The structural properties of carotid arteries in carotid artery diseases : a retrospective computed tomography angiography study

Purpose: Aim of the study was to find answers to the following questions: What haemodynamic changes may occur in patients with stenotic, aneurysmal, dissection of the carotid artery and its branches? How do these changes differ in patients with normal and carotid disease? Material and methods: In order to achieve this aim, the cranio-cervical CT angiography images of patients who were referred to our clinic for any reason and received the diagnosis of carotid stenosis, carotid dissection, and extra or intracranial aneurysm were reviewed retrospectively. Results: Significant differences were detected in the carotid arteries of normal patients and those with aneurysm and dissection. When normal and aneurismal patients were compared, right and left ICA diameters (p = 0.000, p = 0.002, respectively), total ICA diameters (p = 0.000), carotid left Ø diameters (p = 0.026), right and left total Ø diameters (p = 0.024), and Murray’s and our cosine values of Ø angles (p = 0.001 and p = 0.022, respectively) were found to be different. Also, in a comparison made between normal patients and patients with dissection, right CCA (p = 0.000), ICA (p = 0.001), ECA (p = 0.004) diameters, total CCA (p = 0.001), ICA (p = 0.009), and ECA (p = 0.003) diameters were also found to be different. Conclusions: This study showed that the presence of aneurysm plays an important role in the remodelling of the carotid arteries. Also, it is understood that Murray’s laws are still valid for the detection of structural deterioration in carotid artery diseases. Hence, it is believed that these data can be used in artificial intelligence studies

Socialization Effect of Physical Activity in Students Who Need Special Education

In this study, it was aimed to determine the effect of physical activity on socialization in secondary school students who need special education. The sample of the research is composed of 40 middle school students (n=20 experimental group and n=20 control group) who were educated in Malatya Sehit Yuzbası Hakkı Akyuz Secondary School and indicated that they needed special education with the report given by Guidance Research Center. The socialization scale developed by Demirdağ (2010) was applied to the parents of the students before and after the 16-week activity program in determining the socialization levels of the students. Statistical analysis revealed that there was a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores of the students in the experimental group (p<0.05). The study found that the 16-week physical activity program, which was held at least 3 days a week, contributed to the socialization of middle school students who needed special education

THE EFFECT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON SOCIAL ADAPTATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN MENTALLY DISABLED INDIVIDUALS

The aim of this research is to determine the effect of physical activity on social adjustment and skill development in mentally disabled individuals. The sample of the study consisted of 50 (n=40 male and n=10 female) mentally handicapped individuals aged between 11 and 15 who were educated at the Malatya Anatolian Special Education and Rehabilitation Center. These individuals were divided into two groups as experiment (n=25) and control (n=25). Individuals constituting the experimental group were given a bowling activity for 4 days and 2 hours in every week and tracking activity 1 day and 1 hour in every week throughout 12 weeks. Individuals who form the control group do not participate in any activities and continue their daily lives. In order to determine the effect of physical activity on social adaptation and skill development in mentally disabled individuals, the Social Skills and Compliance Scale (SSCS) was applied to parents of members of the experimental and control groups before and after of exercise program that is for 12 weeks. After analyzing the statistical analysis, it was found that there was a statistically significant difference between pre-test and post-test scores of SSCS total scores and subscales of the scale in both experimental and control groups (p<0.05). When the mean values of the pre-tests and final scores applied to the individuals in the experiment and control groups are examined, it was seen that the average of the final test scores of the individuals in the experimental group decreases; the average of the post test scores of the individuals in the control group increased. It was reached from results of these findings that physical activity that continues throughout 12 weeks contributed to the development of social cohesion and competence of mentally disabled individuals. For this reason, should be frequently included in physical activities which have to enhance and support social development levels of mentally disabled individuals who are trained in rehabilitation centers so that they can adapt to the environment they live in.  Article visualizations

Course outlines and teaching styles at graphic design lessons at fine arts education departments

Türkiye’de Resim-iş eğitimi programlarındaki öğretim elemanları ile dersler, ders içerikleri ve işleniş biçimleri konularında yapılan görüşmeler sırasında, tüm fakültelerde uygulanması öngörülen Eğitim Fakülteleri ortak programının uygulama aşamasında bölümden bölüme değişiklikler gösterdiği fark edilmiştir. Bu farklılıkların ortaya konması ve mevcut durumun göz önüne serilerek yapılabileceklerin tartışmaya açılması fikri, bu araştırmanın yapılmasına sebep olmuştur. Araştırmanın amacı; Türkiye’deki Güzel Sanatlar Eğitimi Grafik Ana Sanat Dallarında 6 dönem boyunca okutulan derslerin mevcut durumunun ne olduğunun ortaya konulmasıdır. Veriler, bir anket aracılığı ile toplanmıştır. Ankette grafik ana sanat derslerinde var olan durum ve uygulamada karşılaşılan sorunlar ile ilgili sorular yer almaktadır. Araştırma sonucunda, elde edilen veriler değerlendirilmiş ve ortak uygulamaya yönelik alternatif bir içerik önerisi sunulmuştur.During our meetings regarding courses, course outlines and teaching styles with faculty members from Fine Arts Education departments at education faculties in Turkey, it was noticed that the outline that was expected to be followed universally by all faculties changed from department to department. Ascertaining these differences, and by doing so opening a discussion about the possible solutions to overcome them, led to this research. The purpose of this research is to examine the current situation of the courses that are taught over six semesters in Graphic Art Major Programs in Fine Art Education Departments. Data has been collected by conducting a questionnaire. The questionnaire consists of questions regarding the current situation of the graphic art courses and the problems that are confronted during their execution. As a result, the data obtained were evaluated and an alternate content for common application is proposed

The Analysis of the Levels of 4th Grade Students Conscious Usage of School Canteen

This research was conducted to determine the levels of conscious use of school canteens by the 4th grade primary school students.  For the validity and reliability, scale was applied for 231 primary school 4th grade students. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was used for construct validity according to the data obtained from this application. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of .70, which is 16 items, explains 42.14% of the variance. Using School Canteen Consciously Scale (USCCS), which consists of subdimensions such as “quality”, “responsibility” and “need”. After the pre-implementation, the scale was applied to 1071 elementary school students in 4 primary schools, 513 (48%) girls and 558 (52%) boys. As a result of the research, it was found that 4th grade primary school students did not consciously use the school canteen at the desired level and it differentiated significantly in favor of women at the level of using school canteen consciously in terms of gender of students, those studying at private schools in terms of the quality of type of school, and those who always go to school after having breakfast at home in terms of whether they go to school by having breakfast before school or not. It differs to a great extent against the students with low levels of family income in terms of quality, liability and scale according to their family income levels; according to the situation of getting money from their families, quality, responsibility, level of the needs and in terms of the total scale it differs in favor of the students who take weekly allowances

The Relationship between Authentic Leadership and Employees' Virtual Loafing and Cynic Behaviors

The main purpose of this study is to investigate whether the managers’ authentic leadership styles affect employees’ organizational cynicism and virtual loafing behavior. The sample of the study consists of 208 administrative staff at Ahi Evran University. According to the results of the study, it is clear that the authentic leadership reduces organizational cynicism and does not reduce the virtual loafing; and organizational cynicism behaviors have an increasing effect on virtual loafing. Sample of the research consists of administrative personnel working at Ahi Evran University located in Kırşehir. First of all, descriptive statistics, correlation, and hierarchical regression analyses were conducted related to the hypotheses tests. The results of these analyses revealed that a negative relationship existed between authentic leadership and organizational cynism, while there was a positive relationship between organizational cynism and virtual loafing. Moreover, no negative relation was found between authentic leadership and virtual loafing, which was one of the hypotheses of the research

Acute neonatal suppurative parotitis: a case report and review of the literature

SummaryNeonatal suppurative parotitis (NSP) is an uncommon disease. Information about the etiopathogenesis and management of the disease is very limited. Here, we describe a newborn who developed NSP due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa and who was treated successfully with antibiotics

Psikolojik Sözleşme İhlali ile İşten Ayrılma Niyeti İlişkisinde Demografik Değişkenlerin Düzenleyici Rolü (The Role of Perceived Demographic Variables as Moderator in the Link between Psychological Contract Breach and Turnover Intention)

Psikolojik sözleşme ihlali ile işten ayrılma niyeti, işletmeler için çok önemli konulardır. Psikolojik sözleşmesi ihlal edilen bireyler, işten ayrılmak isteyebilirler. Bu çalışma psikolojik sözleşme ihlali ile işten ayrılma niyeti ilişkisinde demografik değişkenlerin düzenleyici rolünü incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmanın amacını gerçekleştirmek için anket formu ile elde edilen veriler analiz edilmiştir. Bu bağlamda, anketler Türkiye'de vakıf üniversitelerden 412 öğretim görevlisi tarafından tamamlanmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre, psikolojik sözleşme ihlali ile işten ayrılma niyeti arasında pozitif bir ilişki olduğu görülmektedir. Ayrıca, demografik değişkenlerin psikolojik sözleşme ihlali ve işten ayrılma niyeti üzerinde çeşitli etkileri olduğu saptanmıştır. Psychological contract breach and turnover intention are crucial issues for organizations. İndividuals whose psychological contract is violated may intend to leave from their organizations. This study aims to examine the moderating role of demographic variables in the link between psychological contract breach and turnover intention. Data obtained by means of the questionnaire was analysed in order to realize the aim of the study. In this regard, the questionnaires were completed by 412 academicians from private universities, in Turkey. According to the results, it appeared to be a positive relationship between psychological contract breach and turnover intention.On the contrary, it is determined that demographic variables have various effect on psychological contract breach and turnover intentio

The Effect of Acute Weight Loss on Body Composition, Self-esteem and Appearance Esteem before Competitions

Weight loss in human body accompanies physical and psychological differences. In this study, it was aimed to see whether acute weight loss (dehydration) affected self-esteem and appearance esteem in the elite wrestlers before competitions. 38 professional wrestlers who had international competition experiences and were required to be in a lower weight class because of having more than the competition weight, participated in the research voluntarily. 1st measurement 1 week before the competition, 2nd measurement during the competition morning when class determination was done in accordance with body weight were performed in the participant wrestlers prior to acute weight loss. In addition to the athletes’ body weight, body mass index (BMI), “the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale” for the determination of their self-esteem levels and “the Appearance Esteem Scale” for the determination of self-esteem associated with appearance were used. The participant wrestlers were professional, they often lost weight before competitions and reached their goal, that’s why they had positive feelings, which gave rise to increases in self-esteem and appearance esteem values after weight loss. In conclusion, significant differences were found in body weight, BMI, self-esteem and appearance esteem values before and after weight loss (dehydration) of the wrestlers. A positive uprising was determined in the self-esteem and appearance esteem values after the wrestlers’ weight loss. The participant wrestlers were professional, often experienced weight loss before competitions and had targeted weights, that’s why they had positively emotional situations, which led to increases in their self-esteem and appearance esteem values

Examination of problem solving and problem posing skills of foreign teacher candidates in mathematics: The sample of Siirt University

Matematik öğretimi, öğrencilere alıştırmalardan açık uçlu problemlere ve keşif durumlarına kadar geniş bir yelpazedeki problemleri ve problem durumlarını keşfetme fırsatı verir. Problem çözme, basitçe, onu çözmeye çalışırken bir problemle başa çıkma sürecinin tamamını ifade eder. Problem kurma, yeni problemlerin ve matematiksel soruların üretilmesi, belirli bir problemi çözme sürecinde çözüm için daha erişilebilir kılmak için problemlerin yeniden formüle edilmesidir. Çalışmanın amacı, alternatif değerlendirme yaklaşımına dayalı Polya (1997) tarafından belirtilen dört aşamadan oluşan (problemi anlama, çözüm için plan hazırlama, planı uygulama, değerlendirme) ve bu kategorilere ek olarak problem kurma kategorisinin yer aldığı Baki (2008) tarafından geliştirilen aşamalı puanlama ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Aşamalı puanlama ölçeği ile yabancı uyruklu öğretmen adaylarının problem çözme süreçlerini ve problem kurma becerilerini incelemektir. Çalışmada nitel araştırma yaklaşımı benimsenmiştir. Araştırmanın katılımcılarını Siirt Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Matematik Eğitimi Anabilim Dalında öğrenim gören 8 yabancı uyruklu öğretmen adayı oluşturmaktadır. Katılımcıların belirlenmesinde amaçlı örnekleme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Veri toplama aracı olarak araştırmacılar tarafından MEB ders kitaplarından yararlanılarak hazırlanan üç problem kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada katılımcıların problem çözme ve problem kurma davranışları ayrı ayrı incelendiği için Baki (2008) tarafından geliştirilen aşamalı puanlama ölçeği tercih edilmiştir. Elde edilen verilerin analizinde betimsel analiz tekniği kullanılmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda katılımcıların en yüksek performansı problemi anlama kategorisinde, en düşük performansı ise değerlendirme ve problem kurma kategorisinde gösterdikleri tespit edilmiştir. Problemi anlama, plan hazırlama ve planı uygulama kategorilerinde yabancı uyruklu öğretmen adaylarının orta düzeyin üstünde başarılı olduğu tespit edilmişken, değerlendirme ve problem kurma kategorilerinde başarısız oldukları sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.Teaching mathematics gives students the opportunity to explore a wide range of problems and problem situations, from exercises to open-ended problems and exploration situations. Problem solving simply refers to the entire process of dealing with a problem while trying to solve it. Problem posing is the generation of new problems and mathematical questions, the reformulation of problems to make them more accessible for solution in the process of solving a particular problem. The aim of the study is to examine the problem-solving processes and problem-posing skills of expat teacher candidates with the gradual scoring scale, which consists of four stages (understanding the problem, preparing a plan for the solution, applying the plan, evaluating) based on the alternative assessment approach, as stated by Polya (1997). Qualitative research approach was adopted in the study. The participants of the study are 8 foreign teacher candidates studying at the Department of Mathematics Education at the Siirt University Faculty of Education. Purposive sampling method was used to determine the participants. In this study, three problems prepared by the researchers using the MEB textbooks were used as data collection tools. Since the problem-solving and problem-posing behaviors of the participants were examined separately in the study, the progressive scoring scale developed by Baki (2008) was used. Descriptive analysis technique was used in the analysis of the obtained data. As a result of the study, it was determined that the participants showed the highest performance in the category of understanding the problem, and the lowest performance in the category of evaluation and problem posing. While it was determined that foreign teacher candidates were successful above the medium level in the categories of understanding the problem, preparing a plan and implementing the plan, it was concluded that they were unsuccessful in the evaluation and problem posing categories