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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[An Inter-Rater Perspective for the Researches on Assessing Writing]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In assessing EFL students’ writings consistently, there are various factors that  must be taken into consideration while rating. Especially those who want to make  quantitative researches using raters or who aim to give suitable feedback to written  productions should be responsible for fulfilling the requirements in marking and scoring  process. In this context, this paper looks insight for some issues related to the raters, such  as inter-rater reliability, analytic or holistic examinations, rating criteria, and others. This  study includes 8 native raters and 8 non-native raters, each of whom rated an ESL essay  both holistically and analytically. Every participant rater’s background of scoring ESL  writings was similar. The result showed that there was no significant difference between  raters, that is, participants’ grading of the essay is irrespective of their being native  speakers. At the end of the study, some important implications for essay rating practices  and both the researchers and language teacher were emphasized.  Key Words: Rater, Reliability, Assessing Writing, EFL]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[395]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[University Intellectual Capital: Measurement Model and Application]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[There is the widespread recognition of the importance of intellectual capital  (IC) as a major source of competitive advantage for any organisation operating in today‘s  knowledge economy (KE). In particular, universities are recognised as being essential to  the new economy as the prime producers and transmitters of knowledge in a society.  Therefore, it is not surprising that the management and measurement of IC by universities  is becoming an increasingly important issue in the knowledge management (KM) research  and practice. It is argued that universities need to use the IC model as a tool to aid them in  meeting new management challenges and diffuse their intangible resources and activities  to their stakeholders and society at large. This study addresses this need by developing a  specific model for measuring intellectual capital of universities and by applying it in the  specific context of a new private university in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is  hoped that the use of this model can help the university in reaching its scientific and  educational goals.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[225]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3050">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Effects of Implementing to Total Quality Management on the Busıness  Performance and a Research]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Total quality management (TQM) has been mentioned to have positive effect on  business performance considerable attention in the literature and researches. The aim of this  study is to analyse the performance changes in a shopping center. A research model was  composed of four performances dimensions. Qualification and quantitive data of the model  were groupped and evaluated by using statistical methods. In the end of the study, after  implementing of TQM the performance increase was observed in the all sized of the business  by years .]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[153]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Economics of Boron Mining in Turkey]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Boron minerals are one of the most important richness of Turkey. Turkey has a great  potential in boron minerals regards to the reserves and the quality of these minerals. Boron  minerals have an intensive and increasing usage ranging from glass to detergent industry and in  metallurgical, agricultural and nuclear applications. Despite the important potential, Turkey gains  only an average of 300 million US Dollars per year. Therefore, this income should be increased  proportionally to the potential. In this study, production and export of ETĠBOR A.ġ. since 1978,  future targets are reviewed.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[266]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Analyzing the Sustainability of Current Account in ASEAN Countries: Test  of Intertemporal Borrowing Constraints]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The objective of this paper is to investigate the sustainability of current account  imbalances by using the data of five ASEAN countries, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines,  Singapore and Thailand over the 1981-2008 periods. Sustainability of current account for ASEAN  countries is analyzed under intertemporal borrowing constraint (IBC) approach by performing an  empirical analysis of Pedroni (1999) panel cointegration between exports and imports plus net  transfer payments plus net interest payments. The empirical results of panel cointegration test  show that these variables are cointegrated for whole period and two sub-periods. To find  regression coefficient we use panel FMOLS and DOLS estimators. It is found that the coefficient  is not significantly equal to one but very close to one. The overall results provide evidence in  favour of the sustainability of the current account for five ASEAN countries as a group.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[199]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Outside the Homeland of the Turks Economic Potential of The Diaspora]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Ethno-national diasporas occur from the homeland to one or a few countrıes that  accept guests mandatory or voluntary migration. These type of groups stay in the country  permanently. Diaspora is an ethnic unity that was created by people migrated by force or  voluntarily from the same ethnic origin of individuals in one or more countries to protect their  personal rights ts and to avoid losing their own identity. Diasporas, which were created for this  purpose at first, have become effective even in the administration of the country where they  exist, especially by gaining economic power. In the beginning of the purposes of the  diasporas, it comes not to lose their own identity and to secure them to get a regular  relationships with their home countries no matter where they live and no matter which country  they belong to. The possibility of foreign investment presented with this bond is so important  that it functions a lot in the development of the country. The possibility of foreign capital  which is offered by diaspoara is an important action in the development of home countries.  Countries have used the economic power of the diasporas with different instruments,and the  most common instrument is the diaspora debenture. Dispoara bond is a debenture which is  giyen to a country by a sub-dominant party or a private company to increase funding from the  diaspora abroad. It is an important source for the developing countries that various diasporas  of countries whose citizenship they accepted and their financial situations increases quickly. If  the flow of forein currency claims to set diaspora income in a way of regular basis, the  interests of the bond issues that from the hard money(currency) is a way to raise capital  abroad. Up to this day, Israel and India have reached 35-40 billion dollars by bringing these  bonds out. In this context, when the situation in Turkey is examined, especially Europe and  European Union countries must be taken into consideration primarily. Today, in European  Union countries, approximately 4.2 million Turkish citizens are living; it is nearly 5.7 million  with the new countries participating in the European Union. Annual per capita GDP of this  population is approximately 19.700 Euros. In addition, 80.7 billion Euros in 2006, Turkish  people contributed EU GDP 80.7 billion euros. In European Union countries in 2006, there  were 101,000 Turkish entrepreneurs with Turkish origins who had invested 10.9 billion euros;  they had 43.9 billion euros giro and provided employment for 474,000 people. Taking this  data and the coming footsteps of successful examples of Turkish Diaspora in Turkey into  account, we can create a growing economy and political power to be able to make signifıcant  contributions. The aim of the article which was prepared from the movement of the thesis is  to show that one of the instruments which can be used in supplying the foreign capital is the  power of diaspora. When the diasporas of Israel and India are taken into consideration,  emphasizing especially on that economical diasporas have an important place is the  demonstration of the power of Turks who act like a diaspora and live in Europe.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[183]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Role of Energy Economics in Sustainable Development]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[For a growing country, the most needed stimulus is energy. Without any access to  adequate energy resources it is hard for a growing country to sustain economic development.  Especially after the 1973 Oil Crisis, the importance of energy resources has been well  understood. Most of the developed countries took measures to avoid the undesirable effects of  reliance on these energy resources since then. This page of the history has contributed the  most to the evolution of the modern day energy economics field. Thenceforth the developing  and the developed world rang the changes to manage their energy policies effectively.  Sustainable development on the other hand - most broadly - implies the effective use of  resources aiming at development not just for present but also for future generations. As  effective managing of the energy policy would entail reaping benefits in the long run, energy  economics becomes a field with crucial role in sustainable development. Therefore, this paper  promotes the effective use of energy resources for a growing country from both perspectives  of energy economics and sustainable development.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[182]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3055">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Local Evaluation and Efficiancy:  an Evaluation for VAN Municipality]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This paper aims to define the concept of local autonomy in terms of the duty and the  responsibilities between the central governments and the local governments, to present its  importance and disadvantages and to determine what kind of a situation its practical application at  a micro level for Turkey would create through an analysis of Van municipality. In this context, the  study investigates the concept of the local autonomy in comparison with the European local  governments‘ condition of autonomy, then evaluates it in terms of proponents and opponents and  seeks an answer for what kind of an autonomy approach should be adopted. As a result, a  synthesis of Van Municipality in terms of the local autonomy is determined.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[211]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Effects of Global Warming on the Tourism Sector in Turkey]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[One of the most crucial problems in the world is global warming. In recent years mean  temperature values are rising and downfall values are indicating substantial deviations as to years  and months. Even small changes in climates affect many sectors. The leading sector affected by  global warming is tourism sector. Tourism is one of the sectors in Turkey developing in the fastest  way. Numbers of tourists visiting Turkey have been increased beginning from 2000 and exceeded  27 millions in 2009. Tourism revenue of Turkey has passed over 16 billions dollar. A large  number of different sectors such as transportation, food and construction are connected with  tourism. Tourism sector is very interested in temperature rise and prolonging of summer season. In  sea tourism it is expected an expansion to west and north regions of Turkey as well as south  shores. Extreme summer hot will set off immigration from seaboard to uplands and hinterland as  well as increase water and electricity consumptions. Less cold in winter season, delay and decrease  of snowfall will affect winter sports centers negatively. In this study positive and negative effects  of climate changes caused by global warming on the tourism sector which one of leading sectors in  Turkey are discussed.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[277]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Attitudes and Motivation of Learners of French as a Second Language  towards Computer Assisted Language Learning]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This study focuses on computer assisted language learning and the  attitude of the learners who are enrolled in French department at Uludag  University. A total of 42 learners in French programme at Uludag University  participated in the study as subjects. They were given questionnaire in pre-test and  post-test at the beginning of the academic period and tree months later to observe  whether there were any changes in their attitude towards computer assisted  learning. The data were collected in the 2009-2010 education-instruction year. The  data obtained in the study was analysed using the SPSS statistics computer  programme. It was also found out that the CALL method supported with the  language learning programme was more effective in positive development of  achievement levels of learners. The results exposed that there occurred positive  changes in the attitudes of the subjects towards computer assisted language  learning during three months. Although most learners accept changes in teaching  delivery and welcome the enrichment provided by new educational tools, some  refuse them. Differences in learning styles exist, and will continue to exist, and  cannot be dismissed.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[400]]></dcterms:extent>
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