bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Impact of Family Employment on The Development of Algerian Small and Medium Enterprises
Authors: MERZOUGUI Merzougui , GHANIA Nadir
Published: January 2022

Small and medium enterprises depend on the intensity of hand working, which shows the importance of human resources in them, but they still suffer from mis marketing of the human resource because of the family dominance over the management, which prefers the family member's employments. In this study we will try to measure its impact on the progress of Small and medium enterprises activity in Algeria
The Effect of Non-Verbal Messages On the Execute Of Negotiation - Field Study On Al - Hajjar Sider Compound
Authors: DJEMADI Mounira
Published: January 2022

The aim of this study is to clarify the impact of non-verbal messages on the execute of the negotiation process in Al-Hajjar compound. For this purpose, a questionnaire consisting of 14 words was designed and distributed to a sample of 64 negotiators in different sections of the vessel, 53 of which were retrieved, 51 of which are valid for analysis. Using a range of statistical tools such as arithmetical averages and standard deviations, the degree of interest of negotiators in nonverbal messages as well as the execute of negotiation was determined. While the correlation coefficient and the limiting factor were used to study the effect of nonverbal messages on the execute of negotiation.

The study reached several results, the most important of which is a significant effect of non-verbal messages on the execute of negotiation. The study recommended attention to body language, while facing other parties
Human resources accounting between the need of rooting and the difficulties of measurement
Authors: HADDAD Nour El-Houda
Published: January 2022

This study comes to highlight the human resources accounting, which consider the human resources as an asset must be measured and disclosed, as traditional accounting does not provide any disclosures about its value -the human resources- in the financial statements, despite the growing importance of the human resource that has become one of the most important assets in the enterprise. Through showing the importance of human resources accounting and the various models proposed to measure and disclose human resources, and problems that riddled with. We concluded that the human resources accounting despite the difficulties faced by it, which related mainly to the accounting measurement, it is necessary to root it’s practices and applications, especially in the enterprises that rely heavily on the human element. This is what requires continued research in this area in order to reach more and more consolidation of its bases that diminished their problems. We also concluded that, in general, the historical based cost model is currently the most appropriate model being consistent with current accounting systems and methods of presentation of financial statements
أهمية الخصائص الذاتية لجودة المعلومات المحاسبية في إتخاذ القرارات الإستثمارية في المؤسسات الإقتصادية
Authors: بوحفص سميحة , بن حركو غنية , حراث محمد
Published: January 2022

تهدف هذه الورقة البحثية إلى توضيح  أهمية الخصائص الذاتية لجودة المعلومات المحاسبية في إتخاذ القرارات الإستثمارية في المؤسسات الإقتصادية، حيث إعتمدنا على المنهج الوصفي التحليلي تبيان أهمية الخصائص الذاتية لجودة المعلومات المحاسبية ودورها في مراحل عملية لإتخاذ القرار الإستثماري، وقد خلصت الدراسة إلى: أن عملية إتخاذ القرار عملية منظمة بالدرجة الاولى، متشابكة بالدرجة الثانية، ضرورية وملحة بالدرجة الثالثة، بالتالي لابد من إعطائها الوقت، الإهتمام والإمكانيات اللازمة لإنجاحها، وهنا تظهر أهمية الخصائص الذاتية للمعلومات المحاسبية في إتخاذ القرارات الاستثمارية من خلال توفير معلومات محاسبية ذات جودة لتفادي الغموض الذي قد يواجه متخذ القرار خلال المراحل المختلفة التي تمر بها هذه العملية ضمن مجموعة من البدائل المتعددة.
KİŞİLİK HAKLARININ İHLALİ NEDENİYLE İNTERNET SİTELERİNE ERİŞİMİN ENGELLENMESİ VE/VEYA İÇERİĞİN YAYINDAN ÇIKARILMASINDA GÖREV VE YETKİ SORUNU
Authors: DEMEZ İsmail
Published: January 2022

5651 sayılı Kanun’un 9. maddesinde, kişilik hakları ihlal edilen kişilerin sulh ceza hakimine başvurarak içeriğin çıkarılmasını ve/veya erişimin engellenmesini talep edebileceği düzenlenmiştir. Fakat söz konusu Kanun’da kanun koyucu sadece görevli mahkemeyi belirlemekle yetinerek yetkili mahkemeye ilişkin herhangi bir düzenleme yapmamıştır. Yetki konusunun belirsiz olmasının yanında, görevli mahkemeye ilişkin de birtakım problemler bulunmaktadır. Söz konusu durum, uygulamada birtakım sorunlara sebep olmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, kişilik haklarının ihlali nedeniyle erişimin engellenmesinde yetki ve görev ile ilgili karşılaşılan sorunlar ve bu sorunlara ilişkin çözüm önerileri ele alınmıştır. Kişilik haklarının ihlali dışındaki nedenlerle erişimin engellenmesi konusu ise çalışmamızın kapsamı dışında bırakılmıştır.
Nutritional composition of various insects and potential uses as alternative protein sources in animal diets
Authors: Shah Assar Ali , Totakul Pajaree , Matra Maharach , Cherdthong Anusorn , Harnboonsong Yupa , Wanapat Metha
Published: January 2022

The aim of the present investigation is to determine the nutritional composition of various insects and their potential uses as alternative protein sources in animal diets. The feeding industry requires production systems that use accessible resources, such as feed resources, and concentrates on the potential impacts on production yield and nutritional quality. Invertebrate insects, such as black soldier flies, grasshoppers, mealworms, housefly larvae, and crickets, have been used as human food and as feed for nonruminants and aqua culture while for ruminants their use has been limited. Insects can be mass-produced, parti­cipating in a circular economy that minimizes or eliminates food- and feed-waste through bioconversion. Although the model for formula-scale production of insects as feed for domestic animals has been explored for a number of years, significant production and transformation to being a conventional protein resource remains to be deeply investigated. This review will focus on the nutritional composition of various insects and their potential use as alternative protein sources, as well as their potential use to promote and support sustainable animal production. Furthermore, nutritional compositions, such as high protein, lauric acid omega 6, and omega 3, and bioactive compounds, such as chitin, are of great potential use for animal feeding.
Glycemic Control in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: A Different Perspective
Authors: Imantalab Vali , Sedighinejad Abbas , Mohammadzadeh Jouryabi Ali , Biazar Gelareh , Kanani Gholamreza , Haghighi Mohammad , Fayazi Haniyeh Sadat , Ghasvareh Golnoosh
Published: January 2022

Background: Hyperglycemia during coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) strongly predicts intra- and post-operative adverse consequences. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the quality of glycemic management during CABG in an academic center regarding peripheral blood and coronary sinus values. Methods: This prospective descriptive study encompassed 55 eligible patients undergoing on-pump CABG surgery in 2020. Peripheral blood glucose (BG) was measured four times, before anesthesia induction (T0), before cardiopulmonary bypass pump (CPB) (T1), during CPB (T2), at the end of CPB (T3), and at the end of surgery (T4). The surgeon also took a sample of the coronary sinus BG. Results: The BG variations from T0 to T4 were statistically significant (P < 0.0001). The higher values detected in the ASA class III compared to ASA classes II were statistically significant at T1 (P = 0.01) and T2 (P = 0.025): patients with the higher BMI showed the higher levels of BG. In this regard, the differences were significant at T0 (P = 0.0001), T2 (P = 0.004), and T3 (P = 0.015). Regarding coronary sinus, the mean BG was 222.18 ± 75.74 mg/dL. It was also observed that the ASA class III (P = 0.001), longer duration of CPB (P = 0.021), higher IV fluid volume administrated during surgery (P = 0.023), higher BMI (P = 0.0001), and less urine volume at the end of surgery (P = 0.049) were significantly associated with the higher BG of the coronary sinus. Conclusions: The existing glycemic management protocols on the CABG patients were acceptable in our hospital. However, the BG level of the coronary sinus was higher than the peripheral one.
Multipathogen Detection in Patients with Respiratory Tract Infection: Identification of Non-respiratory Viruses Using Multiplex Real-time Polymerase Reaction
Authors: Agin Khosrow , Heydarifard Zahra , Ghalichi Leila , Yaghoobi Mahmood , Hagh Ranjbar Hamidreza , Jazayeri Seyed Mohammad , Rezaee Azhar Iman
Published: January 2022

Background: Due to the overlapping clinical characteristics of respiratory tract infections (RTIs) and the unavailability of appropriate diagnostic techniques, the diagnosis of RTIs is controversial. Objectives: The study aimed to prompt the diagnosis of RTIs using commercial multiplex real-time PCR. Methods: The survey undertook for two years (2019 - 2020) on 144 flu-negative immunocompetent outpatients. Respiratory samples were examined by multiplex PCR assays. Results: Study population consisted of females (n = 77, 53.5%) and males (n = 67, 46.5%). The mean age was 42.8 ± 23.7 years. Thirty-one (21.5%) patients were infected with only one viral or bacterial infection. Eighty-two (57%) were infected with more than one pathogen. Ninety-five (37%) and 161 (62%) tests were positive for bacterial and viral pathogens, respectively. Community-acquired Pneumonia (CAP) and atypical CAP pathogens included 17% and 10% of respiratory specimens, respectively. The predominant pathogens consisted of Human Herpes Virus 7 (HHV-7) (n = 38, 15.5%), Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) (n = 34, 13.8%), Mycoplasma pneumoniae (n = 24, 9.8%), and Human Herpes Virus 6 (HHV-6) (n = 21, 8.5%). There were associations between pathogen findings and special age categories. Fever, cough, dyspnea, and hemoptysis were associated with certain pathogens. There was no substantial difference between viral and bacterial Ct concerning gender, age group, and comorbidities. Conclusions: Multiplex diagnostic assays significantly increased the rate of appropriate diagnosis of respiratory pathogens. However, further investigation is needed to find non-respiratory viruses' significance in respiratory specimens of immunocompetent symptomatic patients.
Evaluating Behavioral Changes Prevalence Among Primary and Preschool Children Due to COVID-19 Epidemic
Authors: Dashtgard Ali , Dehghani Hossein , Mohsenizadeh Seyed Mostafa , Zare Marzouni Hadi , Alinezhad Moqaddam Mohammad
Published: January 2022

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic and its subsequent changes in the community lifestyle can be associated with problems and complications. It seems very important to identify the problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic accurately. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate behavioral changes in children due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Khorasan in 2021. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 312 children were studied. Inclusion criteria included all children under 12 years of age without apparent mental disorders and chronic diseases affecting behavioral changes. Exclusion criteria were parental separation, experiencing natural disasters in the last two years, losing a first-degree family member in the last two years, and any underlying disease in the child and first-degree family members. The questionnaires included a demographic questionnaire and the Ruther Children's Behavior Questionnaire, completed by parents online due to the COVID-19 epidemic and the new situation. Results: The results showed that the behavioral disorder prevalence was 37.2% (n = 116). The mean scores were 3.10 ± 2.23 for aggression-hyperactivity, 3.11 ± 3.08 for anxiety-depression, 2.65 ± 1.79 for social maladaptation, 2.34 ± 1.83 for antisocial behavior, and 1.59 ± 1.29 for attention deficit. There was no significant relationship between demographic indicators and behavioral disorders (P > 0.05). Conclusions: The results indicated an increase in the prevalence of behavioral disorders in children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, it seems necessary to identify influencing factors and find appropriate solutions to prevent such disorders.
Distribution of Bithynia leachii (Sheppard, 1823) and Bithynia troschelii (Paasch, 1842) (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae) in the Czech Republic
Authors: Beran Luboš , Horsák Michal
Published: January 2022

This paper summarises all known data about the occurrence and distribution of Bithynia leachii (Sheppard, 1823) and Bithynia troschelii (Paasch, 1842) in the Czech Republic. Both species were already recorded from the Czech Republic in the past, but they were not distinguished. Autochthonous occurrence of both species is restricted to South Moravia; in the ﬂoodplains along the Morava River and the Dyje River where both species are very rare. Bithynia troschelii was also found in other sites situated in Bohemia and northern Moravia but these occurrences are not indigenous.
Příspěvek k poznání vodních měkkýšů severní části CHKO Orlické hory [A contribution to the knowledge of aquatic molluscs of the northern part of the Orlické Hory Protected Landscape Area (Czech Republic)]
Authors: Beran Luboš
Published: January 2022

This paper brings a review of a malacological survey of the northern part of the Orlické Hory Protected Landscape Area, situated in northwestern part of Bohemia (Czech Republic) near boundary between the Czech Republic and Poland. Altogether, only 12 common species of aquatic molluscs (8 gastropods, 4 bivalves) were found. Galba truncatula, Radix peregra, Ancylus ﬂuviatilis, Pisidium personatum, and P. casertanum belong to the most frequent molluscs found during this research. Occurrence of vulnerable or endangered molluscs as well as non-native molluscs was not documented in this area.
Intravascular Large B-Cell Lymphoma
Authors: Davis Joshua W. , Auerbach Aaron , Crothers Barbara A. , Lewin Eleanor , Lynch David T. , Teschan Nathan J. , Schmieg John J.
Published: January 2022

Context.—

Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma (IVLBCL) is a rare hematopathologic entity, posing both a clinical and histologic challenge for diagnosis. Numerous pitfalls can hinder making the diagnosis.

Objective.—

To summarize recent developments in literature pertaining to IVLBCL and point out key pitfalls pathologists should be prepared to encounter.

Data Sources.—

Literature review via PubMed search and hospital (Darnall Medical Library) resources.

Conclusions.—

The 3 primary pitfalls of IVLBCL include masking of IVLBCL, mimicry by IVLBCL, and mimicry of IVLBCL. These scenarios illustrate the importance of histologic pattern recognition and subsequent usage of immunohistochemistry, especially in context of a clinical history that may be noncharacteristic.
Efficient Visualization of Whole Slide Images in Web-based Viewers for Digital Pathology
Authors: Schüffler Peter J. , Stamelos Evangelos , Ahmed Ishtiaque , Yarlagadda D. Vijay K. , Ardon Orly , Hanna Matthew G. , Reuter Victor E. , Klimstra David S. , Hameed Meera
Published: January 2022

Context.—

Wide adoption of digital pathology requires efficient visualization and navigation in Web-based digital slide viewers, which is poorly defined.

Objective.—

To define and quantify relevant performance metrics for efficient visualization of cases and slides in digital slide viewers.

Design.—

With a universal slide viewer used in clinical routine diagnostics, we evaluated the impact of slide caching, compression type, tile, and block size of whole slide images generated from Philips, Leica, and 3DHistech scanners on streaming performance on case, slide, and field of view levels.

Results.—

Two hundred thirty-nine pathologists routinely reviewed 60 080 whole slide images over 3 months. The median time to open a case's slides from the laboratory information system was less than 4 seconds, the time to change to a slide within the case was less than 1 second, and the time to render the adjacent field of view when navigating the slide was less than one-quarter of a second. A whole slide image's block size and a viewer tile size of 1024 pixels showed best performance to display a field of view and was preferrable over smaller tiles due to fewer mosaic effects. For Philips, fastest median slide streaming pace was 238 ms per field of view and for 3DHistech, 125 ms. For Leica, the fastest pace of 108 ms per field of view was established with block serving without decompression.

Conclusions.—

This is the first study to systematically assess user-centric slide visualization performance metrics for digital viewers, including time to open a case, time to change a slide, and time to change a field of view. These metrics help to improve the viewer's configuration, leading to an efficient visualization baseline that is widely accepted among pathologists using routine digital pathology.
Respondent-driven sampling: Advantages and disadvantages from a sampling method
Authors: Navarrete María S. , Adrián Constanza , Bachelet Vivienne C.
Published: January 2022

This article summarizes the main elements, advantages, and disadvantages of Respondent-driven Sampling (RDS). Some criticisms regarding the feasibility of the inherent assumptions, their point estimators, and the obtained variances are pointed out. This article also comments on the problems observed in the quality of reports. Surveys using RDS should be methodologically sound as they are being applied to define priorities in health programs and develop national and international policies for financing service delivery, among other uses. However, there is considerable potential for bias related to implementation and analytical errors. There is limited empirical evidence on how representative the results obtained by RDS are, and the quest to improve the methodology is still in progress. Nevertheless, to have confidence in RDS results, we must verify that the social structure of the networks conforms to the assumptions required by the theory, that the sampling assumptions are reasonably fulfilled, and that the quality of the report is optimal, particularly for methodological and analytical items.
Contamination Rates in Duodenoscopes Reprocessed Using Enhanced Surveillance and Reprocessing Techniques: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Bomman Shivanand , Ashat Munish , Nagra Navroop , Jayaraj Mahendran , Chandra Shruti , Kozarek Richard A , Ross Andrew , Krishnamoorthi Rajesh
Published: January 2022

Background/Aims: Multiple outbreaks of multidrug-resistant organisms have been reported worldwide due to contaminated duodenoscopes. In 2015, the United States Food and Drug Administration recommended the following supplemental enhanced surveillance and reprocessing techniques (ESRT) to improve duodenoscope disinfection: (1) microbiological culture, (2) ethylene oxide sterilization, (3) liquid chemical sterilant processing system, and (4) double high-level disinfection. A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to assess the impact of ESRT on the contamination rates.Methods: A thorough and systematic search was performed across several databases and conference proceedings from inception until January 2021, and all studies reporting the effectiveness of various ESRTs were identified. The pooled contamination rates of post-ESRT duodenoscopes were estimated using the random effects model.Results: A total of seven studies using various ESRTs were incorporated in the analysis, which included a total of 9,084 post-ESRT duodenoscope cultures. The pooled contamination rate of the post-ESRT duodenoscope was 5% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.3%–10.8%, inconsistency index [I2]=97.97%). Pooled contamination rates for high-risk organisms were 0.8% (95% CI: 0.2%–2.7%, I2=94.96).Conclusions: While ESRT may improve the disinfection process, a post-ESRT contamination rate of 5% is not negligible. Ongoing efforts to mitigate the rate of contamination by improving disinfection techniques and innovations in duodenoscope design to improve safety are warranted.
Prospective Science Teachers Opinions on Factors Effecting Scientific Development Process
Authors: elmalı şule
Published: January 2022

Science teaching is one of the essential elements that can ensure the training of individuals who know scientific knowledge and scientific processes and use scientific methods in defining and solving the problems encountered. Within science lessons, the factors affecting the scientific process should be examined and presented. It was aimed to determine the opinions of prospective science teachers on this issue, since it is thought that the opinions of teachers, who are the most effective individuals in gaining the intended characteristics to students, on the factors affecting the scientific development process may affect the way they do their jobs. The study was conducted in the phenomenology model, which is one of the qualitative research methods, and the study group consisted of 37 prospective senior teachers. An open-ended questionnaire a data collection tool and a content analysis method were used in the analysis of the data. In the research results, it has been determined that prospective teachers mentioned social and cultural factors that affect the science and science-making process most frequently and emphasized the importance of raising individuals with inquirer minds. They structured their views on the purpose of scientific studies on producing information and carrying out activities for the benefit of the society; furthermore, they stated that the family and education system affected the scientific development process.
Monitoring the Scientific Productivity of Higher Education Institutions in Turkey: A Review of Current State and Suggestions
Authors: damar muhammet
Published: January 2022

In the rapidly developing and changing world, higher education institutions have taken their place among the institutions struggling in global competition conditions. With the educational processes, the opportunities they provide to their students, employees, researchers and society, and the values they create with these stakeholders, these institutions are in an effort to progress in the ranking steps. There are many university ranking systems adopted on international platforms, and the common point of these ranking systems is the priorities they give to the criteria for scientific productivity. At this point, authorities who want to move their institutions to upper levels need to closely and effectively monitor the relevant performance indicators.This study, which presents research in this context, reveals how institutions monitor their scientific productivity levels and how much they adopt implementation components and policies in well-developed institutions. Data obtained from one-to-one interviews with a representative sample group accompanied by a form and from online announcement channels of institutions are summarized and presented. In the light of the data, all situations that cause problems to occur are made more visible and solutions are suggested. General findings show that although performance monitoring processes differ from each other, they exist in every institution, but some important performance dimensions cannot be monitored by all institutions in an efficient way. For example, although particular academic performance indicators are taken into account, it is observed that there are deficiencies in clearly expressing the goals and policies towards the improvement of the indicator values in the strategic plans and following them on a field basis.
The Study of Reliability and Validity of the Affective Style Questionnaire in Emerging Adulthood
Authors: öz soysal fatma selda
Published: January 2022

The Affective Style Questionnaire was developed by Hofmann ve Kashdan (2010) to determine the affective styles of individuals. The purpose of this study is to adapt “The Affective Style Questionnaire” in Turkish culture and to perform a validity and reliability study on a sample consisting of university students who are in appearing adulthood period in Turkey. The study group consisted of 343 (192 female and 151 male) students attending to various departments of the Faculty of Education at Dokuz Eylül University. The validity of the questionnaire was determined by construct validity, concurrent validity and language validity studies. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to test construct validity. The original three-factor structure of the questionnaire has been verified. As a result of concurrent validity it was found a positive and significant correlation between the scores of The Affective Style Questionnaire and The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. Similary, in the language validity study, a positive and significant correlation was obtained between two applications. In addition, the internal consistency and test-retest reliability coefficients supported the reliability of the questionnaire. The results show that “The Affective Style Questionnaire” will be used as a valid and reliable measurement tool.
Women Learners’ Narratives in an Open and Distance Learning System: A Critical Evaluation from a Feminist Perspective
Authors: şenocak dilek
Published: January 2022

Open and Distance Learning (ODL) is an educational tool with a transformational social role in eliminating gender inequality as well as educational inequalities. In line with this idea, the aim of this study is to examine the opportunities offered by an ODL system to female learners and its contributions in closing the gap arising from gender inequality in education through the lens of feminist pedagogy. To this end, a qualitative research paradigm was adopted, and a narrative research design was conducted to analyze the stories of women in an ODL system. The findings of the study reveal that women in the study still encounter some barriers and constraints on access to education and school completion because they are women. ODL, with its flexible and autonomous learning environment, is thought to play a key role for the women in the study to cling to hope and to ensure social justice in the society
The Effect of TUBITAK’s R&D and Project Fundings on Academic Research Activities
Authors: satoğlu emine beyza
Published: January 2022

Universities, through providing research, publications and innovations in the scientific field, provide significant contributions to the national research and development (R&D) system. That is why most governments are keen to support scientific research activities directly or indirectly. In this regard, this paper aims to analyze the impact of R&D supports of TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) on the research performance of universities in Turkey. The study comparatively investigates the efficiency of the research fundings in different university types, public and private. As an empirical model, a panel data analysis spanning 2013 to 2018 period has been used for the top 10 public and top 11 private universities. Our findings prove that national research grants of TUBITAK have a significant and positive impact on academic research only when the highest-ranking universities are analyzed; otherwise, the impact is insignificant. Secondly, for the large sample analysis, we found that public universities used research funds more efficiently compared to private universities. Furthermore, our findings prove that teaching load does not necessarily risk the research capacity of a university.
Identifying the Psychometric Properties of the Question Asking Strategies Awareness Scale: The Validity and Reliability Study
Authors: başalev serenay
Published: January 2022

The purpose of the present study was to develop the question asking strategies awareness scale (QASAS) and to describe the psychometric properties of the scale. The justification for the current study was the lack of a measurement tool in the national context that explores the teachers’ in-class questioning practices during instructional activities in-depth and supported by a discursively-oriented theoretical background. Data gathering process was conducted by reaching 664 teachers from diverse teaching branches to develop the QASAS. The validity and reliability processes of the QASAS were completed by operating exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis in addition to calculating the Cronbach Alpha coefficient. The items of the QASAS were gathered around seven factors that are labelled as “MonitoringCritiquing-Eliciting”, “Challenging-Conceptual Change-Evidencing”, “Epistemic Authority & Prior Knowledge”, “Clarification-Conceptual Consistency”, “Open-ended & Close-ended”, “Selecting-eliminating through Follow-up Questions”, “Evaluating & Knowledge providing.” It is deduced that the factors of QASAS can measure teachers’ awareness regarding both learner-centred and teacher-centred discursive interactions. The QASAS may serve as a checklist for qualitative studies, in addition to being administrated as a data collection tool for large-scale surveying studies. QASAS is also a guide in determining the shortcomings of teachers’ professional development as well as designing and implementing pedagogically-oriented developmental activities.
Factors Affecting University Students’ Perspectives on Cyberbullying Factors Affecting
Authors: TAŞTEKİN OUYABA Ayşe
Published: January 2022

This research is a cross-sectional study. It was conducted with 340 students studying at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University. Data were collected through a questionnaire. T-test, Mann Whitney U, and Chi-square test were used to compare the sociodemographic and internet usage characteristics of the students according to their gender. Data were evaluated with Structural Equation Model. Being a woman is associated with better motivation (β: = -.20, p = 0.000) and health behaviors (β= -.22, p = 0.000). High motivation is associated with better behavioral skills (β= .15, p = 0.005) and better health behaviors (β= .28, p = 0.000). Better health behaviors indicate a decrease in cyber victimization (β= -.11, p = 0.042). It was observed that female students’ sensitivity towards preventing and preventing cyberbullying was higher than male students. Students with a high level of motivation have better behavioral skills and health behaviors. Students with better behavioral skills and health behaviors were less exposed to cyber victimization.
Views of Teacher Candidates Views about Emergency Distance Education During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Authors: yurdakal ibrahim halil
Published: January 2022

The COVID-19 virus, which emerged in 2019 and turned into an epidemic by affecting the whole world, has deeply shaken all humanitarian phenomena. Educational activities have also been affected by the epidemic process. As a result of the rapid spread of the epidemic, schools were closed in our country as well as all over the world, and education and training services started to be provided remotely. At the university level, students were taking common compulsory courses such as AİİT, English and Turkish Language with distance education before the epidemic, but with the epidemic, all courses were taken by distance education. Although the courses in question are conducted in a planned and programmed manner, a model closer to emergency distance education is applied in the current system rather than distance education. In this study, it was aimed to get the opinions of teacher candidates from different branches studying in the Faculty of Education on emergency distance education and hybrid education. The research was carried out in a public university in the fall semester of the 2020-2021 academic year. It was carried out based on the qualitative research method. The study is based on the situation pattern. In determining the study group, “easily accessible situation sampling” was preferred due to the epidemic conditions. Views of 66 participants were received within the scope of the research. The data of the study was transformed into the “online form” format, and the data were collected online. The obtained data were read carefully, the codes were reached, and the themes were obtained by combining the relevant codes. Considering the opinions of the teacher candidates, it was concluded that problems such as system and internet speed were experienced during the emergency distance education process; emergency distance education was unsuccessful, especially in applied courses such as drama and teaching practice, and economically burdens the candidates as the process requires technological equipment and high-speed internet. In addition, it was revealed that the majority of the candidates did not know the hybrid education, and those who did only heard it by name, and suggestions regarding the process were made as a result of the research.
Examining Digital Citizenship Studies: Conceptual and Methodological Trends
Authors: öztürk mücahit
Published: January 2022

The aim of this research is to examine the digital citizenship studies in the literature in terms of research subject, research method and research group. In this direction, the study attempts to present the perspective for future researchers by identifying the trends of digital citizenship studies. Research articles were evaluated by content analysis method. Research articles were searched in EBSCO, ERIC, Taylor and Francis ve SCOPUS databases. Database searches were performed using keywords such as “Digital citizenship”, “Digital citizenship education”, “Digital citizenship in schools”, “Digital citizenship scale”, “Digital citizenship in curriculum”, “Digital age”, “Digital technologies”, “Internet safety”. 119 research articles were reached. When the digital citizenship studies are examined, there are theoretical studies on the dimensions of digital citizenship, digital citizenship teaching, and scale development studies for determining the level of digital citizenship. In this study, literature review, survey and case study were benefited as research methods. Undergraduate students and adults stand out as research groups. There is a need for experimental studies on digital citizenship education and evaluation of students studying in primary and secondary schools.
Attitudes of Students’ Studying in an Accredited Nursing Department towards Accreditation in Undergraduate Education
Authors: küçükkaya burcu
Published: January 2022

In this study, it is aimed to examine the attitudes of students’ studying in an accredited nursing department towards accreditation in undergraduate education. This cross - sectional study was conducted on the first, second, third and fourth grade n = 488 students studying in the Nursing Department of Trakya University Faculty of Health Sciences between November and December 2019. The research data were collected by the “Questionnaire Form erek which was prepared by the researchers. Descriptive statistics and chi-square were used in the evaluation of the data. The mean age of the students was 20.1 ± 1.5 and 82.2% were female. The study has found that 92.6% of the students heard accreditation, 84.0% of the students heard at the school or course, 81.4% knew accreditation, 91.4% of those who knew accreditation also knew that the nursing department is accredited. It has been also found that 96.9% of nursing students think that accreditation positively affect the image and quality of a department, 96.5% of them think that accreditation contribute to change the educational experience of students, 91.8% of them think that accreditation helps students’ communication and problem solving skills evaluation. While most nursing department students have heard and know accreditation, most of them have learned it at the school/ course. The accredited nursing department students think that the nursing department requires accreditation, and that accreditation has a positive effect on the image and quality of a department.
Evaluation of the Emergency Distance Education Process Starting with the Covid 19 Pandemic from the Perspective of Teaching Staf
Authors: ipekçi çetin emre
Published: January 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused restrictions and shutdowns affecting all industries worldwide. The scope of the steps taken to prevent the spread of the pandemic, universities in Turkey also began to provide distance education in March 2020. This process has provided an important experience in which the education system is questioned on the basis of educational infrastructure, lecturers and students. The experience of a nationwide transformation in such a short period of time in the education system is considered to be unique. In this study, it is aimed to create a decision support document by compiling this valuable experience and suggestions for further improvement of the higher education system. In this context, the opinions and recommendations of teaching staff regarding the distance education process were taken with the help of surveys which were responded by 744 lecturers from 84 universities of Turkey. As a result of the study, it was seen that factors such as the type of university, distance education experience, and age make a difference in the views of the lecturers towards distance education. In addition, the determinations and suggestions of the instructors that they stated by openended expressions were compiled under main headings. This process experienced offers an important opportunity to question the current educational structure and to improve it further. As also stated in the survey results, it is predicted that the weight of distance education in higher education will also increase at post-pandemic term. Therefore, it is thought that the necessary steps should be taken in the light of the experiences in order to make the next process more efficient
Evaluation Scale of Clinicians’ Views and Expectations About Academics and Academic Productivity Process, Validity and Reliability Study
Authors: şen cenk ahmet
Published: January 2022

Basic medical education, clinical education and academician processes are closely related concepts. Long-term professional practice can disrupt the harmony between these dynamic processes. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the answers given by clinicians who try to balance the triangle of basic and clinical medical education, patient relations and academic life to questions about their academic processes. The questionnaire, consisting of nineteen closed-ended questions, was answered by clinicians who are experts in their fields, academics and non-academicians, the data obtained were scaled, analyzed and evaluated, and the results were interpreted.
Examination of Media Literacy and Critical Thinking Levels of Teacher Candidates in the Age of Global Communication
Authors: öztay elif selcan
Published: January 2022

The media and mass media, which are used extensively in our age, affect individuals in terms of political, cultural, economic and education. The correct and critical use of media requires media literacy and critical thinking skills, among 21st-century skills. Individuals with these skills are required to interpret, evaluate and analyze the information obtained through mass media with a critical perspective. The concept of media literacy is an interdisciplinary concept that falls under the scope of both communication sciences and educational sciences. The aim of the study is to reveal the media literacy and critical thinking skill levels of teacher candidates and the relationship between media literacy and critical thinking skill levels. The survey model, which is one of the quantitative research methods, was used in the study. The study sample consists of 185 Science, Turkish and Classroom teacher candidates studying at different grade levels in the education faculty of a state university in the 2018-2019 academic year. Data were collected using a personal information form, Media Literacy Scale and Critical Thinking Tendency Scale. In the data analysis, descriptive statistics, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test to look at the normality of the distributions, Mann-Whitney test and Kruskal-Wallis test to look at the difference between the variables were used. As a result of the study, it was found that pre-service teachers’ media literacy and critical thinking skills did not show a significant difference according to gender, duration of internet use and the primary function they sought in TV programs. In addition, while the critical thinking skill level of the pre-service teacher does not differ according to the grade level and department, the media literacy skill levels of the pre-service teachers vary according to the grade level and department. In terms of social media tools, it was found that pre-service teachers with high critical thinking levels preferred to use Twitter more, while pre-service teachers with high media literacy levels preferred Twitter and Facebook. In addition, it has been determined that there is a statistically positive relationship between critical thinking and media literacy levels.
Evaluation of the antibacterial and modulatory activities of ethanolic excract of Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T. Aiton against multiresistant bacterial strains
Authors: Geraldo Yuri , Leandro Livia , Silva Ana Raquel , Campina Fábia , Araújo Ana Carolina , Freitas Priscilla , Santos Antonia , Rocha Janaina , Menezes Irwin , Coutinho Henrique Douglas Melo
Published: January 2022

The objective of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial and modulatory activities of ethanolic extract of Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T. Aiton against resistant species. By microdilution method, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of the extract and modulation of the subinhibitory concentration MIC/8 to norfloxacine, gentamicin and imipenem against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. There was obtained 512 μg/mL to Pseudomonas aeruginosa. To Staphylococcus aureus, modulation showed synergism to norfloxacin and gentamicin, with imipenem against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and gentamicin against Escherichia coli. Based on these results, more studies are needed to test the antibacterial activity of the extract.

El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar la actividad antibacteriana y moduladora del extracto etanólico de Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T. Aiton contra cepas multirresistentes de bacterias. Por el método de microdilución, fueron definidas la concentración inhibidora mínima (MIC) del extracto y la modulación con la concentración inhibidora CIM / 8 del extracto con norfloxacina, gentamicina e imipenem contra Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli y Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Se obtuvo 512 μg/mL para Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Se descubrió sinergismo en el caso de Staphylococcus aureus, en la modulación con norfloxacina y gentamicina, mientras que con imipenem frente a Pseudomonas aeruginosa y con gentamicina para Escherichia coli. Con base en estos resultados, se necesitan más estudios para probar la actividad antibacteriana del extracto.
Non-financial reporting in Spain. The effects of the adoption of the 2014 EU Directive
Authors: García-Benau María-Antonia , Bollas-Araya Helena-María , Sierra-García Laura
Published: January 2022

The Directive 2014/95/EU imposes new requirements regarding the disclosure of non-financial information (NFI). The aim of this paper is to analyse the NFI disclosed by Spanish listed companies. This is a pioneering study in Spain, since it was conducted during the first year in which NFI disclosure was mandatory, according to the requirements of the Spanish adaptation of Directive. We determine whether decisions on NFI reporting adopted in this respect (i.e. to do so within the management report or as a separate sustainability report) depend on the company’s characteristics. In addition, we consider whether the content of such reports differs significantly. Findings show that some Spanish companies do not disclose mandatory NFI. Larger and more profitable companies, which belong to specific sectors and have a sustainability committee, are more likely to disclose this information in a sustainability report. The contents of management and sustainability reports present significant differences.

La Directiva 2014/95/UE impone nuevos requisitos en cuanto a la divulgación de información no financiera (IFN). El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la IFN divulgada por las empresas cotizadas españolas. Se trata de un estudio pionero en España, ya que se realizó durante el primer año en el que la divulgación de IFN era obligatoria, según los requisitos de la adaptación española a la mencionada Directiva. Determinamos si las decisiones sobre la presentación de la información no financiera adoptadas al respecto (es decir, hacerlo dentro del informe de gestión o como un informe de sostenibilidad independiente) dependen de las características de la empresa. Además, estudiamos si el contenido de dichos informes difiere significativamente. Los resultados muestran que algunas empresas españolas no divulgan la información no financiera obligatoria. Las empresas más grandes y rentables, que pertenecen a sectores específicos y que tienen un comité de sostenibilidad, son más propensas a divulgar esta información en un informe de sostenibilidad. Los contenidos de las memorias de gestión y de sostenibilidad presentan diferencias significativas.
A Data Science Approach to Cost Estimation Decision Making - Big Data and Machine Learning
Authors: Fernández-Revuelta Pérez Luis , Romero Blasco Álvaro
Published: January 2022

Cost estimation may become increasingly difficult, slow, and resource-consuming when it cannot be performed analytically. If traditional cost estimation techniques are usable at all under those circumstances, they have important limitations. This article analyses the potential applications of data science to management accounting, through the case of a cost estimation task posted on Kaggle, a Google data science and machine learning website. When extensive data exist, machine learning techniques can overcome some of those limitations. Applying machine learning to the data reveals non-obvious patterns and relationships that can be used to predict costs of new assemblies with acceptable accuracy. This article discusses the advantages and limitations of this approach and its potential to transform cost estimation, and more widely management accounting. The multinational company Caterpillar posted a contest on Kaggle to estimate the price that a supplier would quote for manufacturing a number of industrial assemblies, given historical quotes for similar assemblies. Hitherto, this problem would have required reverse-engineering the supplier’s accounting structure to establish the cost structure of each assembly, identifying non-obvious relationships among variables. This complex and tedious task is usually performed by human experts, adding subjectivity to the process.

La estimación de costes puede resultar cada vez más difícil, lenta y consumidora de recursos cuando no puede realizarse de forma analítica. Cuando las técnicas tradicionales de estimación de costes son utilizadas en esas circunstancias se presentan importantes limitaciones. Este artículo analiza las posibles aplicaciones de la ciencia de datos a la contabilidad de gestión, a través del caso de una tarea de estimación de costes publicada en Kaggle, un sitio web de ciencia de datos y aprendizaje automático de Google. Cuando existen muchos datos, las técnicas de aprendizaje automático pueden superar algunas de esas limitaciones. La aplicación del aprendizaje automático a los datos revela patrones y relaciones no evidentes que pueden utilizarse para predecir los costes de nuevos montajes con una precisión aceptable. En nuestra investigación se analizan las ventajas y limitaciones de este enfoque y su potencial para transformar la estimación de costes y, más ampliamente, la contabilidad de gestión. La multinacional Caterpillar publicó un concurso en Kaggle para estimar el precio que un proveedor ofrecería por la fabricación de una serie de conjuntos industriales, dados los presupuestos históricos de conjuntos similares. Hasta ahora, este problema habría requerido una ingeniería inversa de la estructura contable del proveedor para establecer la estructura de costes de cada ensamblaje, identificando relaciones no obvias entre las variables. Esta compleja y tediosa tarea suele ser realizada por expertos humanos, lo que añade subjetividad al proceso.