Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Research Articles

Studies on Catalase-Like Activity of Some Tc-99m Radiopharmaceuticals

Studies on Catalase-Like Activity of Some Tc-99m Radiopharmaceuticals E. C ceka,∗ and B. Dede Faculty of Science and Art, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey Faculty of Science and Art, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey Hydrogen peroxide is an ubiquitous metabolite in living systems, produced at increased levels in a variety of pathological situations. Therefore suppressing or at least controlling H2O2 production is important. Catalase enzymes can convert hydrogen peroxide into water and dioxygen and a similar role can be played by transition metal ions or some radiopharmaceuticals. (1) TcO4 , (2) Tc-99m mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG3) and (3) Tc-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) were each tested for their ability to catalyse the disproportionation of hydrogen peroxide in the presence of the added base imidazole. It was found that (2) and (3) exhibit acceptable catalase-like activity compared to the Tc-99m pertechnetate.

Metaphors of Turkish preservice teachers about the concept of "Literature"

This research has been done for the purpose of searching out the perceptions of the Turkish preservice teachers related to the term of “Literature” by the help of the concept of metaphors. 230 students have been participated to the study who have studied at Mehmet Akif Ersoy University(Turkey),Faculty of Education, Department of Turkish Teaching. Answers to the following questions were sought in the study: (1) Which metaphors are use to explain Turkish Teacher CandA±dates perceptions of the concept “Literature”? (2) Under what categories are these metaphors gathered according to their common traits? The datas of research have been obtained by the Turkish preservice teachers completing the sentence of “Literature is like…; “because…”. Phenomenological design was used in the study and the obtained data were analyzed with content analysis. The Turkish preservice teachers whose opinions has been taken, has produced totally 108 valid metaphor related to the term of “Literature”. As a result of the concent analysis these metaphors are grouped under 7 conceptual categories in terms of common features. These are; (1) Reflectivite and transmittivit, (2) Importance, value and sensitivity, (3) Difference and diversity, (4) Infinity and depth, (5) Feeling, (6) Lifestyle, (7) Happiness and love. The research is concluded that the metaphors are an effective research tool of determining, uncovering and interpretation of the perceptions that the Turkish preservice teachers have the term of “Literature”. Key words: Metaphor, Literature, Turkish preservice teachers.

Researching the Foreign Language Learning Styles of Students in Different Departments

This research has been carried out to determine language learning styles of college students’ in different sections and to determine how to teach it better. Population of the study is Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, while the sample group is composed of students studying at Physical Education and Sports and Classroom Teaching departments. Research data have been collected through written sources and survey method. The questionnaire has been applied to the students of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade classes randomly only after its understandability, scope validity and reliability have been tested. In this way, the research has included a total of 199 students, 93 of whom study at Physical Education and Sport, while 106 of whom are classroom teaching students. Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient of the questionnaire has been found 0.65. This is a current value of a coefficient according to the researchers. After the collected data have been coded in an appropriate statistical environment, frequency (f), percent (%), cross-tables have been applied as statistical operations, and to test the differences chi-square (X2) operation has been conducted. As a result of the operation, to determine (%) distributions and to detect differences in opinions for each question, comments have been made upon by accepting 0.05 as confidence interval. In conclusion, we can say that students, in general, learn better by reading, talking, listening, writing, through visual items and solving examples and we can also say that current English teaching method is not efficient according to the collected data.

An Investigation of Attachment Styles of College Students

In this study, it has been investigated whether attachment styles college students differ in terms of gender, presence or absence of a romantic relationship in the past and their settlement. Three hundred and eighteen college students attending the Faculty of Education, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University during the Autumn Semester of 2010-2011 participated this study. In this study, the data on the attachment styles were collected by “The Relationship Scale” developed by Griffin and Bartholomew (1994) and adapted to Turkish by Sümer and Güngör (1999). In the analysis of the obtained data, MANOVA, one way ANOVA, Bonferroni and Tukey Test. Findings have shown that Attachment styles scores differ in terms of gender and presence or absence of a romantic relationship in the past and their settlement. The findings are discussed in the light of the literature and field studies related to new researcher and various suggestions were made.

Study Skills of Students Studying at Different Departments

Being a screening model survey, this research aims at determining whether there is a difference in the skills of the students studying at different departments.Population of the study is Mehmet Akif Ersoy University and the sample group is composed of the students in class management, physical education and sport teaching.The data were obtained from written sources and through survey method. After the understandability, content validity and reliability of the questionnaire is assured, it was applied to the sample group through one to one interviews. The survey was applied to 100 students of physical education and sports teaching section and 151 classroom teaching, a total of 251 students. Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was 0.96. According to the researchers, Co-efficient is very high. After the collected data had been coded in suitable statistical computing environment, as statistical operations, such procedures as the frequency (f), percent (%), cross-table (Croostab) and X2 (Chi-square) were applied. Comments were made upon by accepting 0.05 confidence interval. As a result of statistical evaluation procedures, we can say that study skills of the students are different and there is a significant difference in 0,05 significance level. As a result, we can say that physical education and sports students and classroom management students have different study skills and methods.

A Research ofthe Relationship Between Study Skills of Students and their GPA

This is a screening model research, and the objective of this research is to find out whether there is a relationship between study skills and GPA of university students.Population of the study is Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, while the sample group is composed of the students studying at classroom management and physical education and sports departments.The data were obtained from written sources and through survey method. After the understandability, content validity and reliability of the questionnaire were assured, it was applied to the sample group randomly through one to one interviews. A total of 251 students participated in the study. Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was 0.96. According to the researchers, this is a very high Co-efficient .After the collected data had been coded in suitable statistical computing environment, as statistical operations, such procedures as the frequency (f), percentage (%), cross-table (Croostab) and X2 (Chi-square) were applied. Comments were made upon by accepting0.05 confidence interval. As a result of statistical evaluation procedures, student with higher GPA are better than those who have lower. There is also a significant difference in 0,05 significance level.As a result, we can say that study skills of students with higher GPA are also higher and there is a linear parallelism between study skills and GPA.

Evaluation of instructors and students' reaction to undesired classroom behaviours from a professional perspective

Nowadays, it is seen that student behaviours that disturb the learning environment have come up as crucial problems in education and training applications and they set learning backward. This research aims to define the opinions of instructors and students on preventing the undesired classroom behaviours that disturb education and to evaluate these opinions from a professional approach. The data of the research are gathered through literature review and questionnaire method. The population of the research is Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Faculty of Education; the sample group of the research is composed of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade students of Classroom Teaching Department, Department of Early Childhood Education and Physical Education and Sports Department and the instructors of these departments. A questionnaire was developed in accordance with the research taking by applying to expert opinion. The comprehensibility, content validity and reliability of the questionnaire were tested. The Cronbach’s alpha reliability co-efficient of the questionnaire was defined as 0.63. The students from the sampling group were met face to face and the questionnaire was applied to the students using stratification and random sampling method. It was also applied to the instructors by meeting face to face. The questionnaires of 407 people, 72 of whom are the instructors, 333 of whom are the students and 2 of whom didn’t mention their status, were evaluated. After the collected data were coded to SPSS package program, frequency (f), percentage (%) and cross table (Crostab) and X square (X2) operation were applied as statistical operations. According to instructor and student variables, each answer was interpreted taking percentage (%) distribution and 0.05 confidence interval into consideration. As a result we can say that; the opinions of instructors and students to prevent unwanted classroom behaviours that disturb education are not professional; they are instructor and student centred; they do not remove or prevent the reasons of negative behaviours and they are only temporary solutions with variable warnings. Key words: Instructor, student, undesired classroom behaviours, professionalism.

Congenital secundum atrial septal defect and membranous ventricular septal defect in a newborn Holstein-Friesian calf

Congenital secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) and membranous ventricular septal defect (VSD) were diagnosed in a 1-day-old Holstein-Friesian calf necropsied in the Department of Pathology of Mehmet Akif Ersoy University. The secundum atrial septal defect was 32.9 × 23.1 mm in width and was elliptical. The membranous ventricular septal defect was 25.3 × 18.5 mm in width and was round to oval in shape. Both atrial and ventricular septal defects were stained with hematoxylin-eosin and Van Gieson's stain. Histopathological examination showed that the defects mainly consisted of numerous muscle cells and, in some areas, dense fibrous connective tissue.

Views of student teachers on information technology integration in geography teaching

The aim of this study is to examine the views of Primary School Social Studies teacher candidates regarding integration of Information Technologies in teaching and learning processes. The sample of the study was composed of 122 student teachers in their third year pursuing their studies in the “Department of Primary Education Social Studies Teaching”, Faculty of Education, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University. The study was conducted in three stages. In the first stage, student teachers were asked to prepare a one-hour lesson plan to find the answer to the question “How much do student teachers who are expected to start teaching within one year integrate Information Technologies in their lesson plans?” Of the participants, 59% were found to integrate Information Technologies in their lesson plans at varying degrees. In the second stage of the study, student teachers were posed an open-ended question to reveal their views on the reasons why they integrated or avoided integrating Information Technologies in their lesson plans. In the third stage of the study, student teachers were asked the following questions: “Do you think that information technologies are integrated in your geography lessons?” and “How much do you plan to integrate Information Technologies in your geography lessons when you start teaching in the future?” The responses to these questions were evaluated. The data obtained were analyzed through descriptive statistics method. Key words: Geography course, student teacher, IT-information technologies, teacher education, technology.

Automatic thoughts as predictors of Turkish university students' state anxiety

The aim of the study was to examine the correlation between automatic thoughts and state anxiety. A total of 220 (119 females, 101 males) fourth-year students at Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey, completed the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI; Spielberger, Gorsuch, & Lushene, 1980) and the Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire (ATQ; Hollon & Kendall, 1980) when they were preparing for their final examinations. The predictor variable of the study was automatic (negative, dysfunctional) thoughts, while the predicted variable was state anxiety. Simple linear regression analysis was used to examine the data. Consistent with the researchers' expectations, automatic thoughts were a significant predictor of state anxiety. State anxiety explained 39% of the total variance in relation to students' automatic thoughts. Findings are discussed in the light of possible developments at Turkish universities to train students to overcome these thought patterns and the resultant anxiety.

Clinocopathologic and Immunohistochemical Findings of Multiple Genital Leiomyomas and Mammary Adenocarcinomas in a Bitch

A 13-year-old female Pointer dog was presented for evaluation of mammary tumours and bloody vaginal discharge at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. On the history, owner complained of mammary tumours and bloody vaginal discharge. Three mammary tumours and lymphadenopathy at the mammary lymph nodes were observed at the clinical examination. A big, firm, palpable mass was found in the abdominal cavity. Vaginal cytology revealed numerous pleomorphic and anaplastic cells. Abdominal ultrasonography demonstrated a large mid-abdominal mass at the distal part of the left uterine horn. Also multiple masses in the cervix and vagina were found. Because of the poor prognosis and the desire of the owner, the bitch was killed. At the necropsy numerous masses were seen at the vagina and cervix and one big mass seen at the left cornu uteri. Histopathological diagnosis was leiomyoma. Multiple metastases of mammary tumours were seen at the lungs. Histopathologically, mammary tumours were diagnosed as complex type tubulopapillary adenocarcinoma. The objectives of this study were to measure the proliferation indices in canine complex type mammary adenocarcinoma and genital leiomyomas using immunohistochemical detection of Ki-67 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen to determine the relationship of these antigens to clinical and pathologic variables; and to examine the immunoreactivity of these tumours with different markers. Pan-cytokeratin and S100 were negative, desmin and glial fibriler acidic protein were slight positive and the other markers (carsinoembryogenic antigen, proliferating cell nuclear antigen, vimentin, smooth muscle actin, p53, fibronectin, Ki67) were found strong positive at the genital tumours. Only desmin were negative; the other markers were strong positive at the mammary tumours.