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Article Citation - Scopus: 5Integrated Querying and Version Control of Context-Specific Biological Networks(Oxford University Press, 2020-01-01) Coşkun, Mustafa; Grama, Ananth; Koyutürk, Mehmet; Cowman, TylerConference Object Citation - Scopus: 2Combining Classifiers for Protein Secondary Structure Prediction(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017-09) Aydin, Zafer; Uzut, Ömmu GülsümResearch Project Yenilenebilir Enerji İçin Ödeme İstekliliği Ve Bu İstekliliği Etkileyen Faktörlerin Analiz Edilmesi(TUBİTAK, 2018) Doğan, EyüpBu projede, Türkiye?de ikamet eden hanehalkının yenilenebilir enerji için ödeme istekliliği (YÖİS) ve bu istekliliği etkileyen faktörler analiz edilecektir. İlgili literatür kapsamında, gelişmiş ve gelişmekte olan birçok ülke için YÖİS ve bu istekliliğe etki eden faktörler incelenmesine rağmen, daha önce bu alanda Türkiye üzerine bir çalışma yapılmamıştır. Bu projenin amacı, Türkiye?deki vatandaşların YÖİS ve bu istekliliği etkileyen değişkenleri inceleyerek literatürdeki bu boşluğu doldurmaktır. Ayrıca, Sundt ve Rehdanz (2015) ?ın meta-analiz çalışması, ilgili literatürdeki çoğu makalenin yaş, eğitim seviyesi, gelir düzeyi ve çevresel duyarlılık gibi faktörlerin olası etkisini analiz etmesine rağmen sadece bir kaç makalenin hanehalkı sayısını ekonometrik modele dahil ettiğini göstermiştir. Bu proje, coğunlukla kullanılan demografik faktörlerin yanısıra hanehalkı sayısınında YÖİS?i etkileyip etkilemediğini araştıracaktır. Bu projeyi gerçekleştirebilmek için koşullu değer yöntemiyle hazırlanan toplam 2 bölüm ve 26 sorudan oluşan bir anket kullanılacaktır. Yüzyüze görüşme yöntemiyle Türkiye?nin 12 farklı İBBS bölgesinden toplam 2,500 kişiyle yüzyüze görüşme yöntemiyle doldurulacak anketlerden elde edilecek bilgiler sayesinde, Türkiye?de ikamet eden hanehalkının ortalama YÖİS miktarı ve hangi faktörlerin bu istekliliği anlamlı yada anlamsız etkilediği çeşitli yöntemler kullanılarak analiz edilecektir. Türkiye, Avrupa Birliğine aday bir ülke, G-20 ekonomilerinden birisi ve NATO?ya dahil bir ülke olmasının yanısıra, Dünya ve Avrupa enerji piyasasında da önemli bir konuma sahiptir. Ayrıca, yenilenebilir enerji alanında kısa ve orta vadede yapılması hedeflenen yatırımlarda göz önüne alındığında, Türkiye bu literatür içerisinde araştırılması gereken ülkelerin arasındadır. Bununla birlikte, son zamanlarda küresel ısınma, gaz emisyonu ve çevresel kirlilik gibi faktörler global bir sorun haline gelmiştir. Yenilenebilir enerjinin kullanımı daha temiz bir çevre için önemli bir unsurdur. Türkiye enerjide dışa bağımlı bir ülkedir. Ayrıca, Türkiye'nin elektrik enerjisinin %48'inin doğal gazdan üretiliyor olmasının yarattığı kırılganlığın son dönem Rusya krizi ile görülmüş olması sonrasında enerji karmasında çeşitlendirme çok daha hassasiyet kazanmıştır. Yenilenebilir enerjinin artırılması bağımlılığı azaltacak önemli bir araçtır. Hanehalklarının katılımı, hedeflenen yenilenebilir enerji projelerinin hayata geçirilmesini kolaylaştıracaktır. Bu proje dört ana hedefe ulaşmak üzerine odaklanmıştır: i) Türkiye?de ikamet eden hanehalklarının yenilenebilir kaynalardan üretilen elektrik enerjisi almak için ödemeye razı oldukları ortalama miktarı bulmak, ii) YÖİS?i etkileyebilecek yaş, cinsiyet, gelir düzeyi, egitim seviyesi, çevreye olan duyarlılık ve hanehalkı sayısı gibi faktörleri analiz etmek, iii) yenilenebilir enerji yatırımlarının hanehalkları tarafından desteklenmesine olanak sağlayacak bir politikanın Türkiye?de uygulanabilirliğini ortaya koymak, iv) bu proje çıktılarını uluslararası indekslerce taranan bir dergide yayınlatmak.Master Thesis PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS OF SINGLE MODE OPTICAL RECEIVER FOR DEGRADED VISUAL FIELD AND PHOTONIC LANTERN BASED COHERENT DETECTION(Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi, 2016) ORAN, ABDULLAHImaging at degraded visual environments is one of the biggest challenges in today’s imaging technologies. Especially military and commercial rotary wing aviation is suffering from impaired visual field in sandy, dusty, marine and snowy environments. For example, during landing the rotor churns up the particles and creates dense clouds of highly scattering medium, which limits the vision of the pilot and may result in an uncontrolled landing. The vision in such environments is limited because of the high ratio of scattered photons over the ballistic photons that have the image information. In this thesis, we propose to use optical spatial filtering (OSF) method in order to eliminate the scattered photons and mainly collect the ballistic photons at the receiver. OSF is widely used in microscopy; to the best of our knowledge this thesis will be the first application of OSF for macroscopic imaging. Our experimental results show that most of the scattered photons are eliminated using the spatial filtering in a highly scattering degraded visual field. The results are compared with a standard broad area photo detector which shows the effectiveness of spatial filtering. Free space optical systems have applications in different areas such as laser ranging, three-dimensional imaging, weather predictions and optical wireless communication. Some applications require very high performance free space optical systems that are not available today. The need of systems with higher performance and lower size, weight and power (SWaP) is the biggest research motivation of free space optical systems. Between various detection techniques, vi coherent optical detection comes forward for applications that require high sensitivity and bandwidth. Coherent detection based LIDAR systems have the potential to provide quantum noise limited performance. However coherent systems suffer from poor free space to fiber collection efficiency due to the single mode detection characteristics and small size of the optical fiber. In order to overcome this problem, photonic lantern is introduced to effectively collect the multimode beam coming from free space and convert it to a number of single mode fibers. The photonic lantern consists of a multimode fiber to a number of single-mode fibers. The collection efficiency enhancement of photonic lanterns have been investigated, however there is no study on the signal to noise ratio –performance- improvement on the photonic lantern based free space coherent systems. In this thesis; the effect of random distribution of the optical power in the 19-port photonic lantern will be investigated mathematically. The photonic lantern based coherent detection system performance will also be simulated by using the MATLAB software. The output of this thesis may open the path to experimental demonstration and maybe even to a prototype.Master Thesis Phase noise filtering effects of mode-locked lasers(Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi, 2018) MBONDE, HAMIDUThe subject of Mode-Locked Lasers has experienced a massive growth over the last two decades. Previously meant as the source of ultra-short optical pulses, its concepts have recently expanded to be applicable in areas beyond Optics such as Biomedical[1], Micro-machining[2], Sensing[3] and RF/Microwaves communication[4]. In particular this thesis focuses on application of Mode-Locked Lasers in RF/Microwave communications. One of the common problems with RF communication systems is signal integrity. Due to the nature of oscillation systems that are used to produce RF signals there is always an inevitable amount of undesirable signal associated with main signal being generated. These spurious (noise) signals have significant effect on the efficient performance of particular RF system. Low noisy RF signals are highly desirable and have many applications in high speed communication, RADAR and electronic warfare. Therefore it is critical to have an efficient means of producing low noise RF signals. Generating RF signals by Optical means has emerged as a major solution to this problem. Various methods for optically generating lower noise RF signals of high frequency have been developed such as frequency stabilized mode-locked lasers[5], phase locked loop based oscillators[6] and optoelectronic oscillators[7]. In this thesis a novel approach to this problem is presented, instead of generating lower noise signals a unique method of efficiently filtering the noise of RF signal using Mode-Locked Laser is explained. The first two chapters give brief introduction to mode-locked lasers and phase noise in oscillator, the concepts which will be used throughout this thesis. Then the experimental setups of the proposed system with the results obtained are presented in Chapter 3. Furthermore, theoretical study and analysis of limitations of this method is presented in ii Chapter 4. This includes analysis of these limitations as well as supporting simulations results. Phase noise is frequency domain term which in time domain is referred to as jitters. For various applications it is necessary to determine total jitters value of the system in order to estimate its bit error rates and other performance features. Chapter 5 of this thesis is dedicated to introducing jitter concept and a numerical method of converting a phase noise spectrum into jitter Probability Density Function (PDF).Together with the MATLAB code for aforementioned simulation a special GUI (Graphical User Interface) has been developed for the purpose of converting any given phase noise spectrum into its corresponding jitter PDF. The last chapter gives some concluding remarks and look at the possible futures of this work.Conference Object In-Silico Methods to Identify Common MicroRNAs and Pathways of Neuromuscular Diseases(IEEE, 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 USA, 2019-04) Yazici, Miray Unlu; Menges, Evrim Aksu; Ulum, Yeliz Z. Akkaya; Hayta, Burcu Balci; Bakir-Gungor, Burcu; Balcihayta, Burcu; Akkaya Ulum, Yeliz Z.Neuromuscular disorders (NMD) are a heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by the loss of function of the peripheral nerves and muscles. However, there are no effective and widespread therapeutic approaches to prevent or delay the progression of these disease types. microRNAs (miRNAs) which cause significant changes in gene expression by binding to target messenger RNAs (mRNAs), are known to have an effect on disease mechanisms. In this study, by integrating different bioinformatics methods, we aim to find miRNAs, target genes and pathways related to a group of neuromuscular diseases. For this purpose, we determined 17 miRNAs that show significant expression changes between patient and healthy groups; predicted target genes of these miRNAs; and identified affected pathways using subnetwork discovery, functional enrichment based algorithms. In our study, we integrated different in-silico approaches that proceed in top-down manner or bottom-up manner. The identified candidate miRNAs, genes and pathways, which could help to explain neuromuscular disease development mechanisms, are now under investigation in wet-lab.Master Thesis Centella asiatica extract containing bilayered electrospun wound dressing(Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi, 2019) KOÇ, NURAY; İşoğlu, İsmail AlperInnovative and bioactive wound dressings prepared by electrospinning mimicking the native structure of the extracellular matrix (ECM) have gained significant interest as an alternative to conventional wound care applications. In this study, bilayered wound dressing material was produced by sequential electrospinning of quaternized poly(4- vinyl pyridine) (upper layer) on the Centella Asiatica (CA) extract containing electrospun poly(D, L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA)/poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3- hydroxy valerate) (PHBV) blend membrane (lower layer). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was utilized to show a uniform and bead-free fiber structure of electrospun membranes. The average diameter of CA extract containing electrospun PLGA/PHBV blend membrane was calculated 0.471±0.11 µm, whereas the average fiber diameter of electrospun poly(Q-VP) membranes was in the range of 0.460±0.057 µm. Chemical, thermal, mechanical properties, and adsorption capacity of electrospun membranes, as well as the cumulative release of CA from the electrospun PLGA/PHBV membrane, were investigated. Viability, adhesion, and attachment of human fibroblast cells on the electrospun membranes on pre-set days were evaluated by the colorimetric CellTiter 96® Aqueous One Solution Cell Proliferation Assay (MTS assay) and SEM. Results revealed that CA loaded bilayered electrospun wound dressing showed promoted attachment and proliferation of fibroblasts. Hence, it can be concluded that CA extract containing bilayered electrospun wound dressing prepared in this study has a promising potential for wound healing applications.Research Project Bor Zengini Amorf Malzemeler(TUBİTAK, 2020) Durandurdu, MuratBu TÜBİTAK 1001 projesi kapsamında, bor zengini farklı amorf malzemeler [B1-xSix, B1-xCx, B1-_x000D_ xOx, ve B1-xLix (0, 5 ≥ � ≥ 0,05)] ab initio moleküler dinamik tekniği kullanılarak sıvı hallerin hızlıca_x000D_ soğutulması sonucu modellenmiş ve bu malzemelerin atomik yapıları, elektronik yapıları ve_x000D_ mekanik özellikleri ayrıntı olarak araştırılmıştır. Bunlara ek olarak, bu malzemelerin bazı_x000D_ oranlarının yüksek basınçtaki davranışları incelenmiştir. Bazı malzemelerde, örneğin BC ve BO_x000D_ malzemelerinde, bor oranının artmasıyla iki boyutlu yapıdan üç boyutlu yapıya geçiş_x000D_ gözlemlenmiştir. Ayrıca yüksek bor oranlarında, B12 icosahedralların oluştuğu bulunmuştur. B12_x000D_ molekülüne ek olarak nano boyutunda B7, B10, B14, B16 kafes moleküllerinin oluşumu bazı_x000D_ malzemelerde gözlemlenmiştir. Modellenen malzemelerin her birinin yarıiletken özelliği gösterdiği_x000D_ fakat yasak band aralığında bor oranına bağlı genel bir eğilim olmayıp dalgalanmaların olduğu_x000D_ bulunmuştur. B12 moleküllerinin oluşumunun malzemelerin mekanik özelliğini dikkate değer bir_x000D_ şekilde etkilediği ve bor oranı yüksek olan malzemelerin daha sert bir özellik gösterdiği_x000D_ bulunmuştur. Yüksek basınç uygulamasıyla, malzemelerin daha yoğun bir amorf yapıya faz_x000D_ geçişişi yaptığı ve malzemeye bağlı olarak, faz geçişlerinin tersinir ya da tersinir olmayan faz_x000D_ geçişleri olduğu gözlemlenmiştir.Article Citation - WoS: 38Citation - Scopus: 38pH- and Temperature-Responsive Amphiphilic Diblock Copolymers of 4-Vinylpyridine and Oligoethyleneglycol Methacrylate Synthesized by RAFT Polymerization(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2014-01) Topuzogullari, Murat; Bulmus, Volga; Dalgakiran, Eray; Dincer, SevilDiblock copolymers of 4-vinylpyridine (4VP) and oligoethyleneglycol methyl ether methacrylate (OEGMA) were synthesized for the first time using RAFT polymerization technique as potential drug delivery systems. Effects of the number of ethylene glycol units in OEGMA, chain length of hydrophobic P4VP block, pH, concentration and temperature on the solution behavior of the copolymers were investigated comprehensively. Copolymer chains formed micelles at pH values higher than 5 whereas unimeric polymers were observed to exist below pH 5, owing to the repulsion between positively charged P4VP blocks. The size of the micelles was dependent on the relative length of blocks, P4VP and POEGMA. Thermo-responsive properties of copolymers were investigated depending on the pH and length of P4VP block. The increase in the length of P4VP block decreased the LCST substantially at pH 7. At pH 3, LCST of copolymers shifted to higher temperatures due to the increased interaction of copolymers with water through positively charged P4VP block. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Article Citation - Scopus: 2Zeolite Synthesis by Alkali Fusion Method Using Two Different Fly Ashes Derived From Turkish Thermal Power Plants(Chamber of Mining Engineers of Turkey, 2020-03-01) Top, S.; Vapur, HüseyinIn this study, Faujasite (Na-LSX) (3.5(Ca0.3)3.5(Na0.6)3.5(Mg0.1)Al7Si17O48 32(H2O)) type zeolites and Ca-Filipsite (CaK0.6Na0.4Si5.2Al2.8O16 6(H2O)) type zeolites were produced from Sugözü Thermal Power Plant and Çatalaǧzi Thermal Power Plant fly ashes by alkali fusion method followed by water leaching, respectively. In these methods, fly ashes and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) were mixed in certain proportions and sintered at 600°C in ash furnace. Then, zeolites were obtained from the ground materials after water leaching and solid/liquid separation, respectively. Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) and Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS) analyses were used to characterize the synthesized zeolites. The zeolites synthesized with Sugözü fly ashes in a ratio of 1:2 had 136.93 meq/100 g CEC, whereas the CEC of synthesized zeolite from Çatalaǧzi fly ashes was found to be 247.88 meq/100 g. As a result, zeolites, which can be used as wastewater treatment agent, energy storage material, catalyst and separator, were synthesized by using 2 different Class F fly ash. © 2023 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.