Women’s Successful Aging

FAHRİ ÖZSUNGUR

The authors investigated women’s successful aging in the context of well-being and satisfaction with life. This study was conducted with 129 women in Women’s Rest Homes in the province of Adana, Turkey. It was found that satisfaction with life (SL) was significantly associated with successful aging (SAS) (β = .350; p = .005; t = 2.833), and SAS (β = .358; p = .008; t = 2.632) and SL (β = .669; p ≤ 0.001; t = 4.774) were significantly associated with women’s well-being (WBI). Women in the 60–66 age range had significantly higher SAS (md = 1.30314; p = .004) and struggle against difficulties (SA ...Daha fazlası

Latent Aging

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Objectives: It was aimed to determine the causes and consequences of perceptual adoption of aging with cognitive learning and acceptance, in this study. Methods: This study was conducted in June 2019 with 58 participants (41 female, 17 males; living in the province of Adana in Turkey; selected from 1432 individuals; ages ranging between 18 to 30). Results: In this study, it was found that the perception of aging emerged as a result of the participants’ comparison and internalization of the information obtained from the elderly people and themselves who exposed to the symptoms of aging. Latent ...Daha fazlası

Accumulation and Elimination of Cadmium by the Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in differing Temperatures and Responses of Oxidative Stress Biomarkers

FAHRİ KARAYAKAR | BEDİİ CİCİK

The aims of this study were to investigate the accumulation (15 days) and elimination (15 and 30 days) of cadmium (Cd) in the liver, gill, kidney and muscle of Oreochromis niloticus following exposures to different concentrations (1 and 2 mg/L) of Cd at different water temperatures (20, 25, 30 o C). Additionally, responses of oxidative stress biomarkers (superoxide dismutase, SOD; catalase CAT; glutathione peroxidase, GPx and malondialdehyde, MDA) of the liver were determined following Cd exposures. In accumulation period, Cd levels increased significantly in all the tissues at all temperature ...Daha fazlası

The Effects of the Menstruation Period on the Perception of Aging via Imitation of Menopause

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Functions of Social work on integration of the indigenous population into society

FAHRİ ÖZSUNGUR

The indigenous peoples make a lasting impact on the society and people through their activities such as protection of the ecosystem, agriculture, and the maintenance of ethnic origin; these people are faced with many risks regarding health, sanitation, water, climate change, and pandemic. The protection of this population from such risks through social work and their integration into society is a social problem. The chapter aims to determine the integration of the indigenous population into society and the functions of social work in this regard. In this study, the functions of social work, ec ...Daha fazlası

The Effects of the Menstruation Period on the Perception of Aging via Imitation of Menopause

FAHRİ ÖZSUNGUR

It was aimed to determine the effects of menopause and menstruation on women's aging perception in this study. This study was conducted in August 2019 with 66 female participants (living in the province of Adana in Turkey; selected from 79 females). In this study, it was found that the perception of aging emerged as a result of the participants' comparison and internalization of the information obtained from the elderly people and themselves who exposed to the symptoms of aging. The relationship between menstruation and the perception of aging was weak, while menopause was associated with the ...Daha fazlası

Social Work and Integration of the Indigenous Population into Society

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A Post Global: City in Thought and the Changing Face of the Environment

Fahri Özsungur

In this conceptual study, the stages of globalization are examined and the future of the post-globalization world order is discussed. The study focuses on the impact of post-globalism on cities, the redefinition of the city, and what it corresponds to both in today’s power world, as well as in the future.

The Effects of Perceived Available Support, Physical Activity, and Loneliness on Successful Aging in Turkish Older Adults

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Prophylactic efect of myricetin and apigenin against lipopolysaccharide‑induced acute liver injury

FAHRİ KARAYAKAR | FERBAL ÖZKAN YILMAZ | ARZU ÖZLÜER HUNT

Background Liver has an important role in the initiation and progression of multiple organ failure that occurs in sepsis. Many natural active substances can be used to reduce the liver injury caused by sepsis. For this aim, the efects of myricetin and apigenin on mice model of acute liver injury was evaluated in this study. Methods and results Thirty-six mice were randomly divided into six groups as; control, lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (5 mg/kg), LPS+myricetin (100 mg/kg), LPS+myricetin (200 mg/kg), LPS+apigenin (100 mg/kg), and LPS+apigenin (200 mg/kg) groups. Myricetin and apigenin were admini ...Daha fazlası

Analysis of the Effects of the Acceptance and Use of the Mobile Internet Technology by the Elderly on Successful Aging

FAHRİ ÖZSUNGUR

In this study, it was aimed to determine the successful aging levels of the elderly, the acceptance and use of technology behavior, the effect of technology acceptance and use behaviors on successful aging, and to make recommendations to families, institutions and organizations according to the results of the research. The research was carried out with 912 elderly individuals who were 60 years and older registered to the Turkish Retirees Association Adana Branch living in Adana province. As the aim of the study was to explore the theoretical relationship, the method of Partial Least Squares st ...Daha fazlası

Gerontrepreneurship

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In today's world, where technological developments and age-related consumption tendencies differ, entrepreneurship is a subject that needs to be investigated in the context of gerontology. Consumption behaviors are influenced by the effects of decreases due to aging on technology and the environment. In this chapter, where the effects of differentiation of consumption behaviors on entrepreneurship and its process are discussed, a new concept, gerontrepreneurship, is introduced. With this concept, the authors a new idea to gerontology in the context of entrepreneurship, elderly-technology inter ...Daha fazlası