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Evaluation of Secondhand Smoke Using PM2.5 and Observations in a Random Stratified Sample in Hospitality Venues from 12 Cities
(MDPI, 2019)
Background: Turkey passed a law banning smoking in all indoor public places in 2008. In response to the indoor smoking restriction many smokers may have relocated to outdoor areas of venues. The aim of this study was to ...
Corrected Panel-Reactive Antibody Positivity Rates for Hypersensitized Patients in Turkish Population With Calculated Panel-Reactive Antibody Software
(Elsevier Science Inc, 2017)
however the rate was 86.2% using the cPRA. Discussion. cPRA shows the rate of the rejected donors according to all unacceptable antigens. The need for a list of unacceptable antigens in place of the PRA positivity rate is ...
Wavelet-based cognitive SCMA system for mmWave 5G communication networks
(Inst Engineering Technology-IET, 2017)
Fifth generation (5G) communication networks can achieve high spectral efficiency using sparse code multiple access (SCMA) scheme when large number of users are trying to transmit their data simultaneously. The sparsity ...
How is the Big Five related to moral and political convictions: The moderating role of the WEIRDness of the culture
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2019)
There has been extensive research on how the Big Five personality traits are related to political orientation and endorsement of moral foundations. However, recent findings suggest that these relationships may not be ...
Personal and familial predictors of depressive feelings in people with orthopedic disability
(Termedia Publishing House, 2017)
BACKGROUND People with orthopedic disability experience limitations in physical ability which can cause psychological problems such as depressive feelings. This paper investigates the role of family environment caregiver ...
Facebook as a Boundary Object in Industrial Design Studio. A SoTL Study
(Routledge Journals Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2017)
We introduced Facebook groups as instructional tools in our industrial design studio courses. One of us experienced the effects of Facebook on freshmen while the other examined it with sophomores and juniors. Our analysis ...
Epidemic models for phase transitions: application to a physical gel
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2017)
Carrageenan gels are characterized by reversible sol-gel and gel-sol transitions under cooling and heating processes and these transitions are approximated by generalized logistic growth curves. We express the transitions ...
High-pass/low-pass section design for 0 degrees-360 degrees lumped-element phase shifters via the real frequency technique
(TUBITAK Scientific & Technical Research Council Turkey, 2017)
In this paper an algorithm based on the real frequency technique (RFT) is proposed to design high-pass and low-pass sections of a 0 degrees-360 degrees wide range lumped-element phase shifter. The switching process however ...
Towards better child protection programmes: a qualitative evaluation of Youth Disseminating Life Skills Programme
(Routledge Journals Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2017)
The present study aimed to assess the acceptability of a 12-week training programme Youth Disseminating Life Skills Programme whose aims were to help university students acquire knowledge on and to increase sensitivity ...
Characterization of MWCNT-TiO2 Qps and TiO2 QDs in self-assembled films
(Elsevier, 2017)
In this study the solution which includes TiO2 quantum dots (QDs) was mixed with the multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) to prepare MWCNT-TiO2 QDs composite films. The effect of microstructures on the structural and optical ...