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Sparse Channel Estimation and Equalization for OFDM-Based Underwater Cooperative Systemsw with Amplify-and-Forward Relaying
(IEEE-INST Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc, 2016)
This paper is concerned with a challenging problem of channel estimation and equalization for amplify-and-forward cooperative relay based orthogonal frequency division multi-plexing (OFDM) systems in sparse underwater ...
Heuristic Methods for Postoutage Voltage Magnitude Calculations
(TUBITAK Scientific & Technical Research Council Turkey, 2016)
Power systems play a significant role in every aspect of our daily lives. Hence their continuation without any interruption (or with the least duration of interruption due to faults or scheduled maintenances) is one of the ...
A sparsity-preserving spectral preconditioner for power flow analysis
(TUBITAK Scientific & Technical Research Council Turkey, 2016)
Due to the ever-increasing demand for more detailed and accurate power system simulations the dimensions of mathematical models increase. Although the traditional direct linear equation solvers based on LU factorization ...
Liver Transplantation: Recipients’ Evaluation of Life From the Perspective of Living Donors
(Elsevier Science Inc, 2016)
Aim. Liver transplantation affects not only recipients and living donors' lives but also the nature and quality of their relationship. Moreover the ways in which recipients of liver transplant experience life and views of ...
The Relation Between Worldviews and Intergenerational Altruism In Turkey: an Empirical Approach
(Univ Babes-Bolyai, 2016)
Intergenerational altruism is an important area of research to understand the impact of culture on economic outcomes. We hypothesize based on recent research about intergenerational altruism and tough love model that ...
Beyond a Paycheck: The Influence of Workforce Participation on Women's Cancer Screening in Turkey
(Springer/Plenum Publishers, 2016)
The present study investigates the influence of workforce participation on women's cancer screening behaviors in Turkey. In cultures with predominantly Muslim populations like Turkey emphasis is typically placed on a woman's ...
Behavioral Biases Of Finance Professionals: Turkish Evidence
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2016)
This study extends the existing literature on the determinants of behavioral biases of Turkish finance sector professionals. It examines the impact of various personal and objective attributes of finance sector professionals ...
A Pseudo-Pareto Distribution and Concomitants of Its Order Statistics
(Springer, 2016)
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 ...
Forecasting the Coal Production: Hubbert Curve Application on Turkey's Lignite Fields
(Elsevier Science, 2016)
The dependence on imported energy sources is one of the biggest challenges that Turkey and many other similar countries face in the 21st Century and the gap between production and consumption cannot be decreased without ...
Politics Policies Pronatalism and Practice: Availability and Accessibility of Abortion and Reproductive Health Services in Turkey
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2016)
Turkey has maintained liberal contraception and abortion policies since the 1980s. In 2012 the government proposed to restrict abortion