Re-functioning monumental buildings

Ankara : Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design and Institute of Fine Arts of Bilkent University, 1995.Architecture -- Turkey -- Conservation and restoration.Includes bibliographical refences.This thesis is a study on re-functioning monumental buildings. It is supported by a case study, which is a project of re-functioning a church called "Kavakli kilise" into a conference center. The early chapters analyze the re-functioning activity, churches and conference centers in order to support the case study. A re-functioning project on the church in Burdur and a comparison list are investigated in the thesis.Furtun, HPınarM.S

A hybrid polyhedral uncertainty model for the robust network loading problem

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The parallel surrogate constraint approach to the linear feasibility problem

The linear feasibility problem arises in several areas of applied mathematics and medical science, in several forms of image reconstruction problems. The surrogate constraint algorithm of Yang and Murty for the linear feasibility problem is implemented and analyzed. The sequential approach considers projections one at a time. In the parallel approach, several projections are made simultaneously and their convex combination is taken to be used at the next iteration. The sequential method is compared with the parallel method for varied numbers of processors. Two improvement schemes for the parallel method are proposed and tested. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1996

The Limbic Degradation of Aging Brain: A Quantitative Analysis with Diffusion Tensor Imaging

WOS: 000335020000001PubMed ID: 24977184Introduction. The limbic system primarily responsible for our emotional life and memories is known to undergo degradation with aging and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is capable of revealing thewhite matter integrity. Theaimof this study is to investigate agerelated changes of quantitative diffusivity parameters and fiber characteristics on limbic system in healthy volunteers. Methods. 31 healthy subjects aged 25-70 years were examined at 1,5 TMR. Quantitative fiber tracking was performed of fornix, cingulum, and the parahippocampal gyrus. The fractional anisotropy (FA) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurements of bilateral hippocampus, amygdala, fornix, cingulum, and parahippocampal gyrus were obtained as related components. Results. The FA values of left hippocampus, bilateral parahippocampal gyrus, and fornix showed negative correlations with aging. The ADC values of right amygdala and left cingulum interestingly showed negative relation and the left hippocampus represented positive relation with age. The cingulum showed no correlation. The significant relative changes per decade of age were found in the cingulum and parahippocampal gyrus FA measurements. Conclusion. Our approach shows that aging affects hippocampus, parahippocampus, and fornix significantly but not cingulum. These findings reveal age-related changes of limbic system in normal population that may contribute to future DTI studies

Potential of cottonseed oil as fish oil replacer in European Sea Bass feed formulation

Triplicate groups of 20 European sea bass (35 g) were fed five diets in which the added lipid was 100% fish oil (FO), 40% (CSO40), 60% (CSO60), 80% (CSO80) and 100% (CSO100) refined cottonseed oil (CSO), for a period of 120 days. Overall fish growth, feed conversion ratio and protein utilization were unaffected by dietary treatment, but hepatosomatic and visceral fat indexes increased with increasing dietary CSO. Fillet fatty acid composition of total lipids reflected the fatty acids in the test diets. The monounsaturated fatty acids were significantly higher in fillet of fish fed diet FO, CSO40 and CSO60 compared to other treatments while saturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) were not affected by the dietary treatment. Some fatty acids (18:0, 18:1n-9, 20:5n-3 and 22:6n-3) were present in higher concentration in fillet lipid than in the CSO100 dietary lipid indicating accumulation in fillet relative to test diets. Retention of n-3 LC-PUFA within the fillet was increasingly inefficient among fish fed increasing levels of FO. Thus, this study suggests that CSO can be considered as a relatively effective substitute for fish oil in European sea bass (35 g) in terms of growth performances and feed efficiency as far as fish meal is present in the diet

Effects of Propolis on Selected Blood Indicators and Antioxidant Enzyme Activities in Broilers under Heat Stress

In this study, we investigated the antioxidant activity of ethanol extracts of propolis (EEP) and vitamin C on biochemical indicators and antioxidant enzyme activities of broilers exposed to heat stress (at 34 °C). The experimental groups were as follows: group I (positive control) and group II (control) were fed a basal diet, group III (vitamin C) was fed a basal diet supplemented with 250 mg vitamin C as ascorbic acid/kg, group IV (EEP-0.5) was fed a basal diet supplemented with 0.5 g EEP/kg, group V (EEP-1) was fed a basal diet supplemented with 1 g EEP/kg, group VI (EEP-3) was fed a basal diet supplemented with 3 g EEP/kg. Plasma superoxide dismutase levels of positive control, control, vitamin C, EEP-0.5, EEP-1 and EEP-3 groups were found as 0.34, 1.23, 0.50, 0.90, 0.30 and 0.41 μkat/ml, respectively (p p p < 0.05), whereas those of muscle and heart were similar in all groups. The results of the present study suggest that EEP and specially EEP at the supplemented dose of 3 mg/kg diet might be considered to prevent oxidative stress in the broilers exposed to heat stress

ENURESIS NOCTURNA: PREVALENCE AND RELATED FACTORS IN 5-16 YEARS OLD CHILDREN IN A SHANTY AREA OF MANISA

Amaç: Enürezis tüm toplumlarda yaygın olarak görülen bir sağlık sorunudur. Bu çalışmanın amacı bir gecekondu bölgesinde 5-16 yaş grubunda enuresis nokturna prevalansı, etkili risk faktörlerini belirlemek ve yaşam kalitesi ile ilişkisini değerlendirmektir. Gereç ve yöntem: 294 kişide yürütülen kesitsel çalışmada küme örnekleme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Çocuk ve ergenlere ait veri annelerinden yüz yüze görüşme yöntemi ile toplanmıştır. Sosyodemografik değişkenler, enürezis nokturna ile ilgili risk faktörleri ve Türkçe adaptasyonu yapılan Kiddo-Kindl ile Kiddy- Kindl yaşam kalitesi ölçeklerinden oluşan anket formu ile veri toplanmıştır. Veri analizinde ki kare, t testi ve çok değişkenli analizlerde lojistik regresyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Araştırmada enürezis nokturna prevalansı %27,5'tir. Enürezis nokturna günlük idrar yapma sayısı sekiz ve daha fazla olan çocuklarda 3,5 (1,1-10,8), tuvalete yetişememe durumunda 10,5 (3,8-29,2), tuvalet eğitiminde yanlış yöntemlerin kullanılması durumunda 2,3 (1,1-4,6), ilk alt ıslatmada ailenin cezalandırıcı yaklaşımında 2,2 (1,2 - 4,5) ve uykusu derin olan çocuklarda 2,3 (1,1 - 5,2) kat daha fazla görülmektedir. 5-7 yaş grubunda yaşam kalitesi ile enürezis nokturna arasında anlamlı ilişki bulunmamıştır. 8-16 yaş grubunda ise sadece özsaygı alanında puan ortalamalarının farklı olduğu belirlenmiştir. Sonuç: Enürezis nokturna prevalansı, gecekondu bölgesinde %27,5 ile dikkat çekici bir sıklıktadır. Farklı yerleşim birimlerinde yürütülecek çalışmalarla enürezis nokturna ve yaşam kalitesi arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesine gereksinim vardır. Objective: Enuresis appears to be a health problem in every population. The aims of this study were to determine enuresis nocturna prevalence, risk factors and the relations with quality of life in a group of children and adolescents aged between 5-16. Material and method: 294 children and adolescents were recruited by means of cluster sampling in this cross-sectional study. The questionnaire consisted sociodemographic variables, risk factors of enuresis nocturna and an adopted version of Kiddo-Kindl, Kiddy- Kindl quality of life scales. Chi square test, t test, logistic regression analysis were performed in the data analysis.Results: Enuresis nocturna prevalence was 27.5%. It was 3.5 (1.1-10.8) times higher if daily urination number was ≥8, 10.5 (3.8-29.2) times higher in urge incontinence, 2.3 (1.1- 4.6) times higher if wrong methods were used in toilet training, 2.2 (1.2-4.5) times higher if the child was punished in the first bed wetting episode and 2.3 (1.1-5.2) times higher in deep sleep. There was no statistically significant relation between enuresis nocturna and quality of life in 5-7 age group. Self-respect was the only domain that was statistically significant in 8-16 age group. Conclusion: Enuresis nocturna prevalence is significant with 27.5% in shanty area. Further research is recommended in different areas to determine the relation between quality of life and enuresis nocturna

Higher Dimensional Cylindrical or Kasner Type Electrovacuum Solutions

We consider a D dimensional Kasner type diagonal spacetime where metric functions depend only on a single coordinate and electromagnetic field shares the symmetries of spacetime. These solutions can describe static cylindrical or cosmological Einstein-Maxwell vacuum spacetimes. We mainly focus on electrovacuum solutions and four different types of solutions are obtained in which one of them has no four dimensional counterpart. We also consider the properties of the general solution corresponding to the exterior field of a charged line mass and discuss its several properties. Although it resembles the same form with four dimensional one, there is a difference on the range of the solutions for fixed signs of the parameters. General magnetic field vacuum solution are also briefly discussed, which reduces to Bonnor-Melvin magnetic universe for a special choice of the parameters. The Kasner forms of the general solution are also presented for the cylindrical or cosmological cases.Comment: 16 pages, Revtex. Text and references are extended, Published versio

Changes in the superior longitudinal fasciculus and anterior thalamic radiation in the left brain are associated with developmental dyscalculia

Developmental dyscalculia is a neurodevelopmental disorder specific to arithmetic learning even with normal intelligence and age-appropriate education. Difficulties often persist from childhood through adulthood lowering the individual’s quality of life. However, the neural correlates of developmental dyscalculia are poorly understood. This study aimed to identify brain structural connectivity alterations in developmental dyscalculia. All participants were recruited from a large scale, non-referred population sample in a longitudinal design. We studied 10 children with developmental dyscalculia (11.3 ± 0.7 years) and 16 typically developing peers (11.2 ± 0.6 years) using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. We assessed white matter microstructure with tract-based spatial statistics in regions-of-interest tracts that had previously been related to math ability in children. Then we used global probabilistic tractography for the first time to measure and compare tract length between developmental dyscalculia and typically developing groups. The high angular resolution diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and crossing-fiber probabilistic tractography allowed us to evaluate the length of the pathways compared to previous studies. The major findings of our study were reduced white matter coherence and shorter tract length of the left superior longitudinal/arcuate fasciculus and left anterior thalamic radiation in the developmental dyscalculia group. Furthermore, the lower white matter coherence and shorter pathways tended to be associated with the lower math performance. These results from the regional analyses indicate that learning, memory and language-related pathways in the left hemisphere might be related to developmental dyscalculia in children