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The primary goal of this research is to investigate the approximate numerical solution of variational inequalities using quasimonotone operators in infinite-dimensional real Hilbert spaces. In this study, the sequence obtained by the proposed iterative technique for solving quasimonotone variational inequalities converges strongly toward a solution due to the viscosity-type iterative scheme. Furthermore, a new technique is proposed that uses an inertial mechanism to obtain strong convergence iteratively without the requirement for a hybrid version. The fundamental benefit of the suggested iterative strategy is that it substitutes a monotone and non-monotone step size rule based on mapping (operator) information for its Lipschitz constant or another line search method. This article also provides a numerical example to demonstrate how each method works.

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The purpose of this research is to find out the reasons that trigger teachers' dissent, how the dissenters behave and the effects of organizational dissent on the teachers, administrators, and the school. The study was conducted with the qualitative methods. 15 school administrators working in five different schools located in Mamak District in Ankara participated in the search. The data were collected with the semi-structured interview form and analyzed with the content and descriptive analysis methods. For the purpose of presenting the data, the frequencies of the administrators' opinions were tabled and also administrators' views were described with the direct quotations. Eventually, it has been seen that the basic reason that triggers the teachers' dissent behavior is official work that is given by their administrators. Another result is that dissenters commonly minimize their relations with their administrators. School administrators also think that they commonly show tolerance to the dissenters and their attitude toward them is positive. On the other hand, they consider the organizational dissent as a factor that affects their comfort negatively. And lastly they think that organizational dissent cause destructive results at school.

BACKGROUND: The heat sensitivity of phenolics and flavonoids leads to considerable losses of these compounds during conventional drying. Microwave drying has the advantage of shorter drying time and rigorous process control, minimizing damage to heat‐sensitive compounds. Microwave drying kinetics and the impacts of microwave drying on physicochemical characteristics, morphological structure, antioxidant properties, total phenolics, and flavonoid content of propolis extract were investigated. RESULTS: Increasing the microwave power output from 180 to 900 W resulted in a 67% reduction in drying time. Morphological changes were more noticeable at higher microwave power levels as shown in scanning electron microscopy images. Water activity values of microwave dried propolis extracts were below 0.4, which satisfied the requirement for shelf‐stable dry products. The solubility of microwave dried propolis extract increased with increasing microwave power level, and the highest solubility was achieved for the propolis extract microwave dried at 900 W. Microwave dried propolis extracts exhibited lower total phenolic content levels than fresh propolis extract. The microwave power level did not affect the total flavonoid content but it affected 2,2‐diphenyl‐1‐picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free‐radical scavenging activity of microwave dried propolis extracts. The DPPH free‐radical scavenging activity closest to the fresh propolis extract was obtained for the microwave dried propolis extract at 900 W. This also showed the highest 6‐hydroxy‐2,5,7,8‐tetramethyl‐2‐carboxylic acid (Trolox) equivalent antioxidant capacity. CONCLUSION: Microwave drying of propolis extract at 900 W was found to be the most efficient drying condition because it yielded the shortest drying time, the highest effective moisture diffusivity, and phenolic and flavonoid content levels that were very similar to those in fresh propolis extract. © 2023 Society of Chemical Industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is to analyse organizational corruption and to determine its level of relation to attitude towards work, work ethics and organizational culture. The data in study have been collected from 441 public high school teachers employed in the central districts of Ankara in the school year of 2008-2009. Data have been collected through "Scale for Organizational Corruption", "Scale for Attitude towards Work", "Scale for Work Ethics" and "Scale for Organizational Culture", all of which were developed by the researchers in this study. Correlation and regression analysis techniques have been used in analysing the data. It is concluded from the study that there is a significant, though at an average level, relation between organizational corruption, organizational culture and work ethics and that there is a negative significant relation, though at a low level, between organizational corruption and attitude towards work. It is also concluded that the variables for attitude towards work, work ethics and organizational culture explain 38% of the variation in organizational corruption.