127 research outputs found
Using Value-Based Argumentation for Manipulating Voter Preferences
No full textManipulating voter preferences in favor of a certain political institution or opinion is performed by a lot of different techniques. However, in the process of voter persuasion, it is also a general necessity that the message produced by the political institution is designed in compliance with certain logical principles. Accordingly; politic argumentation on one hand, meets logical qualifications that a message should have, on the other hand, it offers certain technical structures and wording features. In parallel with that, in this study, the use of value-based argumentation in manipulating voter preferences is examined. Within this framework, Referendum of Presidential Government System conducted in 2017 is selected as the object of research. In the context of value-based argumentation, political argumentation analysis has been carried out on written material that AK Party and CHP produced within referendum campaign. As a result of the research, it is determined that three of totally seven AK Party arguments, two of totally nine CHP arguments produced for referendum topics are in harmony with the value-based argumentation style
AUTHOR CORRECTION - ERS International Congress 2019:highlights from Best Abstract awardees
No full textLorna E. Latimer, Marieke Duiverman, Mahmoud I. Abdel-Aziz, Gulser Caliskan, Sara M. Mensink-Bout, Alberto Mendoza-Valderrey, Aurelien Justet, Junichi Omura, Karthi Srikanthan, Jana De Brandt. Breathe 2019; 15: e143–e149. This article from the December 2019 issue of Breathe was published with an error in the name of one of the authors. The corrected author list is shown above. The article has been corrected and republished online.</p
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No full textThe article “Intermittent levosimendan infusion in ambulatory patients with end‑stage heart failure: a systematic review and meta‑analysis of 984 patients”, written by Hagar Elsherbini, Osama Soliman, Casper Zijderhand, Mattie Lenzen, Sanne E. Hoeks, Rasha Kaddoura, Mohamed Izham5, Abdulaziz Alkhulaifi, Amr S. Omar, and Kadir Caliskan, was originally published electronically on the publisher’s internet portal on 11 April 2021 without open access. With the author(s)’ decision to opt for Open Choice the copyright of the article changed on 10 June 2021 to</p
Model of the pathway of –1 frameshifting: Kinetics
No full textAbstractProgrammed –1 translational frameshifting is a process where the translating ribosome shifts the reading frame, which is directed by at least two stimulatory elements in the mRNA—a slippery sequence and a downstream secondary structure. Despite a lot of theoretical and experimental studies, the detailed pathway and mechanism of the –1 frameshifting remain unclear. Here, in order to understand the pathway and mechanism we consider two models to study the kinetics of the –1 frameshifting, providing quantitative explanations of the recent biochemical data of Caliskan et al. (Cell 2014, 157, 1619–1631). One model is modified from that proposed by Caliskan et al. and the other is modified from that proposed in the previous work to explain the single-molecule experimental data. It is shown that by adjusting values of some fundamental parameters both models can give quantitative explanations of the biochemical data of Caliskan et al. on the kinetics of EF-G binding and dissociation and on the kinetics of movement of tRNAs inside the ribosome. However, for the former model some adjusted parameter values deviate significantly from those determined from the available single-molecule experiments, while for the latter model all parameter values are consistent with the available biochemical and single-molecule experimental data. Thus, the latter model most likely reflects the pathway and mechanism of the –1 frameshifting
Gender bias in word embeddings of different languages
No full textWord embeddings are useful for various applications, such as sentiment classification (Tang et al., 2014), word translation (Xing, Wang, Liu, & Lin, 2015) and résumé parsing (Nasser, Sreejith, & Irshad, 2018). Previous research has determined that word embeddings contain gender bias, which can be problematic in certain applications such as résumé parsing. This research has addressed the question whether gender bias is present in word embeddings of different languages. Gender bias has been measured on word embedding of 26 different lan- guages with the help of the Word Embedding Association Test by Caliskan, Bryson, and Narayanan (2017). The results show that most of the tested languages seem to have bias towards male, while a few languages seem to have a bias towards female. This result is in line with previous literature.CSE3000 Research ProjectComputer Science and Engineerin
Antibiotic Resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains and Frequency of Metallo-beta-lactamases
No full textDetermining the Perceptions of Teacher Candidates on the Effectiveness of MOODLE Used in Flipped Education
No full textAbstractThis study was carried out to determine the efficiency of implementing Moodle in Remote Flipped learning environments by identifying the perceptions of teacher candidates. The survey consisted of 120 volunteer teachers from Near East University who have received education through remote learning. The survey was carried out in the fall term of 2015-2016. The 5 type Likert scale results developed by the researchers were analyzed using the SPSS program. The results of the analysis were given using percentage, frequency and descriptive analysis methods. When examined the research findings show that the teacher candidates receive a high amount of Moodle in their remote flipped learning, they do not loose connection or face slow stream when watching educational videos, they have access to information when and where they want with remote learning, and lastly they stated that the remote learning system is very useful and effective
A new HgMn star HD 196821
No full textIn this study, we present the chemical abundance analysis of HD 196821. The spectra of HD 196821 was obtained at the TUBITAK National Observatory using the Coude Echelle spectrograph attached to the 1.5 m telescope. We determined the atmospheric parameters of HD 196821: T-eff=10600K, log g=3.6, nu(mic)=0 km/s, and [Fe/H]=0.16 dex. HD 196821 shows an overabundance of 85 times solar for Mn and 208,930 times solar for Hg. This strongly suggests that the star should be classified as an HgMn star
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