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The purpose of this research is to examine the opnions of teachers and school administrators regarding the Regulation of Teaching Career Steps published by the Ministry of Education. The study group of the research, designed within the framework of the phenomenology research model, one of the qualitative research approachess, consists of a total of 17 participants, taking into account the criterion of having worked as a teacher for ten years or as a specialist teacher for ten years in one of the provinces in the Southeastern Anatolia Region in the 2022-2023 Academic year. Research data were collected through face to face semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers. In the analysis of the research data, content analysis was used. Research findings have reached conclusions such as that teaching career steps are insufficient in terms of developing teachers economic, social and personal rights, don't contribute to Professional development, applications are insufficient, the exam is simple, applications will create duality and cause differences among teachers, it shows that the regulation of teaching career steps should be redesigned and solution proposals should be developed to make teachers economic, social and personal rights more comprehensive. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, the clinically significant foramen and bones comprising the skull in the regiones capitis of Gurcu goats were examined topographically. Twelve adult goat skulls of both sexes (n=6 males and n=6 females) that did not produce fertile offspring were used in the study. Twenty different morphometric measurements were taken on the skull. Four distinct reference points were measured for the selection site of the infraorbital foramen. A reference point was used for the selection site of the oval foramen. In both sexes, the skulls of the goats were observed to be elongated and dolichocephalic according to the cephalic index (49.24±3.47/48.31±4.87). The length of the skulls was found as 222.71±16.74 mm in females and 240.19±26.29 mm in males. It was observed that half of the materials lacked the supraorbital foramen, which should be located on both sides of the frontal bone. The remaining animals possessed it only on one side. The tuber faciale was prominently located dorsally at the intersection of the last premolar and the first molar in both sexes. The infraorbital foramen was located dorsal to the second upper premolar tooth on the os maxilla. The septal process was shown to terminate with two ends in females and a single end in males. It was observed that the processus nasalisi of the os inciivum extended to the os nasale, with incisura nasoincisvus being located between them. Nasomaxillar fissur was observed to be present in females. The findings of this study are believed to be applicable in clinical veterinary practice, the blocking of terminal branches of cranial nerves between sexes, the treatment of dental injuries and possibly zooarchaeology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The use of zinc thin films deposited onto glass supports for surface plasmon coupled fluorescence (SPCF) over a broad 200 nm wavelength range is demonstrated. Fresnel calculations performed in the ultraviolet and visible spectral range are predicted to generate surface plasmon modes in 30 nm zinc thin films. In this spectral range, the extent of coupling of light to zinc thin films was shown to be significant as compared to similar aluminum, gold, and silver thin films. The experimental demonstration of SPCF using 30 nm zinc thin films in the ultraviolet and visible spectral regions was undertaken using three different fluorophores 2-AP, POPOP, and FITC, respectively. Surface plasmon coupled fluorescence from zinc thin films was p-polarized and highly directional with [lambda]max conferred at an angle of 58, 68, and 60[degrees] for FITC, POPOP, and 2-AP, respectively, s-Polarized emission from zinc thin films was negligible for all fluorophores except for a sample spin coated from a 10% PVA solution, which resulted in significant s-polarized emission due to the generation of waveguide modes. The experimental results are consistent with reflectivity curves that are theoretically predicted using Fresnel calculations. Given the growing use and utility of plasmon-enhanced fluorescence in the analytical and biological sciences, our findings will serve as a useful tool for workers in the ultraviolet and visible spectral regions.

The use of a combination of low-cost technologies to both extract and detect anthrax DNA from spores and vegetative cells in two steps within 1 min is described. In a cavity, microwave energy is highly focused using thin-film aluminum 'bow-tie' structures, to extract DNA from whole spores within 20 s. The detection of the released DNA, from less than 1000 vegetative cells, without additional preprocessing steps is accomplished in an additional 30 s by employing the microwave-accelerated metal-enhanced fluorescence technique. The new platform technology presented here is a highly attractive alternative method for DNA extraction and the fast detection of Gram-positive bacteria and potentially other pathogenic species and cells as well.

In this article, we report metal-enhanced singlet oxygen generation (M[E.sup.][O.sub.2]). We demonstrate a direct relationship between the singlet oxygen yield of a common photosensitizer (Rose Bengal) and the theoretical electric field enhancement or enhanced absorption of the photosensitizer in proximity to metallic nanoparticles. Using a series of photosensitizers, sandwiched between silver island films (SiFs), we report that the extent of singlet oxygen enhancement is inversely proportional to the free space singlet oxygen quantum yield. By modifying plasmon coupling parameters, such as nanoparticle size and shape, fluorophore/particle distance, and the excitation wavelength of the coupling photosensitizer, we can readily tune singlet oxygen yields for applications in singlet oxygen-based clinical therapy. metal-enhanced fluorescence | metal-enhanced phosphorescence | photodynarnic therapy | surface-enhanced fluorescence

We have combined the principles of microwave circuitry and antenna design and our recent work in microwave-triggered metal-enhanced chemiluminescence to now 'trigger' chemically and enzyme-catalyzed chemiluminescent reactions with spatial and temporal control. With this technology platform, we achieve spatial and temporal control of enzyme and chemically catalyzed chemiluminescence reactions to achieve more than 500-fold increases in 'on-demand' photon flux from chemically catalyzed chemiluminescent reactions. We also report a 6-fold increase in photon flux from HRP-catalyzed assays on disposable coverslips functionalized with HRP and placed proximal to the substrates modified with thin-film aluminum triangle disjointed 'bow-tie' structures. In addition, we demonstrate the applicability of this technology to develop multiplexed or high-throughput chemiluminescent assays. We also demonstrate the clinical and biological relevance of this technology platform by affixing aluminum structures in proximity to HRP protein immobilized on nitrocellulose to improve the sensitivity for this model Western blot scheme by 50-fold. We believe analytical applications that rely on enzyme-catalyzed chemiluminescence, such as immunoassays, may greatly benefit from this new platform technology.