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Atakan Caglayan, Nurper Ozbar
Investigation of moral decision making attitudes of infrastructure athletes
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The aim of this study is to reveal the status of sport ethics in infrastructures by applying moral decision-making scale to the athletes at the age of 10-16 in infrastructure sports. And also, is to help how to reach more well-behaved, respectable, ethical, gentleman and fair play structure by putting forward attitudes of which athletes of infrastructure who effected by sport ethics. As a data collection tool, Lee, Whitehead and Ntoumanis (2007) "Athletes Moral Decision-Making in Youth Sport Questionnaire (AMDYSQ)" was used which was developed to measure moral decision-making attitudes of athletes. The adaptation of the scale to the Turkish was done by Gurpinar (2014). The original scale is a 5-point Likert-type scale with 9 items and 3 sub-dimensions and scoring between I Absolutely Disagree (1) and I Absolutely Agree (5). The universe of the research consists of infrastructure athletes of limited 10-15 age group of Duzce Belediye Spor, Duzce 1907, Vakifbank and Ekol Sports clubs in Duzce and Istanbul and the sample is composed of 141 athletes voluntarily participating in the research from this universe. The relationship between attitudes of moral decision making of infrastructure athletes and socio-demographic characteristics such as age, gender, income level, undergraduate year, class, branch and clubs was analyzed by Kruskal-Wallis test in the research. The analysis of the obtained data is given in tabular form in the findings. As a result, there are significant differences between the moral decision-making attitudes of the infrastructure athletes and their demographic variables.
Keywords: Sports, Morality, Decision Making, Fair Play
Candice Bethoney
Treating alcohol withdrawal syndrome
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The purpose of this research is to look at the prevention and treatment of AWS in the hospital setting. This paper discusses alcohol misuse and alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS). Finally, it includes the exploration of the reasons, signs, and symptoms of AWS.
Keywords: Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms, Delirium Tremens, Ethanol Administration, Prevention of Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms Prevention, Delirium Tremens Prevention
Osman Imamoglu, Erkut Tutkun, GunaySen
Stress level and self relation in university students and coaches
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In this study, the relationship between the stress level and self-concept of the university students and coaches was investigated.To 310 students and 90 coaches, stress level scale and self-design inventory were applied. The comparisons were made by student t test.There was a statistical difference between stress level and self-design scores according to age level of students and coaches (p<0,001), there was no significant difference according to height and body weight (p<0,001). As the age level increases, the stress score decreases. There was no significant differences in the self-concept score while the male had higher stress score than the female (p<0,001). It was found statistically significant that the coaches had higher stress scores than students (p<0,001).Coaches were found to have a more stressful and negative self-concept than students. Stress level of coaches should be lowered to improve their positive self-esteem.
Keywords: Coaches, Stress Level, Self-Design
Marina Andrade, Manuel Alberto M. Ferreira
Mixture traces probabilistic analysis in the comparison of several hypotheses
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The objective of this work is to discuss various approaches in the analysis of DNA mixture profiles, starting with a mixture trace with only two contributors and extending the analysis to a larger number of contributors. Both the algebraic treatment and the use of OOBN are considered concluding with the inevitability of using the latter in more complex situations.
Keywords: Mixture traces, Likelihood ratio, Bayesian networks, OOBN
Uğur Tuztaşı
Dreaming Architecture without Architects: Designers/Builders of Their Own “Homes”
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Throughout history construction of “homes” always existed at the borders of architecture be it with or without architects. This study explores the efforts of an artisan who preferred to build his own “home”. Mustafa Hızır has deposited his architectural desires in every corner of the “home” he constructed in 33 years in Niğde. Although his efforts are not as colourful as the dreams of Antoni Gaudí or Jacques Couëlle, the architect of Happiness Homes or unorthodox architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser, the story of this artisan in dreaming and building his “home” is very interesting. “Home” means “hearth” for Hızır and he was inspired by birds' nests while building his “home”. Hızır, who has spent more than thirty years building his “home” investigating crossbill nests, has hand-crafted all the items in his “home” from furniture to chandeliers. In short, this study explores the interesting story of Mustafa Hızır's “home” and along with stories from other artisans who realised their architectural dreams in their “homes”.
Keywords: “Home”, Architecture without Architects, Mustafa Hızır, Nature, Crossbill