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Turkey and the European Union : other complementary options?
(Bilkent University, 2001-09)Is Turkey’s perception of membership in the European Union (EU) as an ‘ultimate goal’ justified? Are there complementary options supporting Turkey’s membership in the Union? These questions are the focus of the present ... -
Identification and characterization of exonic variants related with familial essential tremor
(Bilkent University, 2017-07)Essential tremor (ET) is the most common movement disorder in humans. Despite its high heritability and frequency, the genetic basis and pathophysiology of ET is not well understood. In this study, whole exome sequencing ... -
A droplet-based microfluidic reactor for silica nanoparticle synthesis and post processing of quantum dots
(Bilkent University, 2017-08)The unique properties of nanoparticles mainly depend on their size and morphology; thus, it is of the utmost importance to synthesize them monodispersely to be useful in an application. Micro uidic reactors enable a ... -
City versus suburb : the effects of neighborhood location on place attachment and residential satisfaction
(Bilkent University, 2017-08)Affective bonds of individuals to their environment have been investigated and certain terms were studied such as place attachment and residential satisfaction arousing interest especially in environmental psychology. The ... -
Investigation of the effects of thickness on the metal-insulator transition in vanadium dioxide nanocrystals, and development of a novel vanadium dioxide mott field-effect transistor
(Bilkent University, 2017-08)Vanadium dioxide (VO2) is a material that has attracted a lot of attention for its prospective potential to be utilized in the eld of electrical and ultrafast optical switching in one hand, and for the fundamental physics ... -
Visual object tracking using co-difference features
(Bilkent University, 2017-08)Visual object tracking has been one of the widely studied computer vision tasks which has a broad range of applications in various areas from surveillance to medical studies. There are different approaches proposed for ... -
First principles study of 2D gallium nitride and aluminium nitride in square-octagon structure
(Bilkent University, 2017-08)This thesis, deals with the planar free-standing, single-layer, square-octagon (SO) structures of GaN and AlN. We investigated single-layer and multilayer so-GaN and so-AlN structures, their stability, electronic properties ... -
Efficient learning strategies over distributed networks for big data
(Bilkent University, 2017-08)We study the problem of online learning over a distributed network, where agents in the network collaboratively estimate an underlying parameter of interest using noisy observations. For the applicability of such systems, ... -
Impedance based modeling of battery parameters and behavior
(Bilkent University, 2017-08)Modeling battery performance under arbitrary load has gained importance in recent years with the increasing demand on batteries in various fields from automotive industry to consumer electronic devices. Due to numerous ... -
The influence of space characteristics on the preference of cafes as workplaces
(Bilkent University, 2017-08)This study explores the impacts of physical space, social space and ambiance characteristics of café environments on the preference as workplaces. A field study approach is used in this study and conducted with 134 ... -
A privacy-preserving solution for the bipartite ranking problem on spark framework
(Bilkent University, 2017-08)The bipartite ranking problem is defined as finding a function that ranks positive instances in a dataset higher than the negative ones. Financial and medical domains are some of the common application areas of the ranking ... -
Privacy-preserving data sharing and utilization between entities
(Bilkent University, 2017-08)In this thesis, we aim to enable privacy-preserving data sharing between entities and propose two systems for this purpose: (i) a veri able computation scheme that enables privacy-preserving similarity computation in the ... -
Investigating the effects of bioactive peptide nanofibers on the growth and differentiation behaviour of nervous system cells
(Bilkent University, 2017-08)Peripheral nerve regeneration is a tightly regulated process that entails the degeneration, proliferation, alignment and remyelination of Schwann cells. Tuning the bioactivity is important to support all of these processes ... -
Online learning in structured Markov decision processes
(Bilkent University, 2017-07)This thesis proposes three new multi-armed bandit problems, in which the learner proceeds in a sequence of rounds where each round is a Markov Decision Process (MDP). The learner's goal is to maximize its cumulative ... -
Adenosine regulation of danger signaling
(Bilkent University, 2017-08)Metabolic and immune related activities converge as main triggers of adenosine accumulation in extracellular space. Adenosine by engaging adenosine A2A and A2B receptors strongly suppresses innate and adaptive immune ... -
Identification of cancer patient subgroups via pathway based multi-view graph kernel clustering
(Bilkent University, 2017-08)Characterizing patient genomic alterations through next-generation sequencing technologies opens up new opportunities for re ning cancer subtypes. Di erent omics data provide di erent views into the molecular biology of ... -
Compressed sensing techniques for accelerated magnetic resonance imaging
(Bilkent University, 2017-08)Magnetic resonance imaging has seen a growing interest in the recent years due to its non-invasive and non-ionizing nature. However, imaging speed remains a major concern. Recently, compressed sensing theory has opened ... -
Thermal performance characterization of flat grooved heat pipes
(Bilkent University, 2017-08)Heat pipes are promising heat removal devices widely used in a variety of elds ranging from thermal management of electronic components to terrestrial and aerospace applications. Their working principle, phase change ... -
A game theoretical framework for the evaluation of unmanned aircraft systems airspace integration concepts
(Bilkent University, 2017-08)Predicting the outcomes of integrating Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) into the National Aerospace (NAS) is a complex problem which is required to be addressed by simulation studies before allowing the routine access of ... -
'Imagining mostly harmless ecologies’ : an ethnography based new media project
(Bilkent University, 2017-08)This thesis analyzes the possible collaborations between anthropological knowledge generation processes and production of artworks in new media environments. The accompanying new media project titled ‘Imagining Mostly ...
