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This research aims to examine the technological pedagogical content knowledge of physical education and sports teachers who conduct their courses remotely in the distance education process. A total of 254 physical education and sports teachers, 81 female and 173 male teachers, participated in the research in the 2020-2021 academic year. As data collection tools, Graham et al., (2009) and adapted into Turkish by Timur and Tasar (2011), the "Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge Self-Confidence Scale" (TPACK) and the "Personal Information Form" developed by the researchers were used. The data obtained in the study were analyzed using the SPSS 25 package program. As a result of the study, it was concluded that there are significant differences in the sub-dimensions of the physical education and sports teachers' technological pedagogical content knowledge self-confidence according to gender, distance education background, computer education status, having a personal computer and teachers' educational status. It has been observed that the technological pedagogical content knowledge self-confidence of physical education and sports teachers is generally high.
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OBJECTIVE: COVID-19 has been a major infectious disease lately in humans. 10% of people experience persistent symptoms twelve weeks after having COVID-19. The gut microbiota is essential for host immunity. Thus, gut microbiota composition may contribute to the recovery of COVID-19 patients. The impact of COVID-19 on the gut microbiota of patients during recovery is less explored. We investigated the potential alterations of bacterial gut microbiota of immediately recovered COVID-19 patients, and six months after their recovery. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Stool samples were collected from 8 patients with COVID-19 immediately after their recovery, and six months after SARS-CoV-2 clearance, as well as from 8 healthy donors as a control group. 16S rRNA gene sequencing was performed to analyze the correlation between disease recovery and microbiota using the immediately recovered and control group. Specific primers were designed for the most significantly altered bacteria and used to analyze the changes in intestinal microbiota composition of patients using qPCR. qPCR comparisons were performed on three groups: newly recovered from COVID-19, after six months of COVID-19 recovery, and healthy controls. RESULTS: Compared with the healthy control group, patients who immediately recovered from COVID-19 had significantly less presence of 15 bacterial groups. The immediately recovered patients had a very significantly higher relative abundance of the opportunistic pathogen Mycolicibacterium. No differences were found between the immediately recovered patients, and after six months of recovery using the qPCR analyses. CONCLUSIONS: Our results contribute novel insights regarding the alteration of human gut microbiota and the emergence of opportunistic pathogens in recovered patients of COVID-19. Further studies with a larger experimental size are needed to reveal balance or dysbiosis in patients after COVID-19 recovery.
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COVID-19 , Humans , Pilot Projects , SARS-CoV-2 , RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics , BacteriaABSTRACT
Objective: We aimed to examine the effects of COVID-19 on biochemical and hematological parameters such as liver and kidney function tests, electrolyte levels and inflammatory markers.
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There are several vaccines developed against COVID-19 infection. Inactivated viral vaccines are usually well tolerated. We aimed to present a relapsing immune thrombocytopenia case following inactive COVID-19 vaccine. Here we report a case of relapsing immune thrombocytopenia following inactivated viral vaccine against COVID-19 in a 60-year-old woman with a history of immune thrombocytopenia. The patient responded well to dexamethasone treatment and was discharged from the hospital with full recovery. We suggest that physicians seek the history of a recent inactivate COVID-19 vaccine shot in patients with immune thrombocytopenia.