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State capitalism and hydrocarbon security in China and Russia
(Elsevier, 2021)
This study seeks to investigate how and why state capitalism developed in China and Russia in the oil and gas sectors and explain why two countries that have contrasting energy-security challenges use state capitalism to ...
Impacts of COVID-19 on changing patterns of household food consumption: An intercultural study of three countries
(Elsevier, 2021)
In light of COVID-19's effects on individuals' social, economic, political, and psychological values, this paper aims to investigate the pandemic's role in possible changes to people's food consumption and meal habits in ...
Economic uncertainty and bank stability: Conventional vs. Islamic banking
(Elsevier Science Inc, 2021)
In this paper, we explore whether economic uncertainty differently affects the default risk of Islamic and conventional banks. Using a sample of 568 banks from 20 countries between 2009 and 2018, we use the World Uncertainty ...
A 1-kW wireless power transfer system for electric vehicle charging with hexagonal flat spiral coil
(Tubitak Scientific & Technical Research Council Turkey, 2021)
Wireless power transfer (WPT) technology is getting more attention in these days as a clean, safe, and easy alternative to charging batteries in several power levels. Different coil types and system structures have been ...
The relationship between Google search interest for pulmonary symptoms and COVID-19 cases using dynamic conditional correlation analysis
(Nature Research, 2021)
This study aims to evaluate the monitoring and predictive value of web-based symptoms (fever, cough, dyspnea) searches for COVID-19 spread. Daily search interests from Turkey, Italy, Spain, France, and the United Kingdom ...
EVALUATING LOGISTICS VILLAGES IN TURKEY USING HYBRID IMPROVED FUZZY SWARA (IMF SWARA) AND FUZZY MABAC TECHNIQUES
(Vilnius Gediminas Tech Univ, 2021)
Positioning in the right location for organizing logistics activities is a determinative factor in the aspect of costs, effectivity, productivity, and performance of these operations carried out by logistics firms. The ...
Revisiting destination competitiveness through chaos theory: The butterfly competitiveness model
(Elsevier, 2021)
The second decade of this century has been characterized by a particular emphasis on the significance of safety and security in human life in general and in tourist decision-making in particular. This study is therefore a ...
Automatic Adaptation of Hypermutation Rates for Multimodal Optimisation
(Assoc Computing Machinery, 2021)
Previous work has shown that in Artificial Immune Systems (AIS) the best static mutation rates to escape local optima with the ageing operator are far from the optimal ones to do so via large hypermutations and vice-versa. ...
COVID-19 digitization in maritime: understanding cyber risks
(Springer Heidelberg, 2021)
Digitization is reshaping the maritime industry which is under increasing pressure to transform. Technology is more common as it offers improvements and carves out early adapters as more competitive. COVID-19 hastens ...
Financial technology in developing economies: A note on digital lending in Turkey
(Elsevier Science Sa, 2021)
We examine the differences in the loan performance of fintech and bank borrowers in Turkey. Using data of 5.5 million consumer loans by the fifth-largest private commercial bank in Turkey and its fintech subsidiary, we ...