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An Intelligent Face Features Generation System From Fingerprints, Şeref Sağiroğlu, Necla Özkaya Jan 2009

An Intelligent Face Features Generation System From Fingerprints, Şeref Sağiroğlu, Necla Özkaya

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this study, a novel intelligent system based on artificial neural networks was designed and introduced for generating faces from fingerprints with high accuracy. The proposed system has a number of modules including two feature enrolment modules for acquiring the fingerprints and faces into the system, two feature extractors for extracting the feature sets of fingerprint and face biometrics, an artificial neural network module that was configured with the help of Taguchi experimental design method for establishing relationships among the biometric features, a face re-constructor for building up face features from the results of the system, and a test module …


Electric Multipole Moments Of Some Diatomic Molecules Molecules, M. Özgür Sezer, Ayhan Özmen, Hüseyi̇n Yüksel Jan 2009

Electric Multipole Moments Of Some Diatomic Molecules Molecules, M. Özgür Sezer, Ayhan Özmen, Hüseyi̇n Yüksel

Turkish Journal of Physics

Molecular Electric Multipole Moment (MEMM) integrals have been derived for diatomic molecular systems, and then some lower multipole moments as dipole moments and quadrupole moments have been calculated for some diatomic molecules. The calculations have been performed by using our analytical formula over Slater-Type orbitals (STOs) with Cade and Huo's basis sets and the GAMESS program package working with Gaussian-Type basis sets (GTOs). The expressions which involve factorials are given in terms of binomial coefficients in order to speed up calculations. The results have been obtained in agreement with data found in the literature.


Kantowski-Sachs Viscous Fluid Cosmological Model With A Varying \Lambda, Sharad Kandalkar, Pramod Khade, Sunita Gawande Jan 2009

Kantowski-Sachs Viscous Fluid Cosmological Model With A Varying \Lambda, Sharad Kandalkar, Pramod Khade, Sunita Gawande

Turkish Journal of Physics

We study the Kantowski-Sachs cosmological model filled with viscous fluid in the presence of cosmological term \Lambda. To get a deterministic solution, a condition between metric potentials is used. The viscous coefficient of bulk viscous fluid is assumed to be a power function of mass density, whereas coefficient of shear viscosity is considered proportional to scale of expansion in the model. It is found that the cosmological constant \Lambda is positive and is a decreasing function of time, which is supported by results from recent supernova observations. Some physical and geometrical properties of the models are also discussed.


Exact Peaked Wave Solution Of The Osmosis K(2,2) Equation, Xijun Deng, Libo Han Jan 2009

Exact Peaked Wave Solution Of The Osmosis K(2,2) Equation, Xijun Deng, Libo Han

Turkish Journal of Physics

By using the first-integral method, an exact peaked wave solution to the K(2,2) equation with osmosis dispersion has been obtained directly. The obtained solution agrees well with the previously known solution in the literature. The first integral method is easier and quicker than other traditional techniques. It is shown that the first integral method is a standard and direct method, which may allow us to solve other more complicated solitary wave problems.


Dielectric Properties Of Liquid Systems: The Ideal Complex Permittivity In Liquid Mixtures, Adrian H. Buep Jan 2009

Dielectric Properties Of Liquid Systems: The Ideal Complex Permittivity In Liquid Mixtures, Adrian H. Buep

Turkish Journal of Physics

A general definition for ideal complex permittivity in a liquid mixture was reached by considering a thermodynamically ideal mixture under the effect of an applied harmonic electric field. The resulting definition is independent of any particular dielectric model, as well as the polarity of the components.


Heavy Ion Reactions Producing A Heavier Deformed Nucleus And Free Nucleons, Ahmed Osman Jan 2009

Heavy Ion Reactions Producing A Heavier Deformed Nucleus And Free Nucleons, Ahmed Osman

Turkish Journal of Physics

Carbon induced heavy ion reactions on the heavy ^{197}Au target are considered. The statistical scission model is used to calculate this fission process. In the present considered reactions, the process leads to the fragmentation of only one deformed heavy fragment and few nucleons. Angular distributions of the fission fragments are numerically calculated for different values of the incident energies in the range 64-104 MeV. The present theoretical calculations of the differential cross-sections are in good agreements with experimental data for the carbon incident energy 84 A MeV. The effective variance of this fission process is also calculated. The present numerically …


Measurements Of K-Shell Fluorescence Yields For Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni And Cu Elements And Their Halogen Compounds, Eli̇f Baydaş, Eli̇f Orhan Öz, Mehmet Büyükyildiz Jan 2009

Measurements Of K-Shell Fluorescence Yields For Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni And Cu Elements And Their Halogen Compounds, Eli̇f Baydaş, Eli̇f Orhan Öz, Mehmet Büyükyildiz

Turkish Journal of Physics

K-shell fluorescence yields \omega_K were measured for the elements Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and F and Cl compounds of these elements. Measurements were carried out at 10 keV excitation energy using secondary excitation method. K x-rays emitted by samples were counted by a Si(Li) detector with 160 eV resolution at 5.9 keV. Measurement of K-shell fluorescence yields \omega_K for these elements are compared with earlier experimental results obtained by other methods.


Cd_{1-X}Mn_Xs Dilute Magnetic Semiconductor: Application In Photoelectrochemical Cells, J. S. Dargad, L. P. Deshmukh Jan 2009

Cd_{1-X}Mn_Xs Dilute Magnetic Semiconductor: Application In Photoelectrochemical Cells, J. S. Dargad, L. P. Deshmukh

Turkish Journal of Physics

A new class of dilute magnetic semiconductor (DMS, CdMnS) thin film based photoelectrochemical cell is presented. DMS thin films are synthesized on both glass and stainless steel substrates using a chemical growth process. The preparation parameters, such as growth temperature, time, reaction pH, precursor concentrations, etc., were optimized to yield characteristically oriented films. The layer thickness was found to decrease with increase in Mn^{2+} concentration. Composition of the as-grown samples was determined by an EDS technique. The electrochemical cells were then formed out of these series of films as the active photoelectrodes, an electrolyte and a counter electrode. The cells …


Tau Sleptons And Tau Sneutrino Decays In Mssm Under The Cosmological Bounds, Levent Selbuz, Z. Zekeri̇ya Aydin Jan 2009

Tau Sleptons And Tau Sneutrino Decays In Mssm Under The Cosmological Bounds, Levent Selbuz, Z. Zekeri̇ya Aydin

Turkish Journal of Physics

We present a numerical investigation of the fermionic two-body decays of tau sleptons \tilde \tau_{1,2} and \tau sneutrino in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model with complex parameters. In the analysis we particularly take into account the cosmological bounds imposed by WMAP data. We plot the CP-phase dependences for each fermionic two-body channel of \tilde \tau_{1,2} and \tau sneutrino and speculate about the branching ratios and total (two-body) decay widths. We find that the phase dependences of the decay widths of the third family sleptons are quite significant which can provide viable probes of additional CP sources. We also draw attention …


Conversion Efficiency Calculations For Euv Radiation Emitted From Laser-Produced Tin Plasmas, Betül Atalay, Necla Kenar, Ari̇f Demi̇r Jan 2009

Conversion Efficiency Calculations For Euv Radiation Emitted From Laser-Produced Tin Plasmas, Betül Atalay, Necla Kenar, Ari̇f Demi̇r

Turkish Journal of Physics

Ni-like and Co-like EUV radiation between 11--17 nm emitted from laser produced tin plasmas was modelled by using the hydrodynamic/atomic physics code EHYBRID. The atomic data were obtained using the Cowan code. The effects of driving laser pulse duration and the laser intensity with different wavelengths were investigated. The maximum conversion efficiency was calculated as 13.4% for a 266 nm Nd:YAG laser with 1 \times 10^{13} W/cm^2 pulse intensity and 5 ns pulse duration.


Synthesis, Spectral Characterization, And Antimicrobial Activity Of Arsenic(Iii) And Bismuth(Iii) Tri[3(2´-Hydroxyphenyl)-5-(4-Subsituted Phenyl)Pyrazolinates], Umesh Nath Tripathi, Afshan Siddqui, Jeeven Singh Solanki, Mohammad Safi Ahmad, Arpan Bhardwaj, Tulsi Ram Thapak Jan 2009

Synthesis, Spectral Characterization, And Antimicrobial Activity Of Arsenic(Iii) And Bismuth(Iii) Tri[3(2´-Hydroxyphenyl)-5-(4-Subsituted Phenyl)Pyrazolinates], Umesh Nath Tripathi, Afshan Siddqui, Jeeven Singh Solanki, Mohammad Safi Ahmad, Arpan Bhardwaj, Tulsi Ram Thapak

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Arsenic(III) tripyrazolinates and bismuth(III) tripyrazolinates of the type M(C_{15}H_{12}N_2OX)_3 [where C_{15}H_{12}N_2OX = 3(2'-hydroxyphenyl)-5-(4-substituted phenyl)pyrazoline] have been synthesized by the reaction of MCl_3 and sodium salt of pyrazolines in 1:3 molar ratio in anhydrous benzene at elevated temperature. These newly synthesized derivatives have been characterized by elemental analysis (C, H, N, As, and Bi), molecular weight measurement, spectral [IR and multinuclear NMR (^1H & ^{13}C)] and x-ray diffraction studies. The bonding mode of pyrazolines and coordination no. of arsenic(III) and bismuth(III) in these derivatives have been discussed. Antibacterial and antifungal potential of free pyrazoline and some arsenic(III) tripyrazolinates and bismuth(III) tripyrazolinates …


An Alien Species New To The Flora Of Turkey:Lysimachia Japonica Thunb. (Primulaceae), Sali̇h Terzi̇oğlu, Fergan Karaer Jan 2009

An Alien Species New To The Flora Of Turkey:Lysimachia Japonica Thunb. (Primulaceae), Sali̇h Terzi̇oğlu, Fergan Karaer

Turkish Journal of Botany

The Japanese species, Lysimachia japonica Thunb. (Primulaceae) has been recorded as a new alien for the Flora of Turkey from the NE Anatolia. The detailed description of the species together with its photographs is provided.


Synthesis And In Vitro Anti-Helicobacter Pylori Activity Of 2-(Substituted Benzylthio)-5-(5-Nitro-2- Furyl)-1, 3, 4-Thiadiazole Derivatives, Negar Mohammadhosseini, Ali Asadipor, Bahram Letafat, Mohsen Vosooghi, Farideh Siavoshi, Abbas Shafiee, Alireza Foroumadi Jan 2009

Synthesis And In Vitro Anti-Helicobacter Pylori Activity Of 2-(Substituted Benzylthio)-5-(5-Nitro-2- Furyl)-1, 3, 4-Thiadiazole Derivatives, Negar Mohammadhosseini, Ali Asadipor, Bahram Letafat, Mohsen Vosooghi, Farideh Siavoshi, Abbas Shafiee, Alireza Foroumadi

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Starting from (5-nitrofuran-2-yl)methylene diacetate, a new series of 2-[(substituted benzyl)thio]-5-(5-nitro-2-furyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazoles (6a-n) were synthesized and the structures of the compounds were determined using spectroscopic methods including mass spectrometry, ^1H-nuclear magnetic resonance, infrared spectroscopy, and elemental analysis. The in vitro anti-Helicobacter pylori activity of the synthesized compounds was evaluated by the disk diffusion method against the clinical isolates of Helicobacter pylori. The results indicated that most of the synthesized compounds exhibited significant inhibitory activity against H. pylori with respect to standard drug metronidazole. Compound 6l, containing the 2-chloro-6-fluorobenzylthio moiety, was the most potent compound tested.


New Records For The Freshwater Algae Of Turkey, Tülay Baykal, Aydin Akbulut, İlkay Açikgöz, Abel U. Udoh, Kazim Yildiz, Bülent Şen Jan 2009

New Records For The Freshwater Algae Of Turkey, Tülay Baykal, Aydin Akbulut, İlkay Açikgöz, Abel U. Udoh, Kazim Yildiz, Bülent Şen

Turkish Journal of Botany

Algae samples were collected from important dam lakes and running waters of the Lower Euphrates Basin. Eighteen new records of Turkish freshwater algae were identified. Among these new records, 5 belong to Cyanophyta, 10 to Chlorophyta, 1 to Xanthophyta, and 2 to Bacillariophyta.


Taxonomical And Chorological Notes On The Turkish Endemic Scorzonera Amasiana Hausskn. & Bornm. (Asteraceae), Muhi̇tti̇n Di̇nç, Yavuz Bağci Jan 2009

Taxonomical And Chorological Notes On The Turkish Endemic Scorzonera Amasiana Hausskn. & Bornm. (Asteraceae), Muhi̇tti̇n Di̇nç, Yavuz Bağci

Turkish Journal of Botany

Scorzonera amasiana Hausskn. & Bornm. is a stenoendemic species known from a few localities in Amasya Province. After the rediscovery of S. amasiana, it has been recorded from a new locality in Amasya. Using chorological and ecological data, morphological study of the collected specimens suggest that the recently described Scorzonera ekimii A.Duran is synonymous with S. amasiana. The conservation status of S. amasiana is also reviewed, based on the present distribution data.


Ornithogalum Nurdaniae (Liliaceae), A New Species From North-West Anatolia, Turkey, Yavuz Bağci, Ahmet Savran, İsa Başköse Jan 2009

Ornithogalum Nurdaniae (Liliaceae), A New Species From North-West Anatolia, Turkey, Yavuz Bağci, Ahmet Savran, İsa Başköse

Turkish Journal of Botany

Ornithogalum nurdaniae Y.Bağcı & Savran sp. nov. (Liliaceae), a new species related to O. oligophyllum E.D.Clarke, is described and illustrated from Uludağ (the Bithynian Olympus), a mountain in NW Anatolia well known for its rich flora and many local endemics (A2 Bursa province). Diagnostic morphological characters are discussed. Notes are also presented on the ecology, biogeography, and conservation status of the new species.


Comparative Study Of Selective Co Oxidation Over Pt-Co-M/Al_2o_3 Catalysts (M=Ce, Mg, Mn, Zr, Fe) In Hydrogen-Rich Streams: Effects Of A Second Promoter, K. Erdem Uğuz, Ramazan Yildirim Jan 2009

Comparative Study Of Selective Co Oxidation Over Pt-Co-M/Al_2o_3 Catalysts (M=Ce, Mg, Mn, Zr, Fe) In Hydrogen-Rich Streams: Effects Of A Second Promoter, K. Erdem Uğuz, Ramazan Yildirim

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The selective CO oxidation over Pt-Co/Al_2O_3 catalyst in hydrogen-rich streams was studied in the presence of Ce, Mg, Mn, Ze, and Fe as the second promoters. The catalysts were prepared using incipient to wetness co-impregnation, and tested in a microflow reaction system. The effects of the second promoter were investigated in near 100% CO conversion conditions both in the absence and presence of CO_2 and H_2O in the feed. 100% CO conversion was obtained with the addition of each second promoter at 110 °C while Pt-Co/Al_2O_3 catalyst had 96%-98% CO conversion. It was also found that changing the Pt ratio …


Hydrogen Storage Via Physisorption: The Combined Role Of Adsorption Enthalpy And Entropy, Carlos Otero Arean, Barbara Bonelli, Montserrat Rodriguez Delgado, Edoardo Garrone Jan 2009

Hydrogen Storage Via Physisorption: The Combined Role Of Adsorption Enthalpy And Entropy, Carlos Otero Arean, Barbara Bonelli, Montserrat Rodriguez Delgado, Edoardo Garrone

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Materials capable of cost-effective on-board hydrogen storage and delivery are currently being sought worldwide as a means to facilitate a hydrogen-based energy transition in the transportation sector. Among the solutions proposed, hydrogen storage by physisorption on porous solids constitutes a main avenue of research, and for intelligent design of such materials a detailed knowledge of gas adsorption thermodynamics is of the utmost importance. Analysis of the available data for hydrogen adsorption on alkali and alkaline-earth cation exchanged zeolites clearly shows that standard adsorption enthalpy (\Delta H^0) and entropy (\Delta S^0) are correlated, in the sense that larger \Delta S^0 values …


Kinetics Of Co Oxidation Over Pt-Ceo_X Supported On Air-Oxidized Activated Carbon, Berri̇n Gülyüz, Şeyma Özkara Aydinoğlu, Ahmet Erhan Aksoylu, Zeynep İlsen Önsan Jan 2009

Kinetics Of Co Oxidation Over Pt-Ceo_X Supported On Air-Oxidized Activated Carbon, Berri̇n Gülyüz, Şeyma Özkara Aydinoğlu, Ahmet Erhan Aksoylu, Zeynep İlsen Önsan

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Kinetics of low-temperature CO oxidation was studied under atmospheric pressure at 383 K in the initial rates region over 1wt%Pt-1wt%CeO_x supported on air-oxidized activated carbon (AC2). Feed concentrations of 1-5 mol% CO and 1-2.5 mol% O_2 with balance He were used for CO oxidation in the absence of hydrogen. A simple power-function rate expression was obtained with reaction orders of -0.24 in CO and 0.98 in O_2, and a plausible LHHW expression compatible with mechanisms reported in the literature was proposed. Feed concentrations of 5 mol% CO and 2.5 mol% O_2 were used for investigating the effect of the presence …


Dynamic ^1h-Nmr Demonstration Of Anomeric Effect And Structure: Conformational And Configurational Analysis Of N-2-(1,4-Dioxane)-N'-(P-Methylbenzenesulfonyl)- O-(P-Methylphenoxy) İsourea, Ali Reza Modarresi-Alam, Hossein A. Dabbagh Jan 2009

Dynamic ^1h-Nmr Demonstration Of Anomeric Effect And Structure: Conformational And Configurational Analysis Of N-2-(1,4-Dioxane)-N'-(P-Methylbenzenesulfonyl)- O-(P-Methylphenoxy) İsourea, Ali Reza Modarresi-Alam, Hossein A. Dabbagh

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The conformational and configurational behavior and the structure of N-2-(1,4-dioxane)-N'-(p-methylbenzenesulfonyl)-O- (p-methylphenoxy) isourea (1) were studied using dynamic NMR. The endo-anomeric effect, hydrogen bonding, temperature, and polarity of solvent control the population of dioxane ring conformers or anomers but not the configuration interconversion of the imine of the imidoyl moiety. Dynamic ^1H-NMR, \Delta H°, \Delta S°, \Delta G°, and \Delta G^{\ddag} analysis of 1 demonstrates that the dioxane ring adopts the chair conformation, that the imidoyl amino group prefers axial conformation, and that the tosyl and tolyl groups about the C=N bond retain the E configuration.


Secondary Metabolites From Nepeta Heliotropifolia, Zühal Güvenalp, Hi̇lal Özbek, Ayşe Kuruüzüm-Uz, Cavi̇t Kazaz, L. Ömür Demi̇rezer Jan 2009

Secondary Metabolites From Nepeta Heliotropifolia, Zühal Güvenalp, Hi̇lal Özbek, Ayşe Kuruüzüm-Uz, Cavi̇t Kazaz, L. Ömür Demi̇rezer

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Two iridoid glycosides, ixoroside (1) and nepetanudoside B (2); 1 phenylpropanoid glycoside, coniferine (3); 2 flavone glycosides, apigenin 7-O-glucuronide (4) and apigenin 7-O-glucopyranoside (5); 2 triterpenes, oleanolic acid (6) and ursolic acid (7); and 1 sterol, \beta-sitosterol (8), were isolated from the aerial parts of Nepeta heliotropifolia Lam. (Lamiaceae). Their structures were identified by means of spectroscopic methods (1D- and 2D-NMR, UV, and EIMS).


Nuclear And Non-Nuclear Interactions In F_1 Hybrid Populations Of Three Solanum Species In The Subgenus Leptostemonum,Section Melongena (Solanaceae), Olatunji A. Oyelana, K. Olusola Ogunwenmo Jan 2009

Nuclear And Non-Nuclear Interactions In F_1 Hybrid Populations Of Three Solanum Species In The Subgenus Leptostemonum,Section Melongena (Solanaceae), Olatunji A. Oyelana, K. Olusola Ogunwenmo

Turkish Journal of Botany

Reciprocal crosses involving Solanum gilo Raddi, S. anguivi Lam. and S. macrocarpon L., subg. Leptostemonum (Dunal) Bitter sect. Melongena Dunal were produced in order to assess inherent nuclear and non-nuclear influences on hybrid fitness, the extent of genomic change, and species compatibility. Hybrids expressed intermediacy and overlaps in leaf, petiole, petal, and plant height dimensions. Maternal influence was dominant in growth habit, leaf shape and texture, flower colour, and fruit size, while paternal control was limited to fruit colour in Solanum gilo × S. macrocarpon. Pollen viability was reduced from 97.3%-86.5% in parents to 53.8%-20.5% in hybrids. S. gilo × …


The Diversity And Ecology Of Epiphytic Lichens In “Evolution Canyon” Ii, Lower Nahal Keziv, Upper Western Galilee, Israel, Marina Temina, Mikhail P. Andreev, Sophia Barinova, Eviatar Nevo Jan 2009

The Diversity And Ecology Of Epiphytic Lichens In “Evolution Canyon” Ii, Lower Nahal Keziv, Upper Western Galilee, Israel, Marina Temina, Mikhail P. Andreev, Sophia Barinova, Eviatar Nevo

Turkish Journal of Botany

Different populations of epiphytic lichens were studied in a microsite in Lower Nahal Keziv, Western Upper Galilee, Israel, which is designated as an "Evolution Canyon" (EC) II. In all, 24 lichen species from 5 orders, 11 families, and 17 genera were registered, about one third of them (7 species) for the first time in Israel. Species richness was higher on the warmer, drier, climatically more fluctuating and biotically more heterogeneous south-facing slope (SFS). Most lichens of EC II were mesophytic and photo-indifferent species; however, humid and shaded habitats of the north-facing slope (NFS) and valley bottom (VB) were characterised by …


Pollen Morphology Of Astragalus L. Sect. Onobrychoidei Dc. (Fabaceae) In Turkey, Münevver Pinar, Murat Eki̇ci̇, Zeki̇ Aytaç, Hasan Akan, Tali̇p Çeter, Şenol Alan Jan 2009

Pollen Morphology Of Astragalus L. Sect. Onobrychoidei Dc. (Fabaceae) In Turkey, Münevver Pinar, Murat Eki̇ci̇, Zeki̇ Aytaç, Hasan Akan, Tali̇p Çeter, Şenol Alan

Turkish Journal of Botany

The pollen morphology of 45 specimens of 29 species of the genus Astragalus L. of the section Onobrychoidei DC. distributed in Turkey was studied with light and electron microscopies. The pollen is generally 3-colporate. Pollen of the section is prolate, subprolate, and prolate-spheroidal. Size varies, with the polar axis ranging from 23.4 to 42.6 µm and the equatorial axis from 14.3 to 36.4 µm. The outline is elliptic or compressed oval in the meridional section, versus trilobulate and sometimes tetralobulate in the polar optical section. Sculpturing is usually microreticulate, rarely reticulate or rugulate in the meridional optical section, and psilate …


The Effects Of Brassinosteroid On The Induction Of Biochemical Changes In Lycopersicon Esculentum Under Drought Stress, Mehri Behnamnia, Khosrow Manochehri Kalantari, Jalal Ziaie Jan 2009

The Effects Of Brassinosteroid On The Induction Of Biochemical Changes In Lycopersicon Esculentum Under Drought Stress, Mehri Behnamnia, Khosrow Manochehri Kalantari, Jalal Ziaie

Turkish Journal of Botany

Drought stress is considered a restricting factor for plant products; therefore many compounds were applied to minimise the harmful effects of stress. One type of these compounds that have antioxidative characteristics is brassinosteroids. In this experiment, when 4 fully expanded leaves of tomato plants appeared, 24-epibrassinolide (24-EBL) was sprayed onto the leaves at 0.01 and 1 µM concentrations for 3 days with a 1-day interval. Three levels of drought stress (0, 3, and 5 days withholding water) were applied. Thereafter, the effects of brassinosteroids and water stress were investigated on some biochemical and antioxidative parameters of tomato plants. Lipid peroxidation, …


Callus Induction, Biomass Growth, And Plant Regeneration In Digitalis Lanata Ehrh.: Influence Of Plant Growth Regulators And Carbohydrates, Zohra Fatima, Abdul Mujib, Samar Fatima, Anjum Arshi, Shahid Umar Jan 2009

Callus Induction, Biomass Growth, And Plant Regeneration In Digitalis Lanata Ehrh.: Influence Of Plant Growth Regulators And Carbohydrates, Zohra Fatima, Abdul Mujib, Samar Fatima, Anjum Arshi, Shahid Umar

Turkish Journal of Botany

The effect of plant growth regulators (PGRs) and carbohydrate sources on callus induction, callus growth, and plant regeneration in foxglove was examined. Explants were transferred onto MS medium with various levels of PGRs and carbohydrates to determine the optimum explant and effective combinations of PGR treatment. For callus induction 6.0 mg L^{-1} of \alpha-naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) and 3.0 mg L^{-1} of benzyl-aminopurine (BA) were very responsive. Addition of cytokinins (BA and kinetin) at 0.5-3.0 mg L^{-1} to media containing NAA enhanced callus growth. Shoot regeneration was best achieved in MS + 6.0 mg L^{-1} of BA. Adenine sulphate (Ade) …


Macrofungi Of Huzurlu High Plateau (Gaziantep-Turkey), Abdullah Kaya Jan 2009

Macrofungi Of Huzurlu High Plateau (Gaziantep-Turkey), Abdullah Kaya

Turkish Journal of Botany

Macrofungi samples were collected from Huzurlu high plateau and its surroundings between 2002 and 2005. As a result of macroscopic and microscopic investigations 105 taxa belonging to 67 genera and 33 families were recorded in Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes classes. Six of them, Phaeohelotium umbilicatum (Le Gal) Dennis, Lepiota jacobi Vellinga & Knudsen, Leucoagaricus erioderma (Malençon) Bon, Leucoagaricus serenus (Fr.) Bon & Boiffard, Cortinarius turgidus Fr., and Cotylidia diaphana (Schwein.) Lentz, are new records for the macromycota of Turkey.


Alteration Mineralogy And Geochemistry Of The Hydrothermally Altered Rocks Of The Kutlular (Sürmene) Massive Sulfide Deposit, Ne Turkey, Emel Abdi̇oğlu, Mehmet Arslan Jan 2009

Alteration Mineralogy And Geochemistry Of The Hydrothermally Altered Rocks Of The Kutlular (Sürmene) Massive Sulfide Deposit, Ne Turkey, Emel Abdi̇oğlu, Mehmet Arslan

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits accompanying the Upper Cretaceous felsic rocks in the intra-arc rift zone of the Pontide palaeo-arc are common in the NE Turkey. One of them, the Kutlular (Sürmene, Trabzon) deposit, is an abandoned mine within the Upper Cretaceous mafic, felsic volcanics and subvolcanic rocks. Detailed mineralogical and geochemical studies indicate the presence of hydrothermal alteration zones around the Kutlular deposit; these alteration zones are represented by silicification-pyrite-illite zone, illite-silicification zone, illite/smectite-silicification zone, smectite zone accompanying kaolinite and halloysite in the dacitic pyroclastics, and additionally chlorite zone in the mafic volcanics. Lithogeochemical data indicate that the footwall dacitic …


Empirical Attenuation Relationships For Western Anatolia, Turkey, Ni̇hal Akyol, Özlem Karagöz Jan 2009

Empirical Attenuation Relationships For Western Anatolia, Turkey, Ni̇hal Akyol, Özlem Karagöz

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Seismic hazard studies have become progressively more important for earthquake engineering applications in western Anatolia, which contains one of the world’s best examples of a rapidly extending intra-continental tectonic regime. A two-stage regression analysis was applied to peak ground acceleration and 5%-damped spectral acceleration values of 168 recordings from 49 earthquakes in order to develop empirical attenuation relationships which can be used to predict ground motion for western Anatolia. Moment magnitudes for earthquakes range between 4.0 and 6.4 while the hypocentral distances range between 15 and 200 km in our dataset. Site classifications, as one of the predictor variables for …


Synthesis And Leishmanicidal Evaluation Of Novel 4-Substituted-2,2-Dimethyl-7-(Prop-2-Ynyloxy)Chromenes, Babak H. Alizadeh, Alireza Foroumadi, Susan K. Ardestani, Fatemeh Poorrajab, Abass Shafiee Jan 2009

Synthesis And Leishmanicidal Evaluation Of Novel 4-Substituted-2,2-Dimethyl-7-(Prop-2-Ynyloxy)Chromenes, Babak H. Alizadeh, Alireza Foroumadi, Susan K. Ardestani, Fatemeh Poorrajab, Abass Shafiee

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Substituted 4-chromenes were synthesized via the Grignard coupling reaction of various substituted phenyl- and benzylmagnesium chlorides with 2,2-dimethyl-7-(prop-2-ynyloxy)chroman-4-one (1) in relatively good yield (60%-85%). The benzylic-substituted derivatives were a mixture of 2 exo and endo regioisomers, and the exo compounds were a mixture of E and Z isomers. Structural analysis of the exo and endo isomers, as well as E and Z of exo isomers were based on H-NMR, ^{13}C-NMR, and NOESY experiments. The synthetic compounds were examined for in vitro activity against Leishmania major and compound 9 (a, b) was the most active, with inhibitory activity of 36%.