Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Kurumsal Akademik Arşivi
DSpace@Kırşehir, Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi tarafından doğrudan ve dolaylı olarak yayınlanan; kitap, makale, tez, bildiri, rapor, araştırma verisi gibi tüm akademik kaynakları uluslararası standartlarda dijital ortamda depolar, Üniversitenin akademik performansını izlemeye aracılık eder, kaynakları uzun süreli saklar ve yayınların etkisimi artırmak için telif haklarına uygun olarak Açık Erişime sunar.
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Resource Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability of Wheat Production in Türkiye
(Nature Research, 2025) Öztürk, Müjdat; Yıldızhan, Hasan; Ameen, Arman
The environmental impact of agricultural production varies depending on input levels. This study provides a comparative sustainability assessment of wheat production in two different provinces of Türkiye, Samsun and Tokat, by examining the energy, exergy and environmental performance on a per ton basis. Based on exergy consumption, Cumulative Degree of Perfection (CDP) and Renewability Index (RI) indicators were determined. The results show that Cumulative Energy Consumption (CEnC) is 7262.93 MJ/ton in Samsun and 3502.97 MJ/ton in Tokat. This indicates that wheat production in Samsun is approximately twice as energy intensive as in Tokat. Cumulative Exergy Consumption (CExC) was calculated as 10514.76 MJ/ton in Samsun and 5400.88 MJ/ton in Tokat. Here, the largest component of the exergy load is irrigation, followed by diesel consumption. From an environmental perspective, Cumulative CO₂ Emissions (CCO2E) was found to be 957.5 kg/ton in Samsun and 562.27 kg/ton in Tokat. The sustainability metrics, CDP and RI values, were calculated as 2.13 and 0.53 for Samsun and 4.14 and 0.76 for Tokat, respectively. Based on these findings, it is evident that Samsun has lower exergetic efficiency and a limited degree of renewability due to higher fuel and irrigation inputs. These results suggest that Tokat presents a more sustainable model for wheat production.
Diet and Feeding Strategy of Northern Pike (Esox Lucius L., 1758) İnhabiting A Deep Dam Lake in Central Anatolia, Türkiye
(Federacion Colombiana de Asociaciones de Obstetricia y Ginecologia (FECOLSOG), 2025) Yazıcıoğlu, Okan; Yazıcı, Ramazan; Yağcı, Abdulkadir; Yılmaz, Mahmut
The aim of this study was to evaluate the seasonal diet composition and feeding strategies of northern pike (Esox lucius) located in Sıddıklı Küçükboğaz Dam Lake (Kırşehir, Türkiye). Monthly sampling from September 2015 to August 2016 resulted in the collection of 133 northern pike individuals, with their total lengths ranging from 23.4 to 86.6 cm (mean length 53.84 ± 10.51 cm). Stomach content analyses and stati stical tests, including a Kruskal-Wallis analysis, were employed to assess the seasonal variation in feeding intensity. Although numerical differences in the feeding intensity were observed, with the highest values recorded in summer (FI = 1.59) and the lowest in winter (FI = 0.51), these differences were not statistically significant (K-W test, p < 0.05). Among the physicochemical parameters of the surface water, tempera ture emerged as the primary environmental factor influencing the feeding patterns, based on the results of a Spearman’s rank correlation. The northern pike exhibited an exclusively piscivorous diet, primarily consuming Tinca tinca (44.83% by number and 56.16% by frequency of occurrence) as well as Atherina boyeri. Despite the availability of multiple prey species within the habitat, the northern pike demonstrated a strong prey specialisation toward these two fish species throughout the year. The observed consistency in this dietary preference underscores the species’ role as a specialised top predator and provides critical ecological insights for the management and conservation of similar freshwater reservoir ecosystems.
Advancing Equity for People with İntellectual Disabilities: Closing The Neglected Cancer Policy Gap
(Elsevier Ltd, 2026) McMahon, Martin; Denieffe, Suzanne; Sykes, Kate; Knapp, Peter; Bolacalı, Edanur Tar; ...; Vukovic, Vladimir
Cancer is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. This public health concern not only extends to the general population but also, more urgently, to underserved and marginalised populations . These populations include people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (defined by significant limitations in adaptive functioning and learning skills originating in the developmental period) who represent a particularly high-risk and underserved group across the cancer care continuum. Although life expectancy for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities has increased substantially in recent decades they continue to experience significant inequities across the health and social care sphere Despite increased recognition of these inequities, inclusion in cancer policy across Europe and globally remains markedly absent for this population.
Construct Validity, Reliability and İnterpretability of the Turkish Version of The Tendınopathy Severity Assessment – Achilles (TENDINS-A) Questionnaire
(Elsevier Ltd, 2026) Tayfur, Abdulhamit; Özyurt, Fatih; Büyükperdah, Berna Nur; Genç, Berika Eylül; Rio, Ebonie K.; ...; Tayfur, Beyza
Background This study aimed to develop the Turkish version of TENDINS-A (TENDINS-A-TR) and evaluate its measurement properties. Materials and methods A total of 130 participants (n = 60 Achilles tendinopathy, 34.7 ± 11.7 years; n = 70 healthy, 27.8 ± 8.9 years) completed TENDINS-A-TR, Victorian Institute of Sport Assessment-Achilles (VISA-A), Foot and Ankle Outcome Score (FAOS), and Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS). Construct validity, discriminative validity (cut-off score, sensitivity, specificity), test-retest reliability, standard error of measurement (SEM), internal consistency, minimal detectable change (MDC), minimal important change (MIC) and ceiling/floor effects were assessed. Results TENDINS-A-TR showed strong correlations with VISA-A (r = -0.71, p < 0.001), FAOS subscales (rrange=-0.55 to −0.77, all p < 0.001), and NPRS (rrange=0.61–0.80, all p < 0.001). The area under the ROC curve was 0.961 (95 %CI:0.934–0.988, p < 0.001) showing excellent accuracy with 0.817 sensitivity and 0.871 specificity at 18.5 cut-off score. Test-retest reliability was excellent (ICC=0.94, 95 %CI 0.90–0.97) with an excellent internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha=0.97). SEM and MDC were 5.92 and 16.4, respectively. MIC was 10.1, representing 26.4 % points of change in participants with Achilles tendinopathy. Lastly, there was no ceiling/floor effects. Conclusion Turkish version of TENDINS-A demonstrated strong validity, reliability and accuracy to evaluate pain, symptoms, and physical function in people with Achilles tendinopathy.
Achilles Tendon of Local Fiscal Governance: City Councils and Participatory Budgeting with Chances and Uneasinesses for Türkiye
(Routledge, 2025) Aktaş, Emin Efecan; Gümüş Özuyar, Sevilay Ece
Since its early implementations, the issue of participation has been disputed within the contexts of representative and direct democracy. Participatory budgeting, which is undertaken to internalize civil society and democracy at the local level but is unclear to what extent it is addressed and why it is prescribed, as well as having a scale problem for its participants, packs a punch in terms of contributing to the fiscal dilemmas of city councils. Drawing on global experiences, this study argues that the local fiscal sphere constitutes a critical vulnerability for city councils, as budgeting processes often shift away from genuine individual, citizen, and civil society engagement and evolve instead into politically driven participation dominated by political actors. This manuscript offers a general observation of participatory budgeting and examines the feasibility, advantages, disadvantages, fiscal chances, and uneasinesses of participatory budgeting in the Turkish example as a unitary and decentralized state. The argument that comes out is that technological and democratic evolutions would not necessarily increase participation in favour of low-income and disadvantaged groups, namely due to political conflicts and economic inequalities.
