Browsing Bilkent Theses by Title
Now showing items 24-43 of 5278
-
A1GaN UV photodetectors : from micro to nano
(Bilkent University, 2011)The absorption edge of AlGaN based alloys can be tuned from deep UV to near UV by changing the composition. This enables the use of the material in various technological applications such as military, environmental ... -
Ab-initio study of iridium on silicon (001) surface
(Bilkent University, 2013)Self-assembled nanowire growth on semiconductor surface is based on deposing sub-monolayer material over the surface. Even though high resolution STM image gives plausible surface analysis, determination of the nanowire ... -
ABC Inventory classification application: Özdemirler
(Bilkent University, 1989)ABC inventory classification can result in more effective control of business. In this work, ABC method is applied to Ozdemirler to examine the inventory profile of the store, and to be able to aid the management in ... -
Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar`ın söyleminde gelenek
(Bilkent University, 2002)Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar was one of the rare writers of Republican period who kept alive the old sense of literature and traditional esthetics in his literary works. He become recognized in the 1930s which was a period ... -
The ability to generate differentiated and senescent progeny is a major determinant of breast cancer heterogeneity
(Bilkent University, 2009)Breast cancer displays distinct subtypes, such as luminal A, luminal B, and basallike. The prognosis and therapeutic response of each subtype is different. The mechanisms involved in the generation of these tumor types ... -
Ablation cooled material removal with bursts of ultrafast pulses
(Bilkent University, 2016-01)Material processing with femto-second pulses allows precise and non-thermal material removal and being widely used in scientific, medical and industrial applications. However, due to low ablation speed at which material ... -
Absolute and relative dating of Hallan Çemi Tepesi
(Bilkent University, 2007)This thesis challenges the claim that Hallan Çemi (near Batman in Southeastern Turkey) was occupied during the Epipaleolithic (11th millennium BP). While techno-typological analyses of some objects, chipped stone in ... -
Academic oral presentation skills instructors' perceptions of the final project presentation rating scale used in Modern Languages Department at Middle East Technical University
(Bilkent University, 2003)This study explored ENG 211 instructors’ perceptions of the final project presentation rating scale used in the Modern Languages Department at Middle East Technical University.In order to collect data, 25 ENG 211 instructors ... -
Academic reading expectations in English for first-year students at Hacettepe University
(Bilkent University, 2005)This study explored the Academic reading needs of first-year students from the perspective of content course teachers in English-medium departments at Hacettepe University. The study was conducted with 35 content course ... -
Accelerating the understanding of life's code through better algorithms and hardware design
(Bilkent University, 2018-08)Our understanding of human genomes today is affected by the ability of modern computing technology to quickly and accurately determine an individual's entire genome. Over the past decade, high throughput sequencing (HTS) ... -
Accelerator design for graph analytics
(Bilkent University, 2016-06)With the increase in data available online, data analysis became a significant problem in today’s datacenters. Moreover, graph analytics is one of the significant application domains in big data era. However, traditional ... -
Access to credit and self-employment
(Bilkent University, 2006)This thesis analyzes the impact of access to credit on self-employment. It examines the influence of knowing a place to borrow on the likelihood of owning a business. The analyses are made on farm and non-farm businesses ... -
Accountant or advisor? Role of CPAs on family SME performance
(Bilkent University, 2019-05)Building on Knowledge Based View (KBV) this thesis investigates the formation and the effect of external Chartered Public Accountants’ (CPA) advising services on the performance of family Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises ... -
Accounting for construction contracts : a case study on Gama Corporation
(Bilkent University, 1995)This study focuses on the Accounting for Construction Contracts in Turkey, by giving examples from GAMA Corporation. The major characters involved in contracts and types of contracts are discussed in the study. Main ... -
Accurate and efficient solutions of electromagnetic problems with the multilevel fast multipole algorithm
(Bilkent University, 2009)The multilevel fast multipole algorithm (MLFMA) is a powerful method for the fast and efficient solution of electromagnetics problems discretized with large numbers of unknowns. This method reduces the complexity of ... -
Achieving self-reflection through videotaped self-observation
(Bilkent University, 2007)This study was designed to investigate whether videotaped self-observation contributes to self-reflection and whether teaching experience results in differences between teachers in terms of their levels of reflective ... -
Acousmetre : the disembodied voice in cinema
(Bilkent University, 2008)This study is an attempt to explore the offscreen cinematic space in terms of sound with a special focus on voice, and to analyze the disembodied voices in cinema, in light of the theoretical framework of Michel Chion ... -
Acoustical comfort evaluation in enclosed public spaces with a central atrium : a case study in food court of CEPA Shopping Center, Ankara
(Bilkent University, 2009)Physical comfort requirements of users as thermal, visual, and acoustic comfort should be considered and studied in detail when designing and planning public spaces. The subjective auditory perception needs to be evaluated ... -
Acoustical performance analysis of Bilkent University amphitheater "Odeon"
(Bilkent University, 2004)The aim of this study is analyzing the acoustical quality of Bilkent University Amphitheater ODEON by means of assessing the fundamental acoustical parameters for both speech and music. Defining the problems, specifying ... -
Acquired expression of transcriptionally active p73 in hepatocellular carcinoma cells
(Bilkent University, 2002)P53 gene is the most common mutated tumor suppressor gene during tumorigenesis. From its description till 1997, p53 gene was thought to stand alone in the human genome. In 1997, p73 gene and in 1998, p63 gene was identified ...
