2,992 research outputs found
Exploring beliefs and perceptions towards Advanced Rider Assistance Systems (ARAS) in motorcycle safety
No full textThe study applied the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to explore motorcycle riders’ underlying behavioural, normative, and control beliefs towards Advanced Rider Assistance Systems (ARAS). Each belief was explored in terms of three categories of technologies, (i) advanced technologies that help riders manage riding according to situations and conditions, (ii) advanced technologies that help riders to stop, and (iii) advanced technologies that help riders to corner. Eight focus groups were conducted with 39 motorcycle riders (Mage = 44.54 years, 27 males) who resided in Australia. First, participants completed a short online questionnaire which asked demographic information (e.g., age, gender, riding experience), before taking part in a 50-minute semi-structured online focus group. Participants’ knowledge of ARAS differed depending on the type of technology, with most participants reporting good to excellent knowledge of cruise control and standard anti-lock braking system (ABS) and a poor to fair understanding of selectable riding modes and cornering ABS. For behavioural beliefs, two common advantages reported for all three categories of technologies were safety and that the technologies would benefit new riders or riders with less experience. The three common disadvantages included concerns over riders’ reliance on the technologies, cost, and loss of skill or false sense of security. For normative beliefs, participants reported that their loved ones (i.e., partner, family, and friends) would approve of them using these technologies, with participants perceiving that ‘purists’ (i.e., riders who prefer to ride traditional motorcycles) would disapprove. For control beliefs, cost, lack of information on the safety of advanced technologies, and not being able to switch off systems were reported as barriers to use. Lowering insurance premiums, education/test rides, technologies as selectable options, and availability, were all identified as factors that would encourage use of ARAS. By providing information about ARAS, riders will become more informed about ARAS, which may enhance trust and user acceptance. Additionally, ongoing research and development are essential to ensure the evaluation and improvement of ARAS and mitigate any unintended consequences.Safety and Security Scienc
Türkiye'de 1980-2020 döneminde d ticaret ile ekonomik büyüme aras ndaki ili ki
No full textEkonomik büyüme fikri, ekonomistler için her zaman merak ve ilgi konusu
olmu tur. Küreselle me ile ekonomik büyüme aras nda olu an ba lant ile d ticaret
ve ihracat-ithalat ikilisi aras ndaki ili ki daha fazla dikkat çekmi , bu konu üzerinde
birçok deneysel çal malar yap lm ve yeni politikalar geli tirilmi tir. D Ticaret,
özellikle geli mekte olan ekonomilerde, sürdürülebilir büyümenin sa lanmas nda ve
geli tirilmesinde büyük önem ta yan ithalat ve ihracat n toplam olarak
gösterilmektedir. Yine bu ba lamda d ticaret, ülkenin kalk nmas nda büyük ölçüde
rol oynamaktad r. Günümüzde d ticaret; kalk nma ve küreselle menin ana kavram
olarak nitelendirilmektedi
Dyslipidaemia In Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
No full textThe aims of the study-were to define the prevalence of dyslipidaemia, its correlation with glycaemic control and contributory factors of dyslipidaemia in type 2 diabetic patients
Evaluation of the performance of defense industry r & d centers by entropy and aras methods
No full textYÖK Tez No: 583153Çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye Savunma Sanayinde faaliyet gösteren Ar-Ge merkezlerinin performanslarının değerlendirilmesidir. Bu doğrultuda 7 farklı firmaya ait 12 Ar-Ge merkezinin verileri ile gerçekleştirilen çalışmada öncelikle literatür araştırması ve uzman görüşleri doğrultusunda Ar-Ge merkezlerinin performansını etkileyen kriterler belirlenmiş ve Entropi yöntemi kullanılarak bu kriterlerin ağırlık değerleri tespit edilmiştir. Daha sonra, Çok Kriterli Karar Verme (ÇKKV) tekniklerinden olan ve son zamanlarda birçok araştırmacı tarafından kullanılan ARAS yöntemiyle çalışma kapsamında ele alınan alternatifler sıralanmıştır. Elde edilen bulgulara göre, en yüksek ağırlığa sahip olan kriter, Ar-Ge gelirleri (0,0503), en düşük ağırlığa sahip olan kriter ise Ar-Ge harcamaları (0.3726) iken A9 alternatifi en yüksek performansa sahip Ar-Ge merkezidir.The main aim of this study is to evaluate the performances of R&D centers in defense industry in Turkey. In this sense 12 R&D centers belonging to 7 different companies are included in the evaluation. Following the literature review and learned opinion the criteria which affect the performances of R&D centers are identified and the significance of these different criteria are determined by using Entropi method. Later ARAS method, which is listed under the techniques of Multiple Criteria Decision Making process and also very popular among the researchers recently, is used to sort out the alternatives mentioned in the scope of the study. According to the results taken, the most significant criterion is R&D revenues (0,0503) and the least significant criterion is R&D expenses (0,3726) also A9 alternative has the highest performance of R&D centers
The Role of Postmillennial Novel in Disseminating Ecofeminist Awareness: a Study of Lauren St John's The White Giraffe (2006), Laline Paull's The Bees (2014) and Margaret Atwood's The Testaments (2019)
No full textBu tezin amacı postmilenyum romandaki ekofeminist motifleri araştırmaktır. Tez aynı zamanda bu motiflerin ekofeminist bilinci nasıl kazandırdığını göstermeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu çalışma Lauren St. John, Laline Paull ve Margaret Atwood tarafından yazılan üç çağdaş romanla sınırlıdır. Bu tez, seçilmiş eserleri Greta Gaard, Carolyn Merchant, Maria Mies, Vandana Shiva, Karen J. Warren, Patrick D. Murphy ve Justyna Kostkowska gibi isimlere göndermeler yaparak incelemektedir. Çalışma, eserlerin tematik ve alegorik analizlerini içeren kapsamlı bir okumasını içermektedir. Çalışmada, ekofeminist kuramın tanıtımının ve motiflerinin tarihi gelişiminin sunumunun sonrasında The White Giraffe (2006), The Bees (2014) ve The Testaments (2019), adlı eserlerin incelendiği üç ana bölüm yer alacaktır. Anahtar Sözcükler: Ekofeminizm, Batı Dualizmi, çevresel bilinç, postmilenyum roman, ırkçılık.The aim of the dissertation is to investigate ecofeminist motifs in the novel in the postmillennial era. It also aims at showing how these motifs participate in disseminating ecofeminist consciousness. The study is limited to three contemporary novels by Lauren St. John, Laline Paull, and Margaret Atwood. With particular reference to Greta Gaard, Carolyn Merchant, Maria Mies, Vandana Shiva, Karen J. Warren, Patrick D. Murphy, and Justyna Kostkowska, the dissertation analyses the chosen books. The study conducts a thorough reading of the texts, which is led by an analysis of the representational and allegorical levels, when applicable. After introducing the theory of ecofeminism and the history of developing its motifs in literature in the first chapter, the study proceeds in the next three chapters by analysing The White Giraffe (2006), The Bees (2014), and The Testaments (2019). Keywords: ecofeminism, Western Dualism, environmental consciousness, postmillennial novel, racism
Figure 8 from: Kaya C, Bayçelebi E, Turan D (2020) Taxonomic assessment and distribution of fishes in upper Kura and Aras river drainages. Zoosystematics and Evolution 96(2): 325-344. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.96.52241
No full textFigure 8 Salmonid species collected in the area, a, Oncorhynchus mykiss from Lake Çıldır, Aras; b, Salmo caspius from stream Çataldere, Kura; c, Salmo aff. caspius from stream İncilipınar, Aras; d, Salmo cf. ciscaucasicus from stream Keklik, Aras
Zinc Signaling in Neuronal Tolerance
No full textSub-lethal preconditioning stimuli can confer neuronal tolerance by triggering the activation of endogenous survival pathways that limit or resist subsequent injury. Recent evidence has demonstrated that neuroprotection is paradoxically dependent on the sub-lethal activation of cell death mediators. As intracellular Zn2+ accumulation has been closely associated with neuronal cell death pathways, I tested the hypothesis that neuronal tolerance is also dependent on sub-lethal Zn2+ signals. I found that preconditioning triggered an immediate transient rise in neuronal free Zn2+, while lethal excitotoxicity led to a delayed accumulation of the metal. The sub-lethal rise in Zn2+ was necessary and sufficient in attenuating subsequent Zn2+-dependent toxicity in preconditioned neurons. Chelating Zn2+ during the preconditioning stimulus restored the lethal excitotoxic accumulation in neuronal Zn2+ and abolished neuronal tolerance. These data suggested that preconditioning-induced Zn2+ could trigger mechanisms for preventing subsequent Zn2+-dependent cell death. Indeed, preconditioning triggered protein kinase C (PKC)-dependent Zn2+-regulated gene expression in neurons. Examination of the mechanism involved in modulating Zn2+-regulated gene expression revealed a surprisingly early role for PKC in directly modifying the intracellular source of Zn2+. A conserved PKC phosphorylation site was identified at serine 32 of the metal binding protein metallothionein, which was important in modulating Zn2+ regulated gene expression and ultimately conferring neuronal tolerance. In addition to modulating gene expression, Zn2+ signals may also be important in mediating the acute cellular response to stress. Here, I found a critical role for the transient Zn2+ rise in modulating changes in voltage-gated potassium channel activity and localization following ischemia. Together, these data strongly suggest that a transient rise in neuronal free Zn2+ is an important early signal in conferring neuronal tolerance and in mediating acute cellular adaptive responses to stress. Thus, Zn2+ is a previously unrecognized, highly regulated signaling component in the initiation of survival pathways in neurons
The trematodes of fish of the transboundary Aras Dam Reservoir
No full textIn 2015–2018, in three localities representing the main ecological conditions of the Aras Dam Reservoir, 233 fishes of 19 species were studied by the method of complete helminthological dissection: Caspian roach – Rutilus caspicus, Caspian asp – Leuciscus aspius, Kura gudgeon – Romanogobio persus, Aras khramulya – Capoeta sevangi, Chаnari barbel – Luciobarbus capito, Kura barbel – Barbus laserta, South Caucasian bleak – Alburnus hohenackeri, Kura bleak – A. filippi, South Caspian spirlin – Alburnoides eichwaldi, bream – Abramis brama, golden carp – Carassius gibelio, common carp – Cyprinus carpio, Angora loach – Oxynoemacheilus angorae, South Caucasian spined loach – Cobitis satunini, catfish – Silurus glanis, mosquito fish – Gambusia affinis, zander – Sander lucioperca, round goby – Neogobius melanstomus, and bighead goby – Ponticola gorlap. As a result, 20 trematode species of two orders, nine families and 12 genera were found: Sanguinicola inermis, Bunodera luciopercae, Phyllodistomum elongatum, Orientocreadium siluri, Allocreadium isoporum, A. markewitschi, A. transversale, Acanthocreadium araxicum, Sphaerostomum bramae, Diplostomum chromatophorum, D. commutatum, D. helveticum, D. mergi, D. nordmanni, D. paracaudum, D. spathaceum, Tylodelphys clavata, Posthodiplostomum cuticola, Ichthyocotylurus pileatus, and Clinostomum complanatum. Of these, seven species were found in the fish intestine, and seven species in the lenses of eyes. Other organs had one trematode species each. One species is a specific parasite of catfish, one is a parasite of various predatory fish, seven species are parasites of cyprinid fish, and 11 species are parasites of fish of different families. According to the flow rate and the development of aquatic vegetation, the Aras Dam Reservoir can be divided into three parts. Eleven trematode species were found in the upper part, 17 species in the middle part, and 14 species in the lower part. The species richness is facilitated by the slow current and aquatic vegetation development, which attracts intermediate and definitive hosts - mollusks, crustaceans, fish, and birds. Among the trematodes found, nine species are fish pathogens, and one species is dangerous to human health if released into the digestive tract
D ticaret aç , döviz kuru ve enflasyon aras ndaki ili ki: Türkiye örne i
No full textEnflasyonu etkileyen faktörlerin iyi bir ekilde belirlenmesi enflasyonla mücadele bak m nda önem arz etmektedir. Enflasyonu etkileyen faktörlerden bir tanesi de d ticaret i lemleridir. Öyle ki uygulanan d ticaret politikalar ile birlikte sürekli olarak d aç k veren ve üretimi ara mal ithaline ba l olan bir ülkede söz konusu d ticaret aç klar önce döviz kurunu etkilemekte ve dolayl olarak da enflasyon oranlar na etki edebilmektedir. Bu nedenle her ne kadar enflasyon yurt içi ekonomik faaliyetlerden kaynaklanan bir sorunmu gibi gözükse de asl nda önemli bir aya da yurt d kaynakl d r. Bu nedenle enflasyon nedenleri belirlenirken d ekonomik ili kiler de görmezden gelinmemelidir. Bu çal mada 2003 - 2018 dönemlerine ait üç ayl k veriler kullan larak d ticaret aç , döviz kuru ve enflasyon aras ndaki ili ki vektör hata düzeltme modeli yöntemiyle analiz edilmi tir. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre d ticaret aç klar ve döviz kuru Türkiye'de enflasyonu etkilemektedir. Ancak enflasyondan d ticaret aç klar na ve döviz kuruna yönelik bir ili ki kurulamam t r
A New Historicist Reading of Power Mechanism in Dystopian Novels: the Fixed Period by Anthony Trollope, A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, and Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
No full textAnthony Trollope, Anthony Burgess ve Kazuo Ishiguro tarafından yazılan sırasıyla The Fixed Period (1882), A Clockwork Orange (1962) ve Never Let Me Go (2005) romanları Yeni Tarihselcilik teorisi kullanılarak incelenmiştir. Bu teori kullanılarak metin, yazarın hayatı ve her dönemin sosyal, kültürel ve politik koşulları arasındaki ilişki dikkatli bir çalışma ile ortaya çıkarılmıştır. Romanlar, kültürleri ve söylemlerinin metinsel ürünleri olarak dönemleri hakkında derin bilgi sağlar. The Fixed Period, A Clockwork Orange ve Never Let Me Go, sırasıyla sömürgecilik, gençlik suçları ve bilimsel söylemlerin ürünleridir. Bu çalışma, her bir romanın, dönemlerinin çağdaş ve önde gelen sosyal sorunlarını yansıttığını ortaya koymaktadır. Romanların distopik olması sosyal meselelerle ilgili endişeleri yansıtmaktadır. Çağdaş edebi metinler ve edebi olmayan metinler, her dönemin baskın ideolojisini bulmak için kullanılmıştır. Üç farklı dönemin kültürel ve entelektüel tarihini daha iyi anlamak için Stephen Greenblatt ve Michel Foucault'nun güç, ideoloji ve söylem hakkındaki teorileri ve argümanları toplumdaki güç mekanizmalarının işlevi konusunda temel alınmıştır. Bu tez, güç ilişkilerinin ve kontrol mekanizmalarının toplumlardaki sosyal ve kültürel değişimlere paralel olarak dönemden döneme değiştiğini göstermiştir. Günümüzde insanlar sadece doğaya değil aynı zamanda birbirine de hükmetmektedir. Bu çalışma, makineleşmenin, teknolojinin ve bilimin, insanların yaşam standartlarını arttırdığı ve toplumun refahına katkıda bulunduğunu ancak bu gelişmelerin daha fazla kontrol mekanizmalarının oluşmasına neden olduğunu da ortaya koymaktadır.The Fixed Period (1882), A Clockwork Orange (1962) and Never Let Me Go (2005) written by Anthony Trollope, Anthony Burgess, and Kazuo Ishiguro, respectively have been analysed using the critical theory New Historicism. With the application of this theory, the relationship between the text, the biography of the author, and the social, cultural, and political conditions of each period have been revealed through a careful study. The novels provide profound information about their periods as textual products of their culture and discourse. The Fixed Period, A Clockwork Orange, and Never Let Me Go are products of colonial, juvenile delinquency, and scientific discourses respectively. This study reveals that each novel reflects the contemporary and foremost social issues of their periods. As dystopian novels, they reflect the anxieties regarding social issues. Contemporary literary texts and non-literary texts have been used in order to find out the dominant ideology of each period. To understand the cultural and intellectual history of three different periods better, Stephen Greenblatt's and Michel Foucault's theories and arguments about power, ideology, and discourse have been taken as basis regarding the function of power mechanisms that circulate throughout the society. The dissertation has shown that power relations and control mechanisms change from period to period in line with social and cultural changes in societies. Human beings not only dominated the nature but also each other. The dissertation puts forward that mechanisation, technology, and science all were thought to increase the life standards of people and contribute to the welfare of society. However, such developments contributed to the creation of more control mechanisms
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