Özer, Mahmut | Bal, Abdullah

Article | 2004 | Istanbul University Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering4 ( 1 ) , pp.1091 - 1104

In this paper, we investigate dynamics of voltage-gated ionic channels which are of great importance in integrating the information received by neurons. Understanding of dynamical behavior of voltage-gated ionic channels plays a major role for determining underlying mechanism of spike activity and predicting the neuronal behavior. Investigation is carried out based on Hodgkin-Huxley (H-H) mathematical formalism. Ionic channel gate model is discussed briefly. Relaxation phenomenon is studied in the gate variables. Then effects of temperature on dynamics of gate variables are examined. Finally voltage-clamped simulations are carried o . . .ut to determine their dynamic behaviors based on squid giant axon. In this paper, we investigate dynamics of voltage-gated ionic channels which are of great importance in integrating the information received by neurons. Understanding of dynamical behavior of voltage-gated ionic channels plays a major role for determining underlying mechanism of spike activity and predicting the neuronal behavior. Investigation is carried out based on Hodgkin-Huxley (H-H) mathematical formalism. Ionic channel gate model is discussed briefly. Relaxation phenomenon is studied in the gate variables. Then effects of temperature on dynamics of gate variables are examined. Finally voltage-clamped simulations are carried out to determine their dynamic behaviors based on squid giant axon Daha fazlası Daha az

Özer, Mahmut

Proceedings | 2003 | Mathematical and Computational Applications8 ( 1-3 ) , pp.71 - 78

In this study, phase-plane analysis is carried out for a simplified model of Purkinje cell dendrite in terms of voltage-gated ionic channels involved. State variables, nullclines and equilibrium points of the model are determined, and effects of ionic channel conductance and injected current on the shape of nullclines and the equilibrium points are investigated. In this study, phase-plane analysis is carried out for a simplified model of Purkinje cell dendrite in terms of voltage-gated ionic channels involved. State variables, nullclines and equilibrium points of the model are determined, and effects of ionic channel conductance and . . . injected current on the shape of nullclines and the equilibrium points are investigated Daha fazlası Daha az

Tığlı-Aydın, Rahime Seda | Kazancı, Füsun

Article | 2018 | JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society95 ( 11 ) , pp.1385 - 1398

In recent years, the use of ozonated oil (ozone enriched oil form) is being increasingly preferred for biomedical applications because of its antibacterial activity. Among most important reasons of this choice is the high molecular affinity of the ozone molecule and intracellular effects of the products of ozone and the unsaturated fatty-acid chemical reactions in cellular signaling systems. The aim of the present study was to synthesize and optimize the ozonated oil nanoemulsion system that would be transferred into the living systems easily, suggesting a promising carrier system for various biomedical applications. By varying form . . .ulation parameters (surfactant-to-oil ratio, surfactant concentration, mixing rate, and surfactant type), nanoemulsions were investigated in terms of mean particle diameters, distributions, and stabilities. Nanoemulsions with high stability and small droplet diameters (212.7 nm) could be produced under optimized conditions with Tween 40 as the surfactant at a 750 rpm mixing rate using the emulsion inversion point (EIP) low-energy method. Spherical and uniformly distributed nanoemulsions were observed by SEM, which also supports mean particle diameter measurements. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and 13C NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) studies indicated an ozonide structure within the nanoemulsion system, which remained even after 30 days of storage. The antibacterial activity of ozonated oil emulsions against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli suggests promising applications in the biomedical field. © 2018 AOC Daha fazlası Daha az

Korkut, Şeyda | Kılıç, Muhammet Samet | Hazer, Baki

Article | 2019 | Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering14 ( 6 ) , pp.1385 - 1398

A copolymer poly(methyl methacrylate-co-vinylferrocene) was synthesized and used for the first time in a biofuel cell design. Bioanaode enzyme glucose oxidase and biocathode enzyme bilirubin oxidase were physically immobilized onto the copolymer-modified electrodes. Characterization studies were conducted by scanning electron microscopy, carbon-13, fourier transform infrared and hydrogen-1 nuclear magnetic resonance, and cyclic voltammograms. The designed biofuel cell was operated with linear sweep voltammetry. The maximum current was at 45°C with 120 µg of polymer amount. An improved power density of 323 µW cm-2 that is higher than . . . other ferrocene-based fuel cells was obtained with 10-mM glucose at 0.4 V with the designed bioanode. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Daha fazlası Daha az

Kılıç, Muhammet Samet | Korkut, Şeyda | Hazer, Baki

Article | 2017 | Electroanalysis29 ( 10 ) , pp.2377 - 2384

Newly synthesized poly(styrene-g-oleic amide) was coated onto a rhodium nanoparticle modified glassy carbon (GC) surface for the fabrication of horseradish peroxidase based biosensor used for hydrogen peroxide detection. The rhodium modifed electrode presented ten times higher signal than unmodified electrode even at low elecrtroactive enzyme quantity by enhancing the electron transfer rate at the applied potential of -0.65 V. The biosensor designed by under the optimized rhodium electrodeposition time exhibited a fast response less than 5 s, an excellent operational stability with a relative standard deviation of 0.6 % (n=6), an ac . . .curacy of 96 % and a large linear range between 50 µM and 120 mM for hydrogen peroxide. Detection limit and the sensitivity parameters were calculated to be 44 µM and 57 µA mM-1 cm-2, respectively by preserving its entire initial response up to the 15 days, while only 20 % of its initial response was lost at the end of one month. © 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinhei Daha fazlası Daha az

Yılmaz, Ergin | Özer, Mahmut | Baysal, Veli | Perc, Matjaž

Article | 2016 | Scientific Reports6 , pp.2377 - 2384

We study the effects of electrical and chemical autapse on the temporal coherence or firing regularity of single stochastic Hodgkin-Huxley neurons and scale-free neuronal networks. Also, we study the effects of chemical autapse on the occurrence of spatial synchronization in scale-free neuronal networks. Irrespective of the type of autapse, we observe autaptic time delay induced multiple coherence resonance for appropriately tuned autaptic conductance levels in single neurons. More precisely, we show that in the presence of an electrical autapse, there is an optimal intensity of channel noise inducing the multiple coherence resonanc . . .e, whereas in the presence of chemical autapse the occurrence of multiple coherence resonance is less sensitive to the channel noise intensity. At the network level, we find autaptic time delay induced multiple coherence resonance and synchronization transitions, occurring at approximately the same delay lengths. We show that these two phenomena can arise only at a specific range of the coupling strength, and that they can be observed independently of the average degree of the network. © The Author(s) 2016 Daha fazlası Daha az

Korkut, Şeyda | Kılıç, Muhammet Samet | Uzunçar, Sinan | Hazer, Baki

Article | 2016 | Analytical Letters49 ( 14 ) , pp.2322 - 2336

A carboxylated poly(styrene-b-isoprene-b-styrene) triblock copolymer was synthesized for the construction of an enzymatic fuel cell. Glucose oxidase and bilirubin oxidase were chemically immobilized via the carboxylated functional groups of the polymer. The enzymatic fuel cell working electrodes were modified with graphene to accelerate the electron transfer rate of the system. Essential design and operational parameters were carefully optimized for improving the power of the enzymatic fuel cell. A power density of 20 µW cm-2 with only 4 µg of immobilized bilirubin oxidase was generated from 30 mM glucose at 0.72 V. The improved enz . . .ymatic fuel cell was tested in a plant leaf. A power density of 14 nW cm-2 was generated with glucose produced by photosynthesis reactions conducted during 30 min in the leaf. © 2016, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC Daha fazlası Daha az

Kahraman, Bekir Fatih | Altın, Ahmet | Altın, Süreyya | Demirel-Bayık, Gülçin

Article | 2017 | Soil and Sediment Contamination26 ( 5 ) , pp.486 - 500

Nutrient enhancement of bioremediation with nitrogen, namely biostimulation, increases process performance. Selection of a proper nitrogen source is critical for bioremediation applications. In this study, the effects of different nitrogen sources on biodegradation of C10–C25 n-alkane compounds in diesel fuel-spiked soil were revealed, and the most appropriate nitrogen source for biodegradation of semi- and non-volatile n-alkanes was investigated. Bioremediation of diesel fuel contaminated soil was monitored in lab-scale reactors for 15 days. Ammonium sulfate, potassium nitrate and urea were used as nitrogen sources. Carbon dioxide . . .and oxygen levels in the reactors were recorded to monitor microbiological activity. Contaminant removal process was investigated by pH, heterotrophic plate count, total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) and C10–C25 n-alkane analyses. First-order kinetic constants were calculated via respirometric and contaminant concentration data. According to total C10–C25 n-alkane removal levels and degradation rate constants, ammonium sulfate addition resulted in the most efficient contaminant removal followed by potassium nitrate and urea. Simultaneous degradation of individual n-alkanes was observed for all of the nitrogen sources. Urea addition changed the distribution of individual n-alkane concentrations relative to the pre-experimental concentrations. Nitrogen source type had no differential effect on degradation rates of semi- (C10–C16) and non-volatile (C17–C25) fractions. © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC Daha fazlası Daha az

Özer, Mahmut

Article | 2004 | NeuroReport15 ( 9 ) , pp.1451 - 1455

We previously formulated dynamics of ion channel gates by the path probability method. In this study, we apply that theoretical approach to derive the activation rate kinetics of T-type calcium channel in thalamic relay neurons. We derive explicit expressions of the forward and backward rate constants and show that the proposed rate constants accurately capture form of the empirical time constant, and that they also provide its saturation to a constant value at depolarized membrane potentials. We also compare our derivations with linear and nonlinear thermodynamic models of rate kinetics obtained from the same calcium channel, and s . . .how that it is possible to capture saturation of the time constant for the depolarized membrane potentials by the only proposed rate constants. © 2004 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Daha fazlası Daha az

Özer, Mahmut | Graham, Lyle J. | Erkaymaz, Okan | Uzuntarla, Muhammet

Article | 2007 | NeuroReport18 ( 13 ) , pp.1371 - 1374

Cortical neurons in-vivo operate in a continuum of overall conductance states, depending on the average level of background synaptic input throughout the dendritic tree. We compare how variability, or fluctuations, in this input affects the statistics of the resulting 'spontaneous' or 'background' firing activity, between two extremes of the mean input corresponding to a low-conductance (LC) and a high-conductance (HC) state. In the HC state, we show that both firing rate and regularity increase with increasing variability. In the LC state, firing rate also increases with input variability, but in contrast to the HC state, firing re . . .gularity first decreases and then increases with an increase in the variability. At high levels of input variability, firing regularity in both states converge to similar values. © 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc Daha fazlası Daha az

Hazer, Baki | Akyol, Elvan | Şanal, Timur | Guillaume, Sophie | Çakmaklı, Birten | Steinbuchel, Alexander

Article | 2019 | Polymer Bulletin76 ( 2 ) , pp.919 - 932

Poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate)s (PHAs) are a class of polymers receiving attention because of their potential as renewable, biodegradable and high-technology properties. Unlike most short chain length (scl) PHAs such as poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB), medium chain length (mcl) PHAs such as poly(3-hydroxyoctanoate) (PHO) exhibit low crystallinity and are elastomeric in character. PHB-b–PEG-b–PHO block copolymers can combine both properties in block copolymer matrix. In this study, we report the synthesis of the block copolymers combining the PHB and PHO blocks. Transamidation reactions of PHB with polyethylene glycol with primary amine yiel . . .d equimolar amounts and PHB with amine ends. PHO reacts with the modified PHB containing the amine end to give PHB-b–PEG-b–PHO block copolymers. Structural analysis of the products was performed by using 1H–, 13C, heteronuclear single quantum coherence NMR techniques. Thermal and mechanical properties of the block polymers were also evaluated. © 2018, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature Daha fazlası Daha az

Köksal, Kerem | Surucu, Dilek | Surucu, Murat | Hacıoğlu, Rıfat

Proceedings | 2014 | 2014 22ND SIGNAL PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATIONS APPLICATIONS CONFERENCE (SIU) , pp.646 - 649

In this study, it is aimed to follow a visual route by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The recognition of the predetermined line by using image processing algorithms and the process of following the route by using the method of Tangent Vector Field Guidance (TVFG) have been performed in indoor and outdoor experiments. UAV's following the correct route has been ensured by calculating the deflection caused by some factors such as wind and light which adversely affect the flight of UAV. In Vector Field Guidance method, the direction angles calculated by using the vector fields that will follow the line-shaped guide path are used. Whe . . .n the path to be followed has more than one direction instead of a single straight line, it is divided into sections which consist of straight lines, and by prioritizing these lines, the most dominant line is followed. In this study, it is aimed to provide a dynamic model by considering the tracking errors. As a result of the process adopted, UAV's autonomous flight is achieved by using the visual inputs and TVFG method, and the external disturbing factors are investigated Daha fazlası Daha az