July 2011
Lot streaming based job-shop scheduling problem using hybrid genetic algorithm
Job shop scheduling problems (JSSP’s) are computationally complex problems. Lot streaming (LS) is the process of splitting a job into sublots to reduce its makespan on a sequence of machines. A lot can be split into a number of smaller lots in JSSP. However, planning decisions become more complex when lot streaming is allowed. Thus, the solution can be minimized both the idle time and total working...
July 2011
Predicting potential distribution of oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis in Jiangxi Province, South China based on maximum entropy model
Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel (Diptera: Tephritidae) is a very destructive invasive pest of many tropical and subtropical fruits and vegetables. In order to effectively monitor and manage this pest, it is important to predict its potential geographical distribution in Jiangxi Province, south China. Maximum entropy (Maxent) was used to predict distributions of the fly in Jiangxi...
July 2011
Vegetation composition and diversity of highland peats in Toba Plateau, North Sumatra, Indonesia
The study was conducted at Humbang Hasundutan of Toba Plateau in North Sumatra, Indonesia to determine the vegetation composition and plant diversity of the highland peat. Four sampling plots of size 100 x 100 m were selected based on landscape usages in the study area and the plots were further divided into 400 subplots each measuring 10 x 10 m. On the basis of habitat characters and human activities, the...
July 2011
Assessment of short-term leach behavior of waste natural stone slurries mixed into soils in road and earth construction
The present study was aimed at estimating the leaching behavior of waste natural stone slurries used in earth and road construction. For this purpose, concentration levels of Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions, which were extracted from the soil and the waste natural stone slurries mixed into soils in road and earthworks by synthetic precipitation leaching procedure (SPLP) were detected. The results obtained from...
July 2011
Application of the ELISA and HPLC test for detection of aflatoxin in Pistachio
Pistacia vera L. grows successfully in South-Eastern Anatolia due to its own ecological properties. Because of a high price of P. vera L. in domestic and foreign markets it becomes a good source of income for the producers. The most faced problem in its exportation is ‘aflatoxin’. Several methods are used for the detection of aflatoxin in P. vera L. However, for these...
July 2011
Assessment of selected soil nutrients and irrigation water quality in the dryland area of Chivi District, Zimbabwe
The levels of selected nutrients in soils and chemical composition of irrigation water were investigated in 16 villages from the dryland areas of Chivi District in Zimbabwe. The objective was to generate a biophysical knowledge base on the soil fertility status across different villages, and to relate it to site history, management and quality of surface and groundwater used for irrigation. Soil samples were...
July 2011
Hypoxia-inducible factor -1α in prostate cancer: Expression and significance
To study the expression and significance of hypoxia-inducible factor -1 alpha (HIF-1α) in prostate cancer, successfully established recombinant expression plasmids pcDNA3.1-HIF-1α and pll3.7-siHIF-1α were transfected into PC-3 prostate cancer cells using Fermentas transfection reagents. Stable HIF-1α expression cell lines were selected using G418 selective culture. Protein and mRNA...
July 2011
Using a weightless neural network to forecast stock prices: A case study of Nigerian stock exchange
This research work, proposes forecasting stock prices in the stock market industry in Nigeria using a Weightless Neural Network (WNN). A neural network application used to demonstrate the application of the WNN in the forecasting of stock prices in the market is designed and implemented in Visual Foxpro 6.0. The proposed network is tested with stock data obtained from the Nigeria Stock Exchange. This system...
July 2011
EW, a novel recombinant analogue of exendin-4 expressed in Escherichia coli
Exendin-4 is a 39-amino acid peptide isolated from the salivary secretion of the Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum). Exendin-4 is a potent and long-acting agonist of glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1 receptor. But the chemical synthesis of Exendin-4 is costly and Exendin-4 itself is of high immunogenicity. In the present study, a 32-amino acid analogue of Exendin-4, EW, was designed and the EW gene was obtained...
July 2011
Sealing ability of the formed apical calcified bridge in open apex roots
One of the most difficult endodontic problems is the management of necrotic immature tooth because of the difficulty in achieving a completely sealed apex. The aim of this study is to evaluate the sealing ability of the apical bridge formed by calcium hydroxide, white mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) or gray MTA during apexification procedure. Thirty roots were prepared to simulate an open apex. These roots...
July 2011
Estimating effects of drainage design parameters on crop yields under irrigated lands using DRAINMOD
The purpose of this study is to predict optimal drainage design parameters for ensuring maximum crop yield under irrigated arid lands. The water management simulation model, DRAINMOD was applied to compute the effects of land drainage on soil moisture conditions in the root zone and their effect on crop yield in Bala-Koprukoy Basin in Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. Soil, crop and site parameters were...
July 2011
Modeling rainfall-runoff pollution parameters using multiple linear regression technique: The case of Adana City - Turkey
Urban rainfall-runoff pollution for Adana city was investigated experimentally. Various parameters such as electrical conductivity (EC), suspended solids (SS), volatile suspended solids (VSS), chemical oxygen demand (COD), soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD), 5-day biological oxygen demand (BOD5), were analysed for the characterization of rainfall runoff waters in Northwest Adana Upper City Development...
July 2011
Hosts and distribution of yellow mistletoe (Loranthus europaeus Jacq. (Loranthaceae)) on Northern Strandjas Oak Forests-Turkey
Yellow mistletoe (Loranthus europaeus Jacq. (Loranthaceae)) host selection and distribution were assessed on Northern Strandjas oak forests to document yellow mistletoe presence on different oak species and investigate the effect of host species and stand characteristics on the yellow mistletoe infection. 2.3% of trees were infected with yellow mistletoe for all species considered. Infection rate was...
July 2011
Endometriosis induced acute intestinal obstruction: A case report and literature review
Intestinal obstruction caused by the invasion of endometriosis on intestinal walls is rarely reported, and it is difficult to make timely and accurate diagnosis in clinical practice. Herein, we report a rare case of acute intestinal obstruction caused by endometriosis and make a review on related literature. Digestive tractendometriosis should be considered if the patient had a long history...
July 2011
The effect of various additives on the sensory properties of traditional Turkish flat bread (Tirnakli Ekmek)
In this research, effects of some additives on sensory properties of Turkish flat bread (tırnaklı ekmek) unique to Sanliurfa were investigated. For this purpose, bread samples were made from wheat flour was added with 10, 20 and 30% durum wheat flour (A) and 0.3, 0.6 and 0.9% DATEM (diacetyl tartaric acid ester of monoglicerids) (B), and 25, 50, and 75 mg kg-1 L-ascorbic acid (C), and stored for 48 h....
July 2011
Diffusion in graded materials by decomposition method
In this study, diffusion equation for composite materials was examined using a well-known Adomian Decomposition Method (ADM). Defining variable conductivity and heat capacity as an exponential function or a power function that represents Functionally Graded Materials (FGMs), one-dimensional diffusion equation with non-homogeneous boundary conditions was examined. First, using standard superposition method the...
July 2011
The effect of different irrigation amounts and different doses of phosphorus-magnesium on the yield characteristics of soybean (glycine max. l.) under the conditions of semi-arid of the Harran Plain
This field trial was conducted to examine the effects of different doses of magnesium (Mg) and phosphorus (P) fertilizers on yield per decare (da), plant growth and yield characteristics of soybean plants grown with differing amounts of water. The experimental design was a randomized complete block with a split-split plot design with three replications, and was conducted in 2006 and 2007. Three different...
July 2011
Asphyxial hypoxic preconditioning induces neuroprotective effect via activation of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signal pathway in rats
Hypoxic preconditioning (HP) induces neuroprotective effect against cerebral ischemia, but the mechanism still remains unclear. In this study, we investigated whether the toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signal pathway was involved in cerebral ischemic tolerance. According to the treatment of HP and asphyxial cardiac arrest (ACA), rats were assigned to ACA group, HP + ACA group, HP group and Sham group. Rat...
July 2011
SQR-AODV: A stable QoS-aware reliable on-demand distance vector routing protocol for mobile ad hoc networks
In a mobile ad hoc network (MANET), the topology of the network may change rapidly and unexpectedly due to mobility of nodes. Thus, setting up routes that meet high reliability is a very challenging issue. Another important problem in the MANETs is the energy consumption of nodes. When the energy of a node is depleted, it stops working thus links break. Hence it is very important to find a route that has...
July 2011
Evaluation of traffic noise pollution in Corlu, Turkey
Evaluation and analysis of noise pollution levels have been carried out to determine the level of noise in Corlu. The selected areas of study are commercial centers, road junctions/busy roads, passenger loading parks and public parks. The road junctions had the highest noise pollution levels, followed by commercial centers. Eighteen measurement points was defined in center of county Corlu relating to traffic....
July 2011
A novel design of nanometric reversible cache memory
In this paper we proposed a reversible cache memory for the first time. Four formulas for computing quantum cost, number of garbage outputs, number of constant inputs and number of gates of the proposed reversible circuit are suggested. These formulas can be used for any type of cache memory with any number of address bits and cache lines or cache blocks. Moreover we proposed a fault tolerant reversible cache...
July 2011
Ovicidal activity of different plant extracts on two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae Koch) (Acari: Tetranychidae)
Methanol extracts of nine plant species were evaluated for their ovicidal activity against the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch in a bioassay under laboratory conditions. These plants and plant parts used in the study wereXanthium strumarium L. (fruits and leaves), Anthemis vulgaris L. (flowers and leaves), Humulus lupulus L. (flower...
July 2011
Inhibitory effect of hypoxia-induced factor-1α ribozyme on the growth of glioma in nude mice
To investigate the inhibitory effect of hypoxia-induced factor-1α (HIF-1α) ribozyme on the growth of glioma in nude mice, the glioma cells (C6 cells) were inoculated into nude mice and the eukaryotic expression plasmid carrying HIF-1α ribozyme gene was encapsulated by liposomes. These plasmids were injected into the tumor for consecutive 20 days and the tumor size and activity of...
July 2011
Clinical/computational investigation on post traumatic heterotopic ossification in head injury patients; the positive and negative role of temperature in physical treatment
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) induce bone formation and healing. Bone can form in extraskeletal tissue in response to trauma and elevating BMPs. Several BMPs stimulated to increase due to neuroprotective effect. To get the injured zone of fraction warm is one of the suggested methods to prevent heterotopic ossification (HO). But about half of patients get the worst clinical situation. Montecarlo...
July 2011
Effect of chitosan solution in turbulent drag reduction in aqueous media flow
Nowadays, the exploration of drag reductions by using natural resources has become popular because of its high efficiency in providing positive results and low cost comparing with other proposed technologies. This paper focuses on applying the chitosans, the polypeptide in aquatic live and the chitin, in a flowing liquid to improve the systems in plummeting drag reductions. As natural fluid resource, water is...
July 2011
Variations of horizontal stiffness of laminated rubber bearings using new boundary conditions
Base isolation is, in recent times, an accepted design philosophy as an earthquake resistant strategy for structural systems and sensitive instruments. Predicting the behavior of laminated rubber bearings, usually obtained from Haringx’s theory, has been developed by many researchers. They have proposed a nonlinear, mechanical model for multilayer elastomeric bearings. However, in past theoretical and...
July 2011
An assessment of Turkish secondary school students’ attitudes towards biotechnology in the perspective of genetically modified foods
Modern biotechnology and genetically modified (GM) foods have aroused growing interest in the public and education sector throughout the world because the public perception of biotechnology and genetically modified foods are at the center of controversy. People’s and students’ attitudes towards biotechnological issues are the object of many quantitative and qualitative studies. At present, there...
July 2011
Environmental failure of 2 M acid strength on zinc electroplated mild steel in the presence of Nicotiana Tobacum
The corrosion inhibition efficiency of Nicotiana tobacum (tobacco leaves) on the corrosion performance of zinc electrodeposited mild steel in 2 M HCl was studied using weight loss and gasometrical principle. The zinc electroplated mild steel coupon of 45 mm by 20 mm was immersed in HCl, in the presence of N. tobacumof varying extract concentration of 25, 55, 75 and 100 cm3 at...
July 2011
Proximate composition, mineral nutrient and fatty acids of the seed of ilama, Annona diversifolia Saff
The seeds of Annona diversifolia were analyzed to establish their chemical composition and nutritional properties in order to investigate the possibility of using them for human and/or animal consumption. The average composition of the kernel was determined to be: 15.40±0.17% of crude protein, 25.03±23% of carbohydrate, 27.43±0.18% of oil, 2.18±0.17% of ash and...
July 2011
An NEH-based heuristic algorithm for distributed permutation flowshop scheduling problems
Distributed Permutation Flowshop Scheduling Problem (DPFSP) is a newly proposed scheduling problem with a strong engineering background. Whereas there is a body of work on scheduling problems in the past decades, the literature on DPFSPs is scant and in its infancy. Motivated by the good performances of some heuristics in a very recent work, we propose a constructive heuristic algorithm enhanced through a...
July 2011
Serum Adenosine deaminase (ADA) levels in surgically treated hydatid cyst patients
Adenosine deaminase (ADA) is an essential enzyme in the monocytes - macrophage system and in the proliferation and differentiation of lymphocytes. ADA activity is routinely used in the differentiation of other etiologies of tuberculosis pleurisy in clinical practice and elevated ADA levels are stated to indicate the severity of the disease. In this study the purpose was to compare the serum ADA levels between...
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