Locational Drivers of FDI in MENA Countries: A Spatial Attempt

This study aims to analyze the locational drivers of FDI, with an emphasis on the role of market potential in MENA countries. Considering that the market does not necessarily comprise of the host economy but also trade opportunities in the region and in the rest of the world, this study distinguishes the country-specific, regional and trade-related market potential of the host MENA country in attracting FDI. It also examines the neighboring effects in locational choice. Using a panel of 18 countries covering the 1980-2001 time period, the model is estimated by Maximum Likelihood estimation method incorporating the possible spatial autocorrelation in the disturbances. The results imply that FDI in the MENA region is market oriented; as well as aiming at the domesic market in the host economy, it also utilises trade opportunities within the region

The relationship between corporate reputation and organizational citizenship behavior: a comparative study on TV companies and banks

Corporate reputation (CR) is an increasingly emphasized issue in the management and organizational studies. Many research studies on the corporate reputation have revealed the impact of that issue on the informal performances of employees. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between corporate reputation and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). The survey method has been conducted through random sampling. Four TV companies and four banks have been included in the survey. Results have been evaluated comparatively across two different sectors. The research has been composed of two parts; in the first part the corporate reputations of the chosen companies have been measured according to the Cravens et al. (2003) index. In the second part of the research the organizational citizenship behaviors of the employees in the eight companies have been measured and the relationship between corporate reputations of the companies and the employees' OCBs have been analyzed through the correlation and regression analysis. It is revealed that there is a statistically significant effect of CR on OCB

Antioxidant and Anti-quorum Sensing Potential of Acer monspessulanum subsp. monspessulanum Extracts

WOS: 000386333700003PubMed ID: 27116707In this study, anti-quorum sensing, and antioxidant activities, and chemical composition of Acer monspessulanum subsp. monspessulanum extracts were evaluated. Determination of the antioxidant activity was revealed by DPPH radical scavenging activity, the total phenolic content assay, and the -carotene/linoleic acid assay. The detection of phenolic compounds was determined using RP-HPLC. Anti-quorum sensing activity and violacein inhibition activity were determined using Chromobacterium violaceum CV026 and C. violaceum ATCC 112472, respectively. The determination of anti-swarming activity was carried out with Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01. In DPPH and total phenolic content assays, the water extract exhibited good antioxidant activity. In the -carotene-linoleic acid assay, ethyl acetate and ethanol extracts exhibited good lipid peroxidation inhibition activity, demonstrating 96.95 +/- 0.03% and 95.35 +/- 0.00% at 2.5mg/mL concentrations, respectively. The predominant phenolic compounds of the extracts were determined as rutin, naringin, catechin hydrate, quercetin, and protocatechuic acid. Ethyl acetate and ethanol extracts were found to contain a high level of violacein inhibition and anti-quorum sensing activity. The ethanol extract also showed weak anti-swarming activity. In this first study that used Acer monspessulanum subsp. monspessulanum extracts, it was revealed that the water extract has antioxidant activity and the ethanol and ethyl acetate extracts have anti-quorum sensing activity depending on the phenolic compounds that it contained

PİROL İLE KAPLANAN KARBON KUMAŞLARIN ELEKTROMANYETİK KALKANLAMA ÖZELLİKLERİNİN İNCELENMESİ

Elektronik olarak iletken bir polimer olan polipirol (PPy), yüksek yüzey alanı ve olağanüstü elektriksel ve mekanik özelliklere sahip karbon kumaşlar ileri elektrot malzemeleri arasındadır. PPy / C kaplamalı kumaşlar spesifik kapasitans, enerji yoğunluğu ve kararlılığı iyileştirmek için tamamlayıcı faydalar sunmaktadır. Bu makalede, karbon liflerinden bezayağı dokuma kumaşı, kaplama maddesi olarak Poliüretan yapılı bileşik ile Pirol monomeri karıştırılarak kaplanmıştır. Elde edilen pirol kaplanmış karbon kumaşın mikro yapısının ve ara yüzey özelliklerinin incelenmesi için SEM (Taramalı Elektron Mikroskobu) görüntüleme ve malzemenin kimyasal bağ yapılarını, moleküllerin bağ titreşimleri veya dönme enerji seviyelerinden ötekine geçişleriyle sağlanan enerjideki değişimleri göstererek maddenin analizi için FTIR (Fourier Dönüşümlü İnfrared Analizi) yapılmıştır. Elektromanyetik özelliklerinin ölçüldüğü EMSE değerlerinde ham karbon kumaşa göre, kalkanlama değerlerinde az da olsa bir artış gözlenmiştir

Follicular lymphoma in a patient with splenosis: a case report

Splenosis refers to the seeding of splenic cells associated with surgery or trauma. Splenosis mimicking other diseases has been reported in the literature. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of follicular lymphoma in a patient with splenosis whose diagnosis of lymphoma was delayed because of a known history of splenosis. We report a 48-year-old male patient who underwent splenectomy because of injury from a high fall 20 years previously. He had no symptoms other than mild abdominal pain until 2 years previously, which was thought to be associated with splenosis. When his symptoms began to increase, he had explorative laparotomy for diagnosis, which was later confirmed as follicular lymphoma. Splenosis may delay the diagnosis of other conditions that can be underestimated. Clinicians should be aware of unusual symptoms in patients with splenosis. </jats:p

The Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activities of Origanum Vulgare ssp. Viride Essential Oils, Endemic in Turkey

In this study, the aerial parts of O. vulgare ssp. viride, the endemic taxa of Turkey, were collected from Uşak province, and the antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities were investigated. Essential oils from the aerial parts of the plants were obtained with the hydrodistillation method. In vitro antimicrobial activities of the essential oils on various antibiotic resistant bacteria; Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas fluorescens, and the yeast Candida albicans were tested by disk diffusion and microplate dilution methods. The effect of different concentrations of the essential oils on biofilm-forming ability of the test microorganisms were determined by microplate biofilm method. The essential oils of O. vulgare ssp. viride had no antimicrobial activity against the tested bacteria. Although the essential oil has no antimicrobial activity, it has different rates antibiofilm activity against all strains tested with the exception of P. aeruginosa MU 187. To our knowledge, this is the first study of the antibiofilm activity of the essential oil of O. vulgare ssp. viride. The results showed that the essential oil can be used as an antibiofilm agent against the biofilm ability strains. This activity is an important topic in the medical field as well as in the food industry and wastewater treatment plants