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Evaluating the International Renewable Energy Agency through the lens of social constructivism
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2021)
It is widely accepted that renewable energy will contribute to building a more sustainable world, and a transition from a fossil fuel-dominated to a renewable-based energy system is inevitable. However, only 5% of the ...
Electric power bid determination and evaluation for price taker units under price uncertainty
(Econjournals, 2021)
Power companies aim to maximize their profit which is highly related to the bidding strategies used. In order to sell electricity at high prices and maximize their profit, power companies need suitable bidding models that ...
Who in the World Is Trying to Change Their Personality Traits? Volitional Personality Change Among College Students in Six Continents
(American Psychological Association, 2021)
Recent research conducted largely in the United States suggests that most people would like to change one or more of their personality traits. Yet almost no research has investigated the degree to which and in what ways ...
Sustainability and communication practices in grassroots movements in turkey following gezi park protests: Cases of dogancilar park forum, macka park forum and validebag volunteers
(Intellect Ltd., 2020)
Recent social movements, as exemplified by the informal organizations formed during and after the Occupy Movement in the United States and Gezi Park Protests in Turkey, are characterized by distrust towards institutional ...
Corporate risk-taking in developed countries: The influence of economic policy uncertainty and macroeconomic conditions
(Elsevier B.V., 2020)
Using 74,974 firm-year observations covering 15 developed European countries over the time period 1999–2017, this paper explores the effect of economic policy uncertainty on corporate risk-taking. The findings indicate ...
Becoming One with the Neighborhood: Collaborative Art, Space-Making, and Urban Change in Izmir Darağaç
(SAGE Publications Inc., 2021)
Darağaç is a former industrial, lower-income neighborhood in Turkey’s third-largest city, Izmir. In 2015 several artists settled in the area and started a nonprofit initiative called the Darağaç Collective (DC). DC has ...
A multi-objective optimization evaluation framework for integration of distributed energy resources
(Elsevier, 2021)
Renewable distributed generation and energy storage systems (ESSs) have been a gamechanger for a reliable and sustainable energy supply. However, this new type of generation should be optimally planned and operated to ...
Minimum Length Scheduling for Multi-Cell Full Duplex Wireless Powered Communication Networks
(Mdpi, 2021)
Wireless powered communication networks (WPCNs) will be a major enabler of massive machine type communications (MTCs), which is a major service domain for 5G and beyond systems. These MTC networks will be deployed by using ...
Distributed energy resource allocation using multi-objective grasshopper optimization algorithm
(Elsevier Science Sa, 2021)
The penetration of small-scale generators (DGs) and battery energy storage systems (BESSs) into the distribution grid is growing rapidly and reaching a high percentage of installed generation capacity. These units can play ...
Ephemeral Social Media Visuals and Their Picturesque Design: Interaction and User Experience in Instagram Stories
(Sciendo, 2021)
This article examines the temporality of ephemeral visual posts to social media with an emphasis on Instagram stories. Drawing on theories of the spectacle, it is my contention that interaction and user-experience design, ...