On Cognate Objects in Sason Arabic

This paper investigates the patterns of cognate objects (COs) associated with unergatives and unaccusatives in Sason Arabic. We propose that COs of both unergatives and unaccusatives are not true arguments, as evinced by their highly productive and unrestricted use, but constitute rhematic complements in the sense of Ramchand (2008), therefore cannot be used as diagnostics for unergative-unaccusative distinction in the language

Adverse effects of Interbank funds on bank efficiency: evidence from Turkish banking sector

This paper investigates the relationship between interbank funds and efficiencies is for the commercial banks operating in Turkey between 2001-2006. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is executed to find the efficiency scores of the banks for each year, and fixed effects panel data regression is carried out, with the efficiency scores being the response variable. It is observed that interbank funds (ratio) has negative effects on bank efficiency, while bank capitalization and loan ratio have positive, and profitability has insignificant effects. Our study serves as an illustrative evidence that interbank funds can have adverse effects in an emerging market

The Development of Science Concept in Turkey and Effects of Constructivism on 2004 Primary Science Curriculum

The aim of this study is to examine the development of science concept in Turkey. It is seen that the historical process of science concept in Turkey has developed within two stages. The first setting is the later stages of the Ottoman State and the Republican Era, at which time positivism was prevalent as noted in the objectives of the national science curriculum. The second stage includes the period starting from 2004 to the present when the effects of postmodern epistemology started to partially be seen with the initiation of the new elementary curriculum based on a “constructivist approach”. Positivism entered into the Ottomans during the 19th century and it affected especially the school programs. During this process, at first the positivist/modernist paradigms and later on the postmodernist paradigms affected the curricula scientifically and epistemologically. This study was based on document analysis approach. The documents used in this study were selected to represent the science curriculum of 1913, 1924, 1926, 1930 and 2004 programs. The document analysis revealed that the remained effects of positivism is observed until 2004 program. Even though, there is no deviation from the basic paradigm regarding scientific understanding until the 2004 program, the 2004 program reflects a fundamental break from the traditional approach to constructivism

Teachers’ use of social-media tools for their professional developmentÖğretmenlerin sosyal medya araçlarını mesleki gelişim amaçlı olarak kullanım durumları

The aim of this study is to determine the use of social media for professional development purposes by the teachers. Fourty teachers working at various grades and schools in the city center of one of the cities located in the North-west part of Turkey in the spring semester of 2014-2015 academic year formed the study group. For the selection of teachers, purposeful random sampling technique was used. The qualitative data were collected through a questionnaire developed by the researchers in the spring semester of 2014-2015 academic year. For the analysis of the qualitative data, descriptive analysis was used. The findings of the study revealed that teachers generally use the social media tools for professional purposes in their daily classroom activities and their professional development. In the meantime, it is observed that social media tools are effective when they are used for their professional development and for sharing purposes. Besides, teachers emphasized that social media has an important place in terms of their personal and professional development as well as they state that attention should be paid to dangers and misuse of social media. ÖzetBu araştırmanın amacı öğretmenlerin sosyal medyayı mesleki gelişim amaçlı nasıl kullandıklarının belirlenmesidir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu Batı Karadeniz Bölgesinde bulunan bir ilin merkezinde çeşitli okul kademelerinde 2014-1015 öğretim yılında görev yapan öğretmenlerden seçilen kırk öğretmen oluşturmuştur. Öğretmenlerin seçiminde amaçlı rastgele örneklem tekniği kullanılmıştır. Araştırma ile ilgili nitel veriler 2014-2015 öğretim yılı bahar döneminde araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen bir anket ile toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizi için, betimsel analiz tekniği kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre, öğretmenlerin sosyal medya araçlarını genel olarak kullandıkları, mesleki gelişim ve paylaşım amaçlı kullanmada ise çoğunlukla etkin oldukları görülmüştür. Bunun yanında öğretmenler, bireysel ve mesleki gelişim konusunda sosyal medyanın önemli bir yeri olduğunu vurgulamakla birlikte bilgi kirliliği gibi tehlikelere karşı da dikkatli olunması gerektiğini belirtmektedirler

The Study of the Cities in Turkey With Cluster Analysis According to Their Education Levels

DergiPark: 326698trakyasobedEducation is one of the important indicators determining the development levels of countries. Turkey produces politics and wills to catch the developed countries standards in that area.There are numbers of parameters to determine the education levels of the cities in Turkey. In that study, the education levels of the cities are defined with the rates of; illiterate, literate but haven’t finished a school, graduated from a primary school, graduated from a secondary school, graduated from a university, being a grad student, having a doctorate and unknown. Therefore, among the multivariete analysis methods cluster analysis is used for determining the similarities of the citiesÜlkelerin gelişmişlik düzeylerini belirleyen önemli göstergelerden biri de eğitimdir. Türkiye de bu alanda politakalar üretmekte ve gelişmiş ülkelerin standartlarına ulaşmak istemektedir. Bu bağlamda öncelikle okullaşma oranının artırılmasına yönelik politikalar ile her ilin eğitilmiş nüfusunun artırılması ve gelişme düzeyinin yükseltilmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Türkiye’deki illerin eğitim düzeylerini belirleyen birden çok parametre vardır. Bu çalışmada illerin eğitim düzeyleri, okuma-yazma bilmeyen, okumayazma bilen fakat bir okul bitirmeyen, ilköğretim mezunu, ortaöğretim mezunu,yükseköğretim mezunu, yüksek lisans mezunu, doktora mezunu ve eğitim düzeyi bilinmeyen oranları yardımı ile tespit edilmeye çalışılacaktır. Bu nedenle illerin benzerliklerinin belirlenmesinde çok değişkenli istatistik analiz yöntemlerinden olan kümeleme analizi kullanılmıştır

Sakarya İli SARS-CoV-2 Olgularında İnme Sıklığının Araştırılması

Aim: The aim of this study is to identify the frequency of stroke among severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) cases in Sakarya city, to find out the clinical characteristics of patients diagnosed with stroke and to contribute to the national database. Material and Methods: This retrospective study was carried out with 783 cases diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 between April-June 2020 at the pandemic hospital in Sakarya city. Patients were compared in terms of age, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), risk factors, radiological findings, inpatient treatment, intubation, and mortality rates. Results: Out of 26 cases of ischemic stroke, 11 (42.3%) were male and 15 (57.7%) were female. In terms of infarction localization, the cause was medial cerebral artery (MCA) in 4 (15.4%) patients, top of the basilar in 2 (7.7%) patients, basilar artery in 1 (3.8%) patient, lacunar in 9 (34.6%) patients and anterior system in 10 (38.5%) patients. There was no significant difference in terms of D-dimer and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels according to disease severity (both p=0.262). Three (0.38%) patients presented with stroke findings and were diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2. Cryptogenic stroke was detected in 8 (30.8%) of the SARS-CoV-2 cases. Stroke frequency was calculated as 3.3% among the SARS-CoV-2 cases in Sakarya city. Conclusion: This is the first study to identify the frequency of stroke among SARS-CoV-2 patients in Sakarya city and Turkey. Our study is important as it shows that preventing or treating ischemic stroke in SARS-CoV-2 cases contributes greatly to the reduction of mortality.Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı Sakarya ilindeki şiddetli akut solunum yolu sendromu koronavirüsü 2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2) olgularında inme sıklığını tespit etmek, inme tanısı almış olan hastaların klinik özelliklerini ortaya koyabilmek ve ulusal veri tabanına katkıda bulunmaktır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Bu çalışma, Sakarya ilindeki pandemi hastanesinde Nisan-Haziran 2020 tarihleri arasında SARS-CoV-2 tanısı alan 783 olgu ile geriye dönük olarak yürütüldü. Hastalar, yaş, Ulusal Sağlık Enstitüleri İnme Skalası (National Institute of Health Stroke Scale, NIHSS), risk faktörleri, radyolojik bulgular, yatarak tedavi, entübe olma durumları ve mortalite oranları bakımından karşılaştırıldı. Bulgular: Yirmi altı iskemik inmeli olgunun 11 (%42,3)’i erkek ve 15 (%57,7)’i kadın idi. Enfarkt lokalizasyonu bakımından 26 hastanın 4 (%15,4)’ü orta serebral arter (medial cerebral artery, MCA), 2 (%7,7)’si baziller tepe, 1 (%3,8)’i baziller arter, 9 (%34,6)’u laküner, 10 (%38,5)’u arka sistemden kaynaklanmaktaydı. D-Dimer ve C-reaktif protein (C-reactive protein, CRP) düzeyleri bakımından hastalık şiddetine göre anlamlı bir farklılık yoktu (her iki p=0,262). Üç (%0,38) hasta inme bulgusuyla gelip SARS-CoV-2 tanısı almıştı. SARS-CoV-2 olgularının 8 (%30,8)’inde kriptojenik inme tespit edildi. Sakarya ilinde SARS-CoV-2 olgularında inme sıklığı %3,3 olarak hesaplandı. Sonuç: Bu çalışma SARS-CoV-2 hastalarında inme sıklığını tespit etmeye yönelik Sakarya ilinde ve Türkiye’de yapılmış ilk çalışmadır. Çalışmamız, SARS-CoV-2 olgularında iskemik inmenin önlenebilmesi ve tedavi edilebilmesinin mortalitenin azalmasına belirgin katkı sunduğunu göstermesi bakımından önemlidir

Association between formal thought disorders, neurocognition and functioning in the early stages of psychosis: a systematic review of the last half-century studies

Recent review articles provided an extensive collection of studies covering many aspects of format thought disorders (FTD) among their epidemiology and phenomenology, their neurobiological underpinnings, genetics as well as their transdiagnostic prevalence. However, less attention has been paid to the association of FTD with neurocognitive and functioning deficits in the early stages of evolving psychosis. Therefore, this systematic review aims to investigate the state of the art regarding the association between FTD, neurocognition and functioning in the early stages of evolving psychotic disorders in adolescents and young adults, by following the PRISMA flowchart. A total of 106 studies were screened. We included 8 studies due to their reports of associations between FTD measures and functioning outcomes measured with different scales and 7 studies due to their reports of associations between FTD measures and neurocognition. In summary, the main findings of the included studies for functioning outcomes showed that FTD severity predicted poor social functioning, unemployment, relapses, re-hospitalisations, whereas the main findings of the included studies for neurocognition showed correlations between attentional deficits, executive functions and FTD, and highlighted the predictive potential of executive dysfunctions for sustained FTD. Further studies in upcoming years taking advantage of the acceleration in computational psychiatry would allow researchers to re-investigate the clinical importance of FTD and their role in the transition from at-risk to full-blown psychosis conditions. Employing automated computer-assisted diagnostic tools in the early stages of psychosis might open new avenues to develop targeted neuropsychotherapeutics specific to FTD