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Gamma-Robust electricity market equilibrium models with transmission and generation investments
(SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, 2021-03)
We consider uncertain robust electricity market equilibrium problems including transmission and generation investments. Electricity market equilibrium modeling has a long tradition but is, in most of the cases, applied in ...
Forecasting time-varying arrivals: Impact of direct response advertising on call center performance
(Elsevier Inc., 2021-07)
This study investigates manpower planning and the performance of a national call center for scheduling car repairs and responding to road interventions. We model the impact of advertising on the required capacity and develop ...
Correlated conformational dynamics of the human GluN1-GluN2A type N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor
(SPRINGER, 2021)
N-Methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are glutamate-gated ion channels found in the nerve cell membranes. As a result of overexcitation of NMDARs, neuronal death occurs and may lead to diseases such as epilepsy, stroke, ...
Representations of everyday life in İnci Eviner’s We, Elsewhere: comedy, use and free will
(Routledge, 2021)
İnci Eviner's installation We, Elsewhere 1 for the Turkey Pavilion 2 at the 58th Venice Art Biennial offers a spectacle of the incomplete, in which the objects, videos and their characters, and sounds in the piece, along ...
Does Self-rated Attractiveness Predict Women's Preferences for Facial Masculinity? Data From an Arab Sample
(SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, 2021-03)
Objectives Because more attractive women may be better able to attract and/or retain masculine mates, many researchers have proposed that women who consider themselves to be more physically attractive will show stronger ...
A memetic random-key genetic algorithm for a symmetric multi-objective traveling salesman problem
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2008)
This paper proposes a methodology to find weakly Pareto optimal solutions to a symmetric multi-objective traveling salesman problem using a memetic random-key genetic algorithm that has been augmented by a 2-opt local ...
A comparison of erythrocyte superoxide dismutase and catalase activity in patients with hepatitis C infection
(2002)
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection remains important due to difficulties in treatment up to a chronic state. It is considered that free radicals, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant defense play a role in various tissue ...
Acute myeloblastic leukemia achieving complete remission with Amifostine alone
(2002)
Amifostine, a phosphorylated thiol-amine, is known as a cytoprotective agent especially for cisplatin containing chemotherapies. Apart from the cytoprotective role, Amifostine could also be used in the treatment of hematologic ...
Cartoon Violence and Freedom of Expression
(Johns Hopkins Univ Press, 2008)
The publication of the "Danish cartoons" generated a continuing conflict between freedom of expression and religious tolerance. The article examines the history of cartoon satire, invoking past examples of racial and ...
Bilateral macrostomia as an isolated deformity and its repair with a modified technique
(Springer Verlag, 2002)
A 3-year-old boy with bilateral congenital macrostomia as an isolated clinical entity is presented. Although this is a rare deformity, it causes functional and cosmetic problems which are difficult to correct. The skin, ...