SPİRİTÜELLİĞİN KEMALİST HALLERİ: HAGİOGRAFİDEN NEW AGE İKONLUĞUNA

Bu çalışma Türkiye tarihinin üç farklı dönemine odaklanarak, spiritüellik ile Kemalizm ilişkisinin değişen yapısını ele almayı amaçlamaktadır. Erken cumhuriyet döneminde spiritüel hareketlerin etkisi sınırlı olsa da ulus inşası ve Atatürk’ün karizmatik otoritesinin teşkili süreçleri, sonraki on yıllarda spiritüel içeriklere dair bir meşruiyet ve aşinalık sağlamıştır. Bu sayededir ki, Soğuk Savaş döneminde spiritüel hareketler kendilerini, dindar muhalefet ve ahlaki kodların yitimi risklerine karşı Kemalist modernizasyon projesini güçlendiren bir unsur olarak sunmuştur. Son olarak Post-Kemalist zamanlara denk düşen üçüncü dönemde bazı spiritüel akımlar kendilerini Kemalizm’in savunucusu olarak konumlandırmış ve bu amaçla Atatürk’ün kişiliği ile ezoterizm ve mistisizm gibi güncel new age temaları arasında bir sentez oluşturmuşlardır. Ancak Kemalist kültlerin ve ezoterik pratiklerin popülaritesi, aynı zamanda dinsellik ve postmodern eleştiriler karşısında Kemalizm’in yenilgisinin de bir sembolü konumundadır

Spirituality and social support in flood victims

Research on flood disasters in the past decade has impacted outcomes such as spirituality and social support. A number of studies have shown that flood also changes the vicitms’ belief about themselves and meaning of life. The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between spiritual and social support. The paper is based on a quantitative approach by conducting a survey on 764 flood victims. A questionnaire battery including a translated Malaysian version of spirituality and a Modified version of social support were administered to households in flood affected areas. All analysis were carried out using Statistical Package For The Social Science (SPSS Version 21). The study found that there was significant relationship between spirituality and social support (r = 202**, family, r = 286**,friends, r = 210** and significant others, r = .448**) in flood victims. In sum, this study provide theoretical contributions to spirituality and social support research. The study of the role of spirituality and social support in fostering resilience in flood survivors may advance the understanding of human adaptation and coping to flood trauma

A Hybrid Approach for the Recommendation of Scholarly Journals

© 2020 IEEE. The increasing number of scholarlyjournals have made it difficult for authors to select the most suitable journal that publishes their research. Existing search systems that recommend journals for manuscript submission are either based on author 's profile, bibliographic data or the copublication network. These approaches are not useful for beginner researchers who have no publication records or for those who are interested in new research domains. The present work proposes a hybrid approach that combines clustering and document similarity for the recommendation of scholarly venues. The proposal was evaluated both objectively and subjectively using domain experts. The results of mean average precision (0.84) and normalized discounted cumulative gain (0.89) shows positive recommendations made by the proposed approach

Spirituality among flood victims: A comparison between two states

In the field of psychological research, more and more studies suggest ways that spirituality and religiosity is important in dealing with life’s problems including flood disaster. Many mental health workers considered seeking a spiritual understanding of one’s place in the universe is important in overall health and well-being including disaster management intervention. Given the potential effects of spiritual and religious beliefs on coping with traumatic events such as flood disaster, the study of the role of spirituality in fostering resilience in flood disaster survivors may facilitate the understanding of human adaptation to trauma. This paper is based on quantitative and qualitative approach conducted on three groups of flood victims from two different states in Malaysia. The findings show that there was no significant difference on spirituality among the two states studied

International Consensus Statement on Rhinology and Allergy: Rhinosinusitis

Background: The 5 years since the publication of the first International Consensus Statement on Allergy and Rhinology: Rhinosinusitis (ICAR‐RS) has witnessed foundational progress in our understanding and treatment of rhinologic disease. These advances are reflected within the more than 40 new topics covered within the ICAR‐RS‐2021 as well as updates to the original 140 topics. This executive summary consolidates the evidence‐based findings of the document. Methods: ICAR‐RS presents over 180 topics in the forms of evidence‐based reviews with recommendations (EBRRs), evidence‐based reviews, and literature reviews. The highest grade structured recommendations of the EBRR sections are summarized in this executive summary. Results: ICAR‐RS‐2021 covers 22 topics regarding the medical management of RS, which are grade A/B and are presented in the executive summary. Additionally, 4 topics regarding the surgical management of RS are grade A/B and are presented in the executive summary. Finally, a comprehensive evidence‐based management algorithm is provided. Conclusion: This ICAR‐RS‐2021 executive summary provides a compilation of the evidence‐based recommendations for medical and surgical treatment of the most common forms of RS

Mean square stability analysis of semi-implicit milstein scheme for linear stochastic delay differential equations

This paper is devoted to investigate the mean square stability of semiimplicit Milstein scheme in approximating the solution of linear stochastic delay differential equations (SDDEs). Semi-implicit Milstein scheme is proposed by extending an explicit Milstein to its semi-implicit counterparts. A method is said to be semi-implicit if it is implicit in drift term and explicit in diffusion term. The condition under which the method is mean square stable is determined. The results show that the semi-implicit Milstein scheme preserves the stability property for linear SDDEs under certain conditions of constant coefficients. Numerical experiments are conducted to verify the results

Elucidating the Influence of Electric Fields toward CO₂ Activation on YSZ (111)

Despite its high thermodynamic stability, the presence of a negative electric field is known to facilitate the activation of CO2 through electrostatic effects. To utilize electric fields for a reverse water gas shift reaction, it is critical to elucidate the role of an electric field on a catalyst surface toward activating a CO2 molecule. We conduct a first-principles study to gain an atomic and electronic description of adsorbed CO2 on YSZ (111) surfaces when external electric fields of +1 V/Å, 0 V/Å, and −1 V/Å are applied. We find that the application of an external electric field generally destabilizes oxide bonds, where the direction of the field affects the location of the most favorable oxygen vacancy. The direction of the field also drastically impacts how CO2 adsorbs on the surface. CO2 is bound by physisorption when a +1 V/Å field is applied, a similar interaction as to how it is adsorbed in the absence of a field. This interaction changes to chemisorption when the surface is exposed to a −1 V/Å field value, resulting in the formation of a CO3− complex. The strong interaction is reflected through a direct charge transfer and an orbital splitting within the Olatticep-states. While CO2 remains physisorbed when a +1 V/Å field value is applied, our total density of states analysis indicates that a positive field pulls the charge away from the adsorbate, resulting in a shift of its bonding and antibonding peaks to higher energies, allowing a stronger interaction with YSZ (111). Ultimately, the effect of an electric field toward CO2 adsorption is not negligible, and there is potential in utilizing electric fields to favor the thermodynamics of CO2 reduction on heterogeneous catalysts

Live birth rates of assisted reproductive technology treatment and spontaneous conception among subfertile couples in Singapore: A follow-up study

Objective: To explore the potential predictors of a live birth (LB) outcome among subfertile couples of Asian ethnicity undergoing the first fertility treatment cycle; to assess the cumulative live birth rates after successive cycles; and to determine the incidence rate of spontaneous conception (SC). Methods: Subfertile couples were grouped according to treatment modalities at the first fertility treatment cycle: intrauterine insemination (IUI), in vitro fertilization (IVF), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and no treatment, and were followed-up for duration up to seven years. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used for statistical analyses. Results: Age of female subjects [35-38 years, odds ratio (OR): 0.39; ≥ 39 years, OR: 0.14], uterine factor subfertility (OR: 5.24), and treatment modalities (ORs: IUI 0.25, IVF 2.33 and ICSI 1.91) significantly predicted a LB outcome (P<0.05). The cumulative live birth rates were 11.7% IUI, 41.5% IVF, 27.5% ICSI and 22.6% from frozen embryo transfer cycles. The cumulative SC rate was 24.6% in the non-treated group and 10.7% in the treated group. All LBs from IVF cycles were delivered by the second cycle and within four years, compared to SC delivery of within five years in the non-treated group and six years in the treated group. Conclusions: Age of female subject, uterine factor and modalities of treatment are significant predictors for LB outcome at the first cycle. Higher delivery rates could be achieved following fewer successive IVF cycles and within a shorter duration compared to SC