Hospital rooftop garden

Kamu hastaneleri aşırı kalabalık olma özelliği gösterir, dolayısıyla hastaların psikolojilerini iyileştirebilecekleri, streslerinin azaltabilecekleri mekanlara gereksinim duyarlar. Dünya genelinde hastanelerin giderek hasta merkezli bir bakım modelini benimsedikleri görülür. Aynı zaman da tedavinin, inşa edilmiş çevreye dahil edilmesi için yeni yollar aranmakta ve geliştirilmektedir. En hızlı büyüyen eğilimlerden biri, çorak çatı alanlarında sakin ortamların oluşturulması yani yeşil çatıların veya çatı bahçelerinin kurulmasıdır. Çatı ve iyileştirme bahçelerinin göz önünde bulundurulursa, bu iki bahçenin hastane çatıları ile birleşmesi hm hastaların iyileşmesi ve sağlık problemlerine yardımcı olması hem de çevre ve ekolojk açıdan katkısı büyüktür. Bu çalışmada dünya genelinde yapılan hastane çatı bahçelerinin incelenmesi, bu tür bahçelerin tasarım kriterleri ve özeliklerinin ortaya koyulması amaçlanmıştır.Public hospitals tend to be overcrowded, creating a higher need for patients to have access to a place where they can de-stress and heal their psyches. As hospitals around the world are increasingly adopting a patient-centred care model, they are also finding new ways to incorporate care into the built environment. One of the fastest growing trends is the installation of green roofs, or roof gardens, to create tranquil oases on otherwise barren roofop spaces. In this research, with regard to benefits and advantages of roof gardens and healing gardens, the integration of these two gardens in the roofop of the hospitals can contribute to the health problems of the patients as well as providing ecological profits and ecosistem services. In this research, with the analysis and survey of some hospital roof gardens, it has been attempted to discover the specific design qualities and features of these gardens

Hand Microbial Flora of Hospitalized Children at the Beginning of Hospitalization and Before Discharge: A Cross-Sectional Study

BACKGROUND፡ Hospital infections in pediatric units increase the length of hospital stay and the use of antibiotics, and this causes exposure to more procedures. This study was aimed to determine the microorganisms represented in the hand flora of pediatric patients at the beginning of hospitalization and before discharge.METHODS: The study was designed as a prospective crosssectional study. This prospective study was performed with 124 pediatric patients. After completion of the admission procedures, an initial sample was taken from the hands of the hospitalized patients. Another sample was taken from the patients just before discharging.RESULTS: Growth of coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CNS) was observed in the culture samples of 28 patients. Cultures from 23 patients showed different microorganisms such as Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and S. epidermis. Examination of final discharge cultures showed CNS in 43 patients, S. aureus in 5 patients, E. coli in 8 patients, Acinetobacter baumannii in 11 patients, and Kocuria rhizophila, K. kristinae, Candida spp., Pseudomonas spp., and Enterococcus in 1 patient.CONCLUSION: The cultures from samples obtained at discharge showed the presence of antibiotic-resistant pathogenic microorganisms causing healthcare associated infection

Trabzon Kenti ilköğretim okul bahçelerinde tasarım ve alan kullanımları

İlköğretim dönemi, çocukların fiziksel ve ruhsal gelişimi açısından büyük öneme sahiptir. Eğitimde başarıyı etkileyecek faktörlerden biri de okul dış mekan organizasyonunun, eğitimin bir parçası olacak şekilde yeniden yapılandırılması zorunluluğudur. Ülke genelinde ilköğretim okul bahçelerinin dış mekan düzenlemelerinde yeşil alanlara ve peyzaj planlama ilkelerine gereken önemin verilmeyişi, çocuklar için uygun olmayan sert ve beton zeminler, eğitim kurumlarında çağın gerektirdiği dış mekan organizasyonlarına dönük yapılanmanın zayıflığı olarak ortaya çıkmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, Trabzon kent merkezinde yer alan 35 ilköğretim okul bahçesinin mevcut fiziksel durumu ortaya konulmuştur. Özellikle okul bahçelerinin açık ve yeşil alan yeterliliği, öğrenci başına düşen yeşil alan miktarı, alan kullanımlarının işlevsel ve görsel yeterliliği, donatı elemanları, okul çevresi alan kullanımları gibi dış mekan özellikleri gözlem ve incelemelerle tespit edilmeye çalışılmıştır. Anahtar Kelimeler: Trabzon, İlköğretim okul bahçeleri, Açık-yeşil alan, Tasarım, Donatı elemanlar

Stakeholder Opinions on Urban Agriculture: The Case of Iğdır

Urban agriculture encompasses all agricultural activities within or near urban areas. Due to its complex interactions within environmental, social, and economic contexts, urban agriculture faces various challenges. Therefore, various stakeholders are involved in the process of developing urban agriculture. This study aims to determine the place and importance of urban agriculture in the eyes of stakeholders in Iğdır City and its surrounding areas. This will provide an understanding of what can be done in the region within the scope of urban agriculture. Semi-structured interview forms were used in the study. Five questions were asked to the stakeholders, and descriptive analysis, one of the qualitative data analysis methods, was used to analyze the data. According to the findings, it was concluded that Iğdır city holds significant potential in terms of urban agricultural activities. Based on the stakeholder opinions, opportunities for urban agriculture in Iğdır City were discussed

Quinazolinone-based benzenesulfonamides with low toxicity and high affinity as monoamine oxidase-A inhibitors: Synthesis, biological evaluation and induced-fit docking studies

The research in selective monoamine oxidases (MAO-A and MAO-B) inhibitors has been increased due to their therapeutic value for neurodegenerative diseases. In this study, 4-((2-(aryl)-4-oxoquinazolin-3(4H)-yl)amino)benzenesulfonamides were synthesized and their MAOs inhibition potentials were investigated applying in vitro fluorometric technique. The most potent compounds 7 and 8 against MAO-A had IC50 values of 0.058 ± 0.002 and 0.094 ± 0.003 µM, respectively, while the reference moclobemide had an IC50 value of 6.061 µM. Compounds 7 (>1724 times) and 8 (>1063 times) more selective and reversible inhibitors of MAO-A rather than MAO-B. Toxicity studies of 7 (IC50 = 210.23 µM) and 8 (IC50 = 259.27 µM) showed that compounds can be considered as non-toxic towards SH-SY5Y cell line at their effective concentrations against MAO-A. In silico docking simulations successfully explained the observed activities and also highlighted structural water molecules to play a key role in the ligand-enzyme interactions. Calculated molecular descriptors are also obeying Lipinski's rule of five and brain/blood partition coefficients, a critical parameter in neurodegenerative diseases. These reversible inhibitors can have considerable advantages compared to irreversible inhibitors which may possess serious pharmacological side effects

Engelli Çocuklar Üzerindeki Doğanın Pozitif Sağlık Etkisi

It is seen that nature have healing and treating features for the disabled children with natural environment values (vegetation, water resources, birds, and other living creatures) that they possess. Getting information about what these features are and what kind of improvement does the presence of the disabled children in these natural areas provide is the starting point of this study. The goal of the study is to determine the effect of the natural environment values of the Lake Eymir located in the immediate environment of Ankara city on the children with Cerebral Palsy. In order to define the healing and treating effects of the natural environment values of Lake Eymir-Mogan on the children with Cerebral Palsy, natural factors of the area of Lake Eymir the study was conducted step-by- step: 1. Systematically Observation 2. Development Observation Forms 3. Survey and interview. In the study, observation method was implemented on children with Cerebral Palsy chosen from Dogan Caglar Special Education Primary School (DCSEPS) in the Lake Eymir and its surroundings. After providing disabled children to join the trip and conduct different activities in the area of Lake Eymir and its surroundings for 6 days, development form was prepared in order to evaluate the effects of this kind of natural areas on the children subjected the study. This form was given to teachers working in DCSEPS and they were asked to observe the four students taking part in the study during lessons and in the classrooms. To obtain information about the level of performance of the natural areas in Ankara and their adequacy and compliance level, and also to better understand the problems of these children, survey studies were conducted on parents with disabeled childeren. In addition, the interview was conducted face to face with the psychologist working in the Center of Education and Rehabilitation of the Cerebral Palsy and also in DCSEPS. In this study, it was seen that spending time in natural areas created a positive effect on the children with Cerebral Palsy and the activities conducted in this area improved motor, language, social and sentimental development as well as their self-maintenance skills.Doğanın sahip olduğu doğal çevre değerleri (bitki örtüsü, su kaynakları, kuşlar ve diğer canlılar) ile engelli çocuklarda iyileştirici ve tedavi edici özelliği görülmektedir. Bu özelliklerin ne olduğu ve engelli çocuklarda nasıl bir gelişme sağladığı hakkında bilgi edinmek bu çalışmanın başlangıç noktasıdır. Çalışmanın amacı, Ankara çevresinde bulunan Eymir Gölü'nün doğal çevre değerlerinin Serebral palsili çocuklar üzerindeki etkisinin belirlenmesidir. Eymir gölünün sahip oldukları doğal çevre değerlerinin Serebral palsili çocuklar üzerinde sağladığı iyileştirici ve tedavi edici etkilerini belirlenmesi için bu çalışma, aşamalar halinde yürütülmüştür; 1. Sistematik gözlem çalışması 2. Gelişim gözlem formları 3. Anket ve görüşme çalışması. Bu çalışmada, Doğan Çağlar Özel Eğitim İlkokulu’ndan (DÇOEİ) seçilen Serebral palsili çocuğa Eymir Gölü ve çevresinde gözlem yöntemi uygulanmıştır. Eymir Gölü alanı ve yakın çevresinde 6 gün boyunca Serebral palsili çocukların geziye katılarak ve farklı aktiviteler yapmaları sağlandıktan sonra, bu tür doğal alanların bu çocuklar üzerinde bıraktığı etkileri neler olduklarının değerlendirilmesi için gelişim formu hazırlanmıştır. Bu form DÇOEİ’nda görev yapan öğretmenlere verilerek onlardan çalışmaya katılan öğrencileri ders esnasında ve sınıf içinde gözlemeleri istenmiştir. Engelli çocuklara yönelik, Ankara'da mevcut doğal alanların performans düzey ve bu alanların yeterlilik ve uygunluk düzeyi hakkında bilgi elde etmek, bu çocukların sorunlarını daha iyi anlamak için engelli çocuklu ailelere anket çalışması yapılmıştır. Ayrıca, Serebral Palsi Eğitim ve Rehabilitasyon Merkezi'nde ve DÇOEO'de çalışan psikolog ile yüz yüze görüşme çalışması gerçekleşmiştir. Bu çalışma, doğal alanlarda zaman geçirmenin Serebral palsili çocuklarda olumlu bir etki yarattığı ve bu alanlarda etkinliklerin yapılması motor, dil, sosyal ve duygusal gelişim ile birlikte kendine bakım becerilerinin geliştiği gözlenmiştir

Importance of ecology-based tourism and tourism planning approach in Meryemana Creek (Macka-Trabzon) route

Due to the fact that tourism has concentrated on sea based activities and that the carrying capacity limit of these areas have been exceeded in recent years. There has been a growing need for new touristic destinations integrated with nature, and environmentally friendly tourism forms that are blended with different cultural elements. Ecology-based tourism activities have gained importance upon ongoing interest in natural areas and rural regions. Altindere Valley, known as international tourism corridor, which embraces Meryemana Creek as well as Macka District of Trabzon Province and the neighbouring areas, owns very important values that will turn the area into a major focus of interest for tourism thanks to its rugged topography, different elevation levels and a very rich bunch of natural and cultural resource values along with unmatched biological diversity. In the current study, we seek to reveal natural resources-based and ecology-based tourism areas in order to increase the quality of the routes of National Park and Meryemana Creek, to maintain visual and organic connection between the areas of study and its neighbouring tourism areas as part of an integrated planning. For this purpose, existing forms of tourism activities are presented and planning approaches are designated on maps