Is There any Difference Between the Results of the Survey Marked by the Interviewer and the Respondent?

Systematic errors can significantly affect the results of research. Interviewer errors and respondents (participants) errors constitute a large portion of systematic error sources. The purpose of this study is to show whether there is a difference between the results of the questionnaire marked by the respondent and the results of the questionnaire marked by the interviewer. For this purpose, the responses of 150 participants to the questionnaire were compared and analyzed. The findings of the analyze reveal that there is a difference between the results of the questionnaire marked by the interviewer and the results of the questionnaire marked by the respondent. Another result is that the reliability of the questionnaire data marked by the interviewer is lower than other group. This study is part of a research carried out with the support of The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK – 115K155) and the results provide preliminary information

Application of artificial neural networks for short term wind speed forecasting in Mardin, Turkey

Artificial neural network models were used for short term wind speed forecasting in the Mardin area, located in the Southeast Anatolia region of Turkey. Using data that was obtained from the State Meteorological Service and that encompassed a ten year period, short term wind speed forecasting for the Mardin area was performed. A number of different ANN models were developed in this study. The model with 60 neurons is the most successful model for short term wind speed forecasting. The mean squared error and approximation values for training of this model were 0.378088 and 0.970490, respectively. The ANN models developed in the study have produced satisfactory results. The most successful among those models constitutes a model that can be used by the Mardin Electric Utility Control Centre

10-12 yaş grubundaki futbolcu ve badmintoncularda bazı fiziksel ve fizyolojik özelliklerinin karşılaştırılması

The purpose of this study is aimed to compare some physical characteristics and physiological characteristics of adult footballer and badminton players. The subjects of the study were footballer (18 boys) and were badminton players (12 boys) who were volunteer at primary school in Şanlıurfa. The volunteers', took part in this study, age, height and the body weight average is determined like this respectively:  Footballers: 11,77 ± 0,54 yıl, 151,40 ± 7,35 cm, 41,83 ± 10,27 kgBadminton players: ise11,58 ± 0,66 yıl, 147,37 ± 8,05 cm, 39,08 ± 9,56 kg    Systolic and diastolic blood pressure, VC, FVC, FEV1 sit-reach 30 meters sprint and left-right hand gripping strength of subjects were measured. The differences between findings which were obtained by measurements from footballers and badminton players were considered with using "t-test" on SPSS Windows 11.     According to the data, differences between age, height, body weight average, diastolic blood pressure VC, FVC, FEV1, sit-reach 30 meters sprint and left hand gripping strength were obtained pointless, in the mean time relaxing heart rate, and sit-reach test (P<0.01), systolic blood pressure and right hand gripping strength values were obtained purposeful on (P<0.05) level.     In conclusion,  physical and physiological characteristics of footballers and badminton players were affected by their sport branch furthermore, relaxing heart rate, systolic blood pressure, sit -reach 30 meters sprint, right hand gripping strength performance of footballers were obtained preferable.Bu çalışmada, adölesan futbolcu ve badmintoncularda bazı fiziksel ve fizyolojik özelliklerin karşılaştırılması amaçlandı. Araştırmaya Şanlıurfa Şair Nabi ilköğretim okulu öğrencisi 18 erkek futbolcu ve 12 erkek badmintoncu gönüllü olarak katıldı.Çalışmaya katılan gönüllülerin yaş, boy ve vücut ağırlıkları ortalaması sırasıyla; futbolcularda 11,77 ± 0,54 yıl, 151,40 ± 7,35cm, 41,83 ± 10,27 kg ve badmintoncularda ise11,58 ± 0,66 yıl, 147,37 ± 8,05 cm, 39,08 ± 9,56 kg olarak belirlendi. Deneklerin, sistolik ve diastolik kan basıncı, istirahat kalp atım sayısı, VC, FVC, FEV1,  otur-uzan, 30 metre sprint koşu ve sağ, sol el kavrama kuvveti ölçüldü. Futbolcular ve badmintonculardan ölçümler sonucunda elde edilen bulgular arasındaki farklılıklar SPSS for Windows 11 bilgisayar ortamında bağımsız gruplarda "t" testi uygulanarak değerlendirildi. Elde edilen verilere göre, futbolcular ve badmintoncular arasında yaş, boy uzunluğu, vücut ağırlığı, diastolik kan basıncı, VC, FVC, FEV1 30 metre sprint koşu, ve sol el kavrama kuvveti arasındaki fark anlamsız bulunurken, istirahat kalp atım sayısı ve otur-uzan testi (P<0.01), sistolik kan basıncı ve sağ el kavrama kuvveti değerleri (P<0.05) seviyesinde anlamlı olduğu tespit edilmiştir.Sonuç olarak; elde edilen bu bulgulara bakılarak hem futbolcuların hem de badmintoncuların fiziksel ve fizyolojik özelliklerinin yaptıkları spordan etkilenmiş olduğu ve futbolcularda istirahat kalp atım sayısı, sistolik kan basıncı,  otur-uzan,  sağ el kavrama kuvveti değerleri açısından performansın daha iyi olduğu belirlenmiştir

Evaluation of patients applying for disability determination procedures in terms of spine injury

Vertebral are not easily injured due to both the strength of the bone structure and the anatomical protection of the soft tissues. Traumas that cause damage to the vertebral column are often high-energy traumas such as traffic accidents. In our study, vertebral fractures seen in patients who applied for a report for disability determination; were aimed to evaluate the fracture site in terms of its sequelae and its provisions in the disability determination charts. In our study, the reports of the cases that were examined by us after applying for disability assessment in Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine between the years 2019-2021 were examined. Cases with vertebral injuries were included in the study and were examined in terms of age, gender, spine region, additional traumatic findings, sequelae, treatment method, how many points they got from which disability scale, and duration of incapacity. As a result of joint range of motion examinations, in cervical vertebral fractures, limitation of cervical extension movement, in thoracic vertebral fractures, limitation of thoracic flexion movement, in lumbar vertebral fractures, it was determined that the limitation of lumbar extension movement was observed mostly. In our study, vertebral injuries were seen in 17% of the patients who applied for disability detection procedures after a traffic accident. In addition, vertebral injuries are important injuries in terms of public health and health expenditures, as well as important causes of disability and incapacity to work. Vertebral injuries resulting from traffic accidents can cause significant limitations and adversely affect people's lives. [Med-Science 2023; 12(1.000): 175-9

The Importance of Environmental Attitudes Towards Products for Sustainability and Business Strategies

In green marketing, it is crucial for businesses to decide first to whether the environmental benefits of the product or its individual benefits should be emphasized. Knowing the environmental behaviors of those who prefer these products in their daily lives will also help to classify the consumers. In this research, the relationship between ecocentric and anthropocentric attitudes towards products, environmental behavior, eco-brand awareness, and eco-brand loyalty have been investigated in order to highlight the aforementioned issues. These relationships have been tested with a structural equation model. Within the scope of the research, the questionnaire method was used as the data collection method. The sample of the research consists of teacher candidates. The results show that there is a positive relationship between ecocentric attitude towards products and environmental behavior and no statistically significant relationship between anthropocentric attitude and environmental behavior. In addition, there was a positive relationship between environmental behavior and brand awareness; and brand awareness and brand loyalty

A proposal for visually handicapped students to use electrical control laboratory

In this paper a technical solution is presented for blind or visually impaired students to acquire abilities of experimental work in laboratory conditions enabling them to participate in the experiments jointly with the healthy students. For this purpose a special apparatus has been designed, which possesses deciding and declaring properties to aid the visually impaired persons in the laboratory environment. An approach based on artificial neural network was implemented. Motor sounds generated during experiments were used for training the ANN model. The results demonstrate that the designed ANN model produces highly reliable estimates used in the operation of the apparatus

Monitoring potential ionospheric changes caused by the Van earthquake (M(w)7.2)

WOS: 000461495700001Many scientists from different disciplines have studied earthquakes for many years. As a result of these studies, it has been proposed that some changes take place in the ionosphere layer before, during or after earthquakes, and that the ionosphere should be monitored in earthquake prediction studies. This study investigates the changes in the ionosphere created by the earthquake with a magnitude of M-w = 7.2 in the northwest of Lake Ercek, which is located to the north of the province of Van in Turkey on 23 October 2011 and at 13: 41 local time (3 UT) with the epicenter of 38.75 degrees N, 43.36 degrees E using the TEC values obtained by the global ionosphere models (GIMs) created by IONOLAB-TEC and CODE. In order to see whether the ionospheric changes obtained by the study in question were caused by the earthquake or not, the ionospheric conditions were studied by utilizing indices providing information on solar and geomagnetic activities (F10.7 cm, Kp, Dst). One of the results of the statistical test of the TEC values obtained from both models is positive and negative anomalies obtained for the times before, on the day of and after the earthquake, and the reasons for these anomalies are discussed in detail in the last section of the study. As the ionospheric conditions on the analyzed days were highly variable, it was thought that the anomalies were caused by geomagnetic effects, solar activity and the earthquake