Browsing by Author "Yeşilkanat, Cafer Mert"
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Biomonitoring of trace elements and gross alpha/beta radioactivity levels in human teeth: A case study from Istanbul, Turkey
Taşkın, Halim; Kobya, Yaşar; Tokgöz, Murat; Bassarı, Asiye; Yeşilkanat, Cafer Mert (Elsevier Science BV, 2018)The purpose of this study is to determine the amount of various trace elements and the concentration of grossalpha and gross beta radioactivity in human teeth and alsofind out their possible effects on humans. Fifty-sixtooth ... -
Determination and mapping the spatial distribution of radioactivity of natural spring water in the Eastern Black Sea Region by using artificial neural network method
Yeşilkanat, Cafer Mert; Kobya, Yaşar (Springer, 2015)In this study, radiological distribution of gross alpha, gross beta, Ra-226, Th-232, K-40, and Cs-137 for a total of 40 natural spring water samples obtained from seven cities of the Eastern Black Sea Region was determined ... -
Determining and mapping of natural and artificial radioactivity from moss samples in Artvin (Turkey)
Kobya, Yaşar; Yeşilkanat, Cafer Mert; Taşkın, Halim; Karahan, Gürsel (Parlar Scientific Publications, 2020)In this study, moss samples which have radiologic indicator characteristic were collected from 80 stations in Artvin to determine the natural (Ra-226, Th-232, and K-40) and artificial (Cs-137) radioactivity levels. Natural ... -
Doğu Karadeniz Bölgesindeki bazı doğal kaynak sularının elemental analizi ve haritalandırılması ile çevre ve insan sağlığına etkilerinin araştırılması
Kobya, Yaşar; Yeşilkanat, Cafer Mert (Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi, 2017)Bu çalışmada, Doğu Karadeniz Bölgesi’ndeki 7 ildeki (Artvin, Rize, Trabzon, Giresun, Ordu, Gümüşhane ve Bayburt) doğal kaynak sularının elemental analizinin yapılması ve bu analiz yardımıyla, jeoistatistik analiz kullanılarak ... -
Dose rate estimates and spatial interpolation maps of outdoor gamma dose rate with geostatistical methods; A case study from Artvin, Turkey
Yeşilkanat, Cafer Mert; Kobya, Yaşar; Taşkın, Halim; Çevik, Uğur (Elsevier SCI LTD, 2015)In this study, compliance of geostatistical estimation methods is compared to ensure investigation and imaging natural Fon radiation using the minimum number of data. Artvin province, which has a quite hilly terrain and ... -
Estimation of fission barrier heights for even–even superheavy nuclei using machine learning approaches
Yeşilkanat, Cafer Mert; Akkoyun, Serkan (Iop Science, 2023)With the fission barrier height information, the survival probabilities of super-heavy nuclei can also be reached. Therefore, it is important to have accurate knowledge of fission barriers, for example, the discovery of ... -
Estimation of radon flux spatial distribution in Rize, Turkey by the artificial neural networks method
Yeşilkanat, Cafer Mert; Özen, Songül Akbulut (Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2019)In this study, average radonflux distribution in the Rize province (Turkey) was estimated by the artificial neuralnetworks (ANN) method. For this purpose, terrestrial gamma dose rate (TGDR), which is defined as an ... -
Evaluation and analysis of the spatial distribution of radiation risks caused by radon in drinking water of Batman, Türkiye
Damla, Nevzat; Alp, Mehmet Suat; Yeşilkanat, Cafer Mert; Işık, Umut (Springer, 2022)With the aim of assessing potential public impact, investigations on drinking water samples in Batman, located in the southeastern part of Turkey, were conductud by measuring radon concentrations. Radon concentrations were ... -
Evaluation and mapping of radionuclides in the terrestrial environment and health hazard due to soil radioactivity in Artvin, Turkey
Taşkın, Halim; Yeşilkanat, Cafer Mert; Kobya, Yaşar; Çevik, Uğur (Springer Heidelberg, 2018)In this study, the radiological characterization of top soil in the Artvin region, the assessment of relevant health risks, and obtaining the distribution of radiological parameters in soil of the region by means of the ... -
Evaluation of outdoor gamma dose rate and cancer risk in Artvin province, Turkey
Kobya, Yaşar; Taşkın, Halim; Yeşilkanat, Cafer Mert; Çevik, Uğur (Taylor & Francis Inc, 2015)In this study, we measured environmental outdoor gamma dose rates (terrestrial and cosmic) in 204 stations across the province of Artvin. The average outdoor gamma dose rate for the province of Artvin was found to be 174.81 ... -
Health risk assessment of soil trace elements using the Sequential Gaussian Simulation approach
Akbulut Özen, Songül; Yeşilkanat, Cafer Mert; Özen, Murat; Başsarı, Asiye; Taşkın, Halim (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022)In this study, the performance of the Sequential Gaussian Simulation (SGS) approach was studied with the aim of accurately determining local health risk distributions associated with trace elements (V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, ... -
Interpolated mapping and investigation of environmental radioactivity levels in soils and mushrooms in the Middle Black Sea Region of Turkey
Türkekul, İbrahim; Yeşilkanat, Cafer Mert; Çiriş, Ali; Kolemen, Uygur; Çevik, Uğur (Taylor & Francis Inc, 2018)The activity concentration of natural (U-238, Th-232, and K-40) and artificial (Cs-137) radionuclides was determined in 50 samples (obtained from the same station) from various species of mushrooms and soil collected from ... -
Investigation and mapping of natural and artificial radioactivity in sediment samples from Borcka Black Lake, Artvin-Turkey
Dizman, Serdar; Akdemir, Tolga; Yeşilkanat, Cafer Mert; Nevruzoglu, Vagif; Bal, Esra; Keser, Recep (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2022)All living creatures in nature are constantly exposed to ionising radiation, which is emitted from natural and artificial radiation sources. For this reason, it is important to monitor the levels of radioactivity in living ... -
Investigation of Cs-137 and K-40 activities of natural spring waters of the Eastern Black Sea Region, Turkey
Kobya, Yaşar; Yeşilkanat, Cafer Mert (Springer, 2015)The activity concentrations of Cs-137 and K-40 radio nuclides in the natural spring waters of the Eastern Black Sea region of Turkey were measured using gamma-ray spectrometry. Annual effective dose equivalents of Cs-137 ... -
Mapping of indoor radon survey and dose estimations in health centres in Turkey
Radon and its short-lived daughter products, leading to lung cancer, are the most significant contribution to the exposure of man to ionizing radiation from natural sources. Therefore, the present study aimed to assess ... -
Natural and artificial radioactivity assessment of dam lakes sediments in Coruh River, Turkey
Kobya, Yaşar; Taşkın, Halim; Yeşilkanat, Cafer Mert; Varinlioğlu, Ahmet; Korcak, Sabit (Springer, 2015)In the sediment samples collected from 3 different dam reservoirs and 10 different stations on Coruh River, U-238, Th-232, K-40 and Cs-137 activity concentration levels were measured using high-resolution gamma-ray ... -
A novel hybrid approach to the mapping and prediction of the terrestrial gamma dose rate distribution in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey
Yeşilkanat, Cafer Mert (Elsevier, 2019)In this study, a new approach was suggested for the estimation and mapping of Terrestrial gamma dose rate (TGDR, in nGy h−1 ) in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey by using the sequential Gaussian simulation (SGS) and ... -
Radioactivity in soils of Kosovo and radiological implications
Kadiri, Sehad; Dizman, Serdar; Yeşilkanat, Cafer Mert; Aliu, Hamdi; Hodolli, Gezim (MDPI, 2022)This study was carried out to determine the presence of the main radionuclides from natural and artificial radioactivity in the soil of Kosovo, using gamma-ray spectroscopy. The mean activity concentration for Ra-226, ... -
Radioactivity survey and risk assessment study for drinking water in the Artvin province, Turkey
Kobya, Yaşar; Taşkın, Halim; Yeşilkanat, Cafer Mert; Çevik, Uğur; Karahan, Gürsel; Çakır, Bakiye (Springer International Publishing, 2015)In this study, 117 spring water samples, collected across the Artvin province, were analyzed for gross alpha and gross beta radioactivity. The values of the activity concentrations of the gross a and gross beta measured ...
