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  • MakaleYalnız künye2010Scopus SJRQ3
    LEAD, CADMIUM AND COPPER CONCENTRATIONS IN LEAVES OF Nerium oleander L. AND Robinia pseudoacacia L. AS BIOMONITORS OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION

    Kaya, Gokce; Okumus, Nuh; Yaman, Mehmet

    Pb, Cd and Cu concentrations in leaves of Nerium oleander L. and Robinia pseudoacacia L. plants collected from industrial areas in Gaziantep-Turkey were examined for biomonitoring of atmospheric pollution using flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The Pb levels in the leaves of Nerium oleander L. and Robinia pseudoacacia L. collected at a distance of 50 m from the battery plant were observed to be 2820 and 1860 mg kg(-1), respectively. The Pb, Cd, and Cu concentrations in the soils studied were in the range of 17-602, 0.142-0.656 and 12-38 mg kg(-1), respectively. Lead concentrations described above for plant leaves were found to be about 2000-fold higher than those in the same plants collected from the control area (1.0 mg Pb kg(-1) for both plant species). Similarly, Cd levels in Robinia pseudoacacia L. collected from polluted area were observed to be about 40 times higher than those from control area. Consequently, it is observed that the leaves of Neriurn oleander L. can be used for biomonitoring of Pb, and Robinia pseudoacacia L. for biomonitoring of both Pb and Cd pollution.

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  • MakaleYayıncıda açık erişim2010Scopus SJRQ3
    The Effect of Simulated Transportation on Biochemical Plasma Parameters of Japanese Quails

    Tekelioglu, O.; Sezer, M.; Ekici, F.; Atis, O.; Akbas, A.

    The effect of the duration of simulated transportation on blood SOD (Superoxide Dismutase), GSH-Px (Glutathione Peroxidase), AST (Aspartate Transaminase), ALT (Alanine Transaminase), GGT (Gamma-Glutamyl Transpeptidase), LDH (Lactic Dehydrogenase) enzyme levels and NO (Nitric Oxide) and MDA (Malondialdehyde) product levels was investigated in Japanese quails. Simulated transportation was carried out with a road simulator which was calibrated for Turkish roads conditions. Animals were loaded into well ventilated carrier boxes and carried at 2 and 5 h on the simulator. Blood samples were collected from 10-weeks-old Japanese Quails just after transportation. A significant (p<0.05) increase in all measured plasma parameters (except GGT) at 5 h transportation was observed. However, all of the plasma parameters have not shown a significant increase at 2 h transportation. This transportation duration might be the evidence of the time duration in still safe zone for Japanese Quails for that condition.

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  • MakaleYalnız künye2010Scopus SJRQ3
    Fecundity and Egg Size of Three Salmonid Species (Oncorhynchus mykiss, Salmo labrax, Salvelinus fontinalis) Cultured at the Same Farm Condition in North-Eastern, Turkey

    Serezli, Ramazan; Guzel, Senol; Kocabas, Mehmet

    In this study, fecundity and egg size of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Black Sea trout (Salmo labrax) and brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) were examined. Two and six years old female fish reared in commercial fish farm were used and the female size, total and relative fecundity and egg size (mm) were determined for the broodstock fish of three tested species. The average weights of broodfish of rainbow trout, Black Sea trout and brook trout 1.357.27+/-406, 532+/-673.7 and 310.40+/-85.0 g, respectively. The total fecundity (number of eggs fish(-1)) was 2.809+/-791, 1.401+/-1374 and 723+/-320, the relative fecundity (number of eggs kg(-1) fish) was 2.180+/-676, 3.558+/-1307 and 2.571+/-1530 and the egg size (mm); 4.95+/-0.2, 4.51+/-0.67 and 4.49+/-0.21 were determined for rainbow trout, Black Sea trout and brook trout, respectively. A significant linear relationship was found total fecundity and the post-stripped fish weight of Black Sea trout (r = 0.96), but this relationship was low for the rainbow trout (r = 0.28) and brook trout (r = 0.17). A negative relationship was observed between the relative fecundity and brood size in rainbow trout (r = 0.57), Black Sea trout (r = 0.58) and brook trout (r = 0.54). A significant linear relationship was observed in rainbow trout (r = 0.63), Black Sea trout (r = 0.86) and brook trout (r = 0.41) (p<0.01).

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  • BildiriAçık Erişim2010
    The associations between university students' transformational leadership characteristics and dysfunctional limitedness perceptions

    Barut, Yasar; Gokalp, Murat; Akdenk, Mursel; Kalafat, Temel; Mentese, Sabit; Keser, H; Ozcinar, Z; Kanbul, S

    The aim of this study was to explore associations between transformational leadership and limitedness schemas of university students. Data were collected from 66 male (34.2%) and 127 females (65.8%), a total of 193 university students. The minimum age was 17 and the maximum age was 23. The mean age of the sample was 19.62 years with a standard deviation of 1.21. The results reveal that females have higher scores than males with regard to transformational leadership characteristics. Comparison of the differences between male and female subjects in terms of limitedness orientation showed that males reported higher scores than females on limitedness schemas. In addition, limitedness about relations and limitedness about the world were significantly associated with transactional leadership and a laissez-faire philosophy, but connections of dysfunctional limitedness schemas with transformational leadership were not significant. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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  • MakaleAçık Erişim2010Scopus SJRQ1
    Wavelet-based feature extraction and selection for classification of power system disturbances using support vector machines

    Eristi, Hueseyin; Uçar, Ayseguel; Demir, Yakup

    This paper presents a new approach for the classification of the power system disturbances using support vector machines (SVMs). The proposed approach is carried out at three serial stages. Firstly, the features to be form the SVM classifier are obtained by using the wavelet transform and a few different feature extraction techniques. Secondly, the features exposing the best classification accuracy of these features are selected by a feature selection technique called as sequential forward selection. Thirdly, the best appropriate input vector for SVM classifier is rummaged. The input vector is started with the first best feature and incrementally added the chosen features. After the addition of each feature, the performance of the SVM is evaluated. The kernel and penalty parameters of the SVM are determined by cross-validation. The parameter set that gives the smallest misclassification error is retained. Finally, both the noisy and noiseless signals are applied to the classifier given above stages. Experimental results indicate that the proposed classifier is robust and has more high classification accuracy with regard to the other approaches in the literature for this problem. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • MakaleAçık Erişim2010Scopus SJRQ1
    A new algorithm for automatic classification of power quality events based on wavelet transform and SVM

    Eristi, Hueseyin; Demir, Yakup

    This paper presents a new approach for automatic classification of power quality events, which is based on the wavelet transform and support vector machines. In the proposed approach, an effective single feature vector representing three phase event signals is extracted after signals are applied normalization and segmentation process. The kernel and penalty parameters of the support vector machine (SVM) are determined by cross-validation. The parameter set that gives the smallest misclassification error is retained. ATP/EMTP model for six types of power system events, namely phase-to-ground fault, phase-to-phase fault, three-phase fault, load switching, capacitor switching and transformer energizing, are constructed. Both the noisy and noiseless event signals are applied to the proposed algorithm. Obtained results indicate that the proposed automatic event classification algorithm is robust and has ability to distinguish different power quality event classes easily. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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  • MakaleYalnız künye2009Scopus SJRQ3
    Synthesis of New Polymeric Resin and Its Application in Solid Phase Extraction of Copper in Water Samples Using STAT-FAAS

    Timur, Irfan; Senkal, B. Filiz; Kaplan, Olcay; Kaya, Gokce; Ozcan, Cemile; Karaaslan, Nagihan M.; Yaman, Mehmet

  • MakaleYalnız künye2009Scopus SJRQ4
    The Effects of Commercial Diet Supplemented with Mannanoligosaccharide (MOS) and Vitamin B12 on the Growth and Body Composition of the Carp (Cyprinus carpio L. 1758)

    Atar, Hasan Huseyin; Ates, Mehmet

    Four hundred carp fries (Cyprinus carpio L. 1758) with average initial weight of 1.1 +/- 0.05 g and total average length of 4.04 +/- 0.04 cm, was fed for a period of 90 days with the addition of commercial feed Mannanoligosaccharide (MOS) and vitamin B-12. The carps were divided into four different groups and fed through different feeds (Control; group A with MOS, group B with vitamin B-12, group C with a the combination of MOS + vitamin B-12). The effects of feeding through MOS and vitamin B-12 in different proportions on the parameters such as growth in view of live weight and total length, survival rate, feed conversion, condition factor and protein efficacy for the carp fries was studied. The best growth in view of live weight was maintained through MOS and vitamin B-12 combination in group C (4.51 +/- 0.13 g), while the best growth in terms of length was obtained through MOS in group A (6.68 +/- 0.08 cm). As a consequence, the growth parameters of the carp fries fed through commercial feeds with the addition of MOS and vitamin B-12 in different doses under empirical conditions shown affirmative effects on the survival rate, feed assessment, condition factor and protein efficacy.

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  • MakaleAçık Erişim2009Scopus SJRQ2
    Acrylamide concentrations in grilled foodstuffs of Turkish kitchen by high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

    Kaplan, Olcay; Kaya, Gokce; Ozcan, Cemile; Ince, Muharrem; Yaman, Mehmet

    For over ten years, there has been a considerable interest in determination of acrylamide in foodstuffs. It was known that both protein-rich and carbohydrates-rich foods cooked at high-temperatures can cause acrylamide formation. However, carbohydrates-rich foods such as potato chips and biscuit samples have been the common studied foods compared with protein-rich foods such as meat samples. In this study, determination of acrylamide in these two group foods was examined using HPLC-MS. For this purpose, firstly, the parameters that are thought to affect the response in the HPLC-MS analysis were optimized. The optimized conditions were found to be 0.3 ml min(-1) for flow rate of mobile phase, 40 mu l for injection volume, 5 degrees C for column temperature and 70 V for fragmentor potential. The optimized method was applied for the determination of acrylamide levels in Turkish foodstuffs including grilled meat and chicken samples, potato chips, coffee and biscuit. The obtained concentrations for all studied foods were in the range of 20-250 mu g kg(-1). The results showed that acrylamide concentrations highly varied depending on the kind of food samples. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

    • SDG 2 · Açlığa Son
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  • MakaleYayıncıda açık erişim2009Scopus SJRQ1
    207Pb-206Pb, 40Ar-39Ar and Fission-Track Geothermochronology Quantifying Cooling and Exhumation History of the Kaman-Kirsehir Region Intrusions, Central Anatolia, Turkey

    Boztug, Durmus; Güney, Ozlem; Heizler, Matt; Jonckheere, Raymond C.; Tichomirowa, Marion; Otlu, Nazmi

    The Kaman-Kirsehir region intrusions were generated in a post-collisional extensional setting following Cenomanian-Turonian docking of an oceanic island arc, comprising the supra-subduction zone (SSZ) Central Anatolian ophiolite (CAO), onto the Tauride-Anatolide Platform (TAP). These granitoids have been named, from N to S, the Camsari quartz syenite, Hamit quartz syenite, Bayindir nepheline-cancrinite syenite, Durmuslu nepheline-nosean-melanite syenite porphyry and Baranadag quartz monzonite. They intrude the crustal metasediments of the Central Anatolian Crystalline Complex (CACC) and CAO and are unconformably overlain by Upper Paleocene to Lower-Middle Eocene sediments. The single-zircon Pb-207-Pb-206 evaporation age of the Camsari unit is 95.7 +/- 5.1 Ma; those of the Hamit and Baranadag units are indistinguishable with a weighted mean of 74.3 +/- 4.5 Ma. The amphibole 40Ar-39Ar ages of the Hamit and Baranadag units are almost identical with a weighted mean of 72.7 +/- 0.1 Ma. The apatite fission-track age vs elevation plot for the Camsari, Hamit, Durmuslu and Baranadag samples reveals rapid exhumation (>1 km/Ma) between similar to 57 and similar to 61 Ma, consistent with the results of track-length modelling. This Early-Middle Paleocene rapid exhumation is thought to result from uplift triggered by continent (TAP) - continent (Eurasian plate; EP) collision following the closure of Izmir-Ankara-Erzincan (IAE) ocean that also initiated the formation of peripheral foreland basins in central Anatolia. The Kaman-Kirsehir region intrusions were generated in a post-collisional extensional setting following Cenomanian-Turonian docking of an oceanic island arc, comprising the supra-subduction zone (SSZ) Central Anatolian ophiolite (CAO), onto the Tauride-Anatolide Platform (TAP). These granitoids have been named, from N to S, the Camsari quartz syenite, Hamit quartz syenite, Bayindir nepheline-cancrinite syenite, Durmuslu nepheline-nosean-melanite syenite porphyry and Baranadag quartz monzonite. They intrude the crustal metasediments of the Central Anatolian Crystalline Complex (CACC) and CAO and are unconformably overlain by Upper Paleocene to Lower-Middle Eocene sediments. The single-zircon Pb-207-Pb-206 evaporation age of the Camsari unit is 95.7 +/- 5.1 Ma; those of the Hamit and Baranadag units are indistinguishable with a weighted mean of 74.3 +/- 4.5 Ma. The amphibole 40Ar-39Ar ages of the Hamit and Baranadag units are almost identical with a weighted mean of 72.7 +/- 0.1 Ma. The apatite fission-track age vs elevation plot for the Camsari, Hamit, Durmuslu and Baranadag samples reveals rapid exhumation (>1 km/Ma) between similar to 57 and similar to 61 Ma, consistent with the results of track-length modelling. This Early-Middle Paleocene rapid exhumation is thought to result from uplift triggered by continent (TAP) - continent (Eurasian plate; EP) collision following the closure of Izmir-Ankara-Erzincan (IAE) ocean that also initiated the formation of peripheral foreland basins in central Anatolia.

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  • MakaleYayıncıda açık erişim2009Scopus SJRQ1
    207Pb-206Pb, 40Ar-39Ar and Apatite Fission-Track Geothermochronology Revealing the Emplacement, Cooling and Exhumation History of the Karacayir Syenite (N Sivas), East-Central Anatolia, Turkey

    Boztug, Durmus; Türksever, Esra; Heizler, Matt; Jonckheere, Raymond C.; Tichomirowa, Marion

    The Karacayir syenite, intruding the Palaeozoic crustal metamorphics and unconformably overlain by Upper Paleocene to Eocene Tokus formation in the north of Sivas (east-central Anatolia), has been studied with respect to Pb-207-Pb-206 single zircon evaporation, biotite 40Ar-39Ar, and apatite fission-track geothermochronology. Pb-207-Pb-206 single zircon evaporation dating yields an age of 99.0 +/- 11.0 Ma (Cenomanian-Turonian) which is considered to be the intrusion age. Biotite 40Ar-39Ar age determination gives a cooling age of ca. 65 Ma. Apatite fission-track dating, combined with T-t modeling based on track-length distribution data, determines a fast tectonic exhumation with an uplift rate of > 1 mm/a which occurred 58-61 Ma ago. This Middle Paleocene fast tectonic uplift is considered to have resulted from a compressional regime induced by the collision between the Tauride-Anatolide platform (TAP) and the Eurasian plate (EP) along the Izmir-Ankara-Erzincan (IAE) suture zone following the closure of the north-dipping subducted IAE ocean which belongs to northern Neo-Tethyan realm. This compressional regime has also formed the peripheral foreland basins in central Anatolia.

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  • MakaleAçık Erişim2009Scopus SJRQ1
    Heat transfer augmentation by swirl generators inserted into a tube with constant heat flux

    Kurtbas, Irfan; Guelcimen, Fevzi; Akbulut, Abdullah; Buran, Dincer

    A novel conical injector type swirl generator (CITSG) is devised in this study. Performances of heat transfer and pressure drop in a pipe with the CITSG are experimentally examined for the CITSGs' angle (alpha) of 30 degrees, 45 degrees and 60 degrees in Reynolds number (Re) range of 10,000-35,000. Moreover, circular holes with different numbers (N) and cross-section areas (A(h)) are drilled on the CITSG. In this way, total areas (A(t) = N . A(h)) of the holes on the CITSG are equaled each other. Besides, flow directors having three different angles (beta = 30 degrees, 60 degrees and 90 degrees) to radial direction are attached to every one of the holes. This study is a typical example for decaying flow. All experiments were conduced with air accordingly; Prandtl number was approximately fixed at 0.71. The local Nusselt number (Nu(x)), heat transfer enhancement ratio (Nu(ER)) and heat transfer performance ratio (Nu(PR)) are calculated and discussed in this paper. It is found that the Nu(ER) decreases with increase in Reynolds number, the director angle (beta), the director diameter (d), and with decrease in the CITSG angle (alpha). Likewise, variation of Nu(PR) and Nu(ER) is also essentially similar for the same independent parameters. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

    • SDG 7 · Erişilebilir ve Temiz Enerji
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