bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Nutritional and bioactive compounds of adzuki beans cultivars using chemometric approach
Authors: Gohara Aline Kirie , Souza Aloisio Henrique Pereira de , Gomes Sandra Terezinha Marques , Souza Nilson Evelázio de , Visentainer Jesuí Vergílio , Matsushita Makoto
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACT Azuki beans are small red grains rich in several essential nutrients used in traditional dishes in Asia that, nowadays present many applications around the world. This work aimed at evaluating angularis and niponensis cultivars from south region of Brazil. Both cultivars presented proximal composition similar to literature and the majority fatty acids were 18:2n-6, 16:0 and 18:3n-3. All samples showed polyunsatured fatty acids prevalence and nutritional indices and ratios considered adequate for biological system maintenance of a healthy organism. The grains presented significant contents of tocopherols and vitamin E activity, resulting in a high contribution to the dietary reference intake. Significant contents of iron, manganese and zinc were also found in the azuki beans, and they are very important mainly due to their function as cofactors in metabolic reactions. Phenolic compounds and flavonoids corroborated with other studies and contributed to the antioxidant activity. The principal components multivariate analysis allowed distinguishing the cultivars, and the two principal components could explain 92.28% of data variance.
RELAÇÃO ENTRE OS VALORES DO VCM E DO RDW-CV EM HEMOGRAMAS DE PACIENTES ATENDIDOS NO LABORATÓRIO DE ANÁLISES CLÍNICAS DO HOSPITAL DAS CLÍNICAS EM ITAPERUNA-RJ
Authors: LEAL Kleuzenir Silva Turbano , SOUZA Josileyde Ribeiro Dutra de , Barreto Juliano Gomes , OLIVEIRA Cristiano Guilherme Alves de
Published: February 2016

Os índices hematimétricos são uma importante ferramenta de auxílio no diagnóstico de diversas enfermidades como nas anemias. Com o objetivo de analisar as correlações de VMC e do RDW-CV entre faixa etária e sexo, bem como avaliar a relação entre o VCM e o aumento ou diminuição do RDW-CV, foi realizada coleta dos dados entre 318 pacientes atendidos no ambulatório do Laboratório de Análises Clínicas do Hospital das Clínicas, para fins de utilidade diagnóstica dos indicadores automatizados de anisocitose diante da presença ou ausência de alteração do VCM. Foram analisados estatisticamente os dados de correlação entre VCM e de RDW-CV entre faixa etária e sexo com o teste F. Já para os grupos de VCM - Macrocítico, Normocítico e Microcítico - com relação ao RDW-CV, utilizou- se a correlação de Pearson e teste t-Studant. Não houve diferença significativa com relação ao sexo para o índice de RDW-CV, apenas para o VCM. A análise realizada na determinação do VCM pelas faixas etárias mostrou diferença significativa apenas entre os indivíduos de 18 a 59 anos com os de até 10 anos e os de 11 a 17 anos. Com relação ao RDW-CV todas as relações apresentaram diferença significativa entre si, exceto a estabelecida entre os de 11 a 17 anos com os de 18 a 59 anos. Os testes sobre os grupos de VCM mostrou significativa correlação apenas nos grupos microcítico e macrocítico. No entanto, todos os grupos mostraram resultado significativo no teste t-Studant.
AVALIAÇÃO DAS PRESCRIÇÕES DE ANTIBIÓTICOS ENTRE OS DIFERENTES DISPENSÁRIOS FARMACÊUTICOS NO MUNICÍPIO DE NATIVIDADE-RJ
Authors: De FREITAS Amanda Vargas , De OLIVEIRA Cristiano Guilherme Alves , Oliveira Fumian Brasil Luciana
Published: February 2016

O uso de antibióticos no ambiente hospitalar e comunitário requer atenção primordial, já que tais medicamentos são sujeitos a controle especial, com retenção de receita médica, constituindo uma classe farmacológica considerada restrita principalmente devido ao seu potencial uso indiscriminado por parte da população. O presente projeto de pesquisa teve como objetivo avaliar a dispensação de antimicrobianos em uma instituição hospitalar e em uma unidade comercial, comparando o tipo de antibiótico mais prescrito, a classe farmacológica pertencente e a especialidade médica de cada profissional prescritor. Para melhor entender o seguinte trabalho, foram coletados dados de prescrições médicas de antimicrobianos em dois diferentes estabelecimentos do município de Natividade-RJ, nos quais participaram desse estudo pacientes na faixa etária infantil, adulto e idosos presentes no momento da pesquisa, independente de cor, raça, religião e orientação sexual. Por meio dos resultados da referida pesquisa pôde-se observar uma diferença quanto à dispensação entre as duas unidades de saúde, tendo como perfil a saída de classes farmacológicas de antibióticos distintas, bem como a diferenciação quanto à especialidade do profissional prescritor.
ANÁLISE DAS INTERNAÇÕES E DA MORTALIDADE POR DOENÇAS CARDÍACAS ISQUÊMICAS EM IDOSOS NO DISTRITO FEDERAL, NO PERÍODO 2000 A 2012.
Authors: Coelho Marcelo Xavier , Da SILVA Amanda Alves , Vianna LUCY GOMES , Moraes Clayton Franco , De Melo Gislane Ferreira
Published: February 2016

As doenças do aparelho circulatório estão entre as que apresentam maior morbimortalidade. Dentre elas, a cardiopatia isquêmica é a mais prevalente entre os indivíduos idosos (≥60 anos). O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar a incidência de doença cardíaca isquêmica no Brasil e no Distrito Federal (DF). Os dados foram obtidos na base de dados do Sistema de Informações de Mortalidade e no Sistema de Informações Hospitalares do Sistema Único de Saúde, disponibilizado pelo Departamento de Informática do Sistema Único de Saúde. Foram analisadas as taxas de internação e óbitos por cardiopatia isquêmica em idosos selecionadas destes bancos de dados, no período de 2000 a 2012. A incidência de internações e óbitos nos idosos foi alta no período estudado, tanto no Brasil como no DF, sendo que este último apresentou taxas mais elevadas quando comparadas com a população brasileira. Homens idosos tiveram maior prevalência do que mulheres idosas, tanto no DF quanto no Brasil. Concluiu-se que não houve diminuição nas taxas de internação e de óbitos por doença cardíaca isquêmica no período estudado,  em discordância com o citado  na literatura. 
Using traditional illustration techniques in poster design
Authors: Özcan Berna Özlem , Özer Ayhan
Published: February 2016

Literally posters is defined as a sign attached to the wall, printed or hand-written carried during the demonstration in order to expose the public notice. Posters to convey a message of equal weight or anxiety and are prepared graphic design and art products in order to promote a product. The purpose of this study is to determine the advantages of using illustration an painting techniques in designing traditional poster. The problems that lead the study to this aim are technological developments and that contemporary art poster designs formed with absolute photographic aesthetic are becoming monotonous. The findings of this study were tried to be obtained by two-dimensional approach. The first is literature scanning. In the second, works of artist in the determined sample were analyzed in terms of both illustrations and using of pictorial techniques. In this context, examples of the works of artists such as Henri Toulouse Lautrec, Jules Cheret, Alphonso Mucha, Alexandre Steınlen, İhap Hulusi, Pagowski Andrzej, and Leszek Zebrowski examined.Keywords: poster, picture, ıllustriation.
Reviewing educational children’s books in terms of graphic design in the context of multimedia
Authors: Bulduk Banu
Published: February 2016

New communication technologies diversifies the teaching materials which are used in the education process.  The development of different tools in the process of achieving learning skills is a result of technological progress which is developing rapidly. Using the new media and multimedia applications in the education process forms the starting point of this paper. The purpose of this study covers the examination of the multimedia applications during e-learning process in the context of design principles and evaluation of them in term of visual design. It is a fact that educational materials which are designed visually saturated and qualified affect perception and comprehension skills of the students. Samples of educational children’s books in multimedia applications based on multimedia design principles which are developed in this respect are evaluated and features of qualified materials are mentioned. Face to face communication system which is required by the traditional education system is turning new communication system into supported materials, thus intelligence, skills, learning abilities of the students are changing multidimensional. So much so that, learning materials in question is capable of addressing more than one senses of a person. In the scope of this study, in terms of providing a person with an effective learning process, the designs of the teaching materials used by the technology are considered visually, both illustrations and design elements and features are examined in terms of graphic design and the research is completed through the necessity of designing a qualified teaching material.Keywords: multimedia design, learning materials, multimedia design principles, educational children's books, e-book, e-learning, graphic design.
Sociological analysis on the discourse of crisis in art
Authors: Keser İnan , Keser Nimet
Published: February 2016

For about a hundred and fifty years, it has been continuously expressed that art has been facing a deadly crisis and this crisis roots itself from the reality that there exists no concrete answer to the question of ‘what is art’. However related with the non-existence of consensus on what art is, it’s nothing more than a weak understanding to claim that it is impossible to talk about art. Thus, it can be acknowledged that the continuous repetition of the question of ‘what is art’ and non-existence of consensus on this subject is a clear proof of existence of a sharp struggle in art; and the state of non-consensus and historical continuity of the struggle can be acknowledged as the main source of dynamism of art. For this reason, in this study, it is acknowledged that non-existence of a concrete definition of art is a historical incident; and this controversial state about what art is and calling it the crisis of art itself was made the subject of a sociological analysis. In this analysis, it is concluded that; the actual crisis is not the crisis of art but that of aesthetics’; and that this crisis roots itself from the replacement of aesthetics regime (which dominated art for a very long time) with the non-aesthetic ‘artist regime’ in the beginning of 20th century and the nonfunctioning of aesthetics by this new regime. Keywords: art, sociology of art, aesthetics, art regime, artistic change.
Different political impacts on making of Western-style art and on art education in Turkey
Authors: Keser Nimet , Keser İnan
Published: February 2016

It was not possible to mention a Western-style art education and an artistic production of current quantity and style two centuries ago in Turkey. In other words, existing style of art and art education in Turkey has a quite short history. Thus, it is logical to confer that a quick and radical period of change in Turkish art world was experienced within a pretty short time. In this study, putting forth the emergence and development of Western style painting and the education of painting in Turkey with its main lines, it was tried to analyze that how did the process of change affected the actors in the field of art. As a result of this analysis, it was concluded that as the artistic change in the field of painting in Ottoman Empire and in the following Turkish Republic did not arise out of internal dynamics of artistic production field, but from the Westernization desire of the political power, nearly everything about art was in the monopoly of the political power about art for a quiet long time, and there had been no other social stratum supporting and demanding art, the artists had established clientelist relationships with the political power especially till the 1940s and formed a language of painting parallel to the demands of the political power.Keywords: Sociology of art, Turkish art history,art education, artistic change, Westernisation.
Three dimensional perception and production process
Authors: Sahan Melek
Published: February 2016

The purpose of study is to take views of students educated and trained in visual arts and in connection with two or three dimensions and production process.  It has been thought that students predominantly take applied courses such as picture, graphic, lithograph statue as optional atelier courses etc can give general information on this matter during 4 year education and training process. The scope of research has been stinted at the beginning and it has been thought that it has been gained a movement point to study on this matter in more details. In content it has been mentioned as a summary for vision form, perception, visual perception and perception with three dimensions. It has been interviewed with 11 persons that have been total number of senior class students for study. As a result of interviewing with students it has been reached to the opinion that perception with two and three dimensions is different, also it is contained differences in production process and perception and expression with three dimensions are more complicated process.Keywords: Three dimension, perception, sculpture, painting.
Scientific face of the artwork: Investigation of the pigments and plasters of the wall paints of some ottoman mosques by FTIR and EDXRF techniques
Authors: Akyuz Sevim , Akyuz Tanil , Gulec Ahmet
Published: February 2016

The characterization of the pigments and plasters of the wall paints of some Ottoman Mosques have been performed using combined Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrometry (both in reflection and transmission modes) techniques. The colored wall paints were obtained from Fatih Mosques of Istanbul-Turkey and Pristina-Kosovo, and Suleymaniye Mosque of Istanbul-Turkey, during the restoration periods of the mosques. The investigations show that the plaster used on the walls has mixed gypsum-lime binders. The pigments identified in wall paints are: cinnabar (HgS), lead red (Pb3O4) and hematite (α-Fe2O3) in red colors, ultramarine blue (Na8-10Al6Si6O24S2-4) as blue and green earth as green colors. The results provide a basis for future restoration of the wall paints.Keywords: Pigments, Plasters, FTIR spectroscopy, EDXRF
The effectiveness of the model of ‘social constructivist learning environment’ design through research
Authors: Fer Seval
Published: February 2016

This presentation is to examine whether a model of ‘Social Constructivist Learning Environment’ (SCLE) design developed by Fer by utilizing six different research studies is effective for the learning process, ethnocentrism and intercultural approaches, as well as for the academic achievement of students in different grades. The theoretical framework of SCLE comes from both Dewey’s famous expression of ‘learning by doing’ and Vygotsky’s ‘zone of proximal development’ ideas. SCLE consists of four main stages that include learner analysis, context determination, meaning construction, and learning evaluation. The role of the teacher in SCLE design is to serve as both a facilitator and moderator to the students. In general, SCLE design is effective for students of different grades, based on the results of six different research studies. It has been shown to be effective in the learning processes, ethnocentrism and intercultural approaches, as well as in academic achievement.Keywords: Social constructivism, instructional design
Augmented reality applications in product design process
Authors: Şahin Damla , Togay Abdullah
Published: February 2016

Computer aided design (CAD) systems as visualization tools play a vital role for designers in product design process. However, these systems itself become insufficient to achieve 3D interaction with virtual models. Virtual Reality provides alternative solutions to this problem, hence its maximum requirements and high cost makes the use of it in design process unpopular. Hence, Augmented Reality, defined as mixture of reality and virtuality and combining 3D virtual object with real environment, presents many advantages for product design process as a new technology. It allows the designers to display and modify modify the virtual model in real-time and have a 3D interactive experience with the virtual model in a real environment. This study aims to analyze in which stages, in what way and for which product groups AR would be used in product design process, and to understand the role of these applications on the perception of actual dimension and product-space relationship, the quality of evaluation and the amount of evaluation time. For this purpose, an interview study was conducted with nine designers from three different sectors that are design, interior design and furniture. The results have shown that if the AR applications are developed in parallel with firms’ requirements, they could integrate and use them in design process more efficiently.Keywords: Augmented reality, visualization tool, product design process, 3D interaction, product-space relationship
Ethic conscience in product design
Authors: Erdönmez S. Serpil , Guneş Serkan
Published: February 2016

Design is a phenomenon that supplies continuity; starting from the existence of mankind up to the present has been passing and constant change is ongoing. People, starting out with a sense of needed products have begun to design. Designing stage throughout time, starting with the abstract and the concrete from the area as we get product designs in line with the changing human needs is composed of. People are starting to occur in accordance with the needs and requests of ethical theories in product design that is a subject of discussion within in this area. In this subject, product design shaped by ethical and in the framework of product design concepts are explored through the designer's social responsibility.Keywords: design, product design, ethic, social responsibility.
Examination of the tale of Kerem & Aslı in terms of clothes
Authors: Kahya Saliha Ozelmas
Published: February 2016

Folktale is the name given to the products of folk literature created on the basis of the deep effect of any event or literal product left a trace in the society in oral culture. It is a long winded type of narration about real or real-like events. They are stories with traditional content which are narrated orally from one generation to the next. They generally deal with love and heroism. Kerem & Aslı is one of the most famous folk tales.Kerem & Aslı tale is one of the folk tales which was revealed by late 16th century, known and liked in other nations than Turkey and Oguz Turkish tribes (Armenian, Georgian, Lezg, etc.) addressing broad masses. Similar tales including Kerem & Aslı tale popular among broad masses are significant sources particularly in terms of revealing cultural values since they represented the past and future of the society.The purpose of this research is to find terms of garment, accessories, fabrics referred in the Kerem & Aslı tale, reveal meanings thereof and provide information about how they were used in the tale. Written sources were reviewed in order to collect research data. The characteristics of clothing of the characters in the Kerem & Aslı tale were revealed and a general assessment was made in the research and what the terms of garment, accessories, fabrics meant was explained. It was determined that the following terms were referred in  the Kerem & Aslı tale; don (underpants), hırka (cardigan), pestamal, libas (clothes), esvap (clothes), saya (clothes), fistan (clothes), kaftan (caftan), gomlek (shirt), arakcın, cevre, serpus, nikab, kalpak, oya (lace), aba, atlas, sal (shawl), yaglık (handkerchief), elvan, kusak (belt), tulbent (gauze).Keywords: folktale, traditional dressing, history of dressing, Kerem & Aslı tale
Research about occupational anxiety levels of teacher candidates that take pedagogical formation regarding field variable
Authors: Temiz Ebru
Published: February 2016

Teaching profession is one of the most popular occupations of today regarding becoming a government official or finding a job. Pedagogical formation training programs opened in the last two years and the student demand for the programs opened constitute the most important indication of this situation. After the pedagogical formation training (for one or two periods), if the candidates are appointed, then they will directly start performing the requirements of occupation. Thus, it is an issue of concern at what level the candidates that do not choose Faculty of Education in their undergraduate education are ready for teaching profession.With this research, it is aimed to reveal the occupation anxieties of teacher candidates graduated from Faculty of Science, Faculty of Literature and Faculty of Fine Arts. Data collection means of the research is Teacher Candidate Anxiety Scale that is customized and developed by Saban, Korkmaz and Akbas (2004). Scale consists of three sub-dimensions which are egocentric, duty-centered and student centered anxieties. 105 teacher candidates in Music, Mathematics, Turkish and Science fields that were educated in Nigde University Faculty of Education Pedagogical Formation program in 2013-2014 academic year form the study group of the research. Occupational anxieties of teacher candidates are analyzed regarding field variable and comparisons are made. According to research findings, in occupational anxieties of teacher candidates regarding field variable; in egocentric anxieties in music and mathematics, in duty-centered anxieties significant different is observed music and mathematics with music and science fields. Student centered anxieties do not show any differences according to field variable. Keywords: Pedagogic formation, occupational anxiety, teacher
Art, politics and the city fact which is shaping there in
Authors: Yılmaz Barış
Published: February 2016

Art and politics in which human are two major tools for states and dominant forces use to manipulate to masses. This manipulation uses, ideolgies of states integrate masses along with the impact the politics on art. Art is a political device for sovereign; is a propaganda tool. İn this context, the city is an area where political will can feel its power and thought. The city is shaped by the political ideas through art. Art and politics are two important factors in the formation of the city.Keywords: city, politics, ideology, art.
Connecting faith and pedagogy: Fortune favors the brave
Authors: Boury Tiffany T. , McVey Mary Kathryn
Published: February 2016

This paper examines the defined charisms of an international field placement, the connection of those gifts with the culture and faith of participating preservice teaching candidates and investigates candidates’ reflections of teaching persona and self-efficacy fostered by an international teaching experience. Launched in 2010, the ELISA (English Leaners in Specialized Atmosphere) program was intended to provide opportunities for preservice candidates to cultivate global classroom perspectives and culturally relevant teaching. As the partnership between the University and pilot schools in Gaming, Austria strengthened, the education faculty began to identify that something deeper was occurring.  Participants in the field placements were not only developing pedagogy but connecting their faith to their reflective practice and teaching.Keywords: charism, study abroad, preservice teaching candidates, culturally relevant teaching
Botanical illustration techniques
Authors: Pamuklu Aysegul Gurdal
Published: February 2016

In this study, basic techniques which are used in botanical illustration are examined. Undoubtedly the most basic and accessible technique for the illustration artists is pencil and ink. Artists who have been drawing for years have used this technique with the decorations on the books and although technological developments present us unlimited opportunities today, basic illustration techniques; pencil, ink and watercolour technique has kept its place. It is necessary for this basic illustration technique to contain main features such as line, tone, colour, texture, shape, size. Just as all the artists who are dealing with illustration, artists-scientists who are dealing with botanic have also benefited from these techniques. as a result, no matter if it serves for art or for science, these techniques have always had an important place in creation of visual data for the development of humanity.    Keywords: Botanical Illustration, botanical illustration techniques, watercolour techniques, charcoal drawing technique, ink technique, gouache painting technique, ekolin.
Corporate identity in interior design
Authors: Dagli Zeynep
Published: February 2016

In today’s capitalist world, a well-established corporate identity may be accepted as a significant contributor to corporate success. Corporations are engaging in the process of redesigning their corporate identities to establish a sustainable relationship with the customers. Corporations may use different elements to reflect their corporate identities in a desired manner to their customers and interior design is one of those elements commonly used. Interior design of corporate spaces is the visual face of corporations and also a visual communication ground with the customer. In this framework, aim of this paper is to explore the interior design applications on a specific private bank branch example in Turkey as a case study to emphasize the importance of interior design in creating corporate identity. It presents an interdisciplinary study both in graphic and interior design disciplines. The conclusion of this paper contributes to the investigations regarding the impact of interior design for desired customer perception.Keywords: interior design, corporate identity, customer perception, banks
Changing the face of retail: Where fashion meets technology
Authors: Cavus Nadire , Munyavi Rudo Muriel
Published: February 2016

Prior to the introduction of mobile technologies and the internet, the manual system of going to a brick-and-mortar store to buy clothing was boring and tiresome as customers would spend hours moving from shop to shop trying to find the exact type of outfit they are looking for. The assimilation of technology in fashion designing and online marketing of clothing is marking an incredible venture in the fashion industry. Due to improved security features of online purchasing a lot of people now prefer buying clothing online since it saves time and online shopping provides variety at a click. This paper reviews several ways in which technology is transforming the fashion industry.  However this subject has not been researched in detail therefore there is a missing gap in the literature. We hope that this paper will fill the gap in the literature in order to review the role that technology is playing in the fashion industry. Information provided in this paper is beneficial to fashion designers, entrepreneurs in the fashion industry, information technology specialists as well as other researchers interested in a similar area of study.Keywords: Technology, fashion, virtual fitting room, wearable technology, virtual wardrobe.
The affects of the new media design on the visual communication design
Authors: Gündoğdu Hülya
Published: February 2016

Arts and Technology has been involved in an interaction with each other since the existence of Human being. Technological innovations have not only included the society but also the art. ’The New Media’concept which has been the focus of this issue has also affected the visual communication design.The visual communication design has acreative process in which the technology and design are combined and communication is established. Additionally, the decrease in the interest in desktop publishing has led to the development of the concept of ‘the new media.’The new media design concept has been an important field especially in the developing countries. Because, in our century where competency almost disclaims right of living to the other, the companies and trademarks are making use of the power of visual communication design in order to bring up their productions one step forward than the others, to boost their pre-occupyingness, and to turn will of purchasing into permanency. In this study, the reasons for the innovation-visual communication design into the digital field, along with the new media concept have been addressed.Keywords: new media, visual communication design, design, digital, mass communication, consumer.
Ethics in gastronomy and culinary arts field
Authors: Özkanlı Oya , Özer Ayhan , Uçuk Ceyhun
Published: February 2016

Gastronomy and culinary arts is one of the fields whose all of the stakeholders much need the communication and the lack of ethics is greatly experienced. While creating ethic codes of this field, considering problems and expectations of workers and enterprises is prerequisite. Forming the rules of this field, determining the binding rules of all the stakeholders affect or are affected directly or indirectly is regarded as sin qua none of this field.  This study is prepared based on devoted students, in the context of "The Impact of Culture and Art on Gastronomy" course of the program of Masters in Gastronomy and Culinary Arts, Gaziantep University.Keywords: gastronomy and ethic, culinary and ethic, ethic, gastronomy.
Visual perception management in advertisements
Authors: Atasoy Seda Nur
Published: February 2016

The subconscious includes all mental events that stay out of conscious perception and have no potential to access to the level of conscious. In our present day, the conscious is one of the objects where the advertisers often use it to make hidden inducements in order to influence the behaviors of the consumers and where the desire to buy a product is created, placed in it to best market and publicize their own trademarks and products. When the consumer wants to buy a product, it is necessary that the product for which advertisement is made in the mind emerge. And, this makes us question the necessity of the visual perception management in the human brain. In daily life, thousands of information, pictures and sounds go to the memory on a daily basis, and the human brain recalls them if only they are necessary. For this reason, the advertisers develop their products with such kind of methods which could be recorded in their clients’ memory for a long time.Eighty percent of the perception is structured by the eyesight. The expert psychologists work together with the art directors within the companies where the hidden messages are produced, in order to place in the pictures such images which are to attract attention of the subconscious. Such images have certain qualities which trigger and actuate the visual perception. E.g: placing into the background the green color in order to make a product look more reddish.This study includes the way of functioning of the visual perception in the advertisements together with the examples, and researches whether the attempts to actuate and induce the human feelings and motives could in fact control the behaviors and thoughts, and whether they are right ethically.Keywords: visual perception management, advertisements, subconscious, tachistoscope, poetzle effect.
The effects of visual perception experiences on academic success in fine arts
Authors: Uslu Ozlem
Published: February 2016

The aims of this study are: to find out how students’ previous aesthetic knowledge, visual perception and hand-eye coordination experiences affect academic success in the Faculty of Fine Arts; and to compare the academic success of the students who entered the faculty by aptitude test with students who entered the faculty only university exam score without aptitude test.In this study, literature search, qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques were used. The universe of the study included the graduates who were accepted by the faculty by taking drawing aptitude test and also students who  entered the program only by university exam score without aptitude test.  The sample of the research included 23 aptitude test takers and 39 non aptitude test takers. The drawing course academic grades were compared between those test takers and non-test-takers. It was found that aptitude test takers were much more successful in drawing class than the respondents who entered the school without aptitude tests. In conclusion, for the art schools the talent exam should be required in order to educate better students. Keywords: Visual perception, aptitude test, art education, drawing.
The architectural pattern of St. Petersburg and jewellery: Innovative designs via 3-d modelling
Authors: Güngör Mahmut , Özdemir Mehmet F. , Gürşahbaz Nalan , Akpınar Şükran
Published: February 2016

Having served as the capital of Tsarist Russia for two hundred years until the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, the second biggest city of Russia and her gate to Europe, St Petersburg is the city full of historical buildings of fantastic architecture with its historical texture. Because of its historical and cultural significance, St. Petersburg is in UNESCO’s List of World Heritage Sites.On one side, there we have St. Petersburg, a fascinating city, the subject of Dostoyevsky’s novels, with cathedrals, churches, palaces, bridges, statues, and museums, housing rich cultural and historical heritage; on the other side, there we see jewels, reflecting the soul of women and embellishing their bodies.With this study, inspired by the authenticity and the city’s architectural pattern, innovative designs have been created via advanced 3D modeling technology. Thus, it was aimed that the beauty of the grandeur of history could be utilized as accessories, gaining a new functionality and transferring the cultural heritage values from local to universal level.Practical Research Methods have been adopted as a research methodology. The sampling of the study has been limited to the embellishments reflecting the architectural texture of St. Petersburg, as an inspirational resource for jewelry modelling. In planning the study, the stages of analysis, synthesis, selection and modelling of jewelry designs have been taken into account. Keywords: St. Petersburg, Architectural Pattern, Jewelry, Jewelry Design, 3D Digital Modelling, Innovation.
Virtual reality (VR) technologies in education of industrial design
Authors: Yilmaz Bulent , Goken Muge
Published: February 2016

Design is an art and art is a design. Today, all industrial products are the result of a design process. Industrial design is a multi-disciplinary field of study, which has a goal to create and produce new objects and it focuses on designing of products by using knowledge related with applied science as well as applied arts and various engineering disciplines. Academic programs related to industrial design focus on achieving the proper balance between practicality and aesthetic pleasure. Courses may include graphic and industrial design basics, manufacturing, modelling and visualization, environmental and human interaction in design. Computer aided design software are strongly emphasized. Students constantly observe, model and test their creations. They investigate the optimal ways to design virtually any type of products, including computer interfaces, appliances, furniture, transportation and recreational items. The developments of new interactive technologies have inevitably affected to education of design and art in recent years. VR is an interdisciplinary emerging high technology. VR interfaces, interaction techniques, and devices have been improved greatly in order to provide more natural and obvious modes of interaction and motivational elements and it is an integrated technology combining; 3D graphics, human-computer interaction, sensor, simulation, display, artificial intelligence and network parallel processing. This study presents notable VR systems have been developed for education and the methods of design, such as modelling and visualization.Keywords: industrial design, interactive technologies, modelling and visualization, environmental and human interaction, virtual reality
Slippage: Presentness and location in an art situational context between the I and Me natures of the self
Authors: Roth Gregor
Published: February 2016

Traditional art viewership is static and places a gap between viewer and art. This chasm hinders relationship between viewer and art. As such, no sense of ‘presentness’, moments of ‘being’, with art exists. An art situation demonstrates that employing art object(s), their Form establishing context for relational understanding, and as Installation, having Zones, necessarily reveal Order and Types that govern moments of presentness through one’s Dual Bodily Unit. Association of Zones, Objects and Ma, employs Zones to measure; peripatetic actions, proprioception to phenomenology and visa-versa; art object(s) perception and relationship; Ma as the settling into space - time intervals that affirm, as methods of engagement, moments of ’presentness’. A “Slippage” occurs between one’s cognitive and corporeal senses. These define interpretations via perceptions. Durational investigation establishes moments of being present. This situation facilitates and transforms; one is free to interpret, reinforcing ‘presentness’, in the Ma of space - time; naturally occurring investigative processes are explorative and active. This produces moments where art and participant share, and, are connected within the same space - time. The I self, subjective, projective, imageless interfaces with the Me object, memory recall self, within the field of art object(s), actualizing moments of presentness. These findings suggest existence is explorative and relational and that one’s dual natures, I / Me, are fully equipped and actualized, in a world of art objects, and this art situation creates moments of presentness. Importantly, Art is now brought into a shared situation where one appreciates their ‘being’ with Art and world. Keywords: dual bodily unit, presentness, location, Ma; space – time, form, orders, gray type, types, cardinal system of ordering, six principles influencing perception, association of zones, objects and ma, peripatetic, proprioception, phenomenology, slippage, I temporal bubble, Me nature membrane
Usage of experimental typography of book cover design in digital age
Authors: Çatal Didem
Published: February 2016

Hamish Muir says that, " Every type job is experiment" (P,Bil'ak, www.typotheque.com). Designers are using experimental approaches to book covers which is one of the many graphic design areas where we encounter with fonts and they are trying to keep their designs alive and different via innovative solutions. Typographic approaches are changing with today’s technological developments and experimental researches affects book covers too. Developments in software regarding design enable using many applications simultaneously. Experimental researches, discoveries and interpretation of typography and images in an unexpected way empower communication. Different is always appealing. Therefore designers choose to do attractive and marketable designs and lay the foundation of new on this path which started as experimental. Definition of typography, common application areas and book covers which is one of these areas will be examined within this study and analyzes about usage of experimental typography will be conducted. Experimental approach process, its result and affects will be investigated and findings about necessity of experimental typography will be tried to find.Keywords: experimental typography, digital age, book cover design.
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Authors: Haksiz Meltem
Published: February 2016

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Determination of diurnal water level fluctuations in headwaters
Authors: Marciniak Marek , Szczucińska Anna
Published: February 2016

The aim of this paper is to study diurnal fluctuations of the water level in streams draining headwaters and to identify the controlling factors. The fieldwork was carried out in the Gryżynka River catchment, western Poland. The water levels of three streams draining into the headwaters via a group of springs were monitored in the years 2011–2014. Changes in the water pressure and water temperature were recorded by automatic sensors – Schlumberger MiniDiver type. Simultaneously, Barodiver type sensors were used to record air temperature and atmospheric pressure, as it was necessary to adjust the data collected by the MiniDivers calculate the water level. The results showed that diurnal fluctuations in water level of the streams ranged from 2 to 4 cm (approximately 10% of total water depth) and were well correlated with the changes in evapotranspiration as well as air temperature. The observed water level fluctuations likely have resulted from processes occurring in the headwaters. Good correlation with atmospheric conditions indicates control by daily variations of the local climate. However, the relationship with water temperature suggests that fluctuations are also caused by changes in the temperature-dependent water viscosity and, consequently, by diurnal changes in the hydraulic conductivity of the hyporheic zone.
Coastal aquifer hydrodynamics and salinity in response to the tide: case study in Lisbon, Portugal
Authors: Mancuso M. , Carol E. , Kruse E. , Mendes Rodrigues F.
Published: February 2016

The variability in dynamics and salinity of the coastal alluvial aquifer on which the city of Lisbon is located was evaluated. The evaluation was based on the analysis of level and groundwater electrical conductivity fluctuations depending on the tide in the Tagus River. The results obtained made it possible to recognize three sectors. First, a littoral sector where the variations in level and salinity are larger on the coast and decrease towards the innermost sections of the alluvial fan. Second, a sector close to the docks where there is greater dynamic and salinity variability than in the coastal sectors, as the excavations of the docks favour the tidal propagation towards the aquifer. And third, a sector located towards the apex of the alluvial fan associated with the dynamics of the stormwater channel. In this sector, the largest periodical water table fluctuations in the aquifer occur, since the freshwater that cannot drain towards the river enters the aquifer at high tide, causing a slight decrease in salinity content. On the basis of these results, conceptual models of hydrogeological behaviour were used to describe the spatial and temporal variations in the hydrodynamic and salinity characteristics of groundwater.
The Columbia River Treaty: the politics and possibilities for change
Authors: Wilson Patrick I.
Published: February 2016

International watershed basins shared by two or more states cover nearly half the land surface of the earth and often present complex, interconnected management challenges. The Columbia River basin has long been considered a model case of international watershed management. The fiftieth anniversary of the Canada–United States treaty that governs the basin occurred in 2014, which was also the first year either country could give notice to terminate and request to renegotiate. Stakeholders and interested parties with values shut out of the original negotiations have long advocated for fundamental changes in how the river is managed and operated. Meanwhile, those interests who are the primary beneficiaries of the current system want to limit any changes in terms, operations, and distribution of benefits. This article explores the politics of potential treaty renegotiation and focuses on the institutional permanence of the existing system, demands for ecosystem functions in future system operations, and whether transformational change or incremental adaption is the politically likely outcome.
Response surface methodology for cadmium biosorption on Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Authors: Ahmady-Asbchin Salman
Published: February 2016

In this research the effects of various physicochemical factors on Cd2+ biosorption such as initial metal concentration, pH and contact exposure time were studied. This study has shown a Cd2+ biosorption, equilibrium time of about 5 min for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the adsorption equilibrium data were well described by Langmuir equation. The maximum capacity for biosorption has been extrapolated to 0.56 mmol.g−1 for P. aeruginosa. The thermodynamic properties ΔG0, ΔH0, and ΔS0 of Cd2+ for biosorption were analyzed by the equilibrium constant value obtained from experimented data at different temperatures. The results show that biosorption of Cd2+ by P. aeruginosa are endothermic and spontaneous with ΔH value of 36.35 J.mol−1. By response surface methodology, the quadratic model has adequately described the experimental data based on the adjusted determination coefficient (R2 = 0.98). The optimum conditions for maximum uptake onto the biosorbent were established at 0.5 g.l−1 biosorbent concentration, pH 6 for the aqueous solution, and a temperature of 30 °C.
Application of response surface methodology and artificial neural network: modeling and optimization of Cr(VI) adsorption process using Dowex 1X8 anion exchange resin
Authors: Harbi Soumaya , Guesmi Fatma , Tabassi Dorra , Hannachi Chiraz , Hamrouni Bechir
Published: February 2016

We report the adsorption efficiency of Cr(VI) on a strong anionic resin Dowex 1X8. The Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis of this adsorbent were investigated. Response surface methodology was applied to evaluate the main effects and interactions among initial pH, initial Cr(VI) concentration, adsorbent dose and temperature. Analysis of variance depicted that resin dose and initial pH were the most significant factors. Desirability function (DF) showed that the maximum Cr(VI) removal of 95.96% was obtained at initial pH 5, initial Cr(VI) concentration of 100 mg/L, resin dose of 2 g and temperature of 283 K. Additionally, a simulated industrial wastewater containing 14.95 mg/L of Cr(VI) was treated successfully by Dowex 1X8 at optimum conditions. Same experimental design was employed to develop the artificial neural network. Both models gave a high correlation coefficient (RRSM2 = 0.932, RANN2 = 0.996).
Water quality of Danube Delta systems: ecological status and prediction using machine-learning algorithms
Authors: Stoica C. , Camejo J. , Banciu A. , Nita-Lazar M. , Paun I. , Cristofor S. , Pacheco O. R. , Guevara M.
Published: February 2016

Environmental issues have a worldwide impact on water bodies, including the Danube Delta, the largest European wetland. The Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) implementation operates toward solving environmental issues from European and national level. As a consequence, the water quality and the biocenosis structure was altered, especially the composition of the macro invertebrate community which is closely related to habitat and substrate heterogeneity. This study aims to assess the ecological status of Southern Branch of the Danube Delta, Saint Gheorghe, using benthic fauna and a computational method as an alternative for monitoring the water quality in real time. The analysis of spatial and temporal variability of unicriterial and multicriterial indices were used to assess the current status of aquatic systems. In addition, chemical status was characterized. Coliform bacteria and several chemical parameters were used to feed machine-learning (ML) algorithms to simulate a real-time classification method. Overall, the assessment of the water bodies indicated a moderate ecological status based on the biological quality elements or a good ecological status based on chemical and ML algorithms criteria.