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Article Citation - WoS: 2Citation - Scopus: 2Protective Effect of Aerobic Exercise on the Nasal Mucosa of Rats Against the Histopathologic Changes in Cigarette Smoke Exposure(Sage Publications inc, 2020) Akkoca, Ozlem; Unlu, Ceren Ersoz; Tatar, Ilkan; Sargon, Mustafa Fevzi; Zeybek, Dilara; Oguztuzun, SerpilIntroduction: Smoking is a public health problem that has been proven to have adverse effects on human health. Aerobic exercise has positive effects on the human body, especially on the respiratory system. Objective: The aim of this experimental animal model study was to determine whether regular aerobic exercise has a protective effect against the harmful effects of cigarette smoke on the nasal mucosa of rats. Methods: A total of 24 male Wistar albino rats were randomly separated into 3 groups of 8: group 1 (cigarette smoking), group 2 (cigarette smoking and exercise), and group 3 (control group). At the end of the experiment period, histopathological (light and electron microscopy) and immunohistochemical (GSTA 1, CYP1A1, and CYP2E1) evaluations were made of the nasal mucosa of the animals. Results: Goblet cell loss and basal membrane thickening were significantly lower in group 2 and group 3 compared to group 1. In the electron microscope evaluation, the inflammatory expressions of the goblet cells were observed in a very small area in group 2. In group 1, these were distributed over large areas between the mucosal cells. There was seen to be significant swelling of the mitochondria in group 1 compared to the other groups. No statistically significant difference was determined between the groups with respect to GSTA1, CYP2E1, and CYP1A1 scores (P> .05). Conclusion: The results of this study showed that regular aerobic exercise has a protective effect against the harmful effects of smoking on the nasal mucosa of rats.Article Citation - WoS: 1Syntactic Scrambling in Broca’s Aphasia: a Turkish Sample(S. Karger AG, 2025) Arslan, B.; Çiyiltepe, M.M.; Karaman, M.Introduction: Broca’s aphasia (BA) is a language disorder that causes grammatical errors in the language production skills of patients. Contemporary studies revealed the fact that patients with BA (PBA) also have difficulty in analyzing the meaning of phrases and sentences and comprehending the real meaning of the discourse produced by the speaker. The purpose of this study was to investigate possible effect of syntactic movement by changing the word positions in the sentence with morphological markers in order to produce clauses without changing the meaning on the phrasal comprehension skills of Turkish-speaking patients with BA. Method: A total of 300 participants were divided as study (n = 150) and control (n = 150) groups between ages of 27–89. A test that included 20 relative clauses and 9 noun clauses (in total 29 phrases) was assigned to the PBA and the control group (CG). Relative clause phrases originated from simple sentences by adding suffixes to the verb as a function of Turkish morphology. Each suffix indicated a specific noun, object, or subject, and each figure in the test was related to one of them. A researcher asked participants to match the demanded clause with the 6 possibly related pictures for relative clause and 3 for noun clauses. Results: Findings indicated that BA patients in our study had a lack of comprehending relative clauses due to the syntactic movement of words in the object and subject positions. Compared to the responses of the CG, PBA had significantly lower scores when the object and subject positions have moved from their original positions. BA patients also obtained significantly lower scores in object type questions. Conclusion: Our findings support the fact that comprehension processing in PBA should be investigated profoundly to be able to understand the nature of the disorder in different languages. In Turkish, syntactic movement of words to form a relative clause caused the BA patients to have significant problems to assign the semantic roles to the words in the existence of movement or change in their original positions. © 2025 S. Karger AG, Basel.Article Citation - WoS: 41Citation - Scopus: 44Some New Fixed Point Theorems in Fuzzy Metric Spaces(Ios Press, 2014) Roldan-Lopez-de-Hierro, Antonio-Francisco; Karapinar, Erdal; Manro, SaurabhThe aim of this paper is to introduce a new class of contractive mappings such as fuzzy alpha-psi-contractive mappings and to present some fixed point theorems for such mappings in complete fuzzy metric space in the sense of Kramosil and Michalek. The results presented in this paper substantially generalize and extend several comparable results in the existing literature. Also, some examples are given to support the usability of our results.Article Citation - WoS: 2Citation - Scopus: 1Cerebellar Developmental Venous Anomaly Causing Tinnitus and Hemifacial Spasm: a Case Report(Sage Publications inc, 2022) Ogul, Hayri; Unlu, Elif Nisa; Guclu, Derya; Koksal, Ali[No Abstract Available]Article Citation - WoS: 11Citation - Scopus: 12A New Mixed Δ-Shock Model With a Change in Shock Distribution(Springer, 2023) Chadjiconstantinidis, Stathis; Tuncel, Altan; Eryilmaz, SerkanIn this paper, reliability properties of a system that is subject to a sequence of shocks are investigated under a particular new change point model. According to the model, a change in the distribution of the shock magnitudes occurs upon the occurrence of a shock that is above a certain critical level. The system fails when the time between successive shocks is less than a given threshold, or the magnitude of a single shock is above a critical threshold. The survival function of the system is studied under both cases when the times between shocks follow discrete distribution and when the times between shocks follow continuous distribution. Matrix-based expressions are obtained for matrix-geometric discrete intershock times and for matrix-exponential continuous intershock times, as well.Article Citation - WoS: 13Citation - Scopus: 13Reliability Assessment of a Discrete Time Cold Standby Repairable System(Springer, 2021) Kan, Cihangir; Eryilmaz, SerkanThis paper is concerned with the study of a discrete time repairable system consisting of one active and one standby component. The lifetime and repair time are assumed to have discrete phase-type distributions. The system's lifetime is represented as a compound random variable. A matrix-based expression for the probability generating function of the system's lifetime is obtained based on the phase characteristics of lifetime and repair time distributions. The probability generating function is then used to obtain the distribution of the system's lifetime. Reliability and hazard rate functions are computed and evaluated for some particular choices of lifetime and repair time distributions. The limiting behavior of the hazard rates is also investigated.Article Citation - WoS: 33Citation - Scopus: 38Discussion on Barkhausen and Nyquist Stability Criteria(Springer, 2010) Singh, VimalMost textbooks on analog circuits and signal processing describe the Barkhausen criterion pertaining to the determination of sinusoidal oscillations in a closed-loop system. On the other hand, the Nyquist stability criterion is well known, as discussed in most textbooks on control systems. Recently, some examples in which the Barkhausen criterion fails to produce the correct condition for startup of oscillations have been reported. In the present paper, an explanation of oscillation startup based on the Nyquist stability criterion is given and the close relationship between the Barkhausen and the Nyquist criteria highlighted. It is shown that the Nyquist criterion (which is a rigorous technique) is a more robust approach than the Barkhausen criterion concerning the determination of sinusoidal oscillations in a closed-loop system and that the Barkhausen criterion (whenever it yields the correct result) is subsumed by the Nyquist criterion as a special case. The textbooks usually describe the Barkhausen criterion as a separate topic, i.e., do not discuss the relationship of this criterion with the Nyquist criterion. It is, therefore, felt that the present discussion will go a long way to put the subject in a broader perspective.Letter Citation - WoS: 22Citation - Scopus: 24A Note on Determination of Oscillation Startup Condition(Springer, 2006) Singh, VimalThere prevails a widespread notion that, given a closed-loop system, oscillation will commence and build up therein if the magnitude of loop gain is greater than unity at the frequency at which the angle of loop gain is zero degree. Three novel examples in which this notion fails are presented.Article Citation - WoS: 10Citation - Scopus: 14Emergency Planning Zones Estimation for Karachi-2 and Karachi-3 Nuclear Power Plants using Gaussian Puff Model(Hindawi Ltd, 2016) Sahin, Sumer; Ali, MuhammadEmergency planning zones (PAZ and UPZ) around the Karachi-2 and Karachi-3 nuclear power plants (K-2/K-3 NPPs) have been realistically determined by employing Gaussian puff model and Gaussian plume model together for atmospheric transport, diffusion, and deposition of radioactive material using onsite and regional data related to meteorology, topography, and land-use along with latest IAEA Post-Fukushima Guidelines. The analysis work has been carried out using U.S. NRC computer code RASCAL 4.2. The assumed environmental radioactive releases provide the sound theoretical and practical bases for the estimation of emergency planning zones covering most expected scenario of severe accident and most recent multiunit Fukushima Accident. Sheltering could be used as protective action for longer period of about 04 days. The area about 3 km of K-2/K-3 NPPs site should be evacuated and an iodine thyroid blocking agent should be taken before release up to about 14 km to prevent severe deterministic effects. Stochastic effects may be avoided or minimized by evacuating the area within about 8 km of the K-2/K-3 NPPs site. Protective actions may become more effective and cost beneficial by using current methodology as Gaussian puff model realistically represents atmospheric transport, dispersion, and disposition processes in contrast to straight-line Gaussian plume model explicitly in study area. The estimated PAZ and UPZ were found 3 km and 8 km, respectively, around K-2/K-3 NPPs which are in well agreement with IAEA Post-Fukushima Study. Therefore, current study results could be used in the establishment of emergency planning zones around K-2/K-3 NPPs.Article Citation - WoS: 4Citation - Scopus: 5Roof Shape Modelling for Multiple Diffraction Loss in Cellular Mobile Communication Systems(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2002) Kara, A; Yazgan, EThe effects of roof shapes on multiple diffraction loss in cellular mobile communication systems are investigated. Building roofs are modelled as finitely conducting wedges with different, included angles (peaked roofs). Multiple diffraction loss, a measure of diffraction loss due to multiple building geometry, is computed by using the method of UTD (uniform theory of diffraction) for 90degrees and 120degrees wedges over the communication paths oblique to building blocks. The results, compared with the absorbing edge model, 0degrees wedge, show that multiple diffraction loss decreases with increasing wedge angle.
