The importance of empathic communication in dialog process

When we observe today’s world, we can safely say that tensions and clashes still continue and that some of them arise from interreligious and intercultural conflicts. In search of a safer future world, man, naturally, looks for a solution. In this context, it is thought that empathic communication model will contribute greatly to the reduction of prejudices and to the formation of a healthy interreligious and intercultural dialog process. The aim of this study is to draw attention towards the importance of learning and teaching of empathic communication skills as a procedural method in interreligious and intercultural relations. In this study, emphasis was placed upon communication conflicts and prejudices and contributions that empathic communication can make in the reduction of prejudices were outlined

A numerical investigation into the correction algorithms for SPH method in modeling violent free surface flows

A quantitative comparison of the usual and recent numerical treatments which are applied to the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method are presented together with a new free-surface treatment. A series of numerical treatments are studied to refine the numerical procedures of the SPH method particularly for violent flows with a free surface. Two dimensional dam-break and sway-sloshing problems in a tank are modeled by solving Euler's equation of motion utilizing weakly compressible SPH method (WCSPH). Initially, the dam-break benchmark problem is studied by adopting only conventional basic equations of SPH without any numerical remedy and then by considering numerical treatments of interest one after another. In the WCSPH method, the precise calculation of the densities of the particles is vital for the solution, accordingly a density correction algorithm is presented as a basic numerical treatment. Subsequently, Monaghan's (1994) [1] XSPH velocity variant algorithm, artificial particle displacement (APD) algorithm (Shaldoo et al., 2011) [2], and a hybrid combination of velocity updated XSPH (VXSPH) and APD algorithms are implemented separately, but all with the density correction algorithm as a default treatment. The effects of each of these treatments on the pressure and on the free surface profiles are analyzed by comparing our numerical findings with experimental and numerical results in the literature. After the detailed scrutiny on the dam-break problem, sway-sloshing problem is handled with the VXSPH+APD algorithm which has been noted to provide the most reliable and accurate results in the dam-break problem. For the sway-sloshing problem, the time histories of free surface elevations on the left side wall of the rectangular tank are compared with experimental and numerical results available in the literature. It was shown that the VXSPH+APD treatment significantly improves the accuracy of the numerical simulations for violent flows with a free surface and lead to the results which are in very good agreement with experimental and numerical findings of literature in terms of both the kinematic and the dynamic point of view

According to His Waqfi yyes the Waqfs of Grand Vizier Amchazade Huseyin Pasha

Amcazade Hüseyin Paşa, II. Mustafa dönemi sadrazamlarındandır. Evkafına ait vakfi yeler sayesinde kendisinin kurduğu hayır kurumlarına dair bilgi edinebilmekteyiz. Buna göre o, başta İstanbul olmak üzere Edirne, Filibe, İnebahtı, Kedegre (Vezirköprü) ve Medine’de birçok hayır kurumu ihdas etmiştir. Bu hayır kurumlarının başlıcaları İstanbul’daki darülhadis, medrese, mescit, mektep, kütüphane, sebil; Edirne’deki şadırvan, çeşme ve su yolları; İnebahtı’daki cami ve mektep; Medine’deki sebil ve su kuyusu; Kedegre’deki çeşme ve su yollarıydı. Paşa’nın, üç asır boyunca din, eğitim, kültür, bayındırlık gibi sahalarda faaliyet gösteren evkafı, bu süreç zarfında yaşadığı birçok olumsuzluğa rağmen hâlâ hayatta kalmayı ve sınırlı da olsa hizmetlerini sürdürmeyi başarabilmiştir

The Waqf of Shehid Mehmed Pashazade Kasım Pasha in Havsa

Şehid Mehmed Paşazade Kasım Paşa Vakfı, Sokullu Mehmed Paşa tarafından oğlu Kasım Paşa’nın ruhu için Havsa’da kurulmuştur. Bir menzil külliye niteliğinde olan vakıf muhtemelen 1576 veya ona yakın bir tarihte kurulmuştur. Vakfın başlıca hayır kurumları cami, medrese, mektep, hazire, dua kubbesi, suyolları, köprü, tekye, çeşme, imaret ile onlara gelir sağlayan değirmen, hanlar, hamamlar, dükkânlar, arazilerdi. Bu kurumlardan sadece cami, dua kubbesi ve hazire günümüze ulaşabilmiştir. Kurulduğu tarihten itibaren uzun süre mülhak vakıf olarak kalan vakıf, günümüzde mazbut vakıf statüsündedir

THE EFFECT OF FAN’S BRAND TRUST ON BRAND LOYALTY

The aim of this study is to analyze and evaluate the determination of trust and loyalty level of basketball fans to their team and to help form strategic sales plan considering the trust and loyalty level of fans to their team. The data from the survey are generated from 283 fans ranging in age from 13 to 71 (205 male, 78 female) who participate in basketball games. As a result of the structural equation modelling, it has been found that brand trust has a positive and strong effect on attitudinal loyalty and attitudinal loyalty has a positive and strong effect on behavioral loyalty. According to the research results, the increase in the brand trust of fans may cause an increase in brand loyalty and thus contributing to the achievement of both financial and marketing aims. The financial aims of sports teams may be listed as profitability, increasing the market share, leading the price, licensed product sales, matchday revenues, increasing concessions/catering and providing high-quality services. On the other hand, the marketing purposes may be listed as increasing recognition, fan/customer retention, gaining new fans, developing new products, strengthening the brand, and increasing the brand value. When considered in these terms, obtaining the trust of the fans has crucial importance.  Article visualizations

Molecular Identification of Diplodia Seriata De Not. Causing Dieback Effect on Grapevines and Evaluation of in Vitro Efficacy of Five Different Synthetic Fungicides Against This Disease

DergiPark: 863506trkjnatThe aim of this study was to realize the molecular identification of Diplodia seriata De Not., a member of the Botryosphaericea family, isolated from 2-10 years old vines in vineyards showing symptoms of dieback disease. The susceptibility of the pathogen against the fungicides with the fosetyl-Al+triadimenol, azoxystorbin+difecanozole, fludioxanil+cyprodinil, metrafenone, fluopyram+tebuconazole combinations were evaluated. The isolates obtained from the root and crown parts of the vine samples were identified as D. seriata according to the morphological and molecular methods. In molecular identification, the ITS (Internal Transcribed Spacer) and TUB2 (?-tubulin) gene regions of the isolates were amplified by Real-Time PCR and the nucleotide sequences were obtained in these gene regions. After using the MEGA 7 software, ITS and TUB2 sequences were aligned and a combined phylogenetic tree was made. It has been molecularly confirmed that the D. seriata isolate has a 100% similarity index with Diplodia species according to the phylogenetic analyses. The mean effective concentration (EC50) values of fungicides used with different concentrations (0, 1, 3, 10, 30, 50, 100 ?L mL-1) were determined by Probit analysis. Cyprodinil + fludioxonil showed the highest efficacy (100%) at a concentration of 1 ?L mL-1. According to EC50 values, cyprodinil + fludioxonil (0.001 ?L mL-1) was recorded as the most effective fungicide followed by fluopyram + tebuconazole (0.520 ?L mL-1) and, azoxystrobin + difenoconazole (2.958 ?L mL-1), respectively.Bu çalışmanın amacı, geriye doğru ölüm hastalığı belirtileri gösteren bağlardaki 2-10 yaşındaki asmalardan izole edilen Botryosphaericea ailesinin bir üyesi olan Diplodia seriata De Not.'nın, moleküler tanılamasını gerçekleştirmektir. Patojenin duyarlılığı, fosetil-Al+triadimenol, azoxystorbin+difecanozole, fludioxanil+cyprodinil, metrafenon, fluopyram+tebuconazole dâhil olmak üzere çeşitli fungisitlere karşı değerlendirilmiştir. Üreticiler tarafından getirilen asma örneklerinin kök ve kök boğazı kısımlarından elde edilen izolatlar, morfolojik ve moleküler yöntemlere göre D. seriata olarak tanımlanmıştır. Moleküler tanımlamada izolatların ITS (Internal Transcribed Spacer) ve TUB2 (?-tubulin) gen bölgeleri Real-Time PCR ile çoğaltılmış ve bu gen bölgelerinden nükleotid dizileri elde edilmiştir. Daha sonra MEGA 7 yazılımı kullanılarak ITS ve TUB2 dizileri hizalanmış ve kombine bir filogenetik ağaç çizilmiştir. Diplodia seriata izolatının filogenetik analizlere göre Diplodia türleri ile % 100 benzerlik indeksine sahip olduğu moleküler olarak doğrulanmıştır. Farklı konsantrasyonlarda (0, 1, 3, 10, 30, 50, 100 ?L mL-1) kullanılan fungisitlerin ortalama etkili konsantrasyon (EC50) değerleri Probit analiziyle belirlenmiştir. Cyprodinil+fludioxonil 1 ?L mL-1 konsantrasyonunda en yüksek etkinliği (%100) göstermiştir. EC50 değerlerine göre cyprodinil+fludioxonil (0.001 ?L mL-1) en etkili fungisit olarak kaydedilmiş, ardından fluopyram+tebuconazole (0.520 ?L mL-1) ve azoxystrobin+difenokonazol (2.958 ?L mL-1) izlemiştir

Investigation of middle school parents’ attitude towards extracurricular sports activities according to some demographic characteristics

The purpose of this study is to investigate middle school parents’ attitude towards extracurricular sports activities according to some demographic characteristics. The data for the study was obtained from parents of a public school in Aydın Province, in Turkey. To measure parents’ attitude, “The Parents’ Attitude Scales Towards Extracurricular Sports Activities” was used. This scale includes three sub-dimensions: personality development, academic perception, and social support. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and non-parametric tests were used to analyze the data. The findings indicated that parents’ attitude towards extracurricular sports activities were seen to be at a very good level in all dimensions. In demographic variables, only income groups and educational degree groups had significant differences at the p<0.01 level for all of the sub-dimensions. Results indicated that parents’ approach to extracurricular sports activities plays an important role on students’ participation in these activities