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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[An Investigation of the Effective E-Learning Criteria   for Higher Education Institutions]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[stract: The recent advances in Information and Communication Technologies affected  education industry as well as other industries all over the world. Over the past decade,  higher education institutions have been increasingly utilizing e-learning programs.  However, some experiments showed that superficial e-learning systems might result in  failure and disappointment. Therefore educational institutions should develop and follow  the corporate guidelines so that the courses can be taught effectively and students can feel  comfortable to adapt quickly to the other e-learning based courses. The purpose of this  study is to investigate the effectiveness criteria of e-learning for higher education  institutions. The study presents some of the previous research findings and supplements  them with a survey conducted at Epoka University in Spring semester of 2008-2009  academic year. The findings of this study may be very useful to the higher education  institutions who are planning to establish e-learning.  ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[423]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3219">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis and Economic Sustainability in South East Europe]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The global financial system has witnessed rapid growth and substantial  structural change during the last ten years leading to globalization of financial markets.  The integration of financial markets has accentuated the rapid flow of capital across  borders as well as magnified the contagious effects of financial crisis with wide  implications for transmission of financial policies on the domestic economy and  internationally. The global financial crisis has become a major international event and has  spread to developing countries through trade linkages, a reduction of FDI and remittances,  and a collapse in commodity prices. The effect of the global financial crisis was worsened  by rising global energy prices which pushed up inflation. The global financial crisis has  evolved differently from other major crises that have hit the developing world. This paper  analyzes the economic sustainability in South East Europe against global financial crisis.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[127]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3220">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Impacts of Religiosity on the Ethical Attitudes of the Prospective  Managers]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In this study, we aimed to explore the relationship between religiosity and business ethics.  Two dimensions of religiosity – intrinsic an extrinsic- were studied. We tested mainly one  hypothesis: whether ethical attitudes are affected by religiosity. However, we also explored the  relationships between ethical attitudes, intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity and various demographic  measures of the participants such as age, sex, and nationality.  In our study, we surveyed students at two different universities -- one is in Turkey and the other is in  Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina. Our sample consisted of first year university students. Our survey  instruments have three parts. First part included 24-vignette ethics scale of Barnett and Brown  (1994). Second part included 15-item religiosity scale of Allport and Ross (1967) -- adopted version  of it by Vitell et al. (2007). Third part contained various demographic measures such as age, sex, and  nationality.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[152]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3221">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Teacher Effect on the Level of Test Anxiety among Young EFL Learners  ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Related literature indicates that teachers and tests are strong sources of test anxiety        among adult language learners while there exists a serious lack of research on the relationship  between teachers and test anxiety in terms of young learners. Thus, this study aims to  investigate the teacher effect on the level of test anxiety among young English as foreign  language learners as the findings of the previous studies indicate that teachers and tests are  strong sources of language anxiety. The sample group of the study consisted of 477 young  EFL learners from five primary schools. In order to collect data, a background questionnaire  and the TAS were used to assess learners’ attitudes towards teachers and their test anxiety  levels. The collected data were used to provide a descriptive and correlational analysis to  address the research question. The results of the study demonstrate that positive attitudes  towards teachers have facilitating effects on test anxiety among children while students  experience some physical and affective problems. In the light of the findings of the research, it  is recommended that language teachers should use effective communication techniques to  ensure moderate levels of test anxiety]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[665]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3222">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Teacher Effect on the Level of Test Anxiety among Young EFL Learners]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Related literature indicates that teachers and tests are strong sources of test anxiety   among adult language learners while there exists a serious lack of research on the relationship  between teachers and test anxiety in terms of young learners. Thus, this study aims to investigate  the teacher effect on the level of test anxiety among young English as foreign language learners as  the findings of the previous studies indicate that teachers and tests are strong sources of language  anxiety. The sample group of the study consisted of 477 young EFL learners from five primary  schools. In order to collect data, a background questionnaire and the TAS were used to assess  learners’ attitudes towards teachers and their test anxiety levels. The collected data were used to  provide a descriptive and correlational analysis to address the research question. The results of the  study demonstrate that positive attitudes towards teachers have facilitating effects on test anxiety  among children while students experience some physical and affective problems. In the light of the  findings of the research, it is recommended that language teachers should use effective  communication techniques to ensure moderate levels of test anxiety.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[393]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3223">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Determination of Macro and Micro Elements Uptake from Soil by  Different Densities of Corn Poppy (papaver rhoeas l.) Causing Damage on  Wheat]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The present study was conducted in order to determine the macro and  micro elements uptake from the soil by corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas L.) depending  on its existence in different densities.The study was carried out on Karahan-99 type  wheat-cultivated field in Ardıçlı Village (arid) of central Selcuklu Konya in  2007.The trial was carried out having corn poppy problem on wheat cultivated  fields which exemplified the Province of Konya. During the trial, each of the plots  was allocated as 1 m2 and the trial layout consisted of random plots with four  repetitions. The number of corn poppy in the plots was determined as 1, 3, 5, 7  number/m2. At the harvesting time, corn poppy samples were taken to the  laboratory. After the necessary pre-treatments were analysed. Depending on the  increasing corn poppy numbers, it was determined to uptake more macro and micro  elements from the soil (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Na, S, Mn, Fe, Zn, Cu) (P&lt;0,01).]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[466]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3224">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Substantive Universals in the Relationship between  Language Ideology and Language Education]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[While we need to problematize the notions of development and sustainable  development, we are also faced by a particular challenge related to language: what models of  language in the world are we using to understand the role of language education in development? I  shall discuss a range of possible understandings of English in the world in order to see how they  relate to questions of development]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[316]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3225">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Public Awareness towards Environmental Issues in Turkey]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This study presents public awareness of environmental issues in Tokat province of  Turkey. The effective sample size was 300. Questionnaire was carried out between January  and May 2008. Chi-square test (χ2) was used while analyzing the relationship between socioeconomic  characteristics and environmental conscious. Statistically significant relationship  was found between separating domestic waste at home and education level (χ2 =19.493,  df=12, P=0.077). Similarly, there was a statistically significant relationship between gender  and separating domestic waste at home (χ2 =8.276, df =3, P= 0.041). This study revealed that  no statistically significant relationship was found between occupation of the respondents and  separating domestic waste at home (χ2 =25.039, df=18, P=0.124), nor between area of  residence and separating domestic waste at home (χ2 =13.640, df=9, P=0.136).]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[525]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3226">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Electricity Generation by a Mediator-Less Microbial Fuel Cell  Using Mixed Culture]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[A microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a bioreactor that converts chemical energy in  the chemical bonds in organic compounds to electrical energy through catalytic  reactions of microorganisms under anaerobic conditions. In a MFC, power can be  generated from the oxidation of organic matter by bacteria at the anode ,with reduction  of oxygen at the cathode. Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM), to allow protons to move  across to the cathode while blocking the diffusion of oxygen into the anode. Electrons  produced by the bacteria from these substrates are transferred to the anode and flow to  the cathode linked by a conductive material containing a resistor, or operated under a  load. MFCs have been used to generate electricity from virtually any biodegradable  organic matter, including domestic and industrial wastewaters, while at the same time  accomplishing wastewater treatment. Using Two Chambered MFC in our laboratory  produced 0,8 mW/m2 of anode surface area using pure culture (S.putrefaciens) and  acetate. Using Single Chambered Flat MFC, we have recently achieved up to 15  mW/m2 using mixed culture and acetate. A MFC-based treatment plant of the future  will likely look a lot like a system built today around a fixed-film system such as a  trickling filter. The MFC technology is particularly favored for sustainable long-term  power applications.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[511]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3227">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Effects Of Concurrent Product Development On Product Development  Performance]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The intensive competition in global world markets has shown that existence of  enterprises is only possible by ensuring customer satisfaction. Ensuring customer  satisfaction is possible by developing products that can meet expectations of customers. The  companies which can determine demands and expectations of customers fastest and most  correctly, reflect this information on product development process in a short time and  introduce these products designed with a customer-focused approach will be the companies  that can succeed in today’s competitive environment. One of the sectors that successfully  take place in Turkey’s global competition is Ceramic Sector. This Ceramic Sector is of great  importance in world markets with its high quality products with low costs. One of the most  important factors affecting product development performances of the companies in the  sector is the successful implementation of concurrent product development technique. In this  study, the effects of concurrent product development process on product development  performance in Turkish ceramic sector were studied by investigating the factors affecting  concurrent product development process.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[502]]></dcterms:extent>
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