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    Biological evaluation, spectroscopic characterization and DFT computations of an oxalamide derivative (BFMO)
    (2026) Biological evaluation, spectroscopic characterization and DFT computations of an oxalamide derivative (BFMO)
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    A Vibrational Spectroscopic Investigation of 2,2'-Bithiophene Using Experimental and DFT Methods
    (2023)
    Organic compounds like 2,2’-Bithiophene (with a synonym. 2,2'-bithienyl, 2,2'-dithienyl)- containing bis(dioxaborin) have drawn significant concern in the area of materials science because of their electron affinity and luminescent properties. With this motivation, we have been concentrating on the properties and functions of 2,2'-Bithiophene.
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    Multi-objective location-distribution optimization in blood supply chain: an application in Turkiye
    (2024-11-15) Altunoğlu, Burcu; Batur Sir, Gül Didem
    Purpose Blood donors are crucial in maintaining the blood supply chain. This study aims to improve the location and distribution of blood donation centers by focusing on two main objectives: minimizing costs and maximizing quality. Minimizing costs includes setting up and transporting blood efficiently while maximizing quality to ensure that blood products are delivered to hospitals promptly and in the right quantities. Methods A multi-objective mathematical model is proposed to address the placement of both fixed and mobile blood donation centers. The first objective focuses on minimizing the costs of setting up centers and transporting blood. The second objective aims to maximize quality by ensuring timely deliveries and meeting hospitals’ blood demand. The model utilizes real-world traffic and blood donation data from urban settings to simulate its effectiveness and applicability in practice. The model uses the epsilon constraint method to optimize both objectives simultaneously. Results The model was tested in various scenarios, optimizing cost and quality separately. The algorithm determined the ideal locations for blood donation centers to meet demand by exploring different options. It also accounted for factors that reduce quality, such as delayed deliveries and product returns, and showed that these issues could be minimized. Conclusion This study highlights the need to balance cost and quality when determining the locations of blood donation centers. Using the epsilon constraint method, the model successfully optimized both objectives, offering valuable insights for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of blood donation operations.
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    Implementation of DBSCAN Method in Star Trackers to Improve Image Segmentation in Heavy Noise Conditions
    (2023) Nevsan ŞENGİL; Şengil, Nevsan; Türk Hava Kurumu Üniversitesi, Uzay Mühendisliği Bölümü, Ankara, Türkiye
    Star trackers are currently the most accurate sensors for determining the attitude of a spacecraft. These sensors comprise not only highly capable optical detectors and processor units but also complicated software solvers. One of the main solvers employed in star trackers is image segmentation. In this study, the aim is to develop a hybrid image segmentation method which is a combination of both global thresholding and density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise (DBSCAN) method to increase detection probability of the stars in heavy noise. Secondly, a sorting algorithm is added to list the detected stars in terms of their brightness to increase the efficiency of the star tracking algorithm. Then, this new approach and two different conventional segmentation methods are applied to the Orion star constellation image polluted with Gaussian, salt and pepper, and uneven background noises. The resulting images of these segmentation methods are compared in terms of denoising capabilities. Although computationally more expensive, the proposed DBSCAN-based hybrid method displays a background pixel recovery performance of 99.5%, compared to Otsu global thresholding and adaptive thresholding methods’ 73.5% and 79.9% recovery values, respectively. Additionally, it has been demonstrated that the sorting algorithm successfully listed the detected stars in accordance with their brightness.
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    A Novel Current-Controlled Oscillator-Based Low-Supply-Voltage Microbolometer Readout Architecture
    (World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt, 2020-01-06) Mehmet Ali Gülden; Enver Çavuş; Zencir, Ertan
    In this paper, we present a novel, almost-digital approach for bolometer readout circuits to overcome the area and power dissipation bottlenecks of analog-based classical microbolometer circuits. A current-controlled oscillator (CCO)-based analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is utilized instead of a capacitive transimpedance amplifier (CTIA) in the classical readout circuits. This approach, which has not been reported before, both produces the required gain in the bolometer input circuit and directly digitizes the bolometer signal. With the proposed architecture, the need for large capacitances (of the order of 10–15[Formula: see text]pF for each column) at which the current is accumulated in the bolometer circuits and the voltage headroom limitation of classical microbolometer circuits are eliminated. Therefore, the proposed architecture permits to design readout circuits with reduced pixel pitch and lower power supply, both of which in turn lead to higher-resolution Focal Plane Arrays (FPAs) with lower power dissipation. The new architecture is modeled and simulated using a 180-nm CMOS process for sensitivity, noise performance, and power dissipation. Unlike the 3.3-V power supply usage of classical readout circuits, the proposed design utilizes 1.2-V analog and 0.9-V digital supply voltages with a power dissipation of almost half of the classical approach.