Boğaziçi University

Teaching peace at school: The case of Diversity School in the Midwestern United States

This qualitative study examines a case of three peace educators in a progressive alternative school in the Midwestern United States. In doing so, the study aims to scrutinize the commitments of the school making possible peace education practices these practitioners employ. Drawi...

Evaluation of the brachial plexus and spinal cord with diffusion tensor imaging and synthetic MRI in obstetric brachial plexus palsy: DTI of brachial plexus and spinal cord in OBPP

Obstetric brachial plexus palsy (OBPP) is conventionally staged as a peripheral nerve injury, yet conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) poorly reflects microstructural neural and spinal cord changes.We evaluate whether magnetic resonance image compilation (MAGIC), a form...

Scalable low-thermal-budget fabrication of suspended silicon nanowire devices

Silicon nanowires (Si NWs) are versatile one-dimensional building blocks for gas and biochemical sensors, MEMS/NEMS physical transduction platforms, and integrated electronic devices because of their high surface-to-volume ratios and compatibility with semiconductor processing. A...

Fairy tales to fairer tales: Generative AI-supported critical multimodal literacy in pre-service preschool teacher education

This study investigates how pre-service teachers can use generative artificial intelligence (AI) to retell classic fairy tales in a way that challenges the biases that they frequently contain. A qualitative action research study involving 60 pre-service preschool teachers (46 fem...

Gendered career motivations of female preservice mathematics and science teachers: a qualitative study

Although extensive research has examined women’s participation in mathematics- and science-related fields and motivations for entering the teaching profession, considerably less is known about how women choose mathematics and science teaching, which lies at the intersection of th...

System-level design trade-offs in magnetic hyperthermia RF instrumentation: a power electronics and electromagnetic design review

Abstract Purpose Magnetic hyperthermia (MH) is a promising localized cancer therapy based on magnetic nanoparticle (MNP)-mediated heating. Although research has extensively focused on MNP development, therapeutic efficacy and safety also depend critically on the engineering of th...

Supramolecular Crosslinking-Based Photosensitizing Nanogels via Host−Guest Assembly for Targeted Photodynamic Therapy

Abstract Over the past decade, nanogels (NGs) have emerged as a promising drug delivery platform for targeted cancer therapy. Herein, we report the design and fabrication of a multi-functional photosensitizing nanogel system for photodynamic therapy (PDT) based on supramolecularl...

Structural Informality and Economic Dynamics: A Lotka‐Volterra Model of Formal‐Informal Sector Coevolution

ABSTRACT This paper develops a generalized Lotka‐Volterra framework for the coevolution of formal and informal economic activity, modeling both sectors as interacting populations whose growth depends on own and cross‐sector scale. Cross‐interaction parameter signs define four reg...

Novel Multifunctional Crosslinkers Based on 3‐(Acryloyloxy)‐2‐Hydroxypropyl Methacrylate for Stimuli‐Responsive Hydrogels

ABSTRACT We present two novel multifunctional dimethacrylate crosslinkers, containing either a dicarboxylic acid or a disulfide linkage, for the preparation of pH or redox‐responsive hydrogels. The crosslinkers, DMSA‐2xAHM and CYS‐2xAHM, are synthesized via a one‐step Michael add...

Beyond aerobic intensity: Comparing the effects of cognitively engaging gross-motor coordination training and aerobic exercise on working memory and selective attention in school-age children: A randomized controlled trial

Working memory and selective attention develop rapidly during middle childhood and are sensitive to physical activity. Aerobic exercise is thought to act mainly through intensity-driven physiological pathways (cerebral perfusion, neurotrophic signalling and arousal), whereas gros...

Joint Distributions of Error Terms for Primes in Arithmetic Progressions Modulo 11

We provide a formula for the logarithmic density of the set of positive real numbers on which two prime counting functions $ψ(x;q,a)$ and $ψ(x;q,b)$ are simultaneously larger than their asymptotic main terms, as well as a method for calculating the numerical values of such densit...

Rethinking Haber–Bosch: Decentralized Green Ammonia Synthesis by Intensification and Electrification

Abstract This review article outlines the current state-of-the-art in small-scale ammonia (NH3) production via mild Haber-Bosch synthesis. Attention is devoted to addressing functional materials and process challenges and opportunities to intensify the thermo-catalytic synthesis...

An NLP-enhanced large-scale review of AI trends and research gaps in English language education

Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as chatbots have become an inseparable part of education with the advancements in large language models. As more studies have been conducted, researchers and practitioners may have challenges in finding the gaps in the literature a...

Enhanced Osteoinduction, Rheological and Mechanical Performance of 3D-Printed Methylcellulose-Gelatin-Hydroxyapatite Scaffolds

Complex patient-specific bone defects remain difficult to reconstruct because the regenerative capacity of bone is limited and prefabricated implants cannot readily match defect geometry. In this work, methylcellulose-gelatin-hydroxyapatite (MC/GEL/HA) inks were formulated with v...

The I4746K mutation in the ryanodine receptor is associated with high‐level resistance to diamide insecticides in Phthorimaea absoluta

BACKGROUND: The South American tomato pinworm, Phthorimaea absoluta, has developed resistance to diamide insecticides mainly through target-site mutations in the ryanodine receptor (RyR), including I4746M, G4903E, and G4903V. Recently, a novel mutation, I4746K, has been identifie...

Ontological dissonance and memory orders: Russia and geopolitical identity struggles in the Balkans

This paper examines how different Balkan states manage ontological dissonance vis-à-vis Russia’s mnemonic power, the ability to define what and how to remember, as observed through shifts in state memory regimes since Russia’s internationally unrecognized annexation of Crimea in...

Anchor Transfer Learning for Cross-Dataset Drug-Target Affinity Prediction

Drug target affinity models often score well on one benchmark but fail on proteins they have not seen before. We study anchor transfer, a small change to how the prediction is made. Instead of scoring a protein and a drug on their own, the model is also shown an anchor, a second...