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The aim of this study is to obtain work efficiency, energy of labor force, and some physico-mechanical properties such as skin failure, tensile force and the ratio of fruit mass to tensile force for harvesting of apple, peach, apricot, cherry and plum. Mechanical properties were analysed through the puncture test and tensile test. According to the measuring and results of evaluation, work efficiency ranged from 10.26 to 230.97 kg/h for all fruits. Energy of labor force was beetwen 11.58 and 260.22 MJ/ton for all fruits. The highest energy of labor force was determined for cherry harvest. The ratio of fruit mass to tensile force was higher than 1 for all fruits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The study has two purposes: "ascertaining the determinants and the frequency of violence against women in men" and "determining the relation between men's violence against women and gender attitudes.", Design and Methods: The study is of cross-sectional type. Three questionnaires were used to collect the research data: sociodemographic information form, violence against women questionnaire, and the Gender Equality Scale., Findings: The first important finding of the study is that the rate of domestic violence against women is high. The second important finding is that men who have resorted to violence against women have more unequal gender attitudes., Practice Implications: The research reveals the significance related to the participation of men in gender equality policies and provides guiding data for healthcare professionals., (© 2022 Wiley Periodicals LLC.)

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the physical and mental health of individuals. The elderly are a special group that is affected by this condition. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on older adults in terms of disability, state-trait anxiety and life satisfaction., Methods: The population of this cross-sectional study consisted of individuals aged 65 and over who presented to a family health centre in Samsun a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast (N = 3950). The study data were collected with the following five forms: Personal Information Form, Quality of Life Questionnaire, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Brief Disability Questionnaire and Life Satisfaction Scale. In the analysis of the study data, descriptive statistics, Student's t-test, paired t-test, analysis of variance, Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis were used., Results: The mean age of the participants was 70.88 ± 4.818 years. There was a significant difference between the participants' pre- and post-pandemic health status and quality of life levels. In the study, a significant relationship was determined between the scores obtained from the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Brief Disability Questionnaire and between the scores obtained from the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the variables such as income and marital status (P < 0.05)., Conclusion: A significant result of the study is that the older adults' perceptions of health status and quality of life were adversely affected by the pandemic. Another significant result is that disability increased the level of anxiety. The other significant result of the study is that socioeconomic status was an important determinant of anxiety., (© 2021 Japanese Psychogeriatric Society.)