Cultural and Natural Heritage as Inputs of Sustainable Planning: A Theoretical Framework

For some cities like İstanbul, Rome, Paris and Cairo etc. as being the ones having natural and cultural heritage intensively, the most dominant planning data is the heritage itself. If we talk of sustainable planning, we should talk of not only the true planning regarding ecological principles, but also protection and reassesment of cultural and natural heritage at circumstances regarding sustainability, therefore this has to recognized as a true sign of ecological approach. On the other hand, one of the applied tools of Sustainability; “Sustainable Planning” as a correspondence of “Sustainable Development” in planning, is meant to use the nature and resources in the name of protecting them, for the sake of caring future generations. Today, World's energy strategies based on solid fuel and petrol, unbalanced resource consumption with least sense, consuming environment negatively, increasing rates at population, consumption and urbanization, the lack of fast regeneration in nature, and many other parameters like the ones above which will remain unmentioned, threaten ‘Sustainability' in direct. The purpose of this article, instead of consuming resources in the sense above, is to show of assessing cultural and natural heritages (for being ecological resource in essence and reflecting histo-cultural aggregation of humanity) and of using it as an input, by verifying the feasibility of it to be a paremeter providing-supporting the mentality of ecological planning and cultural sustainability. Sustainable planning must be expected to create principles and decisions regarding to protect-use balance for this heritage which is under the threat and pressure of civic developments. The use of cultural and historical heritage as an argument in Sustainable planning is given as of work and reports, International contracts and reported decisions related to these all are also given as references

Expansion of the Open Area (Johari Window) and Group Work Directed to Enhancing the Level of Subjective Well-being

Open and healthy communication plays an important role in the determination of human relations. While people are interpreting the bodily feedbacks given by the people they are communicating with to understand their intentions, they rely on the information they give about themselves; that is, their explanations about themselves. The Johari Window technique is the technique that supports the creation of trust in interpersonal relations, as well as the elimination of problems arising in the communication used in counseling processes. According to this technique, the area including an individual's behaviors, attitudes, feelings, experiences, skills or clear information about how he/she looks is called the open area. This area’s being broad plays an important role in the individual’s developing close relationships with other members of society, in his/her happiness or in his/her living positive emotions. In many studies, it was determined that both the physical health and psychological health of the people who shared their knowledge about themselves were positively affected. The purpose of the current study is to expand the open area of the group members participating in nine-session group work by using Johari window so that their understanding and awareness of themselves can be improved and their understanding of others can be enhanced and they can be enabled to see interpersonal differences. The study group of the current research is comprised of 12 students; 5 females and 7 males, from the Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance who participated in the study on a volunteer basis. In the current study, in order to collect data, the Psychological Well-being Scale, which was developed on the basis of Ryff's (1989) psychological well-being model and the Johari Window Evaluation Form developed according to the model proposed by Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham were used. According to the posttest results obtained at the end of the study, it was observed that the open areas of the university students participating in the group work were expanded and their scores taken from the sub-dimension “positive relationships with others” of the subjective well-being increased

EXAMINING THE AGING PHENOMENON IN TERMS OF GENDER VARIABLE AND THE EFFECT OF THE MEDIA

The aging phenomenon, which threatens a great section of the world population and constitutes a risk group, may affect the feelings of men and women related to aging and the elderly. As the necessity and importance of discussing the problems caused by the biopsychosocial changes associated with the aging phenomenon have increased day by day, in this study the subjective well-being levels and perceptions on aging in terms of the variable of gender were determined. The current study employed the field survey method aiming to explore phenomena in their natural conditions. A total of 266 participants participated in different age groups in the study. Two data collection tools were used in the current study. The first data collection tool is an interview form consisting of a total of 4 questions designed to investigate how aging is perceived; the second data collection tool is wellbeing scale. The comments that have been subject to descriptive analysis are experienced. The results revealed that the male and female participants generally perceived the old age as a negative situation. It was observed that the situation felt annoyed by both groups in the aging process was the biological changes. The second negative situation for the participants is the psychological anxieties related to aging. As a result, although they are from different age groups and gender, the participants are considered as aging, biological, psychological and social change complexity. The media is an important element in the formation of this negative situation by making more fearful and worrying publications about physical changes related to age or aging.  Article visualizations

INVESTIGATION OF THE COGNITIVE EMOTION REGULATION STRATEGIES EMPLOYED BY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO DEAL WITH NEGATIVE AFFECTIVE SITUATIONS

Emotions serve a function of preparing individuals’ psychological responses to various situations by affecting their decisions in every part of their lives. Cognitive emotion regulation processes lead individuals to identify their priorities and to make life plans and to act in accordance with these plans. In much of the research focusing on emotion regulation, which is of a vital importance for the individual, it is claimed that the healthy expression of emotions depends on how the babyhood, early childhood and adolescence periods are spent. Thus, the current study aims to reveal the emotion regulation strategies employed by the middle school 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade students and to explore whether they vary significantly depending on the gender variable. The current study adopted the cognitive emotion regulation strategies divided into nine main categories by Garnefski, Kraaij and Spinhoven (2001). The current study employed the field survey method aiming to explore phenomena in their natural conditions. A total of 127 students participated in the study. Two data collection tools were used in the current study. The first data collection tool is comprised of three stories left uncompleted to be completed by the students and the second data collection tool is an interview form made up of a single question. The collected data were subjected to descriptive analyses and then the emerging emotion regulation strategies are presented together with their frequencies. When the obtained data were generally evaluated, it was found that both male and female students employ passive strategies such as acceptance, rumination (focus on thought) and positive refocusing almost at every grade level.  Article visualizations

Öğretmen Adaylarının İlköğretim Matematik Programında Vurgulanan Öğrenci Rolleri Üzerine Fark Ettikleri Noktalar: Video Örnek Olay Kullanımı

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine what prospective mathematics teachers noticed with respect to the student roles underlined in the elementary mathematics program when video-case based pedagogy was employed in teacher education. The theoretical framework employed in this study was Learning to Notice framework developed by van Es and Sherin (2002). The data was collected through reflection papers and interviews from 15 senior prospective teachers enrolled at a large state university. The findings indicated that prospective teachers could notice several issues related to student roles underlined in the elementary mathematics program when they were provided with a learning environment to analyze real mathematics classrooms.Bu nitel çalışmanın amacı, öğretmen eğitiminde video örnek olay kullanımı neticesinde, matematik öğretmen adaylarının ilköğretim matematik programında vurgulanan öğrenci rolleri üzerine fark ettikleri noktaları incelemektir. Çalışmada teorik çerçeve olarak van Es ve Sherin (2002) tarafından geliştirilmiş olan Fark Etme Teorisi’nden yararlanılmıştır. Veriler, büyük bir devlet üniversitesinde öğrenim görmekte olan 15 son sınıf matematik öğretmen adayından yazılı yansıtıcı görüşler ve mülakatlar neticesinde toplanmıştır. Bulgular, öğretmen adaylarının gerçek matematik sınıf ortamlarını analiz etme şansı yakaladıklarında, ilköğretim matematik programında vurgulanan öğrenci rollerine yönelik çeşitli noktaları fark edebildiklerini göstermiştir

Sanayi Sektöründe Eğitimin İstihdama Etkisi: Gaziantep İli Örneği

Gelişen ve gelişmekte olan ülkelerde sanayi sektörü büyük önem ifade etmektedir. Sanayisi gelişmiş ülkeler bilgi ve becerikli donanıma sahip işgücüne ihtiyaç duymaktadır. Bu donanımı sağlayacak en önemli kavram eğitimdir. Gerekli eğitim sürecinden geçen kişiler var olan nitelik ve yeteneklerini daha çok geliştirme fırsatını bulabilirler. Bu sayede nitelikli işgücü konumuna erişebilirler. Günümüzde kalkınmakta ve büyümekte olan ülkeler, gerekli ekonomik ve sosyal göstergeleri sağlamaya çalışmaktadır. Bu göstergelerin başında istihdam olgusunun geldiği söylenebilir. Özellikle eğitim ile sıkı bir ilişki içinde olan istihdam, toplumun huzuru ve refah düzeyi için de önem arz etmektedir. Bu amaçla özellikle sanayi sektöründe eğitimin etkisi incelenmeye çalışılmıştır. Bu doğrultuda, eğitimin istihdama etkisini belirleyebilmek için Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK), Türkiye İş Kurumu (İŞKUR), Gaziantep Sanayi Odası (GSO), Gaziantep Organize Sanayi Bölgeleri (GAOSB) gibi kurumların bülten, dergi, makale, faaliyet raporları kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen verilerle tablolar oluşturulmuş ve yorumlanmaya çalışılmıştır. Çalışmanın 4. bölümünde Türkiye’nin eğitim sistemi, eğitim durumu ve işgücü durumu analiz edilmiştir. 5. bölümde ise Gaziantep sanayi sektöründe faaliyette olan 100 tekstil firmasıyla anket yapılmıştır. Bu ankette, kadrolarına göre işgücünün eğitim düzeyi belirlenmiştir. Bunun sonucunda tablolar oluşturulmuştur ve eğitimin istihdama etkisi ölçülmeye çalışılmıştır

X-band low phase noise mmic vco & high power mmic spdt design

Cataloged from PDF version of article.Generally the tuning bandwidth (BW) of a VCO is smaller than the tuning BW of the resonant circuit itself. Using proper components with right topology can handle this problem. In order to overcome this problem and improve the tuning BW of the VCO, common-base inductive feedback topology with Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor (HBT) is used and an optimized topology for tank circuit is selected to minimize the effect of bandwidth limiting components. Designed VCO with this topology achived -117 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset phase noise with 9-13 dBm output power between 8.8-11.4 GHz band. Second part of the thesis composed of Single Pole Double Throw (SPDT) RF Switch design. From mesa resistors to SPDT fabrication, everything is fabricated using Bilkent University NANOTAM Gallium Nitride (GaN) on Silicon Carbide (SiC) process. Switching HEMTs are fabricated to generate a model to design SPDTs and the final design works between DC-12 GHz with less than 1.4 dB insertion loss (IL), -20 dB isolation and 14.5 dB return loss (RL) at worst case. The power handling of the switches are better than 40 dBm at output with 0.2 dB compression, which is measured with continuous wave (CW) signal at 10 GHz.Osmanoğlu, SinanM.S

Surface velocity and ice discharge of the ice cap on King George Island, Antarctica

Glaciers on King George Island, Antarctica, have shown retreat and surface lowering in recent decades, concurrent with increasing air temperatures. A large portion of the glacier perimeter is ocean-terminating, suggesting possible large mass losses due to calving and submarine melting. Here we estimate the ice discharge into the ocean for the King George Island ice cap. L-band synthetic aperture radar images covering the time-span January 2008 to January 2011 over King George Island are processed using an intensity-tracking algorithm to obtain surface velocity measurements. Pixel offsets from 40 pairs of radar images are analysed and inverted to estimate a weighted average surface velocity field. Ice thicknesses are derived from simple principles of ice flow mechanics using the computed surface velocity fields and in situ thickness data. The maximum ice surface speeds reach mayor que 225 m/yr, and the total ice discharge for the analysed flux gates of King George Island is estimated to be 0.720+/-0.428 Gt/yr, corresponding to a specific mass loss of 0.64+/-0.38 m w.e./yr over the area of the entire ice cap (1127 km2)

Detecting differential ground displacements of civil structures in fast-subsiding metropolises with interferometric SAR and band-pass filtering

Ground displacements due to changes in soil conditions represent a threat to the stability of civil structures in many urban areas, worldwide. In fast-subsiding areas, regional subsidence (wavelength ~ 1,000’s m) can be dominantly high and, consequently, mask other signals at local scales (wavelength ~ 10–100’s m). Still, engineering and construction applications require a comprehensive knowledge of local-scale signals, which can threaten the stability of buildings and infrastructure. Here we present a new technique based on band-pass filters for uncovering local-scale signals hidden by regional subsidence as detected by interferometric SAR measurements. We apply our technique to a velocity field calculated from 21 high-resolution COSMO-SkyMed scenes acquired over Mexico City and obtain components of long (\u3e 478 m), intermediate (42–478 m) and short (\u3c 42 m) spatial wavelengths. Our results reveal that long-wavelength velocities exceed − 400 mm/year, whereas intermediate- and short-wavelength velocities are in the order of ± 15 mm/year. We show that intermediate-wavelength velocities are useful for retrieving signals such as uplift along elevated viaducts of Metro lines 4 and B, as well as differential displacements in Pantitlán station’s pedestrian overpass system and across sharp geotechnical boundaries in the piedmont of Sierra de Santa Catarina—where surface faulting occurs

Sınıf Öğretmeni Adaylarının Kesirlerde Çarpma ve Bölme İşlemlerine Yönelik Kavramsal Anlamalarının İncelenmesi

Bu çalışmanın amacı sınıf öğretmeni adaylarının kesirlerde çarpma ve bölme işlemine dair kavramsal anlamalarının incelenmesidir. Araştırmada 3. sınıfta öğrenim görmekte olan ve Matematik Öğretimi I dersini alan öğretmen adaylarının kesirlerde çarpma ve bölme işlemlerine verdikleri yanıtlardan yola çıkılarak kavramsal anlamaları incelenmiştir. Çalışma nitel bir çalışma olup, araştırmada 2015-2016 güz dönemi sonunda 142 öğretmen adayının kesirlerde biri çarpma, diğeri bölme işlemine yönelik olmak üzere iki işleme verdikleri yanıtlar incelenmiştir. Bu çalışma ile öğretmen adaylarının kesirlerde çarpma ve bölme işlemlerine yaklaşımları ve bunlara dair kavramsal anlamalarının nasıl düzenlendiği anlaşılmaya çalışılmıştır. Bulguları desteklemek ve güçlendirmek amacıyla açık uçlu sorulardan oluşan bir yazılı-görüşme protokolü gönüllü adaylara uygulanmıştır. Analiz aşamasında içerik analizi tekniğinden yararlanılmıştır. Bulgular, sınıf öğretmeni adaylarının referans birimleri belirlemede zorlandıklarını ve kavramsal anlama eksiği nedeniyle hatalar yaptıklarını, büyük çoğunluğunun işlemleri doğru modelleyemediklerini ve adayların genellikle dörtgensel alan modelini tercih ettiklerini ortaya koymuştur