An experimental study: The effect of self esteem enhancement programme on middle school students' self esteem level

WOS: 000253813900006Background: Self-esteem is essential for all individuals especially for adolescents to obtain social, emotional and mental health. High self esteem is linked to increased academic performance, improved health and productive behaviour and increased social adjustment. Conversly low self esteem is linked to poor academic achievment,loneliness, smoking, substance abuse, depression, suicide and pregnancy. Programs that provide enhancement of self-esteem during adolescent year may be important for preventing poor academic performance, poor health behaviours and subsequent problems of deviant social behaviours. Purpose of the study: The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of self-esteem enhancing programme on middle school students' self esteem level. Method: In this study subjects were selected from Gazi middle school in Antakya, Iskenderun. The Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (RSE) applied to students to determine self esteem level. To select subject for experimental and control groups, it were considered some criteria such as Rosenberg self esteem total scores, voluntariness, teachers' opinion, and permission of students' parents. Since the subjects groups were not assigned to experimental and control groups randomly, a pretest- posttest quasi experimental design was used. to determine between experimental and control group scores whether significantly differentiated "t" test was used. There was not significant difference between two groups. For the experimental group self esteem enhancing programme as an independent variable was carried out by the school counseller, during 50-70 minutes lasting 8 weeks. During this period the control group has not received any treatment. The Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) tecnique was applied on 13 subjects obtained from experimental and control groups. Results: The results of the study indicated that the group experience based on the self esteem enhancing programme had significant positive effect on middle school students' self esteem level. This is consistent with previous findings that indicated the self esteem enhancing programme had significant effect on experimental group. Recommendations: This study results limited on this sample. Self esteem enhancing programs can apply and reply on different samples. Self esteem needs to be further studied to determine different influencing variables. This enhancing program could be incorporated into everyday curriculum in middle schools

Mortality Effects of Isaria farinosa (Holm.) and Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin (Sordariomycetes: Hypocreales) on Aelia rostrata Boh. (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

The effects of entomopathogenic isolates, Isaria farinosa (Holm.) and Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin (Sordariomycetes: Hypocreales), were investigated on the adult stages of Aelia rostrata Boh. (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) under of 70% and 95% relative humidity and with 1x10(6) and 1x10(8) conidial concentration (ml(-1)). These experiments were conducted in a climatic chamber with 27 +/- 1 degrees C and 16 h. light and 8 h. dark photoperiod, and the mortality percentages were determined in the 6th, 9th and 12th days of incubation. The result of experiments showed that both of the entomopathogens were more effective in 95% R.H. and 1x10(8) conidial concentrations (ml(-1)). At 70% R. H. and 1x10(8) conidial concentrations (ml(-1)), while I. farinosa caused 70% mortality in the 12th day of incubation, B. bassiana caused 100% mortality in the 9th day of incubation. It was concluded that B. bassiana isolate was more effective than I. farinosa isolate on wheat stink bug, A. rostrata

Mortality of Isaria farinosa and Beauveria bassiana on sunn pests Eurygaster integriceps and Eurygaster austriaca

The effects of Isaria farinosa (Holm.) and Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) on adult stages of sunn pests Eurygaster integriceps Puton and Eurygaster austriaca (Schrk.) were investigated at 27 +/- 1 degrees C, 95% r.h. and 16L:8D in the laboratory. Two concentrations, 1x10(6) and 1x10(8) conidia ml(-1), were used. Mortality of inoculated and non-inoculated adults was counted at 6, 9 and 12 days after treatment. Beauveria bassiana caused higher mortality of both species than I. farinosa. Neither caused significantly highmortality at 1x10(6) conidia ml(-1). Both were more pathogenic at 1x10(8) conidia ml(-1) and caused more than 85% mortality 12 days post treatment. Both were more pathogenic to E. austriaca

Detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in samples from broiler flocks and houses in Turkey

WOS:000582632400001PubMed: 32877355Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) is a global threat to public health. Knowledge about the occurrence of vanA-carrying enterococci in broiler and environmental samples is important as antibiotic resistance can be transferred to human bacteria. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of VRE in broiler cloacal and environmental (house) samples and to genotype the isolates. In this study, 350 swabs were collected from broiler farms. All samples were plated onto enterococcus selective agar containing 6 mg/L vancomycin and 64 mg/L ceftazidime. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values were determined for vancomycin and teicoplanin. Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) was isolated from 6 out of 300 (2%) broiler cloacal samples and 13 out of 50 (26%) house samples. All E. faecium isolates had vanA genes. All VREfm isolates (19 isolates) were confirmed to be 95% similar to each other. In conclusion, although 20 years have passed since the ban on avoparcin in Turkey, the present study shows that VREfm isolates are still present in broiler production and especially in broiler houses, and most importantly, a major VREfm clone was isolated from broiler cloacal and house samples

Evaluation of cognitive slowing in OCD by means of creating incongruence between lexicon and prosody

Gunes, Emel/0000-0003-3599-5151; Nalcaci, Erhan/0000-0002-5678-0363; ozguven, halise/0000-0002-9355-2757WOS: 000283897300011PubMed: 20488555Studies indicate that patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have slowing in cognitive processing, especially in the presence of a conflict. This study aimed to determine whether decision and motor times in OCD patients were affected by manipulating the congruence/incongruence of lexical and prosodic aspects of commands. An experimental paradigm was designed to simulate a situation that can trigger anxiety and obsessions in OCD patients. Commands with or without a conflict, that is. an incongruence between lexical and prosodic aspects, were given to the participants. Decision time, motor time and errors were the main parameters of the experiment. The control group had significantly faster decision times than the OCD group in response to both conflicting and non-conflicting commands. The OCD patients demonstrated higher trait anxiety, while Stroop interference and state anxiety were not significantly different between the groups. These results suggest that OCD patients experience slowing in their response times, regardless of whether the stimuli are conflicting or not. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.Scientific and Technical Research Council of TurkeyTurkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK) [SBAG-HD-15]This study was supported by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (SBAG-HD-15). We thank Beyza Doganay and Varlik Kilic for their assistance with the statistical and technical issues

Determining phosphine resistance in rust red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst.) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) populations from Turkey

Fumigation with phosphine gas is the primary method of controlling stored grain pests. In Turkey, phosphine has been used extensively since the 1950's. Even though high levels of phosphine resistance have been detected in several key stored products pests across the world, it has never been studied in Turkey despite this long history of phosphine use. High-level phosphine resistance has been detected and genetically characterised previously in the rust red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum in other countries. Since this pest is also a common problem in stored grain environment in Turkey, the current study was undertaken for the first time, to investigate the distribution and strength of phosphine resistance in T.castaneum. Four strains of T. castaneum were tested through bioassays for determining the weak and strong phosphine resistance phenotypes on the basis of the response of adults to discriminating phosphine concentrations of 0.03 mg/L and 0.25 mg/L, for 20 hour exposures respectively. Phenotype testing showed all strains exhibited some level of phosphine resistance with a maximum level of 196 fold. Sequencing and genetic testing of seven field-collected strains showed that all of them carried a strong resistance allele in at the rph2 locus similar to the one previously reported. Our results show that strong resistance to phosphine is common in Turkish strains of T. castaneum

A revisited renewable consumption-growth nexus: A continuous wavelet approach through disaggregated data

WOS: 000463342600001In this research, we aim at exploring the influence of renewables on industrial production (Ip) in the US by following continuous wavelet coherence and partial continuous wavelet coherence analyses. To this end, we observed the co-movements between, biofuels and Ip, solar and Ip, wind and Ip, geothermal and Ip, wood and Ip, and, waste and Ip in the US for the monthly period from January 1989 to November 2016. The primary motivations behind this research are twofold. Firstly, it attempts to reach the co-movements, if exists, between renewables' consumption and industrial production by following time domain and frequency domain analyses. Secondly, it aims at observing the potential co-movements between renewable energy sources (geothermal, solar, wind, biofuels, wood, and, waste) and Ip by adding some control variables (fossil fuels, total biomass etc.) into the wavelet models to understand clearly the responses of the industrial production to the impulses in renewables in both short term and long term periods. The paper hence eventually reveals significant effects of geothermal, wind, solar, biofuels, wood, and, waste on US industrial production in short term cycles and long term cycles. Thereby, following this paper's results of continuous wavelet analyses which depict the impact of renewables on US economy at 1-3-year frequency and 3-8-year frequency for the time period from January 1989 to November 2016, one might provide policy makers with relevant current and future efficient renewables' energy policy for the US and other countries which have similar structures with the US

The influence of biomass energy consumption on CO2 emissions: a wavelet coherence approach

In terms of today, one may argue, throughout observations from energy literature papers, that (i) one of the main contributors of the global warming is carbon dioxide emissions, (ii) the fossil fuel energy usage greatly contributes to the carbon dioxide emissions, and (iii) the simulations from energy models attract the attention of policy makers to renewable energy as alternative energy source to mitigate the carbon dioxide emissions. Although there appears to be intensive renewable energy works in the related literature regarding renewables' efficiency/impact on environmental quality, a researcher might still need to follow further studies to review the significance of renewables in the environment since (i) the existing seminal papers employ time series models and/or panel data models or some other statistical observation to detect the role of renewables in the environment and (ii) existing papers consider mostly aggregated renewable energy source rather than examining the major component(s) of aggregated renewables. This paper attempted to examine clearly the impact of biomass on carbon dioxide emissions in detail through time series and frequency analyses. Hence, the paper follows wavelet coherence analyses. The data covers the US monthly observations ranging from 1984:1 to 2015 for the variables of total energy carbon dioxide emissions, biomass energy consumption, coal consumption, petroleum consumption, and natural gas consumption. The paper thus, throughout wavelet coherence and wavelet partial coherence analyses, observes frequency properties as well as time series properties of relevant variables to reveal the possible significant influence of biomass usage on the emissions in the USA in both the short-term and the long-term cycles. The paper also reveals, finally, that the biomass consumption mitigates CO2 emissions in the long run cycles after the year 2005 in the USA