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DSpace@Gelişim, İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi tarafından doğrudan ve dolaylı olarak yayınlanan; kitap, makale, tez, bildiri, rapor, araştırma verisi gibi tüm akademik kaynakları uluslararası standartlarda dijital ortamda depolar, Üniversitenin akademik performansını izlemeye aracılık eder, kaynakları uzun süreli saklar ve yayınların etkisini artırmak için telif haklarına uygun olarak Açık Erişime sunar.

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Gender Discrimination, Marital Attitude, and Perceived Choice and Awareness as Explanatory Factors of Flourishing among Young Indian Unmarried Women
(Springer, 2026) Sri Lekha, P Padma; Azeez, E P. Abdul; Farsana, K P.; Ashraf, Ashifa Kariveliparambil Mohammed; Singh, Arti
Background Gender discrimination continues to exist across societies and unequally impacts women. These experiences could shape individuals' future choices and perspectives, including their views on marriage and overall well-being, underscoring the need to understand these factors among young unmarried women in the Indian context. Therefore, the present study aimed to examine the roles of gender discrimination, marital attitudes, perceived choice, and self-awareness in flourishing among young unmarried Indian women. Further, we examined the independent moderating roles of perceived choice and self-awareness on the relationship between marital attitude and flourishing. Methods A quantitative cross-sectional design was adopted, and standardized self-report measures of the variables were used to collect data via an online survey. The data were collected from 514 unmarried young Indian women aged 18-30 years. Results Experiences of gender discrimination by parents reduced the likelihood of flourishing among young women (β = -.105, 95% CI [-.191, -.018]), while positive marital attitudes, perceived choice, and self-awareness possibly increase it. The results of path analysis indicated the negative role of gender discrimination on marital attitude, while awareness of self (β = .221, 95% CI [ .121, .319]) likely promoted flourishing, and the association between marital attitude and flourishing was not significant. Positive marital attitude (β = .088, 95% CI = [.002, .173]) and perceived choice (β = .216, 95% CI = [.128, .301]) increased the likelihood of flourishing. Gender discrimination indirectly reduced flourishing via the pathway of marital attitudes. Conclusion Gender discrimination has negative implications for women's well-being and marital attitudes, while perceived choice and self-awareness can play a protective role. Addressing gender discrimination is crucial for promoting self-awareness, perceived choice, marital attitude, and flourishing among young unmarried women.
Stage to Digital Screen: Theatre Play Adaptations in Turkish Streaming Services
(Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2022) Yıldırım, Nisa
With the launch of streaming services in the last decade, the television industry has begun to deal with the hunger for content more than ever. As the original screenplays could not satisfy the demand in this turmoil, adaptations from different art forms continue to be a lifesaver for the creators. Even though literature has still been the greatest source for adaptations since the beginning of cinema and television, classical and modern theatre plays are also being preferred as an alternative. Different from a literature text which offers freedom to the writer to use descriptions to implant all details to the narrative, being based on stage with limited visualization makes dialog the main element for the transfer of the whole text of a theatre play. On the other hand, a stage-to-screen adaptation allows the play text to transcend the boundaries of time and space. In 2021, Turkish streaming service GAIN released two mini-series adapted from theatre plays. The first one, Metot (Method, Serkan Keskin, 2021), which focuses on the relentless competition of four whitecollar workers in a job interview, was adapted with high level of fidelity to the main text, and thus suits Geoffrey Wagner's "transposition" model. While the other series Hamlet (Kaan Müjdeci, 2021) with its extremely local evil uncle who corrupts the town, appears as a different example, and suits Wagner's "commentary" model by retelling Shakespeare's original text with codes of eastern culture in 21st century. In conclusion, it's possible to argue that, regardless of their model, adaptations give theatre plays new spirits to survive forever in our digital libraries. © Peter Lang GmbH Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Berlin 2022 All rights reserved.
An Entrepreneur Sees the Reward: The Importance of Intellectual Capital and Corporate Social Responsibility in a Company
(IGI Global, 2022) Ünal, Zeynep Merve
The aim of this chapter is to advance the understanding of how social entrepreneurs analyze and apply intellectual capital and corporate social responsibility within their companies. From the extensive literature review, the broad definitions of intellectual capital, and corporate social responsibility, the measurement models and the management of intellectual capital and the development process of corporate social responsibility were identified. Modern, socio-economic, philanthropic, and classical views were taken into consideration to explain corporate social responsibility in detail. In order to develop holistic understanding, the relationship between intellectual capital and corporate social responsibility on the basis of entrepreneur were analyzed. The understanding of the intellectual capital and corporate social responsibility in companies were shown by theoretical framework of resource-based view, dynamic capabilities, stakeholder theory, and legitimacy theory. © 2022 by IGI Global. All rights reserved.
Manufacturing and Maintenance Operations for Bladder-Type Aircraft Fuel Tanks
(Springer Nature, 2022) Saraçyakupoğlu, Tamer
The airplanes’ fuselage and their equipment are specified for challenging conditions. They carry a huge amount of fluids such as fuel, hydraulics, conditioned gases, etc. While these state-of-art machines are flying, the mentioned fluids transfer through the body maintaining flight stability. Besides transferring, the weight of the fuel changes during flight depending on the characteristics of the relevant flight stages. During the takeoff and climb stage, the aircraft consumes more fuel than the cruise and descent stages of a regular flight. Out of question, if the aircraft has vertical takeoff capability the consumed fuel will be more than the similar airplanes that use the runway for departure. As a matter of fact, the weight change of the fuel is a crucial issue that must be monitored by pilots during the flight path. No sudden changes are wanted since they have direct impacts on the Center of Gravity (cg) of the aircraft. To prevent these unwanted changes, many state-of-art techniques have been implemented in aircraft fuel tanks. Another important feature for fuel tanks is crashworthiness. The “fuel-tank crashworthiness” can be defined as “the ability of the fuel-tank structure to protect the fuel inside and therefore retard any possible fire after crash.” Obviously, aircraft parts are generally made of fire-proof material but the fuel system, itself needs more meticulous measurements than the other airborne components since it contains highly flammable substances as a necessity of its task. In this chapter, the types of fuel tanks are examined while focusing on the bladder ones since they have increased attention with the improvement of novel materials such as carbon fibers and retardant chemicals. These materials are used for manufacturing the skin of the bladder fuel tank while the fuel-resistant sponge fills the inside the tank for preventing the slosh and hence the stick-lateness phenomena which is another unwanted issue by pilots. Besides, bladder fuel tanks are far lighter than the other types of fuel tanks with close fuel capacity. With the lightweight feature, they have a direct positive effect for decreasing the direct operational cost (DOC) since even 1 (one) kg of weight reduction is important for airliners because of the fierce competition in the aviation industry. From the follow-on-support side, any fuel-system maintenance staff wants a fuel tank that is foldable and easy to remove and replace. The vacuum ability feature of the bladder fuel tanks provides solutions to maintenance staff for making easy repair and easy maintenance operations. It is even possible to make brush-up repairs from maintenance doors. Eventually, the bladder-type aircraft fuel tanks will be used more widely in the future with their splendid features. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.
Comparative in silico characterization of virulence factors in major Brucella species reveals potential targets for vaccine and drug target discovery
(Veterinary World, 2026) Özgen, Arzu; Yalçın, Semiha
Background and Aim: Brucellosis is a globally significant zoonotic disease that causes reproductive failure in animals and chronic infection in humans, resulting in substantial economic and public health burdens. The pathogenicity of Brucella species is largely mediated by virulence determinants such as the type IV secretion system and lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic machinery. Despite extensive studies on individual components, a comparative and integrative understanding of conserved virulence factors across major Brucella species remains limited. This study aimed to perform a comprehensive in silico characterization of key virulence proteins across representative Brucella species to identify potential targets for vaccine and antimicrobial development. Materials and Methods: Nine virulence-associated proteins (VirB3, VirB5, VirB7, WbkA, WbkB, WbkC, FabZ, gmd, and lpxC) from five major Brucella species were analyzed using bioinformatics approaches. Analyses included physicochemical characterization, subcellular localization prediction, conserved domain and motif identification, multiple sequence alignment, phylogenetic analysis, and protein–protein interaction network construction. Publicly available databases and tools such as NCBI, ProtParam, DeepLoc, MEME, MEGA11, and STRING were utilized. Results: Subcellular localization analysis revealed that VirB5 is extracellular and VirB7 is outer membrane-associated, whereas most other proteins were cytoplasmic or membrane-associated. Conserved motif analysis identified three shared motifs, particularly in VirB5 and WbkB, indicating functional conservation across species. Phylogenetic and sequence alignment analyses demonstrated high conservation of virulence proteins among the selected Brucella species. Protein-protein interaction networks highlighted VirB3, VirB5, VirB7, WbkC, FabZ, gmd, and lpxC as key interaction hubs. lpxC showed strong connectivity with lipid A biosynthesis proteins, suggesting its central functional role. Conclusion: This integrative in silico analysis identified conserved virulence proteins with potential translational relevance. VirB5 and VirB7 emerged as promising candidates for subunit vaccine development due to their extracellular or membrane localization and conserved motifs, while lpxC was identified as a potential antimicrobial target because of its central role in lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis. These findings provide a rational framework for future experimental validation and support the development of improved control strategies against brucellosis.