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Publication Effects of Air Pollution on Lung Function and Symptoms of Asthma, Rhinitis and Eczema in Primary School Children(Springer Heidelberg, Tiergartenstrasse 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, Germany, 2013-09) Altuğ, Hicran; Gaga, Eftade Emine; Döğeroğlu, Tuncay; Özden, Özlem; Brunekreef, Bert; Meliefste, Kees; Hoek, Gerard; Van Doorn, Wim; ÖRNEKTEKİN, SERMİN; 153265; 58624; 39944; 24316; 59258Health effects of ambient air pollution were studied in three groups of schoolchildren living in areas (suburban, urban and urban-traffic) with different air pollution levels in EskiAYehir, Turkey. This study involved 1,880 students aged between 9 and 13 years from 16 public primary schools. This two-season study was conducted from January 2008 through March 2009. Symptoms of asthma, rhinitis and eczema were determined by the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood questionnaire in 2008. Two lung function tests were performed by each child for summer and winter seasons with simultaneous ambient air measurements of ozone (O-3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) by passive sampling. Effects of air pollution on impaired lung function and symptoms in schoolchildren were estimated by multivariate logistic regression analyses. Girls with impaired lung function (only for the summer season evaluation) were more observed in suburban and urban areas when compared to urban-traffic area ([odds ratio (OR) = 1.49; 95 % confidence interval (CI) 1.04-2.14] and [OR = 1.69 (95 % CI 1.06-2.71)] for suburban vs. urban-traffic and urban vs. urban-traffic, respectively). Significant association between ambient ozone concentrations and impaired lung function (for an increase of 10 mu g m(-3)) was found only for girls for the summer season evaluation [OR = 1.11 (95 % CI 1.03-1.19)]. No association was found for boys and for the winter season evaluation. No association was found between any of the measured air pollutants and symptoms of current wheeze, current rhinoconjunctivitis and current itchy rash. The results of this study showed that increasing ozone concentrations may cause a sub-acute impairment in lung function of school aged children.Publication Policy into practice on sustainable development related teaching in higher education in Turkey(2018) Katayama, Junko; ÖRNEKTEKİN, SERMİN; DEMİR, SIDDIKA SEMAHATThis research explores the current status of implementing policy in sustainable development related teaching in higher education in Turkey. Turkish higher education policy has included increased commitment to sustainable development in recent years. However, there has not been much research conducted on its implementation. Hence, this study involves assessing the current status of sustainable development in teaching at higher education institutions (HEIs) in Turkey. Regarding the research design, a systematic review of accumulated sustainable development related teaching in all 193 HEIs in Turkey (as of the 2015-2016 academic year) was carried out. The accumulated programmes are categorised by occupation concerning sustainable development for the future of Turkey, and the courses are presented within those categories. Whilst many programmes and courses related to sustainable development were identified, the data also reveals the following features: the repetition of same courses; disciplinary partiality, particularly on environmental engineering; disciplinary conservatism and the lack of interdisciplinary practice in general; and last but not least, the differences between what sustainable development means in the European higher education political initiative and what the state of practice is in Turkish higher education.Publication "Evaluation Of Air Quality By Passive And Active Sampling In An Urban City In Turkey: Current Status And Spatial Analysis Of Air Pollution Exposure "(Springer Heidelberg, Tiergartenstrasse 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, Germany, 2012-09) Gaga, Eftade O.; Döğeroğlu, Tuncay; Özden, Özlem; Arı, Akif; Yay, Ozan Devrim; Altuğ, Hicran; Akyol, Nesimi; Van Doorn, Wim; ÖRNEKTEKİN, SERMİN; TR60166; TR153265; TR24316; TR59258; TR58624Concentrations of air pollutants, nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), ozone (O-3), particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), trace metals, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were measured in 2008 and 2009 in the city of EskiAYehir, central Turkey. Spatial distributions of NO2, SO2, and ozone were determined by passive sampling campaigns carried out during two different seasons with fairly large spatial coverage. A basic population exposure assessment was carried out employing Geographical Information System techniques by combining population density maps with pollutant distribution maps of NO2 and SO2. It was found that 95 % of the population is exposed to NO2 levels close to the World Health Organization guideline value. Regarding SO2, a large proportion of the population (83 %) is exposed to levels above the WHO second interim target value. Concentrations of all the pollutants showed a seasonal pattern increasing in winter period, except for ozone having higher concentrations in summer season. Daily PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations exceeded European Union limit values almost every sampling day. Toxic fractions of the measured PAHs were calculated and approximately fourfold increase was observed in winter period. Copper, Pb, Sn, As, Cd, Zn, Sb, and Se were found to be moderately to highly enriched in PM10 fraction, indicating anthropogenic input to those elements measured. Exposure assessment results indicate the need for action to reduce pollutant emissions especially in the city center. Passive sampling turns out to be a practical and economical tool for air quality assessment with large spatial coverage.Publication Cytogenetic biomonitoring of primary school children exposed to air pollutants: micronuclei analysis of buccal epithelial cells(Springer Heidelberg, Tiergartenstrasse 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, Germany, 2014-01) Çakmak Demircigil, Gonca; Erdem, Onur; Gaga, Eftade Emine; Altuğ, Hicran; Demirel Bayık, Gülçin; Özden Üzmez, Özlem; Arı, Akif; Döğeroğlu, Tuncay; van Doorn, Wim; Burgaz, Sema; ÖRNEKTEKİN, SERMİN; 153265; 134061; 220781; 39944; 58624; 22250; 59258; 60166; 24316; 2754There is an increasing attempt in the world to determine the exposures of children to environmental chemicals. To analyze the genotoxic effect of air pollution, micronucleus (MN) assay was carried out in buccal epithelial cells (BECs) of children living in an urban city of Turkey. Children from two schools at urban-traffic and suburban sites were investigated in summer and winter seasons for the determination of BEC-MN frequency (per mille) and frequency of BEC with MN (per mille). The same children were also recruited for lung function measurements within a MATRA project ("Together Towards Clean Air in Eskisehir and Iskenderun") Measured NO2 and SO2 concentrations did not exceed the European Union (EU) limit levels either in urban-traffic or suburban regions. Higher O-3 concentrations were measured in the suburban site especially in the summer period. Particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) levels which did not differ statistically between two regions were above the EU limits in general. Although BEC-MN frequencies of children living in the suburban sites were higher in general, the difference between two regions was not significant either in the summer or winter periods. BEC-MN frequencies of the urban-traffic children were found to be significantly higher in summer period (mean +/- SD, 2.68 +/- 1.99) when compared to winter period (1.64 +/- 1.59; p = 0.004). On the other hand, no seasonality was observed for the suburban children. Similar results have been obtained in the BEC frequency with MN in our study. In summer, BEC-MN frequencies were significantly increased with the decrease in pulmonary function levels based on forced expiratory flow between 25 and 75 % of vital capacity (FEF25-75 %) levels (p < 0.05). As a conclusion, children living in urban-traffic and suburban areas in the city of EskiAYehir exhibited similar genotoxicity. Seasonal variation in genotoxicity may be interpreted as relatively high ozone levels and increasing time spent at outdoors in the summer.Publication Preliminary study on radiosensitivity of two tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) lines(2012-09) Olgun, A.; ATAK, ÇİMEN; ÇELİK, ÖZGE; ÖRNEKTEKİN, SERMİN; 113987; 6653; 153265