Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi / Faculty of Letters and Science
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Item Validation and Correlates of The Vicarious Embarrassment Scale(2014) Uysal, Ahmet; Akbas, Gulcin; Helvaci, Elif; Metin, Irem; HGT-9462-2022Vicarious embarrassment can be defined as embarrassment resulting from witnessing embarrassing behaviors of strangers. We developed a scale to measure individual differences in the tendency to experience vicarious embarrassment, and examined its association with related constructs. In Study 1, we found that vicarious embarrassment is associated positively with susceptibility to embarrassment, empathy, perspective-taking, and fear of negative evaluation, while it is associated negatively with self-esteem. In Study 2, we found that vicarious embarrassment is uniquely associated with embarrassment in response to a poor performance of a stranger on a TV show, independent of susceptibility to embarrassment, empathy, perspective-taking, and fear of negative evaluation. Although the limited literature on this topic focused on the role of empathy in this type of embarrassment, these findings suggest that there is more to vicarious embarrassment than empathy or perspective-taking. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Item The Turkish Adaptation of the Friendship Qualities Scale: A Validity and Reliability Study(2014) Atika, Zeynep Erkan; Cok, Figen; Coban, Aysel Esen; Dogan, Turkan; Karaman, Neslihan Guney; ITT-6781-2023; AAW-7154-2021In this study, the authors have aimed to adapt the Friendship Qualities Scale (FQS) in order to determine friendship relation levels among adolescents. A total of 603 high school students from Ankara Turkey, were selected using convenient sampling to participate in this study. During the course of this study, the FQS was first translated into Turkish and then its psychometric properties were examined. The construct validity of the FQS was tested using a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Before performing the CFA, the assumption of missing values, outliers, normality, and collineriaty were checked. According to the results, the 22-item FQS consisting of 5 dimensions had acceptable goodness of fit indexes (S-Bx(2)/df = 669.12/199, p = .00, RMSEA = .063, CFI = .97, GFI = .88, NNFI = .96). The Cronbach alpha coefficients of the subscales ranged between .66 and .86. The internal consistency for the entire scale was alpha = .85. In conclusion, an instrument consisting of 22 items and 5 subscales was prepared for future researchers.Item On The Q - Seidel Matrix(2014) Firengiz, M. Cetin; Tuglu, Naim; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9588-0295; HNQ-9215-2023Clarke and et. al recently introduced the q-Seidel matrix, and obtained some properties. In this article, we define a different form of q-Seidel matrix by a(n)(k) (x, q) = xq(n+2k-3)a(n)(k-1) (x, q)+an(k-1)(x, q)+a(n+1)(k-1) with k >= 1, n >= 0 for an initial sequence a(n)(0) (x, q) = a(n) (x, q). By using our definition, we obtain several properties of the q-analogues of generalized Fibonacci and Lucas polynomials.Item Observing the Late Development of Childhood Sociology in Turkey(2018) Orman, Turkan Firinci; 0000-0001-9327-4331; 0000-0001-9137-0899Item The Re-Materialization of Yasar Kemal's Teneke at The Crossroads of Genres(2017) Dundar, Leyla BurcuYasar Kemal (1923-2015) is a leading author of Turkish literature with worldwide acclaim, whose oeuvre is regarded as the incarnation of Anatolian culture. Teneke, one of his early works, was written in 1954 and published in installments in a newspaper the very same year. Although the text appeared as a book as early as 1955, it is apparent that an indecision regarding its genre was present. Teneke, translated into English as The Drumming-Out, was addressed as a "short novel or a long novelette" on the book cover of the second edition dating from 1959. Besides, it was included in the collected short stories of the author published in 1967; however, it was excluded from the 4th edition in 1972. Therefore, this year onwards, it came into being as a separate book. But more was yet to come: In 1965, Yasar Kemal adapted the text into a play, which was staged both in Turkey and abroad. Yet this version of the text was not published for years to come. 1978 onwards, The Drumming-Out was published as a book with novel and play versions together; and since then, this format has been preserved. Its publishing history proves that, Yasar Kemal was continuously occupied with issues regarding the intersection of literary genres. The text's being fictionalized as a novel, short story, and play gradually; and it's finally being materialized as a novel and play simultaneously invites a comparative analysis. In this paper, different versions of the text are analyzed so as to discuss the author's perceptions and assumptions on genres and their reading public. For this purpose, the dissociation of contents and employment of diverse techniques specific to certain genres are investigated. As a result, the boundaries between genres and corresponding production/consumption strategies are scrutinized by examining the materialization of the same text in different forms.Item Fission Yeast srm1 is Involved in Stress Response and Cell Cycle(2017) Gevrekci, Aslihan Ors; 28345120Polyamines are well-conserved, multifunctional polycations that contribute to a number of processes in the cells such as cell cycle, apoptosis, stress response, and gene expression. Therefore, polyamine levels should be kept under strict regulation by specific polyamine transporters and polyamine synthases. In this study, the aim is to experimentally characterize a predicted spermidine synthase gene srm1, which was identified upon sequence similarity, in fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. In an attempt to understand the role of this gene in cell cycle and stress response, deletion mutant of srm1 was generated and analyzed in terms of cell cycle regulation and environmental stress response. The results showed that srm1 Delta cells had elongated cell size and were sensitive to osmotic stress, while they showed no sensitivity to DNA-damaging agents. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first experimental characterization of srm1 gene and its role in cell cycle progression and stress response.Item The Roles of SPBC409.08 and SPAC9.02c Hypothetical Genes in Cell Cycle and Stress Response, in Schizosaccharomyces Pombe(2016) Gungor, I.; Gevrekci, A. Ors; 27188733Polyamine molecules are known to have important roles in the cell cycle control and fighting against stress in the cell. The mechanism and modification of polyamines are regulated by the cooperation of many proteins such as polyamine transporter proteins and polyamine acetyl-transferases. In this study, our aim is to characterize two hypothetical Schizosaccharomyces pombe genes, SPBC409.08 and SPAC9.02c, which show sequence similarity to spermine family transporters and polyamine N-acetyltransferases, respectively. To this end, we generated deletion mutants of SPBC409.08 and SPAC9.02c genes using Bahler method and checked the cell cycle progression and stress responses of these mutants. Our results showed that SPBC409.08 Delta cells showed some defects in the cell size, while SPAC9.02c Delta cells showed some sensitivity to UV irradiation. These data support their potential roles in the cell cycle and stress response. To our knowledge our results are the first experimental characterization of these genes.Item Edith Wharton in Washington, 2-4 June 2016(2016) Kiran-Raw, MeltemItem The Roles of Polyamines in Microorganisms(2017) Gevrekci, Aslihan Ors; 29080149Polyamines are small polycations that are well conserved in all the living organisms except Archae, Methanobacteriales and Halobacteriales. The most common polyamines are putrescine, spermidine and spermine, which exist in varying concentrations in different organisms. They are involved in a variety of cellular processes such as gene expression, cell growth, survival, stress response and proliferation. Therefore, diverse regulatory pathways are evolved to ensure strict regulation of polyamine concentration in the cells. Polyamine levels are kept under strict control by bio-synthetic pathways as well as cellular uptake driven by specific transporters. Reverse genetic studies in microorganisms showed that deletion of the genes in polyamine metabolic pathways or depletion of polyamines have negative effects on cell survival and proliferation. The protein products of these genes are also used as drug targets against pathogenic protozoa. These altogether confirm the significant roles of polyamines in the cells. This mini-review focuses on the differential concentrations of polyamines and their cellular functions in different microorganisms. This will provide an insight about the diverse evolution of polyamine metabolism and function based on the physiology and the ecological context of the microorganisms.Item Ottoman Turkish in the high school curriculum: current language planning discussions in Turkey(2017) Yazan, Bedrettin; Uzum, Melike; 0000-0002-1888-1120; 0000-0002-2338-8066; ABC-2329-2020This paper explores the recent policy decision about the teaching of Ottoman Turkish at high schools in Turkey and unpacks its historical, political, and social undercurrents. It theoretically rests upon Spolsky's [2004. Language policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Language management. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press] and Shohamy's (2006. Language policy: Hidden agendas and new approaches. London: Routledge] work on language policy and management at the state level, and Liddicoat and Baldauf's [2008. Language planning in local contexts: Agents, contexts and interactions. In A. J. Liddicoat & R. B. Baldauf (Eds.), Language planning and policy: Language planning in local contexts (pp. 3-17). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters] and Chua and Baldauf's [2011. Micro language planning. In E. Hinkel (Ed.), Handbook of research in second language teaching and learning (Vol. 2, pp. 936-951). New York, NY: Routledge] explorations of micro language planning and agency. After providing background on the orthographic revolution in 1928 and the subsequent lexical purification in Turkey, this paper analyzes the policy decision about the incorporation of Ottoman Turkish into the high school curriculum. The analysis leads to three main observations. First, this policy decision emerged as part of the national identity reconstruction efforts stage-managed by the ruling political party aligned with neo-Ottomanist ideals. Second, the government has ideologically constructed the teaching of Ottoman Turkish at high school as essential to rebuild the connection with Ottoman-Islamic heritage lost purportedly after the Turkish Language Reform. Third, save for the attempts to address the issues about linguistic expertise and fairness in selecting teachers, this policy mostly neglected the micro-level agentive responses. This paper closes with conclusions that connect the analysis of the Ottoman Turkish case in Turkey to broader language planning research.