World Nomad Games As An Emerging Large-Scale Event and Its Role for Tourism Development in Kyrgyzstan

Azamat MAKSUDUNOV | Kıyalbek DIYKANOV

The World Nomad Games (WNG) is a new emerging large-scale event in the world, where ethnic sports can be exhibited. It was started in 2014 and until today WNG has been organized three times (2014, 2016, and 2018) in Kyrgyz Republic. Actually, these kinds of events have economic and noneconomic impacts on the destinations. In this chapter, the WNG role for tourism development in Kyrgyz Republic will be investigated. Kyrgyz Republic as a tourism destination was opened in 1991 after the collapse of the USSR. Today, tourism is identified among the priority sectors in the country. However, our coun ...More

Corporate environmental, social, and governance activities and financial reporting quality: An international investigation

Gökhan ÖZER

This paper examines the impact of firms' environmental, social, and governance (ESG) activities on financial reporting quality (FRQ). The study uses 45,877 firm-year observations from 65 countries between 2003 and 2021. In the research model, firm characteristics and macroeconomic and institutional structure characteristics of the countries are controlled for. This study finds that firms with higher ESG scores have higher FRQ. Additionally, our mediation analysis indicates that financial distress costs serve as a crucial mechanism through which ESG influences FRQ. Our findings are robust after ...More

A Comparative Classification Study on Reverse Logistics Applications in Turkey = Türkiye’de Tersine Lojistik Uygulamaları Üzerine Karşılaştırmalı Bir Sınıflandırma Çalışması

Muratali ABDILDAYEV

Bu çalışmada tersine lojistik yazını incelenmiş ve Türkiye’deki tersine lojistik uygulamalarını ele alan akademik makaleler taranarak sistematik bir şekilde sınıflandırılmıştır. Farklı veri tabanlarından çeşitli anahtar kelimeler ile yapılan taramalar sonucu tespit edilen makaleler yazın taraması çalışmalarında yaygın olarak kullanılan içerik çözümlemesi yöntemiyle analiz edilmiştir. Yapılan değerlendirmeler sonucunda tersine lojistik alanında, Türkiye’deki uygulama makalelerinin büyük çoğunluğunun, ağ tasarımı konusunda yazıldığı ve karma tam sayılı model kullanıldığı görülmüştür. Çözüm yönte ...More

Technological intelligence for circular supply chain: a co-citation analysis approach

Serhat BURMAOĞLU

Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the supply chains, and this brought researchers and practitioners to think about more on circular supply chains (CSC). The CSC concept has been discussed in the literature more than a decade. This study aims to find out the theoretical roots of CSC by analyzing scholarly articles in literature. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses document cocitation analysis for reaching this aim. After retrieving data from Web of Science database, this paper explores data set by considering used references of these publications and clusters them based on the ...More

Future research avenues at the nexus of circular economy and digitalization

Serhat BURMAOĞLU

Purpose The authors posit that one of the key enablers of the circular economy will be the digital transformation - in other words, digitalization. In this study, the authors examine and visualize the interaction of the circular economy and digitalization by using scientific publications. They explore possible synergies and future research avenues at this junction. Design/methodology/approach The authors first apply bibliometrics to explore and visualize the relationships between the circular economy and digitalization in the academic literature. Following the clustering of topics, they define ...More

Investigation on properties of cement mortar with bottom ash and perlite

Kasım BAYNAL

Perlite and some recycled materials are preferably used to provide thermal insulation and lightness in mortar. Cement is often used as a binder in such a composite, although it makes the composite heavier and impairs its insulation properties. In this study, recycled bottom ash (BA) and expanded perlite (EP) as the aggregate, and cement as the binder and the optimum solution were investigated by using Taguchi Method. Depending on the specimens prepared using orthogonal array L9, the values of compressive strength, flexural strength, flowability, dry unit weight, water absorption, capillarity c ...More

Fuzzy Applications in Custom Clothing Design Technology Based on Intelligent 3D Simulation Technology

This article integrates intelligent 3D simulation technology with an online customized clothing system to increase the impact of customized clothing design. The user uses a 3D scanner to scan his own body and acquire 3D body data, which include information of the head, chest, upper limbs, lower limbs, hands, and feet. Furthermore, this work enhances intelligent tracking and recognition technology, enhances the impact of human body parameter collection, and combines the enhanced algorithm to create a personalised clothing design system based on intelligent 3D simulation technology. Through expe ...More

Internal Curing and Temperature Effect on Lightweight and Heat Insulated Mortar with Recycled Concrete Aggregate

Kasım BAYNAL

One of the best methods of waste recycling in the construction sector is to employ it in concrete or mortar preparation. In this study, recycled concrete aggregate and bottom ash were used as aggregates in the mortar. Additionaly, expanded perlite which is a material providing lightness, heat insulation and fire resistance, was also used as aggregate. Calcium aluminate cement was preferred as binder to improve fire resistance. Results were obtained and evaluated in terms of flexural and compressive strength, dry unit weight, water absorption, capillarity, thermal conductivity, thermal resistan ...More

Optimisation of elastomeric bearings' vulcanisation process using response surface methodology and desirability function approach

Kasım BAYNAL

In this study, response surface methodology and desirability function approach (DFA) were used to optimise the vulcanisation process of elastomeric bearings to obtain better quality products. For this purpose, compressive stiffness and vertical deflection under maximum load were determined as response variables with a target at 198 kN/mm and 3.46 mm, respectively, in accordance with customer's request. Time, temperature and pressure were considered as control variables of the process. Experimental combinations were determined using Box-Behnken design and two repetitions were made in each combi ...More