Common Evaluation of The Cases With Cancers for Ten Years in Pathology Department Archieves

Diagnosed 71,758 biopsy reports in the pathology department, School of Medicine, at Dicle University between the years 1991-2000 were examinated retrospectively. 4795 cases who were found malignencies of them have been evaluated according to the sex, age and topography. The findings (data) were investigated by using SPSS X.0 computer analysis program statistically. 2698 (56.3%) cases diagnosed with cancer were male,while 2097 (43,7%) cases with cancer were female. While the number of biopsies admitted to the pathology department gradually were increased in years, cases diagnosed with cancer gradually were increased too. In male patients average age distribution were 53.3 years, whereas in female patients were 45.6 years. Both of the sexes with cancer were 60 years and further were found.It was seen that skin (15.4%), lymphoid tissue (12,8%, lung cancers (8,9%) in male. Whereas were the first triple order, in famele patients skin (15.9%), breast (10.2%) and lymphoid tissue (9.7%) were observed cancers in the first triple order. The skin cancers were observed most frequently in both sexes

Staying Power Longer Stays in the My First Place Program Contribute to Successful Outcomes for Transition Age Youth

This paper suggests that a well-structured "housing first" program that combines access to permanent housing, education and employment support, yields strong positive outcomes for youth. We find that youth who stay in program longer are more likely to exit into stable housing and make significant progress in achieving their employment, education, and healthy living goals. This finding holds true for youth who entered program with a variety of risk factors. Additionally, the paper identifies the program practices and policies that support these greater outcomes and ultimately save public resources

The effect of grade retention on school outcomes: an application of doubly robust estimation method

"In this study, I estimate the average causal treatment effect of grade retention on several educational outcome variables, such as completion of upper secondary school, graduation grades in math and German, as well as average final grade using a data set from Germany. The analysis relies on Conditional Independence Assumption. I use doubly robust method, regression adjustment and inverse propensity score weighting. The results of the empirical study show that grade retention does not improve the students' educational achievement." (author's abstract

A review of oculoplastic surgery and ocular surface disorders

Background: Ocular surface health is closely related to the condition of the ocular adnexa, particularly the eyelids. Both ocular adnexal disorders and oculoplastic procedures performed to treat them can cause ocular surface disorders (OSD). In this review, we aimed to summarize the relationship between oculoplastic procedures and OSD. Methods: In this narrative review, an electronic search of the PubMed/MEDLINE database was conducted using various combinations of keywords including “oculoplastic surgery,” “ocular surface disorders,” “dry eye,” and “management,” without time or language limitations, to include studies concerning oculoplastic surgery and OSD. Results: We included articles involving oculoplastic procedures and OSD with discussions of preventive approaches and management strategies in this context. For a systematic approach, the preoperative assessments and postoperative treatment of patients were retrieved and summarized. Preoperative preventive measures included evaluation of tear film break-up time, tear osmolarity, tear meniscus area and height measurement by anterior segment optic coherence tomography, lipid layer thickness by interferometer, corneal staining and Oxford Scheme, Schirmer test, blink rate and completeness, ocular surface disease index scoring, eyelid closure, and Bell’s phenomenon. Postoperative assessments included the presence and severity of dry eye and early management of dry eye with artificial tears, topical anti-inflammatory medications, and night taping; evaluation of the presence of chemosis, and, if present, management with pharmacologic, mechanical, or surgical therapies when needed; and prompt detection and treatment of lagophthalmos and consequent exposure keratopathy. Conclusions: Careful preoperative examination of the ocular surface is mandatory to reduce or eliminate complications after oculoplastic surgery. Ocular surface-related complications that surgeons encounter after oculoplastic surgery should be promptly diagnosed and treated

ENCRYPTION OF 3D PLANE IN GIS USING VORONOI-DELAUNAY TRIANGULATIONS AND CATALAN NUMBERS

A method of encryption of the 3D plane in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is presented. The method is derived using Voronoi-Delaunay triangulation and properties of Catalan numbers. The Voronoi-Delaunay incremental algorithm is presented as one of the most commonly used triangulation techniques for random point selection. In accordance with the multiple applications of Catalan numbers in solving combinatorial problems and their "bit-balanced" characteristic, the process of encrypting and decrypting the coordinates of points using the Lattice Path method (walk on the integer lattice) or LIFO model is given. The triangulation of the plane started using decimal coordinates of a set of given planar points. Afterward, the resulting decimal values of the coordinates are converted to corresponding binary records and the encryption process starts by a random selection of the Catalan key according to the LIFO model. These binary coordinates are again converted into their original decimal values, which enables the process of encrypted triangulation. The original triangulation of the plane can be generated by restarting the triangulation algorithm. Due to its exceptional efficiency in terms of launching programs on various computer architectures and operating systems, Java programming language enables an efficient implementation of our method

The effect of the activities of montessori method on the development of manual skills of 5-6 year old children

Bu araştırma, “Montessori Yöntemi Etkinlikleri’nin” 5–6 yaş çocukların el becerilerinin (Çizme-Boyama ve Nesneleri Kullanma Becerileri) gelişimine olan etkisinin incelenmesi amacıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu, 2007–2008 öğretim yılında Aydın İlinde bulunan ADÜ Eğitim fakültesine bağlı uygulama anaokulu ile MEB’e bağlı bağımsız anaokuluna devam eden 5–6 yaş grubu 32 çocuk oluşturmuştur. Araştırma, öntest-sontest kontrol gruplu deneme modelindedir. İlgili model doğrultusunda deney ve kontrol gruplarını belirledikten sonra her iki grup için, araştırmacı tarafından geliştirilen “El Becerileri Kontrol Listesi” nin (Çizme-Boyama ve Nesneleri Kullanma Becerileri) alt listeleri öntest olarak doldurulmuştur. Deney grubundaki çocuklara 12 hafta süresince toplam 48 etkinlikten oluşan Montessori Yöntemi eğitim programı uygulanmıştır. Kontrol grubuna MEB Okulöncesi eğitim programında bulunan ve çocukların el becerilerini geliştirmeyi amaçlayan etkinlikler uygulanmıştır. Kontrol grubunda günlük eğitimöğretim etkinliklerine herhangi bir müdahalede bulunulmamıştır. 12 haftalık sürecin ardından deney ve kontrol gruplarına “El Becerileri Kontrol Listesi” sontest olarak tekrar uygulanmış ve toplanan veriler analiz edilerek değerlendirilmiştir. Çocukların “El Becerileri Kontrol Listesi’nin” “Çizme-Boyama ve Nesneleri Kullanma Becerileri Alt Listeleri” öntest puan ortalamalarının anlamlı düzeyde farklılaşıp farklılaşmadığını belirlemek amacıyla Mann Whitney U testi, sontest puanlarının anlamlı düzeyde farklılaşıp farklılaşmadığını belirlemek amacıyla da Wilcoxon İşaretli Sıralar testi kullanılmıştır. i Elde edilen veriler sonucunda deney ve kontrol gruplarının “El Becerileri Kontrol Listesi”nin “Çizme-Boyama ve Nesneleri Kullanma Becerileri Alt Listeleri”nden aldıkları öntest puan ortalamaları arasında anlamlı düzeyde bir farklılığının olmadığı görülmüştür (p>05). Montessori Yöntemine ilişkin eğitim programı uygulaması sonrasında ise deney ve kontrol grubundaki çocukların sontest puan ortalamaları arasında deney grubu lehine anlamlı düzeyde bir farklılık bulunmuştur(p<05). Araştırma bulgularından, Montessori Eğitimi alan deney grubundaki çocukların, el becerileri kazanımlarının, MEB Okulöncesi Eğitim Programı ile eğitim alan kontrol grubu çocuklarının el becerileri kazanımlarından daha yüksek olduğu sonucu elde edilmiştir.The study has been made in order to analyze the effect of the “Activities of Montessori Method” on the development of 5-6 year old children’s manual skills (Skills of Drawing-Painting and Object Usage). The sample group is consist of 32 children aged 5-6 years and old studying at the implementation centre under the Adnan Menderes University (ADÜ) Faculty of Education in the province of Aydın and a private kindergarten under the Ministry of National Education (MEB). The research is a trial model of pre-test and final-test and control groups. After the experiment and control groups had been formed according to the related model the sub-lists of the “List of Manual Skills Control” (Skills of Drawing-Painting and Object Usage) developed by the researcher have been fulfilled as the pre-test for both groups. Throughout 12 weeks, 48 activities of Montessori Method education programme have been applied to the experiment group. We, to the control group, applied activities existing in Pre-School Education programme of MEB (the Ministry of National Education) and aiming to develop the children’s manual skills. No intervention has occurred in the daily education activities of the control group. Following the 12 week process, the “List of Manual Skills Control” has been re-applied to both experiment and control groups as the final-test and the compiled data has been analized and evaluated. Mann Whitney U Test was used to determine whether the children’s average pre-test scores of the “List of Manual Skills Control” and “Sub-Lists of Skills of Drawing-Painting and Object Usage” are significantly different or not, and Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks Test was used in order to determine if the average final-test scores differentiated. i According to the compiled data no significant difference was seen between average pre-test scores of the experiment and control groups for “Sub-Lists of Skills of Drawing-Painting and Object Usage” of the “List of Manual Skills Control” (p>05). After the educational programme related to Montessori Method, it was found that there was, in favour of experimental group, a significant difference between the average final-test scores of experimental and control group (p<05). Research results have showed that manual skill acquisitions of experimental group with Montessori Education is higher than that of children in the control group with Pre-School Education Program of the MEB