Expectation and satisfaction of youths who participate to summer camps in Turkey

Summer camps are an international voluntary youth movement. It provides positive changes in youth’s behavior. The purpose of this study was to determine the perspectives and expectations of the youths who attended as campers in Turkish summer camps and to give broad information about physical conditions of the camps and their practice methods. Between the ages of 18-24, total of 416 youths have participated. The survey has 32 questions and acquired data was analyzed with a statistical program in level of p<0.05. In conclusion, camps had the opportunity to make long lasting friendships in a friendly environment

A study on assertiveness level of college students who are doing orienteering sports

In essence, Assertiveness is an inclination to undertake new and daring enterprises. Namely, it’s the trait of being adventurous. Assertiveness is an important aspect of communication with others, and it’s also a decisive factor of getting engage with people. In this study, it’s aimed to study Assertiveness level of college students who is doing Orienteering Sports in terms of some variables. This study is carried out will a survey of 7 questions regarding students’ personal information and Rathus’ Assertiveness Schedule which contents 30 questions. This study is carried out in Balikesir, Turkey during College Orienteering Sports Olympics. 192 males and 68 females (Total of 260) college students volunteered to participate with the research. Collected data is analyzed with SPSS distribution of frequency, arithmetic sequence and T-Test. Error rate in this study assumed as 0, 5.According to the study, college students who are involved with Orienteering Sports have Assertiveness level of middle, high or highest level as stated by 260 of the participants. Also, it is found that males’ assertiveness level is higher compared to female participants. Besides, students with ages to have higher assertiveness levels. Study also shows that where students come from makes no difference in terms of assertiveness level. As a result, it has been found that students involved in Orienteering Sports have higher assertiveness level and their previous sports history also contributes in a positive way

Analysis of basic value levels of sport high school and general high school students according to receiving physical education and sports courses

The aim of this study was to analyze basic value level of Anatolian Sport High School and General High School students according to their receiving Physical Education and Sports courses. As 296 girls and 324 boys from General High School and 84 boys and 49 girls from Anatolian High School students, totally 753 students participated in research. In order to collect data related to independent and dependent variables, “Personal Information Form” and “Portrait Values Scale” were applied to high school students. Research data was evaluated by using Independent Sample T Test with statistics packet program. According to research results, meaningful difference in support of General High School was found at humanistic basic values which Power, Success, Excitement, Self-Management, Universalism, Benevolence, Compliance and Safety related to sub dimension according to Anatolian Sport High School and General High School students school types. Besides it was found that total points related to basic values vary according to gender and meaningful differences were found for the benefit of the girls. Meaningful differences were not found at Hedonism and Conventionalism sub levels

Türkiye'de Kentsel Dönüşüm Uygulamaları

Kentlerdeki çarpık yapılaşma ve yarattığı sorunların çağdaş şehircilik ilkeleri ve planlama esaslarına uygun olarak yeniden yapılandırılmasını sağlamak üzere kentsel dönüşüm projeleri gündeme gelmiştir.Kentsel gelişmenin toplumsal ekonomik ve mekansal olarak yeniden ele alındığı ve kentteki sorunlu alanların sağlıklı ve yaşanabilir hale getirilmesi için yıkıp yeniden yapma, canlandırma, sağlıklaştırma veya yeniden yapılandırma için proje üretilmesi ve uygulama yapılmasıdır. Özetle kentsel dönüşüm bir kentin dokusun bozan sorunların giderilmesi anlamına geliyor. Gecekondu dönüşüm/kentsel yenileme projelerinde "kent içinde kaçak yapılaşma alanları ile ekonomik ömrünü doldurmuş bulunan alanların gerekli tüm kentsel ve sosyal donatı hizmetleri getirilerek olası tüm doğal afet riskleri de göz önünde bulundurulacak şekilde yeniden imar standartlarına uygun bir şekilde yapılandırılması" amaçlanmaktadır.Kentsel dönüşüm, kent yoksullarını mülksüzleştirme ve yerlerinden etme pratiğine dönüşmemelidir; bu kaynak aktarımı, alt gelir gruplarının mekanları olan çöküntü alanları ile enformel yerleşimlerin kentsel dönüşüm yoluyla tasfiyeleri ve arazilerinin pahalı projelere açılmaları üzerinden yürümemelidir (Harvey 2008).İstanbul'da kentin içindeki yıpranmış tarihi alanlar (Sulukule, Tarlabaşı, Fener, Balat, Ayvansaray, Tokludede Türk Mahallesi vb.) ile gecekondu bölgeleri (Küçükçekmece Ayazma, vb.) kentsel dönüşüm yoluyla tasfiye edilmektedir. Süreç, yerel yönetimler ve TOKİ işbirliğinde yürütülmektedir.Çalışmada Türkiye'de kentsel dönüşüm süreci değerlendirilerek İstanbul kentindeki kentsel dönüşüm projeleri incelenmeye çalışılacaktır.Urban renewal projects have become a current issue to restructure the irregular formation and the problems resulted in those cities in accordance with contemporary city planning principles.Urban renewal is to re-handle city development socially, economically and spatially and to produce projects and practice those projects to destroy and reconstruct, to renew, to render well being or to restructure the problematic areas in the city by turning them into a healthy and inhabitable place. In brief, urban renewal means to solve the problems that damage the form of a city. In squatter renewal/city reformation projects, it is aimed to reform the illegal housing areas and economically out of date areas by supplying necessary municipal and social outfitsby regarding all possibilities of natural disasters and correspondingly to the standards of public improvements.Urban renewal should not become a practice of dispossession of the poor in the city. That source transmission should not supported by elimination of the collapse and informal areas of low-income groups and should not be performed via opening those areas for expensive projects in terms of urban renewal.In İstanbul, off condition historical places (Sulukule, Tarlabaşı, Fener, Balat, Ayvansaray, Tokludede Turkish district etc.) and squatter areas (Küçükçekmece, Ayazma, etc.) are being discharged via urban renewal. This process is carried out by local authorities and TOKİ.In this study, urban renewal process will be examined and urban renewal projects in İstanbul will be analyzed

Atrial Fibrillation May Affect the Success of Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty

WOS: 000352144400015PubMed: 25532970