Lately, multimedia information and communication technologies are acting as catalyzing media that open up increasing opportunities for all with access to such technologies. Digital technology also offers potential to increase access to interactive as well as intercultural experience that develops cross-cultural competencies, while learning content may be further enhanced through collaborative learning in various areas. Kadir Has University in Istanbul undertook a challenging project with the ...

Lately applied positive psychology aims at generating quasi-experimental design tools such as simulations or games to generate policy recommendations for real life issues to promote well-being in different contexts such as schools and workplaces. In this paper, we will focus on a specific learning program based on a simulation game called FLIGBY (which is an acronym for "flow is good business for you") based on Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's state of flow model.

The study aims to analyze whether Turkey has internalized its goal of full membership in the European Union by taking into account Turkey’s compliance with the Maastricht criteria. The study uses a cointegration approach and finds that a long-term relationship exists between the ratios of inflation rates, interest rates and budget deficit ratios with Gross Domestic Product. However, no long-term relationship was found regarding the ratio of public debt to Gross Domestic Product. The study ...

Ağır ve havaleli yüklerin taşınması süreçlerini de kapsayan proje lojistiği son derece hassas operasyonlardan oluşan lojistik bir faaliyettir. Treyler seçimine ilişkin kriterlerin ve karar noktalarının çok sayıda olması treyler seçimini son derece zorlaştırmaktadır. Seçime ilişkin süreçler etki eden faktörlerin ve değişkenlerin çok sayıda olması treyler seçimine ilişkin süreçlerde çok kriterli karar alma metodolojilerinin uygulanmasını iyi bir seçenek haline getirebilmektedir. Bu çalışmada çok ...

Project logistics is one of the specific logistics operations. Compared to other logistics operations it needs more efficient planning and engineering applications in each operational process. On the other hand each project logistics operation can be defined as tailor-made operations since it has no similarity with other operations. Consequently each project logistics operation should be planned and carried out according to its own conditions and parameters. This study focuses on the simulation ...

In order to reduce the external costs of transportation parties of logistics and transportation such as international organizations governments local authorities transporters and users have been promoting the solutions which will be created more efficient results. Within this framework opportunities related to rail transportation and reducing the rate of use of road freight transportation are very important factors in a green environment. This paper focus on the economic and environmental impacts ...

Formal Safety Assessment is a very important tool for the establishment of safety systems according to marine safety. FSA methodology has been recommended to all the maritime actors by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as an integrated safety system. In Formal Safety Assessment two main risk methodologies are applied which are quantitative and qualitative risk assessments. Both of these methods are used together in practice. The FSA approach is applied in five main stages. In this study ...

Pareto distributions are very flexible probability models with various forms and kinds. In this paper a new bivariate Pseudo-Pareto distribution and its properties are presented and discussed. Main variables order statistics and concomitants of this distribution are studied and their importance for risk and reliability analysis is explained. Joint and marginal distributions complementing cumulative distributions and hazard functions of the variables are derived. Numerical illustrations graphical ...