The investigation of sportsmanship behaviors of university students

The aim of the present study was to examine the effective factors on sportsmanship behaviors of university students. With this purpose, students' attitudes for rules, injurious acts, opponent game perspective and sportsmanship behaviors were examined, and the effects of these factors were modeled via structural equation modeling. To measure the effective factors on students sportsmanship behaviors, a likert scale type questionnaire, ranging from 1 'strongly disagree' to 5 'strongly agree' was applied on a face-to-face basis. The sportsmanship questionnaire about sportsmanship was composed of 45 questions. In the statistical analysis obtained data, SPSS and LISREL software were used. The results of the analyses indicate that while "game perspective" is the most effective factor on students' sportsmanship behavior, the factors; "opponent", "rules", and "injurious acts" are also statistically significant.El objetivo del presente estudio fue examinar los factores efectivos sobre el comportamiento deportivo de los estudiantes universitarios. Con este propósito, se examinaron las actitudes de los estudiantes respecto a las reglas, los actos perjudiciales, la perspectiva del juego del oponente y los comportamientos de deportividad, y los efectos de estos factores se modelaron mediante el modelado de ecuaciones estructurales. Para medir los factores efectivos en los comportamientos de deportividad de los estudiantes, se aplicó un cuestionario tipo escala tipo Likert, que varía de 1 "totalmente en desacuerdo" a 5 "totalmente de acuerdo" en persona. El cuestionario de deportividad sobre deportividad estaba compuesto por 45 preguntas. En el análisis estadístico de los datos obtenidos, se utilizaron el software SPSS y LISREL. Los resultados de los análisis indican que si bien la "perspectiva del juego" es el factor más efectivo en el comportamiento deportivo de los estudiantes, los factores; "Oponente", "reglas" y "actos nocivos" también son estadísticamente significativos.O objetivo do presente estudo foi examinar os fatores efetivos no comportamento esportivo de universitários. Para tanto, foram examinadas as atitudes dos alunos em relação a regras, atos prejudiciais, a perspectiva de jogo do adversário e o comportamento esportivo, e os efeitos desses fatores foram modelados através da modelagem de equações estruturais. Para medir os fatores efetivos no comportamento esportivo dos alunos, foi aplicado um questionário da escala do tipo Likert, que varia de 1 "discordo totalmente" a 5 "concordo totalmente" pessoalmente. O questionário de espírito esportivo foi composto por 45 perguntas. Na análise estatística dos dados obtidos, foram utilizados os softwares SPSS e LISREL. Os resultados das análises indicam que, embora a "perspectiva do jogo" seja o fator mais eficaz no comportamento esportivo dos estudantes, os fatores; "Oponente", "regras" e "atos prejudiciais" também são estatisticamente significativos

Aspergillus species identification in the clinical setting

Multiple recent studies have demonstrated the limited utility of morphological methods used singly for species identification of clinically relevant aspergilli. It is being increasingly recognised that comparative sequence based methods used in conjunction with traditional phenotype based methods can offer better resolution of species within this genus. Recognising the growing role of molecular methods in species recognition, the recently convened international working group meeting entitled “Aspergillus Systematics in the Genomic Era” has proposed several recommendations that will be useful in such endeavors. Specific recommendations of this working group include the use of the ITS regions for inter section level identification and the β-tubulin locus for identification of individual species within the various Aspergillus sections

Profiling movement quality and gait characteristics according to body-mass index in children (9–11 y)

Obese children move less and with greater difficulty than their normal-weight counterparts. Whilst the effect of high BMI on cardiovascular fitness is well known, the effect on movement quality characteristics during a standardised fitness test has not been investigated. The aims of this study were, to characterise the movement quality of children performing the multi-stage fitness test (MSFT), and, report how movement quality characteristics cluster according to weight status. One hundred and three children (10.3 ± 0.6 y, 1.42 ± 0.08 m, 37.8 ± 9.3 kg, BMI; 18.5 ± 3.3 kg m2) performed the MSFT whilst wearing an ankle mounted accelerometer. BMI groups were used to classify children as underweight (UW), normal weight (NW), overweight (OW) and obese (OB). Characteristics of movement were profiled using a clustering algorithm. Spearman’s rho was used to assess relationship with BMI group, and a Mann-Whitney U test was used to assess differences between BMI groups. Obese children had significantly lower spectral purity than every other group and significantly lower time to exhaustion (TTE) than UW and NW children (P < 0.05). BMI was clustered with stride profile and TTE with spectral purity. Significant negative correlations (P < 0.05) were found between BMI and TTE (r = −0.25), spectral purity (r = −0.24), integrated acceleration (r = −0.22), stride angle (r = −0.23) and stride variability (r = −0.22). This was the first study to report the spectral purity of children’s gait. Further analysis unveiled key performance characteristics that differed between BMI groups. These were (i) representative of children’s performance during the MSFT and, (ii) significantly negatively correlated with BMI

Profiling Movement and Gait Quality Characteristics in Pre-School Children

There is a dearth of suitable metrics capable of objectively quantifying motor competence. Further, objective movement quality characteristics during free play have not been investigated in pre-school children. The aims of this study were to characterize children's free play physical activity and investigate how gait quality characteristics cluster with free play in pre-school children (3–5 years old). Sixty-one children (39 boys; 4.3 ± 0.7 years, 1.04 ± 0.05 m, 17.8 ± 3.2 kg) completed the movement assessment battery for children and took part in free play while wearing an ankle- and hip-mounted accelerometer. Characteristics of movement quality were profiled using a clustering algorithm. Spearman's rho and the Mann-Whitney U tests were used to assess relationships between movement quality characteristics and motor competence classification differences in integrated acceleration and spectral purity, respectively. Significant differences were found between motor competency classifications for spectral purity and integrated acceleration (p < .001). Spectral purity was hierarchically clustered with motor competence and integrated acceleration. Significant positive correlations were found between spectral purity, integrated acceleration and motor competence (p < .001). This is the first study to report spectral purity in pre-school children and the results suggest that the underlying frequency component of movement is clustered with motor competence

Trichophyton Rubrum with the 'raubitschekii' Morphotype: The First Report from Turkey

PubMedID: 20730602In modern taxonomy, Trichophyton rubrum with the 'raubitschekii' morphotype differs from the common strains of T. rubrum morphologically, physiologically, and clinically, despite genetic homogeneity. In this paper, we report the first autochthonous Turkish cases in a 24-year-old woman and her 26-year-old fiancé with tinea cruris and tinea manuum, respectively. The isolates were proven to be T. rubrum with the 'raubitschekii' morphotype by their morphological and physiological characteristics including the following: (1) granular colony surface, (2) profuse macroconidia and microconidia, (3) strongly positive urease activity after 3 days, (4) non-perforating hair, (5) restricted growth and producing no alkaline reaction on bromocresol purple-milk solids-glucose agar, and (6) restricted growth and producing no conidia on 3-9% NaCl-supplemented Sabouraud agar. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of both isolates were sequenced, and the assembled DNA sequences were examined using the Basic BLAST (nucleotide-nucleotide) software of the National Center for Biotechnology Information web database. Actually, the lack of epidemiological data on this variety is notable, and the actual prevalence is unknown. Otherwise, routine methods misidentified the strains as T. rubrum or unrecognized cases were underreported. © 2010 Springer Science+Business Media B.V

Neurobiology of Intimate Relationships

The limbic brain appears to be the source of basic emotions and urges. In contrast the neocortex gives humans the ability to think in abstract and symbolic terms and to use language. Emotions by neural projections from the limbic system to neocortex influence all aspect of cognition, from perception to rational decision making. Although the cases whose intellectual and motor abilities appeared fully functional, decision making ability and emotional processing impaired together after a damage to the ventromedial prefrontal lobes suggest that the emotions had priority in the brain processing. The effectiveness of the psychotherapy is thought to be related to the left prefrontal cortex activity. The rational decisions are changing easily under the stressful moments and experiencing the same problems over and over again. This concept may explain why the couples under the stressful conditions may easily fall into radicalism, and decide that they are right but the others wrong. The specific kinds of conflict behaviors between couples like the criticism, contempt, defensiveness and stonewalling are correlated with the physical signs of the amygdala activation. For this reason, before the people to engage new forms of thought and behavior must notice and change the emotional processes. In the light of these concepts in addition the cognitive and behavioral approach, it would not be wrong to think that the therapy working with the emotional techniques will be more successful

Is there any relationship between quality of life and polysomnographically detected sleep parameters/disorders in stable myasthenia gravis?

It is known that quality of life in myasthenia gravis is positively correlated with subjective sleep quality, still no data is available regarding the relationship between QOL and polysomnographically detected sleep parameters and disorders. In this study, we tried to highlighten this relationship, by performing polysomnography. Sleep-related complaints were evaluated in face-to-face interviews with 19 clinically stable MG patients and 26 healthy controls. During the interviews questionnaires assessing sleep quality, excessive daytime sleepiness, fatigue, depression, anxiety, and Turkish version of the MG-QOL 15-item scale [(MG-QOL15(T)] were administered and then an overnight polysomnography was performed. Sleep disorders, especially obstructive sleep apnea and fatigue were higher, whereas subjective sleep duration was significantly lower, in patients than controls. Excessive daytime sleepiness and poor sleep quality were not different between patients and controls. Other than percentage of sleep stage III, which was negatively correlated with MG-QOL15(T) scores, neither other sleep parameters nor sleep disorders were correlated with MG-QOL15(T) scores. MG composite, subjective sleep duration, fatigue severity and Hamilton depression rating scale scores were found to be positively correlated with MG-QOL15(T) scores. It was shown that decreasing disease severity and enhancing psychological well-being will improve patients’ quality of life. We recommend that our findings should be repeated in a large prospective cohort of MG patients. © 2017, Belgian Neurological Society

Screening of the selected marine sponges from the coasts of Turkey for antimicrobial activity

1193-1198In the course of our program to search for bioactive compounds from the marine sources, the methanol extracts of 8 marine sponges were screened for their antimicrobial activity. Sponges were extracted with methanol and solved in dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO) at a final concentration of 512 µg mL-1 for preparing stock solutions. Antibacterial and antifungal activity tests were carried out against standard and clinical isolates with microdilution method as described in CLSI standards. The extracts of sponge species collected from coasts of Turkey have been shown to possess antibacterial and/or antifungal activity

The investigation of sportsmanship behaviors of university students

The aim of the present study was to examine the effective factors on sportsmanship behaviors of university students. With this purpose, students' attitudes for rules, injurious acts, opponent game perspective and sportsmanship behaviors were examined, and the effects of these factors were modeled via structural equation modeling. To measure the effective factors on students sportsmanship behaviors, a likert scale type questionnaire, ranging from 1 'strongly disagree' to 5 'strongly agree' was applied on a face-to-face basis. The sportsmanship questionnaire about sportsmanship was composed of 45 questions. In the statistical analysis obtained data, SPSS and LISREL software were used. The results of the analyses indicate that while "game perspective" is the most effective factor on students' sportsmanship behavior, the factors; "opponent", "rules", and "injurious acts" are also statistically significant.El objetivo del presente estudio fue examinar los factores efectivos sobre el comportamiento deportivo de los estudiantes universitarios. Con este propósito, se examinaron las actitudes de los estudiantes respecto a las reglas, los actos perjudiciales, la perspectiva del juego del oponente y los comportamientos de deportividad, y los efectos de estos factores se modelaron mediante el modelado de ecuaciones estructurales. Para medir los factores efectivos en los comportamientos de deportividad de los estudiantes, se aplicó un cuestionario tipo escala tipo Likert, que varía de 1 "totalmente en desacuerdo" a 5 "totalmente de acuerdo" en persona. El cuestionario de deportividad sobre deportividad estaba compuesto por 45 preguntas. En el análisis estadístico de los datos obtenidos, se utilizaron el software SPSS y LISREL. Los resultados de los análisis indican que si bien la "perspectiva del juego" es el factor más efectivo en el comportamiento deportivo de los estudiantes, los factores; "Oponente", "reglas" y "actos nocivos" también son estadísticamente significativos.O objetivo do presente estudo foi examinar os fatores efetivos no comportamento esportivo de universitários. Para tanto, foram examinadas as atitudes dos alunos em relação a regras, atos prejudiciais, a perspectiva de jogo do adversário e o comportamento esportivo, e os efeitos desses fatores foram modelados através da modelagem de equações estruturais. Para medir os fatores efetivos no comportamento esportivo dos alunos, foi aplicado um questionário da escala do tipo Likert, que varia de 1 "discordo totalmente" a 5 "concordo totalmente" pessoalmente. O questionário de espírito esportivo foi composto por 45 perguntas. Na análise estatística dos dados obtidos, foram utilizados os softwares SPSS e LISREL. Os resultados das análises indicam que, embora a "perspectiva do jogo" seja o fator mais eficaz no comportamento esportivo dos estudantes, os fatores; "Oponente", "regras" e "atos prejudiciais" também são estatisticamente significativos