Natural and Engineering Sciences

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List of Papers (Total 297)

Analytical Study on the Effect of Corrosion to the Construction Performance

Corrosion is one of the most important factor to achieve in completing the service life of reinforced concrete structures also cause significant losses in energy damping capacities of structures. In this study, the reinforced concrete column designed in ½ geometrical scale was subjected to accelerated corrosion test for 26.5 days under 1 ampere constant current. As a result of...

Subsurface Soil Evaluation using Seismic Refraction Tomography and Standard Penetration Test at Bukit Bunuh Impact Crater Area

Subsurface soil varies from place to place due to the rock type, its mineral constituents, the climate of the area, time and other geological activities such as meteorite impact. The process that leads to the formation of impact crater can cause great variation in the subsurface soil characteristics, which may have an effect on civil engineering structures. Hence, the need to...

First Record of the Pempheris rhomboidea (Kossmann & Räuber, 1877) from Mersin Bay, Northeastern Mediterranean Sea

In this study, eight individuals of Pempheris rhomboidea (Kossmann & Räuber, 1877) were for the first time caught in the Mersin Bay, Northeastern Mediterranean Sea. Some morphometric and meristic characters of these individuals were measured. The average standard length (SL): 90.13 mm, total length (TL): 112.62 mm, the length of longest pectoral fin (LPF): 25.88 mm, the length of...

Efficiency of a Herbal Liquid Extract Mixture for the Prevention of Salmonella Growth in Whipped Cream

In this study, a herbal liquid extract mixture (ASATİM® ST 1412; recommended for milk-based product and whipped cream by company, Kayseri, Turkey) was used to exhibit the inhibitory effect on Salmonella Enteritidis growth in whipped cream. For this aim, 8 different groups (K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, 0.1%, 1%, 10%) were designed and the samples were left 1 to 3 hours at room temperature...

Investigation of Sea Surface Temperature Affecting on the Maritime Trade between 1999 and 2012 in the Gulf of Iskenderun

The effect of sea surface temperature changes between 1999 and 2012 were investigated on the amount of agriculture, food and energy loads that are supplied/discharged by maritime trade. In the nonparametric correlation analysis, it was determined that the SST changes between 1999 and 2012 did not directly affect the amount of food, agricultural and energy supplied / discharged to...

Sex Determination in Green Turtle Hatchlings: Geometric Morphometry and Molecular Sex Markers

Determination of the sex ratio in sea turtle population is one of the most important parameters for the conservation and management of the species. We aimed to the test usability of the more than one approaches that identify the sex of hatchlings with alternative non-invasive methods. Geometric morphometry and molecular sex marker were used to indicate difference between the...

Phylogenetic Relationships of Turbot Species (Scophthalmidae) Inferred from the Mitochondrial COIII Gene and Morphological Characters

In this study, the validity, distribution and structure of three turbot species, Scophthalmus maeoticus, S. maximus, S. rhombus, belong to Scophthalmidae family in Turkish, Bulgarian and Russian coastal waters were determined with mtDNA sequencing of Cytochrome c oxidase subunit III (COIII). The sequencing of the COIII region revealed 8 bp variable and 6 bp parsimony informative...

Length-Weight Relationships and Condition Factors of 15 Fish Species from KizilirmakYesilirmak Shelf Area, the Southeastern Black Sea

Length-weight relationships of 15 fish species from Kizilirmak-Yesilirmak Shelf Area, Southeastern Black Sea were described. A total of 21.246 fish specimens were caught between 2009-2014 using bottom and pelagic trawl nets. Parameters of b estimated for these species varied between 2.82 and 3.49, and r 2 varied from 0.82 to 0.99. The lowest and the highest condition factors were...

Analytical Study on the Effect of Corrosion to the Construction Performance

Corrosion is one of the most important factor to achieve in completing the service life of reinforced concrete structures also cause significant losses in energy damping capacities of structures. In this study, the reinforced concrete column designed in ½ geometrical scale was subjected to accelerated corrosion test for 26.5 days under 1 ampere constant current. As a result of...

Subsurface Soil Evaluation using Seismic Refraction Tomography and Standard Penetration Test at Bukit Bunuh Impact Crater Area

Subsurface soil varies from place to place due to the rock type, its mineral constituents, the climate of the area, time and other geological activities such as meteorite impact. The process that leads to the formation of impact crater can cause great variation in the subsurface soil characteristics, which may have an effect on civil engineering structures. Hence, the need to...

First Record of the Pempheris rhomboidea (Kossmann & Räuber, 1877) from Mersin Bay, Northeastern Mediterranean Sea

In this study, eight individuals of Pempheris rhomboidea (Kossmann & Räuber, 1877) were for the first time caught in the Mersin Bay, Northeastern Mediterranean Sea. Some morphometric and meristic characters of these individuals were measured. The average standard length (SL): 90.13 mm, total length (TL): 112.62 mm, the length of longest pectoral fin (LPF): 25.88 mm, the length of...

Efficiency of a Herbal Liquid Extract Mixture for the Prevention of Salmonella Growth in Whipped Cream

In this study, a herbal liquid extract mixture (ASATİM® ST 1412; recommended for milk-based product and whipped cream by company, Kayseri, Turkey) was used to exhibit the inhibitory effect on Salmonella Enteritidis growth in whipped cream. For this aim, 8 different groups (K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, 0.1%, 1%, 10%) were designed and the samples were left 1 to 3 hours at room temperature...

Investigation of Sea Surface Temperature Affecting on the Maritime Trade between 1999 and 2012 in the Gulf of Iskenderun

The effect of sea surface temperature changes between 1999 and 2012 were investigated on the amount of agriculture, food and energy loads that are supplied/discharged by maritime trade. In the nonparametric correlation analysis, it was determined that the SST changes between 1999 and 2012 did not directly affect the amount of food, agricultural and energy supplied / discharged to...

Sex Determination in Green Turtle Hatchlings: Geometric Morphometry and Molecular Sex Markers

Determination of the sex ratio in sea turtle population is one of the most important parameters for the conservation and management of the species. We aimed to the test usability of the more than one approaches that identify the sex of hatchlings with alternative non-invasive methods. Geometric morphometry and molecular sex marker were used to indicate difference between the...

Length-Weight Relationships and Condition Factors of 15 Fish Species from KizilirmakYesilirmak Shelf Area, the Southeastern Black Sea

Length-weight relationships of 15 fish species from Kizilirmak-Yesilirmak Shelf Area, Southeastern Black Sea were described. A total of 21.246 fish specimens were caught between 2009-2014 using bottom and pelagic trawl nets. Parameters of b estimated for these species varied between 2.82 and 3.49, and r 2 varied from 0.82 to 0.99. The lowest and the highest condition factors were...

Analytical Study on the Effect of Corrosion to the Construction Performance

Corrosion is one of the most important factor to achieve in completing the service life of reinforced concrete structures also cause significant losses in energy damping capacities of structures. In this study, the reinforced concrete column designed in ½ geometrical scale was subjected to accelerated corrosion test for 26.5 days under 1 ampere constant current. As a result of...

Subsurface Soil Evaluation using Seismic Refraction Tomography and Standard Penetration Test at Bukit Bunuh Impact Crater Area

Subsurface soil varies from place to place due to the rock type, its mineral constituents, the climate of the area, time and other geological activities such as meteorite impact. The process that leads to the formation of impact crater can cause great variation in the subsurface soil characteristics, which may have an effect on civil engineering structures. Hence, the need to...

Correlating Rate of Penetration with the Weigth on Bit, Rotation per Minute, Flow Rate and Mud Weight of Rotary Drilling

In this study, the effect of some drilling parameters, rotation per minute, weight on bit, flow rate and mud weight on rate of penetration, were investigated in detail. As a result, the rate of penetration was found between 1,79m/h and 14,80m/h, which have a good statistical relationship with the rotation per minute, flow rate and mud weight. On the other hand, it was determined...

Characterization and Construction of a Robust and Elastic Wall-Less Flow Phantom for High Pressure Flow Rate Using Doppler Ultrasound Applications

A Doppler ultrasound is a noninvasive test that can be used to estimate the blood flow through the vessels. Presently, few flow phantoms are being used to be qualified for long-term utilize and storage with high physiological flow rate Doppler ultrasound. The main drawback of the two hydrogel materials items (Konjac (K) and carrageenan (C) (KC)) that it is not fit for long-term...

A Checklist of the Non-indigenous Fishes in Turkish Marine Waters

A checklist of non-indigenous marine fishes including bony, cartilaginous and jawless distributed along the Turkish Marine Waters was for the first time generated in the present study. The number of records of non-indigenous fish species found in Turkish marine waters were 101 of which 89 bony, 11 cartilaginous and 1 jawless. In terms of occurrence of non-indigenous fish species...

Effect of water quality in hematological and biochemical parameters in blood of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in two lakes of Kosovo

The aim of the current investigation is to evaluate the impact of water quality in hematological and biochemical blood profile in two habitats of common carp (Cyprinus carpio ) captured in Batllava and in Radoniqi Lake. It has been found that Radoniqi Lake is characterized with increased levels of physicochemical parameters (T, DO, PO 4 -3 , NO 3 -N, NO 2 -N). In Radoniqi Lake...

Generative Autoencoder Kernels on Deep Learning for Brain Activity Analysis

Deep Learning (DL) is a two-step classification model that consists feature learning, generating feature representations using unsupervised ways and the supervised learning stage at the last step of model using at least two hidden layers on the proposed structures by fully connected layers depending on of the artificial neural networks. The optimization of the predefined...

Investigation of Glutathion S-Transferase, Adenosine deaminase, Paraoxonase Activities in Liver of Oncorhynchus mykiss Fed with Nucleotide-Yeast Supplemented Diet

In this study, it was evaluated Glutathione S transferase (GST), Adenosine deaminase (ADA), and paraoxonase (PON) activities in liver tissue of Oncorhynchus mykiss fed with nucleotide yeast base protein supplemented diet. Throughout the 60-day period the control group was fed a fish meal based basal diet, and three other groups were fed diets in which 20% (NP 20), 40% (NP 40) and...

The Effect of Suplementary Pelargonium sidoides Extract on Growth of the African Catfish (Clarias gariepınus (Burchell, 1822))

A preliminary study was conducted to evaluate the effect of dietary supplementation of the Pelargonium sidoides extract on African catfish, Clarias gariepinus growth performance, feed efficiency and body composition. The catfish (mean body weight 1.09±0.32 g) were fed with experimental diets prepared by using supplementation of P. sidoides extract (0, 5 and 10 ml 100 g -1 ) for...

Comparison of Hydrothermal Method and Ultrasonic Method in Zeolite Synthesis and Investigation of Catalytic Activities of Synthesized Zeolites

In this study, ZSM-5 and beta zeolites, which constitutes the most industrially important artificial zeolite species., were synthesized and the effects of synthesized zeolite in catalytic cracking were investigated. ZSM-5 and beta zeolite were synthesized by varying synthesis time, synthesis method and calcination temperatures. The composition of the synthesis was kept constant...