Altıntaş, F. | Uluçay, Ç.ğ.A.

Book Part | 2012 | Sports Injuries: Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Rehabilitation , pp.1065 - 1070

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) can be seen in almost all races and age groups. Although many of the risk factors have been identified and several agents are currently used in its management and prevention, still it is not possible to predict accurately its development, symptoms, and progression to pulmonary embolism (PE) in a particular setting. Every year, at least 100,000 individuals die of DVT and PE in the USA. DVT is a complication usually occurring after hip fractures of the elderly or surgery for total joint replacement or spinal stenosis and mostly affecting elderly and bedridden patients. But, the frequency of DVT is quite high . . . among athletes and professional sport players. In general, DVT risk is 85% greater among athletes when compared to normal population due to the specific risk factors of sports. DVT and PE may be seen in athletes actively taking part in sportive activities, traveling, exposing to sportive trauma, or undergoing surgery for any reason, even at a relatively young age. In this chapter, the risk factors, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of DVT and PE in athletes are discussed. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012 Daha fazlası Daha az

Ozilgen, S.

Book Part | 2012 | The Sense of Taste , pp.115 - 125

Eating behavior, appetite, and the food choices of individuals are closely linked to taste and other sensorial properties of foods (Schiffman, 2000). However, taste perception and taste sensitivity vary among individuals. Age, gender, genetics, nutritional knowledge, health status, and culture are the possible factors that might affect the taste perception and sensitivity of the individuals (Asp, 1999; Rurik, 2006). A better understanding of the effects of these factors on food selection and the eating behavior of individuals might help professionals to develop strategies to improve the eating habits of populations. Manufacturers al . . .so need to be encouraged to consider these factors when formulating nutritional supplements or special food products for different populations. © 2012 Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved Daha fazlası Daha az

Meciar, M.

Book Part | 2014 | New Multicultural Identities in Europe: Religion and Ethnicity in Secular Societies , pp.73 - 94

[No abstract available]

Okan, E.Y. | Yalman, N.

Book Part | 2014 | Handbook of Research on Consumerism in Business and Marketing: Concepts and Practices , pp.125 - 142

Eraslan, I.H. | Bulu, M.

Book Part | 2007 | Contemporary Corporate Strategy: Global Perspectives , pp.181 - 215

[No abstract available]

Kamasak, R.

Book Part | 2013 | Transcultural Marketing for Incremental and Radical Innovation , pp.234 - 254

Marketing capabilities have been identified as major determinants of firm performance because they address the so-called VRIN (Valuable, Rare, Imitable, Non-substitutable) criteria of strategic assets. However, considerably less attention has been paid to marketing capabilities and their effects on the creation of competitive advantage in the literature of strategic marketing. This study investigates the effects of marketing capabilities on firm performance through an empirical study conducted in the large emerging market of Turkey. The relative effects of Specialized Marketing Capabilities (SMC), Architectural Marketing Capabilitie . . .s (AMC), and Market Information Processing Capabilities (MIPC) on sales turnover, market share, and profitability are explored on a sample of 198 Turkish firms operating in different industries. The findings reveal that all capabilities have positive and significant effects on firm performance, although SMC is seen as the most influential capability. The other capabilities of MIPC and AMC follow it, respectively. Therefore, the study suggests that with respect to resource allocation and investment decisions, priority should be given to specialized marketing capabilities such as innovativeness, brand reputation, corporate image, and creative advertising, which are positively and significantly associated with firm performance in the study. © 2014, IGI Global Daha fazlası Daha az

Tolu, A.T. | Evans, L.S.

Book Part | 2012 | Educational Communities of Inquiry: Theoretical Framework, Research and Practice , pp.45 - 65

The purpose of this chapter is to explain the role and place of the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework within the history of distance education. The review of the history reveals two important factors for changes in distance education: the effect of leading learning theories of each era and technological advancements. Distance education has moved from a behavioristic, teacher-centered, correspondence study concept, first to an independent learning model, and then to the current student-centered, socioconstructivist and community-based online learning. In this latest era, the post-modernist age, the CoI framework provides online in . . .structors with a functional framework for designing and teaching their courses more effectively. A review of literature as shared in this chapter has also shown CoI to be a robust framework for research. © 2013, IGI Global Daha fazlası Daha az

Kahveci, D. | Laguerre, M. | Villeneuve, P.

Book Part | 2015 | Polar Lipids: Biology, Chemistry, and Technology , pp.185 - 214

Phenolics are secondary metabolites widely found in plants; they have several biological roles and they contribute to the defense system of the host. Among them, the phenolic acid family is one of the most important classes and is mainly composed of the cinnamic and benzoic acid derivatives. The interest in these compounds from a nutritional point of view has risen due to their potential properties, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiallergic, antimicrobial, antiviral, and anti carcinogenic. As phenolic acids have a rather low solubility in oils, improvement of hydrophopicity of these compounds by chemical or enzymatic li . . .pophilization has been applied extensively to render these functionalized compounds, so-called phenolipids, active in the oil-water interphase. This chapter focuses on the synthesis of phenolipids derived from phenolic acids, their physicochemical and biological activity, and their potential applications. It also discusses the production technology of phenolipids. One of the most reliable methods to improve antioxidant activity of phenolics is to incorporate properly positioned lipophilic groups to obtain phenolipids. Phenolipids show greater miscibility and incorporation into lipid phases and lipocarriers, offering an advantage for their use in drug delivery systems, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, foods, and cosmetic formulations. © 2015 by AOCS Press. All rights reserved Daha fazlası Daha az

Zambak, A.F.

Book Part | 2013 | Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics5 , pp.307 - 319

“Yes, but you will never get a machine to do X” This is a commonsensical objection to AI in which X refers to the main problems of AI such as pattern recognition, creativity, free will, autonomy, systematicity, understanding, learning etc. The frame problem is at the intersection of all these problems. In AI, the realization of X depends on the solution of the frame problem. The frame problem has three aspects namely, metaphysical, logical, and epistemological. Three aspects of the frame problem consider the issue from a designer point of view. The frame problem is not the problem of a machine intelligence designer but the problem o . . .f the machine intelligence. We propose three steps in order to build an autonomous approach to the frame problem. These steps are (1) the agentification of the frame problem, (2) a control system approach, and (3) a trans-logical model peculiar to AI. Each step towards building an autonomous approach to the frame problem depends on each other. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013 Daha fazlası Daha az

Ermağan, I. | Ipek, V.

Book Part | 2017 | Handbook of Research on Socio-Political Factors Impacting Economic Growth in Islamic Nations , pp.51 - 67

Morocco was established as a result of a struggle against the French and Spanish Protectorates, that eventually brought the national independence to its state and people in 1956. Accordingly, the Moroccan interaction with the contemporary world goes back to that year, when Morocco became a nation-state for the very first time in its history. Among the critical events that structure this interaction are the problems in the Western Sahara region that has been making Moroccan political elites superiorize the Moroccanity component of the postcolonial Moroccan national identity, and economic relations with Turkey The purpose of this chap . . .ter is to demonstrate the general components of Moroccan state, such as its demography, economy and administration, to analyse the Moroccan economic and sociocultural interaction with its neighborhood and Turkey, and lastly to make some policy suggestions to advance the country's relations with Turkey. © 2018, IGI Global. All rights reserved Daha fazlası Daha az

MacMillan, C.

Book Part | 2016 | The UK Challenge to Europeanization: The Persistence of British Euroscepticism , pp.191 - 209

[No abstract available]

Kamasak, R.

Book Part | 2014 | Marketing and Consumer Behavior: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications03.04.2020 , pp.1602 - 1621

Marketing capabilities have been identified as major determinants of firm performance because they address the so-called VRIN (Valuable, Rare, Imitable, Non-substitutable) criteria of strategic assets. However, considerably less attention has been paid to marketing capabilities and their effects on the creation of competitive advantage in the literature of strategic marketing. This study investigates the effects of marketing capabilities on firm performance through an empirical study conducted in the large emerging market of Turkey. The relative effects of Specialized Marketing Capabilities (SMC), Architectural Marketing Capabilitie . . .s (AMC), and Market Information Processing Capabilities (MIPC) on sales turnover, market share, and profitability are explored on a sample of 198 Turkish firms operating in different industries. The findings reveal that all capabilities have positive and significant effects on firm performance, although SMC is seen as the most influential capability. The other capabilities of MIPC and AMC follow it, respectively. Therefore, the study suggests that with respect to resource allocation and investment decisions, priority should be given to specialized marketing capabilities such as innovativeness, brand reputation, corporate image, and creative advertising, which are positively and significantly associated with firm performance in the study. © 2015 by IGI Global. All rights reserved Daha fazlası Daha az