The Effect of the Employees of Participation Banks on the Performance of Organizational Commitment

The aim of this study is to determine the organizational performance level of employees and the relationship between them. The sample of the study consists of 309 participation bankers working in Istanbul. In the study, it was found that as the emotional and normative commitment of the employees in the participation bank increased, their work performance increased but decreased due to their attendance commitment. In addition, it was found that 7.8% of the study performance was positively explained by emotional commitment and negative by continuation commitment, and normative commitment did not make a significant contribution to performance. It was found that the organizational performance of the employees did not differ according to the gender, education, job position variable and there were significant differences according to age, marital status and year worked

Diffusion model for thin layer drying process of corn

In this study, single-layer drying behaviour of corn is simulated by liquid diffusion model by using the experimental data for drying temperatures between 40 and 70 degrees C and for a drying rate of 2 m/s. Three different geometries representing a corn grain, slab, sphere, and cylinder are taken into consideration to specify the geometry which yields best results. The drying curves are obtained by minimizing the sum of squared differences between experimental data and theoretical predictions. Results show that drying behaviour of corn can be modelled reasonably by liquid diffusion model and that the solution based on sphere geometry is in better agreement with the experimental drying behaviour as compared with other geometries. The results also show that the temperature and the movement velocity of moisture from the inner part of corn grains towards the outer part have a quite significant effect on the drying rate

Dealing with the gray zones in the management of gastric cancer: The consensus statement of the Istanbul Group

The geographical location and differences in tumor biology significantly change the management of gastric cancer. The prevalence of gastric cancer ranks fifth and sixth among men and women, respectively, in Turkey. The international guidelines from the Eastern and Western countries fail to manage a considerable amount of inconclusive issues in the management of gastric cancer. The uncertainties lead to significant heterogeneities in clinical practice, lack of homogeneous data collection, and subsequently, diverse outcomes