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    E-mentoring in global software development teams: Success factors to develop a common culture
    (IGI Global, 2013) Colomo-Palacios,R.; Mishra,A.; Casado-Lumbreras,C.; Soto-Acosta,P.
    Global Software Development (GSD) teams face communication and coordination problems due to spatial, temporal, and cultural separation between team members. Cultural diversity and cross-cultural management are significant issues among GSD teams. In software development projects, mentoring dramatically reduces the learning curve for novice human resources. Due to the large amount of electronic communication instruments, a remarkable number of different e-Mentoring concepts have emerged, which provides opportunity for mentoring that would not otherwise be possible. This chapter presents key success factors to enable e-Mentoring as a tool to develop a common culture in GSD scenarios. These success factors enable the correct application of mentoring programmes and the use of this to build a common culture in organizations that perform GSD. © 2014, IGI Global.
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    Divided and A-Divided Differences on Time Scales
    (De Gruyter, 2023) Jaddoa,N.; Sevinik-Adigüzel,R.; Erhan,I.M.
    In this chapter, the divided differences and cr-divided differences on time scales are introduced. The Newton and cr-Newton interpolation polynomial are constructed. In addition, the Hermite interpolation polynomial on time scales is constructed by using the divided differences table. Examples are presented to illustrate the theoretical results. © 2023 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Bostonl. All rights reserved.
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    Molecular Mimicry Study Between Peptides of SARS-CoV-2 and Neutrophil Extracellular Traps-Related Proteins
    (Elsevier, 2024) Adiguzel,Y.; Shoenfeld,Y.
    Background Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are observed in both COVID-19 pathology and autoimmune disorders, and molecular mimicry is a mechanism that can lead to an autoimmune response. Methods Similar sequences between SARS-CoV-2 proteins and 5 proteins (plasminogen receptor KT: PLRKT, myeloperoxidase: MPO, proteinase 3: PR-3, neutrophil elastase: NE, matrix metalloproteinase 9: MMP-9) that are present in NETs were searched. Human and SARS-CoV-2 sequence pairs were identified. Those among the identified sequence pairs, which are predicted as strong-binding peptides or epitopes of the same selected MHC class I and class II alleles, were predicted. Results In the case of MHC class I alleles, similar PLRKT and SARS-CoV-2 peptide sequences with high predicted-affinities to HLA-A*24:02, HLA-B*08:01, and HLA-B*15:01; similar MPO and SARS-CoV-2 peptide sequences with strong predicted-affinities to HLA-A*01:01, HLA-A*26:01, and HLA-B*15:01; and similar MMP-9 and SARS-CoV-2 peptide sequences with elevated predicted-affinities to HLA-B*39:01 were predicted. In the case of MHC class II alleles, similar PLRKT and SARS-CoV-2 peptide sequences with high predicted-affinities to HLA-DPA1*02:01/DPB1*01:01 were predicted. Conclusion This work is a proof-of-concept study, which revealed the potential involvement of molecular mimicry in NET pathology within susceptible individuals, in the case of being infected with SARS-CoV-2, leading to autoimmunity. © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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    Sustainable Software Engineering: Curriculum Development Based on Acm/Ieee Guidelines
    (Springer International Publishing, 2021) Mishra,A.; Mishra,D.
    Climate change risk and environmental degradation are the most critical issues of our society. Our technology-influenced daily lifestyle involves many types of software and apps which are used by society at large, and their use is increasing more than ever before. Sustainability is a significant topic for future professionals and more so for software engineers due to its impact on society. It is crucial to motivate and raise concern among students and faculty members regarding sustainability by including it in the Software Engineering (SE) curriculum. This chapter discusses how sustainability can be included in various courses of the SE curriculum by considering ACM/IEEE curriculum guidelines for the SE curriculum, literature review, and various viewpoints so that SE students can attain knowledge on sustainable software engineering. It also includes an assessment of key competences in sustainability for proposed units in the SE curriculum. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021. All rights reserved.
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    The Dark Side of Proactive Behaviors and Blind Spot Management
    (Springer Science+Business Media, 2025) Uwizeye, J.; Tuzlukaya, S.E.; Asbas, C.
    Proactive behavior, which should be anticipatory and agentic, can be defined as actions focused on certain behaviors aimed at improving job performance, career success, and employee well-being. Even if organizational citizenship behaviors have been frequently characterized as proactive behaviors, this is not true under every condition, as they may be either reactive or passive. Although proactive behavior among employees has been widely studied because of the importance that organizations place on improving performance and effectiveness, the potential and possible negative outcomes of such behavior have often been ignored. Examining and discovering the potential negative implications of proactive behaviors and formulating strategies to manage blind spots are vital for developing a general understanding of proactive behaviors for both employees and firms. The intention of this study is to conduct a literature review on proactive behaviors by focusing on the dark side and blind spots of proactive behaviors. This chapter also explains various forms of proactive behaviors and theories that can effectively describe the negative outcomes of such behaviors and discusses the detrimental effects of proactive behaviors on both employees and organizations. © 2025 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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    Determining Harmonic Fluctuations in Food Inflation
    (World Scientific Publishing Co., 2022) Akdi,Y.; Ünlü,K.D.; Baş,C.; Karamanoğlu,Y.E.
    In this study, we start with a brief expression of consumer price index of Turkey. In the next step, we give the theoretical essentials of periodogram-based unit root and harmonic regression model. Periodogram-based unit root test is used to identify both the stationarity of data and periodicities. Periodicity is beyond seasonality; it is the hidden cycles in the data. Thus, it is harder to detect them compared to seasonal cycles. Harmonic-regression-type trigonometric regression models are useful in modeling data which have hidden periodicity. Afterward, the stationarity properties of monthly inflation and monthly food inflation of Turkey for the period between 2004 and 2020 are investigated. Standard augmented Dickey-Fuller unit root test shows that both series are integrated of order one. However, the periodogram-based unit root test shows that monthly inflation has unit root but monthly food inflation does not. After examining the unit root, the hidden cycles in the food inflation are revealed. The cycles in food inflation are important because they may trigger a headline inflation. The main contribution of this study is the identification of the hidden cycles in food inflation. It has cycles of approximately two, four, six and eight years. These cycles, in short, correspond to cycles of two years of consecutive periods. © 2022 by World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd.
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    Online Social Networking and Romantic Relationships
    (IGI Global, 2022) Metin-Orta, Irem
    With the increased popularity of social media, social networking sites (SNSs) have received the attention of many scholars. In particular, researchers have focused on the impact of SNSs on interpersonal relationships. Accordingly, this chapter provides an overview of the extant literature concerning associations between the use of SNSs and romantic relationships. It provides empirical evidence on how social networking behaviors are influenced by adult attachment styles, and how social networking influences relationship constructs such as satisfaction, commitment, jealousy, and relationship dissolution. Furthermore, it presents previous research that emphasizes gender as a moderator in these relations. This chapter overall contributes to researchers and professionals in providing information on online social networking and emphasizing key romantic relationship constructs related to the use of SNSs. It also provides suggestions for future research. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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    Psychological Benefits and Detrimental Effects of Online Social Networking
    (IGI Global, 2022) Orta, I.M.; Celik-Orucu, M.Ç.
    With the growing prevalence of wireless communication technologies, social networking sites (SNSs) such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. have become an important venues for interpersonal communication. This chapter provides a detailed overview of the current literature on online social networking with respect to its beneficial and detrimental effects on psychological wellbeing. In particular, it provides empirical evidence for the associations of SNS use with depression, self-esteem, loneliness, subjective wellbeing, social anxiety, attachment, personality traits, and addiction. Furthermore, it identifies the characteristics of individuals who are more prone to social networking, and presents possible mediators and moderators playing a role in the relationship between social networking and mental health. The chapter overall provides a comprehensive guideline to parents, researchers, educators, healthcare, and communication professionals to the issue of online social networking from a psychological perspective. © 2022 by IGI Global. All rights reserved.
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    Commercial Coal Preparation Plants Capability for the Removal of Trace Elements
    (Springer International Publishing, 2016) Özbayoğlu,G.
    Işiklar and Dereköy coal preparation plants clean lignite coals produced in Soma district. Run-ofmine coals contain trace elements and major elements that are associated with coal and inorganic matter. Trace elements are potentially harmful for human health and ecosystem. Physical coal cleaning is effective in reducing the concentration of many trace elements. In this study, the samples were collected from run-ofmine lignite (feed), coal preparation plant products, namely coarse (+18 mm) clean coal, fine (10-18mm, 0.5- 10mm) clean coals, middlings, coarse and fine refuses and slimes from the Dereköy and Işiklar plants systematically and chemical analyses of ash, trace and major elements were performed on each sample. Trace elements contents and distributions in each product were determined. During the cleaning of run-of-mine lignites in Işiklar and Dereköy coal preparation plants, 54.69% and 72.04% ash have been removed from the plants, respectively. Around 1/3 of Ga and Rb contents of Işiklar feed and more than 1/3 of Ga, Rb, Sr, contents of Dereköy feed could be removed by ash. Referring to major elements, rejection of 60% Ca and 53% Mg from Işiklar, and 69% Ca and around 80% Mg from Dereköy plants have been achieved. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.