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Prophylactic treatment with bacterial lysate of infants with single heredity for atopy for 26 weeks in the 1st year of life is cost-effective at the age of 3 and 6 years, i.e. prophylactic use of bacterial lysate generated lower costs by leading to lower prevalence compared to placebo. </AbstractSection>...

The Dereköy landslide threatening the town of Dereköy, Konya, Turkey is investigated in order to assess and manage the associated risk. Dereköy town, located 12 km west of Konya city center, which is the second largest city in central Anatolia, has been extending due to the demand for new...

The paper presents models for better environmental intelligent management within water supply systems. The following computer models were developed: supervising parameters (pressure and flow) of water supply network (classification models in the form of neural networks, hybrid neural networks,...

In this study, the effect of domestic and industrial pollutants on the water quality of Mudurnu River was searched. Water and benthic macroinvertebrate samples were taken from five stations selected on Mudurnu River during 12 months (2006–2007). COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand), BOD (Biochemical...

Many simple and complex methods have been developed to solve the classification problem. Boosting is one of the best known techniques for improving the accuracy of classifiers. However, boosting is prone to overfitting with noisy data and the final model is difficult to interpret. Some boosting...

Research on developing pricing mechanisms for telecommunications service providers has been going on for decades. Many agencies have adopted various pricing schemes to charge their subscribers. However, due to the changes in the economic environment and technological infrastructure, the loss of...

Although internet banking promises several benefits to bank customers, the adoption of online banking services continue to be low especially in developing countries. Prior research has examined internet banking adoption as a classification problem with a focus on adopters and non-adopters using...

Land cover change impacts ecosystem function across the globe. The use of land cover data is vital in the detection of these changes over time; however, most available land cover products, such as the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD), are produced relatively infrequently. The most recent NLCD...