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    Citation - WoS: 2
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    Cerebellar Developmental Venous Anomaly Causing Tinnitus and Hemifacial Spasm: a Case Report
    (Sage Publications inc, 2022) Ogul, Hayri; Unlu, Elif Nisa; Guclu, Derya; Koksal, Ali
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    Citation - WoS: 19
    Citation - Scopus: 20
    Human Body Shadowing Variability in Short-Range Indoor Radio Links at 3-11 Ghz Band
    (Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2009) Kara, Ali
    Measurement results for human body shadowing and local environmental effects in short-range indoor radio channels are presented. A narrowband measurement system, comprising a signal generator, two identical triangular monopoles and a spectrum analyser, was used in the measurements. When the radio link was periodically blocked by a human body with various objects in and around the link, fading depths of up to 15dB and even more were observed at spot frequencies of 3-11GHz band. Standard deviation and its range for human body blockage are estimated for different radio link scenarios simulating real environments. The distribution of human body shadowing was analysed and compared with known distribution functions.
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    Citation - WoS: 10
    Citation - Scopus: 14
    Emergency Planning Zones Estimation for Karachi-2 and Karachi-3 Nuclear Power Plants using Gaussian Puff Model
    (Hindawi Ltd, 2016) Sahin, Sumer; Ali, Muhammad
    Emergency 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.
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    Citation - WoS: 4
    Citation - Scopus: 5
    Roof Shape Modelling for Multiple Diffraction Loss in Cellular Mobile Communication Systems
    (Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2002) Kara, A; Yazgan, E
    The 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.
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    Citation - WoS: 12
    Citation - Scopus: 17
    Entropy as a Measure of Quality of Xml Schema Document
    (Zarka Private Univ, 2011) Basci, Dilek; Misra, Sanjay; Computer Engineering
    In this paper, a metric for the assessment of the structural complexity of eXtensible Markup Language schema document is formulated. The present metric 'Schema Entropy is based on entropy concept and intended to measure the complexity of the schema documents written in W3C XML Schema Language due to diversity in the structures of its elements. The SE is useful in evaluating the efficiency of the design of Schemas. A good design reduces the maintainability efforts. Therefore, our metric provides valuable information about the reliability and maintainability of systems. In this respect, this metric is believed to be a valuable contribution for improving the quality of XML-based systems. It is demonstrated with examples and validated empirically through actual test cases.
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    Citation - WoS: 7
    Citation - Scopus: 15
    Lossless Text Compression Technique Using Syllable Based Morphology
    (Zarka Private Univ, 2011) Akman, Ibrahim; Bayindir, Hakan; Ozleme, Serkan; Akin, Zehra; Misra, Sanjay; Computer Engineering
    In this paper, we present a new lossless text compression technique which utilizes syllable-based morphology of multi-syllabic languages. The proposed algorithm is designed to partition words into its syllables and then to produce their shorter bit representations for compression. The method has six main components namely source file, filtering unit, syllable unit, compression unit, dictionary file and target file. The number of bits in coding syllables depends on the number of entries in the dictionary file. The proposed algorithm is implemented and tested using 20 different texts of different lengths collected from different fields. The results indicated a compression of up to 43%.
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    Citation - WoS: 13
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    Reliability Assessment of a Discrete Time Cold Standby Repairable System
    (Springer, 2021) Kan, Cihangir; Eryilmaz, Serkan
    This 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.
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    Citation - WoS: 11
    Citation - Scopus: 12
    A New Mixed Δ-Shock Model With a Change in Shock Distribution
    (Springer, 2023) Chadjiconstantinidis, Stathis; Tuncel, Altan; Eryilmaz, Serkan
    In 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.
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    Citation - WoS: 2
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    Cloud-Based Test Tools: a Brief Comparative View
    (inst information & Communication Technologies-bulgarian Acad Sciences, 2018) Kilinc, Nergiz; Sezer, Leyla; Mishra, Alok
    The concept of virtualization has brought life to the new methods of software testing. With the help of cloud technology, testing has become much more popular because of the opportunities it provides. Cloud technologies provides everything as a service, hence the software testing is also provided as a service on cloud with the privileges of lower cost of testing, and relatively less effort. There are various cloud-based test tools . focusing on different aspects of software testing such as load tests, regression tests, stress tests, performance tests, scalability tests, security tests, .functional tests, browser performance tests, and latency tests. This paper investigates the cloud-based testing tools focusing on different aspects of software testing.
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    Citation - WoS: 28
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    Agile Project Management Tools: a Brief Comprative View
    (inst information & Communication Technologies-bulgarian Acad Sciences, 2019) Ozkan, Deniz; Mishra, Alok
    Agile methodologies are becoming popular in software development. Managers are required to understand project's progress and product quality without development documents. During Agile practices of the teams and organizations, Agile project management tools are frequently used. The use of such tools leads to achieving speed and efficiency, affects the quality of the software. The quality of final product is mostly related with to project management. Accordingly, the paper provides brief comparative perspective about the popular project management tools for agile projects. 16 popular Agile project management tools have been presented helping agile developers to plan and manage their tasks in an efficient manner. Taiga, Axosoft, Agielan, Planbox are more appropriate for start-up projects. The most twitted and most appreciated tools are reported as Jira, Trello, and VersionOne. SpiraTeam by Inflectra and Pivotal Tracker are other pricing and popular agile tools, providing flexibility to Agile developers and increase collaboration among team members.