April 2010
A method for transportation mode choice
This paper deals with the problem of choosing the best possible shipping alternative among a set of transportation modes (under) with four considered decision criteria. An AHP-like model used to solve the problem. The developed model was run with rail-road-sea transportation combination for Turkey. The model is applied to rail-road-sea transportation combination in Turkey. Instead of...
April 2010
The Turkish cadastral information system and lessons learned
The Turkish land registration and cadastre works were carried out in analog format until 1985. After that, the cadastre works have been performed in a digital environment, while the land registries continued to be sustained in analog format. The subsequent developments in geographical information system technologies and increasing user demands suggested the need to combine land registry and cadastre data in...
April 2010
Mathematical models in physics: A study with prospective physics teacher
The aims of this study are “to reveal prospective physics teachers’ characterization of the relationship between mathematics and physics” and “to analyze their abilities to model physical phenomena”. For these purposes, an achievement test consisting of two parts has been administered to 24 student teachers of physics. The first part aims to reveal their opinions about the...
April 2010
Economical analysis of sheep breeding according to the NUTS Level 1 region in Turkey
The aim of this study was to provide an analysis of current situation in sheep breeding sub-sector of animal husbandry in the NUTS Level 1 region in Turkey. The total number of sheep and slaughtered sheep and the quantity of mutton production in Turkey have decreased by 42.31, 62.12 and 55.27%, respectively in 1983 - 2007 periods. While the mutton productivity has been above Turkey’s average in the East...
April 2010
The features of farmers preferring environmentally friendly agricultural methods: The case of Turkey
The agricultural sector has a strategic importance; therefore, the primary goal of every country is to ensure self-sufficiency in terms of agricultural produces. For this reason, the agricultural sector in every country has been supported. Agricultural support policies for product prices and inputs have caused increased productivity and intensification in the sector. Nevertheless, this intensification and...
April 2010
Fusion of low and high resolution satellite images to monitor changes on costal zones
A low resolution ETM+ and higher resolution IKONOS images obtained in 2000 - 2003, respectively, are compared using post-classification comparison algorithm to detect changes due to a new major highway construction initiated in 2000. The spatial resolution difference between the input images, which may lead to wrong registration, thereby, wrong post-classification comparison results, are minimized by fusing...
April 2010
Aberrant expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (mcp-1) in interstitial cystitis patients
Our present study investigated monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) expression in bladder tissue and urine from interstitial cystitis (IC) patients. Totally 35 patients with IC, 20 patients with urinary tract infection (UTI) and 25 healthy subjects were recruited into this present study. IC was diagnosed according to the NIDDK IC Diagnosis Standard. All IC patients received 24 h voiding diaries,...
April 2010
Outlier measurement analysis with the robust estimation
Consistent and outlier measurements coexist in the measurement group in the applicable sciences. The adjustment calculus, is made to obtain the nearest solution for real and is detached measurements as consistent or outlier. Various methods are being used in order to determine the outlier measurements in the measurement group. The conventional solution methods and making solutions in accordance with the least...
April 2010
Changes in selected soil chemical properties in the rhizosphere of Phaseolus vulgaris L. supplied with Rhizobium inoculants, molybdenum and lime
Selected rhizosphere soil chemical properties were studied to establish changes in soil fertility status in response to Rhizobium inoculation in Phaseolus vulgaris L., molybdenum and lime supply after the growing season. The experiment was laid in a split-split plot and consisted of 2 levels of Rhizobium inoculation (with and without rhizobia), 3 levels of Mo (0, 6 and 12 g...
April 2010
Semantic web services for implementing national spatial data infrastructures
Either the business model or the requirements of “Sustainable Development” has rendered collaboration indispensable today. Spatial data infrastructures (SDIs) are widely accepted as the way of enabling collaboration among various parties. An SDI can be realized as an “interoperability infrastructure” which enables government, private sector, academia, and others involved to collaborate...
April 2010
Attitudes of gifted students towards science depending on some variables: A Turkish sample
This research aimed to examine the science attitudes of gifted students attending the science and art centers (SAC) in Turkey depending on variables such as gender of students, their fields of education, classroom level and the education levels of their families. The test of science related attitudes (TOSRA), developed by Fraser (1978), simplified by Chaerul (2002) and translated into Turkish and the validity...
April 2010
A design of temporal geographic information systems (TGIS) for Turkish land register and cadastre data
As in many other countries, land register and cadastre (LRC) data has a very large spectrum of users in Turkey. Such a phrase that "many public and private organizations" can be used is LRC data. The need is not only for up-to-date but also for “temporal” data. Since the traditional LRC system has a manual archiving system, the temporal analyses needed by different users cannot be...
April 2010
In vitro production of double haploid plants from two rice species (Oryza sativa L. and Oryza glaberrima Steudt.) for the rapid development of new breeding material
Eight genotypes of two rice species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) were studied for their response to anther culture in terms of callus induction and frequency of plant regeneration. N6 medium (Chu et al., 1975) was used for callus induction, and MS medium (Murashige and Skoog, 1962) with 1 mg/l BAP and 0.5 mg/l NAA for plant regeneration. Generally, O. glaberrima genotypes produced...
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