• Multi-verse optimization algorithm- and salp swarm optimization algorithm-based optimization of multilevel inverters 

  Authors:Ceylan, Oğuzhan
  Publisher and Date:(Springer, 2020)

  Renewable energy sources are installed into both distribution and transmission grids more and more with the introduction of smart grid concept. Hence, efficient usage of cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverters (MLIs) for ...
  
  

• A multidimensional investigation of pretend play and language competence: Concurrent and longitudinal relations in preschoolers 

  Authors:Kızıldere, Erim; Aktan-Erciyes, Aslı; Tahiroğlu, Deniz; Göksun, Tilbe
  Publisher and Date:(Elsevier, 2020)

  Play is an important tool for children's social interactions and cognitive skills. The current study examines the links between pretend play and language in 119 Turkish preschoolers at two time points tested one-year apart ...
  
  

• Energy Efficient SCMA Supported Downlink Cloud-RANs for 5G Networks 

  Authors:Ferdouse, Lilatul; Erküçük, Serhat; Anpalagan, Alagan; Woungang, Isaac
  Publisher and Date:(IEEE, 2020)

  Cloud-radio access networks (C-RANs) are regarded as a promising solution to provide low cost services among users through the centralized coordination of baseband units for 5G wireless networks. The coordinated multi-point ...
  
  

• Perception, petroleum, and power: Mythmaking in oil-scarce Turkey and Jordan 

  Authors:Ediger, Volkan S.; Selen, Eser; Bowlus, John, V
  Publisher and Date:(Elsevier, 2020)

  Oil has been a cardinal driver of economic growth and national development in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. States that produce oil in globally exportable quantities tend to be more powerful than those that do ...
  
  

• Managing natural gas demand for free consumers under uncertainty and limited storage capacity 

  Authors:Aktunç, Esra Ağca; Yükseltan, Ergun; Yücekaya, Ahmet; Bilge, Ayşe Hümeyra
  Publisher and Date:(Elsevier, 2020)

  Demand for energy sources depends on several factors such as population growth, urbanization, industrialization, and climate. Among fundamental energy sources, natural gas is characterized by storage limitations and ...
  
  

• Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance: The Moderating Role of Ownership Concentration in Turkey 

  Authors:Akben-Selcuk, Elif
  Publisher and Date:(MDPI, 2019)

  The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) engagement on firm financial performance in a developing country, Turkey, and to analyze the moderating role of ownership ...
  
  

• LSB Image Steganography Based on Blocks Matrix Determinant Method 

  Authors:Shehzad, Danish; Dağ, Tamer
  Publisher and Date:(KSII-KOR SOC Internet Information, 2019)

  Image steganography is one of the key types of steganography where a message to be sent is hidden inside the cover image. The most commonly used techniques for image steganography rely on LSB steganography. In this paper, ...
  
  

• Status of malondialdehyde, catalase and superoxide dismutase levels/activities in schoolchildren with iron deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia of Kashere and its environs in Gombe State, Nigeria 

  Authors:Usman, Sani Sharif; Dahiru, Musa; Abdullahir, Bashir; Abdullahir, Shariff Bilal; Maigari, Usman Muhammad; Uba, Abdullahi Ibrahim
  Publisher and Date:(Elsevier, 2019)

  Background: Iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) or iron deficiency (ID) is by far the most common form of disorder affecting the cognitive development, physical growth and school performance of children in developing countries ...
  
  

• The role of intangible assets in explaining the investment-profit puzzle 

  Authors:Orhangazi, Özgür
  Publisher and Date:(Oxford Univ Press, 2019)

  Starting around the early 2000s, and especially after the 2008 crisis, the rate of capital accumulation for US nonfinancial corporations has slowed down despite relatively high profitability; indicating a weakening of the ...
  
  

• A Clustering-Based Approach for Improving the Accuracy of UWB Sensor-Based Indoor Positioning System 

  Authors:Arsan, Taner; Hameez, Mohammed Muwafaq Noori
  Publisher and Date:(Hindawi LTD, 2019)

  There are several methods which can be used to locate an object or people in an indoor location. Ultra-wideband (UWB) is a specifically promising indoor positioning technology because of its high accuracy, resistance to ...
  
  

• Informed trading, order flow shocks and the cross section of expected returns in Borsa Istanbul 

  Authors:Tiniç, Murat; Salih, Aslihan
  Publisher and Date:(Routledge Journals, 2019)

  This paper examines the relationship between information asymmetry and stock returns in Borsa Istanbul. For all stocks that are traded in Borsa Istanbul between March 2005 and April 2017, we estimate the probability of ...
  
  

• Effects of Straits on Hydro-Thermal Performance of Small Bays 

  Authors:Ger, Ahmet Metin
  Publisher and Date:(Turkish Chamber Civil Engineers, 2019)

  The heated surface jet discharged into a bay which is connected to a larger body of water through a strait may experience bifurcation in the bay and stratification in the strait. The combined effects of bifurcation and ...
  
  

• Reflection increases belief in God through self-questioning among non-believers 

  Authors:Yılmaz, Onurcan; İşler, Ozan
  Publisher and Date:(SOC Judgment & Decision Making, 2019)

  The dual-process model of the mind predicts that religious belief will be stronger for intuitive decisions, whereas reflective thinking will lead to religious disbelief (i.e., the intuitive religious belief hypothesis). ...
  
  

• An analysis of price spikes and deviations in the deregulated Turkish power market 

  Authors:Gayretli, Gizem; Yücekaya, Ahmet; Bilge, Ayşe Hümeyra
  Publisher and Date:(Elsevier, 2019)

  The successful operation of a real time market is related to the planning in the day ahead market. We analyze the day ahead and real time market data for the Turkish power market for the period 2012-2015 to classify price ...
  
  

• Evaluation of Influenza Intervention Strategies in Turkey with Fuzzy AHP-VIKOR 

  Authors:Samanlıoğlu, Funda
  Publisher and Date:(Hindawi LTD, 2019)

  In this study, a fuzzy AHP-VIKOR method is presented to help decision makers (DMs), especially physicians, evaluate and rank intervention strategies for influenza. Selecting the best intervention strategy is a sophisticated ...
  
  

• When Does Customer Participation Matter? An Empirical Investigation of the Role of Customer Empowerment in the Customer Participation-Performance Link 

  Authors:Auh, Seigyoung; Mengüç, Bülent; Katsikeas, Constantine S.; Jung, Yeon Sung
  Publisher and Date:(Sage Publications, 2020)

  Research on customer participation (CP) has focused on its benefits for customers. However, recent research suggests that CP is beneficial to both customers and firms. The literature is also sparse on the economic (e.g., ...
  
  

• Optical spatial modulation design 

  Authors:Tezcan, Çoğalan; Harald, Haas; Panayırcı, Erdal
  Publisher and Date:(Royal Soc, 2020)

  Visible light communication (VLC) systems are inherently signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) limited due to link budget constraints. One favourable method to overcome this limitation is to focus on the pre-log factors of the channel ...
  
  

• Revealing Dynamics, Communities, and Criticality from Data 

  Authors:Eroğlu, Deniz; Tanzi, Matteo; van Strien, Sebastian; Pereira, Tiago
  Publisher and Date:(Amer Physical Soc, 2020)

  Complex systems such as ecological communities and neuron networks are essential parts of our everyday lives. These systems are composed of units which interact through intricate networks. The ability to predict sudden ...
  
  

• Identification of potential inhibitors of human methionine aminopeptidase (type II) for cancer therapy: Structure-based virtual screening, ADMET prediction and molecular dynamics studies 

  Authors:Weako, Jackson; Uba, Abdullahi Ibrahim; Keskin, Özlem; Gürsoy, Attila; Yelekçi, Kemal
  Publisher and Date:(Elsevier, 2020)

  Methionine Aminopeptidases MetAPs are divalent-cofactor dependent enzymes that are responsible for the cleavage of the initiator Methionine from the nascent polypeptides. MetAPs are classified into two isoforms: namely, ...
  
  

• Harmony Search Algorithm Based Management of Distributed Energy Resources and Storage Systems in Microgrids 

  Authors:Ceylan, Oğuzhan; Sezgin, Mustafa Erdem; Goel, Murat; Verga, Maurizio; Lazzari, Riccardo; Kwaye, Marcel Pendieu; Sandroni, Carlo
  Publisher and Date:(MDPI, 2020)

  Microgrids are composed of distributed energy resources (DERs), storage devices, electric vehicles, flexible loads and so on. They may either operate connected to the main electricity grid (on-grid operation) or separated ...
  
  

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