An Internet of Things Based Air Conditioning and Lighting Control System for Smart Home

Today, the internet has become an indispensable part of human life. With our social media, banking transactions, news, shopping, e-government and many more applications, we have reached higher level in our standard of living. This rapid development of technology provides convenience in different areas of our lives every day. Many devices such as TVs, refrigerators, washing machines we use in daily life are able to communicate with each other by becoming smart thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine to Machine (M2M) technologies. In recent days we have become more and more aware of the concepts of smart city such as smart home, transportation, health, education, energy and smart environment. One of these concepts, "smart home" applications undoubtedly attracts the most demanded applications individually. In this study, a smart home application including conditioning and lighting controls is implemented using NodeMCU embedded system microcontroller, Arduino Pro Mini and Blynk iOS/Android interface developer

A new mathematical model for tuberculosis epidemic under the consciousness effect

Compared to many infectious diseases, tuberculosis has a high mortality rate. Because of this, a great deal of illustrative research has been done on the modeling and study of tuberculosis using mathematics. In this work, a mathematical model is created by taking into account the underlying presumptions of this disease. One of the main novelties of the paper is to consider two different treatment strategies namely protective treatment for the latent populations from the disease and the main treatment applied to the infected populations. This situation can be regarded as the other novelty of the paper. The susceptible, latent, infected, and recovered populations, as well as the two mentioned treatment classes, are all included in the proposed six-dimensional model's compartmental framework. Additionally, a region that is biologically possible is presented, as well as the solution's positivity, existence, and uniqueness. The suggested model's solutions are carried out as numerical simulations using assumed and literature-based parameter values and analyzing its graphics. To get the results, a fourth-order Runge-Kutta numerical approach is used

Hyperphosphatemic Familial Tumoral Calcinosis in Two Siblings with a Novel Mutation in GALNT3 Gene: Experience from Southern Turkey

Inactivating autosomal recessive mutations in fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), klotho (KL) and polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminotransferase 3 (GALNT3) genes lead to a rare disorder, hyperphosphatemic familial tumoral calcinosis (HFTC). Patients with HFTC present with hyperphosphatemia and tumor like soft tissue calcifications. Although 78% of patients develop their first symptoms between the ages of 2-13 years, diagnosis is usually delayed until adulthood. Some individuals with the same genetic defect develop a condition named hyperphosphatemic hyperostosis syndrome. Herein we report two siblings suffering from periarticular, warm, hard and tender subcutaneous masses. Subcutaneous calcifications were present on X-ray and biopsy results were consistent with calcinosis in both patients. Laboratory results showed marked hyperphosphatemia and elevated renal tubular phosphate reabsorption rates, normal renal function tests and normal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels. Thus, we suspected HFTC and performed next generation sequencing for the GALNT3 gene, reported as the most frequent cause. A novel homozygote P85Rfs*6 (c.254_255delCT) mutation in GALNT3 was identified in both siblings. Our report adds two new patients to the literature about this rare genetic disease and suggests that small deletions in the GALNT3 gene may be related with HFTC phenotype

Dairesel polarizasyonlu mikroşerit anten analiz ve tasarımı.

In this study we tried to design a microstrip antenna, to get a suitable radiation pattern for a LEO satellite. Our aim is to get a radiation pattern that has a maximum power which is not in the broadside direction to the antenna surface; instead broadside radiation has a relatively lower power density. Maximum power radiation is desired to be at about 30 50 degrees angle beyond the normal to the antenna surface. We desire circularly polarized radiation. We used two concentric antennas; one is a circular patch at the center and the other is an annular ring which is used at the outer region. By using Ansoft Ensemble 8.0 software, we design an antenna which has a resonance frequency at 8.2 GHz. Using the result of the program we design the real antenna. The measurement results are compared with the simulation results.M.S. - Master of Scienc

Energy Consumption Analysis of Sintering Temperature Optimization of Pure Aluminum Powder Metal Compacts Sintered by Using The UHFIS

In this study, pure aluminum (Al) powder metal (PM) compacts are sintered conventional or induction systems. PM compacts are sintered by furnace at 600ºC in 60 minutes in the conventional sintering process. In the other process, PM compacts are sintered by induction system at seven different sintering temperatures from 550 C to 610 C in 4 minutes. 2.8 kW, 900 kHz ultra-high frequency induction system (UHFIS) used for heating application of induction sintering process. Densities and hardness values are investigated for both processes. During these sintering processes, all energy consumption results are measured and calculated, then compared with each other. The effects of the sintering time increase in the induction sintering process on energy cost have been analyzed. Optimum sintering temperature of the induction sintering process is determined. It has been seen that the cheaper energy cost is obtained by the induction system for sintering applicatio

GEORG SIMMEL'S SOCIOLOGICAL AND PYSCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON RELIGION AND RELIGIOSITY

Georg Simmel is well known as a sociologist of modernity. Because he was discussing the traumatic effects of modernity on individual, he was also considered as a pioneer of psychology and social psychology. Thus, he has clearly succeeded in analyzing modern society with the dynamics of belief and cultural formation. In his sincere determinations, he always emphasized the importance of the individual's spiritual structure. Religion, according to him, is one of the fundamental particles that have an effective place in the inner life of the individual and constitute the society. Simmel argues that no one has ever been able to find a complete explanatory answer to the question of what is religion without implicit rhetoric or without going to incomprehensible generalizations

Türkiye'nin 2014-2018 Yılları Arasındaki Elektrik Üretimi Kapasitesi ve Kaynaklara Göre Analizi

: Enerji, insanlığın varlığı ile ortaya çıkmış ve çağımızda sürekli büyüyenbir ihtiyaçtır. Elektrik enerjisi, kullanım kolaylığı nedeni ile en fazla talepedilen enerji türüdür. Türkiye gibi nüfusu artan ve gelişmekte olan ülkelerde,elektrik enerjisine olan talep, sürekli artmaktadır.Bu çalışmada, lisanslı kurulu güç ve en yüksek talep miktarı, lisanslı ÜretilenElektrik Enerjisi miktarının kurum ve kaynaklara göre dağılımı, LisanslıTüketilen Elektrik Enerjisi Miktarı, Üretim Tüketim Kapsama Oranı, DoğalGaz, İthal Kömür, Hidroelektrik Santraller ve Elde Edilen Enerji VerimliliğiSektör bazında tüketim analizine ilişkin bilgiler, 2014-2018 yılları arasındaEnerji Piyasası Düzenleme Kurumu'nun (EPDK) raporlarına dayanılarakdeğerlendirilmiştir. Ayrıca, 2018 yılından bu yana önümüzdeki on yılı221kapsayan Türkiye Elektrik Talep Projeksiyonları raporunda belirtilentahminlere yer verilmiştir.</p

Analysis of the Impact of Human Activities on Indoor Air Quality with Internet of Things Based e-Nose

Air pollution has become a severe problem in most of the world and is among the governments' priorsubjects. In the present time, urban dwellers spend most of their time in confined spaces such as home,office, school, shopping malls, and gyms. Contaminant gases (CO2, CO, NO2) and particulate mattersarising from occupant activities such as exercise, sleeping, cooking, smoking, and cleaning are among themost critical factors which influence indoor air quality. Such gasses and particulate matter depend onhuman activities lower indoor air quality; hence, they cause many serious health problems, especiallyrespiratory tract, cardiovascular and dermatological diseases.In this study, the indoor air quality of housing is examined depending upon occupant activities. Air qualityparameters of temperature, humidity, CO2, CO, PM10, NO2, which are collected from the bathroom,kitchen, living room and bedroom of the housing, are measured using 32-bit ESP32 controller and a set ofair quality sensors Obtained air quality data is saved to cloud server by the help of mobile user interfacedeveloped through Blynk IoT platform. As a result of the analysis, it is observed that occupant activitieslike sleeping, shower, laundry, and cooking adversely affect indoor air quality</p