bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Auxin-Mediated Sterility Induction System for Longevity and Mating Studies in Caenorhabditis elegans
Authors: Kasimatis Katja R , Moerdyk-Schauwecker Megan J , Phillips Patrick C
Published: June 2018

The ability to control both the means and timing of sexual reproduction provides a powerful tool to understand not only fertilization but also life history trade-offs resulting from sexual reproduction. However, precisely controlling fertilization has proved a major challenge across model systems. An ideal sterility induction system should be external, non-toxic, and reversible. Using the auxin-inducible degradation system targeting the spe-44 gene within the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, we designed a means of externally inducing spermatogenesis arrest. We show that exposure to auxin during larval development induces both hermaphrodite self-sterility and male sterility. Moreover, male sterility can be reversed upon cessation of auxin exposure. The sterility induction system developed here has multiple applications in the fields of spermatogenesis and mating systems evolution. Importantly, this system is also a highly applicable tool for aging studies. In particular, we show that auxin-induced self-sterility is comparable to the commonly used chemically-induced FUdR sterility, while offering multiple benefits, including being less labor intensive, being non-toxic, and avoiding compound interactions with other experimental treatments.
DETECTION OF Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis IN COW'S MILK
Authors: M. Saad Nagah , El-Prince Enas , Amin Nasr Essam , Gamal El-Din Abd El-Kader Marwa
Published: June 2018

In the present study, Mycobacterium avium sub sp. paratuberculosis (MAP) infection was detected by serological and molecular methods in herds of dairy cattle. Both milk and blood samples of 88 suspected affected dairy cattle with paratuberculosis were collected from ten dairy farms from different Governorates in Egypt. California Mastitis Test (CMT) was performed on milk samples. Indirect Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay (ELISA) was used for detection of MAP antibodies in milk and serum samples. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) was utilized for molecular identification of MAP from milk samples. 7 (7.95%), 33 (37.5%), 26 (29.55%) and 22 (25%) of 88 milk samples were CMT (++), CMT (+), suspicious and negative, respectively. According to ELISA results of milk samples, 24 (27.27%) and 64 (72.73%) were positive and negative, respectively. On the basis of the ELISA results of serum samples, it was found that 26 (29.55%), 1 (1.14%) and 61 (69.32%) were positive, suspicious and negative, respectively. Concerning PCR of milk samples, MAP DNA was detected in 21 (23.86%) samples.
The development of a questionnaire to measure business process maturity
Authors: Aberle David , Henkel Jan
Published: June 2018

Purpose: the creation of a questionnaire for business process maturity measurement.

Design/Method/Approach. The authors developed a set of items and applied confirmatory factor analysis in order to demonstrate questionnaire validation and reliability.

Findings. The model supports prior research to the extent that business process maturity can be explained by strategic alignment, governance and culture. Surprisingly, methodology showed weak result and IT & Technology as well as people did not seem to be part of the model.

Theoretical implications. This research not only confirmed prior research but also showed that there is wiggle room regarding the underlying factors of business process maturity and how to apply them.

Practical implications. This research provides a questionnaire for practitioners to assess business process maturity.

Originality/Value. The authors created a questionnaire that can be used in practice and is based on factors backed up by academic research and findings.

Research limitations/Future research. The authors suggests applying the questionnaire to a larger sample size as well as expanding the statistical methods used.

 Paper type – empirical.
Засади інтеграційної маркетингової комунікаційної діяльності виставкових компаній України
Authors: Kasian Serhii , Korablova Kateryna
Published: June 2018

Мета роботи – розширити теоретичне уявлення про функціонування моделі стосовно інтегративних засад маркетингової комунікаційної діяльності виставкових компаній України.

Дизайн/Метод/Підхід дослідження. Застосовано методи порівняння, систематизації та узагальнення, аналізу особливості позиціонування виставкових послуг, інтегративні методи в управлінні функціями виставкової компанії, методи цифрового маркетингу та веб-аналітики у контексті інтегрованого розуміння конверсії та моделювання атрибутів маркетингових комунікацій.

Результати дослідження. Удосконалено модель AIDAOUC(s) урахування та комунікаційного забезпечення інтеграції інтересів, уваги, побажань та взаємодії стейкхолдерів у просторі партнерського маркетингу виставкових компаній.

Теоретичне та практичне значення дослідження. Розвинуто теоретичні аспекти позиціонування виставкових послуг у комплексі інтегративного комунікаційного маркетингу. Висвітлено комунікаційні особливості, які мають виставкові послуги, вісім компонентів інтегрованого підходу до управління ними на основі моделі 8 Ps. Практичне значення полягає у визначенні показників успішності виставкового заходу при впровадженні моделі AIDAOUC(s).

Соціальне значення дослідження. Посилено толерантність у взаємодії зі споживачами та маркетингову цінність при комунікаційному впливі на цільові аудиторії. Це може бути забезпечено завдяки розвитку національної ідентичності та змістових особливостей торгівельної марки, бренду.

Оригінальність/Цінність/Наукова новизна дослідження. Ураховано оптимізацію управлінських внутрішніх впливів, оновлення основних активів виставкового об’єкту, зміну розподілу коштів у бюджеті комплексу інтегрованих маркетингових комунікацій під час аналізування інтересів і побажань економічних агентів, комунікаційної підтримки просування послуг виставкової компанії задля забезпечення задоволеності цільових клієнтів і стейкхолдерів.

Перспективи подальших досліджень – поглиблювати оцінювання детермінант взаємодії і взаємозв’язку елементів маркетингових комунікацій у ході системної їх інтеграції у віртуальному інформаційному просторі.

 Тип статті– теоретична.
Ontological addiction theory: Attachment to me, mine, and I
Authors: Van Gordon William , Shonin Edo , Diouri Sofiane , Garcia-Campayo Javier , Kotera Yasuhiro , Griffiths Mark D.
Published: June 2018

Background

Ontological addiction theory (OAT) is a novel metaphysical model of psychopathology and posits that human beings are prone to forming implausible beliefs concerning the way they think they exist, and that these beliefs can become addictive leading to functional impairments and mental illness. The theoretical underpinnings of OAT derive from the Buddhist philosophical perspective that all phenomena, including the self, do not manifest inherently or independently.

Aims and methods

This paper outlines the theoretical foundations of OAT along with indicative supportive empirical evidence from studies evaluating meditation awareness training as well as studies investigating non-attachment, emptiness, compassion, and loving-kindness.

Results

OAT provides a novel perspective on addiction, the factors that underlie mental illness, and how beliefs concerning selfhood are shaped and reified.

Conclusion

In addition to continuing to test the underlying assumptions of OAT, future empirical research needs to determine how ontological addiction fits with extant theories of self, reality, and suffering, as well with more established models of addiction.
Az elsődleges immunhiány-betegségek bőrmanifesztációi
Authors: Bojtor Adrienn Erzsébet , Sárdy Miklós , Maródi László
Published: June 2018

Abstract:

Primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) are inherited, genetic disorders. The majority of PIDs are diagnosed in infancy or early childhood, but manifestation in adulthood may also occur. Frequent, recurrent and prolonged infections, which respond poorly to treatment may be heralding signs. PID patients may have increased suspectibility to infections, that mostly affect the sino-pulmonary and intestinal tracts and the skin. PIDs are also frequently associated with autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. Cutaneous manifestations affect 40% to 70% of patients with diagnosed PID. Bacterial and fungal infections of the skin, recurrent pyogen abscesses are common complications. Severe atopy, eczema and erythroderma occurring early in childhood should raise awareness of PID. Cutaneous granulomas, pigment changes and dysplasia of skin, hair, and nails can also be seen frequently in some of these conditions. Here we overview the most frequent dermatological diseases occuring in patients with PID. Orv Hetil. 2018; 159(23): 937–947.
Primer komplementdefektusok által okozott atípusos haemolyticus uraemiás szindróma
Authors: Reusz György
Published: June 2018

Abstract:

Complement is one of the most archaic parts of the innate immune system, which enhances the ability of antibodies and phagocytic cells to clear cell debris, and microorganisms. The complement system promotes inflammation and attacks the pathogen’s plasma membrane. Malfunction of the system may lead to the development of autoimmunity or uncontrolled infections. Further, dysregulation of the tightly controlled complement activation process may lead to thrombotic microangiopathies with consequent multiorgan involvement. The present paper gives a short overview of the different pathways of complement activation. It focuses on primary genetic defects of components of the alternative pathway that result in dysregulation as well as on pathomechanism, classification, diagnostics and treatment of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) based on the most recent international recommendations and guidelines. Finally the critical role of complement in host immunity and genetic diagnostics of complement deficiencies are illustrated with two cases of aHUS. Orv Hetil. 2018; 159(23): 929–936.
Primer immunhiány és autoimmun betegségek
Authors: Műzes Györgyi , Sipos Ferenc
Published: June 2018

Abstract:

Primary immunodeficiencies consist of a group of genetically heterogeneous immune disorders affecting distinct elements of the innate and adaptive immune system. Patients with primary immunodeficiency are more prone to develop not only recurrent infections, but non-infectious complications, like inflammatory or granulomatous conditions, lymphoproliferative and solid malignancies, autoinflammatory disorders, and a broad spectrum of autoimmune diseases. The concomitant appearance of primary immunodeficiency and autoimmunity appears to be rather paradoxical, therefore making the diagnosis of immunodeficiency patients with autoimmune complications challenging. Mutations of one or more genes playing a fundamental role in immunoregulation and/or immune tolerance network are thought to be responsible for primary immunodeficiencies. The diverse immunological abnomalities along with the compensatory and excessive sustained inflammatory response result in tissue damage and finally in manifestation of organ-, cell-specific or systemic autoimmune diseases. Several forms of primary immunodeficiency disorders are characterized by a variety of specific autoimmune phenomena. This overview addresses the spectrum of autoimmune diseases associated with primary immunodeficiencies, and explores the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying abnormalities of the immune system. The case presented finally highlights that both the recognition of autoimmune diseases in association with immunodeficiencies and the diagnosis of immunodefiency in those phenotypes with predominant autoimmunity could be challenging. Orv Hetil. 2018; 159(23): 908–918.
Autoinflammatiós kórképek
Authors: Mosdósi Bernadett , Tóth Beáta
Published: June 2018

Abstract:

Autoinflammatory diseases are disorders of the innate immune system characterized by recurrent systematic inflammation and serious complications. Dysregulation of inflammasome and overproduction of interleukin-1 play a major role in the pathogenesis of autoinflammatory diseases. The diagnosis of these rare conditions rely on recognising the pattern of presentation and differential diagnosis. Manifestations may include fever, rash, serositis (pleuritis and peritonitis), arthritis, meningitis and uveitis. Secondary amyloidosis may complicate longstanding disease. Advances in our understanding of the molecular and pathophysiological basis of the autoinflammatory diseases have resulted in new treatment strategies. Early diagnosis and effective therapy are critical to prevent irreversible organ damage. The purpose of this review is to describe the major clinical, genetic, and therapeutic features of the most common autoinflammatory syndromes. Orv Hetil. 2018; 159(23): 898–907.
Primer immundeficientiák reumatológiai vonatkozásai
Authors: Szabó Melinda Zsuzsanna
Published: June 2018

Abstract:

Primary immune deficiencies (PIDs) are characterized by quantitative and/or functional abnormalities of the immune system elements. Bone and joint abnormalities are not rare in patients with immunodeficiencies. Joint manifestations, of which arthritis is the most common, occur mainly in humoral PIDs (X-linked agammaglobulinemia, common variable immunodeficiency, and IgA deficiency) and occasionally in defects of the phagocyte system (chronic granulomatous disease, glicogen storage diseases). Monoarthritis or oligoarthritis is the usual pattern, caused by Mycoplasma, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus or Haemophilus species. These bacteria can provoke not only synovial infections, but also aseptic arthritogenic inflammatory responses. Infectious arthritis or osteomyelitis must be diagnosed and treated with antimicrobial therapy at the earliest. Bone lesions are far less common and usually present as infectious complications in humoral PID. Larger bone manifestations occur in hyper-IgE syndrome and spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia. Short stature is the most common in reticular dysgenesis, in autoimmune polyendocrinopathy candidiasis ectodermal dysplasia and in DNA repair disorders. Knowledge of PID syndromes both enhances the diagnostic capabilities of physicians and provides understanding the pathophysiology of bone and joint abnormalities associated with immune dysfunction. In children and occasionally in adults, a combination of bone and/or joint manifestations and hypogammaglobulinemia may be the first sign of PID. When lymphoproliferative disease or infection can not be proved, investigations for PID should be accomplished. Orv Hetil. 2018; 159(23): 918–928.
A súlyos kombinált immundefektusok újszülöttkori szűrővizsgálata
Authors: Erdős Melinda
Published: June 2018

Abstract:

Severe combined immunodeficiency is the first immune deficiency disorder which was included in the newborn screening program in the United States in 2010. In Hungary, newborn screening for severe combined immunodeficiencies is crucial because of the routine BCG vaccination, as in the case of an affected newborn with negative family history, the vaccine may lead to fatal BCG-itis. This paper analyzes the possibilities of introducing newborn screening for severe combined immunodeficiencies and summarizes current experiences and results. Orv Hetil. 2018; 159(23): 948–956.
Tüdőreszekciót követő tüdővérzés ritka esete
Authors: Juhász Marianna , Pálóczi Balázs , Végh Tamás , Bedekovics Judit , Bán Melinda , Fülesdi Béla
Published: June 2018

Abstract:

Enormous airway secretion after lung resection is common and can lead to dyspnea and radiological anomalies. Depending on the patient’s medical history, it can lead to heart failure, which appears in arrythmia or pulmonary edema. An inflammatory event with high level of proinflammatory cytokines can also lead to arrythmia. The stretch of the wall of vessels can also cause a cytokine release, and the thromboembolic event is a possible common cause of this stretch in the perioperative period. Orv Hetil. 2018; 159(28): 1158–1162.
A Generalized Palais-Smale Condition in the Fr\'{e}chet space setting
Authors: Eftekharinasab Kaveh
Published: June 2018

The Palais-Smale condition was introduced by Palais and Smale in the mid-sixties and applied to an extension of Morse theory to infinite dimensional Hilbert spaces. Later this condition was extended by Palais for the more general case of real functions over Banach-Finsler manifolds in order to obtain Lusternik-Schnirelman theory in this setting.   Despite the importance of Fr\'{e}chet spaces, critical point theories have not been developed yet in these spaces.Our aim in this paper is to extend the Palais-Smale condition to the cases of $C^1$-functionals on Fr\'{e}chet spaces and Fr\'{e}chet-Finsler manifolds of class  $C^1$.    The difficulty in the Fr\'{e}chet  setting is the  lack of a general solvability theory for differential equations. This restricts us to adapt the deformation results (which are essential tools to locate critical points) as they appear as solutions of Cauchy problems. However,  Ekeland proved the result, today is known as Ekleand’s variational principle, concerning the existence of almost-minimums for a wide class of real functions on complete metric spaces. This principle can be used to obtain minimizing Palais-Smale sequences.  We use this principle along with the introduced conditions to obtain some customary results concerning the existence of minima in the Fr\'{e}chet setting.Recently it has been developed the projective limit techniques to overcome problems (such as  solvability theory for differential equations) with Fr\'{e}chet spaces. The idea of this approach is to represent a Fr\'{e}chet space as the projective limit of Banach spaces. This approach provides solutions for a wide class of differential equations and every Fr\'{e}chet space and therefore can be used to obtain deformation results.  This method would  be the proper framework for further development of critical point theory in the Fr\'{e}chet setting.
Trajectory equivalence of optimal Morse flows on closed surfaces
Authors: Кибалко Злата , Пришляк Олександр Олегович , Shchurko Roman
Published: June 2018

We consider optimal Morse flows on closed surfaces. Up to topological trajectory equivalence such flows are determined by marked chord diagrams. We present list all such diagrams for flows on nonorientable surfaces of genus at most 4 and indicate pairs of diagrams corresponding to the flows and their inverses.
The existence of the surface with edge in Minkowsky space with the given Grassman image
Authors: Grechneva Marina , Stegantseva Polina
Published: June 2018

One considers the problem connected with the finding of the non-isotropic surface in Minkowsky space with the help of its Grassman image in the global aspect. This problem can be reduced to the proof of the existence of the solution of the partial differential equation of the second order. The paper deals with the hyperbolic case. One describes the technique of the specialization of the moving frame of the surface. This technique is based on the metric properties of Minkowsky space.
2F-планарні відображення псевдоріманових просторів з f-структурою
Authors: Konovenko Nadiia , Kurbatova Irina , Tsventoukh Katya
Published: June 2018

Статтю присвячено проблемі дифеоморфізмів многовидів, на яких задано афінорну структуру певного типу. Поняття 2F-планарного відображення афіннозв’язних і ріманових просторів було запроваджено  до розгляду Р.Дж.Кадемом. Воно є природним узагальненням F-планарного відображення і містить в собі такі відомі дифеоморфізми афіннозв’язних і ріманових просторів з афінорною структурою, як геодезичні, квазі-геодезичні, голоморфно-проективні відображення.  Р.Дж.Кадем  досліджував  загальні   питання теорії  2F-планарних відображень афіннозв’язних і ріманових просторів з афінорною структурою. Зокрема він довів, що таке відображення за необхідністю зберігає афінорну структуру.  Курбатова І.М. вивчала 2F-планарні відображення псевдоріманових просторів з афінорною структурою F третього порядку, що задовольняє  умовам   Коновенко Н.Г. розглядала деякі питання 2F-планарних відображень псевдоріманових просторів з коваріантно сталою f- структурою F, яка визначається співвідношеннями   В наявній статті продовжено дослідження  2F-планарних відображень псевдоріманових просторів з f- структурою. Доведено, що псевдорімановий простір з коваріантно сталою f- структурою становить  добуток псевдоріманових  просторів, один з яких є келеровим; клас псевдоріманових просторів з коваріантно сталою f- структурою замкнений відносно  відображень, що розглядуються; за умови коваріантної сталості  афінора f-структури 2F-планарні відображення можуть належати одному з трьох типів: повні і канонічні I,II типу; залежно від типу 2F-планарне відображення індукує на компонентах добутку відповідних просторів геодезичне, голоморфно-проективне  або афінне відображення. В теорії дифеоморфізмів многовидів відомі потужні класи ріманових просторів, що дозволяють геодезичні відображення, і келерових просторів, що дозволяють голоморфно-проективні відображення зі збереженням  комплексної  структури. Тому висновки статті дають змогу будувати численні класи псевдоріманових  просторів з коваріантно сталою f- структурою та їх 2F-планарні відображення.
Modelo de regressão linear para estimativa de geração de RCD em obras de alvenaria estrutural
Authors: Caetano Marcelo Oliveira , Fagundes Asafe Bonisoni , Gomes Luciana Paulo
Published: June 2018

Resumo A predição da geração de resíduos de construção e demolição (RCD), na fase de projeto, é etapa essencial do gerenciamento de resíduos do canteiro de obras. Esses índices podem contribuir para a redução de perdas e, consequentemente, redução de custos operacionais. Devido às dificuldades em executar uma correta estimativa dos RCD a serem gerados, o presente trabalho propôs um modelo de regressão linear múltipla para estimativa da geração de resíduos de obra em empreendimentos residenciais verticais com alvenaria estrutural. Obteve-se como resultado, para o modelo de regressão desenvolvido, um coeficiente de determinação (R2) de 0,802 e coeficiente de determinação ajustado (R2 ajustado) de 0,741 (intervalo de confiança de 95%). A comparação entre os dados reais de geração de RCD e a estimativa gerada pelo modelo de predição desenvolvido por esta pesquisa mostrou erros na faixa de 10,62% a 54,94%. Assim, o modelo de regressão mostrou-se aplicável para os tipos construtivos viga-pilar e alvenaria estrutural. Pode ser utilizado por engenheiros e arquitetos, como uma ferramenta para estimativa de RCD no Plano de Gerenciamento de Resíduos de Construção e Demolição (PGRCD) da obra.
Role of particle breakage in primary and secondary compression of wet and dry sand
Authors: Ovalle C.
Published: June 2018

The results of one-dimensional compression tests on dry and saturated crushable sand are analysed in order to identify the role of wetting and particle breakage on primary and secondary compression. Test results indicate that flooding dry samples at constant stress promotes particle breakage and triggers collapse from the characteristic compression curve of the dry material to the compression curve of the initially saturated material. The analysis shows that the link between the one-dimensional compressibility index and the amount of particle breakage does not depend on the stress level or the wetting condition. Furthermore, creep is promoted after flooding and the secondary consolidation index increases essentially up to the same value obtained in initially saturated samples. These findings suggest that the effect of flooding on both primary and secondary compression can be predicted only from dry and saturated tests.
Design and validation of appearance and content of an oral health questionnaire for parents or caregivers of children with cerebral palsy
Authors:   School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile., Carreño-Henríquez Daniel ,   Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Santiago, Chile., Silvestre-Rangil Javier ,   Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Universidad de Valencia, Spain., Carrasco-Labra Alonso ,   Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile., Silvestre Francisco Javier ,   Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Universidad de Valencia, Spain.
Published: June 2018

Introduction: Cerebral palsy is a syndrome that involves a large number of childhood movement and posture disorders, resulting in activity limitation. It is attributed to non-progressive alterations in the fetal or infant brain. This disorder can also be accompanied by oral alterations, some of which can be prevented if the caretaker knows how to manage them. An adequate knowledge of oral health on the part of the caregivers has a positive impact on the oral status of their patients. Objective: To design and validate a questionnaire to assess the oral health knowledge of caregivers of children with cerebral palsy. Methods: A literature search was conducted to identify published questionnaires on oral health knowledge related to people with disabilities. In the absence of questionnaires in Spanish, the search was focused on other surveys aimed at parents of healthy children. Validation of appearance and content was carried out by a panel of experts and a group representing the target population. Subsequently, two pilot studies were carried out to determine the questions that would make up the final instrument, analyze the need to modify its wording and establish alternative answers. Results: The designed questionnaire was approved by the panel of experts and by the representatives of the population at whom the instrument is aimed. After two pilot studies, a Cronbach's alpha of 0.83 was obtained. Conclusion: The designed and validated questionnaire has good internal consistency. It is necessary to evaluate its reliability so that it can be used clinically and in research studies.
ORTAOKUL ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN KELİME ÖĞRENME STRATEJİLERİNİN ÇEŞİTLİ DEĞİŞKENLER BAKIMINDAN İNCELENMESİ (ANKARA İLİ ÖRNEĞİ)
Authors: ÇEVİK Hüseyin , ORAKCI Şenol , AKTAN Osman , TORAMAN Çetin , AYÇİÇEK Burak
Published: June 2018

Bu araştırmanın amacı Ankara ili, Keçiören

ilçesinde ortaokulda öğrenim gören öğrencilerin yabancı dilde kelime öğrenme

stratejilerini kullanma düzeylerinin belirlenmesi, öğrencilerin akademik başarıları ile yabancı dilde kelime öğrenme

stratejileri arasındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesi ve yabancı dilde kelime

öğrenme stratejilerini kullanma düzeylerinin çeşitli değişkenler bağlamında

incelenmesidir. Araştırma sonucunda, İngilizce dersi başarısı ile kelime

öğrenme stratejileri arasında anlamlı bir ilişki tespit edilmemiştir. Cinsiyete

göre yalnızca bilişsel stratejilerin kullanımında anlamlı farklılık olduğu,

diğer alt boyutların hiçbirinde anlamlı farklılık olmadığı, anne ve baba eğitim

düzeylerine göre yabancı dil öğrenme stratejilerinde herhangi bir farklılık

olmadığı, öğrencilerin seviyelerine göre İngilizce hikâye kitabı okuma durumlarına göre

yabancı dil öğrenme stratejilerinde anlamlı farklılık olduğu belirlenmiştir. 
ÖĞRETMEN ADAYLARININ OKUL TABANLI MENTORLUK VE ÖZYETERLİK ALGILARININ İNCELENMESİ
Authors: EROL Yusuf Celal , ÖZDEMİR Tuncay Yavuz
Published: June 2018

Mentorluk işlevleri ile öğretmen öz-yeterlik algıları arasındaki

ilişkinin incelendiği bu çalışma, 2014-2015 eğitim-öğretim yılında Fırat

Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesinde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışma sonuçlarına göre

öğretmen adayları, uygulama öğretmenlerinin mentorluk işlevlerini kısmen yerine

getirdiklerini düşünmektedirler. Ancak öğretmen öz-yeterliği konusunda

kendilerini yeterli görmektedirler. Ayrıca, mentorluk işlevleri ile öğretmen

öz-yeterlik algısı arasında anlamlı bir ilişki tespit edilmemiştir. Bu sonuç

da, uygulama okullarında öğretmen adaylarına verilen mentorluk hizmetinin

niteliğinde sıkıntılar yaşanmakta olduğu ve uygulama okullarında verilen

mentorluk hizmetinin niteliğinin arttırılması gerektiği şeklinde yorumlanmış ve

niteliği arttırmak için mentor öğretmenlerin mentorluk yapmaya istekli ve

kabiliyetli öğretmenler arasından seçilmesi gerektiği ve danışman öğretmenlere

mentorluk eğitimi verilmesi önerilmiştir.

 
Taking the Mountain to Mohammed: Enhancing Rural Human Services Through Distance Education1
Authors: Sheafor Bradford W.
Published: June 2018

Social work education is the primary gatekeeper for the profession. However, it has been slow to pursue the delivery of its educational programs in off-campus locations and many rural human services providers who have not had the advantage of social work education often become locked into jobs with little opportunity to upgrade their competence and credentials. The result has been that clients, too, are locked into workers with less than the desired qualifications.

Increasingly, distance education technologies have emerged that have proven successful in reaching off-campus students and providing high quality learning experiences. Also, the Council on Social Work Education's Commission on Accreditation has recently developed guidelines that should reduce the risk for schools venturing into distance education. Now is an opportune time for baccalaureate social work education programs (as well as master's programs) to seriously consider the role they might play in enhancing rural human services through distance education. This paper identifies some of the factors a program might consider when contemplating distance education.
Who's in Charge Here Anyway? Student Management Teams as an Empowerment Tool
Authors: Michaud Susan M. , Sontag Mary-Ann , Smiar Nicholas
Published: June 2018

This article identifies Student Management Teams (SMT) as an effective tool to increase student responsibility for classroom learning and to provide instructors with ongoing feedback about the quality and effectiveness of instruction. The SMT is a group of two to six students from one course who have volunteered to work with the instructor for the improvement of the course through the semester by observing and evaluating the pedagogical methods, by receiving and processing observations and recommendations from the class at large, and by meeting with the instructor on a regular basis throughout the semester. Results from 202 students in five social work classes indicate that SMTs are perceived as having positive effects on students' educational experiences. This article describes the rationale for the implementation of Student Management Teams, discusses the results of a study which examined perceptions of SMTs, and describes how to implement a Student Management Team.
Bachelor of Social Work Students' Interest in End-of-Life Social Work Practice: Determining the Influential Factors
Authors: Sanders Sara , McFarland Peggy
Published: June 2018

End-of-life issues are becoming a predominant topic within social work education. This study examined undergraduate social work students' interest in end-of-life practice. Through the use of qualitative analysis, it was found that students who were interested in gerontology, who were more comfortable with the dying process, or who had experienced more personal deaths were more attracted to pursuing a career in end-of-life practice. Those students who were not interested in end-of-life social work practice wanted to work with children/adolescents, viewed the topic as depressing, and were concerned about lack of practice skills. Suggestions for integrating end-of-life material into the undergraduate social work curriculum are included.
Assessing Graduating BSW Field Students' Preparation for Generalist Practice
Authors: Riebschleger Joanne , Grettenberger Susan
Published: June 2018

One undergraduate program served as a case study to illustrate early faculty efforts to assess students' learning outcomes. The purpose of the evaluation was to demonstrate students' acquisition of applied generalist practice skills, consider curriculum affirmations and innovations, and meet evaluation standards for social work education program accreditation. Within a multiple-method program assessment designed to measure outcomes and impacts of a specific program logic model, faculty developed a new instrument to assess preparation for generalist practice of one cohort of graduating BSW students. Practicum supervisors used field observations to rate the extent to which students attained a new benchmark of entry-level generalist practice skills. Findings revealed that the students reportedly met or exceeded the generalist practice skill benchmarks, but some skills were stronger than others. The new instrument was useful but requires further development. Several examples show how faculty used the outcome data for suggested subsequent program activities and curriculum modifications.
Developing Awareness of the Subtleties of Heterosexism and Homophobia among Undergraduate, Heterosexual Social Work Majors
Authors: Raiz Lisa , Saltzburg Susan
Published: June 2018

Homophobia and heterosexism are inconsistent with social work values but have been reported in studies of social workers and social work students. This study analyzed and compared the responses to qualitative and quantitative items of 147 heterosexual undergraduate social work majors from twelve institutions throughout the United States. One open-ended item explored attitudes toward lesbians and gay men and support for relationship rights for this group. Herek's Attitudes toward Lesbians and Gay Men scale (ATLG) and a relationship rights scale, constructed for this study, provided quantitative data. Analysis of the open-ended item identified three thematic categories that represented acceptance; non-acceptance; and tolerance, but with conditions. The uniqueness of each of the three categories was supported by significant differences among them on Herek's ATLG and on the relationship rights scale. Numerous quotes from respondents underscore the subtle prejudice that can be missed by social work educators who are unaware of the nuances of language in this area. Implications for social work education are presented.
Teaching and Learning Social Work Practice Skills through the Use of Triads
Authors: Harder Jeanette , Cox Sarah , Grotelueschen Jenna , Simpson Doreen , Lozier Mandy
Published: June 2018

This article presents a structured way to teach and learn social work practice skills in an undergraduate or foundation practice class. Triads provide the opportunity for students to develop practice skills and confidence as they experience firsthand the role of a social work practitioner. Written from the perspectives of both the instructor and the student, this article examines how triads can be used to teach, apply, and reinforce skills in each of seven areas of the problem-solving model—engagement, assessment, planning/contracting, intervention, evaluation, closing, and follow-up—with additional opportunities to apply skills related to social work values and ethics, and diversity. The article discusses confidentiality and dual relationships as they relate to this teaching method and the risks and challenges of the use of this approach for both instructor and student.
An Integrated Approach to Program Conceptualization, Curriculum Analysis, and Outcome Assessment
Authors: Poulin John , Silver Paula , Kauffman Stephen
Published: June 2018

This article describes an integrated approach that can be used by BSW programs to conceptualize a program's mission, goals, and objective; conduct course and curriculum analyses; develop an integrated program of outcomes assessment; and prepare a comprehensive data-driven self-study report
The Use of the World Wide Web by Undergraduate Social Work Education Programs
Authors: Finn Jerry , Smith Marshall
Published: June 2018

Social work education programs have begun to use the World Wide Web as a means of providing an educational tool and a delivery system for information about their programs. This paper provides an introduction to Web concepts, describes a procedure for creating a simple Web site, and investigates current use of the Web by BSW programs. It was found that 125, (39.1 percent) BSW programs have a social work Web site. The types and quality of information provided varied widely among programs. Programs provide information on mission, course descriptions, faculty descriptions, admissions requirements, and curriculum. In addition, almost half of programs offered a means for students to contact the program through e-mail. Only a small number of programs provided other program specific information such as syllabi, newsletters, financial aid, alumni information, or policy manuals. Approximately one-third of the programs provided links to other sources on the Internet. Only 14 percent of programs' sites were rated excellent by students. The potential of the World Wide Web to promote information sharing among social work programs and organizations is discussed.
Teaching BSW Research with an Experimental Design Study
Authors: Weisman Daniel
Published: June 2018

This paper presents a mental health module for adoption in the latter weeks of the basic BSW research course, to introduce students to experimental designs. Utilizing a research report of a study comparing two community mental health treatment approaches, in which an experimental design was employed without denying or compromising services to any clients, the module reviews basic mental health/mental illness concepts and the debate about the DSM. This article explains how the module fits into the research and BSW curricula; reviews and critiques the article; describes in detail the content of the teaching module, with suggested class exercises and assignments; and identifies supplemental readings.
Cross-Cultural Considerations for Social Work Practice:
Authors: Tanemura Morelli Paula T.
Published: June 2018

In the United States, our increasing populations of ethnic and racial minorities suffering with severe mental illnesses require culturally sensitive and culturally appropriate mental health services. The multiple facets of work involving culturally diverse individuals with severe mental illness challenge social work faculty to prepare students with salient, useful knowledge and skills.

This teaching module, which utilizes the International Pilot Study of Schizophrenia: Five-year follow-up findings (Leff et al., 1992) is applicable to practice, human behavior in the social environment, and policy courses. The module examines the findings of a large scale, longitudinal study of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia in nine countries. The learning process encourages students to think critically about the cross-cultural applicability of western diagnosis, treatment, and service provision models, to learn more about cultural constructions of illness and well-being, and to explore the nature of systemic and other barriers that prevent individuals with severe mental illness from obtaining services.
Developing A Speaker Panel Program to Provide Curriculum Content on Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual People in Baccalaureate Social Work Education
Authors: Gray Judith I. , Poynter Kerry , Zimmerman Jay
Published: June 2018

Speaker panel programs are used as an educational intervention in which gay, lesbian and bisexual (GLB) people share their personal stories and participate in a question-answer session with the audience. These panels have been proven to be effective in reducing homophobic attitudes in university and community settings and can be utilized as an educational tool in social work education. This paper will discuss the development and uses of an innovative videotape and manual designed to train GLB students and their allies to serve as speakers on these panels. The production of the videotape and training manual are discussed, including practical information on the design and implementation of a speaker panel program.
Millie Charles: Believing in the Mission
Authors: Gardella Lorrie Greenhouse
Published: June 2018

Millie M. Charles, born on July 25, 1923, is dean of the School of Social Work at Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO). Charles has participated in movements for civil rights and social justice throughout her life. Charles served as a national leader in the development of professional baccalaureate social work education, and she founded the School of Social Work at SUNO, a historically black university, as a resource for professional education and community activism. In this oral narrative, Charles describes her career as a mission for social change.
Assessing Students' Values in an Era of Change
Authors: Royse David , Riffe Holly
Published: June 2018

Although ours is a “value-laden” profession, it is often difficult to know when students have acquired appropriate values. This study reports on an effort designed to measure beginning BSW students' perceived ethical conflicts, to examine their values relative to third and fourth year students and employed social workers, and to determine if beginning students' values change during an introduction to social work course.

Even before but especially after the Republican party began promoting its Contract with America, some social work educators began noticing a troubling conservatism among their students (Meyer, 1995). It may not be unusual today to find new social work majors who believe that women should not have the right to choose abortion, that most welfare recipients voluntarily elect not to work, and that AIDS is divine punishment for being gay. However, any trend toward conservatism should not be surprising. Land (1988) has noted that social work values have always vacillated with the era. For example, she found an emphasis on client adaptation in the social work literature of the 1950s instead of an emphasis on self-determination. Given the changing nature of both students and values, how does the profession begin to identify and teach the values common to social work? Indeed, what do we know about social work students and their values?
The Strengths Perspective: A First Step in Empowerment
Authors: Dewees Marty
Published: June 2018

This paper presents a strategy for introducing empowerment approaches to undergraduate students in social work. At the same time it incorporates a focus on developing student skills in the practice relationship. An emphasis on a strengths-based assessment model as an empowering practice intervention helps students to understand the relationship between individual strengths and a collective empowerment lens. The overall quality of the client/worker relationship is explored as well as particular practice techniques in interviewing. The strategy uses an interactive, experiential exercise format that engages students both in process and content. Instructional goals and a subjective learning evaluation process are discussed.

The history of social work practice is replete with metaphors for empowerment. Jane Addams' Hull House, Bertha Capen Reynolds' emphasis on “plain people” (1964), and the inclusion of Freirean “dialogic processes” (1973) represent a few of the efforts that have shaped current social work practice models of empowerment that target oppression. In the reactionary political climate of the 1990s, the call for empowerment approaches has gained nearly as much urgency as oppression itself.

This paper will examine the relationship of empowerment principles to social work practice and education and will demonstrate the usefulness of the strengths perspective in making political/empowerment issues relevant to BSW students. It will incorporate Charles Cowger's work on assessment (Cowger, 1992Cowger, 1997) and through it will consider appropriate instructional goals, including skill development necessary to building relationships with clients. Finally, it will describe the link from individual strengths-based relationships to an empowerment stance.
Implementing Mastery Learning in the Social Work Classroom
Authors: Aviles Christopher B.
Published: June 2018

This article describes how the essential elements of the teaching method called mastery learning can be structured in the social work classroom. Mastery learning is a behavioral teaching method successfully used in social work education. Research studies on teaching rarely describe teaching methods in enough detail for instructors to discern how the teaching methods were implemented or how they may have been implemented differently. This can give social work educators a limited picture of what a teaching method could look like in their classrooms. The essential elements of mastery learning can be implemented in whole or part and can be structured in either simple or complex ways. Ways in which social work educators can implement mastery learning to better fit their classrooms are presented in this article.
Exploring the Effectiveness of Teaching Techniques with Lesbian and Gay Content in the Social Work Curriculum
Authors: Dongvillo Jeff , Ligon Jan
Published: June 2018

This study investigated the levels of homophobia before and after a single lecture on the topic in one undergraduate and two graduate social work classes. Using the Index of Attitudes Towards Homosexuals (IAH), pretest levels of homophobia were found to exceed the cutting point of 50 for 75% of the students in the undergraduate class. Although pretest-posttest mean scores were not found to be statistically significant, the percentage of students exceeding the IAH cutting score decreased in all three courses following a single lecture. The effect of two additional teaching units in the undergraduate course is discussed as well as recommendations for future research.
Lessons from the Past: Developing Allegiances for the Future
Authors: Moore Linda S.
Published: June 2018

This article analyzes linkages among the 60 Settlement House workers and other white and African-American leaders of the Progressive Era who signed “The Call,” a media statement calling for aid for African Americans in 1908 that eventually led to development of the NAACP. The analysis demonstrates the value of linkage and shared resources for success of social movements during the Progressive Era. This article applies the discussion to issues facing social work today.
Qualitative Research Habits and the BSW Student: Preparing Competent Generalist Practitioners
Authors: Unrau Yvonne A. , Coleman Heather , Stampley Cheryl
Published: June 2018

Integrating research with practice is not common among social workers. Social work educators are challenged with the problem of teaching BSW students to include research knowledge and skills as they build their generalist practice framework. This article introduces five research habits that can easily fit into existing curricula. Developing research habits is a new strategy that may increase students' use of research knowledge and skills both during and after their BSW education. The five research habits are based on a qualitative research paradigm but are general enough that they can be woven into all BSW courses throughout the curriculum.
Homophobia Among Social Work and Non-Social Work Students
Authors: Sun An-Pyng
Published: June 2018

This study compares degree of homophobia between social work and non-social work students. The results show that although social work students are not significantly different from non-social work students in their levels of homophobia, both male and female social work students are significantly less homophobic than male non-social work students. On the other hand, somewhat surprisingly, female social work students are significantly more homophobic than female non-social work students on the issues of whether homosexuality is a sin and whether homosexuality is disgusting. Implications for social work education are discussed.
Improving Outcomes for Students, Social Work Education, and Agencies in Public Child Welfare
Authors: Gore Michele T. , Groeber Chris
Published: June 2018

This article describes three programs that Kentucky is using to link the classroom and the field practice of students and social workers. The state has developed a consortium of educational partnerships with nine state universities. This consortium has allowed for creative student educational experiences and child welfare placements at the baccalaureate level, master's-level education with a focus on agency needs and capacities, and a post-employment program that allows for evaluation of new worker abilities and knowledge base. Kentucky continues to improve both social work education and public child welfare practice with its innovative approaches to student and social worker development.