ‘home’ constructions. However, the return experiences show that their ‘imagined home’ and ‘reality’ do not always match. Men and women experience the life within diaspora and return differently. The thesis contributes a new case-study to the growing literature on return migration; but also to diaspora and memory studies and gendered dimensions of migration

Understanding Technology Diffusion and Spatial Accessibility in the Home Healthcare Industry

Home healthcare is becoming an important alternative to institutionalized care. It not only reduces costs but also increases health outcomes and patient satisfaction. However, the availability and efficiency of home healthcare services need to be improved as the aging population increases in the US. Hence, understanding home healthcare utilization and access are the essential steps to develop strategies ensuring effective and sustainable services to patients. This research aims to study two main issues in the US home healthcare system: diffusion and long-term impacts of home telehealth and potential spatial accessibility of home healthcare services. Home telehealth is a promising technology that can increase efficiency and health outcomes. However, the diffusion of this technology has been slow basically due to lack of reimbursement and lack of evidence on its impacts. In the first part of this dissertation, we study the innovation characteristics affecting home telehealth diffusion among agencies and develop a system dynamics model to demonstrate the impacts of home telehealth on healthcare utilization and overall healthcare cost. Next, we study the potential spatial access to home healthcare services. Potential spatial accessibility refers to the availability of a service in a given area based on geographical factors, such as distance and location. In this part of the dissertation, a new measure that simultaneously considers both staffing levels and eligible populations is developed and used in a case study to highlight the spatial disparities in access in Arkansas. To the best of our knowledge, no previous measure has been proposed to quantify the potential spatial accessibility of home healthcare services within a geographic region. Then, we examine the factors that are associated with accessibility across the study region by space-varying coefficient models. The results of this part of the dissertation can inform policies that positively impact access to home healthcare services

The Analysis of Stress Levels of the Female Wrestlers Studying in Higher Education (A Case of Batman Provice)

The purpose of this paper was to analyze the stress levels of the female wrestlers studying in higher education. The trial group of the research consisted of 52 volunteer female wrestlers studying in higher education in the province Batman. The research data were collected with “Work Stress Scale” developed by House and Rizzo (1972) adapted into Turkish by Yalçın (2009). In the analysis of data, the Mann Whitney-U and Kruskall Wallis-H tests were benefited from as well as the descriptive statistical techniques. As a result of the research, the female wrestlers were considered to experience stress occasionally. While there were not any differences in the female wrestlers’ stress levels in accordance with the variables of bachelor year, persons who they live and income status, there were some differences in their stress levels about whether family members were keen on sport or not

Effect of 8 weeks of core training on speed, agility and balance in 14–16 year old male footballers

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of 8-week core training on speed, agility and balance in male football players aged 14-16. Twenty-four players who were actively playing football at clubs at the age of 14-16 participated to the study voluntarily. The experimental group of the research consisted of 12 male footballers who practiced core training 3 days a week for 8 weeks in addition to football training. The control group of the research consisted of 12 male footballers who practiced regular football only. Before the training and after the 8-week training period, a set of strength, speed, agility and balance tests were applied to the football players in both groups and the effect of core training was examined independent sample t-test and dependent sample t-test were used to analyze the data. In the experimental group, while a statistically significant difference was found between the pretest and posttest values of sit-ups, push-ups, standing long jump, illinois agility, T-dril and Y balance tests in favor of the posttest, there was no significant difference between the pretest and posttest values of 30 m speed and 505 agility tests. In the control group, while there was a significant difference between the pretest and posttest values in the sit-up, push-up, standing long jump and illinois agility tests in favor of the posttests (p<0.05), there was no significant difference between pretest and posttest values of 30 m speed, 505 agility, t drill and y balance tests

THE STRUGGLE FOR SELF-AWARENESS AS REFLECTED IN MARK RAVENHILL’S PLAY SOME EXPLICIT POLAROIDS

The concern with self-awareness has dominated the Western philosophy and literature being reflected mostly through the ancient Greek motif “know thyself”. The awareness of the self would promote one’s identity as a unique entity, which should be capable of expressing individual thoughts and experiences in order to confer moral significance to one’s actions. The present study focuses on Mark Ravenhill’s play Some Explicit Polaroids which offers a portrait of the societal chaos in a desensitised London, where human life and emotions are commodified and engender the human potential for genuine feelings and expression of moral judgement, thus thwarting the creation of true relationships. Through the characters of his play, Ravenhill generates an awareness of the moral vacuum, which is created as a result of indifference or/and violence of the government apparatus which forces the individual to develop survival mechanisms that abandon altogether the moral significance of their actions and, respectively, any concern with the development of an authentic self. Nadia, a character in Ravenhill’s play, who lacks individual critical judgement and self-knowledge, forms her identity in terms of transaction and exchange that allows her to be easily objectified. This research explores Nadia’s attempt to regain self-value and self-awareness in terms of the transformative power of negativity and will to truth as the transgression and destabilization of the illusion of perfections as to bring the conflictual state into focus by posing the lethargic values and disintegration of faith which are inherent in the happy world myth.The concern with self-awareness has dominated the Western philosophy and literature being reflected mostly through the ancient Greek motif “know thyself”. The awareness of the self would promote one’s identity as a unique entity, which should be capable of expressing individual thoughts and experiences in order to confer moral significance to one’s actions. The present study focuses on Mark Ravenhill’s play Some Explicit Polaroids which offers a portrait of the societal chaos in a desensitised London, where human life and emotions are commodified and engender the human potential for genuine feelings and expression of moral judgement, thus thwarting the creation of true relationships. Through the characters of his play, Ravenhill generates an awareness of the moral vacuum, which is created as a result of indifference or/and violence of the government apparatus which forces the individual to develop survival mechanisms that abandon altogether the moral significance of their actions and, respectively, any concern with the development of an authentic self. Nadia, a character in Ravenhill’s play, who lacks individual critical judgement and self-knowledge, forms her identity in terms of transaction and exchange that allows her to be easily objectified. This research explores Nadia’s attempt to regain self-value and self-awareness in terms of the transformative power of negativity and will to truth as the transgression and destabilization of the illusion of perfections as to bring the conflictual state into focus by posing the lethargic values and disintegration of faith which are inherent in the happy world myth

Evaluation of pain perception during orthodontic debonding of metallic brackets with four different techniques

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate patients’ pain levels during four different debonding procedures. The null hypothesis was that the pain perception of the patients undergoing four different debonding applications was not statistically significant different. Material and Methods: One hundred and twenty orthodontic patients who underwent orthodontic debonding were included in this study. The patients were randomly divided into 4 groups according to technique used in the patients. Debonding groups were as follows: Group 1) Conventional debonding group, Group 2) Medication group (acetaminophen was given 1 hour before debonding), Group 3) Soft bite wax group, and Group 4) Soft acrylic bite wafer group. The patients’ levels of anxiety and fear of pain were evaluated before debonding, and Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) was applied to evaluate their pain perception during debonding. Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal–Wallis tests were used to evaluate non-normally distributed data. Categorical data analysis were carried by chi-square and McNemar tests. The significance level was set at p&lt;0.05. Results: Anxiety scores of the patients were not statistically significant between both genders and debonding groups. In the quadrants in which the patients were perceived, the highest pain level was in the left side of the mandible. The teeth in which the highest pain level was perceived were the lower left and upper right lateral incisors. Although there was no statistically significant difference among the pain scores of the patients in each group, quadrant scores of female patients showed significant differences, being the lowest scores in the soft bite wax group. Conclusions: Majority of the patients had no fear of pain before debonding. Pain levels of the patients in the conventional debonding group were not significantly different from those of the other groups, except quadrant scores of females in the soft bite wax group. The null hypothesis was accepted

Evaluation of the Contralateral Acoustic Stimulation Test After Audiological Examination of the Central Auditory System in Individuals with Normal Hearing

The aim of our study was to evaluate the contralateral acoustic stimulation tests of central auditory system after audiological examination of individuals with normal hearing. In this context, a number of criteria were considered for the determination of individuals with normal hearing. Normal hearing provides the ability to live independently in the social environment of an individual, and the level of hearing is considered necessary for enabling communication with the environment. A total of 15 individuals were included in our study. In all individuals, five different frequencies were obtained compared to the threshold for both ears. The frequencies were 1000 Hz, 1414 Hz, 2000 Hz, 2828 Hz and 4000 Hz; and the suppression thresholds were also measured. After audiological tests were performed for our study, the same measurements were repeated. Looking at the results of the study, a statistically significant difference was found between the measurement results for right and left ears in individuals with normal hearing (P&lt;0.05). Result: In order to see the suppressive effect, the integrity of the neural structures must be preserved starting from the medial nucleus of the superior olivary complex and reaching the OHCs. According to the results obtained in our study, we can conclude that MOCR is active, and the central nervous system is not impaired after the audiological evaluation. However, it is thought that a further study should be conducted with a larger sample group in order to obtain more specific results. Keywords: Contralateral suppression, normal hearing, otoacoustic emissions DOI: 10.7176/JHMN/87-06 Publication date:March 31st 202

Küreselleşme Sürecinde Yerel Ekonomik Kalkınma: Gaziantep Örneği

Küreselleşme süreci ile birlikte rekabet koşulları sürekli değişim göstermekte ve sürdürülebilir bir kalkınma için değişen konjonktüre uyum sağlamak kaçınılmaz bir hal almaktadır. Bu bağlamda yerel kalkınmanın gerçekleşebilmesi öncelikle yerel aktörlerin ekonomik, kültürel ve sosyal alanlarda inisiyatif alarak sürdürülebilir kalkınma için politika üretmelerine bağlıdır. Gaziantep ekonomisi; yenilikci, teknolojiye dayalı katma değeri olan nitelikli ürün geliştirme ve üretim kapasitesi ile birlikte ihracata dayalı sanayisi sayesinde son 20 yılda ülkemiz ekonomisinden iki kat fazla büyüme göstermiş, bu durum Gaziantep ekonomisini görece bir şekilde diğer şehirlerden farklı kılmaktadır. Gaziantep, ülkemizin kalkınma sürecinde doğu ve batı arasında ekonomik entegrasyonu sağlamaktadır. Gaziantep’in dış ticaretinde en önemli paydaşları olan Ortadoğu ülkelerinin yaşamış olduğu iç isyanlar ve kaotik gelişmeler şehir ekonomisinin gelecek yıllar açısından tehdit edebilir, dezavantajı konuma sürükleyebilir. Gaziantep’in yakalamış olduğu yerel kalkınma başarısını gelecek yıllarda da sürdürebilmesi için sınır ülkelerde yaşanan iç karışıklıkların etkisini minimize etmek amacıyla yeni ve güvenli pazarlar bulması büyük gereklilik arz etmektedir

ORAL COMLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIOTHERAPY IN CHILDREN

Çocukluk çağı kanserlerinde kemoterapi ve radyoterapi sırasında ve sonrasında ortayaçıkan oral problemlerin değerlendirilmesi yaşam kalitesi açısından çok önemlidir.Kanser hastalarında tedaviye bağlı olarak gelişen orofasiyal komplikasyonlarınyönetimi hem tedavi başarısını hem de çocuk hastanın nutrisyonel durumunu olumluetkileyecektir. Kanser tedavisine bağlı oral komplikasyonların yönetiminde çocuk dişhekimi ve onkoloğun birlikte çalışması önerilir. Bu makalenin amacı, radyoterapi vekemoterapi gören kanserli çocuklarda oluşabilecek dental problemler ve oral bakımınönemini vurgulamaktır. Management of oral complications that may develop during or after chemotherapyand radiotherapy needs to be addressed in terms of quality of life in cancer survivors.The assessment of the oral problems emerging before, during, and after treatment isvery important. Management strategies to avoid the orofacial complications associatedwith anticancer treatment in children will have a positive impact on the success of thetreatment and on child's nutritional status. Pediatric dentistry and pediatric oncologistsshould work together to manage oral complications of anticancer treatment. Thisarticle aims to underscore the importance of the oral health care and dental problems,that may occur in children with cancer receiving radiotherapy and chemoterapy