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First measurement of the forward rapidity gap distribution in pPb collisions at ?sNN=8.16 TeV
Get PDFFor the first time at LHC energies, the forward rapidity gap spectra from proton-lead collisions for both proton and lead dissociation processes are presented. The analysis is performed over 10.4 units of pseudorapidity at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of ffisffi than in previous measurements of diffractive production in proton-nucleus collisions. For lead dissociation processes, which correspond to the pomeron-lead event topology, the EPOS-LHC generator predictions are a factor of 2 below the data, but the model gives a reasonable description of the rapidity gap spectrum shape. For the pomeron-proton topology, the EPOS-LHC, QGSJET II, and HIJING predictions are all at least a factor of 5 lower than the data. The latter effect might be explained by a significant contribution of ultraperipheral photoproduction events mimicking the signature of diffractive processes. These data may be of significant help in understanding the high energy limit of quantum chromodynamics and for modeling cosmic ray air showers
The emergence of Mediterraneanism discourse in modern Turkish architecture and the special position of Cengiz Bektaş
Get PDFThis article focuses on the emergence of the discourse on Mediterraneanism in Turkish architecture of mid-20th century in relation to the precedent discussions and works by European and American architects from the earlier decades. The former attempts of the modernist architects from Mediterranean countries in associating Mediterranean vernacular cultures with modernism and their basic motives are briefly discussed in the first part of the article to be able to portray the difference of the Turkish case. The emergence of the discourse of Mediterraneanism in mid-century Turkish architectural milieus is then discussed through some articles in the prominent journals of the period, underlining its relationship with the development of mass-tourism. Cengiz Bektaş is presented as a distinct and significant figure within this context who made extensive studies on Mediterranean vernacular cultures of Anatolia and had an original approach to the issue. Following the legacy of the Blue Anatolianists, Bektaş sees the Anatolian geography as a holistic cultural landscape and its vernacular architectures as the main sources of inspiration for contemporary architects, rather than pragmatic tools to fuel tourism industry. The article displays how his truly regionalist and contextualist approach to the Mediterranean differs from earlier and contemporary discourses in Turkey and stays closer to early 20th century precedents in Europe, through a reading of his original publications from the 1970s and later decades. © 2023, Istanbul Teknik Universitesi, Faculty of Architecture. All rights reserved
COLOR, CLASS, AND GENDER: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF WOMEN AND BEYOND IN ASGHAR FARHADI CINEMA
No full textThis study interrogates the films of Asghar Farhadi, who contributed to the international prominence of Iranian cinema, with a mixed-method approach in terms of women's representation. Quantitative data based on content analysis were deepened by textual analysis to negotiate the positive and negative meanings attributed to femininity in Asghar Farhadi's films. The research disclosed that all the female lead characters in the films are portrayed as passive characters who spends her days doing chores within the framework of the power relations determined by the patriarchal social structure. The social position of Iranian women in the patriarchal order was questioned by representing the female characters as economically and emotionally dependent on the males. It is discovered that the female lead characters wearing light-colored costumes are depicted as "honorable women", whereas the female lead characters wearing dark-colored costumes are depicted as "immoral women". These results demonstrated that the roles traditionally attributed to women in Iranian society were reinforced through the color tones
The relationship between emotional self-efficacy and post travmatic growth in female patients diagnosed with breast cancer
Get PDFÖZET: Yapılan bu çalışmada meme kanseri tanısı alan kadın hastalarda duygusal özyeterlilik ve travma sonrası büyüme arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmada niceliksel bir yöntem olan kesitsel araştırma modeli kullanılmıştır. Araştırmaya meme kanseri tanısı alan 46 kadın ile meme kanseri tanısı almayan 44 kadın katılmıştır. Araştırmanın veri toplamfa sürecinde “Kişisel Bilgi Formu”, “Duygusal Öz-Yeterlilik Ölçeği“ ve “Kanser Hastaları İçin Travma Sonrası Gelişim Ölçeği” kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada elde edilen verilerin analiz sürecinde SPSS 21.0 programında Frekans Analizi, Tek Yönlü Varyans Analizi (ANOVA), Bağımsız t-Testi ve Pearson Korelasyon Analizi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın sonunda meme kanseri tanısı alan kadınların travma sonrası büyüme ve duygusal özyeterlilik düzeyleri arasında pozitif yönde anlamlı ilişki olduğu bulunmuştur. Benzer şekilde travma sonrası büyüme alt boyutları ile duygusal özyeterlik alt boyutları arasında da pozitif yönde anlamlı ilişkiler olduğu tespit edilmiştir (p0.05). Ayrıca araştırmaya katılan kadınların duygusal özyeterlik düzeylerinin de demografik değişkenlere göre anlamlı farklılık göstermediği tespit edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, meme kanseri tanısı alan kadınlarda travma sonrası gelişmenin duygusal özyeterlik düzeyini olumlu yönde etkilediği, travma sonrası gelişimin bazı demografik değişkenlere göre farklılaştığı, buna karşılık duygusal özyeterlik düzeyinin demografik değişkenlere göre anlamlı farklılık göstermediği söylenebilir.ABSTRACT: This study aimed to examine the relationship between emotional self-efficacy and post-traumatic growth in female patients diagnosed with breast cancer. It is conducted with the cross-sectional study design, as a quantitative research method. Forty-six women diagnosed with breast cancer and 44 women not diagnosed with breast cancer participated the study. "Personal Information Form", "Emotional Self-Efficacy Scale" and "Post Traumatic Growth Inventory in Cancer Patients" were used in the data collection. In the data analysis, Frequency Analysis, One Way ANOVA (analysis of variance), The Independent Sample t-Test and Pearson Correlation Analysis were used in the SPSS 21.0 program. The results showed that there was a positive significant relationship between post-traumatic growth and emotional self-efficacy levels of women diagnosed with breast cancer (p0.05). In addition, it was determined that the emotional self-efficacy levels of the women participating in the study didn’t have any significant differences depending on the demographic variables. As a result, it can be said that the post-traumatic development is positively associated with the level of emotional self-efficacy in women diagnosed with breast cancer and the post-traumatic development shows difference according to certain demographic variables, while on the other hand the level of emotional self-efficacy shows no significant relationships with demographic variables
Digital Transformation in Automotive Sector
No full textThe automotive industry is one of the industries that adapts the fastest to digital transformation (DT) in the world because of its standard production process and mass production. It is the sector that needs digitalization the most in order to gain a competitive advantage and increase its production quality. This chapter focuses on the DT in automotive production processes in both academic literature and industrial applications. It presents the development of automobile technology throughout the years, the type of robots used in automobile production, and an assessment of alternative robot technologies for digital production processes with a sensitivity analysis. The chapter is concluded by future research directions and suggestions. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Management and representation in general partnership
Get PDFÖZET: Tezin konusu olan adi ortaklıkta yönetim ve temsil; ilgili kanun hükümleri, yargı kararları ve doktrin görüşleri ve uygulamadaki ihtiyaçlar çerçevesinde üç bölümde ele alınmaktadır. Birinci bölümde, adi ortaklığın temel esasları incelenmekte olup; adi ortaklık kavramı ve unsurları, adi ortaklıkla ilgili kanuni düzenlemeler, adi ortaklık hükümlerinin uygulama alanı ve adi ortaklığın tüzel kişiliği olmamasının sonuçları ile adi ortaklığın benzer hukuki kurumlardan farkları konularına yer verilmektedir. İkinci bölümde, adi ortaklıkta yönetim ele alınmakta olup; adi ortaklıkta yönetim yetkisinin sağlanması, adi ortaklıkta yönetim yetkisinin kapsamı, olağan ve olağan dışı işler, temel işlemler ve ortaklık kararları konularına yer verilmektedir. Adi ortaklıkta yönetimde temel ilkeler, yöneticiler ile diğer ortaklar arasındaki vekalet ilişkisi, adi ortaklıkta yöneticilerin hak ve yükümlülükleri konularına yer verilmektedir. Adi ortaklıkta yönetim yetkisinin sınırlandırılması, kaldırılması ve sona ermenin sonuçlarına yer verilmektedir. Adi ortaklıkta tasfiye sürecinde yönetim konusuna yer verilmektedir. Üçüncü bölümde ise adi ortaklıkta temsil ele alınmakta olup; adi ortaklıkta temsil, adi ortaklıkta temsil yetkisinin sağlanması, adi ortaklıkta temsil yetkisinin kapsamı, doğrudan ve dolaylı temsil, adi ortaklık temsil yetkisinin sona ermesi, yetkisiz temsil, adi ortaklıkta ticari temsil konularına yer verilmektedir.ABSTRACT: Management and representation in general partnership, which is the subject of the thesis; is discussed in three sections within the framework of relevant law provisions, judicial decisions and doctrinal views and needs in practice. In the first part, the basic principles of general partnership are examined; the concept and elements of general partnership, the legal regulations regarding general partnership, the scope of application of the provisions of general partnership, the consequences of general partnership not being a legal entity, and the differences of general partnership from similar legal institutions are included. In the second part, management in general partnership is ; including the issues with respect to granting management authority in general partnership, scope of management authority in general partnership, ordinary and extraordinary business, basic transactions and partnership decisions . The basic principles of management in general partnership, the proxy relationship between managers and other partners, and the rights and obligations of managers in general partnerships are examined. The consequences of limitation, removal and termination of management authority in general partnership are reviewed. Management of the general partnerships in the liquidation process is explained. In the third part, representation in general partnership is discussed; including representation in general partnership, provision of representation authority in general partnership, scope of representation authority in general partnership, direct and indirect representation, termination of general partnership representation authority, unauthorized representation, commercial representation in general partnership
Nowcasting Turkish Food Inflation Using Daily Online Prices
No full textThis study uses a sample of daily food prices scraped from retail chains’ websites for the period from July 2018 to December 2020, comprising over 5.9 million data points. Using these food prices, we construct 132 food price subindexes compatible with official data published by the Turkish Statistical Institute (Turkstat), which are published only once a month. We then use the online food price subindexes to calculate the primary food inflation rate. We find that changes in our online food price index and the Turkstat data are closely related. The daily online food price index is then used to nowcast official food and headline inflation. Our results show that the online index successfully nowcasts the official inflation rates, providing results considerably earlier than the official rate is announced. We also observe that the implementation of the first coronavirus restrictions in Turkey in early 2020 caused online food prices to jump, whereas official food prices did not experience the same spike. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.This research has not been supported by any grants
A dosimetric comparison for SBRT plans of localized prostate cancer between Cyberknife and Varian Truebeam STX device
No full textAs the Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) approach began to increase in treating patients with localized prostate cancer, it became necessary to investigate which methods used in practice were better. The aim of this study is to perform a dosimetric comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of SBRT treatments for localized prostate cancer delivered by CyberKnife (CK) and Varian Truebeam STX (FF and FFF). Seventeen in-termediate and high-risk patients with localized prostate cancer were included in the study. SBRT plans for the CK system and Varian Truebeam STX systems with and without Flattening Filters (Tru-FF and Tru-FFF) were prepared for each patient. Plans prepared for each patient were planned at a fraction dose of 6.7 Gy at 6 MV energy and a target dose of 33.5 Gy in 5 fractions. For all plans, cumulative dose-volume histograms (DVHs) were generated for target volumes and organs at risk (OAR). The maximum doses of PTV (41 Gy) in CK plans are higher than the maximum doses (35 Gy) in VMAT plans prepared with Tru-FF or Tru-FFF beams. The mean dose of the rectal wall (10.06 ?? 2.40Gy for CK) is still relatively low compared to other plans (13.46 ?? 2.16 Gy for Tru-FF and 13.61 ?? 2.32 Gy for Tru-FFF). The bladder wall (14 Gy for CK, 26 Gy for Tru-FF and Tru-FFF) and femoral head (6.8 Gy for CK, 9 Gy for Tru-FF and 9.4 Gy Tru-FFF) doses were also lower for CK plans. The CK plans provide better tumour control due to low doses in critical organs and high target doses than the Tru-FF or Tru-FFF plans. It was observed that CK and VMAT plans for SBRT with 6 MV photon beams provided acceptable results in term of treatment planning criteria such as Conformity Index and Homogeneity Index. It is recom-mended to use a target tracking system to provide an accurate and reliable SBRT treatment with VMAT and CK techniques
ESG activity and bank lending during financial crises
Get PDFThis paper explores how banks' environmental, social, and governance (ESG) activities affect their lending during financial crises. We use a sample of European listed banks with available ESG scores from 2002 to 2020 and consider the global financial crisis of 2007-2009 and the European sovereign debt crisis of 2010-2012. We estimate a two-step system GMM dynamic panel data model and also address potential endogeneity with instrumental variable (IV) and difference-in-difference (DiD) estimations. We find that lending falls to a lesser extent for banks with higher ESG scores during crisis times. Our findings are robust to using alternative ESG rating providers. An investigation of the different potential channels shows that, during crises, banks more engaged in ESG activities are less affected in terms of credit risk, asset risk, and profitability. They also face a lower reduction in market funding, allowing them to downsize to a lesser extent during crises, and their deposit rates do not increase as much as in less ESG-engaged banks. A deeper investigation reveals that our findings mainly hold for banks focused on traditional lending and deposit activities and are essentially driven by the environmental pillar component of ESG scores and the global financial crisis of 2007-2009
