bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Restricted-Variance Molecular Geometry Optimization Based on Gradient-Enhanced Kriging
Authors: Raggi Gerardo , Fernández Galván Ignacio , Ritterhoff Christian L. , Vacher Morgane , Lindh Roland
Published: April 2020

Machine learning techniques, specifically gradient-enhanced Kriging (GEK), have been implemented for molecular geometry optimization. GEK-based optimization has many advantages compared to conventional - step-restricted second-order truncated expansion - molecular optimization methods. In particular, the surrogate model given by GEK can have multiple stationary points, will smoothly converge to the exact model as the number of sample points increases, and contains an explicit expression for the expected error of the model function at an arbitrary point. Machine learning is, however, associated with abundance of data, contrary to the situation desired for efficient geometry optimizations. In the paper we demonstrate how the GEK procedure can be utilized in a fashion such that in the presence of few data points, the surrogate surface will in a robust way guide the optimization to a minimum of a potential energy surface. In this respect the GEK procedure will be used to mimic the behavior of a conventional second-order scheme, but retaining the flexibility of the superior machine learning approach. Moreover, the expected error will be used in the optimization to facilitate restricted-variance optimizations (RVO). A procedure which relates the eigenvalues of the approximate guessed Hessian with the individual characteristic lengths, used in the GEK model, reduces the number of empirical parameters to optimize to two - the value of the trend function and the maximum allowed variance. These parameters are determined using the extended Baker (e-Baker) and part of the Baker transition-state (Baker-TS) test suites as a training set. The so-created optimization procedure is tested using the e-Baker, the full Baker-TS, and the S22 test suites, at the density-functional-theory and second order Møller-Plesset levels of approximation. The results show that the new method is generally of similar or better performance than a state-of-the-art conventional method, even for cases where no significant improvement was expected.
Screening of Clinically Approved and Investigation Drugs as Potential Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease and Spike Receptor-Binding Domain Bound with ACE2 COVID19 Target Proteins: A Virtual Drug Repurposing Study
Authors: Durdagi Serdar , Aksoydan Busecan , Dogan Berna , Sahin Kader , Shahraki Aida , Birgül-İyison Necla
Published: April 2020

In this virtual drug repurposing study, we used 7922 FDA approved drugs and compounds in clinical investigation from NPC database. Both apo and holo forms of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease as well as Spike Protein/ACE2 were used for virtual screening. Initially, docking was performed for these compounds at target binding sites. The compounds were then sorted according to their docking scores which represent binding energies. The first 100 compounds from each docking simulations were initially subjected to short (10 ns) MD simulations (in total 300 ligand-bound complexes), and average binding energies during MD simulations were calculated using the MM/GBSA method. Then, the selected promising hit compounds based on average MM/GBSA scores were used in long (100-ns and 500-ns) MD simulations. In total around 15 µs MD simulations were performed in this study. Both docking and MD simulations binding free energy calculations showed that holo form of the target protein is more appropriate choice for virtual drug screening studies. These numerical calculations have shown that the following 8 compounds can be considered as SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease inhibitors: Pimelautide, Rotigaptide, Telinavir, Ritonavir, Pinokalant, Terlakiren, Cefotiam and Cefpiramide. In addition, following 5 compounds were identified as potential SARS-CoV-2 ACE-2/Spike protein domain inhibitors: Denopamine, Bometolol, Naminterol, Rotigaptide and Benzquercin. These compounds can be clinically tested and if the simulation results validated, they may be considered to be used as treatment for COVID-19.
Evolutionary Relationships and Sequence-Structure Determinants in Human SARS Coronavirus-2 Spike Proteins for Host Receptor Recognition
Authors: Guruprasad Lalitha
Published: April 2020

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic infectious disease caused by novel Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS CoV-2). The SARS CoV-2 is transmitted more rapidly and readily than SARS CoV. Both, SARS CoV and SARS CoV-2 via their glycosylated spike proteins recognize the human angiotensin converting enzyme-2 (ACE-2) receptor. We generated multiple sequence alignments and phylogenetic trees for representative spike proteins of CoV and CoV-2 from various host sources in order to analyze the specificity in SARS CoV-2 spike proteins required for causing infection in humans. Our results show that two sequence motifs in the N-terminal domain; "MESEFR" and "SYLTPG" are specific to human SARS CoV-2. In the receptor binding domain (RBD), two sequence motifs; "VGGNY" and "EIYQAGSTPCNGV" and a disulfide bridge connecting 480C and 488C in the extended loop are structural determinants for the recognition of human ACE-2 receptor. The complete genome analysis of representative SARS CoVs from bat, civet, human host sources and human SARS CoV-2 identified the bat genome (GenBank code: MN996532.1) as closest to the recent novel human SARS CoV-2 genomes. The bat CoV genomes (GenBank codes: MG772933 and MG772934) are evolutionary intermediates in the mutagenesis progression towards becoming human SARS CoV-2.
Identification of a Potent Inhibitor Targeting the Spike Protein of Pandemic Human Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 by Computational Methods
Authors: UNNI SRUTHI , Aouti Snehal , Balasundaram Padmanabhan
Published: April 2020

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is an emerging new viral pathogen that causes severe respiratory disease. SARS-CoV-2 is responsible for an outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic worldwide. As there are no confirmed antiviral drugs or vaccines currently available for the treatment of COVID-19, discovering potent inhibitors or vaccines are urgently required for the benefit of humanity. The glycosylated Spike protein (S-protein) directly interacts with human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor through the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of S-protein. As the S-protein is exposed to the surface and is essential for entry into the host, the S-protein can be considered as a first-line therapeutic target for antiviral therapy and vaccine development. In-silico screening, docking and molecular dynamics simulation studies were performed to identify repurposing drugs using DrugBank and PubChem library against the RBD of S-protein. The study identified a laxative drug, Bisoxatin (DB09219), which is used for the treatment of constipation and preparation of the colon for surgical procedures. It binds nicely at the S-protein – ACE2 interface by making substantial pi-pi interactions with Tyr505 in the ‘Site 1’ hook region of RBD and hydrophilic interactions with Glu406, Ser494 and Thr500. Bisoxatin consistently binds to the protein throughout the 100 ns simulation. Taken together, we propose that the discovered molecule, Bisoxatin may be a potent repurpose drug to develop new chemical libraries for inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 entry into the host.
Antibacterial Activity Of Bee Venom Against Multidrug Resistance Staphylococcus Aureus From Milk Of Cow And Buffaloes
Authors: Adnan Kamel Shebeeb  , Amaal Fadhil Ghanim  , Hussam Sami Awayid
Published: April 2020

Bacteriological study includes bacteria isolated from Buffaloes milk, and Cow at Wassit Province was done in Technical institute. 120 milk samples were collected randomly from different places in Wassit Province included 60 samples from Buffaloes milk and 60 samples from Cow milk during the period October to December 2018.A bacteriological study was conducted for isolation and identification S. aureus by morphological and biochemical tests. The results showed that (20%) of Buffaloes milk and (13.33%) in Cow milk (13.33 %) of Cow milk contaminated with S. aureus.

Antibiogram pattern of  S. aureus  was carried out by using  a diffusion method from an antibiotic saturated disk , Results were appeared the more effect in S. aureus  isolated from Buffaloes milk  was COT in efficiency ratio ( 78.33 % ), CLR in efficiency ratio   ( 61 % ), SPX in efficiency ratio ( 51.66 % ), and L in efficiency ratio ( 15 % ) , Also the results appeared more effect in S. aureus isolated from Cow milk  was  COT in efficiency ratio ( 56.66 % ), CLR in efficiency ratio ( 35 % ), SPX in efficiency ratio      ( 30 % ), and L in efficiency ratio ( 8.33 % ), while S. aureus    appeared resistant in all milk samples from Buffaloes and Cow for antibiotic OX (100%) ,also MIC to staphylococcal ( 0.70 - 3.10 μg/ml ) While MBC concentration was(0.12-0.101 μg/ml).
The Analysis of Financial Stability and Profitability of British Petroleum (BP) for the period 2014–2019
Authors: Tumanov Yu.
Published: April 2020

Any commercial organization tends to make a profit in the course of its activity. As a result, these enterprises may be risky since they take different risks in pursuit of generating a profit and achieving other goals. Taking various risks might make a company less financially stable. In other words, the level of financial stability of a company is likely to be decreased. The importance of the given topic is that analyzing the financial stability and profitability of an entity enables us to determine how financially stable and profitable a company is. Moreover, this analysis allows finding out how particular indicators change from year to year and to prevent a decrease in financial stability and profitability indicators. This paper may be considered as an attempt to analyze the financial stability and profitability of one company from the oil and gas industry, specifically, British Petroleum (BP) for the period from 2014 to 2019. Besides, some recommendations may be developed in terms of increasing the company’s performance indicators if necessary.
Corporate Banking: Analysis, Valuation and Financing Structure of the Company
Authors: Grebenkova D.
Published: April 2020

Today, during the period of ongoing changes in the financial market, banks face the challenges of cost reduction, revision of the product line and more explicit customer segmentation. In the environment, corporate clients are also observed significant changes: there is a rotation of personnel change the development strategies of companies that entails new requirements for banking products. Can banks quickly adapt to new market conditions and optimize work with corporate clients using existing technologies and information systems? Besides, that will help improve growth. Corporate sales of banking products in the current conditions? These questions the author tries to answer in her paper.
Financial Crises’ Optimization
Authors: Zharikov M.
Published: April 2020

This paper is about events where one or more banks face difficulty ruling over their short-term liabilities and perhaps fail. it is natural to think of these events as occurring where some agents have some benefits from creating the risk of these kinds of events, and perhaps do not bear all the societal costs. it is natural to think of these as inefficient outcomes, such as a straightforward way of thinking about that is coming from implicit bank guarantees, for example. What is surprising is that they may happen. This article is about challenging this view. The goal is to try to persuade the reader that there may be some, not just private values but judiciary values to set up a financial system that is subject to these kinds of events where multiple banks will fail at the same time and face difficulty ruling over their debt. In that sense, this article is not trying to convince someone that financial crises may have some efficiency problems. So, it leads very naturally to the question that has been studied already. And this article is going to try to contribute to the understanding of why individual banks per se find an optimal to finance themselves in a fragile way where they are subject to these inefficient terminations. And more generally, why might there be an optimal to have a system that is subject to these kinds of shocks? it is that kind of a question that is under discussion here in this article.
Guided Inductive Logic Programming: Cleaning Knowledge Bases with Iterative User Feedback
Authors: Wu Yan , Chen Jinchuan , Haxhidauti Plarent , Venugopal Vinu Ellampallil , Theobald Martin
Published: April 2020

Domain-oriented knowledge bases (KBs) such as DBpedia and YAGO are largely constructed by applying a set of predefined extraction rules to the semi-structured contents of Wikipedia articles. Although both of these large-scale KBs achieve very high average precision values (above 95% for YAGO3), subtle mistakes in a few of the underlying ex- traction rules may still impose a substantial amount of systematic extraction mistakes for specific relations. For example, by applying the same regular expressions to extract per- son names of both Asian and Western nationality, YAGO erroneously swaps most of the family and given names of Asian person entities. For traditional rule-learning approaches based on Inductive Logic Programming (ILP), it is very difficult to detect these systematic extraction mistakes, since they usually occur only in a relatively small subdomain of the relations’ arguments. In this paper, we thus propose a guided form of ILP, coined “GILP”, that iteratively asks for small amounts of user feedback over a given KB to learn a set of data-cleaning rules that (1) best match the feedback and (2) also generalize to a larger portion of facts in the KB. We propose both algorithms and respective metrics to automatically assess the quality of the learned rules with respect to the user feedback.
MANTIKSAL DÜŞÜNME ÖLÇEĞİNİN GELİŞTİRİLMESİNE İLİŞKİN BİR ÇALIŞMA
Authors: BAŞERER Dilek , DUMAN Ekrem Ziya
Published: April 2020

﻿Bu çalışmanın amacı mantıksal
düşünmenin insanlarda ne düzeyde olduğunu görmek ve göstermek amacıyla ölçme
aracı geliştirmektir. Çalışma
grubu, Atatürk Üniversitesi Kazım Karabekir Üniversitesi’nde okuyan rastgele
seçilen toplamda
600 kişiden oluşmuştur. Ölçeğin geçerliliğine kanıt sağlamak
için hem kapsam geçerliliğine hem de yapı geçerliliğine bakılmıştır. Kapsam
geçerliliği için literatür taraması ile uzman görüşü alınmıştır. Yapı
geçerliliğinden önce yapı geçerliğine ilişkin bilgi toplamak için döndürülmüş
temel bileşenler analizi kullanılmıştır. Yapılan analiz sonucunda ise KMO
değeri 0,89 olarak bulunmuştur Yapı geçerliliği için de ilk önce açımlayıcı
faktör analizi yapılmıştır. Analiz sonucunda ölçek, 25 madde ve 4 alt boyuttan
oluşmuştur. Bu boyutlar “Akıl Yürütme, D-T-G, Kavram, Dil-Anlam” olmak üzere
adlandırılmıştır. Bununla birlikte açımlayıcı faktör analizi yanında
doğrulayıcı faktör analizi uygulanmıştır. Ayrıca ölçeğin güvenirliğine
bakılmıştır. Güvenirlik için Cronbach alfa güvenirlik katsayısı hesaplanmıştır.
Ölçeğin tamamı için Cronbach alfa güvenirlik katsayısı 0,83 iken, her bir alt
faktör için Cronbach alfa güvenirlik katsayıları 0,71 ile 0,83 arasında
değiştiği gözlemlenmiştir.
ÜNİVERSİTE ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN ENGELLİ BİREYLERE YÖNELİK TUTUMLARININ İNCELENMESİ
Authors: GENÇTÜRK Zahide , KORKUT Gülsüm
Published: April 2020

Bu araştırma, üniversite öğrencilerinin engelli bireylere yönelik tutumunu ölçmek ve değerlendirmek amacıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu çalışma kapsamında 277 üniversite öğrencisine ulaşılmıştır. Katılımcılara sosyo-demografik bilgilerinin ölçüldüğü veri formu ile Özürlüler İdaresi Başkanlığı tarafından (2009) “Toplum Özürlülüğü Nasıl Anlıyor?” adlı çalışma için geliştirilen Özürlülere Yönelik Tutum Ölçeği uygulanmıştır. Özürlülere Yönelik Tutum Ölçeği 43 maddeden ve altı boyuttan (eğitim ortamları, kişilerarası ilişkiler, çalışma yaşamı, aile yaşamı, kişisel özellikler, yetkinlik bağımsız yaşam) oluşmaktadır. Araştırmanın sonucunda engelli bireylere yönelik üniversite öğrencilerinin olumlu tutuma sahip olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmış olup, bu tutum sınıf, ailenin gelir düzeyi, engelli arkadaşı olma durumu, toplumda engelli bireylere yönelik önyargı olduğunu düşünme durumlarına göre farklılaşmamaktadır. Üniversite öğrencilerinin engellilere yönelik tutumları diğer bazı değişkenlere göre farklılaşmaktadır. Çalışma kapsamında engelli bireylere yönelik tutumların geliştirilmesi için toplumsal yaşamın her alanında koordineli çalışmaların yapılması, toplumda yaşayan bütün yaş aralıklarındaki bireylere empati yeteneğinin kazandırılması için programların yürütülmesi, fırsat eşitliğinin sağlanması için engelli bireylere yönelik pozitif ayrımcılık içeren hukuki altyapının ve denetimin güçlendirilmesi önerilmektedir.
KÜRESELLEŞME SÜRECİNDE DIŞ BORÇLARIN DIŞ TİCARET ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ : TÜRKİYE ÖRNEĞİ
Authors: ASLAN Mehmet Barış , AKBAKAY Zeki
Published: April 2020

Küreselleşme ile beraber artan uluslararası sermaye akımları, ekonomik gelişimlerini kendi sermaye birikimleri vasıtası ile gerçekleştiremeyen gelişmekte olan ülkeler için birçok fırsatı da beraberinde getirmiştir. Söz konusu fırsatlardan en önemlisi ise dış borçlanmalardır. Dış borçlanmaların fırsat olarak kabul edilmesi ise bu türden kaynakların ekonomik büyümeye yönelik harcamalarda kullanılması ile paralellik arz etmektedir. Bundan yola çıkılarak hazırlanan çalışmada, 1980’li yıllardan itibaren ihracata dayalı büyüme stratejisi benimseyen ülkelerden biri olan Türkiye’de, dış borçlanmaların dış ticaret üzerindeki etkileri araştırma konusu edilmiştir. Zaman serisi ekonometrik yönteminin kullanıldığı ampirik çalışmada, 1980-2018 dönemleri arası yıllık veriler kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçlar, Türkiye’nin elde ettiği dış borçların, ülkenin hem ithalatı hem de ihracatı üzerinde pozitif ve istatistiki olarak anlamlı bir etki oluşturduğunu göstermiştir. Çalışmaya kontrol değişken olarak dahil edilen doğrudan yabancı yatırım girişlerinin ise dış ticaret üzerine istatistiki olarak anlamlı bir etkisinin olmadığı görülmüştür.
JAPONYA’NIN FİLİPİNLER SİYASETİ (1868-1912)
Authors: SİCİM KAPLAN Emine
Published: April 2020

Japonya ve Filipinler arasındaki ilişkiler Sengoku Dönemi’ne kadar dayanmaktadır. Ancak Japonya’nın Sakoku Dönemi’ne girmesi ile ikili ilişkiler sekteye uğramış ve ilişkilerin yeniden başlaması için de Meiji Dönemi’ne kadar beklemek gerekmiştir. Bu bakımdan Meiji Dönemi, hem ilişkilerin yeniden düzelmesi hem de resmi anlamda ilişkilerin başlaması açısından önemlidir. Diğer taraftan bize göre bu dönemin bir diğer önemi ise, Japonya’nın 1941 yılında Filipinlere yaptığı çıkartmanın temellerinin bu döneme kadar dayanıyor olmasıdır. Ancak Türkçe literatüre bakıldığında konuyla ilgili yeterince çalışma olmadığı görülmüştür. Bu nedenle Meiji Dönemi’ndeki Japonya’nın Filipinlere yönelik ilgisi ve karşılıklı ilişkiler çalışmanın konusu olarak belirlenmiş, dönem entelektüellerinin yazdıkları üzerinden II. Dünya Savaşı’ndaki Japonya’nın Filipinlere yönelik işgalci siyasetinin temellerinin bu dönemde atılıp atılmadığı tartışılmıştır.
XIX. YÜZYIL SONLARINDA VE XX. YÜZYIL BAŞLARINDA DERSİM'DE HABERLEŞME ARAÇLARININ KULLANIMI VE ASAYİŞ
Authors: TAŞ Erhan
Published: April 2020

Osmanlı Devleti merkez ile taşranın haberleşmesini sağlamak amacıyla menzil-ulak sistemini kurdu. 1840 yılında posta teşkilatı kurularak menzil ve posta teşkilatı birlikte kullanıldı. Kırım Savaşı sırasında telgraf hattı kuruldu. Haberleşmede posta teşkilatının yanında telgraf da kullanılmaya başlandı. Telgraf hattı 1860 yılında Sivas, Elazığ ve Diyarbakır’a ulaştı. Bu yenilik, haberleşmeyi geliştirerek idari işleyişi kolaylaştırdı. Devlet bu yöntemle Dersim’in (Tunceli) de içinde bulunduğu Doğu illerine daha hızlı ulaşmaya başladı, bu da merkezi otoritenin hâkimiyetine katkı sağladı.19.yüzyılın ikinci yarısında Ma’muratu’l-aziz (Elazığ) vilayetine bağlı Dersim (Tunceli) sancağının güney kazalarında posta taşımacılığı ve telgraf hatları kısmen kullanılmıştır. İç Dersim denilen kısımda ise feodal aşiret yapısı etkin olmuştur. Aşiretlere bağlı eşkıya grupları, çevredeki ilçe ve köylere sürekli saldırarak güvenlik zafiyeti oluşturmuştur. Asayiş probleminden dolayı İç ve Doğu Dersim’e posta taşımacılığı yapılamamıştır. Devlet 1890’lı yıllarda otoritesini hâkim kılmak ve askeri birimlerle iletişim kurabilmek amacıyla Dersim’in İç ve Doğu kısmına telgraf hatları çekmiştir. Fakat sürekli isyan eden ve eşkıyalık yapan silahlı aşiret üyeleri, hükümetin bölgeye erişimini engellemek için zaman zaman telgraf hatlarını tahrip ederek posta araçlarına saldırmış ve malzemelerini gasbetmişlerdir. Bu da devletin bölgeyle iletişimini ve bölgeye hâkimiyetini kesintiye uğratmıştır. Bu çalışmada, 19.yy. sonlarında ve 20. yy. başlarında Dersim sancağı sınırlarında posta taşımacılığı ve telgraf hatlarının tarihi seyri, kullanımı hakkında genel bilgiler verilerek, bölgede sürekli asayiş sorunlarının yaşanmasına neden olan aşiretlerin haberleşme kanallarının kullanımına olan etkileri incelenmiştir.
AHMET ARİF’İN “ANADOLU” ŞİİRİNİN MARKSİST ESTETİĞE GÖRE ÇÖZÜMLENMESİ
Authors: GÜRBÜZ Adem
Published: April 2020

﻿Ahmet
Arif, Diyarbakır’ın yetiştirdiği en önemli şairlerden biridir. Toplumcu
gerçekçi bir çizgide eserler verir ve bir sanatçı duyarlılığıyla duygularını
eserlerine yansıtır. Çoğunlukla altyapıyı, ezilen ve sömürülen halkları, doğunun
yaşama zorluklarını konu alır. Ülkemizdeki Marksist şairlerin başında
gelmektedir. Ahmet Arif’i diğer Marksistlerden ayıran en önemli yön ise şehir
yaşamı yerine köy ve dağ yaşamını konu edinmesidir. Bir memur çocuğu olan Ahmet
Arif, şiirlerinde halkı ve gördüklerini dillendirir. Fakat bu gerçekliği
alışılmamış bağdaştırmalarla, Doğu’ya ait yerel ifadelerle ve melodik mısra
yapısıyla özgün ve estetik bir şekilde yansıtır. Şairi makalemize konu yapan da
onun bu Marksist ve estetik yönüdür.

Marksist
estetik, metne temelde ideolojik olarak yaklaşan, toplumsallığı ve yararlılığı
mihenk noktası olarak gören bir akımdır. Fakat bununla birlikte estetik güzelliği
de hiçe saymaz ve metni bu bakımdan da incelemeye tabi tutar. Ahmet Arif’in
“Anadolu” şiiri, hem estetik yönden hem de ideolojik yönden Marksist felsefeye
uygun bir şiirdir. Şiirde bir yandan sömürülen kesimin sıkıntıları ve gördüğü
zulümler işlenirken öbür yandan umutsuzluk ve direniş ruhu diri tutulur. Şair,
ideolojisine hizmet ederken estetik kaygılarından vazgeçmez; kısa, ritmik ve
yerel ifadelerle şiirini lirik ve canlı kılar. Bu çalışmada “Anadolu” şiiri
Marksist açıdan tahlil edilecek ve şiirdeki Marksist öğeler açığa
çıkarılacaktır.
FLÜT REPERTUVARINDA YUNAN MİTOLOJİSİNİN YERİ VE MİTOLOJİK KARAKTER PAN’IN ETKİLERİ
Authors: ALICI Sezin
Published: April 2020

Mitoloji; edebiyat, müzik, resim ve heykel başta olmak üzere birçok sanatdalının esin kaynağı olmuştur. Özellikle Batı sanatı Antik Yunan uygarlığındanve Yunan mitolojisinden beslenmiş ve mitolojik temalı birçok sanatı eseri bugünyerini bulmuştur. Müziğin birçok farklı dalında olduğu gibi flüt repertuvarı damitolojiden esinlenmiş eserlere sahiptir. Hatta flütün, mitolojik bir karakterolan yarı keçi yarı insan Pan’ın tasviri için belki de en uygun çalgı olduğusöylenebilir.Bu çalışmada, flüt repertuvarındaki Pan temalı eserleri daha iyiyorumlayabilmek için önce Yunan mitolojisi, mitolojide müziğin yeri, çalgılarınönemi ve mitolojide çalgı ethosu, Pan karakterinin kim olduğu, Pan’ın flüt ileolan ilişkisi, flüt eserlerinde bestecilerin Pan’ı nasıl işlediği ayrıntılı olaraksunulmaktadır.Yapılan kaynak taramaları sonucunda, eser örnekleriincelendiğinde flüt ile Pan karakteri arasında özel bir ilişki olduğu ve eserlerdePan temasını flütün Yunan modlarını yansıtan diziler ile seslendirdiği sonucunavarılmıştır.
AGILE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MODEL AND EVALUATION OF THE PROPOSED MODEL IN AN AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY
Authors: MIZRAK Kağan Cenk
Published: April 2020

Increased industrial accidents and accelerated industrial accidents forced businesses to take precautions. This is important not only for businesses to continue their operations smoothly, but also for the human element; the only valuable, rare, inimitable and substitutable resource of the enterprise. In this study, a new occupational safety management system was designed according to Axiomatic Design principles with agile management approach and put into practice in a company in automotive sector. As a result of the study, some steps of the model have been put into practice and some steps have been taken into planning in the mentioned company. This study is expected to contribute to literature and the businesses well, as it seeks to improve the safety conditions in production companies.
Imitating podcasts by providing audio content to support and enhance language learning
Authors: Thomas Simon , Toland Sean H.
Published: April 2020

The provision of supplemental educational and instructional content in podcast form is becoming increasingly widespread in first language education. However, amongst second language students in Japan the lack of literature illustrates podcast use has been limited. Imitating podcasts, educational and instructional materials in audio form were delivered to Japanese university English language learners directly by email to encourage and reinforce learning and prepare them for upcoming class content and tasks. Investigation revealed students’ receptiveness to these materials, the benefits that they brought to learning, and how teachers in similar circumstances can utilize this alternative delivery method.
Increasing student participation in English vocabulary classes by providing time flexibility in accomplishing exercises
Authors: Suarcaya Putu
Published: April 2020

The study was conducted to find a solution for the problem of students’ participation in an English Vocabulary course. The solution proposed was using a combination of online exercises and Tapped In as a free virtual learning environment. The study was conducted on the basis of classroom action-based research. It was conducted in two different cycles. The results show that this method increased students’ participation, and that learners demonstrated a positive attitude toward the use of the computer for both the online activities and Tapped In for vocabulary learning.
Moodle in the writing lab: Foregrounding task design as topic in instructor-learner exchange
Authors: Hunter Lawrie
Published: April 2020

The Moodle course management system provides an enabling environment for the delivery of English as a second language instruction. This paper presents a by-product use of Moodle as a textbook authoring environment, and opens a related question: does on-the-fly in-class task revision in the Moodle classroom environment create a scenario which supports (or in fact gives rise to) learner initiated discussion of task issues such as effectiveness, performability and appropriateness?
Corrective feedback in telecollaborative L2 learning settings: Reflections on symmetry and interaction
Authors: Zourou Katerina
Published: April 2020

The potential for network-based exchange by bringing together native speakers (NS) and nonnative speakers (NNS) or facilitating tutor-learner distance interaction is being explored in the fields of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) and telecollaboration (Belz, 2002). Among telecollaborative studies in foreign language education, we will focus on those which address provision of corrective feedback to foreign language learners during peer and tutor-learner online exchange through asynchronous and synchronous learning environments. Corrective feedback will be explored in conjunction with two strongly interrelated dimensions: symmetry and interaction. Under symmetry we will address questions such as: Does symmetry or symmetry of status influence delivery of certain types of feedback (i.e. focus on form)? To what extent does the degree of symmetry affect feedback provision? Under interaction we will focus on error correction integrated into the flow of online communication. How do proficient users (native speakers or language teachers) deal with corrective feedback whilst attempting to sustain the flow of communication? What kinds of solutions do they come up with in order to include error correction practices in the conversational continuum online? A review of the studies reporting and analyzing error correction practices in L2 telecollaborative settings is provided here in an attempt to emphasize the dynamic nature of this interactional phenomenon and to open discussions for facilitating the implementation of error correction strategies in online foreign language environments.
Using Twitter in EFL education
Authors: Mork Cathrine-Mette (Trine)
Published: April 2020

For those who have been less tuned-in to Internet developments, Twitter (http://twitter.com) is the much-hyped phenomenon that is becoming increasingly widespread on blogs and websites all over cyberspace. It is represented by a little blue bird, which beckons viewers to °ßfollow°® site owners by clicking on it. Twitter users need not have a regular blog or website to use it, though; it can be used as a stand-alone communication system. This paper will give an overview of the main advantages of using Twitter for EFL, give some guidelines for teachers and students for getting started, and offer a list of activities for which Twitter can be used. Less pedagogical uses will also be outlined, as well as the broader, positive implications of using this microblogging application.
Innovative uses for Google Docs in a university language program
Authors: Firth Mark , Mesureur Germain
Published: April 2020

This paper demonstrates a number of practical applications in which the Google Docs suite is currently being used within a university ESL program in Tokyo. Specifically, it gives examples of the scope and limitations of the free online software on four levels: (1) the program level – management of teaching assignments and reporting of grades; (2) special program management – online book reports for extensive reading; (3) course management – homework production and submission, and self and peer assessment; and (4) project work – collaborative writing and student-generated questionnaires.
Learning to use technological support for self-organised EFL learning: Web-based tasks and YouTube relayed instructional videos
Authors: Byrne Jason R.
Published: April 2020

This article examines an action research project concerned with the need for Japanese university students to learn how to use technological support for self-organised EFL learning. In particular, the research focused on the potential of the Internet for English self-study. In outlining a solution for teaching awareness of existing Internet-based support for English language learning, the paper explores the novel usage of YouTube relayed instructional videos with English subtitles and the need for simple and clean website design to enhance intuitive task communication. Furthermore, the paper discusses the concept of the teacher operating in three spatial domains, the notion that the course solution provides a bridge between conventional classroom study and self-study, and finally the possibility that the course solution is enabling the students to take on a higher degree of challenge than may have otherwise been expected.
Exploring communicative practices in the blogging of female EFL university students
Authors: Liang Mei-Ya
Published: April 2020

Blogs and other Web 2.0 technologies have offered the possibility of interactive communication to students who use English as a foreign language (EFL). The author proposes that we should explore how university students coconstruct a multitude of interactions within and around EFL blogging. Drawing on two interconnected methodologies — sociocultural theory and sociolinguistic studies — this paper analyzes online interactive discourse among small groups of female EFL students in an undergraduate “Online English Learning” course. The analysis suggests that the integration of these interactive, community-based approaches to EFL blogging opens up rich and complex communicative practices in which participants can share second language (L2) knowledge, support each other, and present their virtual selves through creative text construction and semiotic language use. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications for L2 learning and future research.
Steps for integrating a digital story into an EFL lesson using Photo Story 3
Authors: Robert
Published: April 2020

This forum paper describes the steps involved in integrating a digital story into an EFL class using a free software application called Photo Story 3. This paper maintains that the sequencing of the often cited phases of pre-production, production, and post-production, and the accompanying steps of digital story production, do not completely satisfy the logistics involved for integrating a digital story into a regular EFL lesson. Therefore, while retaining the three phases of production, an alternative set of steps is proposed. While some of these “alternative” steps appear trivial and axiomatic, the often unique set of circumstances that surround an EFL teaching setting (for example, class time devoted to language study, learner motivation and interest, level of computer literacy), requires a set of steps that are not only in tune with the reality of the teaching setting but whose sequencing also allows for smooth class management of the assigned software. A detailed explanation of the steps involved in each phase is given, including potential pitfalls teachers may encounter using Photo Story 3, and in some cases, possible solutions are offered.
The effect of a web-based writing instructional EFL program on enhancing the performance of Jordanian secondary students
Authors: Al-Haq Fawwas Al-Abed , Al-Sobh Mahmoud Ali
Published: April 2020

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a web-based writing instructional EFL program (WbWIP) on Jordanian secondary students’ performance. The participants of the study were 122 seventeen-year-old students in the eleventh scientific-grade studying in four secondary comprehensive schools, two male schools and two female ones that belong to Irbid Second Directorate of Education. In order to achieve the objectives of the study the researchers used a pre-post achievement test. The experiment lasted for two months (16 normal classes). The results of the study revealed statistically significant differences at (α = 0.05) in the students’ mean scores of the overall English writing achievement post-test in favor of the experimental group. The results also revealed that there were statistically significant differences at (α = 0.05) due to gender in favor of the female students compared with males. The results further revealed that there was a significant difference at (α = 0.05) among the mean scores of the students’ achievement post-test for the discoursal component “content” in favor of the experimental group.
Factors affecting the use of CALL by EFL female faculty members in Saudi higher education: Current status
Authors: Al-Kahtani Saad , Al-Haider Siham
Published: April 2020

This paper investigates the current state of CALL in EFL instruction at four Saudi institutions. The study identifies factors promoting or inhibiting CALL use and integration and how these factors affect EFL teaching/learning as perceived by EFL female faculty members at those institutions. The researchers used questionnaires to elicit information regarding computing facilities, use, and types of support available for EFL female faculty members in English departments at the four selected institutions. It was found that the female faculty members at the four institutions were not provided with enough computing facilities by their departments to use computer-assisted language learning in EFL instruction. The use of available computing facilities for instructional purposes is minimal and superficial. Different kinds of support (financial, technical, and training) in using computer-assisted language learning in EFL instruction were limited at the four institutions.
EFL students’ readiness for e-learning: Factors influencing e-learners’ acceptance of the Blackboard in a Saudi university
Authors: Fageeh Abdulaziz I.
Published: April 2020

The purpose of this study was to recognise the perceptions of undergraduate students in different levels of the English department as to their readiness to accept e-learning as the dominant learning paradigm at King Khalid University (KKU), by probing the opinions of a sample of the EFL students. Descriptive research, involving a survey and in-depth interviews, was utilised to recognise and analyse teachers and students’ perceptions of their attitudes towards e-learning, their readiness to accept it, and the factors facilitating or inhibiting e-learning. Recognition of these factors for building and applying the instruments in this study was done based on an extensive review of pertinent literature, outlining the important models and theories underlying technology acceptance paradigms in education. Findings have demonstrated that informants in this study have identified the facilitators and inhibitors of e-learning previously recognised in prior research. ey also showed that students are ready to accept technology implementation and to shift to an e-learning model of education.
Buckling down: Initiating an EFL reading circle in a casual online learning group
Authors: DuQuette Jean-Paul
Published: April 2020

Despite increasing interest in online virtual worlds as possible sites for language teaching and learning, there is little information on education in existing non-profit EFL communities. is paper introduces Cypris Chat, a casual online EFL learning group in Second Life (SL). It follows several Cypris members as they attend a special, more traditional reading circle class online, and observes how they adapt to their new roles in that class. rough research journals, field notes, video recording and interviews with all participants, the author provides a constructivist perspective on how different participants interpreted and reacted to this shift in roles and class structure and examines course feedback. Results suggest presumptions that participants in casual, social, self-directed online communities somehow lack academic self-discipline are ill-founded. ey also illustrate the benefits of qualitative methodology in studies of virtual world communities.
A survey of Japanese university students’ computer literacy skills
Authors: Murray Adam , Blyth Andrew
Published: April 2020

Despite most Japanese university students having access to computers and the internet, there are anecdotal reports of these students having very low levels of computer and internet literacy. In order to gather empirical evidence to either confirm or refute these reports, a computer literacy questionnaire was administered to 103 Japanese university students at three universities in the first month of the 2011 academic year. This article reports on the respondents’ perceived levels of computer and internet literacy, software use, skills, and knowledge.
A preliminary study of the effect of WebQuests on the writing performance of Saudi female EFL elementary school students
Authors: Almasri Meshail M. , Alfadda Hind , Alshumaimeri Yousif A.
Published: April 2020

This study investigated how WebQuests, an internet-based learning tool, affects fifth-grade Saudi female EFL students’ writing skills. The students, a total of 63 in three classes, were given a pretest prior to using WebQuests and a posttest six weeks later. Results indicate that the experimental group outperformed the control group. There were significant differences in favor of the experimental group in terms of vocabulary, grammar, organization, content, length, and total overall score. This study suggests the use of technology in foreign language learning can lead to greater writing achievement among students.
(Mis)use of e-mail in student-faculty interaction: Implications for university instruction in Germany, Saudi Arabia and Japan
Authors: Danielewicz-Betz Anna Danielewicz-Betz
Published: April 2020

This paper examines student-faculty communication by email and the lack of clear guidelines that leads to misuse of email in student-faculty interaction, whereby status-incongruent pragmatic markers are employed, resulting in impoliteness and inappropriateness. The main objective is to bridge the gap in research on other than requestive speech acts in this particular type of e-interaction, taking into account various pragmatic markers and cultural determinants of the subjects’ email communication styles. The main purpose of the study was to determine whether and to what degree the use of pragmatic markers by students is congruent with the English netiquette in this specific domain. Moreover, the aim was to investigate the relation of the usage of speech acts and pragmatic markers by students to politeness, as well as to cross-culturally compare the data obtained. The research questions were as follows: Which pragmatic markers distinguish students of different nationalities and in different university settings? What are other than requestive purposes for which students deploy email communication? Which pragmatic markers, in general, are associated with student-faculty email? Is there a correlation between the three countries represented in the corpus and (im)politeness based on the data found in all the emails? What are the implications of the study for computer-mediated language learning? The corpus consisted of 1,200 student-faculty emails written in an academic domain by university students from a German university, a Saudi Arabian university, and two Japanese universities (400 emails per country). The research method employed was of mixed qualitative-quantitative nature, with the focus on pragmatic analysis of speech acts with their illocutionary force and functions, as well as on their impact on the receiver (perlocution). It was determined that the impolite acts occurred most frequently in the corpus. This shows that students appear not to be aware of the role their email messages play in creating an impression on faculty and that structured instruction in email writing is required to improve the situation. The lack of pragmatic competence was found in all three groups of students, independent of the proficiency level and seniority; whereby explicit course guidance in email writing and its netiquette had a clear positive effect on the student-faculty interaction in terms of appropriateness and the level of politeness.
Considerações sobre a importância da competência interpessoal no repertório comportamental de gestores organizacionais
Authors: Silva Liz Anne de Souza Sampaio e , Goulart Júnior Edward , Camargo Mário Lázaro
Published: April 2020

O processo de transformação que vem ocorrendo nos contextos do trabalho, vai exigir das lideranças e das organizações uma participação mais efetiva, principalmente na direção de sensibilizar pessoas para entenderem, aceitarem e conviverem com essas transformações. O estabelecimento de interações satisfatórias, especialmente nas relações hierárquicas, torna-se estratégico dentro dos contextos de trabalho, tanto para otimizar as tarefas e resultados, como para favorecer a presença de um clima favorável de trabalho. Essas interações satisfatórias e direcionadas para atender as demandas atuais e as novas demandas, vão exigir das lideranças a presença de competências comportamentais bem desenvolvidas, dentre as quais, a competência interpessoal ganha papel de destaque. O presente ensaio teórico tem como objetivo discorrer sobre a importância da competência interpessoal no repertório das lideranças organizacionais visando atender as novas demandas que se apresentam no ambiente de trabalho. Pretende também tecer considerações acerca da importância do desenvolvimento da competência interpessoal em todos os profissionais, com destaque para os cargos de liderança, apresentando algumas possíveis ações nessa direção. Para fomentar a discussão do ensaio apresentado, utilizamos de artigos e livros presentes nos mais importantes periódicos especializados e indexadores eletrônicos, a saber: Periódicos Eletrônicos em Psicologia (PePSIC), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Centro Latino-Americano e do Caribe de Informação em Ciências da Saúde (BIREME), LILACS, Banco de Teses da CAPES, Periódicos CAPES e Google Scholar. A pertinência temática em relação ao objeto de estudo escolhido foi o principal critério para a seleção dos artigos e capítulos de livros considerados no estudo.
A EDUCAÇÃO COMO INSTRUMENTO DE TRANSFORMAÇÃO DA REALIDADE:
Authors: Feijó Jerciano Pinheiro , Xavier Antonio Eudes , Arrais Neto Enéas de Araújo
Published: April 2020

O processo de aprendizagem é inerente dos seres vivos, em especial dos seres humanos, é contínuo desde o início da existência até o seu fim e a educação formal é parte importante desse processo, mas não se limita a ela. O artigo busca evidenciar a ação transformadora da educação na realidade das pessoas, fundamentado em um amplo debate sobre a educação e seu poder transformador, bem como a utilização dela no contexto de um projeto aplicado em municípios do Sertão Central cearense. Projeto que busca o compromisso de despertar em seus formandos uma reflexão a respeito de uma educação libertadora. O projeto alinha-se à metodologia da aprendizagem libertadora ao buscar formar indivíduos conscientes de suas realidades e torná-los parte do processo de aprendizagem para a mudança. No entanto, a transformação social, através da educação, não acontece de forma efetiva se todas as formas metodológicas, seja a formação prática ou a humana e crítica, não estiverem em consonância com a prática pedagógica. Como conclusão, houve significativo impacto na realidade dos educandos e dos municípios alcançados pelo programa, mostrando que uma pedagogia libertadora transforma os jovens em protagonistas de sua realidade social.
A PRÁXIS EM DUAS EXPERIÊNCIAS DISTINTAS EM EDUCAÇÃO E A IMPORTÂNCIA DA PEDAGOGIA HISTÓRICO-CRÍTICA
Authors: Marques Debora Mota , Fernandes Maria Aparecida de Lima Braga
Published: April 2020

Este artigo tem como objetivo geral analisar a nossa práxis enquanto trabalhadoras em educação, sendo a primeira a práxis no setor de gerência e supervisão pedagógica de um Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia e a segunda, na docência da modalidade de Jovens e Adultos. A metodologia utilizada foi a de trazer e analisar as experiências aqui citadas à luz do materialismo histórico-dialético. Verificou-se que não há práxis neutra, toda práxis tem uma finalidade, seja para a conservação da sociedade, seja para a sua transformação. Apontamos a pedagogia histórico-crítica como muito importante na formação dos profissionais da educação para que eles mesmos tenham condições de fazer reflexões sobre suas práticas e possam problematizar, questionar e, por conseguinte, se tornar menos alienados e mais reflexivos.
How Luhmann’s systems theory can inform gambling studies
Authors: Egerer Michael , Marionneau Virve , Virtanen Mikko J.
Published: April 2020

Gambling and problem gambling studies tend to be characterised by individual-based approaches both theoretically and methodologically, while sociological approaches remain underutilised or even marginal. In this study, we discuss the potential of Niklas Luhmann’s systems theory in the analysis of gambling. As opposed to positivist or individualistic approaches, Luhmann’s work is strongly constructivist: neither systems nor their components are seen to be made up of individuals. Using systems theory in informing gambling research distances the research interests from individuals and directs it towards societal mechanisms, structures, and processes. Therefore, a systems theoretical approach can offer novel tools to study gambling, but also the paradigm of gambling research itself. This paper demonstrates how systems theory can critically inform gambling research through five operationalisations: gambling as a system, the gambling experience, the regulation of gambling economies, gambling providers as organisations, and systems theory as a methodological program. These five operationalisations can serve as an important window to widen perspectives on gambling.