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Flucast: a real-time tool to predict severity of an influenza season (Preprint)
Authors: Moa Aye , Muscatello David , Chughtai Abrar , Chen Xin , MacIntyre C Raina
Published: August 2018

BACKGROUND

Influenza causes serious illness requiring annual health system surge capacity, yet annual seasonal variation makes it difficult to forecast and plan for the severity of an upcoming season. Research shows that hospital and health system stakeholders indicated a preference of forecasting tools that are easy to use and understand, to assist with surge capacity planning for influenza.

OBJECTIVE

This study aimed to develop a simple risk prediction tool, Flucast, to predict the severity of an emerging influenza season.

METHODS

Study data were obtained from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System and Australian Influenza Surveillance Reports, Department of Health, Australia. We tested Flucast using retrospective seasonal data for eleven Australian influenza seasons. We compared five different models, using parameters known early in the season and which may be associated with the severity of the season. To calibrate the tool, the resulting estimates of seasonal severity were validated against independent reports of influenza-attributable morbidity and mortality. A model with highest predictive accuracy against retrospective seasonal activity was chosen as a best fit model to develop the Flucast tool. The tool was prospectively tested against the emerging 2018 influenza season.

RESULTS

The Flucast tool predicted the severity of all retrospectively studied years correctly for influenza seasonal activity in Australia. For 2018, the tool provided a reliable early prediction of severe seasonal influenza with the use of real-time data. The tool meets stakeholder preferences for simplicity and ease of use to assist with surge capacity planning.

CONCLUSIONS

The Flucast tool may be useful to inform future health system influenza preparedness planning, surge capacity and intervention programs in real time and can be adapted for different settings and geographic locations.

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No reserved communication lanes for high energy
Authors: Pitrelli Nico
Published: August 2018

The American particle physics community is in jeopardy and may end up drowning in a boundless sea trying to grasp at non-existing funds, dragging US physics and science as a whole to the bottom. This is a price the most powerful and high-tech country of the world cannot afford, as warned by the editors of a report published in late April by the National Academy of Sciences1. Behind so much alarm is the International Linear Collider (ILC) – a large particle accelerator facility which, according to the report, should be built on American territory, if research on the elementary constituents of nature is to survive in the United States. The ILC will probably cost a total of five hundred million dollars in the first five years, whereas billions will have to be invested in the subsequent seven years. Hardly impressive, however, if compared with the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC), the biggest and costliest machine ever conceived in the history of science. Devised to describe the first instants of the universe, as many will recall, the SSC project was severely hampered by political and bureaucratic plots in 1993, when the Clinton administration decided to halt work on the accelerator, after ten years and approximately two billion dollars already spent.
EurekAlert! survey confirms challenges for science communicators in the post-print era
Authors: Pinholster Ginger , O’Malley Catherine
Published: August 2018

An informal, online survey of 1,059 reporters and public information officers, conducted this year by EurekAlert! (www.eurekalert.org), the science-news Web service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), seems to confirm key challenges associated with communicating science in a post-print, increasingly multi-media-focused era. As many newspapers in the United States, the United Kingdom, and other regions continue to down-size, reporters still covering science and technology say they increasingly need good-quality images, as well as rapid access to researchers capable of making science more understandable to lay audiences. The EurekAlert! findings, released 16 August during the Euroscience Open Forum 2006 meeting in Munich, Germany, suggest that beyond the predictable reporter concerns of learning about breaking research news before the competition or the public, top concerns for today’s reporters are “finding researchers who can explain science,” and “obtaining photographs or other multimedia to support the story.” Judging the trustworthiness or integrity of scientific findings while avoiding “hype” also emerged as key concerns for 614 reporters who participated in the EurekAlert! survey, along with 445 public information officers.
Education, facilitation and inclusion - The tunisinian experience
Authors: Zouaoui Adel
Published: August 2018

Being aware of the fact that science is a decisive factor for development and individual well being and a citizen's right, no less important than all his other rights, Tunisia's new-Era initiated its Science City on 10 April, 1992. The purpose of such an institution is to disseminate science throughout the whole of Tunisia for the different categories of citizens and to help, in the context of dovetailing with the educational sector, youngsters get, from their earliest years, interested in science and its use.
What is a scientist’s job? From the drawings to the citizenship
Authors: Bolmont Etienne
Published: August 2018

IUFM is a centre for the in-service training of teachers and the development of didactic research. IUFM contribution to the SEDEC project is essentially built on a reflexion on educational implications of the links between science and European citizenship. We are convinced that European citizenship may be developed in scientific activities in school, by the introduction of communication moments, where pupils have to express and defend their ideas, and also to understand and accept the others’ ones. We have implemented two activities using the results of the SEDEC survey on science perception, that make the pupils get a better view on scientific research, especially in the knowledge of two scientific “jobs”, astronomer and botanist. Our approach consists of allowing the children express their conceptions of these jobs, of organising a debate to clarify these ideas, and of confronting them with other pupils’ opinions in Europe, with the history of the involved science and with direct testimonies of scientists. The project should be pursued in allowing classes in Europe to communicate about a scientific problem and so, to live their European citizenship.
School staff training: the opportunities offered by National Agencies in European countries
Authors: Souvlis Chris
Published: August 2018

In 2007 the Life Long Learning Programme (previously Socrates) of the European Commission has started. The programme offers to teachers, educators and policy-makers of the education sector the opportunity to be funded for participating at various training courses organized in all EU countries by international networks and projects. The SEDEC course will be included in that list in 2008. The article shortly present how to ask for a grant.
The knowledge society
Authors: Greco Pietro
Published: August 2018

In 2007, global investments in R&D have increased by 7% on the previous year and have reached an absolute historical peak, exceeding for the first time the threshold of 1,100 billion dollars (calculated in the hypothesis of a purchasing power parity between the currencies). The world invests in scientific research and technological development 2.1% of the wealth it produces. At the same time, there has been an increase in the exchange of high added-knowledge value goods and high tech represents now the most dynamic sector of the world economy.
The future of the scientific paper
Authors: Zivkovic Bora
Published: August 2018

Will the use of the Web change the way we produce scientific papers? Science go through cycles, and the development of communication of science reflects the development of science itself. So, new technologies and new social norms are altering the formality of the scientific communication, including the format of the scientific paper. In the future, as PLoS One is experimenting right now, journals will be online hosts for all styles of scientific contributions and ways to link them together, with different people contributing to a body of work and making science more interdisciplinary and interconnected.
Ruminations on the role of artists in a world of science
Authors: Morris Edward , Sayler Susannah
Published: August 2018

In January 2006, my wife Susannah Sayler and I set out to photograph landscapes around the world that were being transformed by global warming. We called our work The Canary Project. From the beginning, as now, we had both activist aims and artistic ambitions. These two types of motivation overlap in places and in other places feel completely distinct. In general, we feel as though are carrying forward a torch that science cannot carry any further. Following are some thoughts on our role as activists and as artists and as collaborators with the scientific community.
Experimenting mediation: a constant challenge
Authors: Brito Fatima
Published: August 2018

The Science House of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) is a space where science is approached through the perspective of culture, seeking interdisciplinarity, stimulating debate among different areas of knowledge, and building a closer and more pleasant relationship between society and scientific knowledge.  Work with mediators has gone through significant changes over time and the paths chosen have been modified, re-evaluated and transformed.  The presence of mediators can mean the possibility of dialog, conversation, informal chat, and sharing.  It has been one of the main channels of communication with the general public.
The art of discovery
Authors: Lee Susie J.
Published: August 2018

"The Art of Discovery" discusses an ambitious educational program taught by the artist which incorporated locative media, contemporary art, site specificity, and creative work as a proposal for the integration of art, technology and science.
The theatre, (art) and science: between amazement and applause!
Authors: Fruguglietti Salvatore
Published: August 2018

There have been countless innovations in the realm of science museology after the foundation of the Exploratorium of San Francisco and of the Ontario Science Center of Toronto with, among other things, the introduction of the exhibits hands-on, the use of new technologies and the arrival of virtuality.But most of all a new dialogue was launched, also as a form of transformation of reality. And what is drama but fiction and transformation of reality?This statement is the basis for the belief that museums and the theatre should continue, if not even start, a path to move closer, so as to make their languages work at the service of each other.A dialogical interaction which is difficult (as both languages and their interpreters crave for superiority), strong (the place for communication becomes multi-channel), but necessary (in view of a systemic approach of science communication).It is necessary especially to build an all-encompassing museum to fully play a sociological role of study, interpretation and determination of human society.
Science cafés. Cross-cultural adaptation and educational applications
Authors: Norton Michael , Nohara Kayoko
Published: August 2018

Tokyo Institute of Technology (TokyoTech) has been developing a number of methodologies to teach graduate students the theory and practice of science communication since 2005. One of the tools used is the science café, where students are taught about the background based primarily on theoretical models developed in the UK. They then apply that knowledge and adapt it the Japanese cultural context and plan, execute and review outcomes as part of their course. In this paper we review 4 years of experience in using science cafés in this educational context; we review the background to the students’ decision-making and consensus-building process towards deciding on the style and subject to be used, and the value this has in illuminating the cultural influences on the science café design and implementation. We also review the value of the science café as an educational tool and conclude that it has contributed to a number of teaching goals related to both knowledge and the personal skills required to function effectively in an international environment.
Is there something like a peer to peer science?
Authors: Bauwens Michel
Published: August 2018

How will peer to peer infrastructures, and the underlying intersubjective and ethical relational model that is implied by it, affect scientific practice? Are peer-to-peer forms of cooperation, based on open and free input of voluntary contributors, participatory processes of governance, and universal availability of the output, more productive than centralized alternatives? In this short introduction, Michel Bauwens reviews a number of open and free, participatory and commons oriented practices that are emerging in scientific research and practice, but which ultimately point to a more profound epistemological revolution linked to increased participatory consciousness between the scientist and his human, organic and inorganic research material.
Bringing the universe to the street. A preliminary look at informal learning implications for a large-scale non-traditional science outreach project
Authors: Arcand Kimberly , Watzke Megan
Published: August 2018

“From Earth to the Universe” (FETTU) is a collection of astronomical images that showcase some of the most popular, current views of our Universe. The images, representing the wide variety of astronomical objects known to exist, have so far been exhibited in about 500 locations throughout the world as part of the International Year of Astronomy. In the United States, over 40 FETTU exhibits have occurred in 25 states in such locations as libraries, airports, nature centers, parks and college campuses. Based on preliminary evaluations currently underway, this project – a large-scale, worldwide astronomy outreach in non-traditional locations – has unique opportunities and implications for informal science learning. We present some early findings from the observational section of the exhibit’s formal evaluation in five selected locations in the U.S. and U.K., including emphasis on inter-organizational networking, visitor attention and participant make-up as well as generative aspects of the exhibit.
The new book
Authors: Gouthier Daniele
Published: August 2018

The Internet and digital media are changing science books. They change the way readers approach books and change the way books present their contents. Probably, the Internet and digital media are also changing the contents themselves.
Predictive or preposterous? The marketing of DTC genetic testing
Authors: Caulfield Timothy
Published: August 2018

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing has generated a great deal of social controversy. While the degree to which DTC testing actually causes harm remains uncertain, there is a consensus that the information provided by these companies should be accurate. Unfortunately, this is often not the case. Indeed, there are misrepresentations associated with all forms of testing, be it for superficial cosmetic services, athletic ability or disease predisposition. Countering this phenomenon will require a wide range of actions, including the use of formal regulatory mechanisms, the education of primary healthcare providers (in order to give them the tools necessary to advise patients and respond to questions) and more aggressive action by the genetic research community.
Bridging the gap between science and policy: the importance of mutual respect, trust and the role of mediators
Authors: Bultitude Karen , Rodari Paola , Weitkamp Emma
Published: August 2018

Around the world there are widespread efforts to ensure that policy decisions are based upon a sound evidence base, and in particular to facilitate closer integration between the research and policy communities. This commentary provides an overview of the current situation in different parts of the world relating to the opportunities that exist for policy makers to assimilate scientific findings, as well as the existing barriers perceived by both the policy and research communities. Mutual trust and respect between the relevant parties emerge as crucial factors in successful collaboration. Skilled mediators are also considered essential to ensuring effective communication; this may be via third parties such as NGOs, or news services and online portals to convey, ‘translate’ and place in a policy context the scientific findings. Mechanisms for improving researchers’ communication skills as well as increasing their awareness of the need to communicate proactively with the policy community are also considered in order to inform future practice in this area.
A children’s rights-based approach to involving children in decision making
Authors: Welty Elizabeth , Lundy Laura
Published: August 2018

Children’s issues have become a greater priority on political agendas since the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Each government has agreed to ensure that all those working with and for children understand their duties in relation to upholding children’s rights including the obligation to involve children in decisions that affect them (Article 12). Respecting children’s views is not just a model of good pedagogical practice, but a legally binding obligation. However, there is a limited awareness of Article 12, and how to actualise it. While many people speak about the ‘voice of the child’ or ‘student voice’, these concepts do not capture the full extent of the provision. Lundy (2007) developed a model, which helps duty bearers involve children meaningfully in decision-making. According to this model four separate factors require consideration: Space, Voice, Audience, and Influence. In this paper, we provide an overview of these four factors and a summary of the main implications of the model.
Communicating Science for social inclusion and political engagement: reflections on the PCST Conference, Brazil 2014
Authors: Treffry-Goatley Astrid
Published: August 2018

The 13th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference (PCST) conference offered a valuable opportunity for over 500 science communicators to congregate and network with the international community. While the sheer size of the event made fostering debate somewhat of a challenge, the pertinent theme of ‘science communication for social inclusion and political engagement’, inspired some thought-provoking talks. Certainly, it was an appropriate time for this topic to be explored in Brazil, a developing country with a national government actively working towards greater social inclusion and local scientific development.
Changes in media selection and framing of science news in Croatian daily press
Authors: Šuljok Adrijana
Published: August 2018

This paper tries to 1) identify the dominant media frames of science and 2) compare media selection and framing of science-related articles in Croatian daily newspapers during two politically and socioculturally different periods: the late socialism and the (post)transition. The research methodology was based on content and frame analysis which encompassed articles on science in daily press with the highest readership between 1986–1988, and 2006–2008. The main findings indicate changes in the selection of science topics as well as in the representation of individual frames. Changes reflected not only current events in the world of science but also wider social and journalistic values, as well as evaluations of the importance of specific topics.
Highlighting the value of evidence-based evaluation: pushing back on demands for ‘impact’
Authors: King Heather , Steiner Kate , Hobson Marie , Robinson Amelia , Clipson Hannah
Published: August 2018

This paper discusses the value and place of evaluation amidst increasing demands for impact. We note that most informal learning institutions do not have the funds, staff or expertise to conduct impact assessments requiring, as they do, the implementation of rigorous research methodologies. However, many museums and science centres do have the experience and capacity to design and conduct site-specific evaluation protocols that result in valuable and useful insights to inform ongoing and future practice. To illustrate our argument, we discuss the evaluation findings from a museum-led teacher professional development programme, Talk Science.
The science-media interaction in biomedical research in the Netherlands. Opinions of scientists and journalists on the science-media relationship
Authors: Dijkstra Anne , Roefs Maaike M. , Drossaert Constance H.C.
Published: August 2018

Scientists’ participation in science communication and public engagement activities is considered important and a duty. However, in particular, the science-media relationship has not been studied frequently. In this paper, we present findings from interviews with both scientists and journalists which were guided by the Theory of Planned Behavior. Results show that different behavioural, normative and control beliefs underlie scientists’ and journalists’ participation in science-media interactions. Both groups are positive about science-media interactions, but scientists perceive various disadvantages in this relationship while journalists perceive mainly practical barriers. Enhancing mutual understanding and further research is suggested.
What is the “science of science communication”?
Authors: Kahan Dan
Published: August 2018

This essay seeks to explain what the “science of science communication” is by doing it. Surveying studies of cultural cognition and related dynamics, it demonstrates how the form of disciplined observation, measurement, and inference distinctive of scientific inquiry can be used to test rival hypotheses on the nature of persistent public conflict over societal risks; indeed, it argues that satisfactory insight into this phenomenon can be achieved only by these means, as opposed to the ad hoc story-telling dominant in popular and even some forms of scholarly discourse. Synthesizing the evidence, the essay proposes that conflict over what is known by science arises from the very conditions of individual freedom and cultural pluralism that make liberal democratic societies distinctively congenial to science. This tension, however, is not an “inherent contradiction”; it is a problem to be solved — by the science of science communication understood as a “new political science” for perfecting enlightened self-government.
Highlighting the value of impact evaluation: enhancing informal science learning and public engagement theory and practice
Authors: Jensen Eric
Published: August 2018

King et al. [2015] argue that ‘emphasis on impact is obfuscating the valuable role of evaluation’ in informal science learning and public engagement (p. 1). The article touches on a number of important issues pertaining to the role of evaluation, informal learning, science communication and public engagement practice. In this critical response essay, I highlight the article’s tendency to construct a straw man version of ‘impact evaluation’ that is impossible to achieve, while exaggerating the value of simple forms of feedback-based evaluation exemplified in the article. I also identify a problematic tendency, evident in the article, to view the role of ‘impact evaluation’ in advocacy terms rather than as a means of improving practice. I go through the evaluation example presented in the article to highlight alternative, impact-oriented evaluation strategies, which would have addressed the targeted outcomes more appropriately than the methods used by King et al. [2015]. I conclude that impact evaluation can be much more widely deployed to deliver essential practical insights for informal learning and public engagement practitioners.
"We're not going to be guinea pigs;" Citizen Science and Environmental Health in a Native American Community
Authors: Hoover Elizabeth
Published: August 2018

Determined to learn the extent to which a local contaminated site was impacting community health, the Native American community of Akwesasne reached out to a research university, eventually partnering on the first large-scale environmental health community based participatory research project (CBPR). Based on interviews with scientists, community fieldworkers, and study participants, this article examines the ways in which collaborating on these studies was beneficial for all parties — especially in the context of citizen science goals of education and capacity building — as well as the challenges they faced, including communicating the limits of what scientific studies could accomplish for the community.
Bringing citizen monitoring into land management: a case study of the Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program
Authors: Converse Rowan , Shaw Daniel , Eichhorst Kim , Leinhart May
Published: August 2018

Despite the rapid expansion of citizen-based monitoring, data from these programs remain underutilized by natural resource managers, perhaps due to quality and comparability issues. We present the Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program as a case study of an initiative successfully meeting long-term monitoring needs of federal, state, tribal, and local natural resource managers, and informing public policy. To maximize potential for partnerships with managers, we recommend the creation of a five-year plan including scientific goals and financial solvency strategies prior to establishing a citizen science program, and offering multiple platforms for data-sharing and dialogue.
Communicating trust and trusting science communication ― some critical remarks
Authors: Irwin Alan , Horst Maja
Published: August 2018

Written in response to a previous article by Weingart and Guenther [2016] in JCOM, this letter aims to open up some critical issues concerning the ‘new ecology of communication’. It is argued that this evolving ecology needs to be openly explored without looking back to a previous idyll of ‘un-tainted’ science.
The price of trust — a response to Weingart and Guenther
Authors: Gregory Jane
Published: August 2018

In response to Weingart and Guenther [2016], this essay explores the issue of trust in science communication by situating it in a wider communications culture and a longer historical period. It argues that the popular scientific culture is a necessary context not only for professional science, but also for the innovation economy. Given that the neutrality of science is a myth, and that science communication is much like any other form of communication, we should not be surprised if, in an innovation economy, science communication has come to resemble public relations, both for science and for science-based innovations. The public can be sceptical of PR, and may mistrust science communication for this reason.
The Hegemony of Language Separation: Discontents en Programas de Lenguaje Dual en Paraguay and El Paso
Authors: Mortimer Katherine S.
Published: August 2018

While language hegemonies often take the form of one language imposed upon speakers of another, this article focuses on the hegemony of language boundaries themselves imposed upon everyday language practices, and in particular, upon those of teachers and students in bilingual classrooms. This examination of two different borderland contexts—El Paso, Texas on the U.S.-Mexico border and a central Paraguayan community on an urban-rural Spanish-Guarani speaking border—illustrates how similar dominant ideologies and discourses worked in both places to make it seem as if what participants saw as “language separation” was pedagogically and socially superior to what they saw as people’s everyday “mixed” language use. While teachers’ languaging in practice refused these boundaries, it remained unaffirmed by any explicitly positive discourse. With others, I argue that discourses that explicitly affirm and valorize translanguaging practices must become more available to teachers as ways to name, understand, and evaluate their own (and students’) language use. And specifically, here I highlight the embracing of translanguaging in formal, public events beyond the classroom as key to this process, illustrating this proposal with two such moments in the El Paso and Paraguayan borderland contexts.
Pediatric Free-floating Anterior Chamber Cyst of the Iris Pigment Epithelium
Authors: Agranat Joshua S , Yonekawa Yoshihiro
Published: August 2018

Iris pigment epithelial (IPE) cysts are a subset of iris cysts that arise from the IPE. They are spontaneously erupting epithelial-lined cavities that are found in various anatomic locations of the iris, including the iris pupillary margin, midzone, periphery, and free floating in the vitreous or anterior chamber. We report the case of an asymptomatic 13-year-old boy with an incidental finding of a dislodged anterior chamber cyst diagnosed on routine examination. Modern multimodal image analysis of the cyst including anterior segment optical coherence tomography and ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) was utilized to characterize the microstructural anatomy of the lesion. The patient was managed conservatively without complications. Cysts of the IPE typically do not affect vision or ocular health and can be monitored and observed after ascertaining no associated malignancy. Initial diagnostic investigation can include UBM and anterior segment optical coherence tomography. Intervention should be reserved only for cases where the cyst growth leads to obstruction of the visual axis and/or other secondary complications.
Faraday-Cage Screening Reveals Intrinsic Aspects of the van der Waals Attraction
Authors: Li Musen , Reimers Jeffrey R. , Dobson John F. , Gould Tim
Published: August 2018

General properties of the recently observed screening of the van der Waals (vdW) attraction between a silica substrate and silica tip by insertion of graphene are predicted using basic theory and first-principles calculations. Results are then focused on possible practical applications, as well as an understanding of the nature of vdW attraction, considering recent discoveries showing it competing against covalent and ionic bonding. The traditional view of the vdW attraction as arising from pairwise-additive London dispersion forces is considered using Grimme’s “D3” method, comparing results to those from Tkatchenko’s more general many-body dispersion (MBD) approach, all interpreted in terms of Dobson’s general dispersion framework. Encompassing the experimental results, MBD screening of the vdW force between two silica bilayers is shown to scale up to medium separations as 1.25 de/d, where d is the bilayer separation and de its equilibrium value, depicting antiscreening approaching and inside de. Means of unifying this correlation effect with those included in modern density functionals are urgently required.
Exploring Discharged Dry Cell as an Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Authors: Karthik Esakki , Mondal sanjit , Sahoo Lipipushpa , Gautam Ujjal K.
Published: August 2018

High oxophilic d-block compounds of dry cell based manganese materials such as MnO2, Mn3O4, and ZnxMn3O4􀀀x have excellent electrocatalytic property in oxygen evolution reaction (OER). To seek a way for disposing these dry cell materials, which are unlike rechargeable batteries, these discharged cells result in environmental hazards. Here we optimized these manganese oxides for an energy related applications, particularly for OER. With this aim, we have examined electrocatalytic behavior of both used and fresh dry cells in OER. We have observed that the used dry cell material exhibited 10 mA. cm􀀀2 at an overpotential of 525 mV but fresh dry cell needed 100 mV higher overpotential to achieve same current density. The nature of these fresh and used materials have been analyzed using XRD, SEM, TGA, Raman spectra, FT-IR and contact angle experiments. The higher activity of used dry cell could be ascribed to the generation of highly active Mn3O4 from MnO2 and graphene oxide while discharging conditions.
Thermalism in Greece: An Ancient Cultural Habitus in Crisis
Authors: Tzedopoulos Yorgos , Kamara Afroditi , Lampada Despoina , Ferla Kleopatra
Published: August 2018

This paper examines thermalism in Greece both in its historical development and in the context of current challenges engendered by economic recession. The authors’ intention is to discuss bathing in thermal springs as a sociocultural practice deeply rooted in history and collective experience, to follow its transformations in the course of time, and to analyze the complexity of its present state. The latter issue, which is dealt with in more detail, is explored through academic literature, the evaluation of quantitative and qualitative data, and empirical research. The last part of the paper discusses the conclusions of our study of the Greek case with a view to contributing to the overall assessment of popular thermalism in Europe
Evaluation of Factors Affecting Implementation of Green Public Procurement Governments in Laikipia County Government, Kenya.
Authors: Ngunjiri Elijah Mwangi
Published: August 2018

Green Public Procurement has been used as a tool to achieve environmental objectives by some countries especially in Europe. Public procurement in Kenya is estimated to account for between 70 and 80 percent of the national budget.  This gives the government purchasing power to influence manufacturing and supply of green products for sustainable development. County governments in Kenya are allocated between 15 and 45 percent of the total country’s income.  Despite all these finances Counties possess, many of them do not fully use their purchasing power to achieve environmental objectives. Laikipia County for example, did very well on procurement activities to be ranked the best performing entity in public procurement in Kenya in 2014, yet it did not have a similar identity on Green Public Procurement. It is this research gap that this study sought to fill. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the factors affecting implementation of Green Public Procurement in Laikipia County government. The study was guided by knowledge gap and buyers’ perception on green products as independent variables and implementation of Green Public Procurement as the dependant variable. Descriptive research design was applied in this study.  The study targeted County governments in Kenya. The study population was 45 employees from Laikipia County government drawn from procurement and finance department. Primary data was collected by use of a semi structured questionnaire.  The questionnaire was self administered. Descriptive statistics and statistical model of multiple regression were used in analysis of data .The study established that knowledge gap (0.561) and buyer’s perception on GPP (0.143) had a positive effect on GPP implementation with knowledge gap as the major one. The study recommends County governments to organize for compulsory training of its staff on GPP. They should conduct lifecycle costing of all products procured by the County governments so as to create the right perception on these products.
Analyzing the urbanization in the protection area of the Bosphorus
Authors: Göksel Cigdem , Doğru Ahmet Özgür
Published: August 2018

Istanbul, being one of the oldest and crowded cities in the world bridging the Asia and Europe continents, is ranked as the 15th populated mega city among the 75 largest metropolitans in the world as a result of the rapid population growth since the year of 1950. The stated growth caused a significant need for housing, therefore new settlements have been built in and around the city threating water resources, protected areas, and sensitive lands such as agricultural areas, forests, wetlands in the city. As a result of these adverse developments, the Bosphorus zone, which has a historical and geographical importance for Istanbul, was declared as a protected zone for stopping the threat of unplanned urbanization along the Bosphorus. The Bosphorus area were divided in to two protection zones as Back View and Front View Zones by the laws in terms of the stated protection plan. The main goal of this study is to examine the changes in settlement areas in the protected zones of Bosphorus specifically in Sariyer District. In this context, Landsat imageries dated 2005 and 2017 were used to determine the urban sprawl during 12 years in the protection zone of Bosphorus. The results of the study introduced 10% decrease in the forest and green lands from 2005 to 2017 while 8% and 11% increase in settlements and the other land use classes respectively. In order to perform more detailed analyses of this change, a detailed study was performed for Front and Back View Zones of Bosphorus in Sariyer district using 2005 and 2017 dated IKONOS satellite images. The map of Sariyer district produced in 1960 was considered as the reference data source as well as image for detecting the changes in the study area during 57 years in two periods. The results of the study outlined that the settlements in the study area increased 173% and 142% for two periods from 1960 to 2005 and from 2005 to 2017 respectively. The increase in settlement areas caused a decrease in forests and green lands in the study area. In particular, the study introduced the illegal settlement area increase in the protection zones of the Bosphorus based on the Bosphorus Law No. 2960 in Sariyer District.
Sovyet Düşüncesinin Aydınlık Mecmuası (1921) Üzerindeki Etkisi ve Faruk Nafiz’in Sanat Şiirinin Bir Öncülü
Authors: APAYDIN Dinçer
Published: August 2018

Cumhuriyet'in ilanından önce millîleşme ve

dünyevîleşme hamlelerinin etkisiyle gelişimini sürdüren Türk şiirinin,

özellikle Nâzım Hikmet ve onu takip eden şairler tarafından Sovyet ekolünden

gelen sanat anlayışıyla tanıştırıldığı bilinmektedir. On dokuzuncu yüzyılın

başlarından itibaren batı medeniyeti -özellikle Fransa- ile kültürel ilişkiler

kuran Türk edebiyatının, Sovyet coğrafyasından gelen bu etkiden edindiği

kazanımlar Türk şiirinin doğal seyri içinde önemli bazı değişikliklerin

yaşanmasına olanak sağlar. Serbest nazım ve şiirde biçimsel birtakım

tasarrufların öncü şairi olan Nâzım Hikmet, bu ilişki içindeki rolü ve

kendisine has söyleyişiyle modern Türk şiiri için çok iyi tanınan bir figürdür.

Bununla birlikte şairin de etkin olarak yer aldığı Aydınlık mecmuasında biçim,

üslup ve söyleyiş açısından Nâzım Hikmet'in tarzını takip ederken ideolojik

bağlamda Sovyetler'le ilişki kuran bazı başka şairlerin varlığı yeterince

bilinmemektedir. Ayrıca, adı geçen dergide Faruk Nafiz gibi Türk şiirinde

farklı bir söylemin içinde yer etmiş, tanınan bir şairin de dönemin etkisinde

yazıldığı sezilen bir şiirine rastlanmaktadır. Bu çalışmada Aydınlık mecmuasında Sovyet ideolojisi

ile ilişki kuran ve ikinci planda kalmış şair ile şiirlerden söz edilecek;

Faruk Nafiz’in memleketçi edebiyat anlayışının poetikası mahiyetinde olan Sanat adlı şiirinin öncülü olduğu

düşünülen Anadolu’ya adlı şiiri çözümlenecektir.
Kuman, Memlûk, Ermeni Kıpçak ve Karay Türkçelerindeki Kip Eklerinde Görülen Farklılıklar Üzerine
Authors: ÖZTÜRK Abdulkadir
Published: August 2018

Tarihte Kıpçak Türkçesi, Kuman-Kıpçak boylarını teşkil eden ve Deşt-i Kıpçak, Güney Rusya,
Kırım, Doğu Avrupa, Mısır ve Suriye coğrafyalarında yaşayan Kıpçak Türklerin
konuşma ve yazı dilidir. Bununla birlikte Kıpçak Türkçesi çağdaş
temsilcileriyle günümüzde en geniş coğrafyada varlığını devam ettiren bir Türk
lehçesidir. Kıpçak Türkçesinin tarihî kolları arasında gösterilen Kuman, Ermeni
Kıpçak ve Memlûk Kıpçak Türkçeleri ile Kıpçak Türkçesinin hem tarihî hem çağdaş
dönemleri içerisinde yer alan Karay Türkçesi sosyo-linguistik açıdan
karşılaştırmalı olarak incelenmesi gereken önemli lehçelerdir. Aralarındaki
dilbilgisel ortaklıklar ve farklılıklar onların Türk dili içerisindeki
yerlerini tespit etme ve Kıpçak Türkçesinin tarihî seyrini ortaya koyma
bakımından da özgün bir değer taşımaktadır. Kuman Türkçesi, 14. yüzyılda
yazılmış olduğu kabul edilen Codex Cumanicus adlı eserle;  Memlûk Türkçesi, 14-15. yüzyıllarda Memlûk
devleti sınırları içerisinde meydana getirdiği eserlerle; Ermeni Kıpçak
Türkçesi, Doğu Avrupa’da 16-17. yüzyıllar arasında ortaya koyduğu eserlerle;
Karay Türkçesi de 16-21. yüzyıllar arasında Kırım başta olmak üzere Doğu
Avrupa’da kaleme aldığı eserlerle yazı dili olmuş lehçelerdir. Dilbilgisi
çalışmalarında şekil özellikleri konusu içerisinde kip ekleri özel bir yere
sahiptir. Öyle ki kip ekleri kimi zaman bir dilin, lehçenin ya da ağzın tarihî
seyrine ışık tutarak lehçeler arası değişim ve etkileşimi de ortaya
koyabilmektedir. Bu çalışmada Kuman, Memlûk, Ermeni Kıpçak ve Karay
Türkçelerinde kullanılan kip ekleri ortaya konularak bu lehçelerdeki kip
eklerinde görülen farklılıklar tespit edilecek ve konu ile ilgili
değerlendirmelerde bulunulacaktır.
Eski Türk Bengü Taşlarında Paralelizm
Authors: YILDIZ Hüseyin
Published: August 2018

Dil araştırmalarının edebiyat araştırmaları ile

kesiştiği konulardan biri olan stilistik

(üslup bilimi) aynı zamanda tarihsel dilbilimi, sosyolengüistik,

psiko-lengüistik gibi dilbiliminin alt dallarıyla da ilgilidir. Stilistiğin

konularından biri olan paralelizm

kısaca, benzer kelimelerin benzer ekler alarak ahenkli bir şekilde sıralanması

olarak değerlendirilebilir. Eski Türkçe metinler esaslı üslup çalışmalarının

sayısı fazla değildir ve bu konuda kapsamlı çalışmalar ortaya konmamıştır. Eski

Türk bengü taşlarına bakıldığında üslup özelliği gösteren bazı paralelizm

örneklerine rastlanmaktadır. Bir örnek olarak Köl Tigin yazıtı güney yüzü

ikinci satırda geçen ilgerü kün

togsık(k)a birigerü kün ortusıŋaru kurıgaru kün batsıkıŋa yırıgaru tün

ortusıŋaru ifadeleri verilebilir. Bu ifadede sistemli olarak ekler ve

kelimeler birbirine paralel bir şekilde bir araya getirilmiştir:

il

+GArU

kün

tog-

-sIk

+(k)A

biri

+GArU

kün

ortusIŋArU

kurı

bat-

+I+ŋA

yırı

tün

Eski Türk bengü taşlarındaki paralelizm

örneklerinin ele alınacağı bu çalışmada, cümle ve kelime grubu esaslı inceleme,

tespit ve değerlendirmeler yapılacak, Türk dilinin en eski metinlerinin

üslubunu belirlemeye yönelik bir deneme ortaya atılacaktır. 
18 Mayıs 1944 Sürgününden Günümüze Kırım Tatarcasının Durumu
Authors: IŞIKTAŞ SAVA İşılay
Published: August 2018

Kırım Tatarcası, Kıpçak Türkçesinin bir koludur

ve Kırım Hanlığı zamanında teşekkül edip parlak bir dönem yaşamıştır. Kırım

Tatar Edebiyatı, 1783 yılında Rus Çarlığı tarafından işgal edilmesiyle 100 yıl

süren karanlık bir dönem yaşamıştır. İsmail Gaspıralı’nın 22 Nisan 1883’te

“Tercüman” gazetesini çıkartmasıyla bu karanlık dönem aydınlanmaya başlamış,

1905’ten sonra canlanmıştır. Ancak, 1917 Bolşevik İhtilâli ve 18 Mayıs 1944

sürgünüyle neredeyse yok olma seviyesine gelmiştir. 1950’li yıllardan sonra

Mustafa Abdülcemil Kırımoğlu’nun liderliğinde millî mücadelenin başlaması, 1

Mayıs 1957 tarihinde Taşkent’te Kırım Tatarcasıyla “Lenin Bayrağı” gazetesinin

çıkarılması, 1968’de Nizami adına Taşkent Pedoloji Enstitüsü’nde Kırım Tatar

Edebiyatı Bölümü’nün açılması, aynı yıl Gafur Gulam Neşriyatı bünyesinde Kırım

Tatar yayınları bölümünün kurulması ve Kırım Tatarcası ile yılda 13-14 kitap

neşredilmesi, 1976 yılında yılda iki kez Kırım Tatarcasıyla “Yıldız” almanağı

yayınlanması ve bu almanağın 1980’de iki ayda bir çıkarılan “Yıldız” dergisine

dönüştürülmesi, 80’lerin sonlarında Vatan Kırım’a dönülmesi, burada yeniden

milli kimliğin inşa edilmeye çalışılması, Kırım Tatarcasının da kaderini

etkilemiştir. Fakat ne yazık ki, Şubat 2014’te Kırım, Rusya tarafından tekrar

işgal edilmiş, Kırım Tatarları çeşitli baskılara ve zulme maruz kalmıştır.

Kırım’da Kırım Tatarca yayın yapan radyo ve televizyonlar kapatılmış, anadille

eğitim veren sınıfların sayısı düşürülmüştür. Bu çalışmada Kırım Tatarlarının

ve Kırım Tatarcasının bugüne kadarki tarihî seyrinin ışığında Kırım

Tatarcasının sürgünden sonraki durumu hakkında bilgiler, eğitim, basın yayın,

edebî neşriyat ve sosyolinguistik bakımından incelenecektir.
Arap Harfli Türkçe Tıp Yazmaları Çalışmalarında Derleme Sözlüğü'nden Faydalanmak
Authors: ÖZKAYA Hakkı
Published: August 2018

Arap harfli Türkçe tıp yazmalarında Arapça ve

Farsça kökenli sağlık terimlerinin çoğu zaman halk ağzındaki Türkçe

karşılıkları da verilir. Bu

sağlık terimleri halkın tecrübeleriyle nesilden nesile aktarılarak dile girip

yerleşmiş olmalıdır: Yılancık, uyuz, evlek, bıyık bükümü, sıraca, boğmaca

gibi. Arap harfli Türkçe tıp yazmalarının söz

varlıkları halk ağzında kullanılan birçok sağlık terimini ihtiva etmektedir. Bu

nedenle halk ağzında kullanılan sağlık terimlerini ihtiva eden Türkçe tıp

yazmaları çalışılırken Derleme Sözlüğü’nden faydalanmak gerekmektedir. Derleme

Sözlüğü taranarak Türkçe sağlık terimlerinin halk ağzındaki kullanım alanlarının

tespiti, tespit edilen bu terimlerin tasnif edilerek çeviriyazıya doğru

aktarılması sağlık bilgilerinin halka kolayca aktarılabilmesine, tıp öğrenimine

ve tıp alanında bilgi üretimine, Arap harfli Türkçe tıp yazmaları çalışmalarına

ve bir bilim dili olan Türkçenin zenginliğine önemli katkılar sağlayacaktır. Bu

amaçla Derleme Sözlüğü taranmış ve sağlık terimleri ile ilgili olan madde

başları tespit edilerek sınıflandırılmıştır.
17. yy. Şairi Beyânî’nin Tasavvufi Sâkînâme’si
Authors: BAŞPINAR Fatih
Published: August 2018

17. yy. klasik Türk edebiyatı şairlerinden

Beyânî, hacimli bir divana sahiptir. İstanbul Üniversitesi Nadir Eserler

Kütüphanesinde bulunan müellif hatlı, gayrimürettep nüshaya istinaden doktora

tezi olarak hazırladığımız Divan’ında Türkçe 9 kaside, 850 gazel ile

Farsça 110 gazel ve 2 kıta yer almaktaydı. Ancak varlığından daha sonra

haberdar olduğumuz ve Medine’de Şeyhülislam Arif Hikmet Kütüphanesine 811/245

numara ve Külliyâtü Beyânî adıyla kayıtlı yazmaya göre ise şiirlerinin

sayısı çok daha fazladır. Yine müellif hatlı ve fakat mürettep olan bu nüshada

Türkçe 8 kaside, 1030 gazel, 140 (137’si beyit, 3’ü kıta) muamma, 1 sâkînâme

(mesnevi), 2 pendnâme (mesnevi), 24 matla, 50 tarih (1’i Arapça gazel, 49’u

kıta) yer almaktadır. Farsça şiirler ise 2 kaside, 164 gazel, 13 kıta, 1

müfredden müteşekkildir. Ayrıca bir de Arapça gazel bulunmaktadır. Beyânî

Külliyâtı içinde yer alan Sâkînâme, 300 beyitlik tasavvufi bir

mesnevidir. Klasik mesnevi tertibine uygun olarak tevhid, na‘t, mucizât,

varlığın yaratılışı, mirâç, sahabe övgüsü, Hz. Peygamber’in şeriatı

kısımlarından oluşan 120 beyitlik bir giriş bölümüne sahiptir. Asıl konu

bölümüne şair elest bezminin şarabıyla sarhoş olan rindi meyhane yoluna

çağırarak başlar. Bundan sonra alt başlıklar hâlinde meyhanenin yolu,

meyhanenin kendisi, kandili, kapısı, meclisi, bâdesi, kadehi anlatılır.

Ardından hakiki şarabın vasıfları sıralanır. Bundan sonra ise hakiki şarap

bezminin sâkîsine sıra gelir. Bu kısmın sonunda sâkîden istimdat ve iltimas

mahiyetinde yazılmış sâkîye hitap eden iki kısım gelmektedir. Eserin sonlarına

gelirken şair kendi mahlasını zikrederek sâkîye varmasını ve hakiki şaraptan

hissedar olmasını kendi kendine tavsiye eder. Sonrasında günah yolunun

yolcusuna da bu bâdeden içip dalaletten kurtulmasını öğütler. Sade bir hâtime

sayabileceğimiz son bölümü ise Beyânî münacat olarak kaleme almıştır. Burada

eserin yazılışıyla ilgili herhangi bir yer yahut tarih bilgisine rastlamıyoruz.

Beyânî’nin Sâkînâme’sinde kavramlar kısaca meyhane=varlık âlemi,

bezm=bezm-i elest, bâde=aşk, sâkî=mürşid-i kâmil/Allah eşitliğinde karşımıza

çıkmaktadır diyebiliriz. Ayrıca eserin sonundaki münacatta şair, günah kadehi

içindeki bâdeden ayılmayı ve elest şarabı ile neşeye ermeyi dileyerek eserde

bahsolunan şarabın elest şarabı olduğunu bir kez daha vurgulamaktadır. Bütün bu

özellikleri ile Beyânî’nin Sâkînâme’si tasavvufi sâkînâmeler arasında

zikredilmelidir. Ayrıca şairin meyhane, bezm, şarap, sâkî gibi kavramları hangi

anlamlarda kullandığından hareketle Divan’ında yer alan öteki şiirlerde

de aynı manaları öncelikle kastettiğini söyleyebiliriz. 