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Wang, W., Chen, S., Qu, G., 2007. Comparison between Partial Least Squares Regression and Support Vector Machine for Freeway Incident Detection. IEEE, pp. 190-195. Xu, Q., Mak, T., Ko, J., Sengupta, R., 2004. Vehicle-to-vehicle safety messaging in DSRC. ACM Press, p. 19. Sustainability and Using Information Technologies in Disaster Managament FatmaNevalGenç, Murat Yılmaz Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Economic and Administritive Sciences, 09900, Nazilli, Aydın, Turkey. E-mails: fatmanevalgenc@gmail.com,muratyilmaz@adu.edu.tr Abstract Sustainable development is a concept that meets the needs of present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. In recent years world population suffered by numerous natural and manmade disasters so that they strived to 474 �protect their own existence prior to the future. However, most of the disasters were caused by un-sustainable attitudes of politicians, decision makers and communities. In this paper, the concept of disaster management and using information technologies in disasters will be discussed in the sustainability context. The study focuses on the use of information technologies in disaster situation. Information technologies are used in before and after of disaster. In this paper role and place of communication and communication technologies in crisis and disaster situations is considered. This issue, crisis, disaster communication, coordination of disaster situation examined using national and international literature and experience of disaster occurred. In the study developments on the use of communication technologies in disaster management, success of disaster information systems in disasters, advantages and disadvantages of using communication technologies are examined. Keywords: Sustainability, Crisis Management, Disaster Management, Communication Technology, Public Administration. 1. COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT Developments occurring in the field of communication technologies have elleminated the constraints of time and distance. These technologies can help to disaster managers to solve complex problems usin socio-technical system approach. (Çelik and Çorbacıoğlu, 2010: 140). The main communication technologies used in disaster management computer technologies that can be used in different types of disasters and different processes of disaster management These technologies are used for flow of information, emergency contact, mitigation, intervention and allows the realization of information of fast and high quality way. Since the 1990s, these technologies have become an important part of disaster and emergency operations (Fink, 1986; Heath, 1998: 275). The main activities of these technologies and their use in disaster management are listed below (Marincioni, 2007: 460; 475 �the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, 2004: 77-79; Stephenson and Anderson, 1997: 320; Mathew, 2005: 55); a) Early warning systems and simulation models: provides information about the possible effects of the disaster, disaster risk, and the number of potential people affected by disaster and these systems aimed at risk reduction, bringing people to move as quickly as possible. Simulation models are used as instruments for disaster preparedness: public health measures, planning, decision making etc. To create early warning system, seismometers, sub-sea tsunami detectors are used for this purpose. Thanks to early warning systems tsunami, hurricane, flood, landslide hazards can be identified and it is possible to allow time to take action (Samarajiva, 2005: 735). b) Web-based disaster databases: computer software and hardware system that transfers data which properties of the disaster affected area and vulnerable community. Thus, it is possible o identify risk areas, and strategies for fighting the risks of the community-owned. c) Satellite communications: Particularly search and rescue operations, these systems refers to the utilization of global positioning systems, images and aerial photographs to determine map coordinates of points that identified urgent target to be achieved, Disaster areas and support the need for warning signals to quickly handle the situation in order to obtain the use of satellite telecommunications systems will replace the mobile space-based communications infrastructure systems, telephone systems, allowing the introduction of commissioning. d) Remote sensing systems: Using optical and radar satellite systems these techniques are used to prepare land use plans and disaster prone areas, to determine risk areas and infrastructure. e) Geographic information systems and spatial planning (ground positioning systems): Using radar and GPS space technology, especially on potential areas, it is provide benefit to be prepared for earthquakes, observation and monitoringof risky areas; the simulation used in the fields in disasters, making the situation analysis, risk assessment, spatial modeling, disaster mapping. f) Decision support systems: makes it possible to develop decision support systems and expert systems for using internet, information infrastructure in disaster-related areas. Internet, expert systems and decision support systems provide for rapid decision-making, options assessment, and disaster management and analyze. 476 �g) Mail, web sites, internet: these technologies are used to meet needs in disaster areas, education and information about disasters andrelated activities.In the process of disaster internet, TV and video-conferencing systems provides the possibility to experts discuss disaster in e-mail, chat rooms and other media (Marincioni, 2007: 472).These technologies, videos, graphics, links to connect users to do the voting, statements of opinion, do the experts predict, allowing discussion of the possibilities to use the channels, which allows local reporters to login to introduce disaster areas and be contacted in this process, to involve stakeholders in co-operation done. Frequent updating web pages on disaster/crisis to provide information about the possible effects, scope of disaster (Coombs, 2007; Seeger, Sellnow and Ulmer, 1998: 248). Especially sudden events such as natural disasters, fast and frequently updated information is quite important. 1996 Kobe Earthquake, Oklahoma City bombing Internet was the most important communication tool. Using internet electronic networks, maps, photos, digital damage, have been able to reach disaster victimsand their relatives. Forest fires in California, Google maps used by those who wish to obtain information about shelters.In Hurricane Katrina Craiglistler was used as an area offering a variety of forms of assistance.After the September 11 attacks, company web pages, personal blogs used to provide assistance and information (Semaan et al., 2010: 1-10).The spread of the internet, from an emergency disaster warning, breaking news, fast-changing data, real-time video feeds, given the opportunity to reach the literature on natural disasters and emergency situations. In recent years using of social media in the process of disaster has increased. Social media and blogs have become an important source of information and they have power to influence experts and opinion leaders (Edwards et al, 2010: 1-4; Krakovsky, 2010: 1-6; Starbird et al, 2010: 1-5; Latonero et al, 2010: 1-10).After the Banda Aceh Tsunami Twitter used by people to help disaster victims, and drew attention to the speed transformation of news according to the traditional news channels.The interactive nature of Twitte, obtain information to public administrators about disasters, collect, and analyze statistical information about the community affected by disaster, after disaster to keep, serves as a tool to determine the survival rates (Zhu et al., 2011: 431). Additionally, computerized imaging, intelligent vehicles, disaster archives, digital libraries on disasters, meteorological satellite systems, radios, cell phones, fax, tv, emergency telephone lines, sms, rss, telecommunications, communication networks are used extensively in the disaster. In next years, these technologies are used in the field of disaster management is likely to add new ones, and the diversification of existing ones. Coming years it is expected that the 477 �diversification of specialized micro-processors and sensors, multimedia, remote monitoring and data collection instruments. In this context, it is probably in the future, the use of disaster and emergency management such as extensive networks with broad bands of the Internet, network commerce, smart grid search software, high-capacity data storage systems, smart cards, mobile, wireless personal digital assistants, high-performance computers, highresolution satellite imagingTechnologies will spread (Sephenson and Anderson, 1997: 320). 2. EXAMPLES OF USING COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT Communication technologies in disaster following the earthquake used in Mexico City in 1985 for the first time, called an ATS-3 (The Advanced Technology-3) system, in order to ensure communication, international aid. Used in the process of rebuilding of Armenia Earthquake of 1988, the U.S. space the bridge is accepted the largest comprehensive telemedicine disaster assistance project. Similar tele-medicine projects between the U.S. and Russia used in medical consulting and medical education in the process of disaster response, and then these Technologies began to be used extensively in communication technologies, especially medical procedures (Reddy et al., 2009: 263; Mathew, 2005: 2005, Meissner et al., 2002). Advanced communication technologies in the U.S. in the Gulf War (1991) mobile health units, the U.S. assistance to Somalia (1993) also used a remote clinical communication system (Garshnek and Burkle, 1999: 215). Increasing the number of systems to ensure coordination used in the communication technologies in disaster management, including international organizations, especially to coordinate disaster response operations. The main purpose of these systems which called Emergency Management Information System (EMIS) in disaster management make life easier for employees, the organization of existing information and resources to more effectively not only geographically but functionally different channels and means of cooperation offer. Some of these are given below (Onorati et al., 2010; Dorasam and Raman, 2011: 3; Currion, 2007: 62): a)The UN is one of the most important organizations in the international disaster response operations. Using disaster information systems the UN coordinate different types of disaster and humanitarian relief operations aa) UN-OCHA: serve on the internet, intended to provide synchronization, mapping, flexible design. Some projects coordinated by OCHA such as IRIN (Humanitarian News and Analysis), CAP (The Consolidated Appeals Process), CERF (Central Emergency Response 478 �Fund, The), FTS, RedHum (América Latina y el Caribe Red de Información Humanitarian money), OCHA3W (Who does What Where / Contact Management Directory), IASC (The Inter-Agency Standing Committee). Using these these projects web pages, it is possible to organize, download documents or information about disasters (Bui et al, 2000: 436). ab), UN Relief Web: provide mapping, online library, professional resources, web-based service, designed for different types of disaster application forms, assessments, maps, press releases, field research, the reports. ac) LARED-UNDP-GMP: provide disaster information cards, database support, GIS, provides google maps. ad) FEMIS (Federal Emergency Management Information System): provide google mapping, reader blogs, disaster modeling, provides. b) Within the European Commission; ba) ECHO (European Community Humanitarian Office): serves within the framework of the Emergency Public Information Centers and Communication and Information System (the Common Emergency Communication and Information System-CECIS). bb) European Commission prepared a report that better protection of European citizens in order to improve disaster, the aim of this project establish an early warning system within the framework of the Indian Ocean in 2007. The Commission's objective to create real-time monitoring, providing real-time data and multi-faceted approach to disaster-warning mechanisms and to increased analytical capacities of participating countries. bc) Meteoalarm: founded by the European meteorological service, as a collection of Internetbased multi-lingual European alert platform for weather warnings. bd) The Global Disaster Alerts and Coordination System (GDACS): a fully automated manner with the participation of the EU and the UN, works with the data obtained from natural disasters 24/7 according to the warning system. be) the Commission are also prepared early warning systems for specific groups of disaster. The European Commission, the European Flood Alert System (EFAs) has funded the 479 �establishment. EFAs, 3-10 days prior to the damaging floods alert monitoring and information center. AK forest fires, forest fire information system was set up, with this system, and 6 days prior to the daily weather forecasts are made of fire hazard maps, maps of fire locations on a daily basis, 7 days in advance by means of satellite images also provided estimates of damage and risk areas on a daily basis, are published in the hot spots. The European Mediterranean Seismological Center in the Mediterranean region with a partnership with the determination of earthquake risks and Tunisia cooperated on adding three new sensor. Earthquakes in North Africa with the presence and location of the sensors to determine more clearly the nature of the increased chance. AK, as well as with intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission K. Tsunami early warning system has been cooperating in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. European Commission, the effects of disasters and mitigation works on the development of technologies associated with the subject. Commission management research, information society, with a joint research center is engaged in disaster prediction and disaster management. Institute for environment and sustainability, especially within the joint research center, the commission is working tightly with the civil protection service. c) SAHANA: Established after the Indian Ocean tsunami (2004), the system provides open source software, training, aid distribution, status, mapping and response management. The Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is a system open to sharing information, transparent and acting suitable for the general principles of humanitarian organizations. d) FEMA: FEMA is a organization that serves information about places for temporary shelters, medical special needs, materials, distribution points for aid materials, GIS, mapping etc. e) DERMİS-Dynamic Disaster Response Management Information System f) SARVOYADA: operated during the tsunami. g) IMASH-Information Management System: Designed for hurricanes. h) Digital Typhoon: Provides information about typhoons. i) PeopleFinder and ShelterFinder: Google search engine service which is heavily used in disasters. This system heavily utilized positioning and applications, helping those who struggle quake in Japan and Haiti, i) NIMS: National Incident Management Systems has been operating in the United States. j) DesInventar System: The system supported by UNDP and used in Africa and Latin America; works as a database to serve information about post-disaster damage, historical disaster data collection tool k) SIGAME: The sysytem was established after the mass fires in Galicia (2007). 480 �h) HAVARIA: The system works as a Disaster Information Services Alert Map, Global Display of Terrorism and suspicious events i) CRED-The Centre for Research of the Epidemiology of Disasters: The system was founded in Belgium (1973) as a international organization. System used by many international organizations, such as UN's EM-DAT (Emergency Disaster-Emergency Disaster Database Data Base), EM-BİB (Documentation Centre, bibliographic databases) (Hamzaçebi, et al., 2007: 179). i) Emergency Disaster Database (EM-DAT): The Research Centre of the Epidemiology of Disasters (OFDA / CRED) is an organization which covering the largest database about natural disasters. CRED prepares an annual statistical data tables and analysis. It can be searched by date, user country, disaster type, and system serves statistical database about list of general disaster. There are also some maps based on the EM-DAT database. These maps show the geographic summary about effects of disasters and catastrophes between 1974 and 2003. j) The Asian Disaster Reduction Center-ADRC: In order to reduce the effects of disasters and to share information about disaster in the Asian region it was establish in 1998, Japan. 22 states are member of ADCR today. System provide disaster related information about country / region, date, disaster type, loss of life and property, disaster related links (reports, articles), geographical data information, emergency response information (Hamzaçebi, et al., 2007: 179). k) Emergency Management Australia (EMA): Emergency Management Australia (EMA): disaster databases in EMA’s website serves information about historic disasters in Australia. All hazards are identified by type, date, district, region, the total number of dead, injured, number of affected population and the number of homeless (Hamzaçebi, et al., 2007: 179). l) Canadian Disaster Database (CDD): It was established in 1990, it provides information about wars and conflicts in ten years period except for natural and technological disasters (Hamzaçebi, et al., and 2007: 179). Besides these sites, there are web sites that provide information in different areas of disaster management, disasters, response operations, video, teleconferencing, early warning systems, disaster awareness on radio, television, cable television, amateur radio, wireless communication systems, and some organizations such as EU, WHO, FAO, IFRC, the Natural 481 �Hazards Center and the Pan-American Health Organization, DEC (Mathew, 2005: 56). Some institutions, such as The U.S. National Hurricane Center, the Caribbean Hurricane Page, the National Meteorological Center, serves as a mechanism on the web, to warn people, inform the path of disaster, provide information on damage . Epix, Colorado Natural Disaster Center, DHA, and many other website, electronic magazines and related material, such as the Journal of Humanitarian Assistance have become possible information sources. After the G7 summit in 1996, under the name of Global Emergency Management Information Network Project (GEMINI) was created by a global network (Stephenson and Anderson, 1997: 325). 3. USE OF COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN TURKEY TECHNOLOGIES FOR DISASTER Public organizations that responsible for disaster management in Turkey are organized in national and local governments. Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), founded in 2009, is the basis of the system. Departments of Disaster and Emergency Authority are Disaster and Emergency High Council, Disaster and Emergency Coordination Committee, Earthquake Advisory Board. AFAD web page provide information about disaster, concepts associated with disaster, types of disasters, disasters occurring throughout the world, Turkey's National Disaster archive, disaster maps of cities in Turkey and their risk status according to different disasters, measures to be taken in the face of disasters, risk management, civil defense and first aid. Using maps, tables and sateliteimages, Office of Earthquke which department of AFAD, provides information about earthquake that occur since 1900, in last 24 hours and last 30 days. The aim of National Disaster Archive System of Turkey is , using information technologies, to share information with other related public organizations, about disaster experiences of our country, disaster management system, disaster respond and recovery activities (Hamzaçebi et al., 2007:181). Regional and local seismic networks are established and operated by the universities in Turkey. In addition, the TUBITAK Marmara Research Center Earth and Marine Sciences Research Institute works to build and operate regional and temporary seismic networks. Bogazici University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute is a main organization that monitoring earthquakes on a national scale and producing information for emergency response agencies at the national and international scale. Bogazici University 482 �Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute works as a 'National Seismic Network', it gives information about earthquakes to inform responsible public authorities. Institute has got 102 seismic stations across the country. It collects, evaluates data and then transfers information to related institutions. (Ministry of Public Works and Housing, 2004: 71-72). As a part of The General Directorate of Disaster Affairs, TURKNET (Turkey National Telemetric Seismic Network), was founded in 1989. The purpose of TURNET is to try to determine causes of earthquakes and TURKNET studies on hazard mitigation of earthquakes. TURNET has got a network which spread across the country. The network has got 31 stations. 12 of them are located on the North Anatolian Fault Zone (NAFZ). TURKNET information center provides newsletters and catalogs, seismicity maps, long-term data, a fast and automatic earthquake alert, information via the Internet, a reliable estimation of the earthquake (Alkan, and Kaplan, 2005: 164-165). "Active Fault Map of Turkey" is published in 1992 by the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA). It is a reference source and shows the map of active faults of the whole country. From the date of its publication, this map is a main data resource for ongoing efforts about earthquake in our country. The Ministry of Public Works and Settlement prepared and released "Earthquake Zoning Map" in 1996. Especially after the 1999-Marmara Earthquake, initiatives for the establishment and operation of disaster information systems, national scale disaster information technologies have been increased in Turkey. In this context joint studies with international organizations as the World Bank, EU, JICA, have been increased. Universities, municipalities prepared projects, implementation plans and reports for addressing issue on a regional, national scale. However, the majority of them have been an attempt or preparation. Process has been continuing. Some of these studies are follows: (Ministry of Public Works and Settlement, 2004: 71): i) "Turkey Geographic Information Bank” the preparatory work was completed in 1995 by the SPO, the system aims to provide production and use survey data. ii) "Management Information System" Project; has prepared by the Prime Ministery, the system aims a healthy flow of data between public bodies, to ensure using computer network that sought to establish a Standard. iii) "National Geographic Information Systems Strategies in Turkey Project" has prepared by Ministry of National Defence. iv) "Geographical data production and usage survey" has prepared in 2004 by the General Diroctorate of Land Registry and Cadastre. 483 �v) "Turkey Disaster Preparedness Response and Coordination System Concept 'Report" has prepared by Turkish General Staff. vi) Documents which showing the required needs of disaster prepared by AFAD Turkish Disaster Information System (TDIS) has prepared by the Ministry of Interior and Istanbul Technical University in 2001. Four projects have been implemented in In this context: i) National Emergency Management, Training and Exercise Program, ii) Dvelopment Projects of National Emergency Management Model, iii) Restructuring of the National Fire Brigades, iv) National Remote Sensing System (UAS) and Geographic Information System (GIS)-Based Data Base and Disaster Management Creating StandardsOriented Decision Support System (Turkey Disaster Information System - TABİS) . The purpose of TABİS is, using modern satellite technology and information systems, in order to establish the standard model, especially in emergency planning, implementation, and in case of any disaster, disaster management and damage that can be used to estimate, central and function as a decision support system in Turkey. The purpose of TABİS has been creating inventory on disasters, gather information about disasters and transfer them in a information system (Nurlu, 2009). In addition, Turkish Red Crescent has got a system that estimate damage of disaster. In this way, the Red Crescent, can quickly know the size and needs of disaster. And it can respond to disaster most appropriate intervention. Provincial Disaster and Emergency Management at provincial level, especially in provinces that located in high risk areas, appear to be more active in AFAD Office. Bogazici University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, in the context of Istanbul Disaster Preparedness Education Project (İAHEP) has been developed the Geographic Information Sharing System (GISSI). Based on information sharing, using digital maps, GISSI has been provided current data accessibility. In this way, the system aims to help neighborhood organization to the development of earthquake preparedness and postearthquake emergency response plans. Since 2000, Istanbul Governorship Disater Management Center has been set up to provide coordination and cooperation between the relevant institutions and organizations. Disaster Management Center has been legally responsible for carrying out the preparations for disaster management in İstanbul. Center has been collect, update, analyze and synthesize all kinds of information about disasters. Another project in İstanbul is the Istanbul Disaster Information System. The aims of the system to do disaster planning, implementation, managament, estimate damages, by using satellite technology and information systems; to provide information for the other provincies, 484 �to act as a pilot decision support system project. Additionally, Disaster Coordination Center in Istanbul Metropoliten Municipality has been providing real-time monitoring about disaster and archive disaster records.Other example of national disaster databases in Turkey is the Middle East Technical University Department of Environmental EngineeringTechnological Accidents Information System. At local level, especially in the high risky provincies, disaster information technology-based works are a lot. For example, the RADIUS Project coordinate by İzmir Metropoliten Municipality aim to evaluate sismic situation and to determine the possible damages that may occur during an earthquake İzmir. Crisis Management Center of the Governorship of Izmir has been initiated to Emergency Management and Geographic Information System. The Disaster Management Information System (İZAYBİS) established and İzmir Development Agency (İZKA) provided financial support to the "Enhancing the Effectiveness of Disaster Management Framework of the Provincial Emergency Response Plan".Creating a disaster management information system within the scope of this project, studies are performing in Izmir. Crisis Management Center of the Governorship of Izmir sharing information with various institutions and organizations. The center serves information to the other organizations using geographic information systems and digital maps in different formats (Mersin and Şahin, 2009: 45).In Afyonkarahisar Emergency Management and Data Processing Center (ADUYBİM) are available. The center, operates within the scope of GIS. In Kastamonu (Hamzaçebi et al, 2004: 1) and Rize (Balci, 2007) there have been attempts to establish meteorological early warning systems in the disaster information system. 4.CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Because of the disasters, importance of the use of communication tools increased. However, for various reasons, particularly economic constraints, the adaptation of communication technologies in disaster management is not easy. Taking into account these constraints, some suggestions can be developed for adaptation of successful communication technologies in disaster management process. Using communication technologies, aid agencies who’s responsible for disaster should tie together within the framework of global, national and local scales. While communication technologies are aligned with the local disaster plans at a later stage, this information should be collected on a national scale, and ultimately global disaster information should be shared between relevant countries and organizations. For example, particularly local hospitals should equipped terminals; they should used capable of wireless lines and should be connected to the disaster area. For example, in a disaster situation that 485 �may affect multiple countries such as tsunami, unlike establish early warning systems in each country; establish a common system is more cheap and useful. Indeed, such a model after the 2004 tsunami took place in India and Taiwan (Samarajiva, 2005: 735). Disaster management should adapt technical infrastructure, people and agencies that involved in the process. In this context, to be prepared for disasters, especially the opensource, easily accessible software and training tools are needed in each stage of intervention (Currion, 2007: 62). Designing the disaster technology infrastructure the possible technical difficulties, social dimensions should be consider. So, framework of disaster management process should be designed as a socio-technical systems approach (Reddy et al, 2009: 267). An ideal disaster management system should be involved public agencies, citizens, voluntary organizations, private sector. At this point especially in disaster databases and other technologies in disaster design, establish, implementation, financing partnerships with the private sector is very important. Disaster communication systems should planned alternativly (Lien et al., 2009: 1-10). In an effective disaster management, roles and visions of a local disaster teams must comply with professional standards, appropriate technologies should be used, teams must be open to interaction and knowledge transfer. After the Marmara Earthquake some important legal and institutional regulations has been done disaster management system in Turkey. But it is hard to say desired level. Some of the strategic objectives of National Earthquake Disaster and Emergency Management Strategy and Action Plan (UDSEP) (2012-2023) which prepared by the AFAD, are to develop disaster information infrastructure and to design new research and develop methods; to establish earthquake data bank; to develop seismic observation networks; to develop forecasting and early warning system etc. (AFAD, 2010: 8-18). To improve disaster communication technologies in Turkey, some recommendations are as follows: -National disaster management authority should determine tasks and responsibilities clearly, and should share rolles and responsibilites with government organizanizations, universities, private sectors etc. 486 �-Whichorganization produces and which information must be determined; to standardize the data produced by different organizations, the data flow, rules of data flow should be determined between institutions; the data collected and should be coordinated in one hand. -Disaster management policies should be prioritized in national policies, -E-government infrastructure should be completed and disaster management systems should be integrated in. -A national network system which country-wide disaster monitoring, recording, evaluation, archiving shold set up, -Institutions responsible for disaster management should be recruited expert-qualified personnel -Information access, exchange infrastructure should set up in national level. -National disaster coordination and data center on a space based established. -Training in disaster management, disaster technologies should be supported -International cooperation in the use of satellite communications and other systems in disaster management should be increased -National disaster information system standards, terminology and definitions should be identified. 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Classification of EEG signals for epileptic seizure prediction using ANN JasminKevric, AbdulhamitSubasi International Burch University, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies, FrancuskeRevolucije bb, Ilidža, Sarajevo, 71210, Bosnia and Herzegovina. E-mails:jkevric@ibu.edu.ba, asubasi@ibu.edu.ba Abstract In this paper, we developed a model for classification of EEG signals. The aim of the study is to determine whether this model can be used for epileptic seizure prediction if “pre-ictal” stages were successfully detected. We analyzed long-term Freiburg EEG data. Each of 21 patients contains datasets called “ictal” (seizure) and “inter-ictal” (seizure-free). We extracted 4096-samples (or 16 seconds) long segments from both datasets of each patient. These segments were decomposed into time-frequency representations using Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT). The statistical features from the DWT sub-bands of EEG segments were calculated and fed as inputs to Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) and Radial Basis Function (RBF) network classifiers using 10-fold cross validation. We also applied multiscale PCA (MSPCA) de-noising method to determine if it can further enhance the classifiers’ performance. MLP-based approach outperformed RBF classifier with or without MSPCA, which significantly improved the classification accuracy of both classifiers. The proposed MLP-approach with MSPCAachieved a classification accuracy of 95.09%. We showed that a high classification accuracy of EEG signals can be accomplished in cases when additional “pre-ictal” class is introduced. Therefore, the proposed approach may become an efficient tool to predict epileptic seizures from EEG recordings. Keywords: Electroencephalogram (EEG); Epileptic seizure; Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT); Multilayer Perceptron (MLP); Radial Basis Function (RBF) network; Multiscale PCA (MSPCA); Machine learning. 491 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1207 Title A name given to the resource Sustainability and Using Information Technologies in Disaster Managament Author Author Fatma , Neval Genç Abstract A summary of the resource. Sustainable development is a concept that meets the needs of present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. In recent years world population suffered by numerous natural and manmade disasters so that they strived to protect their own existence prior to the future. However, most of the disasters were caused by un-sustainable attitudes of politicians, decision makers and communities. In this paper, the concept of disaster management and using information technologies in disasters will be discussed in the sustainability context. The study focuses on the use of information technologies in disaster situation. Information technologies are used in before and after of disaster. In this paper role and place of communication and communication technologies in crisis and disaster situations is considered. This issue, crisis, disaster communication, coordination of disaster situation examined using national and international literature and experience of disaster occurred. In the study developments on the use of communication technologies in disaster management, success of disaster information systems in disasters, advantages and disadvantages of using communication technologies are examined. Keywords: Sustainability, Crisis Management, Disaster Management, Communication Technology, Public Administration. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012-05-31 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed H Social Sciences (General),T Technology (General) https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/files/original/ba339feba7f41fa19a069615a87d3ac0.pdf 8f847c23cc08fbcbe4382a11e8daf5b6 PDF Text Text 3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo Relationship Between Human Capital And Economic Growth: Panel Causality Analysis For Selected Oecd Countries Ferdi Kesikoğlu, Zafer Öztürk Bülent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey E-mails: fkesikoglu@yahoo.com, zaferoz@hotmail.com Abstract In this study, the relation between education and health expenditures that are accepted as an indicator of human capital and economic growth is tested empirically. According to the findings of the study, based on 1999 – 2008 period for 20 OECD countries that are selected by the panel casuality test, a bidirectional casuality relation is observed between the education and health expenditures and economic growth in the period and country group under discussion. The obtained findings both support the intrinsic growth theories and tally with the empirical studies on the subject. Keywords: Education expenditures, health care expenditure, human capital, economic growth, panel causality. 1. INTRODUCTION Studies on growth in the economics literature are usually divided into two groups. The first one is the Neo-classical growth theory that was dominant until 1980s and it identifies the source of economic growth with technology and increase in population which is considered as external in the model. The Neo-classical growth theories, which take shape depending upon savings, capital-labour and income variables, propound that there will be no long-term discrepancy between countries in terms of level of development. The theories that emerged as alternatives to the Neo-classical theory are called as endogeneous growth theories. Emerging endogeneous growth theories bring forward the idea that endogenous conditions like human capital, foreign trade policies, financial development and public expenditures of a country can affect economic growth. Considering the subject within the frame of endogenous growth theories, it is ascertained that the human capital resources of a country have a great impact on growth. In recent years, the empirical studies on economic growth also increasingly emphasize the role of human capital in economic growth process. As often expressed in the empirical studies, the most important indicators of the human capital are health care and education. For education and health, the number of people graduated from collages and life expectancy at birth or total public expenditure intended on education and health care are used as variables in empirical models. Education and health care expenditures increase the quality of labour force and positively contribute to the production capacity and thus to the economic growth. It is also emphasized by the endogenous growth theories that in the development process, health care and education expenditures play an important role in the formation of human capital and have a significant contribution to the sustainable economic growth in long-term. 1 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo In this study, within the frame of theoretical and empirical arguments presented above in summary, the relationship between education, health care expenditures and economic growth is tested by the panel causality test for 20 OECD member countries that are selected considering data sufficiency for 1999 – 2008 period. In the first part of the study that composed of three parts, the theoretical frame is presented. After the second part that summarizes the findings of relevant empirical studies, the empirical model and the findings of the model are evaluated. The study reveals the importance of human capital for economic development. 2. EMPIRICAL LITERATURE Empirical literature about the relationship between human capital and economic growth is summarized in Table 1. Table 1: The Empirical Literature Author Method Period Country Result Romer (1989) Endegenous Growth Model 1960-1985 Transnational Positive effect of education on growth Mulligan and Sala-i Martin (1992) Endegenous Growth Model Barro and Lee (1993) Panel Method Kelly (1997) Ordinary Squares Least Rivera and Currais (1998) Ordinary Squares Least Freire-Serén (2001) Two-Step OLS Kar and (2003) Ağır Granger Causality, VECM Economic growth increases the rate of return on human capital 1960-1985 189 Country Positive effect of education on growth 1970-1989 73 Country Do not have any effect on economic growth of health spending 1960-1990 OECD Countries Positive effect of health spending on economic growth 1960-1990 Transnational There are two-way causal relationship between human capital and economic growth -causality of education spending to economic growth 1926-1994 Turkey -causality of economic growth to health spending -Human capital has a positive effect on growth in the long term Serel and Masatçı (2005) Johansen cointegration 1950-2000 Taban (2006) Johansen cointegration, Granger Causality 1968-2003 Turkey Two-way causal relationship between health indicators and economic growth Taban and Kar (2006) Granger Causality 1969-2001 Turkey Two-way causal relationship between educaiton and economic growth Haldar and Mallik (2010) Johansen cointegration, ARDL 1960-2006 India investment in education and health are very important and has a significant positive long run effect on per capita Turkey -Causality of economic growth to human capital 2 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo GNP growth -Causality of human capital to GDP in the short and long term Şimşek and Kadılar (2010) Cointegraiton, granger causality, ARDL 1960-2004 Keskin (2011) Multiple Linear Regression Cross-Sectional Data 177 Countries Yaylalı and Lebe (2011) Cointegraiton and VAR 1938-2007 Turkey Turkey - Causality of GDP to human capital in the short term BM Has important effects on economic development, educatiton and health spending Two-way causal relationship between educaiton and economic growth 3. MODEL, DATA AND METHODS In this study, the estimated models are shown in the following equations. m n l1 k 1 GDPt   0   l GDPt l    k EGTM t k  ut m n l1 k 1 (1) EGTM t   0   l EGTM t l    k GDPt k  ut m n l1 k 1 (2) GDPt   0   l GDPt l    k SAGLK t k  ut m n l1 k 1 SAGLK t   0   l SAGLK t l    k GDPt k  u t (3) (4) In the model, GDP symbolizes the rate of growth, EGTM symbolizes the GDP ratio of total education expenditures, SAGLK symbolizes the GDP ratio of total health expenditures,  and s symbolize the parameters and m and n symbolize the lag length. According to Schwarz information criterion 3 is determined as the length of delay. Besides, employment (IST) is added as a control variable to the model as it can be in relation to growth, education and health. The data used in the analysis is obtained from World Bank WDI, OECD-STAN data bases. The data set used icludes 1999 – 2008 period and 20 OECD member countries: Austria, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Holland, Spain, UK, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Finland, Iceland and USA. According to Holtz-Eakin, Newey and Rosen (1988), the hypothesis test can be made in equation 5 in order to examine whether model in equation 1 cause GDP to EGTM and model in equation 2 EGTM to GDP. This hypothesis test can also be made for equations 3 and 4 that present the relation between GDP and SAGLK. 1   2   3  0 (5) The economics literature suggests three approaches to test casuality in panel data set. The first approach is based on the generalized method of moments (GMM) and the Wald test in equation 3. The GMM method requires the panel data set to be N>T. The second one is suggested by Hurlin (2008) and fixed effects are based on panel data approach. The fixed effect panel data approach can be applied only for static series. The third one is proposed by Kónya (2006) and it is based on the estimates of seemingly unrelated regression (SUR). The 3 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo last approach requires the panel data set to be T>N. In this study, the GMM - system approach is preferred since the data set used is N>T and some variables in the model are I(1). Holtz-Eakin, Newey and Rosen (1988), Arellano and Bond (1991), Arellano and Bover (1995) and Blundell and Bond (1998) developed the GMM – system approach which can solve the endogeneity and it can be and applied to T<N feature samples. This method is basically an instrumental variable method. It is based on producing instrumental variables which have the similar characteristics of moment instead of variables that are considered to have the problem of endogeneity and using instrumental variables in regression model. It is possible to express GMM β estimator as in equation 6 for a model in the form of yi  xi  ui (Cameron and Triverdi, 2009, p. 175): ̂ GMM   X ZWZ X 1 X ZWZ y (6) In equation 6, X represents the matrix of independent variable, Z represents the matrix instrumental variable, Y represents the matrix of dependent variable and W represents the matrix of symmetric weight. The GMM β estimator minimizes the objective function. The objective function is indicated in equation 7. 1    1 Q(  )    y  X  Z W  Z  y  X  N  N  (7) When the matrix of weight is taken in the quadratic form, it is equal to Z  y  X  . However, when the matrix of weight is selected as in two-staged EKK the optimal GMM estimator is reached. The optimal GMM is indicated in equation 8.  ̂ OGMM  X ZSˆ 1 Z X  1 X ZSˆ 1 Z y   (8) 1 / 2 In the equation 8 Ŝ is the estimation of Var N Z u . The efficiency of the GMM estimator depends on selecting the right matrix of instrumental variable. There are three tests used for this purpose. The first one is the AR(1) and AR(2) tests developed by Arellano and Bond (1991). The AR(1) test examines the null hypothesis in the form of “no first-order autocorrelation.” Because of the method of obtaining instrumental variable, first-order autocorrelation should be observed automatically in the error term of the model and the null hypothesis should be rejected at a %5 statistical significance level. Otherwise, it is understood that the instrumental variables cannot be determined correctly. On the other hand, AR(2) test examines the null hypothesis in the form of “no second-order autocorrelation.” The no second-order autocorrelation should not be rejected at a %5 statistical significance level in the model. Otherwise, it is again understood that the instrumental variables cannot be determined correctly. The second test is known as the Sargan test. It examines the null hypothesis in the form of “instrumental variable is valid.” Therefore, the null hypothesis should not be rejected at a %5 statistical significance level. The last test is known as Hansen’s J test. The J test also examines the null hypothesis in the form of “instrumental variable is valid” and the null hypothesis should not be rejected at a %5 statistical significance level. Furthermore, if the tests are ranked according to the degree of reliability, AR(1) and AR(2) tests are in the first place, the Sargan test is in the second and the J test take the last place. Particularly, as the number of instrumental variables increase the success of the J test decreases (Roodman, 2006, p. 14). Finally, Windmeijer (2005) proved that the GMM estimate is exposed to small sample deviation in a finite number of observations and proposed a method to correct this small 4 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo sample deviation that emerge in standart errors. Moreover, the author proves that when this deviation arising from the small sample is corrected, the deviations observed in standard errors and coefficients decrease as well. In order to correct the results of the GMM method used in this study, the correction proposed by Windmeijer (2005) is followed. The only code that can implement this correction is written by Roodman (2006). For this reason, the code written by Roodman (2006) is used for GMM estimation. 4. FINDINGS In table 2, the results of the model estimation that examines whether there is a casual relationship from education to growth is shown. Table 2: Estimation Results of Model 1 Independent Variables Coefficient Corrected Standard Error T Statistics Probability GDPt-1 0.67* 0.111 6.05 0.000 EGTM -6.19* 0.980 -6.32 0.000 EGTMt-1 7.72* 1.502 5.14 0.000 EGTMt-2 -0.75 1.471 -0.52 0.607 EGTMt-3 -0.84 0.964 -0.88 0.382 Arellano-Bond AR(1) Statistics -4.21 (0.000) F Statistics 18.56 (0.000)* Arellano-Bond AR(2) Statistics -0.79 (0.429) No. Of Observations 120 Cross-Section 20 Time Dimension 10 years Method Two Staged Panel GMM-system Wald Statistics (EGTMt-1 = EGTMt-2 = EGTMt-3 = 0) 10.94 (0.0071) Note: * symbol shows the %1 statistically significant coefficients. In the statistics related to the model, the values before the parentheses show the related statistic values and the values in parentheses indicate the possibilities. According to the findings, the F statistics show that the model, as a whole, is statistically significant at a %5 significance level. The AR(1) statistics show first-order autocorrelation is observed in the error terms of the model and AR(2) statistics show no second-order autocorrelation. The Wald statistics that examine EGTMt-1 = EGTMt-2 = EGTMt-3 = 0 hyphothesis is rejected at a significance level of %1. This finding means that the education expenditures are the reasons of growth. In table 3, the results of the model estimation that examines whether there is a casual relationship from growth to education expenditures is shown. Table 3: Estimation Results of Model 2 Independent Variables Coefficient Corrected Standard Error T Statistics Probability EGTMt-1 0.954* 0.038 25.03 0.000 GDP -0.041* 0.009 -4.28 0.000 5 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo GDPt-1 0.015 0.65 0.515 0.015 2.20 0.030 0.012 0.56 0.577 Arellano-Bond AR(1) Statistics -4.48 (0.000) F Statistics 165.54 (0.000)* Arellano-Bond AR(2) Statistics 0.56 (0.577) GDPt-2 GDPt-3 0.010 0.034** 0.006 Wald Statistics (GDPt-1 = GDPt-2 = GDPt-3 = 0) 10.49 (0.0071) No. Observations Of 120 Cross-Section 20 Time Dimension 10 years Method Two-Staged GMM-system Panel Note: * symbol shows %1 ** shows %5 statistically significant coefficients. In the statistics related to the model, the values before the parentheses show the related statistic values and the values in parentheses indicate the possibilities. According to the no. 2 model estimation results, the model is significant at a %1 significance level and the instrumental variables are valid. Besides, the Wald statistics cannot reject the H0 hypothesis at %1, %5 and %10 significance levels in the form of growth is not the reason of education expenditures. In table 4, there are the results of a casual relationship research from health expenditures to growth that is stated above in no. 3 model. Table 4: Estimation Results of Model 3 Independent Variables Coefficient Corrected Standard Error T Statistics Probability GDPt-1 0.462* 0.131 3.52 0.001 SAGLK -5.529* 0.732 -7.55 0.000 SAGLKt-1 6.072* 1.260 4.82 0.000 SAGLKt-2 -0.674 1.292 -0.52 0.603 SAGLKt-3 -0.467 0.824 -0.57 0.572 Arellano-Bond AR(1) Statistics -4.20 (0.000) F Statistics 24.09 (0.000)* Arellano-Bond AR(2) Statistics -0.65 (0.513) No. Observations Wald Statistics (SAGLKt-1 = SAGLKt-2 = SAGLKt-3 = 0) 17.05 (0.0000) Of 120 Cross-Section 20 Time Dimension 10 years Method Two-Staged GMM-system Panel Note: * symbol shows %1 ** shows %5 statistically significant coefficients. In the statistics related to the model, the values before the parentheses show the related statistic values and the values in parentheses indicate the possibilities. According to the no. 3 model estimation results, the model is significant at a %1 significance level and the instrumental variables are valid. Besides, the Wald statistics cannot reject the H0 hypothesis at %1, %5 and %10 significance levels in the form of growth is not the reason of health expenditures. 6 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo In table 5, there are the results of a casual relationship research from growth to health expenditures that is stated above in equation 4. Table 5: Estimation Results of Model 4 Independent Variables Coefficient Corrected Standard Error T Statistics Probability SAGLKt-1 0.928 0.257 36.06 0.000 GDP -0.769 0.013 -5.84 0.000 GDPt-1 -0.005 0.020 -0.25 0.805 GDPt-2 0.009 0.021 0.46 0.645 GDPt-3 0.040 0.015 2.56 0.012 Arellano-Bond AR(1) Statistics -3.57 (0.000) F Statistics 527.27(0.000)* Arellano-Bond AR(2) Statistics -0.18 (0.860) No. Observations Wald Statistics (GDPt-1 = GDPt-2 = GDPt-3 = 0) 18.06 (0.0000) Of 120 Cross-Section 20 Time Dimension 10 years Method Two-Staged GMM-system Panel Note: * symbol shows %1 ** shows %5 statistically significant coefficients. In the statistics related to the model, the values before the parentheses show the related statistic values and the values in parentheses indicate the possibilities. According to results of no.4 model estimation results that is summarized in table 5, the model is significant at a %1 significance level and the instrumental variables are valid. 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In this study, the relation between education and health expenditures that are accepted as an indicator of human capital and economic growth is tested empirically. According to the findings of the study, based on 1999 – 2008 period for 20 OECD countries that are selected by the panel casuality test, a bidirectional casuality relation is observed between the education and health expenditures and economic growth in the period and country group under discussion. The obtained findings both support the intrinsic growth theories and tally with the empirical studies on the subject. Keywords: Education expenditures, health care expenditure, human capital, economic growth, panel causality. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012-05-31 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed H Social Sciences (General),HB Economic Theory,HG Finance,HJ Public Finance https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/files/original/85257c11d624d8c9755d8150a58f4917.pdf 7161e12a2f2f09f974ba6b906fdb994e PDF Text Text Veziroglu, T.N. and Barbir, F. (1998) Hydrogen Energy Technologies, United Nations industrial development organization, Vienna. Seed Micromorphological Investigations On 7 New Taxa Of Crocus Chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert From Turkey Feyza Candan Biology Dept, Botany Section, Faculty of Arts and Science, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey Abstract This Investigation is made to determine seed micromorphological properties of four subspecies and tree varieties of Crocus chrysanthus have been distinguished:Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. chrysanthus with 3 varieties (var. chrysanthus, var. bicoloroceus F. Candan & N. Özhatay, and var. atrovioloceus F. Candan & N. Özhatay), Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. punctatus F. Candan & N. Özhatay, Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. kesercioglui F. Candan & N. Özhatay and Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. sipyleus F. Candan & N. Özhatay. Scanning electron microscope was used to determine micromorphological features as regards mature seeds of all taxa. Keywords: Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert, seed micromorphology. 1.INTRODUCTION Among the Angiosperm members, Iridaceae family is an invincible family with its attractive flowers. The taxa that belongs Iridaceae family are herbs with rhizomes, corms and bulbs (Mathew, 1984). Iridaceae family is resembled with 6 genus in Turkey. These are Iris L., Hermodactylus Miller, Gynandriris Parl., Crocus L., Romulea Maratti and Gladiolus L. (Mathew, 1984). Crocus species are perennial plants, adopted to overcome a dry dormant period in the form of an underground corm, in many ways resembling Colchicum L. (Mathew, 1982; Bowles 1924, 1952). The genus Crocus L. (Iridaceae) presently consists of 90 species, mainly in the Mediterranean Region and the drier floristic areas of the Irano-Turanien Region. The majority of species are restricted to Turkey and the Balkans. Turkey is an especially rich country in terms of Crocus species, with 31 species recorded in the Flora of Turkey (Mathew, 1984). The thirty-second species mentioned in Flora of Turkey is C. boissieri Maw. This plant collected in Turkey by Tchihotcheff in 1853 and then it has not been refound (Mathew, 2001). Since, the Flora of Turkey was written, five new taxa were described as C. biflorus Mill. subsp. albocoronatus 260 �Kerndorff, C. biflorus Mill. subsp. fibroannulatus Kerndorff, C. wattiorum (Mathew) Mathew, C. paschei Kerndorff, C. kerndorffiorum Pasche (Güner et al., 2000). In recent years, most of Turkey‘s native taxa were identified and classified by significant Crocus experts Brian Mathew, Eric Pasche and Helmuth Kerndorff. According to Kerndorff and Pasche (2004a) southwestern Turkey is the current center of diversity of the genus with 40 species and 70 taxa of which 40 are endemics (Maw 1886; Mathew 1982, 1984, 1998, 2000, 2002; Kerndorff and Pasche 2004a, 2004b, 2006, 2011; Yüzbaşıoğlu and Varol 2004; Erol et al. 2010, 2011). C. chrysanthus was described by W. Herbert in 1837, collected by Frivaldsky in Rumelia. It is distributed in the Balkans and E. Romania. C. chrysanthus belongs to Series Biflori of genus Crocus. Mathew (1982) described C. chrysanthus in his famous work ‗The Crocus‘. This species is the much-loved yellow spring Crocus which has given rise to a whole colorful range of excellent garden plants, some of which are selections within the species while others are hybrids between it and Crocus biflorus. It is exceedingly variable, both in its morphology and cytology, but presents great problems in that the phenotypic variation does not correlate with such formation as distribution, habitat or chromosome number. flower colors. Since the publication Flora of Turkey, (Mathew 1984) a number of ecological, anatomical, cytological, palynological studies concerning Crocus taxa have been carried out (Işık and Oybak Dönmez 2006; Candan and Kesercioğlu 2007; Candan et al. 2009a, 2009b; Kandemir 2009; Şık and Candan 2009; Coşkun et al. 2010). Otherwise, a number of investigations into Crocus species genetics have been made (Şık et al. 2008; Petersen et al. 2008). Author (Feyza Candan) of this paper wrote a phD thesis (2007) titled ‗Morphological, anatomical, cytological and palinological investigations on the Turkish Crocus taxa:C. ancyrencis, C. sieheanus, C. chrysanthus and C. flavus‘. In her thesis she determined three cytotypes as 2n=8, 12, 20+2B and described the morphological differentiation of some populations of C. chrysanthus. After she completed her thesis, she examined more populations of C. chrysanthus. The results of these detailed studies including morphology, anatomy, cytology, palynology and seed micromorphology, provide evidence that phenotypic variation does correlate with anther and flower colors, chromosome numbers, pollen and seed characteristics. An identification key for Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert s.l. is suggested (article is in press). In this study, seeds as regards 7 new taxa of C. chrysanthus are investigated in terms of micromorphological peculiarities. 2.Material and Methot Author made extensive field studies between 2001-2010 in south and west Anatolia about C. chrysanthus. She observed many different populations of C. chrysanthus while collecting. The specimens themselves have been deposited in the Herbarium of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul University (ISTE). Other samples examined are deposited at the following herbaria AEF (Ankara University, Pharmacy Faculty Herbarium), ANK (Ankara University, Science Faculty Herbarium), GAZI (Gazi University, Science Faculty Herbarium), HUB (Hacettepe University, Science Faculty Herbarium), EGE (Ege University, Science Faculty Herbarium). 261 �For scanning electron microscopy, dried mature seeds of C. chrysanthus taxa were mounted on stubs using double-sided adhesive type. Samples were coated with 12,5-15 nm of gold. Coated seeds were examined and photographed with a JEOL JSM-6060 model scanning electron microscope (SEM). Seed surface structue terminology is made according to Barthlott, (1984), Bojˇnanský and Fargašová (2007), Stearn (1983). 3.Results Seed shape in relation to new taxa of C. chrysanthus were observed as ellipsoid. Raphe and caruncle are present. Seed diameters of the species are about 1,4-2,4x2,0-5,1 mm. Micromorphological peculiarties as regards 7 new taxa of the species are given below in a detailed way. Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. chrysanthus var. chrysanthus Seed diameters are about (1,4)1,6-2,0(2,2)x(2,5)2,8-3,8 mm. Seed coat structure is colliculateaculeate. Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. chrysanthus var. bicoloroceus F. Candan & N. Özhatay var. nov. Seed diameters are about 1,5-2,3x2,5-3,9 mm. Seed coat structure is colliculate-aculeate. Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. chrysanthus var. atrovioloceus F. Candan & N. Özhatay var. nov. Seed diamaters are about 1,4-2,2x3,0-4,4 mm. Seed coat structure is irregülar aculeate. Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. punctatus F. Candan & N. Özhatay subsp. nov. Seed diameters are about 1,7-2,4x(2,8)3-4,8(5,1) mm. Seed coat structure is regülar aculeate. Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. kesercioglui F. Candan & N. Özhatay subsp. nov. Seed diameters are about 1,5-2,4x3,2-4,5 mm. Seed coat structure is colliculate-aculeate. Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. sipyleus F. Candan &N. Özhatay subsp. nov. Seed diameters are about (1,5)1,7-2,2x(2,0)3,0-4,9 mm. Seed coat structure is finely vesiculate 4.Discussion Murley made a descriptive and complementary useful key for Cruciferae family and the other families seed description. These knowledge were made a significant contribution to solve important problems for classification of Cruciferae (Murley, 1951). 262 �Few studies have been made of the adaptive significance of seed and fruit coat macromorphology, sculpturing and ornamentation in Scrophulariacea and Asteraceae. The seeds and achenes have no obvious adaptations for animal or bird dispersal, whereas ornamentation might enhance their chances of being dispersed by animals. It was also suggested that such features have selective advantages in dry habitats by reducing water loss (Shetler and Morin, 1986; Aktaş Akcın, 2009). In the current study, seed micromorphology of 7 new taxa of Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert are determined from Turkey. Based on previous researches and the results presented here, it can be concluded that the micromorphological features of the seeds will be a kind of support related to distinguish all taxa of C. chrysanthus between each other. According to all studies of the species C. chrysanthus s.l. as morphology, palinology, cytology and seed micromorphology (Candan 2007; Candan and Kesercioğlu 2007), an identification key of the species was suggested (article is in press). In this study, seed micromorphological features of 7 new taxa of C.chrysanthus are necessary to understand that surface patterns can be confidently utilized to differentiate individual taxa and groupings, as is seen. REFERENCES Aktaş Akcın, T. 2009. Seed coat morphology of some Turkish Campanula (Campanulaceae) species and its systematic implications, Vol:64, No:6, 1089-1094 Barthlott, W. 1984. Microstructurel Features of Seed Surface. -In Heywood, V. H. and D.M. Moore (eds.), Current Concepts in Plant Taxonomy, Academic Press, London. Bojˇnanský V., Fargašová A. 2007. Atlas of Seeds and Fruits of Central and East-European Flora. -Abbott:Springer, Netherlands. Bowles E.A. 1952. A Handbook of Colchicum for Gardeners (rev. ed.), London:The Bodley Head. Candan, F. 2007. Morphological, anatomical, cytological and palinological investigations on C. ancyrencis, C. sieheanus, C. chrysanthus and C. flavus taxa of the genus Crocus L. –PhD thesis, Science Institute, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey. Candan, F. and Kesercioğlu, T. 2007. Cytaxonomic Investigations on the Species Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert. -International Conference on Environment:Survival and Sustainability, Proceedings, Vol. 2, 19-24 February, Near East University, Nicosia-Northern Cyprus. Coşkun, F.; Selvi, S.; Satıl, F. 2010. Phylogenetic relationships of some Turkish Crocus (Iridaceae) taxa based on morphological and anatomical characters. –Turkish Journal of Botany, Vol. 34(3), 171-178. Erol, O. et al. 2010. Crocus antalyensis subsp. nov. (Iridaceae) from southwest Anatolia.– Nordic Journal of Botany,28:186-188. Erol, O. et al. 2011. Genetic diversity of Crocus antalyensis B. Mathew (Iridaceae) and a new subspecies from southern Anatolia.– Plant Systematics and Evolution 294:281-287. Işık, S., Oybak Dönmez, E. 2006. Pollen Morphology of Some Turkish Crocus L. (Iridaceae) Species. −Acta Biologica Cracoviensia, Series Botanica 48/1:85-91. 263 �Kandemir, N. 2009. Morphology, Anatomy and Ecology of Critically Endangered Endemic Crocus pestalozzae Boiss. (Iridaceae) in North-West Turkey. –Bangladesh Journal of Botany, Vol. 38, Issue:2, 127-132. Kerndorff, H. and Pasche, E. 2004. Crocus biflorus in Anatolia, part two. –Plantsman (new ser.) 3:201-215. Kerndorff, H. and Pasche, E. 2006. Crocus biflorus in Anatolia, part tree. –Linzer Biol. Beitr. 38:165-187. Kerndorff, H. and Pasche, E. 2011. Two new taxa of Crocus (Liliiflorae, Iridaceae) from Turkey. Stapfia 95:2-5. Mathew, B. 1982. The Crocus: A revision of the genus Crocus (Iridaceae). -B.T. Batsford LTD. Mathew, B., 1984. Crocus: -In Davis, P.H. (ed.), The Flora of Turkey and The East Aegean Islands, 8:413-438, Edinburgh University. Mathew, B. 1998. Crocus kerndorffiorum. –Curtis‘ s Bot. Mag. 15:120-124. Mathew, B. 2000. Crocus. –In Güner, A. et al. (eds), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Edinburgh Univ. Pres, 11:271-274. Mathew, B. 2002. 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Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1254 Title A name given to the resource Seed Micromorphological Investigations On 7 New Taxa Of Crocus Chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert From Turkey Author Author Feyza, Candan Abstract A summary of the resource. This Investigation is made to determine seed micromorphological properties of four subspecies and tree varieties of Crocus chrysanthus have been distinguished:Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. chrysanthus with 3 varieties (var. chrysanthus, var. bicoloroceus F. Candan & N. Özhatay, and var. atrovioloceus F. Candan & N. Özhatay), Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. punctatus F. Candan & N. Özhatay, Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. kesercioglui F. Candan & N. Özhatay and Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. sipyleus F. Candan & N. Özhatay. Scanning electron microscope was used to determine micromorphological features as regards mature seeds of all taxa. Keywords: Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert, seed micromorphology. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012-05-31 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed H Social Sciences (General),Q Science (General) https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/files/original/313d102c20b82156c633b8e799e509ab.pdf 306ab8a981cd245f0ce3d864b3d20e67 PDF Text Text task for applied environmental issues. From the observations and investigations, macrophytes of river systems need protection and municipalities should stimulate researchers to improve the phytoremediation techniques and to demonstrate their reliability to the public. Obviously, macrophytes and microphytes could be a remedial solution for heavy metal reduction in aquatic systems. However, together with all heavy metals that they had absorbed, macrophytes and microphytes, could be periodically eliminated by municipalities. 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Seed Micromorphological Investigations On 7 New Taxa Of Crocus Chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert From Turkey Feyza Candan Biology Dept, Botany Section, Faculty of Arts and Science, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey Abstract This Investigation is made to determine seed micromorphological properties of four subspecies and tree varieties of Crocus chrysanthus have been distinguished:Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. chrysanthus with 3 varieties (var. chrysanthus, var. bicoloroceus F. Candan & N. Özhatay, and var. atrovioloceus F. Candan & N. Özhatay), Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. punctatus F. Candan & N. Özhatay, Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. kesercioglui F. Candan & N. Özhatay and Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. sipyleus F. Candan & N. Özhatay. Scanning electron microscope was used to determine micromorphological features as regards mature seeds of all taxa. 358 �Keywords: Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert, seed micromorphology. 1.INTRODUCTION Among the Angiosperm members, Iridaceae family is an invincible family with its attractive flowers. The taxa that belongs Iridaceae family are herbs with rhizomes, corms and bulbs (Mathew, 1984). Iridaceae family is resembled with 6 genus in Turkey. These are Iris L., Hermodactylus Miller, Gynandriris Parl., Crocus L., Romulea Maratti and Gladiolus L. (Mathew, 1984). Crocus species are perennial plants, adopted to overcome a dry dormant period in the form of an underground corm, in many ways resembling Colchicum L. (Mathew, 1982; Bowles 1924, 1952). The genus Crocus L. (Iridaceae) presently consists of 90 species, mainly in the Mediterranean Region and the drier floristic areas of the Irano-Turanien Region. The majority of species are restricted to Turkey and the Balkans. Turkey is an especially rich country in terms of Crocus species, with 31 species recorded in the Flora of Turkey (Mathew, 1984). The thirty-second species mentioned in Flora of Turkey is C. boissieri Maw. This plant collected in Turkey by Tchihotcheff in 1853 and then it has not been refound (Mathew, 2001). Since, the Flora of Turkey was written, five new taxa were described as C. biflorus Mill. subsp. albocoronatus Kerndorff, C. biflorus Mill. subsp. fibroannulatus Kerndorff, C. wattiorum (Mathew) Mathew, C. paschei Kerndorff, C. kerndorffiorum Pasche (Güner et al., 2000). In recent years, most of Turkey‘s native taxa were identified and classified by significant Crocus experts Brian Mathew, Eric Pasche and Helmuth Kerndorff. According to Kerndorff and Pasche (2004a) southwestern Turkey is the current center of diversity of the genus with 40 species and 70 taxa of which 40 are endemics (Maw 1886; Mathew 1982, 1984, 1998, 2000, 2002; Kerndorff and Pasche 2004a, 2004b, 2006, 2011; Yüzbaşıoğlu and Varol 2004; Erol et al. 2010, 2011). C. chrysanthus was described by W. Herbert in 1837, collected by Frivaldsky in Rumelia. It is distributed in the Balkans and E. Romania. C. chrysanthus belongs to Series Biflori of genus Crocus. Mathew (1982) described C. chrysanthus in his famous work ‗The Crocus‘. This species is the much-loved yellow spring Crocus which has given rise to a whole colorful range of excellent garden plants, some of which are selections within the species while others are hybrids between it and Crocus biflorus. It is exceedingly variable, both in its morphology and cytology, but presents great problems in that the phenotypic variation does not correlate with such formation as distribution, habitat or chromosome number. flower colors. Since the publication Flora of Turkey, (Mathew 1984) a number of ecological, anatomical, cytological, palynological studies concerning Crocus taxa have been carried out (Işık and Oybak Dönmez 2006; Candan and Kesercioğlu 2007; Candan et al. 2009a, 2009b; Kandemir 2009; Şık and Candan 2009; Coşkun et al. 2010). Otherwise, a number of investigations into Crocus species genetics have been made (Şık et al. 2008; Petersen et al. 2008). Author (Feyza Candan) of this paper wrote a phD thesis (2007) titled ‗Morphological, anatomical, cytological and palinological investigations on the Turkish Crocus taxa:C. ancyrencis, C. sieheanus, C. chrysanthus and C. flavus‘. In her thesis she determined three cytotypes as 2n=8, 12, 20+2B and described the morphological differentiation of some populations of C. chrysanthus. After she completed her thesis, she examined more 359 �populations of C. chrysanthus. The results of these detailed studies including morphology, anatomy, cytology, palynology and seed micromorphology, provide evidence that phenotypic variation does correlate with anther and flower colors, chromosome numbers, pollen and seed characteristics. An identification key for Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert s.l. is suggested (article is in press). In this study, seeds as regards 7 new taxa of C. chrysanthus are investigated in terms of micromorphological peculiarities. 2.Material and Methot Author made extensive field studies between 2001-2010 in south and west Anatolia about C. chrysanthus. She observed many different populations of C. chrysanthus while collecting. The specimens themselves have been deposited in the Herbarium of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul University (ISTE). Other samples examined are deposited at the following herbaria AEF (Ankara University, Pharmacy Faculty Herbarium), ANK (Ankara University, Science Faculty Herbarium), GAZI (Gazi University, Science Faculty Herbarium), HUB (Hacettepe University, Science Faculty Herbarium), EGE (Ege University, Science Faculty Herbarium). For scanning electron microscopy, dried mature seeds of C. chrysanthus taxa were mounted on stubs using double-sided adhesive type. Samples were coated with 12,5-15 nm of gold. Coated seeds were examined and photographed with a JEOL JSM-6060 model scanning electron microscope (SEM). Seed surface structue terminology is made according to Barthlott, (1984), Bojˇnanský and Fargašová (2007), Stearn (1983). 3.Results Seed shape in relation to new taxa of C. chrysanthus were observed as ellipsoid. Raphe and caruncle are present. Seed diameters of the species are about 1,4-2,4x2,0-5,1 mm. Micromorphological peculiarties as regards 7 new taxa of the species are given below in a detailed way. Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. chrysanthus var. chrysanthus Seed diameters are about (1,4)1,6-2,0(2,2)x(2,5)2,8-3,8 mm. Seed coat structure is colliculateaculeate. Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. chrysanthus var. bicoloroceus F. Candan & N. Özhatay var. nov. Seed diameters are about 1,5-2,3x2,5-3,9 mm. Seed coat structure is colliculate-aculeate. Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. chrysanthus var. atrovioloceus F. Candan & N. Özhatay var. nov. Seed diamaters are about 1,4-2,2x3,0-4,4 mm. Seed coat structure is irregülar aculeate. Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. punctatus F. Candan & N. Özhatay subsp. nov. Seed diameters are about 1,7-2,4x(2,8)3-4,8(5,1) mm. Seed coat structure is regülar aculeate. 360 �Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. kesercioglui F. Candan & N. Özhatay subsp. nov. Seed diameters are about 1,5-2,4x3,2-4,5 mm. Seed coat structure is colliculate-aculeate. Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. sipyleus F. Candan &N. Özhatay subsp. nov. Seed diameters are about (1,5)1,7-2,2x(2,0)3,0-4,9 mm. Seed coat structure is finely vesiculate 4.Discussion Murley made a descriptive and complementary useful key for Cruciferae family and the other families seed description. These knowledge were made a significant contribution to solve important problems for classification of Cruciferae (Murley, 1951). Few studies have been made of the adaptive significance of seed and fruit coat macromorphology, sculpturing and ornamentation in Scrophulariacea and Asteraceae. The seeds and achenes have no obvious adaptations for animal or bird dispersal, whereas ornamentation might enhance their chances of being dispersed by animals. It was also suggested that such features have selective advantages in dry habitats by reducing water loss (Shetler and Morin, 1986; Aktaş Akcın, 2009). In the current study, seed micromorphology of 7 new taxa of Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert are determined from Turkey. Based on previous researches and the results presented here, it can be concluded that the micromorphological features of the seeds will be a kind of support related to distinguish all taxa of C. chrysanthus between each other. According to all studies of the species C. chrysanthus s.l. as morphology, palinology, cytology and seed micromorphology (Candan 2007; Candan and Kesercioğlu 2007), an identification key of the species was suggested (article is in press). In this study, seed micromorphological features of 7 new taxa of C.chrysanthus are necessary to understand that surface patterns can be confidently utilized to differentiate individual taxa and groupings, as is seen. REFERENCES Aktaş Akcın, T. 2009. Seed coat morphology of some Turkish Campanula (Campanulaceae) species and its systematic implications, Vol:64, No:6, 1089-1094 Barthlott, W. 1984. Microstructurel Features of Seed Surface. -In Heywood, V. H. and D.M. Moore (eds.), Current Concepts in Plant Taxonomy, Academic Press, London. Bojˇnanský V., Fargašová A. 2007. Atlas of Seeds and Fruits of Central and East-European Flora. -Abbott:Springer, Netherlands. Bowles E.A. 1952. A Handbook of Colchicum for Gardeners (rev. ed.), London:The Bodley Head. Candan, F. 2007. Morphological, anatomical, cytological and palinological investigations on C. ancyrencis, C. sieheanus, C. chrysanthus and C. flavus taxa of the genus Crocus L. –PhD thesis, Science Institute, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey. Candan, F. and Kesercioğlu, T. 2007. Cytaxonomic Investigations on the Species Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert. -International Conference on Environment:Survival and 361 �Sustainability, Proceedings, Vol. 2, 19-24 February, Near East University, Nicosia-Northern Cyprus. Coşkun, F.; Selvi, S.; Satıl, F. 2010. Phylogenetic relationships of some Turkish Crocus (Iridaceae) taxa based on morphological and anatomical characters. –Turkish Journal of Botany, Vol. 34(3), 171-178. Erol, O. et al. 2010. Crocus antalyensis subsp. nov. (Iridaceae) from southwest Anatolia.– Nordic Journal of Botany,28:186-188. Erol, O. et al. 2011. Genetic diversity of Crocus antalyensis B. Mathew (Iridaceae) and a new subspecies from southern Anatolia.– Plant Systematics and Evolution 294:281-287. Işık, S., Oybak Dönmez, E. 2006. Pollen Morphology of Some Turkish Crocus L. (Iridaceae) Species. −Acta Biologica Cracoviensia, Series Botanica 48/1:85-91. Kandemir, N. 2009. Morphology, Anatomy and Ecology of Critically Endangered Endemic Crocus pestalozzae Boiss. (Iridaceae) in North-West Turkey. –Bangladesh Journal of Botany, Vol. 38, Issue:2, 127-132. Kerndorff, H. and Pasche, E. 2004. Crocus biflorus in Anatolia, part two. –Plantsman (new ser.) 3:201-215. Kerndorff, H. and Pasche, E. 2006. Crocus biflorus in Anatolia, part tree. –Linzer Biol. Beitr. 38:165-187. Kerndorff, H. and Pasche, E. 2011. Two new taxa of Crocus (Liliiflorae, Iridaceae) from Turkey. Stapfia 95:2-5. Mathew, B. 1982. The Crocus: A revision of the genus Crocus (Iridaceae). -B.T. Batsford LTD. Mathew, B., 1984. Crocus: -In Davis, P.H. (ed.), The Flora of Turkey and The East Aegean Islands, 8:413-438, Edinburgh University. Mathew, B. 1998. Crocus kerndorffiorum. –Curtis‘ s Bot. Mag. 15:120-124. Mathew, B. 2000. Crocus. –In Güner, A. et al. (eds), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Edinburgh Univ. Pres, 11:271-274. Mathew, B. 2002. 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Breath Analysis of Hepatic Patients Using Electronic Nose Özgür Örnek International Burch University, Department of Information Technology E-mail: oornek@ibu.edu.ba Abstract Hepatic coma, also known as hepatic encephalopathy, is loss of consciousness as a result of liver failure. Hepatic coma represents the final stage of hepatic encephalopathy - grade IV, a progressive brain dysfunction due to accumulation of substances toxic to the brain. Hepatic coma can rapidly progress and may ultimately lead to death. Therefore, early diagonosis of hepatic coma is consirerably crucial for patients‘ life. If not, patients with hepatic coma can die in few days. In this study, I have proposed to overview early diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy by breath analysis using electronic noses which are regarded as rapid, inexpensive way of gas detection. Keywords: Electronic nose, hepatic coma, sensor arrays, neural Networks. 1.INTRODUCTION Hepatic coma is loss of consciousness as a result of liver failure. The brain is poisoned by toxic substances due to failure of the liver functionality. The toxic substances are generated after accumulation of some byproducts of metabolism in the blood. The severity of encephalopathy is subdivided into four grades. Grade I and II are subtle symptom of brain. In grade III, significant brain damage occurs. Hepatic coma represents the final grade - grade IV of the brain dysfunction that toxic substances are collected in the brain. At this stage, the entire brain is damaged and the patient with hepatic failure becomes unconscious and is unable to respond to painful stimuli (hepatic coma). Ultimately, it may cause death. [1] Studies have revealed that in patients with advanced stages of encephalopathy resulting froim chronic liver failure, ammonia, regarded as toxic substance, levels in the brain may rise more than twentyfold [2]. Blood tests show an increase in ammonia levels, which is a marker the degree of accumulation of toxins in the brain as well. For the essence of patients health, early diagnosis of hepatic coma is vital. If early intervention is not committed, hepatic encephalopathy can rapidly progress and become an acute emergency condition regarded as coma causing death in a few days. Current methods of diagnosis of the hepatic coma such as computed tomography scans are time-consuming, expensive, and involve invasive confirmation. The needs of rapid and 363 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1268 Title A name given to the resource Seed Micromorphological Investigations On 7 New Taxa Of Crocus Chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert From Turkey Author Author Feyza , Candan Abstract A summary of the resource. This Investigation is made to determine seed micromorphological properties of four subspecies and tree varieties of Crocus chrysanthus have been distinguished:Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. chrysanthus with 3 varieties (var. chrysanthus, var. bicoloroceus F. Candan & N. Özhatay, and var. atrovioloceus F. Candan & N. Özhatay), Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. punctatus F. Candan & N. Özhatay, Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. kesercioglui F. Candan & N. Özhatay and Crocus chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert subsp. sipyleus F. Candan & N. Özhatay. Scanning electron microscope was used to determine micromorphological features as regards mature seeds of all taxa. 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The institution ombudsman has been implemented in countries more than 100 today and overtaken the mission of protecting the citizens against the maladministration, securing the fundamental rights and liberty and constituted security for both governing and governed. In this study, it is offered that the fundamental rights and freedoms should be under the security, all activities of the government should be under the control of jurisdiction and the significance of this institution sould be awared in realizing the legal governance. Keywords: Ombudsman, law state, fundamental rights and freedoms, justice, control and judicial control. 335 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo 1.INTRODUCTION The democratic state of law aims to provide the legal security of governed against the governing body. This aim requires the efficient and effective control of the governmental activities and operations. In the control of the public administration, it is frequently mentioned that the control mechanisms are not adequate enough, far from the providding the legal framework of the individual, political control is not effective, the administrative control have the priority for preserving the interests of government rather than the citizens and the information about the security setting has some fallacies, and the administrative discipline has been overemphasized. This mechanism of tutelage control has subjected of some political considerations and thus, the expected results can not be obtained. In case of the judicial control, it is costly, formative, constrained with the legalistic control, inadequate accordinto the assertations of scentific circles (Baylan 1978: 146-157; Temizel 1997: 26-33; Akıncı 1999: 357-358; Avşar 1999: 27). The institution ombudsman as a control mechanizm which is established in order to protect the rights of the citizens against the government, search the solution against the maladministration, and providing the contribution for the sake of improvement of the government has been widely implemented since it has emerged firstly in history. In this context, it will be very important to analyse this institution in order to guide the countries which are not using this mechanism by refering the practices of more than hundred countries with its different types and structures. In this presentation, the role of the ombudsman in preventing the problems arisen from the state of law has been elaborated and the process, trajectories and stages which the ombudsman institution has been followed form its initial point has been explained. 2. THE NOTION OMBUDSMAN: EMERGENCE AND DEVELOPMENT It is widely known that the governed had some troubles against the governing body during the history and the governed always was search of constituting a legitimate instruments and suitable grounds to put their complaints into words. The emergence of the ombudsman can be seen as the results of these kinds of attempts. It is known that the ombdusman institution in todays meaning was established the first time in history in Sweden and spread on alarge area of the world. Ombudsman in original respect is a Swedish word means spokeman, representative, nominee, depute, delegate, advocate and protector (Schwarzler, 1992: 1; Al-Wahab 1979: 19; Ataman, 1997: 779). The term ombudsman imples a public servant or private office whom receives the 336 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo complaints of the people pertainig with the affairs committed by the various bureaucratic bodies (Pickl, 1986: 37). Ombudsman institution has been implemented within the international level, in some countries national level and the rest of them regional or provincial levels in respect of local authorities and state economic enterprises. Ombudsman institution has been implemented both in private and public sectors in different types and entitled in different names. In analysing the historical roots of the ombudsman institution, it can be easily seen that this ombudsman institution has been derived by the the divinal opinions of Islamic state system and Ottoman Empire. In Islam religion,the creation of justice is one of the principles to constitute the Islamic thought and philosophy. In this understanding, in executing the justice there would be a kind of executive and complaint mechanism had very significance. Nevertheless, Khalif Ömer created the institution “muhtesip” (official for public order) performed the duties of protecting the general morality, managing the market places, protecting the seller and purchaser and settling the disputes and conflicts (Pickl, 1997: 800805). In Islamic state (Emevid, Abbasid, Mameluk, Seljuk) there had some institutions to evaluate the complaints of people and to rule the case among institutions entitled as “Divan-ı Mezalim” (diwan for atrocities) or Dar’ul adl (house of justice) and “muhtesip” (official for public order). This mission has been performed by “Divan-ı Hümayun” (supreme court) in Ottoman Empire (Eryılmaz 2000: 312). In Ottoman state had very important post called as “Kadilkuzat” who monitors the implementation of Islamic law in every field of life and the protect the life of people originated from the abusement of government executives and unlawfulness (Pickl, 1997: 800-805). Kadı al Kudat who had a position who operated the complant and control mechanism with ombudsman-like logic in Ottoman state as well as tthe other councils and officials and “Divan-ı Mezalim” (diwan for atrocities) or Dar’ul adl (house of justice) In creating the ombudsman institution with nowadays understanding, it is supposed to mentioned about the intersection of Sweden and Ottoman states in order to comprehend the inspiration among these cultures. That is, Seweden King Charles XII who as defeated to Russia in Poltava 1709 stayed in Bender for three and half years and Dometika for two years with political asylum and thank to that long –time residence, he had an opportunity to aware the Ottoman political and social life and examine closely the rapid decision-making process of supreme court “Divan-ı Hümayun” (supreme court), “muhtesip” (official for public order) “Kadilkuzat” who monitors the implementation of Islamic law in every field of life and the protect the life of people originated from the abusement of government executives and unlawfulness “Divan-ı Mezalim” (diwan for atrocities) or Dar’ul adl (house of justice) for the name of Sultan. He witnessed that these councils and persons such as kadı (muslim judge) and kazasker (soldier judge) was analysing the complains of people by public servants and 337 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo protecting them from the unlawful, purposeful operations and activities and compensating the damage produced by these transactions and inspired by these institutions and actors who tries to remove the disorder and restlessness and sent his country Royal Writ in 1713 (Odyakmaz, 2000: 488). With this Royal Writ, a person (Hogste ombudsmannen) who is supposed to monitor the obedience of the judges and administrators in accordance with the laws and rules for the name of king has been appointed to Stockholm (Uler 1990: 1022). After coming back to his country, the King witnessed that Hogste ombudsmannen (Swedish conterpart of omdusman instiution) performed the same job with the Ottoman one and carried out his mission and appointed him permanatly as the observer of the King. As a result, as the observer of the King, this institution became into a constitutional body entitled as “Justitieombudsmen” in Sweden Constitution prepared in 1809 (Rudholm 1968: 18). By the settlement of democracy in Sweden, it is determined that the ombudsman would observe the executive body and all public institutions on behalf of legislationand with some constitutional amendments the athorization and effectiveness of omdusman were enlarged and widened and thus, transformed into an independent body against the Parliament (Baylan: 1978: 7). The omdusman institution today have been implemented more than 100 countries with different types and forms and overtaken the mission of securing the fundamental rights and freedoms and contributing the improvement of the administration and constituting a trust or guarantee. The ombudsman institution was charged with protecting the human rights and liberties against the power and government in Scandinavian countries (such as denmark and Norway) and Sweden which arisen the first time in history. Parliament ombudsman and local authority ombudsman in Britain was responsible from the the protection of governed against the maladministration, French Mediateur was tasked with the equity and fairness in govening and governed relations. 3. THE FUNCTIONS OF OMBUDSMAN In considering the historical evolutionary period from the beginning in Sweden and today and different implementation of the countries, we witness that the ombudsman institution had very important tasks and mission such as giving advise to the government and domanstrate the prudential way of solution, preventing the maladministration, preventing the arbitrary, illegitimate and improper attitude and behaviors, hearing the citizen compliamnet arisen from the unlawful practices (Eken 1999: 135). The significance of the ombudsman institution increases because nowadays the expectations from the public service increases. the ombudsman institution with its independence, 338 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo impartiality, rapidity, inexpensiveness and esily available character makes surveillance and inspection much more effective, efficient and qualified. 3.1. Its Protection Function Ombudsman undertakes the in practising countries the protection mission of citizen against the maladministration, securing the rights and liberties (Temizel 1997: 767). One of the most important tasks of the ombudsman institution is the protection of populace against the singlesided, unrightful and mistaken decisions of public administration and their arbitrary implementations (Seneviratne 1994: 132). The ombudsman institution in case of suffering damage and incuring loses because of the transactions, activities and operations of the government investigates, probes, searchs, hears and inspects the sitution depending upon its authorities and takes necessary precautions. The ombudsman institution serves the mobilization of the protection mechanism against the abusing and exploting the public power which the governemt possess against the governed (Woolf 1990: 92). Sometimes protection of the governmental rights against the remours of corruption, unrightful demands and requests of the populace and recommendation of the equal instead of justifiabe decision are amnong the teaks and duties of the ombudsman institution. Thus, the acquittal of the governmental authorities from the accusitions and allegations and the protection of the public servants form the untrue and rootless blame, imputations and indictments and restoration of trust over the governed citizens. 3.2. Its Inspection Function Systematic, productive and regular performance of the government, its production of the service which is convenient with the expectations of the governed populace and the provision of the popular respect can be possible with the perminent, effective and efficient inspection (Akıncı 1999: 292). The ombudsman institution undertakes the mission of removing the insufficiency and ineffective of the existing the inspection and surveillance mechanisms and institutions and becoming supporter, auxilary and complementary part of them in setting solutions in respect of surveillance against the incerasingly enlarging athorties of the public servants and governments. The ombudsman institution facilitates the participation of the people into the inspection of the government as a mechnism which is costless, free to claim the populace’s rights, informalist, alowing the easily obtain the result (Odyakmaz ve Erhürman, 1998: 3762). This character of ombudsman institution increase the influence of the inspection and this function contributes 339 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo the preventation of maladministration and enhancement of the well- administration by reforming the attitudes and behaviours of the governing elites. 3.3. Its Reformative Function of Government The ombudsman institution serves the contribution for the development of the democracy, human rights, supremacy of law, and the settlement of the human rights within the society and the provision of effective participation of citizen into the inspection and lastly, the emergence of plural democracy, cultural plurality, multiculturalism, delibrative democracy and the inveteration of new plural government strategy (Ayeni 1997: 543). The ombudsman institution undertakes the responsibility of awaring the people to protect their rights and warning the governing bodies to ameliorate the maladministration and take the necessary precautions for impartial, rapid and effective solutions (Seneviratne 1999: 165). Ombudsman prepares and publishs the annual and special reports every year about the maladministration, in which ways it can emergence and its ways of solution in order to give imformation to the governmental authorities (Seneviratne 1998: 93-94). The determination of the government and inspection techniques which governments necessiates and their implementation are tasks and duties of the ombudsman institution as volunteer guidance and counselling, confering inquiry mechanism. Accordingly, by overtaking the role of educating and directing in government enhances the increasing of the productivity, effectiveness and efficiency and the settlement of the understanding for the delibrative and participatory democracy. 4.THE CONTRIBUTION OF OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION INTO THE STATE OF LAW The state of law means a kind of state which is devoted to rules of law, secures the legal guarantee for the citizens and limits herself with her legal framework. In the state of law, public servants, state and the citizens were balanced in respect of legal loyalty. Nobody, no institution is not immuned and excepted from the legal bound in any state of law (Kaboğlu 1989: 145). The Constitutional Court describes the state of law as “respectful to human rights, establishing the legal order to protect these rights, undertaking the mission of all transaction, activities and opertaion adapted into the legal framework” (25.05.1976 date and E. 1976, K. 1976/28 number resolution of the Constitutional Court). In the state of law, the executive, juridicial, and legislative bodies are supposed to be loyal to the law (Gözler 2000: 170). The understanding of the state of law is a principle expected from borth governing and governed 340 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo (Gözler 2009: 24). The understanding of the state of law is the most important and essential and ultimate stage of the contemporary democratic states. The legal adaptation of all activities of the state requires the judicial inspection. Judicial inspection is one of the most effective way among the types of inspection over the government. The ombudsman institution may contribute to solve the problems arisen from the process of the judicial inspection. This instituion is not an alternative but auxiliary mechanism which functions as strengthening body of the judicial inspection and removing the obstacle against the jurisdiction. Inspite of the all positive dimensions of the judicial inspection, it proceeds slowly and thus, its effectiveness and efficiency lessens. In this context, the ombudsman institution can produce the security by solving the peacefull settlement of disputes and conflicts for a short time-limit. As a matter of fact, the number of the claims, disputes and conflicts to be subjected of the judicial inspection will be lessened and thus, trust for the judicial inspection will be provided again (Özden 2004: 569). The judicial inspection with its expensive and formalist characteris is not preferable and the bureauctaric ilnesses is worsening. Whereas the ombudsman institution with its easily available and informalist and inexpensive character may contribute the solution of conflicts and lessening of the judicial burden as an auxilary of the judicial body. The ombudsman institution could have an opportunity both legality audit and discretionary and expediency inspection and takes action against the transactions and activities which are arising the damage, harm and insuitable to fairness and equity but suitable to the law (Keneş 1997: 791). Whereas, the judicial inspection is a sort of jurisdiction which is limited with the legal adaptation of governmental transactions and activities and excludes both legality audit and discretionary and expediency inspection. Therefore, even if there would be damage for the governed by the legal activities, there couldn’t be any intervention by the judicial places and there would be no compensation. Hence, the rights of the governed is protected under all circumstances, the justice feelings and awareness of the citizens were strenghtening and improving the government-citizen relation. The ombudsman institution gives information to the people who has complain about the transactions and activities of the government and how to apply and to which place of jurisdiction. It plays a kind of counselling role in transmitting the complaints into the jurisdiction and accelarating the judicial process.as a second hearing and inspection, in case of the decisions and activities of the omdusman was litigated, it can provide to create much more prudential resolutions. 341 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo The ombudsman institution whose primary priority is the implementation of the inspection over the government (Erhüman, 2000: 157), contributes the settlement of the state of law and the protection of individula rights and liberties. In spreading and penetrating the idea of democracy over the different segments of society and developing the virtual, fair, and just social order, protecting the vested interets and practising the liberties as tangible symbols in social life. Ombudsman with its authorities which does not include any tangible sanction is an indication of respect for law by any society which claims and demands the democracy and the state of law 5.CONCLUSION In any state of the law, two important elements have been pointed out: Legal dependence of the government and security of the liberties and fundamnetal rights. In order to realize these two principles, it is inevitably required to create the legal and judicial control in order to solve the problems arisen from the inspection of the judicial control. Beside that legalty audit and prudentil control has been committed by the ombudsman institution, Together with the constitution of the ombudsman institution, the removal of all problems within the inspection of the public management, protection of maladministration totally and reformation of the government. Neverthelss, it is not a magical mechanism and institution. The problems in public administration always will be increasingly enlarged because of the interventionalist character and the authority widening. As a matter of fact, the ombudsman institution could not solve all of the governmental problems. Due to the fact that the enhancement, adoption, support of the the ombudsman institution by hoth ge-overning and governed depending upon the time and space, the importance and effectiveness of the ombudsman institution will be increased. It is not possible the existing inspection mechanisms to provide the exigences of the state of the law and secure the fundamental rights and freedoms and enhance the effectivenss and efficiency as well as the ombudsman institution. For this reason, in order to develop and the ombudsman institution in convenience with the demands of the public opinion and social environment by discussing the problems and the precaution to be taken. 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Ulusal İdare Hukuku Kongresi, Üçüncü Kitap, Çeşitli İdare Hukuku Konuları, Ankara, 1-4 Mayıs 1990, Woolf, Harry, The Protection of the Public-a New Challenge, London, Stevens, 1990. Next Step Of Corporate Governance: Appreciative Inquiry In Corporate Governance Çiftçi Münire, Öztürk Umut Can Süleyman Demirel University- Faculty Of Economics And Administrative SciencesTurkey/Isparta E-mails: munireciftci@sdu.edu.tr,umutcn.ozturk@gmail.com Abstract It was seen in the last decade that traditional management system and models cannot meet the needs of today. Crisis and scandals have proved the need for a more transparent and participatory structure. Governance met this need for a certain period of time and presented a more useful model. However through the end of 2000s negative effects of modern structures were seen; such as being quantitative and unnecessarily rational which make participants fear of doing wrong. In this case postmodern approaches came into agenda. One of them is 344 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1130 Title A name given to the resource The Importance And The Place Of Ombudsman In Law State Author Author Feyzullah, Ünal Abstract A summary of the resource. In analyzing the ombudsman from the respesct of its historical roots, it is understood that this institution has been inspired by Islam state system and Otoman state system. The institution ombudsman has been implemented in countries more than 100 today and overtaken the mission of protecting the citizens against the maladministration, securing the fundamental rights and liberty and constituted security for both governing and governed. 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Method: Articles are collected by searching main databases by abstract, keyword or article title that contain ‘Sustainability Accounting‘. Analyses mainly include quantity analysis and purpose analysis. The articles are classified according to journals and years in quantity analysis. The main purposes of the articles are mentioned in the purpose analysis. Findings and recommendations: The classifications are shown in tables and discussed. The mostly published years and journals, the mostly chosen subject area and purposes are 144 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo mentioned. It is thought that this literature review analysis will be helpful for the researchers to focus on a special subject area or purpose. 1.INTRODUCTION The survival of the natural environment and environmental sustainability are from the most important subjects of the 21st century which are being taken into consideration globally. Jasch and Lavicka (2006, 1214) stated that sustainable development is described in three dimensions which are not separate, but strongly influence each other: social, environment and economic, which are sometimes also called People, Planet and Profit. According to Taplin et al. (2006, 359), “Sustainability accounting provides developmental opportunities, institutional learning and transformational effects on society and the environment that make it appealing for organizations to engage with”. Fraser (2011, 36) defines sustainability accounting as “the study and practice that makes visible the linkage between organizational activities and the pursuit of sustainability”. Ngwakwe (2012) stated that engagement in some sustainability initiatives in support of sustainable development has started by the accounting profession; but it looks like a weak approximation of sustainable development ideal which is caused by lack of standards, regulations and uniform sustainability accounting schemes. The purpose of this study is to review ‘Sustainability Accounting’ articles published in the period of 2000 to 2011 according to quantity and purpose and to give information about the main subject areas. 2.METHOD Articles are collected by searching Ebsco, Emerald Management and Science Direct databases by abstract, keyword or article title that contain ‘Sustainability Accounting‘. Totally 87 articles (8, 39 and 40 articles respectively) are found. Same articles which were duplicated in different databases, counted as single. Editorials, book reviews and periodicals are excluded. So, 52 articles are analyzed according to the quantity and purposes. 2.1Quantity Analysis In Quantity Analysis, the number of the papers in the topic of “Sustainability Accounting” is listed according to each Journal for the concerning years. Table 1 shows the quantity analysis. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal Accounting Forum Accounting, Organizations & Society Business Strategy & the Environment Critical Perspectives on Accounting Economics & Management 1 1 TOTAL 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 Journal Name 2003 Table 1 Quantity of the Sustainability Accounting Papers 1 1 1 2 1 1 145 3 1 1 2 1 1 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo Environmental Impact Assessment Review International J. of Sustainable Develop. & Journal of Cleaner Production World Ecology Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy & Journal of Modern Accounting & Auditing Management Journal of World Business 1 1 1 1 1 1 Leadership & Organization Development Journal Public Money & Management Scottish Journal of Political Economy 1 1 1 Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal TOTAL 1 2 1 5 1 1 - 17 17 19 22 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 34 52 2.2.Purpose Analysis It is thought that it would be a guide for the researchers who want to examine the ‘Sustainability Accounting’ articles according to a particular purpose. Classification is made according to the journals. Table 2 shows the journals, publishing years, name of the authors and purposes of the articles. Table 2 Classification of the Articles by Purpose Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal Year 2006 Author  Gray Purpose  To examine the extent to which social, environmental and sustainability accounting and reporting (SEA) can or should contribute to shareholder value and, correspondingly, to consider the challenge that SEA can offer to the conventional views of “value” that underpin traditional financial accounting. 2007 2010  Adams and  To present a case for research in ethical, social and environmental (or sustainability) accounting and LarrinagaGonzález accountability which engages with those organizations claiming to manage and report their sustainability performance.  Burritt and  To discuss the current development of sustainability accounting research, the identification of Schaltegger critical and managerial paths, and to assess of the future of sustainability accounting and reporting. Accounting Forum 2005  Lamberton  To review the relatively short history of sustainability accounting theory and practice and to draw upon the structure of the financial accounting model to develop a sustainability accounting framework that aims to provide direction for future development of sustainability accounting at both conceptual and applied levels. Accounting, Organizations & Society 2011  O’Dwyer et al.  To develop a theoretical and empirical understanding of the processes through which sustainability assurance practitioners can, and do, seek to legitimize this relatively new area of practice with key audiences. Business Strategy & the Environment 2006  Perrini and  To address this need for change by presenting a relational view of the firm, based on the strategic Tencati  value of the linkages with stakeholders, and its implication in terms of corporate performance evaluation and reporting systems. To develop a sustainability accounting framework to guide organizations down the road to greater sustainability, start them thinking about the necessary issues and show them how to incorporate them in their business models.  Taplin et al. 146 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo Critical Perspectives on Accounting Year 2004 Author Purpose  Ball  To explore the possibility of a ‘sustainability accounting’ project for the UK local government sector and to provide a test of the usefulness of the social theory mapping approach in the context of the development of the sustainability accounting project. Economics & Management 2011  Vavra et al.  To determine sustainable aspects of innovations for further improvement of processes within company, its competitiveness, corporate social responsibility and corporate sustainability. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 2006  Gale and Gale  To demonstrate that “state-of-the-industry” accounts need to be critically assessed according to a range of social impacts and costs to provide as much information as possible to a broader range of stakeholders. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology 2011  Ngwakwe  To examine and understand the influence of global sustainable development culture on the sustainability behaviour of the accounting profession and to highlight some policy implications of this influence. Journal of Cleaner Production 2006  Jasch and Lavicka  To be based on a project with the Styrian automobile cluster in Austria and selected member companies, the environmental management costs, as well as further costs for health and safety, risk management and other social issues were assessed. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy & Management 2004  Gassner and  To present a way of linking the environmental pressure related to trade, to flows of money and Narodoslawsky products between nations. Journal of Modern Accounting & Auditing 2011  Khan  To consider the offering of a stand-alone sustainability accounting course, offered by the accounting Faculties in Australian and American universities. Journal of World Business 2010  Schaltegger and  To focus on the role of sustainability accounting as an approach to help support management Burritt improve corporate sustainability and responsibility, to deal with interpretations and paths of sustainability accounting from a management perspective and to discuss the need for a pragmatic goal driven path to sustainability accounting. Leadership & Organization Development Journal 2011  Seleshi  To relate the ecological approach to the environmental and conservation objectives embedded in sustainability development and reporting. Public Money & Management 2008  Larrinaga- Gonzélez and Pérez-Chamorro  To analyze the ways that Spanish public water companies communicate sustainability information to their stakeholders and explores whether distinctive and more progressive accountability is possible in the public sector in comparison with private sector organizations. Scottish Journal of Political Economy 2003  Asheim  To summarize assumptions made and results obtained in parts of the literature on welfare and sustainability accounting. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 147 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo 2010  Gray  To reexamine social accounting as a problem focused, multi-disciplinary field and explores some of the possible directions the emerging field might take.  To determine whether market participants see value in the corporate choice to begin publishing a  Guidry and Patten   Stohl and Stohl      Arunachalam and standalone sustainability report and to investigate whether differences in market reactions are associated with the quality of the sustainability report. To explore how globalization processes have shaped the nature, scope, and time frame of considerations of social responsibility and the development of a corporate social responsibility (CSR) regime and to identify three generations of human rights' values embedded within the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and aims to argue that they inspire and influence contemporary discussions about, and practices of CSR. To draw on recommendations of Agenda 21 and communitarian theory to examine collaboration between local district community and local authorities to formulate strategies for the sustainable development of the Taupo district. To contribute to the rethinking what it means to be human and our relationship with the Earth. To identify changes in regulatory requirements that will lead to improved transparency on sustainability and corporate responsibility issues and the impact this may have for stakeholders. To raise a selection of issues and questions that have begun to face academics and business professionals in the technically complex field of greenhouse gas accounting. Lawrence  McIntosh  Adams  Young Year 2010 Author  Lane Purpose  To demonstrate that spending on environmental protection will aid, rather than hamper, economic    Henriques   Rogers et al.   Murray et al.      Loucks et al.  Epstein and Yuthas  development which is itself sustainable and attempts to show that a more activist role of the governments of Asia-Pacific countries in the making and implementation of a global emissions regime is much in line with the real situation in this economically vibrant region of the world. To discuss some of the issues in the development of ISO 26000 a new standard for social responsibility. To study the secondary markets to understand the size of the important portion (secondary markets provide a place for unwanted items to be bought and sold, which diverts them from landfills, reducing the products' ecological impact and creating economic value) of the US economy. To investigate the possibilities and problems for collaboration in the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability and to explore the nature and concept of collaboration and its forms, and critically evaluates the potential contribution a collaborative approach between agencies might offer to these agendas. To explore how to meaningfully engage small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in strategies that improve the social and environmental sustainability of their businesses. To thoroughly examine sources of mission diffusion and mission drift in the microfinance industry and to identify consequences of and remedies to these problems. To gain some insight into how consumers respond to green alternatives, and examine how managers can best position their green products to maximize the premium consumers are willing to pay. To forward a conceptual model identifying some of the key sources of judgment error in individual environmental sensemaking and to offer recommendations to mitigate some of these biasing dysfunctions and thereby improve the effectiveness of environmentally related business policy. To survey the research methods employed in the extant environmental accounting literature, finding few experimental studies. To report on the highlights of the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit, the Principles for Responsible Management Education Global Forum and the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative General Assembly held in New York and Boston in June 2010 and to discuss the potential of the connections and collaborations between these organisations and others to lead to change.  Okada and Mais  Schwering 148 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo  Alewine  Adams and Petrella 2011  Macdonald et al.  To review a five-year multi-study research programme on the role of public dialogue in the social and cultural sustainability of biotechnology developments in New Zealand.  To investigate sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions trading practice in China and discusses what it  Lu might reveal about the suitability of using emissions trading to achieve carbon reductions in China.  To explain how inefficient learnivng rules may lead to a perception of economic and ecological realities that may be systematically distorted in the long run.  Gomes  To explore the role of management accounting practices as facilitators of the environmental  Albelda  To analyse social report guidelines and practices within Italian local governments (ILGs).  To draw on the New Zealand context to provide extensions and comparative insights to prior management. research that has canvassed the reasons for sustainability reporting by local governments.  To detail the research and consultation process highlighting the demand for this information,  Farneti and Siboni  Bellringer et al.  Miles undertaken by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the International Finance Corporation.  To discuss climate change policies such as carbon taxes and emissions trading schemes which are    Nelson et al.   Mayo   Adams et al.    Forbes and McIntosh    Gondor and Morimoto  being developed and implemented in ways which fundamentally transform the profitability of industries and businesses. To consider the historical basis of development of corporate social responsibility and the impact of this on co-operative enterprises and member-owned businesses. To discuss the role of business academics and business schools in the development of leaders able to respond to climate change and sustainability challenges. To examine the uptake of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the Asia Pacific region and to explore the extent to which countries in the region are transitioning towards a sustainable enterprise economy (SEE) and the links between the two, thereby connecting the uptake of CSR at the organisational level to the configuration and transformation of societies. To examine the current situation of eco-labelling in Japan, and the possible roles of two connected non-governmental organizations (NGOs) – the Marine Stewarship Council (MSC) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) – may have in future decision making. To focus on the design of a sustainable business model on the development of a biofuel industry in Indonesia. To discuss technology transfer – and its role in climate change mitigation – within the United Nations framework of sustainable development. To provide an overview and context for the emerging field of public policies for scaling voluntary standards, or private regulations, on the social and environmental performance of business and finance, to promote sustainable development; in order to stimulate more innovation and research in this field. To explore the gaps between regulatory requirements and authoritative guidance regarding climate disclosure in Australia; reporting practices; and the demands for increased disclosure and standardization of that disclosure. To thoroughly examine solutions to mission diffusion and mission drift in the microfinance industry.  Jupesta et al.  Bakhtina  Bendell et al.  Cotter et al. 149 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo  Epstein and Yuthas 3.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION As Table 1 shows, most of the publications about ‘Sustainability Accounting’ are in Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal . This journal is specialized for Sustainability Accounting and started to be published in 2010 and all articles published in 2010 and 2011 are about Sustainability Accounting. From the other journals, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal and Business Strategy & the Environment have the highest number of articles about Sustainability Accounting. It is necessary to mention that most of the journals had special issues related to Sustainable Development, Social and Environmental Accounting or Environmental Management in the examined period, but our study is limited to the abstracts, keywords or articles title containing ‘Sustainability Accounting’, for that reason the articles in the special issues aren’t included in the study. Table 1 shows that, most of the ‘Sustainability Accounting’ articles are published in 2010 and 2011. Table 2 shows that subject area and purposes of the articles are mostly about development of sustainability accounting research ant its role to improve corporate sustainability, developments in social and environmental accounting, developments in corporate social responsibility and environmental management. Ngwakwe (2012, 38) recommends that sustainability initiatives of accounting profession are required to increase the role of accounting towards sustainable development such as regulated sustainability accounting and reporting standards, integrating sustainability accounting into accountancy education and the improvement of accounting by creation of ‘engineering accounting’ equip specialist accountants with technical and scientific skills to meet rising challenges originating from climate change. Zadek (1999, 31) mentiones that “the imperatives of integrating social and environmental goals and measures of performance with the ‘financials’ become the real step towards placing the process of business within the framework of sustainability. Adams et al. (2011, 169) state that there is a needed change in business education to develop personal and leadeship skills and to address global problems of poverty, climate change, environmental sustainability and life style. Ngwakwe (2011, 450) insists that “sustainability behaviour in the accounting profession is a function of global green culture and that the more society embraces profounder green values, the more accounting will transform towards sustainability values”. So the main responsibility in sustainable development starts with the people of the society. Our study is limited with the review of the articles contains‘Sustainability Accounting’ in abstracts, keywords or articles title. A detailed study about sustainable development and its connection with accounting profession will be helpful for sustainability accounting researchers. REFERENCES Adams, C. A., Heijltjes, M. G., Jack, G., Marjoribanks, T., and Powell, M. 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Seeking legitimacy for new assurance forms: The case of assurance on sustainability reporting, Accounting, Organizations & Society, Vol. 36 (1), 31-52. Vavra, J., Munzarova, S., Bednarikova, M. and Ehlova, Z. (2011) Sustainable Aspects of Innovations, Economics & Management, 16, 621-627. Ngwakwe, Collins C. (2011) Towards an understanding of the influence of sustainability culture on the accounting profession, International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 18 (5), 442-452. Khan, T. (2011) Sustainability Accounting Education: Scale, Scope and a Global Need, Journal of Modern Accounting & Auditing, 7(4), 323-328. Seleshi, S. (2011) Ecological systems approaches to sustainability and organizational development: Emerging trends in environmental and social accounting reporting systems, Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 32 (4), 379-398. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal Articles Gray, R. (2010) A re-evaluation of social, environmental and sustainability accounting: An exploration of an emerging trans-disciplinary field? 1(1), 11-32 Guidry, R. P. and Patten, D. M. (2010) Market reactions to the first-time issuance of corporate sustainability reports: Evidence that quality matters, 1(1), 33-50 Stohl, M. and Stohl, C. (2010) Human rights and corporate social responsibility: Parallel processes and global opportunities for states, corporations, and NGOs, 1(1), 51 – 65 Arunachalam, M. and Lawrence, S. (2010) Constructing strategies for sustainable development the communitarian way, 1(1), 66-80. McIntosh, M. (2010) Re-visiting the world and co-creating a future, 1(1), 81-84 Adams, R. (2010) It's (already) beginning to look a bit like Christmas, 1(1), 85-88 Young, A. (2010) Greenhouse gas accounting: global problem, national policy, local fugitives, 1(1), 89-95 Lane, J.E. (2010) Economic catch-up and emission reductions, 1(1), 96-102 Henriques, A. (2010) ISO 26000: a standard for human rights? 1(1), 103-105 Rogers, D. S., Rogers, Z. S. And Lembke, R. (2010) Creating value through product stewardship and take-back, 1(2), 133-160 1891346Murray, A., Haynes, K. and Hudson, L. J. (2010) Collaborating to achieve corporate social responsibility and sustainability?: Possibilities and problems, 1(2), 161-177. 1891347Loucks, E. S., Martens, M. L. and Cho, C. H. (2010) Engaging small- and mediumsized businesses in sustainability, 1(2), 178-200.1891348 Epstein, M. J. and Yuthas, K. (2010) Mission impossible: diffusion and drift in the microfinance industry, 1(2), 201 – 221. 152 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo 1891349Okada, E. M. and Mais, E. L. (2010) Framing the “Green” alternative for environmentally conscious consumers, 1(2), 222-234. Schwering, R. E. (2010) 1891350Sources of judgment error in environmental sensemaking, 1(2), 235-255. 1891351Alewine, H. C. (2010) A model for conducting experimental environmental accounting research, 1(2), 256-291. 1891352Adams, C. and Petrella, L. (2010) Collaboration, connections and change: The UN Global Compact, the Global Reporting Initiative, Principles for Responsible Management Education and the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative, 1(2), 292-296. Macdonald, L. R., Varey, R. J. and Barker, J. B. (2011) Science and technology development and the depoliticization of the public space: The case of socially and culturally sustainable biotechnology in New Zealand, 2(1), 8-26. Lu, Z. (2011) Emissions trading in China: lessons from Taiyuan SO2 emissions trading program, 2(1), 27-44.19497 Gomes, O. (2011) Learning equilibria in growth-pollution models, 2(1), 45-75. Albelda, E. (2011) The role of management accounting practices as facilitators of the environmental management: Evidence from EMAS organisations, 2(1), 76-100. 19498Farneti, F. and Siboni, B. (2011) An analysis of the Italian governmental guidelines and of the local governments' practices for social reports, 2(1), 101-125. 194986Bellringer, A., Ball, A. and Craig, R. (2011) Reasons for sustainability reporting by New Zealand local governments, 2(1), 126-138.19497 Miles, K. (2011) Embedding gender in sustainability reports, 2(1), 136-146. 1949829Nelson, T., Wood, E. Hunt, J. and Thurbon, C. (2011) Improving Australian greenhouse gas reporting and financial analysis of carbon risk associated with investments, 2(1), 147-157.1949661 Mayo, E. (2011) Co-operative performance, 2(1), 158-164.194961 Adams, C. A., Heijltjes, M. G., Jack, G, Marjoribanks, T. and Powell, M. (2011) The development of leaders able to respond to climate change and sustainability challenges: The role of business schools, 2(1), 165-171. Forbes, S. and McIntosh, M. (2011) Towards CSR and the sustainable enterprise economy in the Asia Pacific region, 2(2), 194-213. Gondor, D. and Morimoto, H. (2011) Role of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) in seafood eco-labelling policy in Japan, 2(2), 214-230. Jupesta, J. Harayama, Y. and Parayil, G. (2011) Sustainable business model for biofuel industries in Indonesia, 2(2), 231-247. Bakhtina, V. A. (2011) Innovation and its potential in the context of the ecological component of sustainable development, 2(2), 248-262. 17003309 Bendell, J, Miller, A. and Wortmann, K. (2011) Public policies for scaling corporate responsibility standards: Expanding collaborative governance for sustainable development, 2(2), 263-293. 153 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo Cotter, J., Najah, M. and Wang, S. S. (2011) Standardized reporting of climate change information in Australia, 2(2), 294-321. Epstein, M. J. and Yuthas, K. (2011) Protecting and regaining clarity of mission in the microfinance industry, 2 (2), 322 – 330. Distrubution Of Human Capital: A Study On Turkish Regions Zekeriya Mizirak, Deniz Göktaş Department of Economics, Konya University, Konya, Turkey E-mails: zmizirak@hotmail.com, d.goktas@gmail.com Abstract Firms’ location choice causes regional economic differences. The conventional view of firms’ location relies on cost-related factors such as tax breaks and subsidies. Human capital theory of regional development asserts that people are the motor force behind the regional growth. According to proponents of the human capital theory, regional growth is driven by endowments of highly educated and productive people instead of reducing costs of business or low costs of resources. In a world in which people are highly mobile, human capital is not a given endowment. Under the new regime of geography in which jobs follow labor instead of labor force follows jobs, wherever intelligence clusters evolve, so too will wealth accumulate. Firstly, Jacobs attracted attention to the ability of cities to attract creative people and thus spur economic growth. To sustain innovation attracting and retaining human capital is believed a crucial role. Firms want to reap the benefits from skilled labor pool.Places with greater number of highly educated people grow faster and better able to attract more talent. There are three linkages between human capital and regional growth. Firstly, concentration of creative and highly educated people through accumulation of knowledge and productivity in existing firms. Human capital enables both product and process innovations. Second explanation is related to inter firm dynamics. Highly human capital endowed people rapidly adapt new ideas and technologies; therefore industrial shift in these human capital endowed regions is rather easier. Not only they succeed in existing mature firms, but also they start new enterprises, thus contribute into economic activity. This linkage is called reinvention view of human capital. Third explanation is about consumption patterns of educated people. Human capital causes growth by spending effect. Since they have higher incomes, they spend much on leisure activities like bars, restaurants and theatres. Their spending habits create employment for the unskilled. In this paper we will test the relationship between the human capital endowment of the regions and determinants of its regional distribution. Job opportunities, regional amenities and diversity can affect the distribution of human capital. Keywords: Regional development, human capital, location choice 154 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1291 Title A name given to the resource A Literature Review About Sustainability Accounting Author Author Filiz , Angay Kutluk Abstract A summary of the resource. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to give a brief information and review ‘Sustainability Accounting’ articles published in the period of 2000 to 2011. Method: Articles are collected by searching main databases by abstract, keyword or article title that contain ‘Sustainability Accounting‘. Analyses mainly include quantity analysis and purpose analysis. The articles are classified according to journals and years in quantity analysis. The main purposes of the articles are mentioned in the purpose analysis. Findings and recommendations: The classifications are shown in tables and discussed. The mostly published years and journals, the mostly chosen subject area and purposes are mentioned. It is thought that this literature review analysis will be helpful for the researchers to focus on a special subject area or purpose. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012-05-31 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed H Social Sciences (General),HB Economic Theory,HG Finance,HJ Public Finance https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/files/original/aff174e9c4d9a3336f8b0907cf5dca5f.pdf c393da1ac39af36b4bcdd59cf0dddae6 PDF Text Text 3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo TAYLOR (2009), “Voluntary social initiatives in fresh fruit and vegetables value chains; ISBN 978-92-2-122007-7 (print); 978-92-2-122008-4 (web pdf) Sarah Best and Ivanka Mamic. VERICK, Sher and ISLAM, Iyanatul (2010), “The Great Recession of 2008-2009: Causes, consequences and policy responses”, Employment Sector Employment Working Paper No. 61. WOLF, Martin (2012), http://ekonomi.haberturk.com/makro-ekonomi/haber/710434-bizeders-verin- 28 Ocak 2012 Cumartesi, 13:13:34 (DA:05.04.2012) YÖRÜKOĞLU, Mehmet (2009), “Küresel Mali Kriz ve Türkiye Ekonomisi”, Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası Başkan Yardımcısı, 2009, İstanbul. ZANDI, Mark. Chief economist of Moody's Analytics Inc. He can be reached via help@economy.com. http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/144040636.html “Gas prices and the economy” www.tcmb.gov.tr www.imf.org www.tuik.gov.tr http://www.kobifinans.com.tr/tr/bilgi_merkezi/02061001/20892 (DA:17.04.2012) http://www.tim.org.tr/tr/tim-gundem-8.html (DA:20.04.2012) xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/22560935/886502103/name/ikp-pdf.pdf (17.04.2012) Natural Resources and Economical Growth in Central Asia and Caucasus Filiz Kadi Fatih University Economics Department Abstract As it is known, all former Soviet states faced serious economical and social problems after they gained independency. At this stage of history, these countries took into their hands responsibilities for self-development. To overcome their problems, they tried to find and imply suitable policy in all spheres of social life. In order to strengthen their economy, they had to look their capability and capacity, and use them in the right direction. However, many factors such as cut off the link between the main provider of the Soviet Union, Russia and other republics, problems in management, the lack of experience in market economy brought to serious problems in these countries. As a result, production process was seriously damaged in all sectors of their economy. Consequently, without being able to manufacture products, these countries began to focus on the raw materials, not considering effects of economic dependency on natural recourses. 408 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo In the proposed paper, the authors will make an attempt to explore natural resources and economical growth in Central Asia and Caucasus and analyze positive and negative effects of natural resources in these countries. Keyterms: Natural recourses, Economical growth, Central Asia, Caucasus, etc. 1.Natural Resource and Economic Growth There is a curious phenomenon that economists call the resource curse - so named because, on average, countries with large endowments of natural resources perform worse than countries that are less well endowed. Yet some countries with abundant natural resources do perform better than others, and some have done well.53 The idea that natural resources might be more an economic curse than a blessing began to emerge in the 1980s. In this light, the term resource curse thesis was first used by Richard Auty in 1993 to describe how countries rich in natural resources were unable to use that wealth to boost their economies and how, counter-intuitively, these countries had lower economic growth than countries without an abundance of natural resources.54 Numerous studies, including one by Jeffrey Sachs and Andrew Warner, have shown a link between natural resource abundance and poor economic growth.55 These disconnect between natural resource wealth and economic growth can be seen by looking at an example from the oilproducing countries. From 1965-1998, in the OPEC countries, gross national product per capita growth decreased on average by 1.3%, while in the rest of the developing world, per capita growth was on average 2.2%.56 Some argue that financial flows from Foreign Aid can provoke effects that are similar to the Resource Curse.57 Economists put forward three reasons for the dismal performance of some richly endowed countries: • First, the prospect of riches orients official efforts to seizing a larger share of the pie, rather than creating a larger pie. The result of this wealth grab is often war. At other times simple rent-seeking behavior by officials, aided and abetted by outsiders, is the outcome. It is 53 Joseph E. StiglitzThe Resource Curse Revisite, http://www.projectsyndicate.org/commentary/stiglitz48 54 Auty, Richard M. (1993). Sustaining Development in Mineral Economies: The Resource Curse Thesis. London: Routledge. 55 Sachs, Jeffrey D., Warner, Andrew M. (1995). Natural resource abundance and economic growth. NBER Working Paper 5398 56 Gylfason, Thorvaldur (2000). Natural resources, education and economic development. CEPR Discussion Paper 2594. 57 Djankov, Montalvo, Reynal-Querol (2005). The curse of aid. 409 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo cheaper to bribe a government to provide resources at below-market prices than to invest and develop an industry, so it is no surprise that some firms succumb to this temptation. • Second, natural resource prices are volatile, and managing this volatility is hard. Lenders provide money when times are good, but want their money back when, say, energy prices plummet. (As the old adage has it, banks only like to lend to those who do not need money.) Economic activity is thus even more volatile than commodity prices, and much of the gains made in a boom unravel in the bust that follows. • Third, oil and other natural resources, while perhaps a source of wealth, do not create jobs by themselves, and unfortunately, they often crowd out other economic sectors. For example, an inflow of oil money often leads to currency appreciation - a phenomenon called the Dutch Disease. 58 The former body of literature is primarily concerned with the negative effects of oil resource wealth on a developing country’s domestic economic policies and socio-political cleavages once the inflow of rents has already begun.59 The latter body of literature focuses on political determinants of economic growth in developing countries within the constraints of the international system (Bates, 1981; Haggard, 1990). Natural resource production typically generates high economic rents. Gelb [1988], in particular, stresses that governments typically earned most of the rents from natural resource exploitation. Others argue that natural resource abundance inevitably leads to greater corruption and inefficient bureaucracies; or that high rents distract governments from investing in the ability to produce growth supporting public goods, such as infrastructure or legal codes.60 More recently, Collier and Hoffler (2002) have shown that natural resources considerably increase the chances of civil conflict in a country. According to their estimates, the effect of natural resources on conflict is strong and non-linear. A country that has no natural resources faces a probability of civil conflict of 0.5 percent, whereas a country with natural resourcesto-GDP share of 26 percent faces a probability of 23 percent. Civil conflict, of course, is an extreme manifestation of institutional collapse and the work of Collier and Hoffler (2002) is therefore suggestive of a role for natural resources in affecting institutional quality more generally.61 2. Economic Structure of Central Asia Countries and Azerbaijan 58 Joseph E. Stiglitz The Resource Curse Revisite, http://www.projectsyndicate.org/commentary/stiglitz48 59 Belawi and Luciani, 1987; Chaudhry, 1997; Gelb, 1988; and Karl, 1997 60 Jeffrey D. Sachs and Andrew M. Warner, NATURAL RESOURCE ABUNDANCE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH, NBER working paper 61 Xavier Sala-i-Martin Arvind Subramania, Addressing the Natural Resource Curse: An Illustration from Nigeria, Discussion Paper #:0203-15 May 2003, Newyork 410 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo After the independency of central Asian countries, there appeared many serious problems in social as well as in economical spheres. As it is known, it takes too much time and afford to rebuild all relations and to start social changes after the old system existing for a long time during the period of entering to market economy62; thus in transition economies especially transformation of the government system becomes one of the most difficult problems. Moreover, if one considers the fact, that policy makers realizing this transition came from the old socialist government traditions 63, the burdens of transition period can be better understood. Administration of these transition economies expected to face negative conditions of this process in the early years of their independency only for short period of time. However, negative sides of economy show that their optimistic expectations were not realized in practice. Firstly, difficulties occurred in the production process brought many other problems. The main of the problems was production shrinks and reduction in GDP depending on it. Many of these countries could not reach GDP level they had before the independency. Table 1. GDP Growth Rate (%) 1992 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Azebaijan -22,6 -11,8 11,1 9,9 10,5 11,2 10,1 26,4 34,5 25 10,8 9,3 5 Kazakhstan -5.3 -8,2 9.8 13.5 9.8 9.3 9.6 9.7 10.7 8.9 3.3 1.2 7.3 Uzbekistan -11,2 -0,9 3.8 4.2 4 4.2 7.7 7 7.3 9.5 9 8.1 8.5 Turkmenistan -5,3 -7,2 18.5 20.4 15.8 17.1 17.2 13 11.4 11.8 14.7 6.1 9.2 Source: World Bank Development Indicators CD-2012, Due to the economical dependency of these countries, during the transition period they experienced big depression between 1989 and 1996 like the capitalism lived in 1929-1933. If we consider the first decade of the transition period, in general losses appeared in production for 40-60% on average. In the transition economy, the production showed U-shape because of the reduction in the production process and results of the stabilization policy effects. 64 62 TİKA, Kırgızistan Ülke Raporu, Türk İşbirliği ve Kalkınma Ajansı Yayınları, Ankara, 1996, N0:31, p. 19. 63 Michael BRUNO: Kriz, İstikrar Programları ve Ekonomik Reform. Çev. Zülfü Dicleli, İstanbul, 1994, p. 202. 64 Emsen, Ömer Selçuk ve Değer, Kemal. Geçiş Ekonomileri ve Türkiye’de Doğrudan Yabancı Sermayenin Dinamikleri, Atatürk Üniversitesi Yayınları, Erzurum, 2005. p. 87. 411 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo 3. Natural Resources Of Central Asian Countries and Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan have big reserve in term of petroleum and natural gas. 28 giant petroleum and gas sources are in these countries among the world there are 509. These four countries have 189 trillion fitkup (5 billion meter kup which equals 31 billion barrels petroleum) total natural gas reserve and 13 billion barrel total petroleum reserve. In term of oil, Azerbaijan takes the first place with 8 billion barrels reserve, Kazakhstan takes the second place with 2.9 billion barrels reserve, Turkmenistan takes third place with 2 billion barrels reserve and Uzbekistan takes the last place with 69 million barrels reserve. In term of natural gas, Turkmenistan has first place with 129 trillion fitkup reserve (equals 21 billion barrels petroleum), Uzbekistan has second place with 54 trillion fitkup reserve(equals 9 billion barrels petroleum) , Azerbaijan 4 trillion ftkup reserve (equals 697 million barrels petroleum) and Kazakhstan has the last place with 1 trillion fitkup reserve(equals 181 million barrels petroleum).65 The last research showed Kazakhstan reserves are higher than others both petroleum and natural gas. Tables below show new report. Table 2. Countries Petroleum Reserves Country Total Approved Share in The Total Reserve (Billion World Reserve production tons) % (million tons) Share in World production Azerbaijan 1.0 0.6 15.7 % 0.4 Kazakhstan 5.4 3.3 60.5 % 1.6 Uzbekistan 0.1 0.05 6.6 % 0.2 Turkmenistan 0.1 0.05 10.1 %0.3 Source: Yeni Bir Ekonomik Güç Olarak Avrasya, DEİK, Ekim 2005 Table 3. Countries Natural Gas Reserves 65 Sadettin Korkmaz, DOĞAL KAYNAKLAR AÇISINDAN YENİ TÜRK DEVLETLERİ Jeoloji Muhendisliği s, 40, 20-24, 1992. p. 20 http://www.jmo.org.tr/resimler/ekler/3aeec875c479e55_ek.pdf?dergi=JEOLOJ%C4%B0%20M%C3% 9CHEND%C4%B0SL%C4%B0%C4%9E%C4%B0%20DERG%C4%B0S%C4%B0 412 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo Country Total Approved Share in The Total Reserve (trillion World Reserve production m3) % (billion tons) Share in World production Azerbaijan 48.4 % 0.8 4.6 %0.2 Kazakhstan 105.9 %1.7 18.5 % 0.7 Uzbekistan 65.7 % 1.0 55.8 % 2.1 Turkmenistan 102.4 % 1.6 54.6 % 2.0 Source: Yeni Bir Ekonomik Güç Olarak Avrasya, DEİK, Ekim 2005 Table 4. Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) 1991 Azerbaijan 1995 45.6 Kazakhstan 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 27.9 39 40.9 42.7 42 48.7 62.9 66.5 68.1 65.7 51.5 55.1 38.9 56.6 45.8 46.9 48.4 52.5 53.5 51.1 49.4 57.2 42. 43.9 81.3 69.04 62.3 61.6 65.02 73.09 36.7 71.1 51.03 51.7 37.2 40.2 Turkmenistan 38.7 83.9 95.5 Uzbekistan 35.2 27.9 24.5 28.07 30.8 37.8 37.1 39.6 43.5 36.3 31.4 Source: World Bank Database 2012 Table 5- Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Azerbaijan 85.08 91.3 82.2 76.7 84.5 81.3 97.08 92.8 Kazakhstan 53.8 61.8 64.8 70.6 69.4 66.5 56.7 59.05 Turkmenistan 81.0 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na Uzbekistan 88.9 86.01 56.7 59.05 53.8 94.5 Source: World Bank Database 2012 Natural resources take significant share in these countries export. In table 4 shows the natural resources share as a percentage in their export. All countries export mostly depends on natural resources. 413 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo Due to the recent oil price gains, the two countries’ exports have increased sharply. Azerbaijan’s exports increased to more than 60% of GDP in 2006, up from 36% in 2003, with oil exports ($12 billion in 2006) making up more than 90% of total exports. While Kazakhstan’s oil dependency is less pronounced, oil exports ($24.6 billion in 2006) still accounted for about 60% of total exports. Additional oil export receipts (measured as an increase in oil exports between 2003 and 2006) reached 49% (Azerbaijan) and 24% (Kazakhstan) of their respective GDP in 2006. Kazakhstan saved more than 60% of the increased oil export receipts in its oil fund, while Azerbaijan saved only 12%66 Graph 1- World Nominal Oil Price Chronology: 1970-2011 Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/OILPRICE/downloaddata?cid=98 Graph 1 shows oil price changing since 1970 to 2006. In this period petroleum price shows fluctuation. Except at the beginning of 1980’s, the oil price fluctuated between 10$ and 30$ in 1985 – 2000 years. After 2000, oil price increased sharply from 23$ to 73$ in 2006. This increase still continues, oil price was 92.93$ on January of 2008, it exceeded even 130$, today67oil price is 92,30 $. 66 Norio Usui, How Effective are Oil Funds? Managing Resource Windfalls in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, ERD Policy Brief Series No. 50, December 2007. p. 3 67 16.05.2012 414 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo Table 6 -Oil Price in the Last decade Years Price 2000 30.298 2001 25.924 2002 26.098 2003 31.140 200 41.438 2005 56.466 2006 66.103 2007 72.363 2008 99.568 2009 61.693 2010 79.428 2011 95.077 http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/OILPRICE/downloaddata Central Asian countries have large reserves of oil. The world wide very high prices of oil generates huge amount of profit for these countries. For example Kazakhstan's growing petroleum industry account for roughly 30 percent of the country’s GDP and over half of its export revenues. In an effort to reduce Kazakhstan's exposure to price fluctuations for energy and commodities exports, the government created the National Oil Fund of Kazakhstan.68 In order to manage their oil income effectively these countries established stability funds. They invest some oil revenue to these funds. For example, in Azerbaijan, cumulative budget surpluses between 2003 and 2006 reached 2.1% of 2006 GDP. During the same period, assets in SOFAR increased by 5.7% of 2006 GDP, but, at the same time, the government borrowed money worth 4% of 2006 GDP from external sources (Figure 6). It is clearly inconsistent to build up funds in SOFAR and, on the other hand, borrow abroad. Given the relatively low return to investments from SOFAR (at around 3–4% in nominal dollar terms during the past few years), the government bore financial costs to fill the gap 68 Kazakhstan Energy Data, Statistics and Analysis - Oil, Gas, Electricity, Coal 415 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo between the interest rate for external borrowing and investment returns to SOFAR. In contrast, Kazakhstan saved most of the cumulative budget surpluses in NFRK (15% of 2006 GDP), and paid back external debts not only to smooth out public expenditures but also to reduce future debt obligations (1.6% of 2006 GDP).69 However, the growth of profit should be effectively managed so that the economy doesn’t suffer. On the other hand, in case of price falls it is important to be prepared to prevent or diminish the negative impact on the economy. Because very high dependency of economy on this resource means high risks. The economy of Azerbaijan for instance, within 34.5% growth rate of economy in 2006 the growth of agriculture was only 0.9 %. And the other important point is that agricultural production growth has slowed in last years and it become negative in 2010. The growth rate of agriculture in 2000 which was 19.5%, in 2001 decreased to 11.1%, in 2002 to 6.4% and in 2010 it was -2.2 %. The development of sectors other than oil sector has slowed in other countries too. For Kazakhstan the same process migth said too. For example the growth rate of agriculture in 2001 was 17.1 while it grew 11.6 in 2010. As known, this high income if can not be managed effectively might affect to the economy negatively. Table 7- Growth of Output annual change, % Azerbaijan 1995 2000 2001 Agriculture -7 19.5 11.1 6.4 Industry -13.3 8.2 Manufacturing -14.3 -13.2 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 5.6 5 7.5 0.9 4 6.1 3.5 -2.2 14.7 12.5 11.6 43.4 49. 32.8 9.9 10.5 4.4 -42.1 4.1 8.2 14 10.5 16.3 9 10.2 7.1 -12.6 Kazakhstan Agriculture -24.3 -3.2 17.1 3.2 2.2 -0.1 7.1 6 8.9 -6.2 13.2 -11.6 Industry -14.2 15.2 15.4 12 9.2 11.2 10.6 13.4 8.4 1.9 0.4 8.3 Manufacturing … 13.7 7.6 7.9 10.1 7.1 7.9 7.6 -3 -2.8 …. Turkmenistan Agriculture -7 17 23 0.095 0.099 19.3 20.3 24 … Industry -6 24.4 17.3 13.2 16.2 25.8 21.8 29.7 … 69 … 24.4 … 17.3 … … Norio Usui, How Effective are Oil Funds? Managing Resource Windfalls in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, ERD Policy Brief Series No. 50, December 2007. p. 5 416 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo Manufacturing na na na na na na na na na na na na Uzbekistan Agriculture 2.0 3.2 4.1 6 6.8 10.1 6.2 6.2 6.1 4.5 5.7 6.1 Industry -5.1 1.8 2.9 3.4 3.1 5.0 4.9 4.5 6.6 6.8 4.1 8.3 -1.3 4.9 0.5 1.0 2 2 2 3.02 3.9 4 6 Manufacturing Sources: Worldbank database 2012 The table below shows the GDP indicators for various sectors of the economy. According to the table the share of agriculture in GDP is small in all countries. Especially in Kazakhstan economy the share of agriculture in 1999 was 12.8 while in 2005 it decreased to 6.7. The share of industry grew from 31.3 to 42.4. In Kazakhstan’s sectoral base the largest speed realized in service sector. It increased form 33.4 to 55.970. The table below shows the GDP indicators for various sectors of the economy. According to the table the growth rate of agriculture in GDP is small in all countries. Especially in Kazakhstan economy the growth rate of agriculture in 2001 was 17.1 while it grew -11.6 in 2010. The share of manufacturing grew from 32.6 to 37.6. In Kazakhstan’s sectoral base the largest speed realized in service sector. It increased form 33.4 to 55.9. Azerbaijan 1991 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 Agriculture 32.3 27.2 17.1 16.1 15.1 13.4 Industry 31.3 33.5 45.3 47.1 50.1 Manufacturing 17.6 12.5 5.6 6.7 Agriculture na 12.8 8.6 Industry na 31.3 Manufacturing na Agriculture 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 11.8 9.8 7.5 7.0 5.9 6.6 5.7 52.5 54.7 63.5 68.7 68.4 70.2 61.08 64.7 8.07 9.3 8.9 7.01 6.1 4.08 5.04 5.9 5.8 9.3 8.6 8.4 7.5 6.7 5.8 6.09 5.7 6.4 4.8 40.4 38.8 38.5 37.6 37.6 40.09 42.1 40.6 43.2 40.2 42.4 15.2 17.6 17.6 15.5 15.2 14.1 12.8 12.4 12.3 12.6 11.3 13.1 32.9 32.2 34.3 34 34.2 33.09 30.7 27.9 26.1 23.9 21.3 19.5 19.5 Industry 33.2 27.7 23.1 22.6 22.0 23.4 25.9 23.1 27.4 32.0 30.7 33.1 35.4 70 www.adb.org Kazakhstan Uzbekistan 417 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo … 11.8 9.4 9.4 9.1 9.2 10.1 9.09 10.7 12.5 12 13.2 8.9 Agriculture 32.3 17.1 24.3 24.3 22.01 20.2 19.4 18.8 17.4 12.3 12 12 12 Industry 30.9 62.6 44.3 44.2 42.3 41.2 40.1 37.6 36.2 53.7 54 54 54 Manufacturing n.a 40.4 10.6 14.6 15.2 18.5 21.6 Manufacturing Turkmenistan na na na na na Table 8- Structure of Output % of GDP Sources: worldbank database 2012 Likewise in Azerbaijan’s economy the share of agriculture decreased from 32.3 to 5.7; the manufacturing has also slowed down, while the share of industry increased from 31.3to 64.7. In Uzbekistan the share of industry sector increased, but the share of agriculture decreased. This little decrease becomes vital when in the economy of Uzbekistan the production of cotton and its export is taken into consideration. In Turkmenistan the share of industry sector increased, but the share of manufacturing decreased. Due to the problem of acquiring data for the last years makes it difficult to compare the recent changes. Table 9 – Unemployment rate in 2008 Country Rate Azerbaijan 6,1 Kazakhstan 6,6 (2009 year) Uzbekistan 3 Turkmenistan 10 Source: http://www.cenimar.com/factbook/trend.jsp?tickerBase=W_LABU_&countryCode=AJ World development 2012 The direct employment impact of the oil boom is limited. However in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan unemployment rate is relatively higher. Table 10– Poverty rate ( % population ) Country Rate Azerbaijan 49 418 na �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo Kazakhstan 35 Uzbekistan 28 Turkmenistan n.a. Source: The little Data Book 2006 The World Bank. In countries with increasing income the level of poverty is rather high. This level in provincial areas in comparison to urban areas is higher. For example, in all of Kazakhstan’s oblasts the poverty headcount is higher in urban areas than in rural areas, but the rural-urban difference is especially pronounced in the oil-producing oblasts, where the poverty headcount is two to three times higher in urban compared to rural areas. In the oil-producing regions, cities may benefit from oil rents, e.g. in Mangistau oblast the town of Aktau has a poverty headcount of 18% which is well below the regional average of 40%. At the narrower geographical level, producing oil in a rayon is not a guarantee of lower poverty. In the three oblasts mixing oil-producing and non-oil-producing rayons (Aktöbe, Kyzylorda and West Kazakhstan), only four out of ten rural oil-producing rayons experience less poverty than the regional average poverty headcount (Ivashenko, 2004).71 The high rate of poverty suggests that the income from oil is not distributed fairly and equally. When we look at the Gini coefficient it can seen unfair income distribution. Table 11. Gini coefficient in countries, 1988-2001 Country 1988 2001 Azerbaijan 34.7 36.5 Kazakhstan 25.7 31.3 Uzbekistan 25.0 27.0 (2000) Turkmenistan 26.4 40.8 (1998) Source: World Bank, Global Poverty Monitoring web site, < http://www.worldbank.org/research/povmonitor/ 4.CONCLUSION The governments of resource-rich Asian countries need to find a right balance between fulfilling social and infrastructure development needs (by spending oil revenues), maintaining macroeconomic stability (by sterilizing oil revenues), and saving part of oil wealth for future generations (by saving oil revenues). Policymakers need to pay close 71 Richard PomfretWILL OIL BE A BLESSING OR A CURSE FOR KAZAKHSTAN? http://www.economics.adelaide.edu.au/research/wpapers/ 419 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo attention to the effects of higher public spending on the real exchange rate and macroeconomic stability, and should make the best strategic use of windfall gains for achieving long term development goals. Transparent management of oil revenues is an indispensable requirement to make sure the money is well spent.72 The development of economy in sectors other than oil and gas requires an increase of investment in the sectors which can increase the rate of employment. The growth of investment in other sectors will prevent and diminish the possible crisis’ negative effects and its depth in case of price falls. Undoubtedly, the money gained form rich natural resources should be used by the countries to extend the contribution of processing of natural resources, thus facilitate the growth of capital investment. As a result, a country instead of selling natural resources will improve in processing of such resources and with the employment opportunities in the first place the contribution level of the country will impressively develop. On the other hand, the recent increase in the food prices on the international arena forces these countries to reconsider their agricultural policies. Except for Turkmenistan, potential of other countries should be utilized to increase the contribution of agriculture to the economy by those facilities that will solve urbanization problems and stimulate the use of labor force. This will positively impact the employment rate and contribute to the socialeconomic development. Therefore, a fair distribution of income and decrease of poverty rate will be achieved. 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Xavier Sala-i-Martin Arvind Subramania, Addressing the Natural Resource Curse: An Illustration from Nigeria, Discussion Paper #:0203-15 May 2003, Newyork http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/OILPRICE/downloaddata Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/OILPRICE/downloaddata?cid=98 421 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo World bank database 2012 Economic Growth And Financial Indicators Connection Mustafa Öztürk, Osman Kadi, Filiz Kadi Fatih Üniversitesi, Fatih Üniversitesi 34500 Büyükçekmece/İstanbul E-mails: mozturk@fatih.edu.tr,oskadi@fatih.edu.tr,fkadi@fatih.edu.tr Abstract Real macro economic factors have always been accepted as main determinants of nations’ economies’. However, the development of financial markets and the rise of financial activities in globalizing world economies have led financial actors to affect nations’ economies’ more and more everyday. With the rise of liberalization process after 1980, the influences of financial developments rised in Turkey, too. In today’s world, the effects of financial factors on Turkish economy is more evident than any time. In this study, with the aim of detecting the effects of financial factors on Turkish economy, the relations between financial data as Exchange rates, interest rates and IMKB 100 index and economic growth has been analysed. Keywords: financial data, exchange rates, interest rates, economic growth, Vector Auto Regression Model (V.A.R). 1.INTRODUCTION The relation between financial developments and economic growth has been frequently debated subject lately. These debates mostly focus on the case that financial developments affect economic growth or economic growth affects financial developments. In today’s economies in which financial markets gradually enlarge and financial instruments gradually increase, it is observed that financial improvements influence economic growth. Assets’ prices are formed and change under the influence of financial developments; financial developments determine consumption and investment expenses in a significant amount. In this study, financial macroeconomic data and economic growth relation has been analysed by dividing the onservations between 1998-2010 into quarters. After a literature review of the subject, causality relation between financial data and economic growth has been analysed by granger causality test. After that, vector auto regression (VAR) model has been applied. Lastly, effect-reaction functions have been deducted by the help of correctness tests. 422 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1349 Title A name given to the resource Natural Resources and Economical Growth in Central Asia and Caucasus Author Author Filiz , Kadi Abstract A summary of the resource. As it is known, all former Soviet states faced serious economical and social problems after they gained independency. At this stage of history, these countries took into their hands responsibilities for self-development. To overcome their problems, they tried to find and imply suitable policy in all spheres of social life. In order to strengthen their economy, they had to look their capability and capacity, and use them in the right direction. However, many factors such as cut off the link between the main provider of the Soviet Union, Russia and other republics, problems in management, the lack of experience in market economy brought to serious problems in these countries. As a result, production process was seriously damaged in all sectors of their economy. Consequently, without being able to manufacture products, these countries began to focus on the raw materials, not considering effects of economic dependency on natural recourses. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012-05-31 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed H Social Sciences (General),HB Economic Theory,HG Finance,HJ Public Finance https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/files/original/662020051934425938e8149f7e9872cb.pdf 11c9423431609efaf7a5d8104c037ff8 PDF Text Text 3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo The Effects of Leadership On Job Satisfaction (Visionary Leadership, Transformational leadership, Transactional leadership) Furkan Baltaci, Emin Kara, Erdal Tascan, Huseyin Avsalli Akdeniz University, Alanya Faculty of Business, Antalya, Turkey E-mails: fbaltaci@akdeniz.edu.tr, eminkara@gmail.com, etascan@akdeniz.edu.tr, huseyinavsalli@hotmail.com Abstract Humans are social beings and they must be found within the community to meet their individual needs. It is not possible to meet all the demands and needs of people by coming together. They also need a person who can organize and evoke them for the sake of an aim. These individuals are the people who have leadership qualities. When it is taken into consideration that each source can be reached with the impact of globalization, the employees who take part in the competition between companies are an effective competitive tool for business.Enterprises, in which individuals whose personal needs are met work, will always be one step before its opponents thanks to rising performances of the employees. Enterprises need leader persons in a real sense in order to organize the employees successfully, to collect them around a specific purpose, to provide a harmony between the business’s needs and demands and the employees needs and demands and to realize the integration between them. Some of the most fundamental roles of these leaders in business are can be listed as finding most effective and efficient ways to reach determined purposes, providing coordination between the employees, to share the necessary information about both the situation in which they exist and the future conditions by predicting, and to supplythe organizationaleffectivenessandensure justice in theworkplace and so on. In this study, a deep literature review has been made in order to show the effects of leadership behaviors of company employers on job satisfaction.Firstly an overallimpact of leadership behaviors of job satisfaction has been examined thenvisionary, transformational andtransactional leadershipbehavior effects onjob satisfactionhave been noted down.Thena model was developedon the results ofworkand studyhas been terminated. Themost important findingin this study, the transactional leadershipbehavioron job satisfactionis thatthemost influentialfactor. This study is being planned to be transformed into an article after an implementation which will be realized in the 4 or 5 star accommodation centers, in summer 2012, in Alanya. However, currently, the tourism season is off and the%80 of accommodation facilitieswhich will be consideredwithin the scope ofthe research are out of usage that’s why this plan will be realized after the accommodation centers will be available in the summer season. 220 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo Keywords: LeadershipBehavior, Job leadership, transformationalleadership. Satisfaction, visionaryleadership,transactional 1.LEADERSHIP CONCEPT When literature review is examined, it is understood that lots of descriptions was combined, however, these descriptions haven’t been collected in a common point for leadership concept .As the cause of this condition; the world’s rapid conversion than ever before or the societies’ becoming tend to more science-oriented rather than industry-oriented can be shown.( Gül and Şahin, 2011:237). As the communities become more science-oriented today, “leadership” is defined as the convincing ability of individuals who have leadership quality in order to make people in his environment reach the determined aim (Erdoğan, 2007: 486487). The point to be considered is ability of actuation the people around him by means of convincing. Because many different descriptions were combined about leadership but many of these point out the same point. As the reason for this the customer-based structure’s acceptance rather than production-based structure can be shown. Voon and others(2011:24) define leadership as the interaction process which occurs between leader and other workers and the goal of which is reaching to determined aims of management . When another description is examined, it is possible to see that leadership is mentioned as the skill to influence a group of people in order to get them reach their targets.(from Bass, 1990 Çakar and Arbak,2003:84 ). According to Kent ( 2005: 1011), the leadership is the process that is based on interaction between the leader and his followers, being effective of change and development of both and affecting their motivation and behaviours. So the leader is the person who leads to his juniors to determined targets (Budak and Budak , 2004:379), motivate them to achieve the objectives, control and coordinate their work (Erdoğan, 2007:486). He is the person that is followed or obeyed by a grup people whose aim is to realize their personal and merged group objectives. 2.THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEADERSHIP AND JOB SATISFACTION Many studies were conducted to examine the relationship between job satisfaction between leadership and job satisfaction.When the studies are examined, it is deduced that the leadership styles have a crucial impact on job satisfaction. The compatibility level of leader and workers is one of the most essential factor on job satisfaction or dissatisfaction. A study which was built by Rad and Yarmohammadian (2006) proves this. According to the study, a leader who had participative leadership feature , failed to improve the company. The company stayed in the same point for a long time and couldn’t show any headway. Furthermore, it was revealed that, such kind of leadership behaviour decreased the job satisfaction, increased worker turnover and shortened the range of burnout. In corresponding this, the managers’ supportive behaviour on labour and prefer clearness in communication affect performance of workers in a positive way.The companies which possess leader managers in those charasteristics have an improvement on job satisfaction. 221 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo Workers want their managers to be the leader ones.The job dissatisfaction appears when there is a gap between the workers’ expectation of leadership features and the the ones manager have. (Elpers and Westheus,2008).The job satisfaction level increases when the gap between the workers’ expectation of leadership charesteristics and the the ones manager has declines. In a research made by Tengilimoğlu and Yiğit (2005), when the leadership styles which workers expect from the managers and the managers exhibit bocame closer each other, it was observed that, the job satisfaction level became higher and the leadership styles that affect job satisfaction are respectively ; participative, instrumental, achievement-oriented and supportive leadership. Managers’ leadership behaviors which they exhibit within an organization enables the existence of clear communication between leader and workers.This situation provides getting rid of job stress within the organization of workers and supply an organizational environment helping to promote performance of employee.As a consequence job pleasure of workers increases and workers’ turnover level decreases.(Kim and Brymer, 2011:1025) However, on the case that the workers are not contended with their leaders, job dissatisfaction appears and their organizational relationship decrease.Thus, in such casesthe worker turnover increases, burnout level rises and behaviours such as sabotage are to be seen.(Aşık, 2010; Turunç and oth., 2010; Voon and oth., 2010; Harrington and oth., 2010) 2.1.VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND JOB SATISFACTION Visionary leadership is the ability of constructing an influencd on people to activate for determined aims and to convey this ability to his followers.(Buluç,2009: 11). When we consider that ambuguity which takes place in the work area causes job dissatisfaction,(Kristina and oth., 2004) we can assert that visionary leadership behaviour has a positive influence on job satisfaction. Because the leaders who have the feature of visionary leadership possess a foresight about developments of future and determine some objectives for future.(Yılmaz and Karahan, 2010:146) So the workers can also make predictions maybe to some extent and their ambiguity perception reduces. So it could affect their job satisfaction in a positive way. A study which was implemented by Dalgın and Topaloğlu (2010: 199) also supports this hypothesis. According to the study results, in the enterprises the employees who are working with the visionary leader managers ar e contended with their manager and this case results in a high level of job satisfaction.In another study, which was performed by Yılmaz and Karahan, ( 2010:156), it has been identified that the most important factor in flourishing performance is visionary leadership behaviour.Riaz and Haider (2010:35) point out the relationship between performance development and leader’s determinig explicit objectives and then state that as a result of this job satisfaction rises. 222 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo 2.2.INTERACTIONIST LEADERSHIP AND JOB SATISFACTION Interactionist leadership behavior which was asserted by J.M.Burns and later was developed by mainly B.M.Bass and many other researchers, it is advocated that, in the relationship between leader and his followers success can be reached on the condition that, these two parts’ behavior change.(Erdoğan, 2007: 522). According to the study made by Voon and his associates( 2001:30), the job satisfaction level reduces when the employees are working with interactionist leaders.Two factors have been determined as the cause of low job satisfaction: the working environment prepared by leaders and the responsibilities he gave to workers.The employees lose motivation built by their leaders ond the case that they can’t feel the necessary sympathy and intimacy they expect from their leaders who have interactionist leadership behaviour.(Watson, 2009: 306). Moreover the unnatural behaviours of interactionist leaders towards employees cause workers’ losing their instrinsic motivation. Punishing or rewarding of interactionist leader managers the employees according to their performance are met with pleasure by workers and compose a fair management’s judgement among them.As a result the employees job satisfaction level rises.But an unfair treat in rewarding or punishment system may cause low job satisfaction in workers. 2.3.TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP AND JOB SATISFACTION Transformational leadership is the process during which the leader makes up an intimacy for organizational aims and goals among workers, convincing them to the belief that they can manage great works and motivating them in order to attain these determined objectives.(Tutar and oth., 2009: 1385; Erdoğan, 2007:522). Transformationalleader managers help their juniors to be able to become the ones who are creative, innovative, productive and adaptable to different environment conditions within the organization. The employees who are working in such environments have a strong devotion for their jobs, job satisfaction level increases as well. ( Bushra and oth., 2011: 266). Tutar and Tuzcuoğlu (2006:1395) also stated that the employees who are working in organizations where transformational leadership perception climate is existing, have a high job satisfaction level and have less tendency to turnover. Transformational leaders bring a new and original management understanding to the enterprises where their job is to manage by using their individual special features and by doing so promote the performance of organization.This transformation which happens in the organization has also a positive influence on employees and it provides their job satisfaction’s increse. (Voon and oth., 2011: 30). Supporting his juniors’ make individual choices, making it possible for them have creative ideas and valuing them, affecting them remarkably, motivating to objectives, and the conditioned reward system ( rewarding on the cases that performance increases, punishing on the cases that it decreases), transformational leaders create a safe and soft influence on their followers and provide a high job satisfaction level. (Watson, 2009: 306) 223 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo 2.4.RESEARCH MODEL As a consequence of a literature review it has been concluded that leadership behaviours’ effects on job satisaction changes according to some demographic factors. The relationsips identified in this context are below. Age VISIONARY Education Level Gender INTERACTIONIST JOB SATISFACTION Marital Status Income TRANSFORMATI VE Sector Experience 3.CONCLUSIONS One of the factor that enables enterprises make production is labor.Labor is of great İmportance for the organization’ realizing its activities. Enterprises are constantly planning to attain an superiority towards each other and increase their profit proportions.In order to success this,they try to find some methods to use the productive power most effectively and productively.When we keep in mind that productive power,in spending the business enterprises made to realize the production,has an important role,it is concluded that employees must be used effectively and productively,otherwise,the money spent for productive power will be in vain.Supplying of productivity of productive power is based firstly on supplying the requirements of workers and secondly demands of them.Thus the factors which contribute to labor is human-being element. Humanbeing is a social creature and because of this feature,he has a lot of requirements and demands.These people,whose requirements are supplied,do their job fondly and in the end, on behalf of the reach of productivity in the management,it will be a good step. With this study,it is identified by means of literature review that how leadership behaviours of enterprise managers have an effect on job satisfaction of workers.  224 As a result of research,it is identified that visionary leadership perception of male workers is higher than female worker’s. �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo    It is seen that there is a lineary proportion between worker’s age and visionary leadership perception.This can be a problem in terms of enterprise.The goals the manager planned for future can not be understood by workers and this makes them feel stressful and decrease their level of job satisfaction.So, the managers who have a visionary leadership feature,must interested especially with young workers closer and transfer the tasks and vision they determine more clear and understandable.Thanks to this,the workers are utilized more effectively and productively. 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These individuals are the people who have leadership qualities. When it is taken into consideration that each source can be reached with the impact of globalization, the employees who take part in the competition between companies are an effective competitive tool for business.Enterprises, in which individuals whose personal needs are met work, will always be one step before its opponents thanks to rising performances of the employees. Enterprises need leader persons in a real sense in order to organize the employees successfully, to collect them around a specific purpose, to provide a harmony between the business’s needs and demands and the employees needs and demands and to realize the integration between them. Some of the most fundamental roles of these leaders in business are can be listed as finding most effective and efficient ways to reach determined purposes, providing coordination between the employees, to share the necessary information about both the situation in which they exist and the future conditions by predicting, and to supplythe organizationaleffectivenessandensure justice in theworkplace and so on. In this study, a deep literature review has been made in order to show the effects of leadership behaviors of company employers on job satisfaction.Firstly an overallimpact of leadership behaviors of job satisfaction has been examined thenvisionary, transformational andtransactional leadershipbehavior effects onjob satisfactionhave been noted down.Thena model was developedon the results ofworkand studyhas been terminated. Themost important findingin this study, the transactional leadershipbehavioron job satisfactionis thatthemost influentialfactor. This study is being planned to be transformed into an article after an implementation which will be realized in the 4 or 5 star accommodation centers, in summer 2012, in Alanya. However, currently, the tourism season is off and the%80 of accommodation facilitieswhich will be consideredwithin the scope ofthe research are out of usage that’s why this plan will be realized after the accommodation centers will be available in the summer season.Keywords: LeadershipBehavior, Job Satisfaction, visionaryleadership,transactional leadership, transformationalleadership. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012-05-31 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed H Social Sciences (General) https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/files/original/6d9d365f3823dd7ae8ca90f3030d19a7.pdf 3a4f2b13630ba15816bcf0e9f723295f PDF Text Text 3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo Antalya As Destination In Convention Tourism Gonca Manap Davras Süleyman Demirel University,Isparta, Turkey goncamanap@edu.edu.tr Abstract Convention tourism is a type of alternative tourism consisting of the total of activities which emerge as a result of the organization of meetings. Individuals convene in line with the developments in science and technology and the increasing need for specialization, in order to learn new technologies, to explain and present their scientific work, or to engage in an exchange of information. This situation introduces convention tourism, an important type of alternative tourism activity. Growing rapidly, this type of tourism came to tone into other types of tourism and now possesses an important share in world tourism. There are about 9 thousand conventions all over the world each year both at national and international levels, and as a result, 75 million people travel for these conventions. Convention tourism, which partially solves the problem of seasonal tourism and has the potential to bring high revenues, is next to leisure tourism, an important alternative tourism activity highly preferred in Turkey. After Istanbul, Antalya now wants to have a say in the market of international conventions. This study displays the nature of convention tourism in Turkey and in the world with numeric data. It indicates the characteristics of convention tourism as well as the expectations of attendees from the convention centers. The chosen convention city shall be above a certain level so as to fulfill these expectations. With this aim, Antalya, which wants to play a bigger role in the convention market, has been thoroughly examined through a SWOT analysis. Keywords: Alternative tourism, Convention tourism, Antalya 1.INTRODUCTION The tourism sector has started to increase its variety according to demands. One of the alternative tourism types, convention tourism has been rapidly growing in the past few years. According to the data in 2011 by the Union of International Associations (UIA), every year about 9 thousand conventions are organized in 218 countries and 75 million people travel to attend them. Convention tourism, whose participants spend 3.5 times more than normal tourists, has a direct effect on 37 sectors and an income share of 30% in the world tourism market.(http://ifm.ibb.gov.tr/Calismalar/Documents/altyap%C4%B1%20_komitesi_cal%C4%B1 %C5%9Fma_raporu_taslak.pdf: reaching date: 5.4.2012) During this process of development, Turkey has been lucky in this competition due to its firstclass accommodation and meeting facilities, its transportation opportunities to the world’s principal cities, its cultural and natural beauties, its perfect climate, and its more appropriate 84 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo prices compared to alternative destinations. Using this opportunity, Turkey has been increasing its share in the convention tourism sector, which has been growing rapidly. In this context, many initiatives were undertaken mainly in Istanbul and in other cities such as Izmir, Antalya, and Ankara, where convention and visitor centers have been established. In “Turkey’s Tourism Strategy for 2023” and “Action-Plan 2007-2023,” implemented by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ankara, Bursa, Konya and Mersin are designated as convention cities, and Istanbul, Antalya, Izmir, Ankara, Adana, Gaziantep and Trabzon as important expo cities. (Ersun & Aslan, 2009: 107 ) This study first explains the scope of convention tourism and its characteristics, and examines the development of the convention market in the world and in Turkey. Then it evaluates Antalya, an important touristic city in Turkey, according to the supply in convention tourism by using the SWOT analysis method. 2.CONVENTION TOURISM According to the United National World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the number of 980 million people traveling on earth in 2011 will increase to 1.6 billion in 2020, and the 919 million dollars of revenue from tourism in 2010 will increase to 2 trillion dollars. (http://www.tourexpi.com/tr-intl/news.html~nid=42076: reaching date: 12.4.2012) In Turkey, which started its touristic activities in 1980, the number of 326 thousand tourists in 1980 increased to 31.5 million people in 2011, and the revenue reached 17 million dollars. According to UNWTO, after France, the USA, Spain, China, Italy, and England, Turkey is 7th in the list of first 10 countries which attracted the most visitors in 2011. (www.airporthaber.com/turkiyedunya-yedincisi--32450h.html: reaching date: 5.4.2012) The original concept of tourism has been changing every day in terms of form and content, and the demands and expectations of tourists have been also shifting. The trio of sea-sun-sand has been yielding its place to alternative tourism activities. Therefore, national, regional, and urban leaders, who realize the local, regional, national and international value of tourism, choose to diversify touristic activities with alternative tourism options and build their plans accordingly. One of the important types of tourism growing in the world in the past few years is convention tourism. The increasing number of conventions every year demonstrates the bright future of this type of tourism.(Kozak, Kozak & Kozak, 2001: 21) Convention tourism is the total of events and relations regarding travel and accommodation that emerge out of individuals convening in a location that is not their usual lodging or working place, in order to have an information exchange on a topic that requires specialization, such as scientific developments or occupational subject matters. (www.kobifinans.com.tr/tr/sektor/011610/21645: reaching date: 5.4.2012) Convention tourism does not consist of only the travels for conventions. Seminars, symposiums, workshops etc. are also included within the scope of convention tourism. For this reason, “meeting tourism” is used instead of “convention tourism.” The conventions organized nationally and internationally may be on many topics. (Pechlaner, Zeni & Raich, 2007: 32 ) Convention tourism is part of business tourism and of the individual business trips or convention and fair visits, which belong to that category as well. For this reason, it comes into existence with the change and trends in cultural topics, leisure time, workforce, health, and education levels. 85 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo While on one hand benefiting from the infrastructure of tourism, on the other, it can balance the low seasons when traditional touristic activity is stagnant or low. Traditional tourists and convention delegates are not only service chain operations, but also bring wealth to the economy of the region. 2.1 The Characteristics of Convention Tourism With its multi-faceted nature, convention tourism is differentiated from classical tourism in the following ways:(www.kobifinans.com.tr/tr/sektor/011610/22676: reaching date: 8.4.2012)          Conventions are more concentrated in certain periods of the year and because they usually take place outside the conventional touristic season, they affect the occupancy rate in hotels positively. Convention tourism and convention hotel management need a strong infrastructure in terms of technical equipment and other constituents. Fixed investments such as the construction of meeting facilities and convention centers are of a high cost and are usually undertaken by the state or the local administration. Because convention tourism is organized outside the general tourism season and because it involves a wide range of touristic services, it is the type of tourism which generates the highest income. It requires detailed and professional preparations such as simultaneous translation, special programs, preparation and distribution of invitation cards, various transfers, hotel reservations, arrangement of meetings for delegates and the media, organization of the convention center, and preparation of tours for accompanying persons and spouses. The organization of an international convention is considered as an important promotion tool for a country. For success in convention tourism, not only the related agencies, but all society shall support the initiative, and there shall be collaboration among different sections of society. For success, this type of organizations require a certain level of quality and capacity regarding transportation, infrastructure, accommodation, convention center and facilities, personnel, security, peripheral services, environmental and cultural riches. The level of income of convention participants (delegates) is quite high and all their expenses are covered by the organization they are representing. According to TURSAB, they spend 3 times more than a conventional tourist.(www.siyasiforum.net/viewtopic. php?f=13&t=12232: reaching date: 5.4.2012) 2.2 Convention Tourism in the World and in Turkey According to International Congress and Convention Association’s (ICCA) data in 2010, Turkey, this hosts 160 international conventions, places 20th in world ranking. The United States, Germany, Spain, England, and France occupy the first five spots. When examined at a city level, in 2010, Istanbul placed 7th in world ranking with 109 conventions before Vienna, Barcelona, Paris, Berlin, Singapore and Madrid, and rose from 13th place to 6th in European rankings. (http://iccaworld.com/dcps/doc.cfm?docid=1246: reaching date: 5.3.2012) 2 million convention participants who came to Turkey stayed for an average of three days and spent 4 million Euros. 86 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo Compared to 10 years ago, this 5-times increase escalated Turkey 14 steps and Istanbul 24 steps in the convention race. Now, 80% of the conventions in Turkey take place in Istanbul. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism took this concentration into consideration and added other cities as locations where conventions and meetings can be organized: Ankara, Antalya as well as Mersin, Izmir, Konya and Bursa. Despite all this data and these efforts, and despite all the natural and cultural attractions and riches that Turkey has, it is not possible to say that the country benefits adequately from convention tourism. It is obvious that the efforts in this sector should be more deliberately carried out and more carefully organized. Convention tourism cannot emerge by itself in this country. Factors of attraction are of utmost importance in convention tourism. Natural factors such as the geographical location of the region, natural beauties, climate, cultural and historic riches as well as infrastructure and superstructure shall be present. The locations where special investments will be made for convention tourism shall definitely possess convenient facilities for local and foreign visitors to meet their needs such as accommodation, eating-drinking, leisure etc. For a city to earn its title as an international convention city, facilities such as transportation, infrastructure, accommodation, convention centers, security, peripheral services, as well as natural and cultural riches shall be above a certain quality and capacity. Any malfunction that may arise in these constituents can also hinder the success of the conventions.(Aymankuy, 2006: 45) According to the statement of Istanbul Convention and Visitors’ Bureau, 1.5 million tourists, among the 9 million who visited Istanbul, came for the purpose of meetings and conventions. According to the data of Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TURSAB), the number of tourists who came to Antalya for meetings and conventions is around 200 thousand. All around Turkey, about 2 million convention participants lodged in 2010. This number is equal to the number of tourists who visited Turkey in 1980s.(www.siyasiforum.net/viewtopic.php? f=13&t=12232: reaching date: 5.4.2012) 3.CONVENTION TOURISM DESTINATION: ANTALYA According to the 2010 data of Antalya Convention Bureau, a total 86 conventions were organized in Antalya, 40 international, 46 national. With an 81% increase, this number rose up to 156 in 2011. For international conventions, the increase is 40%, and 117% for national conventions. Accordingly, a total of 156 conventions, 56 national and 100 international, were organized in Antalya in 2011. In 2010, 37,045 people participated in these meetings. In 2011 as well, it is observed that conventions were concentrated in Belek, and as in the previous year, most conventions were in the area of medicine. In addition, many conventions were organized in the following areas: agriculture, sports, pharmaceutics, animal husbandry, statistics, chemistry, biology, psychology, physics, technology, cosmetics, law, aquaculture, geography, and archeology. Based on the present statistics from Antalya Convention Bureau, it is possible to observe that the convention sector has been fast growing in Antalya, and that the developments shall take place at a higher speed in order to fulfill the needs of this sector. 87 �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo 3.1 SWOT Analysis of Antalya In Terms Of Convention Tourism The establishments and foundations which decide to organize a convention determine the location of the convention according to the expectations and wishes of the prospective delegates. Would the potential delegates want to rest or to have fun? Would they prefer an urban center or the suburbs? Does the country or city in question have a positive image? All of these are taken into consideration in the choice of location for a convention.(Aymankuy, 1997: 56) For a city to earn the title of a convention center, it is expected that some criteria regarding the following is above a certain quality: accessibility, price, quality of service, the compatibility of the facilities with the capacity of the convention, the experience of the convention center on convention tourism, the quality of the hotels near the convention center, transportation ease inside the city, touristic attractions (cultural richness, restaurants, museums etc.) and security. (http://www.kobifinans.com.tr/tr/sektor/011610/22001: reaching date: 10.4.2012) In order to increase the demand for international and national conventions in our country, we need private congress centers outside Istanbul. One of the leading locations is Antalya. Here the SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats), which includes the strong and weak aspects of the region as well as the opportunity and threats present in the market, is used to provide an evaluation of the potential of convention tourism in Antalya. Strengths         88 According to data from 2010, there are 789 certified accommodation facilities in Antalya with a capacity of 348 thousand beds. Many tourism facilities certified by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, primarily those in Belek, Kadriye and Kemer, possess modern meeting rooms, (There are a total of 67 hotels that provide services related to convention tourism: 47 in Kemer, 6 in Side, 6 in Manavgat, 8 in Alanya. These hotels operate with 155 conference rooms. Their total capacity is for 26,000 people.) Antalya has a coast to the Mediterranean that is 630 kilometers-long and it benefits from its coastal location for summer tourism (sea-sand-sun), Antalya is suitable for tourism all four seasons due to its climate, and is open to tourism for 12 months, Antalya has locations which have potential for cultural tourism, Antalya is one of the biggest ports in Turkey and hosts 7 yacht ports as well, It has the second biggest airport in Turkey, with two outgoing terminals. Due to its airport, passenger and yachts ports, tourism investments, 21,000 scheduled and charter flights every year to 42 different spots in Turkey and abroad, Antalya is the center of attraction for national and international fairs,(www.geziantalya.com/bilgi.asp?id=151&BilgiADI= Antalya %20 Kongre%20Turizmi: reaching date: 5.4.2012) There are efforts to regenerate historical sites, It is home to Sabancı Glass Pyramide Congress Fair Center with its 4,500 m2 floor space and 5 rooms, Antalya Cultural Center with its 9000 m2 closed space, Haşim İşcan Cultural Center with its 11,059 m2 space, and Antalya Expo Center which has 20.000 m2 closed fair �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo          space,(http://www.antalya.gov.tr/yukleme/long_files/DBA_Cilt_2/antalya%20cilt2.html:r eaching date: 16.4.2012) There is a total of 21 museum and historical sites; 18 are ancient cities, 3 museums, The airport is 13 kilometers away from the city center (important for the conventions), There are 25 tourism areas designated by the Ministerial Cabinet, such as Belek, Kemer, and Alanya, According to data in 2011, there are 324 beaches with blue flag, 17 marinas with blue flag and 12 yachts with blue flag, (http://www.antalya.gov.tr/anasayfa: reaching date: 16.4.2012) Prices are affordable, The historical and cultural spirit of the city is alive 24/7, Many international cultural and art festivals are organized here, Antalya benefits from a variety in tourism, including cultural tourism, health tourism, shopping tourism, sports tourism, and recreational tourism, The local administration is conscious of the importance of convention tourism, Weaknesses           89 Efforts among stakeholders in the sector of convention tourism are uncoordinated, The number of multi-purpose convention centers is inadequate, Convention demands in Antalya largely arise from the internal market, and the international demand is quite low, Accommodation facilities and travel agencies related to convention tourism are not members of international organizations that largely work on conventions,(Çizel, 1999: 128) Tourism promotion is the total of activities of creating a positive image about the touristic values of the country and of informing potential tourists about essential qualities which constitute the touristic potential of a country, such as nature, culture, history, archeology, the sea, the sun etc., and about the superstructure of tourism, by using all types of promotion techniques in tourism markets.(Tavmergen & Meriç, 2002: 33) However, Antalya lacks marketing and promotion in convention tourism, Convention and Visitors’ Centers have an important role in coordinating convention tourism, manage the relationship among the stakeholders, and organize the activities of destination management and of marketing and promotion. (Ersun & Aslan, 2009: 92) Antalya Convention Bureau, which is important in the marketing of convention tourism in Antalya, is not successful in this area, Despite many convention hotels in Antalya, because these hotels prefer to act individually, there are few opportunities for organizing international conventions, Even though accommodation places have facilities suited for convention tourism, they lack the staff specialized in this topic,(Çizel,1999:126) Antalya lacks the perception of a certain image about convention tourism,(Doğanlı, 2006: 187) Because the type of tourism based on sea-sun-sand trio is emphasized here, many businesses have little interest in other types of tourism, �3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development, May 31 - June 01 2012, Sarajevo Opportunities    Indian Travel Agencies Union and British Travel Agencies Union chose Antalya for their Travel Congress in 2012, International Union of Congress Organizers, with members specialized in meetings and congresses over 65 countries, preferred Antalya for their general assembly over Houston in the United States and Monterrey in Mexico, Akdeniz University and International Antalya University (which will start student admission in the academic year of 2012-2013 as the second university and the first endowment university in Antalya) is engaging in activities both by working academically and by creating the qualified personnel who can work in convention tourism, Threats     Nature is being destroyed, especially on the coastal strip where there is unplanned and irregular development, The image of Antalya which cheap tourists create due to the cheap prices carries repelling characteristics for convention groups that have a higher income level than normal tourists, (Çizel,1999:113) The number of Turkey’s competitors in the convention tourism area increase every day, The accommodation duration of the tourists is only 3-4 days, 4. CONCLUSION As one of the cities with the biggest tourism potential in Turkey, Antalya is home to various types of tourism activities. One of these is convention tourism. By using SWOT analysis, this study evaluated Antalya, which is a preferred location for national and international congress activities on various topics, and its opportunities such as transportation, infrastructure, accommodation, convention centers and facilities, security, and peripheral services. The study indicated that areas such as transportation facilities, cultural and historical richness, and accommodation conditions are above a certain level. Marketing and promotion activities have shortcomings, and both local administration and private firms have a big role in this respect. In addition, the convention rooms in the hotels are not adequate. The lack of equipped convention centers also appears as a problem. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1367 Title A name given to the resource Antalya As Destination In Convention Tourism Author Author Gonca, Manap Davras Abstract A summary of the resource. Convention tourism is a type of alternative tourism consisting of the total of activities which emerge as a result of the organization of meetings. Individuals convene in line with the developments in science and technology and the increasing need for specialization, in order to learn new technologies, to explain and present their scientific work, or to engage in an exchange of information. This situation introduces convention tourism, an important type of alternative tourism activity. Growing rapidly, this type of tourism came to tone into other types of tourism and now possesses an important share in world tourism. There are about 9 thousand conventions all over the world each year both at national and international levels, and as a result, 75 million people travel for these conventions. Convention tourism, which partially solves the problem of seasonal tourism and has the potential to bring high revenues, is next to leisure tourism, an important alternative tourism activity highly preferred in Turkey. After Istanbul, Antalya now wants to have a say in the market of international conventions. This study displays the nature of convention tourism in Turkey and in the world with numeric data. It indicates the characteristics of convention tourism as well as the expectations of attendees from the convention centers. The chosen convention city shall be above a certain level so as to fulfill these expectations. With this aim, Antalya, which wants to play a bigger role in the convention market, has been thoroughly examined through a SWOT analysis. Keywords: Alternative tourism, Convention tourism, Antalya Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012-05-31 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed H Social Sciences (General) https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/files/original/8e11fd53365bd7b6e585e97d9f3f01ee.pdf ceec5c894426c2e35cd438d66a9c1e99 PDF Text Text Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms in Recognation of Regulatory Region of DNA Günay Karlı, Şenol Doğan, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, International Burch Universiy, Sarajevo, BIH E –mails: gkarli@ibu.edu.ba – gkarli@yahoo.com, sdogan@ibu.edu.ba Keywords: algorithms. Data mining, machine learning, supervised learning, classification, rule-based Abstract Data mining has become an important and active area of research because of theoretical challenges and practical applications associated with the problem of discovering interesting and previously unknown knowledge from very large real world database. These databases contain potential gold mine of valuable information, but it is beyond human ability to analyze massive amount of data and elicit meaningful patterns by using conventional techniques. In this study, DNA sequence was analyzed to locate promoter which is a regulatory region of DNA located upstream of a gene, providing a control point for regulated gene transcription. In this study, some supervised learning algorithms such as artificial neural network (ANN), RULES-3 and newly developed keREM-IREM rule induction algorithms were used to analyse to DNA sequence. In the experiments different option of keREM, RULES-3 and ANN were used, and according to the empirical comparisons, the algorithms appeared to be comparable to well-known algorithms in terms of the accuracy of the extracted rule in classifying unseen data. 516 �1.INTRODUCTION Data mining is the process of finding hidden patterns from data. It has wide range of applications such as, predicting stock prices, identifying suspected terrorists and scientific discovery like analysis of DNA microarray (Hanuman et al., 2009) Researchers can now routinely investigate the biological molecular state of a cell measuring the simultaneous expression of tens of thousands of genes using DNA microarrays (Shelke and Deshmukh, 2007). Datamining can be used in the classification of proteins by basing on its primary structures (sequences) is presented. It contains four steps which include textmining, feature selection, datamining and classification. The sequences of protein are collected in a file (Mhamdi and Elloumi, 2004). Artificial neural networks are among the newest signal-processing technologies in the engineer's toolbox. The field is highly interdisciplinary. In engineering, neural networks serve two important functions: as pattern classifiers and as nonlinear adaptive filters. Well-known ANN algorithms are based on the notion of perceptron (Rosenblatt, 1962). Perceptrons can only classify linearly separable sets of instances. If a straight line or plane can be drawn to separate the input instances into their correct categories, input instances are linearly separable and the perceptron will find the solution. If the instances are not linearly separable learning will never reach a point where all instances are classified properly. Multilayered Perceptrons (Artificial Neural Networks) have been created to try to solve this problem (Rumelhart et al., 1986). Properly determining the size of the hidden layer is a problem, because an underestimate of the number of neurons can lead to poor approximation and generalization capabilities, while excessive nodes can result in overfitting and eventually make the search for the global optimum more difficult. An excellent argument regarding this topic can be found in (Camargo and Yoneyama, 2001). Kon & Plaskota also studied the minimum amount of neurons and the number of instances necessary to program a given task into feedforward neural networks (Kon and Plaskota, 2000). There are several algorithms with which a network can be trained (Neocleous and Schizas, 2002). However, the most wellknown and widely used learning algorithm to estimate the values of the weights is the Back Propagation (BP) algorithm. Feed-forward neural networks are usually trained by the original back propagation algorithm or by some variant. Their greatest problem is that they are too slow for most applications. One of the approaches to speed up the training rate is to estimate optimal initial weights (Yam and Chow, 2001). Another method for training multilayered feedforward ANNs is Weight-elimination algorithm that automatically derives the appropriate topology and therefore avoids also the problems with overfitting (Weigend et al., 1991). Genetic algorithms have been used to train the weights of neural networks (Siddique and Tokhi, 2001) and to find the architecture of neural networks (Yen and Lu, 2000). There are also Bayesian methods in existence which attempt to train neural networks. Vivarelli & Williams compare two Bayesian methods for training neural networks (Vivarelli and Williams, 2001). 517 �In recent years, there has been a growing amount of research on inductive learning. In its broadest sense, induction (or inductive inference, supervised learning) is a method of moving from the particular to the general - from specific examples to general rules (Quinlan, 1986). Induction can be considered the process of generalizing a procedural description from presented or observed examples. The purpose of inductive learning is to perform a synthesis of new knowledge, and this is independent of the form given to the input information. RIPPER is a well-known rule-based supervised learning algorithm (Cohen, 1995). It forms rules through a process of repeated growing and pruning. Other fundamental learning classifiers based on decision rules include the AQ family (Michalski and Chilausky, 1980) and CN2 (Clark and Niblett, 1989). Bonarini gave an overview of fuzzy rule-based classifiers (Bonarini, 2000). Fuzzy logic tries to improve classification and decision support systems by allowing the use of overlapping class definitions. Furnkranz (2001) investigated the use of round robin binarization (or pairwise classification) as a technique for handling multi-class problems with separate and conquer rule learning algorithms. The PART (Frank and Witten, 1998) algorithm infers rules by repeatedly generating partial decision trees, thus combining the two major paradigms for rule generation − creating rules from decision trees and the separate-and-conquer rule learning technique. RULES family algorithms (Aksoy, 1993) obtain the IF-THEN rules from a given set of examples. REX-1 (Akgöbek et al., 2006) uses the entropy value to give a greater priority to the attributes with higher importance and obtain more general rules. Segments of genome coding for messenger ribonucleic acids (mRNAs), transfer ribonucleic acids (tRNAs), ribosomal ribonucleic acids (rRNAs) are called genes. Among these mRNAs determine the sequence of amino acids in proteins. The mechanism is simple for the prokaryotic cell where all the genes are converted into the corresponding mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) and then into proteins. Genome analysis (Gene finding) typically refers to the area of computational biology that is concerned with algorithmically identifying stretches of sequence, usually genomic DNA, that are biologically functional. This especially includes protein-coding genes, but may also include other functional elements such as RNA genes and regulatory regions. Gene finding is one of the first and most important steps in understanding the genome of a species. Computational Gene prediction is relatively simple for the prokaryotes where all the genes are converted into the corresponding mRNA and then into proteins. The process is more complex for eukaryotic cells where the coding DNA sequence is interrupted by random sequences called introns. Some of the questions which biologists want to answer today are (Jayaram and Bhushan, 2000).: Given a DNA sequence, what part of it codes for a protein and what part of it is junk DNA. 518 �Classify the junk DNA as intron, untranslated region, transposes, dead genes, regulatory elements etc. Divide a newly sequenced genome into the genes (coding) and the non-coding regions. In this study, short sequence of DNA is used as an example set to train the keREM, ANN and RULES-3. The features of the DNA sequence are the nucleotides (a,g,c,t). The learning system is requested to generate a classifier that identifies these sequences whether or not they are in the one of functional DNA regions (coding regions). 2.INTRODUCTION TO GENE A gene is a segment of nucleic acid that contains the information necessary to produce a functional product, usually a protein. Genes consist of a long strand of DNA (RNA in some viruses) that contains a promoter, which controls the activity of a gene, and a coding sequence, which determines what the gene produces. The genes are made up of a coding alphabet of 4 nucleotides made up of 4 bases: Adenine(A), Thymine (T), Guanine (G) and Cytosine (C). The bases Adenine (A) and Guanine (G) are Purines; while Thymine (T) and Cytosine (C) are Pyrimidines. 2.1. Universal Genetic Code There four bases Adenine (A), Thymine (T), Guanine (G) and Cytosine (C) As there are 20 amino acids if we use 2 codons for an amino acid we will short of the representation as 42 = 16. So we use three codons to represent all the 20 amino acids as 43=64. As there are only 20 amino acids and 64 codon representation most of the codon are degenrative. 'ATG' is the start codon and TAG, TGA, TAA are stop codons usually. 2.2. Genome Organisation Genome organization refers to the sequential, not the structural organization of the genome. Besides the coding exons, the non-coding DNA in Eukaryotes may fall in the following classes. Introns: They are DNA sequences inserted between the exons and found in the ORF (Open Reading Frames). They are spliced after the first level of transcription. Most introns are junk inserted within genes. Pseudogenes. 'Dead', non-functional copies of genes present elsewhere in the genome, but no longer of any use. 519 �Retropseudogenes: Like pseudogenes, but have been processed, i.e. lack introns produced by the action of reverse transcriptase (RT) on mRNA, and subsequent incorporation of the cDNA into the genome. Transposons: Jumping genes, which splice themselves in and out of the genome (in DNA form) randomly, by the action of transposase. Retrotransposons: Transcribed into an mRNA, which encodes an RT enzyme, which then copies the mRNA back to DNA and incorporates it into the genome. In fact in humans only 1.5% of the entire genome length corresponds to coding DNA. This 1.5% codes for about 27,000 genes, which in turn code for proteins that are responsible for all the cellular processes 2.3. What are Promoters? A promoter is a regulatory region of DNA located upstream (towards the 5' region) of a gene, providing a control point for regulated gene transcription. 3 . ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK (ANN) Information processing paradigm that is inspired by the way biological nervous systems, such as the rain, process information. The key element of this paradigm is the novel structure of the information processing system. It is composed of a large number of highly interconnected processing elements (neurones) working in unison to solve specific problems. ANNs, like people, learn by example. An ANN is configured for a specific application, such as pattern recognition or data classification, through a learning process. Learning in biological systems involves adjustments to the synaptic connections that exist between the neurones. This is true of ANNs as well (Domingos, 1995). There are different types of neural networks, which can be distinguished on the basis of their structure and directions of signal flow. Each kind of neural network has its own method of training. Generally, neural networks may be differentiated as follows. feedforward networks (one-layer networks and multi-layer networks ) recurrent networks cellular networks Principles of training multi-layer neural network use backpropagation. 520 �The project describes teaching process of multi-layer neural network employing backpropagation algorithm. To illustrate this process the three layer neural network with two inputs and one output, which is shown in the picture below, is used: Figure 1: Multi-Layer Neural Network Each neuron is composed of two units. First unit adds products of weights coefficients and input signals. The second unit realise nonlinear function, called neuron activation function. Signal e is adder output signal, and y = f(e) is output signal of nonlinear element. Signal y is also output signal of neuron. Figure 2: Teaching Process of Multi-Layer NN To teach the neural network we need training data set. The training data set consists of input signals (x1 and x2) assigned with corresponding target (desired output) z. The network training is an iterative process. In each iteration weights, coefficients of nodes are modified using new data from training data set. Modification is calculated using algorithm described below: Each teaching step starts with forcing both input signals from training set. After this stage we can determine output signals values for each neuron in each network layer. 4.INDUCTIVE LEARNING Machine learning algorithms automatically builds a classifier by learning the characteristics of the categories from a set of classified documents, and then uses the classifier to classify documents into predefined categories. (Khan et al., 2010). In recent years, there has been a growing amount of research on inductive learning. In its broadest sense, induction (or inductive inference) is a method of moving from the particular to the general from specific examples to general rules. Michalski explains inductive learning as: Induction can be considered the process of generalizing a procedural description from presented or observed examples The purpose of inductive learning is to perform a synthesis of new knowledge, and this is independent of the form given to the input information. Inductive learning includes learning from examples and learning from observation and discovery. In order to form a knowledge base using inductive learning, the first task is to collect a set of representative examples of expert decisions. Each example belongs to a known class (for example, + or -) and is described in terms of a number of attributes, (for example "hair" or "eyes"). These examples may be specified by an expert as a good tutorial set, or may come from some neutral source such as an archive. The induction process will 521 �attempt to find a method of classifying an example, again expressed as a function of the attributes that explains the training examples and that may also be used to classify previously unseen cases. (Quinlan, 1993).. The outcome of an induction algorithm is either a decision tree or a set of rules. (Quinlan, 1986).. 4.1. RULES-3 Inductive Learning Algorithm RULES-3 (Aksoy, 1993) is a simple algorithm for extracting a set of classification rules from a collection of examples for objects belonging to one of a number of known classes. An object must be described in terms of a fixed set of attributes, each with its own range of possible values, which could be nominal or numerical. For example, attribute "length" might have nominal values {short, medium, long} or numerical values in the range {-10, 10}. An attribute-value pair constitutes a condition in a rule. If the number of attributes is Na, a rule may contain between one and Na conditions. Only conjunction of conditions is permitted in a rule and therefore the attributes must be all different if the rule comprises more than one condition. This algorithm can be summarized as follows: Step1. Define ranges for the attributes, which have numerical values and assign labels to those ranges. Step2. Set the minimum number of conditions (Ncmin) for each rule. Step3. Take an unclassified example. Step4. Nc=Ncmin-l Step5. If Nc<Na then Nc=Nc+i Step6. Take all values or labels contained in the example. Step7. Form objects which are combinations of Nc values or labels taken from the values or labels obtained in Step6. Step8. If at least one of the objects belongs to a unique class then form rules with those objects; ELSE go to Step5. Step9. Select the rule, which classifies the highest number of examples. Step10. Remove examples classified by the selected rule. Step11. If there are no more unclassified examples, then STOP; ELSE go to Step3. Here Nc is the number of condition(s) for each rule and Na is the number of attributes for each example. 522 �4.2. keREM Inductive Learning Algorithm In this section, an algorithm devised for Inductive Learning, newly developed keREM (Inductive Rule Extraction Method) is introduced, which was developed to obtain the IFTHEN rules from a given set of examples. It discards the pitfalls encountered in the some inductive learning algorithms. It uses the value of gain function, to give a greater priority to the attributes with higher importance and obtain rules that are more general. The algorithm can be summarized as follows: Step1. In a given training set, probability distribution and class distribution rate of the each attribute-value pairs is computed. Step2. Power of classification is computed for each attribute in the data set. Step3. Class-based Gain of the each attribute-value pairs is calculated by using computed probability distributions, class distribution rate and power of classification. Step4. Any value of which probability distributions one for n=1 can be selected as a rule. The attribute-values are converted into rules. The classified examples are marked. Step5. Go to step8. Step6. Beginning from the first unclassified example, combinations with n values are formed by taking the attribute-values whose gain is bigger. Step7. Each combination is applied to all of the examples in the set of examples. From the values composed of n combinations, those matching with only on class are converted into a rule. The classified examples are marked. Step8. If all of the examples in the training set are classified then go to step11. Step9. Perform n=n+1 expression. Step10. If n<N the go to step6 Step11 if there is more than one rule representing the same examples, the most general one is selected. Step12. End. 4.3. IREM Inductive Learning Algorithm Newly developed IREM (Inductive Rule Extraction Method) is introduced In this section, which was developed to obtain the IF-THEN rules from a given set of examples. It uses the class-based entropy value, to give a greater priority to the attributes with higher importance and obtain rules that are more general. The algorithm can be summarized as follows: 523 �Step1. In a given training set, probability distribution of the each attribute-value pairs is computed. Step2. The entropy is computed for each attribute and value. Step3. By using computed probability distributions and entropy, class-based entropy is calculated. Step4. Any value of which class-based entropy equals zero for n=1 can be selected as a rule. The values are converted into rules. The classified examples are marked. Step5. Go to step8. Step6. Beginning from the first unclassified example, combinations with n values are formed by taking the value of the attributes whose class-based entropy is smaller. Step7. Each combination is applied to all of the examples in the set of examples. From the values composed of n combinations, those matching with only on class are converted into a rule. The classified examples are marked. Step8. If all of the examples in the training set are classified then go to step11. Step9. Perform n=n+1 expression. Step10. If n<N the go to step6 Step11 if there is more than one rule representing the same examples, the most general one is selected. Step12. End. 5. EXPERIMENTS Using ANN and RULES-3 systems, experiments were performed for the classification of promoter DNA region. For this purpose promoter data-sets available in the University of California-Irvine’s Repository of Machine Leraning Databases were used (Merz and Murphy, 1996). 5.1. Promoter Recognition Experiments with ANN Using different option of ANN, 30 sets of experiment were performed on the promoter data set of E.coli DNA. 86 (approximately %80 of the data set.) randomly selected instances of the original data set were used as a training data in the experiments (Nayır and Karlı, 2009). In order to built, train and test an ANN to recognize promoter region of the DNA, the above Matlab code was written. By changing “newff()” function’s arguments, some ANN with different number of hidden layer and neurons were designed and tested. Using the code above, an ANN with two hidden layers, the first hidden layer with neuron number of 10 and 524 �the second hidden layer with neuron number of 5 was designed. Activation functions of the input layer and hidden layers were ‘tansig’. And activation function of the output layer was ‘purelin’. Minimum error rate (%95) was gained in this option of the ANN. The following table represents error rate of the ANN with one, two and three hidden layers in our experiments. Figure 3: Performance of the NN at 100 epochs. Figure 4: Performance of the NN at 694 epochs. Table 1: Experiment results of ANN with one hidden layer. 525 �No of set of Layer Exp. 1 2 3 The numb Epoc er of h neuro n Input 10 1.Hidde n 5 Output 1 Input 50 1.Hidde n 25 Output 1 Input 100 1.Hidde n 50 Output 1 Min. error rate 947 35 244 25 1404 20 Table 2: Experiment results of ANN with two hidden layer No of set of Layer Exp. The Min. number Epoch error of rate neuron Input 25 1.Hidden 10 2.Hidden 5 Output 1 1 526 694 5 �2 Input 50 1.Hidden 25 2.Hidden 10 Output 1 Input 100 1.Hidden 50 2.Hidden 25 Output 1 3 851 25 554 10 Table 3: Experiment results of ANN with three hidden layer. No of set of Layer Exp. 1 2 527 The numb Epoc er of h neuro n Input 25 1.Hidde n 10 2.Hidde n 5 3.Hidde n 3 Output 1 Input 50 1.Hidde n 25 Min. error rate 785 45 978 20 �3 2.Hidde n 10 3.Hidde n 5 Output 1 Input 100 1.Hidde n 50 2.Hidde n 25 3.Hidde n 10 Output 1 889 30 5.2. Promoter Recognition Experiments with RULES-3 Using different values of number of condition, three sets of experiments were performed on the promoter data set. 40 randomly selected instances of the original data set were used as a training data in the experiments. When Number of condition was set to 1, rules were produced (Karlı, 2000). Using the extracted rule, 11 instances could not be recognized. So accuracy on test data was 90,1. Using different options, three sets of experiments were performed on the promoter data set. As expected, Rules-3 algorithm produced a rule set that classified all training examples correctly. One important conclusion may be driven from table 4.3 is that while number of condition was decreased, extracted rule number decreased. However, accuracy on test data increased. The highest accuracy on test data was gained when number of condition was equal to 1. Table 4: Results for promoter data set with different values of Nc. 528 �Numb Numbe Numbe Accurac Accurac er of r y y of r of conditi exampl extract on on test es on ed training data(%) rules data(%) 3 40 38 100 61,8 5.3 2 40 25 100 76,4 1 40 18 100 90,1 Promoter Recognition Experiments with keREM The most important features of keREM algorithm is that it can compute class-based gain of each attribute-value in a given training set. In this context, first, probability distribution, class distribution rate and power of classification of each nucleotide forming DNA sequence were computed in terms of promoter and non-promoter classes. In the next step, Class-based Gain was computed for each value in the DNA sequence data set by using computed probability distributions, class distribution rate and power of classification. In this way, rules produced by the algorithm were formed by attribute-value whose information value is maximum. The rule set constructed by the method was applied to DNA test set. And the error rate was satisfactory, %97.17 5.4. Promoter Recognition Experiments with IREM The most important features of IREM algorithm is that it can compute class-based entropy of each attribute-value in a given training set. In this context, first, probability distributions of each nucleotide forming DNA sequence were computed in terms of promoter and nonpromoter classes. In the next step, entropy of training set was found. But, the entropy does not contain class information for the value-attribute pairs. Thus, using the entropy of the training set and the probability distributions of the attribute-value, class-based entropy was computed for each value in the DNA sequence data set. In this way, rules produced by the algorithm were formed by attribute-value whose information value is maximum. The rule set constructed by the method was applied to DNA test set. And the error rate was satisfactory, %98.1 529 �6.CONCLUSION Although from a biochemical view point DNA is a complex molecule, from a computer science view point DNA can be considered a very long string over four alphabets A, C, G T. One of the most important step in analysis of a new DNA sequence is finding out whether or not it contains any genes, and if so, determining exactly where they are. For locating functional region in newly sequenced DNA data keREM, IREM, artificial neural network (ANN) and RULES-3 can be used in such a way that known region in mapped sequences is given as input to the systems. Then, the output classifiers of the keREM, IREM, ANN and RULES-3 are used to locate functional regions of newly sequenced data. In this study, keREM, IREM, ANN and RULES-3 were used to locate promoter region of DNA data. Some portions of DNA serve as protein coding regions. However, some portions serve as regulatory markers for the processes that convert coding regions into protein. One of these regulatory regions is a promoter that occurs before coding regions to signal where the transcription process begins. To recognize promoter region, some sort of experiments were performed by using different options of keREM, IREM, ANN, different numbers of hidden layers and neurons, and RULES-3, In the first sort of experiments, one hidden layer with the number of neuron ranging from 5 to 50 was used in ANN. In these experiments, minimum error rate was 15. In the second sort of experiments, two hidden layers were used, the first hidden layer with the number of neuron ranging from10 to 50 and the second hidden layer with the number of neuron ranging from 5 to 25. And minimum error rate of these experiments was 5. This was the best result gained from the experiments. In the last sort of experiments three hidden layers were used, the first hidden layer with the number of neuron ranging from 10 to 50, the second hidden layer with the number of neuron ranging from 5 to 25 and the last hidden layer with the number of neuron ranging from 3 to 10. And minimum error rate was 20. Using different options of RULES-3, three sets of experiments were performed on the promoter data set. As expected, Rules-3 algorithm produced a rule set that classified all training examples correctly. The highest accuracy on test data was gained when number of condition was equal to 1. It is observed that, rules formed by IREM were more general than that of keREM, RULES-3 and ANN. Only 2 examples could not be recognized out of 106 example test set. As a result, it was determined that the error rate of the IREM was lower than the error rate of the keREM, RULES-3 and ANN for DNA sequence test set. Table 5: The errors of some machine learning algorithms on promoter data set. System Errors Comments REX-1 0/106 Inductive L.A 530 �ILA 0/106 Inductive L.A IREM 2/106 Class-based entropy keREM 3/106 Class-based gain KBANN 4/106 A hybrid ML system ANN 6/106 ANN with hidden layer BP 8/106 Standard backpropagation with one layer RULES3 11/106 Nc=1 O'Neill 12/106 Ad hoc tech. from the bio. lit. NearNeigh 13/106 A nearest neighbours algorithm ID3 19/106 Quinlan's builder ANN 21/106 ANN with hidden l. two decision three As it may be driven from table 5, using the same data set, error rate of accuracy on the test data of the REX and ILA is 0/106, which is the minimum error rate. 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Computational Mechanics Publications. 533 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1211 Title A name given to the resource Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms in Recognation of Regulatory Region of DNA Author Author Gunay, Karli Abstract A summary of the resource. Keywords: Data mining, machine learning, supervised learning, classification, rule-based algorithms. Abstract Data mining has become an important and active area of research because of theoretical challenges and practical applications associated with the problem of discovering interesting and previously unknown knowledge from very large real world database. These databases contain potential gold mine of valuable information, but it is beyond human ability to analyze massive amount of data and elicit meaningful patterns by using conventional techniques. In this study, DNA sequence was analyzed to locate promoter which is a regulatory region of DNA located upstream of a gene, providing a control point for regulated gene transcription. In this study, some supervised learning algorithms such as artificial neural network (ANN), RULES-3 and newly developed keREM-IREM rule induction algorithms were used to analyse to DNA sequence. In the experiments different option of keREM, RULES-3 and ANN were used, and according to the empirical comparisons, the algorithms appeared to be comparable to well-known algorithms in terms of the accuracy of the extracted rule in classifying unseen data. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012-05-31 Keywords Keywords. 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