Province Of Eskisehir Research Articles

Stock market investment and different behavioural patterns: an exploratory study

PurposeThe purpose of the research is to gain an understanding about how stock market investors impact various behavioural personality traits in various consumer groups with differing levels of motivation and capacity to absorb emerging stock market data.Design/methodology/approachThe research has used structural equation modelling (SEM) to test the validity of the theoretical model.FindingsThe current paper is the first study that uses stock market data from an emerging economy to examine the relationship between stock market investment and different behavioural patterns such as stock market attachment, trust, satisfaction and loyalty. The authors observe the presence of direct positive relationships between stock market investment and different behavioural personality traits. Moreover, the authors also observe that stock market attachment can be seen as an intermediary variable between stock investment involvement and satisfaction. The empirical findings also suggest the presence of indirect relationships between stock investment involvement and satisfaction and between stock market attachment and loyalty. The authors find that the indirect relationship between stock market attachment and loyalty occurs when the level of satisfaction is higher. Therefore, satisfaction appears to facilitate the relationship between stock market attachment and loyalty.Research limitations/implicationsOne major limitation of the study is data availability. More specifically, the study was conducted with customers of eight different banks in the province of Eskisehir, Turkey. From the 250 questionnaires distributed, 173 were returned, yielding a response rate of 69.2%.Practical implicationsBy identifying the trait characteristics of segments of stock market participants relative to their propensity to invest in stocks, it is possible to tailor messages that influence people to invest for the long term.Originality/valueThe paper deploys stock market data from an emerging economy to investigate the relationship between stock market investment and different surface traits such as stock market attachment, trust, satisfaction and loyalty. To the best of the authors' knowledge the current paper is the first such study.

Özel Eğitim Kurumlarının Fiziksel Koşullarının Evrensel Tasarım İlkeleri Doğrultusunda İncelenmesi: Eskişehir Örneği

Evrensel tasarım, uyarlama ve kişiye özel tasarım ihtiyacı olmaksızın tüm insanlar tarafından mümkün olan en geniş ölçüde kullanılabilen ürün, hizmet ve ortamların tasarımı olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Bu araştırmada Eskişehir ilinde yer alan özel özel eğitim ve rehabilitasyon merkezlerinin fiziksel koşullarının evrensel tasarım ilkeleri doğrultusunda incelenmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Araştırmada nicel araştırma yöntemlerinden betimsel tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Katılımcı grubu olarak Eskişehir ilinde yer alan on üç kurum belirlenmiştir. Araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen "Evrensel Tasarım Kontrol Listesi" ile toplanan veriler doğrudan gözlem yoluyla elde edilmiştir. Elde edilen veriler frekans (f) ve yüzde (%) olarak analiz edilmiştir. Yapılan analiz doğrultusunda bulgular, maddeleri karşılayan kurum sayısı ve kurumların kontrol listesinden aldıkları puanlara göre iki açıdan ele alınmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular incelendiğinde en yüksek ortalamaya sahip bölümlerin dersliklerle ilişkili özellikler ve acil çıkış ve acil durumlar olduğu görülmektedir. En düşük ortalamaya sahip olan özelliklerin ise fiziksel erişilebilirlik unsurları ve tuvaletler olduğu görülmektedir. Bulgular ilgili alanyazın doğrultusunda tartışılmıştır.

Analysis of the relationship among health awareness and health literacy, patient satisfaction levels with primary care in patients admitting to primary care health centers

ObjectiveThe aim of the study was to examine the relationships between health literacy, primary care satisfaction levels and health awareness of the patients who were admitted to primary care centers (Family Health Centers). MethodsThis is a cross-sectional study conducted on individuals who were admitted to Family Health Centers (n = 1.055) in Eskisehir province. The study data were collected by using Turkish Health Literacy Scale, the European Patients Evaluate General/Family Practice Scale and Health Awareness Scale. ResultsAs health literacy of participants increases, health awareness and satisfaction with primary care also increases (for each, p < .001). Health awareness increases health literacy by 0.55 points, health literacy increases satisfaction in primary care by 0.26 points. ConclusionIn the province of Eskisehir, the health literacy level of 7 out of 10 patients, who admitted to the primary care institution, is inadequate or problematic. As health awareness of participants increases, their level of health literacy also increases. As health literacy of participants increases, their satisfaction with family physicians also increases. Practice implicationsAs an integral part of preventive health services, studies should be performed to increase and improve the level of health literacy of patients who are admitted to primary care services.

Pupillometry as a Screening Tool to Detect Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome

Our objective was to evaluate the diagnostic value of a handheld pupillometer in differentiating eyes with pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PXS) from healthy controls. This population-based, cross-sectional study was conducted in the province of Eskisehir, Turkey. Subjects 40 years of age and older were randomly recruited using stratified two-stage cluster sampling from the database of the Turkish Statistical Institute office in Eskisehir. Recruitment took place between June and October 2014. The inclusion criteria were healthy subjects who did not have a previous diagnosis of glaucoma or other issues affecting pupil dynamics. After an extensive ophthalmic examination, pupillometry was performed under standard photopic room lighting conditions. After pupillometry, the pupil was dilated and digital images of the anterior segment were taken for confirmation of PXS. An inter-eye pupil diameter difference of ≥0.4 mm was defined as pupil asymmetry. Of the 2356 invited subjects, 2017 agreed to participate (85.6%), and 1559 subjects were eligible for the study. An age-matched subgroup consisting of 529 healthy controls was randomly selected to compare with the 60 subjects who were diagnosed with PXS. The mean pupil diameters of subjects with PXS and healthy controls were 3.57 ± 0.68 mm and 3.68 ± 0.63 mm, respectively (P = .652). In the ROC analysis, the precision of pupil diameter in discriminating PXS was low (AUC 0.56, sensitivity 14%, specificity 94%). Pupil asymmetry increased the chances of having PXS by 3.46-fold. Pupillometry performed poorly in the detection of PXS scoring a positive predictive value of 26%.

DAĞLIK PHRYGIA’DA HELLENİSTİK VE ROMA İMPARATORLUK DÖNEMİ ANITSAL KAYA MEZARLARINDAKİ CEPHE MİMARİSİ VE MİMARİ SÜSLEME ÖĞELERİ ÜZERİNE NOTLAR

In the Ancient Anatolia “mountainous section” of Phrygia Region is the section between Dorylaion (today the province of Eskisehir), Kotiaion (today the province of Kutahya) and Akroinos (today the province of Afyon) and it was named “Highlands of Phrygia”. In addition to magnificent monuments related to Mother Goddess worship carved in rock in “Phrygian” period as well as monumental tombs of the same period, various types of tombs and chamber tombs carved in rock in Hellenistic and Roman Imperial Periods can be found in Highlands of Phrygia Region. In almost half of the rock-cut chamber tombs carved in rock in Mountainous Phrygia Region in Hellenistic and Roman Imperial Periods facade architecture and ornaments at various levels could be detected. Some of the chamber tombs having such facade architecture are monumental in nature and they are required to be assessed not only in terms of tomb typology but also in terms of “facade design” separately due to ornaments and certain other elements in their facades. For this reason, approximately 20 of the rock-cut chamber tombs with the monumental facade architecture in question which I consider to be significant examples have been examined in the article for different aspects. These are Kumbet-Deliklikaya, Kumbet – Solon’s tomb, Zehran, Gerdekkaya which is the most monumental rock-cut tombs with temple form in the region, Kirkgozkaya located in Sacred Phrygian Yazilikaya, Church, chamber tombs in Yapildak necropolis within the boundaries of the province of Eskisehir, chamber tombs in Ahlatciinler necropolis, rock-cut chamber tombs in Ayazin town, in Gulluk location, from the necropolis nearby village Demirli within the boundaries of the province of Afyon. Two significant elements of comparison have been taken into consideration while dating the rock-cut chamber tombs in Highlands of Phrygia Region: tomb typology and facade architecture/ornaments. Tomb typology is an issue quite separate from the main content of the article and consequently it was not discussed in detail in this study. For facade design, in addition to the ordinary comparisons to be made with structures or carvings in different Ancient regions and geographical regions, the comparisons made for rock carvings in Phrygia Region and Highlands of Phrygia Region with “false door steles” mostly used as “tursteine” or “doorstone” in the literature, reflections of them in the rock carvings in the region as well as Dokimeion type tombs which is one of the most significant tomb production centers of the ancient geography and located in splitting distance to Highlands of Phrygia are remarkable. Furthermore, description of the goddess in her own holy region on the rock in all most all periods is another special example for the concepts of “tradition” and “continuity”.

The frequency of patients with polysomnographic diagnosis as obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) during one year in Eskisehir, Turkey

Introduction We aimed to investigate the frequency of newly diagnosed patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSAS) by using polisomnography (PSG) in healthcare organizations in Eskisehir city center during the year 2010. Materials and methods Patients over the age of 20 living in the province of Eskisehir and with diagnosis of OSAS in hospital information systems based on databases of ICD-10 coding system and with the diagnostic codes F51 (F51.0–F51.9), G47 (G47.0–G47.9) were selected. Using data from the medical and polysomnographic records between the 1st of January and the 31st of December 2010, patients with the diagnosis of OSAS for the first time were determined. Then theses patients were invited to the research center. OSAS Patient Assesment Form, Assasment Fatigue Scale (FAS), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the SF-36 Life Quality Scale were fulfilled. Results In Eskisehir city center, 729 patients were preliminary diagnosed as OSAS. 526 (72.2%) of them were investigated by PSG in which 243 of them were diagnosed as OSAS for the first time by using PSG. The population over the age 20 in Eskisehir was 562.811 which makes the frequency of the newly diagnosed patients with OSAS as 43.18/100.000. Of the patients with OSAS, 36.6% were women, 63.4% were men with mean age 52.20 ± 11.57 (range: 24–87) in both genders. 77 of the patients (31.7%) had mild, 53 ( 21.8%) had moderate and 113 (46.5%) had severe OSAS. In the severe OSAS group, the mean body weight, body mass index (BMI) and waist, hips and neck circumference measures were higher when compared with the others. The most commonly accompanying chronic diseases seen were obesity, hypertension and a history of previous nose operations. The 98.3% of the patients were snoring, 79.8% had apnea and 88% had excessive day time sleepiness (EDS). The mean scores of FAS and ESS increased with the disease severity. There was no difference in SF-36LQS scores between the groups. Conclusion Our results showed that the number of patients who were prediagnosed as OSAS were lower than expected, which meant that smaller number of patients were investigated by PSG. As OSAS is an important public health problem, we reccomend that in order to increase the awareness of the patients and the physicians more studies should be done immediatelly. Acknowledgement We would like to thank to the Eskisehir Provincial Directorate of Health for the support and assistance.

A Study of Motivational Factors Associated With Peer-to-Peer (P2P) File-Sharing

Peer-to-Peer, also known as P2P, is an alternative to the client-server distribution model. Millions of consumers are routinely exchanging digital content files over P2P networks. The purpose of this paper is to determine the P2P constructs associated with P2P file sharing and to investigate relationships between the constructs and satisfaction and intention. A questionnaire consisted of three parts was conducted on people (N=1360) living in the province of Eskisehir, Turkey. The results of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and multiple regression analysis revealed four valid motivation constructs (convenience, experience sharing, innovation adoption and altruism) and indicate that these constructs have directly effect on satisfaction and behavioral intention.

İLKÖĞRETİM 5. SINIF ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN DİNLEDİĞİNİ ANLAMA SÜRECİNDE KULLANDIKLARI ZİHİNSEL BECERİ DÜZEYLERİ

This study was conducted to determine primary school fifth grade students’ mental skill levels in listening comprehension. A “Listening Comprehension Test” was developed by the researcher so that the students’ level of mental skills in listening comprehension could be determined. The test was designed to include the listening comprehension acquisitions covered in the 5th Grade listening domain of the Turkish course curriculum. The research population consisted of a total of 750 5th grade primary school students, who were determined through random element of sampling, in the central province of Eskisehir in 2010-2011. The research data vi was collected by the researchers. The activities were conducted in a period of two lesson hours in the primary schools included in the study. The collected data were analyzed in terms of mental skills in parallel to the research aim. Therefore, the items were categorized according to the mental processes related to the corresponding acquisitions and a total of 27 acquisitions were gathered under 11 mental skills. Each of the mental skills measured comprised a sub-problem of the research. Descriptive statistics data on the responses to the test items was used to make interpretations. These findings showed that the mean of the mental skill levels of primary school 5th grade students in listening comprehension was .651. Also, the means determined in the analyses varied depending on the mental skills. The students had a high level of mental skills in listening comprehension in terms of building semantic relationships meaning configuration through visuals, discrimination and analysis. They had a moderate level of achievement in the mental skills of following the instructions and making predictions in listening comprehension test. Finally, they had a low level of mental skills in listening comprehension in terms of problem solving, inquiry and comparison.

Non-government Organizations and the Internet: An Example of the Province of Eskisehir, Turkey, from a Public Relations Perspective

Non-government Organizations and the Internet: An Example of the Province of Eskisehir, Turkey, from a Public Relations Perspective

Turkish Elementary School Students’ Facebook Experiences Reflected in Their Drawings

The aim of this study was to find out the perceptions of 10/11-year-old elementary school students of Facebook by means of their drawings. Among qualitative research approaches, the phenomenology pattern was used in the study. The study enrolled 25 fourth grade students in a public elementary school in the province of Eskisehir in Turkey. The participants had approximately one-year Facebook experience. Research data were collected by means of the students’ drawings about Facebook, the interviews with them about their drawings and their opinions written down by them about their Facebook experiences and then data were analyzed descriptively. Two main themes emerged in the study: Children’s Perceptions of Facebook and Children’s Facebook Experiences. Perception of Facebook included communication and entertainment subthemes while Facebook Experiences included the students’ positive and negative experiences as sub-themes. A further recommendation could be introducing children to other uses of Facebook as well as communication and entertainment and they could be provided with a model about that.

Teachers’ Efficacy Perceptions About Individualized Instruction

The population of the study consists of primary school teachers working in the province of Eskisehir. The sample of the study consists of 321 primary school teachers working at 40 primary schools. In the present study, a questionnaire, an instrument to collect data, was used to determine teachers’ perceptions of efficacy about individualized instruction. Frequencies and percentage were calculated in the analysis of the data. Results of the study indicated that primary school teachers perceived themselves as sufficient in terms of determining the aims and teaching activities. Furthermore, teachers perceived themselves moderately sufficient in terms of presenting different activities in scheduling; applying knowledge with property of students in scheduling to teaching-learning process and designing suitable teaching material in teaching-learning process; constructing the environment which helps students to realize their powerful and weak aspects. On the other hand, teachers perceived themselves insufficient in terms of scheduling teaching-learning process with convenient individual differences and constructing environment with convenient for students who need special education.

Eskişehir, Kütahya, Afyonkarahisar İlleri 2004 Yılı Arkeolojik Envanteri ve Yüzey Araştırması

According to data revealed by archaeological excavation and field survey, the survey area which was called Phrygia Epictetos in the Classical Period, has been inhabited since prehistoric periods. In 2004, the survey activity was focused ma­inly on the districts of Alpu, Sivrihisar, Beylikova, Mihaliccik, Mahmudiye, Seyitgazi and Han in the province of Eskisehir and in the central district of the province of Kutahya. As a result, 62 villages in the province of Eskise­hir and 4 villages in the province of Kutahya were surveyed. During the field work, not only many fortresses, open settlements, nec­ropolises with rock cut tombs, tumuli, marble votive and sepulchral steles bearing inscripti­ons and reliefs dating to Byzantine and Ro­man periods, but also Phrygian rock cut mo­numents and settlements were recorded. On the other hand, quantities of pottery frag­ments were collected on 13 previously unre­corded, and 30 known mounds in the region Our survey has demonstrated that the des­truction of the mounds, open settlements and necropolises by illegal diggings are gradually Increasing from day to day in the region.

Eskişehir, Kütahya, Afyonkarahisar İlleri Arkeolojik Envanteri 2003

This archaeological survey aims to determine the Phrygian area of expansion and residential areas, and also the effects of the Phrygian culture on the later periods m the Eskisehir, Kutahya and Afyonkarahisar provinces. The project started in 2001 and has continued as part of the Turkish Academy of Sciences Cultural Inventory Project also m the year 2003. The survey of 2003 was conducted in the province of Eskisehir, and the districts of Sivrihisar, Seyitgazi and Alpu. 15 mounds, 2 tumuli, 3 rock-monuments, 3 rock-cut tombs belonging to the Phrygian period, and also settlements and many rock-cut tombs belonging to the Roman-Byzantine periods have been documented m the survey region. In addition, some surface finds have been collected from 9 previously discovered mounds.

KÜLLÜOBA: İç Kuzeybatı Anadolu'da Bir ilk Tunç Çağı Kenti 1996-2000 Yılları arasında Yapılan Kazı Çalışmalarının Genel Değerlendirmesi

The mound of Kulluoba lies within the boundaries of the administrative district of Seyitgazi in the Province of Eskisehir. Settlement phases with in the mound represent a time period which extends at least from the late Chalcolithic Period to the very end of the Early Bronze Age (the end of the EB III, ca. 1800 BC). Excavations at the site, begun in 1996 under the direction of Turan Efe of the Department of Protohistory and Near Eastern Archaeology at Istanbul University, have so far concentrated on the eastern and western cones of the large, sprawling mound 200x150m across. Stratigraphy in the western sector has revealed a cultural continuum from the end of Late Chalcolithic times to the beginnings of the EB II period. Especially of significance here is the settle­ment plan from the period transitional to the Early Bronze Age; it resembles M. Korfmann's Ana­tolian Settlement Plan as revealed at Demircihuyuk. Its occurence here at Kulluoba, however, rep­resents an even earlier period. The pottery on this western cone clearly displays a gradual transi­tion from the Late Chalolithic throughout the whole of the EB I period. EB II and EB III strata have been investigated in the eastern sector of the mound, where evidence for the existence of an acropolis and a lower city as early as the EB II period bears considerable impact on Anatolian prehistory. A zigzag fortification wall lined with residences along the interi­or encloses the upper city. An eastern gate in these fortifications has been unearthed, with a small court inside leading into an open area. Directly across this plaza or square the visitor was met by a palace complex-a megaron flanked by two longitudinally adjoining megaroid structures, most li­kely the residence of the local ruler. There is also evidence of Independent Megara upon this ac­ropolis. The layout of tire upper city would seem to represent an amalgamation of the Demircihuyuk settlement plan with the plans of the cities of die North Aegean. The EB III pottery found at Kulluoba exhibits the typical western anatolian repertory of the age. Two foot-shaped stamp seals from EB II and III strata at Kulluoba emphasize the importance of trade. It is most particularly such finds from the EB and EB III periods at Kulluoba that bear wit­ness to the overland trade that passed over the Eskisehir plain between Cilicia to the southeast and the Northern Aegean to the west.

Training Village Midwives for Family Planning Services Delivery in Rural Turkey

Government midwives in Turkey are responsible for delivering babies prenatal and postnatal care family planning care of children to 6 years of age immunizations and maintaining health records including vital statistics for approximately 3200 people. Although the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare considered family planning an integral preventive health measure it was found that the midwives neglected this aspect of their work because they were overwhelmed by their other responsibilities. A training program was developed therefore to allow midwives to identify high-risk couples and to plan their home visits according to family planning priorities. Training materials and field materials were designed to aid in this task. The highest priority for family planning services was assigned to couples at high risk of pregnancy (with a child under 4 years old or expected) who also were at high risk of pregnancy-related complications (when the mother had 5 or more live births). The 2nd priority was assigned to mothers at risk of pregnancy without added risk of complications and the 3rd priority was given to couples at low risk of pregnancy and its complications. After a 1-week training course 10 midwives in the province of Eskisehir were evaluated over a 6-month period. It was found that the midwives correctly assigned priorities visited high-priority couples more often and improved the use of contraception among their patients. This training program conducted in 1976 will be expanded to almost 300 midwives in Turkey.

The Kocakizlar Tumulus in Eskişehir, Turkey

Bozyir area and at that moment came upon a brick vault. After being informed of this situation personnel from the Eskisehir Museum went to Alpu, examined the tumulus, and by good fortune discovered the entrance to the tomb. Later, by order of the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums, the opening up of the tumulus was begun, the tomb was emptied of water and mud, and the tomb offerings recovered were taken to the Eskisehir Museum.' The Kocakizlar tumulus is located 3 km. to the NW of the subdistrict of Alpu, in the province of Eskisehir (ills. 1-2). The diameter of the mound is approximately 80 m., and its height is 6 m. The site of the tumulus is between Midaeum (Karahoyiik) and Accilaeum (Uyuztepe) in the ancient province of Phrygia Epictetus.2 Major Roman roads passing from Dorylaeum (Eskisehir) to Ancyra (Ankara) and Pessinus (Ballihisar) passed by here.3 The existence in the Alpu plain of numerous tumuli and mounds represents evidence testifying to the importance of the area. SE of the Kocakizlar (big girls) tumulus is another tumulus referred to as the Kiiqiikkizlar (little girls) tumulus. In the survey of Burney the Kiigiikkizlar tumulus is referred to as Alpu II and the Kocakizlar tumulus as Alpu III.V In confirmation of Burney's findings, Mr. Daniel Boyd verifies that sherds from our excavation include one possibly Chalcolithic sherd and a few early Bronze Age sherds among the mass of late Hellenistic-early Roman pottery. This would indicate that the tomb was built into a small mound.