Chitosan, produced by thermochemical deacetylation of chitin, is a unique polymer. This chemical process causes insoluble and impure chitin/chitosan derivates. Therefore, the methods such as enzymatic bioconversion have ...

A new darkling beetle species, Corticeus turcicus F. Soldati, sp. nov., is described from six localities in Turkey. The only related species in Europe and the whole Mediterranean basin seems to be C. unicolor Piller & ...

Bacillus subtilis, an alkaline protease producing strain isolated from soil sample, was identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing method and its biochemical properties. The optimum pH and temperature of the enzyme were found ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the potential beneficial effects of beta-glucan treatment against oxidative, histological and spermatological damage caused by cisplatin on the male reproductive system. Twenty-eight ...

In this study, we investigated band structure of a 2D Phononic Crystal (PnC) which was consist of hollow aluminum cylinders in different media. To validate the finite element predictions, we made a square lattice PnC which ...

One way to study the spectral properties of Sturm-Liouville operators is difference equations. The coefficients of the second order difference equation which is equivalent Sturm-Liouville equation can be written as a ...

The widely distributed Adiyaman region clay sources were long conceived to be of utmost importance as potential appropriate sources for the immense brick and tile demand of the rapid urbanisation in southeast Anatolia ...

Aims: Doxorubicin, an anticancer drug, has a toxic effect on many tissues such as heart, pancreas, liver, kidney, and testis. The aim of current study is to investigate whether melatonin would be protective in doxorubicin-induced ...

Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ECC) is an aggressive malignancy causing a lot of fatalities and comorbidities. Endoscopic biliary stenting (EBS) is mostly needed for ECC. In this study, we aimed to investigate the ...