Evaluation of Body Composition and Quality of Life of University Students

The aim of this study is to evaluate the physical activity levels and the quality of life of the university students. In this purpose, the SF-36 life quality scale was used to examine the quality of life of the participants and physical activity levels were also determined through IPAQ. One-way ANOVA was used to compare the quality of life based on the physical activity levels of the participants. Moreover, the Bonferroni Correction were used to determine which physical activity level causes the difference by keeping the type I error rate fixed at 0.05. Statistically significant results were observed between social function and physical activity levels for the female group. In addition, statistically significant results were found between vitality and physical activity levels for the male group. The results show that there is a significant relationship between physical activity and quality of life. The individuals who feel more fit and social tend to have an active life. Given that it is crucial to intensify the studies on this topic for university students to encourage them for taking up regular physical activity as a part of life style

Targeted Treatment Protocol in Patellofemoral Pain: Does Treatment Designed According to Subgroups Improve Clinical Outcomes in Patients Unresponsive to Multimodal Treatment?

Background: Targeted intervention for subgroups is a promising approach for the management of patellofemoral pain. Hypothesis: Treatment designed according to subgroups will improve clinical outcomes in patients unresponsive to multimodal treatment. Study Design: Prospective crossover intervention. Level of Evidence: Level 3. Methods: Patients with patellofemoral pain (PFP; n = 61; mean age, 27 ± 9 years) were enrolled. Patients with PFP received standard multimodal treatment 3 times a week for 6 weeks. Patients not responding to multimodal treatment were then classified into 1 of 3 subgroups (strong, weak and tight, and weak and pronated foot) using 6 simple clinical tests. They were subsequently administered 6 further weeks of targeted intervention, designed according to subgroup characteristics. Visual analog scale (VAS), perception of recovery scale (PRS), 5-Level European Quality 5 Dimensions (EQ- 5D-5L), and self-reported version of the Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs scale (S-LANSS) were used to assess pain, knee function, and quality of life before and after the interventions. Results: In total, 34% (n = 21) of patients demonstrated recovery after multimodal treatment. However, over 70% (n = 29/40) of nonresponders demonstrated recovery after targeted treatment. The VAS, PRS, S-LANSS, and EQ-5D-5L scores improved significantly after targeted intervention compared with after multimodal treatment (P < 0.001). The VAS score at rest was significantly lower in the “weak and pronated foot” and the “weak and tight” subgroups (P = 0.011 and P = 0.008, respectively). Posttreatment pain intensity on activity was significantly lower in the “strong” subgroup (P = 0.006). Conclusion: Targeted treatment designed according to subgroup characteristics improves clinical outcomes in patients unresponsive to multimodal treatment. Clinical Relevance: Targeted intervention could be easily implemented after 6 simple clinical assessment tests to subgroup patients into 1 of 3 subgroups (strong, weak and tight, and weak and pronated foot). Targeted interventions applied according to the characteristics of these subgroups have more beneficial treatment effects than a current multimodal treatment progra

Vad betyder Gud och livet för tonåringar?

The aim of our thesis was to gain greater knowledge of how young people relate to religion, religiosity and life, and this behavior might show influences of a gender perspective. Part of the aim was also to have greater awareness of how our education should include a gender perspective. To get to this goal, we have assumed the qualitative investigation method which we discussed with a number of students who read last year of high school. First, the interviews were aimed to let students talk about matters concerning religion and life. The next step was to examine their thoughts with a gender perspective as a starting point. The interviews showed us that young people have many thoughts about the topics of religion, religiosity and life. We could also see that the students' responses show differences that we could take back to gender identity. On the whole the paper has enriched our knowledge and given us a more broader approach and a greater understanding of the importance of life and religiosity has for young people.Målet med vår uppsats var att få större kännedom om hur ungdomar förhåller sig till religion, religiositet och livsfrågor och om detta förhållningssätt möjligtvis uppvisar influenser av ett genusperspektiv. En del av målet var också att få större medvetenhet om hur vår pedagogik skall inkludera ett genusperspektiv. För att komma till detta mål, har vi utgått ifrån den kvalitativa undersökningsmetoden enligt vilken vi samtalat med ett antal elever som läser sista året på högstadiet. I första hand var intervjuerna syftade till att låta eleverna prata om ämnen som berör religion och livet. Nästa steg blev att granskade deras tankar med ett genusperspektiv som utgångspunkt. Intervjuerna visade oss att ungdomar har många funderingar kring ämnen som religion, religiositet och livsfrågor. Vi kunde också konstatera att elevernas svar kunde uppvisa skillnader som vi kunde föra tillbaka till könstillhörigheten. I sin helhet har uppsatsen berikat våra kunskaper och gett oss en mer bredare infallsvinkel och en större förståelse för vilken betydelse livsfrågor och religiositet har för ungdomar

A NEW METHOD HIGHLIGHTING PSYCHOMOTOR SKILLS AND COGNITIVE ATTRIBUTES IN ATHLETE SELECTIONS

Talents are extraordinary but not completely developed characteristics in a field. These attributes cover a relatively wide range in sports. Tests perused in selection of athletes are generally motoric sports tests and measure predominantly conditional attributes. It is known that in sports, performance is related to cognitive skills as well as physical features and motor skills. This study explored a new method that could be utilized in the selection and tracking the level of improvement of athletes, and evaluate their attention, perception and learning levels, on athlete and other female students. 9 female table tennis athletes that trained for 16 hours per week for the last 5 years and 9 female students that never played in any sports, aged between 10 and 14 years, were participated in our study. For the Selective Action Array, developed for this study, a table tennis robot was utilized. Robot was set up to send a total of 26 balls in 3 different colors (6 whites, 10 yellows, 10 pinks) to different areas of the table, in random colors and at the rate of 90 balls per minute. The participants were asked to ignore the white balls, to touch the yellow balls and to grab the pink balls using their dominant hands. Pursuant to explaining the task to the participants, two consecutive trials were executed and recorded using a camera. Every action performed/not performed by the participants was transformed into points in the scoring system. First trial total points in the Selective Action Array were 104±17 for athletes and 102±19 for non-athletes, whereas on the second trial total points were 122±11 and 105±20, respectively. The higher scores obtained in the second trial were significant for the athletes; the difference in the scores for non-athletes was minor. Non-athletes scored 33% better for the white balls as compared to the table tennis athletes. For the yellow balls, athletes and non-athletes scored similar points on the first trial, whereas the athletes improved their points around 20%, while no improvement was observed for the non-athletes. Non-athletes scored the worst points for the pink balls and during the second trial a minor decrease in their points was observed. Table tennis athletes demonstrated the highest improvement in points in the second trial for the pink balls. The findings of the selective action array developed for this study showed that in the first phase, and especially in sports played using rackets, the development of the sustenance of attention and visual perception could be attained rapidly. Thus, by making changes in the number and color of the balls as well as differences in actions to be taken, this method could be a new approach to be used for other sports to include the cognitive attributes in selection process of the athletes

Removal of Pb(II) ions from aqueous solution using complexation-ultrafiltration

Ligand-modified micellar-enhanced ultrafiltration (LM-MEUF) is a membrane technique based on a separation process which can be used for removal of target metals from an aqueous solution. This method involves adding both a metal complexing ligand and surfactant molecule to the aqueous solution under conditions where most of the molecules are present as micelles. This ligand can be attached to the surface of micelles by solubilization and forms the ligand complexes with the metal ion. The aqueous solution is then treated through a membrane which has to be smaller pore sizes than those of the complexes. Hence, permeate water is then purified from the heavy metals. In this study, divalent lead is the target ion in a solution. Filtration experiments were performed with ultrafiltration membrane system, equipped with a regenerated cellulose membrane with a 5000 Daltons cutoff. The pressure was fixed at 4.0 bar with a permeate flow rate of 500 mL min(-1). Complexes of Pb2+ ions with three ligands were investigated in micellar medium of different surfactants at different pH values to determine the ligands which could provide separation. Different parameters affecting the percentage rejection of the Pb2+, such as pH and surfactant concentration were also discussed. Results have shown that the maximum percentage of the Pb2+ ions rejection were obtained using sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as a surfactant and dithizone (DZ) as the lead-specific ligand. A waste stream sample from a battery plant was subjected to LM-MEUF process in the optimum conditions determined in this study and it was shown that Pb2+ ions in a waste stream could be removed by LM-MEUF effectively

ASSESMENT OF A NEW METHOD HIGHLIGHTING COGNITIVE ATTRIBUTES WITH TABLE TENNIS ATHLETES

Table tennis is among sports that are difficult to learn and perform. The athlete has to perceive the ball within a small space, in various rotations, aiming at different points on the table in various speeds, and perform the correct action. Thus, assessing and improving the athletes’ attention, perception, fast learning and adaptation skills are of significant importance in training top-tier athletes. This study evaluates fast learning, visual perception and adaptation skills of national athletes using Selective Action Array, developed recently for the study. Out of 2014 Balkan Youth Table Tennis Championship athletes, 11 male and 11 females participated in the study. For the Selective Action Array, a table tennis robot was utilized. Robot was set up to send a total of 26 balls in 3 different colors (6 whites, 10 yellows, 10 pinks) to different areas of the table, in random colors and at the rate of 90 balls per minute. The participants were asked to ignore the white balls, to touch the yellow balls and to grab the pink balls using their dominant hands. Pursuant to explaining the task to the participants, two consecutive trials were executed and recorded using a camera. Every action performed/not performed by the participants was transformed into points in the scoring system. First trial total points in the Selective Action Array were 124±15 for males and 108±13 for females, whereas on the second trial the total points were 136±15 and 119±8, respectively. The higher scores obtained in the second trial were significant. Success rates for males were higher than females in both trials based on the percentage of correct actions executed in relation with the ball. The most significant difference between males and females was observed in white ball success rates. The highest increase in the rate of success in the second trial as compared to the first was observed in yellow balls for females and in pink balls for males. Table tennis players usually react to every ball on their side of the table; hence our request to ignore the white balls in our selective action array became a handicap for all. The study aimed to evaluate the adaptation skills, learning speed, focus span and visual perceptions of athletes quantitatively via our experimental Selective Action Array. This method, which could also be applied to other sports branches, could introduce a different point of view to evaluate cognitive attributes, which are as important as condition and motor skills in sports

Formal thought disorder in patients with first-episode schizophrenia: Results of a one-year follow-up study

Formal thought disorder (FTD) refers to abnormal speech patterns that can be characterized by deficiencies in thought organization and direction. The present study aimed to assess the factor structure of FTD and to examine its relationship with cognition and clinical features at first admission in patients with first-episode schizophrenia. We also examined the course of FTD during the twelve months after first admission. We assessed FTD using the alogia items of the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms and FTD items of the Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms in 160 drug-naive patients. A three-factor structure as a disorganization factor, poverty factor, and verbosity factor were found in principal component analysis. The poverty factor was correlated negatively with executive functions, attention, and global cognition. The poverty factor was also correlated with global functioning. Admission FTD factor scores were not related to global functioning and work/study status at one year. The positive-FTD score decreased from admission to the third month, but no change occurred from the third to the twelfth month. The negative-FTD score did not differ throughout the follow-up. Our findings showed that FTD had three factors. Each factor had a different relationship with cognition and functioning

Predictors of long-acting injectable antipsychotic prescription at discharge in patients with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.

Long-acting injectable antipsychotics (LAIs) increase drug compliance and offer a reliable treatment option with stable pharmacokinetics. The aim of our study is to examine the rate and predictors of LAIs' prescription at discharge in inpatients with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. This retrospective study included 400 inpatients. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the patients, the treatments applied in the past and prescribed at discharge were obtained from the hospitalization files. We compared these characteristics of those who were given LAI treatment at discharge to the patients who were given oral treatments. Thirty-nine percent of the patients were prescribed a LAI at discharge. Duration of illness was longer, and number of previous hospitalizations was higher in the LAI group. Nonadherence to the antipsychotics before the hospitalization, the previous history of LAI use, lack of insight at the admission and no previous antidepressant use were found as independent contributors to LAI prescription as the treatment of discharge in logistic regression analysis. Our study showed that LAIs are used at a high rate in our clinic; however, they are still initiated at a later stage, mostly in chronic patients with a lack of insight and compliance at admission

INVESTIGATION OF DIFFERENT VARIABLES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ LEARNING STYLES

<p>Bu çalismada, gelisimci arastirma yaklasimi kapsaminda enlemesine arastirma yöntemi kullanilarak ögrencilerin sahip olduklari ögrenme stilleri farkli degiskenler açisindan incelenmesi amaçlanmistir. Arastirmanin çalisma grubunu Çorum Ismail Kakaç Ortaokulu, Istanbul Malazgirt Ortaokulu, Tokat Gazi Osman Pasa Ortaokulu 5., 6., 7. ve 8.sinif ögrencileri olusturmaktadir. Arastirmada ögrencilerin ögrenme stillerini belirlemek amaciyla “Grasha-Riechmann Ögrenme Stilleri Ölçegi” ve “Kisisel Bilgi Formu” kullanilmistir. Verilerin analizinde frekans, yüzde, t testi ve ki-kare   kullanilmistir. Verilerden ögrencilerin en fazla %29,8 oranla Isbirlikçi ve %27,6 oranla bagimli ögrenme stiline sahip olduklari görülmüstür. Ayrica ögrencilerin ögrenme stilleri ile anne egitimi, baba egitimi ve dershaneye gitme gitmeme durumu arasinda anlamli bir iliski olmadigi görülmüstür. Ama ögrencilerin ögrenme stilleri ile sinif seviyesi, yasanilan sehir, cinsiyet ve akademik basari arasinda anlamli iliski oldugu görülmüstür.</p><p><br></p><p>In this study, it is aimed to investigate the learning styles of the students related to the different variables by using cross-sectional method in phenomenographic research approach. The sample group of the study consists of students attending to the 5thÇorum Ismail Kakaç, Istanbul Malazgirt and Tokat Gazi Osman Pasa Secondry Schools. In the research, &#39;Grasha-Riechmann Learning Styles Scale&#39; and &#39;Demographic Knowledge Form&#39; were used to determine the learning styles of the students. For the analyzing of the data, frequencies and percentages of the data were taken and t-test and chi-square test were used. It was figured out from the data that at least %29.8 of the students has collaborative and %27.6 of them has dependent learning styles. Furthermore, it was observed that there was no meaningful relation between the learning styles of the students and their parents&#39; education levels, whether they were attending to the private course or not. On the contrary, there was a meaningful relation between the learning styles of the students and their class levels, the city where they live, gender, and their academic successes.</p><p><br></p