Ecological and environmental effects of urban transformation: An example in Turkey

Sur district in Diyarbakir city like all historical places in Mesopotamia is a city that has rich historical buildings. The urban transformation has become a necessity as a result of the historical process, unplanned construction, change of tools and equipment in transportation, environmental and ecological problems, and social activities. For this reason, urban transformation applications have been started in Sur. As a result of the transformation; the formerly irregular constructions and environment have become regular. Accordingly, many environmental problems have been reduced. In addition to this, due to the exchange in the originality of historical architecture, some negative have been experienced too.  In this study, positive and negative perspective effects of urban transformations on public living and the environment were examined. Situations before and after their transformations were compared and evaluated. The results show that urban transformations have a positive effect majority of environmental effects

An Examination of the Activities in the Unit "Solar System And Eclipses" in the 6th Grade Science Textbook in Terms of Critical Thinking Standards

The science curriculum aims to provide students with the identity of a researcher, thinking skills, and scientific process skills. Critical thinking skill emerges as one of the skills that should be emphasized in the teaching process in terms of its structural features and the qualities aimed to be given to individuals. For individuals to gain critical thinking skills, they must first gain critical thinking standards. The main purpose of this research is to examine the activities in the "Solar System and Eclipses" unit in the sixth-grade science textbook in terms of critical thinking standards. The qualitative research model was used in the research. The data source of the research is the sixth-grade science textbook used in the province of Isparta. The data of the research were collected using the document analysis method. In the analysis of the data, the analysis was made by applying the descriptive analysis method, one of the qualitative data analyses. In line with the analysis, in terms of critical thinking standards, the secondary school sixth-grade science textbook has been determined to meet the standards of clarity, accuracy, significance/relevance, sufficiency, breadth/depth, and precision at a high rate. Based on the research results, suggestions have been developed that textbooks from different disciplines should be examined in line with critical thinking standards and that the activities of different grade-level units in the science curriculum should be examined in terms of critical thinking standards

Organizational attractiveness: a scale adaptation study

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Highhouse vd. (2003) tarafından geliştirilen Örgütsel Çekicilik Ölçeğini (ÖÇÖ) Türkçe’ye kazandırmak ve geçerlik ve güvenirlik analizlerini yapmaktır. Ölçek, öncelikle araştırmacılar ve bir dil uzmanı tarafından Türkçe’ye çevrilmiş, ardından ifadeler iki dilli 15 uzmanın görüşüne başvurularak dil ve anlam uygunluğu bakımından değerlendirilmiştir. Öneriler doğrultusunda son şeklini alan Türkçe form iki aşamada uygulanmıştır. İlk aşamada, test-tekrar test güvenirliğini sınamak amacıyla ölçek iki hafta ara ile 50 öğrenciye uygulanmıştır. Test tekrar-test güvenirlik katsayısı birincil değerlendirme için 0,85, ikincil değerlendirme için 0,89 olarak bulunmuştur. Uygulamanın ikinci aşamasında anket 257 öğrenciye uygulanarak ölçeğin iç tutarlılık katsayısı 0,89 olarak bulunmuştur. Yapılan analizler sonucunda ÖÇÖ’nün özgün ölçekte olduğu gibi üç faktörlü bir yapı gösterdiği belirlenmiştir. Hiçbir madde atılmadan 15 madde ile üç boyutu ölçen geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçek elde edilmiştir.The purpose of the study is to investigate the validity and reliability of the organizational attractiveness scale which is developed by Highhouse et al. (2003) in Turkey. The 15 item scale was first translated into Turkish by researchers and one language expert, and then, translated sentences evaluated by 15 bilingual experts in terms of expression and linguistic suitability. In compliance with suggestions, the Turkish form was finalized and implemented in two stages. In the first stage, in order to analyze the reliability of test re-test, the scale was implemented with 50 students twice within two weeks and the reliability coefficient was found as 0,85 and 0,89 respectively. In the second stage, the scale was implemented with 257 students and the Cronbach Alpha was found as 0,89. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that Organizational Attractiveness Scale has a three dimensional structure as it is in the original form. Without excluding any items, a valid and reliable scale which consists of three dimensions and fifteen items were obtained

Sürücülerin Risk Algısı Aşina Olunan ve Olunmayan Yollarda Araç Kullanırken Nasıl Değişir: Kadın ve Erkek Sürücülerin Karşılaştırması

Yol güvenliği, insan, araç ve çevre ile ilgili faktörler arasındaki etkileşimin bir sonucudur. Bu çalışmada, yol güvenliğinde çevre ile ilgili bir faktör olarak yol aşinalığı araştırılmıştır. Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, sürücülerin aşina oldukları ve olmadıkları yollardaki öznel risk algılarının incelenmesidir. Çalışmaya 279 erkek ve 201 kadın olmak üzere toplam 480 sürücü katılmıştır. Katılımcılar demografik bilgi formunu ve Risk Algısı Envanteri’ni doldurmuştur. Sonuçlar, sürücülerin aşina olmadıkları yollarda araç kullanmayı aşina oldukları yollara göre daha riskli algıladıklarını göstermiştir. Ayrıca, kadın sürücüler hem aşina oldukları hem de aşina olmadıkları yollarda erkek sürücülere göre daha yüksek risk algısı raporlamışlardır. Sonuç olarak, yola aşinalık, sürücülerin risk değerlendirmesinde önemli bir faktör olarak değerlendirilmiştir. Sonuçlar, ilgili literatür ışığında karayolu güvenliği üzerindeki etkileri ile tartışılmıştır

Ecological and environmental effects of urban transformation: An example in Turkey

Sur district in Diyarbakir city like all historical places in Mesopotamia is a city that has rich historical buildings. The urban transformation has become a necessity as a result of the historical process, unplanned construction, change of tools and equipment in transportation, environmental and ecological problems, and social activities. For this reason, urban transformation applications have been started in Sur. As a result of the transformation; the formerly irregular constructions and environment have become regular. Accordingly, many environmental problems have been reduced. In addition to this, due to the exchange in the originality of historical architecture, some negative have been experienced too.  In this study, positive and negative perspective effects of urban transformations on public living and the environment were examined. Situations before and after their transformations were compared and evaluated. The results show that urban transformations have a positive effect majority of environmental effects

Ecological and environmental effects of urban transformation: An example in Turkey

Sur district in Diyarbakir city like all historical places in Mesopotamia is a city that has rich historical buildings. The urban transformation has become a necessity as a result of the historical process, unplanned construction, change of tools and equipment in transportation, environmental and ecological problems, and social activities. For this reason, urban transformation applications have been started in Sur. As a result of the transformation; the formerly irregular constructions and environment have become regular. Accordingly, many environmental problems have been reduced. In addition to this, due to the exchange in the originality of historical architecture, some negative have been experienced too.  In this study, positive and negative perspective effects of urban transformations on public living and the environment were examined. Situations before and after their transformations were compared and evaluated. The results show that urban transformations have a positive effect majority of environmental effects

Tourism and Economic Growth: The case of Next 11 Countries

The aim of this paper is to analyse the relationship between tourism activity and economic growth for Next-11 countries. It is concluded that there is a long run relationship between tourist arrivals and GDP and tourism arrivals has positive effect on GDP growth in N-11 countries. We find that a unidirectional causality from economic growth to tourism is valid confirming Economic Driven Tourism Growth Hypothesis. Keywords: Tourism development; Economic growth; Causality; N-11 JEL Classifications: F43; L8

The Possible Effects of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and Trans-Pacific Partnership on Chinese Economy

The failure to advance the multilateral trade negotiations of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was a disruption for the international trading system. Alternatively, many countries have commenced to establish bilateral and regional Free Trade Agreements (FTA). Among those agreements the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are agreements with members from across the Atlantic and the Pacific respectively. This note focuses on the impacts of these agreements on Chinese economy under three scenarios. The effects of various scenarios on Chinese GDP and export are studied by using the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) database and a general equilibrium model. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to analytically analyze the economic impacts of the TTIP on Chinese economy. In all of the scenarios the TTIP is realized and China never becomes a member of it. In the first scenario the TPP is not realized. In the second scenario the TPP is realized and China is excluded from it. In the last scenario the TPP is realized and China is included in the initiative. The results suggest that when only TTIP is realized, Chinese economic variables are negatively affected. When both TTIP and TPP are realized and China is excluded, the combined damage in Chinese economy is higher than the damage of TTIP alone. On the other hand, inclusion of China in the TPP affects its economic variables positively despite the negative effects of the TTIP. In other words, positive impacts of participation of China in the TPP compensate for the negative impacts of the TTIP

The Possible Effects of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and Trans-Pacific Partnership on Chinese Economy

The failure to advance the multilateral trade negotiations of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was a disruption for the international trading system. Alternatively, many countries have commenced to establish bilateral and regional Free Trade Agreements (FTA). Among those agreements the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are agreements with members from across the Atlantic and the Pacific respectively. This note focuses on the impacts of these agreements on Chinese economy under three scenarios. The effects of various scenarios on Chinese GDP and export are studied by using the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) database and a general equilibrium model. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to analytically analyze the economic impacts of the TTIP on Chinese economy. In all of the scenarios the TTIP is realized and China never becomes a member of it. In the first scenario the TPP is not realized. In the second scenario the TPP is realized and China is excluded from it. In the last scenario the TPP is realized and China is included in the initiative. The results suggest that when only TTIP is realized, Chinese economic variables are negatively affected. When both TTIP and TPP are realized and China is excluded, the combined damage in Chinese economy is higher than the damage of TTIP alone. On the other hand, inclusion of China in the TPP affects its economic variables positively despite the negative effects of the TTIP. In other words, positive impacts of participation of China in the TPP compensate for the negative impacts of the TTIP

A proteomic analysis for profiling NeuroD2 related changes in N2A neuroblastoma cell line

Aim: NeuroD2 transcription factor is a key regulator of neurogenin-NeuroD signaling network and induces neuronal development, differentiation, neurogenesis and calcium de- pendent signaling. NeuroD2 regulates expression of survival and plasticity related proteins in neurons. Surprisingly, inhibition of NeuroD2 causes an increase in apoptotic cell death. Even though previous studies found out important data about NeuroD2 function, molec- ular interactions of NeuroD2 behind all of these impacts remains elusive. For this reason, it was aimed to shed light on the proteome profile of NeuroD2 based changes in the N2A cell line. Materials and Methods: NeuroD2 over-expression and NeuroD2 inhibition groups were constructed via lentiviral vectors. Mouse N2A cell line was transfected with the given vectors and incubated for 6 hours. After incubation samples were prepared for proteomic analyses with Filter Aided Sample Preparation (FASP) protocol and LC-MS/MS analysis was carried out. Results: Under conditions of overexpression and inhibition, detected proteins were fil- tered according to significant cut off values. The filtered proteins were further investigated to exhibit a coherent expression in each situation. Eventually, increased NeuroD2 activity was accompanied by an increase in N-alpha-acetyltransferase 25 (NAA25), and Synapto- brevin homolog (YKT6). On the other hand, when NeuroD2 was suppressed, expression of Cytoplasmic Dynein 1 Light Intermediate Chain 1, Kinesin-Like Protein (KIF-11), Leucine-tRNA Ligase (LARS1), and Ubiquitin-Associated Protein 2 (UBA2) were found to be upregulated with a reverse action. Conclusion: Up-regulations of the proteins Cytoplasmic Dynein 1, KIF11, LARS1, and UBA2 suggested that these proteins might be controlled by inhibition of NeuroD2. In this contex it can be said that, axonal transport, neuronal signaling, and activity of PI3K/AKT pathway can be indirectly regulated by NeuroD2