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Secondhand smoke in waterpipe tobacco venues in Istanbul Moscow and Cairo
(Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, 2019)
Objective: The prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking has risen in recent decades. Controlled studies suggest that waterpipe secondhand smoke (SHS) contains similar or greater quantities of toxicants than cigarette SHS ...
Transmembrane helix 6 observed at the interface of beta(2)AR homodimers in blind docking studies
(Taylor & Francis Inc, 2015)
Peptide- and protein-protein dockings were carried out on beta(2)-adrenergic receptor (beta(2)AR) to confirm the presence of transmembrane helix 6 (TM6) at the interface region between two beta(2)AR monomers thereby its ...
Profit sharing between managers and investors: An experimental investigation
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2015)
This study analyzes the effect of interest and power structures and conflict of interest among managers and investors and tests the effect of different payout mechanisms on willingness to pay. In this study 74 student ...
Joint Channel Estimation and Symbol Detection for OFDM Systems in Rapidly Time-Varying Sparse Multipath Channels
(Springer, 2015)
In this paper we propose a space-alternating generalized expectation maximization (SAGE) based joint channel estimation and data detection algorithm in compressive sensing (CS) framework for orthogonal frequency-division ...
Human dopamine transporter: the first implementation of a combined in silico/in vitro approach revealing the substrate and inhibitor specificities
(Taylor & Francis Inc, 2019)
Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by the loss of dopamine-generating neurons in the substantia nigra and corpus striatum. Current treatments alleviate PD symptoms rather than exerting neuroprotective effect on ...
Market power in CEE banking sectors and the impact of the global financial crisis
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2014)
The aim of this study is to undertake an up-to-date assessment of market power in Central and Eastern European banking markets and explore how the global financial crisis has affected market power and what has been the ...
Migration asMovement andMultiplace Life: Some Recent Developments in Rural Living Structures in Turkey
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2014)
Discussing recent trends and developments in migration and mobility affecting what may be referred to as a reconstitution' of villages this paper discusses the changing character of rural settlement and settlement patterns ...
Group behaviour in physical chemical and biological systems
(Indıan Acad Scıences, 2014)
Groups exhibit properties that either are not perceived to exist or perhaps cannot exist at the individual level. Such 'emergent' properties depend on how individuals interact both among themselves and with their surroundings. ...
(Il)Legitimisation of the role of the nation state: Understanding of and reactions to Internet censorship in Turkey
(Sage Publications Ltd, 2014)
This study aims to explore Turkish citizen-consumers' understanding of and reactions to censorship of websites in Turkey by using in-depth interviews and online ethnography. In an environment where sites such as YouTube ...
Scheduling a log transport system using simulated annealing
(Elsevier Science, 2014)
The log truck scheduling problem under capacity constraints and time window constraints is an NP-hard problem that involves the design of best possible routes for a set of trucks serving multiple loggers and mills. The ...