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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[A Comparison Of Futures Prices On Turkdex With Conventional Pricing Theory]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Derivatives are very sophisticated financial innovations and require highly sophisticated  financial markets before they are introduced successfully. The well-known arbitrage free  pricing theory applied when pricing derivative securities is based on some assumptions,  which may not be verified in many of the emerging markets. Therefore, the applicability of  the conventional theory to the emerging markets must be studied in details. This paper  questions conformity of conventional arbitrage free pricing theory for emerging markets and  discusses efficiency on newly organized Turkish derivative exchange (TURKDEX). Based on  the market data in Turkey a comparison will be made between daily market prices and  theoretical prices of 43 futures contracts. The results show that currency futures in  TURKDEX are evaluated by market players fairly but ISE-30 and ISE-100 contracts offer  arbitrage opportunities. Additionally, this work shows that theory and market differences rely  mainly on inexperienced market players and newly established market regulations.  Conservative regulations on short-selling are another problem to be solved.  Keywords: futures, TURKDEX, cost of carry, arbitrage theory, emerging markets, pricing]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1301]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Heavy metal induced gene expression in Brassicaceae]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Plants require at least 14 mineral elements for their nutrition. These include the  macronutrients nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg)  and sulphur (S) and the micronutrients boron (B), chlorine (Cl), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn),  copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), nickel (Ni) and molybdenum (Mo). These are generally obtained from  the soil. Crop production is often limited by low bioavailability of essential mineral elements  and/or the presence of excessive concentrations of potentially toxic heavy metals, such as Fe,  Mn, Cu, Cr, Cd, Pb, Zn and Al in the soil solution. In the past few years, responses of plants  to heavy metals have received increasing attention. On one hand due to industrial activities,  toxic heavy metals such as Cd, Zn, Cu, Cr, Pb have been released into the biosphere and  represent a widespread environmental pollution. High concentrations of heavy metals in the  soil can inhibit plant growth and reduce crop yields, which can affect sustainable development  severely. In order to study the molecular response of plants to heavy metals, the gene  expression data of model crop plants especially in Brassicaceae family were analyzed by  searching several databases available online. In the first part of this work the publicly  available online resources for these plants from websites such as http://www.ncbi.nih.gov,  http://www.tigr.org, http://www.brassica.info, and related sites were searched to collect  nucleotide sequences that encode heavy metal ATPases and transporter protein homologues.  The second part of this work focuses on the expression of these genes in plants grown at  different concentrations of Cu, Zn, and Cd. Real time PCR (RT-PCR) experiments will be  carried out to analyze the expression of these genes in roots and shoots of B. nigra and B.  juncea treated with different concentrations of metals.  Keywords: Arabidopsis thaliana, Brassicaceae, phylogenetic tree, Metal ATPases,  phytoremediation]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1247]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Consumer Oriented Marketing: Seafood Consumption Among Children]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Parents’ dominance on determination of food consumption pattern of children has been changing  in recent years by the effect of developing social communication via information technologies,  improving education level and changing social status of the community. Increasing awareness of  children on sustainable and healthy nutrition issues affects consumption habits of the modern  families. Today, parents give more importance to the preference and proposals of their children  for the food selection. In previous decade, adults were more health conscious and prefer healthy  foods than the young ones but today an enormous amount of efforts has been launched to educate  children about consuming healthy foods than never before.  Families with the children are an important market segment for the seafood industry. However,  children’sdislike of seafood or strong preferences for fast-food type consumption is the barriers to  seafood marketing in many cases. Consequently, children are the preferential targets of seafood  promotions and campaigns in most countries to gain more consumers today and in the future.  In this study, seafood consumption pattern and preferences of the children in age group of 10-14  has been researched. Randomly selected 400 children were surveyed through a questionnaire with  personal interviews. The surveys have been conducted in primary schools of two cities which  localized as seaside and inland in west part of Turkey.  Findings derived from the research have indicated that social interaction among children has  strong impact on seafood consumption habit. Moreover, children would promote seafood  consumption in their families. Besides education the forms of seafood specially cooked and  packaged attractive to their age group and promotion campaigns lead most children to demand  and consume more seafood.  This paper provides sample clues for improving marketing strategy by focusing on children’s  seafood consumption. The reasons of seafood resistance have to be identified clearly and  continuouslyfor the consumer oriented marketing in seafood.  Keywords: marketing, seafood, consumption, children, consumer oriented]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1369]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Cooperation and competition in Information Technology Business: Case of ICT firms in  Konya]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The notion of clusters has been attracted increasing interest from academics and business  practitioners for two decades. The theory and research emphasize their strong and positive  influence in promoting industrial development, innovation, and competitiveness and  economic growth. Thus clusters, become a useful policy instrument in regional innovation  systems (RIS) aiming to promote sustainable regional growth. Related literature suggests that  competitive clusters provide a fertile and conducive business environment for companies to  collaborate with research institutions, suppliers, customers and competitors located in the  same geographical area. They are becoming powerful engines of economic development and  drivers. Not all industries can create opportunities for employment, but of which share  knowledge and transfer technology both directly and through upstream and downstream  linkages with other relevant sectors. Not only they move their production facilities, they also  intend to transfer their research and development units from those favorable regions which  have relatively higher stage of development than the others in terms of infrastructure  facilities, education and training institutions, stable incentives, subsidiary potential, and the  presence of other multinational enterprises. The informatics sector can provide a foundation for the growth of industrial activity in a  developing economy. Therefore, as an example of high-tech clusters and potentially highvalue  added sectors in developing countries, in-depth analysis of the informatics sector with  its hardware suppliers as a whole can shed light on the question of how a developing country  can structure its strategies to be able to upgrade and be competitive over time. In recent years,  Turkey has made an effort as a major player in the global informatics sector. Owing to its  skilled labor/brain force, rapid growth and market potential, Turkey has gained tremendous  attention of the informatics sector since 1980s. According to a survey of a city of Konya  sample, innovation attitudes the company managers operating in the IT sector has been  measured. In line with this purpose survey of firms in Konya Teknokent has been conducted.  Keywords: Cluster, Innovation, Konya, IT, Competition]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1178]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2262">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Determinants Of Turkey Current Account Deficit: An Econometric Analysis]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The main causes of the current account deficit in Turkey; the foreign trade deficit, the high  ratio of intermediate goods imports, high oil prices and Turkey&#039;s energy import dependence,  lack of domestic savings, foreign direct investment and low tourism revenues.  In this study, the causes of the current account deficit and current account deficit financing  structure were examined. In addition, the determinanats of Turkey current account deficit  wereanalyzed via VAR methods using the data of 2002-2011 monthly current account deficit,  net export, interest on external debt, transfer payments and costs of tourism.  As a result of the study, According to variance discrimination results obtained from VAR  model composed under this roof, current account deficit is determined by its own shocks in  the short term. In addition, current account deficit prediction error variance is determined by  tourism expenditures and foreign debt interest rate as well as its own variables. Current  account deficit is affected by export, foreign debt interest rate, transfer payments and shock  given to tourism expenditures.  Keywords: Current Account Deficit, Determinants, VAR, Turkey]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1318]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2263">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Importance Of Aphrodisias Ancient City In Sustainable Economical Development]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Aphrodisias is an ancient city nearby Karacasu, Aydın. It was established by the name of  Goddess Aphrodit. It is a big settlement from the Bronz Age to Bizans time. It has been found  baths, agora, stadium, odeon, Aphrodit temple in arceologic excavations. Aphrodisias is  known as an important sculpturing centre in first- era, was given sculpturing education in that  term.Of all the ancient cities in Anatolia, The Stadium of Aphrodisias is one of the best  preserved.  Aphrodisias is an ancient city which is famous for its Aphrodit temple especially in Roman  age. It is one of the most important archeological places of Turkey with its well-protected  movement – buildings now. The excavations started by New York University in 1961 are  being continued today, too. The new historical sites have been found in excavations that still  last now. These historical sites have been presented in the museum of Aphrodisias.  About 125.000 tourists visit Aphrodisias ancient city each year. The visitors come from  America and European Countries mostly in spring and autumn. In other hot months, French,  Italian and Spanish people visit and Brazilian tourists have visited ancienty city lately.  Tourists who come in winter visit mostly for shopping and Aphrodisias ancient city is visited.  The avarage age of visitors is quite high. It is preferred by only the participants of cultural  tours because Aphrodisias Ancient city is visited according to cultural tourism. These tours  reachmostly beginning from İstanbul to Bursa – Çanakkale – İzmir Efes – Kuşadası – Didim  Milet and then Aphrodisias – Pamukkale Hierapolis and Antalya. In this research the variation  of tourist which visit Aphrodisias ancient city have been determined and it has also been  determined how tourists in this community spend their money. The effect of these spendings  on economical sustainable development of Turkey and the region where ancient city is has  beendetermined. Keywords : Aphrodisias, Sculpturing education, Aphrodit temple, Karacasu, Ancient city]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1329]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The investigation of optimum welding parameters in connecting high alloyed  X53CrMnNiN219 and X45CrSi93 steels by friction welding]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In this study, different welding parameters are applied to two different steels with high alloys  and mechanical and metallographical investigations were performed. Thus, the optimum  welding parameters were investigated for these materials and working conditions. 12.30  diameter steel bars made up of 1.4871 (X53CrMnNiN219) &amp; 1.4718 (X45CrSi93) steel were  used as experimental material. The material loss increased with increase in friction and  rotating pressure. The highest hardness and fracture energy were obtained in B5 group.  Keywords: Friction Welding, Welding Parameters, Microstructure.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1146]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2265">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Can Product Placement be Used for Advertising Purposes in Turkish Series: Case of “Aşk-I  Memnu” Necklace (Testing a Measurement Instrument)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Product placement has become an important promotional mix element in recent years in Turkey.  Since audiences are skeptical towards commercials, advertisers have begun to turn to a variety of  alternative advertising channels in order to reach customers. One of the channels they have begun  to use more frequently in recent years is product placement, the placing of branded products in  movies and television programs alike. The aim of the study is testing a research instrument  appropriate for measuring product placement formation. The study proposes existence of  relationship between connectedness to the series and attitude towards product placements in the  series, and researches connectedness dimensions having effect on product placement. Research is  carried out in Antalya in 2011 with convenience sampling of 300 respondents. The questionnaire  form is an adopted version of connectedness scale developed by Russell et al. (2004).  Keywords: Product Placement, Brand Placement, Advertising, Promotion Mix, Soap Operas, TV  Series.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1362]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2266">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Situation Of The Dikili Gulf Fishes For Sustainable Fisheries]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Conservation fish stocks in the aquatic ecosystem is important for sustainable fish production.  Continuation of the fish species generations in a habitat is affected by environmental  conditions and hunting pressure. For the sustainability of the reproductive abilities of fishes, it  is essential to know interactions with the the other species that live in habitat. In this way the  production models, that encourage the fish to grow in its natural habitat, can be developed. In  this study, the fish species that live in Dikili Bay of Izmir City and their economic features  were investigated. Fish species that live in Dikili Bay were examined systematically and  biologically; also identification keys of the species were formed. Morphometric and meristic  characters of obtained species were identified. In the examination, 70 species belonging to 39  families were identified. 9 species of these belong to chondrichythyes and 61 to osteichtyes.  31 of these species are economically important species and are hunted. 2 of them (Sea bream  and sea bass) are farmed in Turkey, also. As a result of inadequate protection measures and  mindless hunting, it was observed 31 economically important and identified species, that live in the Dikili bay, began to extinction day by day. Due to the sea bottom is sandy, it provides  appropriate conditions to trawl fishing. By hunting with this method leads to deterioration of  marine ecosystems. Unlike the other surface fishnets, the trawling disrupts the fish shelters  and nests and makes them irreversible. In this context, placement of an artificial fish shelters,  both will form habitat for fish and with this way trawling can be prevented partially. In  addition, to protect the natural balances of the economically important fish species, stock  enhancement programs, that used for terrestrial water resources, are able to apply for local  marine fish species. By the stock enhancement programs, the natural fish stocks will increase  and the sustainable fisheries will be provided in the natural environment.  Keywords: Dikili Bay, Sustainable Fisheries, fish stocks, stock enhancement, trawling.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1239]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Environmental Impact of Hydroelectric power plants (HPP) and Fishways]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Hydroelectric power plants (HPP), which are not cause environment pollution relatively and  renewable, inexpensive, has increased importance. However, there are positive and negative  impacts on the ecological balance of these systems. One of the main environmental impact of  hydropower development is related to fish passage both upstream and downstream.Hydroelectric power plants (HPP) adversely impact both fish biodiversity and local fishing  communities. Ecosystem change destroys feeding as well as breeding grounds, with a  resultant loss of fish species. Where the movement of migratory fish up and down river is  affected by hydropower development, fish hatcheries near the dam sites or fish ladders for  fish movement should be considered as mitigation options. Local user groups and other  stakeholders should be involved in decision-making, to keep good relations concerning  peoples‘ livelihoods and the sustainability of aquatic resources. The fish maintain the  existence with feeding and reproduction migration of fish, a sufficient amount of water flows  in the stream bed and with proper planning of fish ways. Depending on aquatic habitat and  fish movement corridor values and other site characteristics, use of culvert fishways may  preclude the need to adopt over-conservative and unnecessarily expensive designs using  bridges. The suitability of culvert fishway facilities in meeting fish passage and other  multipurpose design requirements can be demonstrated for numerous waterway types and  structure configurations, and particularly for retrofit facilities. Recognising the need for  ongoing design development and evaluation of fish passage facilities for road crossings and  other waterway structures and for innovative solutions to address aquatic fauna connectivity  barriers. The remaining water in the line of river, life line support will allow to the presence of  fish in streams continue. Transverse structures to do with the river flow as well as standing  water and thus fish would have the opportunity. The development and increase the number of  aquatic species, fish would be affected positively by increase the feeding.  Keywords: Hydroelectric power plants, fish way, ecosystem.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1244]]></dcterms:extent>
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