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The Geometry Of Social Networks, Daniel Mackisack

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This thesis is primarily about the impact of the Egyptian revolution on the social realities of those who experienced it. How it changed their lives and how it reshaped society. It looks at the relationship between the geometry of the social in Cairo and the experience of political events and regime changes in Egypt between 2010 and 2016, drawing from the individual assemblages and narratives of participants and their associations with diverse people and places. It covers a period beginning prior to the revolution on January 25th 2011 and concludes in the more recent post-revolutionary period. Individual participants were surveyed …

Growth Factor-Free And Antimicrobial Elastic Nanocomposites For Bone Regeneration, Dina Mohsen Ibrahim

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Elastic platforms have been shown recently to be advantageous for bone tissue engineering. Specifically, PEGylated polyglycerol sebecate has recently been reported in literature as a modification for Poly glycerol sebacate (PGS). It is highly elastic with tunable mechanical properties, rendering it an interesting candidate for bone regeneration. However, it lacks the bioactive and antimicrobial properties that are essential for bone tissue engineering scaffolds. To address these issues, herein, PEGylated PGS with different PEG ratios was mixed with PCL to obtain uniform electrospun mats. Further functions were added to the structure to render it osteoinductive and antimicrobial through the addition of …

The Ex Officio Power Of The Arbitrator To Raise New Issues Of Law In Islamic Finance Disputes, Mohamed Hassan

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The legal nature of arbitration varies from the legal nature of litigation. While the judge derives his authority from the state power, the arbitrator derives his powers, in the first place, from the parties' agreement. The power of the court to raise new issues of law ex officio is widely recognized. When it comes to arbitration, the matter is more complicated. The ex officio power of the arbitrator to raise new issues of law is controversial in international commercial arbitration. The situation is even more complicated in contemporary Islamic finance disputes due to the nature of the applicable law to …

Integrated Devices In Mir For On Chip Applications, Sara Ahmed Shafaay

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Gas sensing play an important role in various fields such as environmental, medical, and for industrial applications. A precise controlling for the mount of a gas in certain place can be vital in quality for industrial process, for security, and for human health applications. Selectivity , sensitivity, and foot print are the main characteristics in designing any gas sensors. We chose to work in mid-infrared (MIR) because it contains special peaks for each type of gas which help improve the selectivity for any gas sensor. Mid-infrared (MIR) region is an important region for sensing applications because it contains vibrational resonance …

Synthesis And Characterization Of A Novel Biodegradable Cellulose Acetate-Chitosan Biosorbent For Water Purification And Treatment Purposes, Emad Raafat Farag

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A novel biosorbent for water desalination and water treatment derived from biodegradable cellulose acetate (CA) and chitosan (CS) was successfully synthesized at optimized synthesis parameters of 1: 1 CA: CS ratio, pH 4, 3 h reaction time, and 120 ± 5 °C. The biosorbent was characterized by Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR) spectroscopy, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) analysis, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric analysis TGA, and X-ray diffraction. Sorption of the monovalent and divalent salts (NaCl and MgSO4) was performed in a batch-type system under different operating conditions of time, initial concentration and adsorbent dose. The efficiency of the biosorbent to reject metal …

Constellations Of Mobility: The Politics Of Dream-Making, Yara Ahmed

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This thesis is concerned with how we navigate the labyrinthine nature of our lifeworlds; as we build futures, we dream of other time-spaces. We hope; we wait; we feel stuck. More particularly, this thesis is concerned with the processes of movement that occur when precarious queer bodies dream of a somewhere else, echoing what is brewing in the body, what spills over the boundaries and categories of the possible and the impossible. I take an ethnographic approach in an attempt to trace the multiple projects of dream-making that are becoming around my interlocutors. These projects translate to a crafting of …

The Effect Of Ephedra Foeminea On Human Bone Osteosarcoma U2os Cell Viability And Migration, Eric Zadok Mpingirika

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Although advancement has been made in the development of cancer treatments, contemporary treatments still present significant challenges such as low effectiveness and adverse side effects. There is thus a critical need to continuously develop new and more effective drugs against cancer. Herbal plants serve as a potential source for a wide variety of complex compounds with probable anticancer activity. E. foeminea is an herb whose use in the Middle East recently gained popularity as a remedy for cancer. There is however minimal empirical evidence regarding the anticancer effects of E. foeminea. In this study, the effect of E.foeminea ethyl acetate, …

Sustainable Electrochemical Devices Based On Earth-Abundant Materials For Solar Energy Harvesting And Storage, Menna Tullah Samir Said

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Over the past two decades, earth has witnessed a seminal growth in the global energy consumption rates accompanied by drastic Carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. Recent callings for sustainable energy systems that can offset the carbon footprint made it inevitable to develop technologies that provide clean fuel alternatives to fossil fuels. Hydrogen can be that alternative as it is an it only produces water as a byproduct during combustion. However current commercial hydrogen production practices are energy consuming, and get their energy from fossil fuels. Solar energy, can be harvested with semiconducting materials. Consequently, it became of great necessity …

Fabrication Of Layer-By-Layer Ecm/Polysaccharides/Electrospun Composite Nanofibrous Scaffolds And Hydrogels For In-Vitro Skin Cell Regeneration, Fatma Nabil El-Shishiny

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Skin burn wounds is a crucial issue that could reduce life quality. The novel tri-layered asymmetric porous scaffold has been innovated to mimic the natural skin layers. The scaffold constitutes of upper electrospun Cs-PVA layer and lower xerogel layer that made of effective skin ECM components. Both layers were stuck together by fibrin glue. The developed scaffold resulted in promising swelling capability suitable for absorbing wound exudates, followed by constant degradable weight over time which is appropriate for burn wounds environment. SEM images revealed the presence of significant pore distribution among the electrospun and xerogel layers confirmed by BET analysis. …

Krimet Kibernetike, Dua Gjyshinca

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Në ditët e sotme moderne ku po mbizotëron e ashtëquajtura Epoka e Internet-it shumë nga punët e përditshme si pagesat, komunikimi në mes njerëzve, ndjekja e kurseve mësimore, shkarkimi dhe ngarkimi i dokumenteve të ndryshme, njoftimet rreth ngjarjeve në botë apo edhe përdorimi i aplikacioneve të ndryshme për argëtim ndodhin online me anë të pajisjeve të ndryshme si kompjuterët personal, telefonat e mençur dhe pajisjet tjera.

Njëra ndër gjërat më të rëndësishme që është e mundur falë internetit është mundësia që çdo kush në botë pavarësisht vendndodhjes i jepet mundësia që të lexojë dhe të njoftohet për ngjarjet nga e …

Nanostructured Scaffold For Neural Tissue Regeneration, Walaa Abbas

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Neural regeneration treatment after spinal cord injury (SCI) is still unsatisfactory despite the advances made in the field. One of the main challenges in neural tissue engineering is the axonal growth and directionality. Cell and molecular therapies can enhance the axonal attachment and growth. However, axons may be unsuccessful to maintain their native organization and may grow in a disorganized fashion. Nanofiber scaffolds represent a potential solution for the problem of nerve regeneration and axon extension, as they can mimic the neural tissue extra cellular matrix (ECM) and combine the advantages of the combinatorial therapy for nerve injury in SCI …

Sistemi Bankar Në Kosovë/Analizë, Fitore Sherifi

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Thellësia e krizës dhe tedencat dramatike në Kosovë kanë pasur ndikimin në politiken monetare.

Nje hyrje te shkurter rreth menaxhimit të bankave dhe performancave të tyre në Kosovë kemi bërë nje hulumtim me një perfundim se sa jane ato me rendesi, dhe sa vlere kanë në tregun e punës me kompanitë.

Përmes këtij punimi pasqyrohet edhe definimi i bankave në Kosovë avantazhet dhe disavantazhet me te cilat ballafaqohen bizneset dhe popullata lidhur me bankat dhe sistemin bankar në Kosovë.

Do te tregojmë mënyrën se si veprojnë bankat, qfare sherbime ofrojne, se si jane zhvilluar në Kosove, sa jane transparente ne …

Objekt Individual – Villë Luksoze, Fiona Çela

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Shekulli XXI ka sjellë me vete jetën dinamike në qytete e kryeqytete anë e mbanë botës. Rutina, ngarkesat ditore në punë, shtëpi apo trafik, shtojnë dukshëm nivelin e stresit dhe mërzisë, me ç’rast njeriu ndihet i rraskapitur, si në aspektin fizik ashtu edhe në atë psikik. Si pasojë, vije deri te nevoja për të “ikur” nga e gjithë rrëmuja e rutinës dhe njeriu kërkon qetësinë në natyrë – male, det, liqenjë, bjeshkë e të tjera. Që nga romakët e lashtë, njerëzit këtë “ikjen” e kanë bërë në objektë veҫanërisht të ndërtuara për këtë qëllim. Këto objekte në ditët e sotme …

Prishtina E Re - Zhvillimi I Ndërtesave Shumëbanesore Hibride Të Parafabrikuara, Dren Nishliu

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"I believe that architecture, as anything else in life, is evolutionary. Ideas evolve; they don't come from outer space and crash into the drawing board." 1 Zhvillimet e ndryshme në çdo sferë të jetës, padyshim se ndikojnë edhe në zhvillimin e arkitekturës. Si cdo sferë e jetës e cila evolon me kohën, gjithashtu edhe arkitektura evulon me kohë, prandaj si arkitektë ne duhet të jemi gjithmonë një hapë përpara sferave të tjera në mënyrë që zhvillimi ynë të jetë sa më human. Zhvillimi i ndërtesave hibride të parafabrikuara padyshim se është një zhvillim i cili në vendet e tjera të …

Prishtina E Re - Zhvillimi I Ndërtesave Shumëbanesore Hibride Të Parafabrikuara, Granit Baliu

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Zhvillimet e ndryshme në çdo sferë të jetës, padyshim se ndikojnë edhe në zhvillimin e arkitekturës. Si cdo sferë e jetës e cila evolon me kohën, gjithashtu edhe arkitektura evulon me kohë, prandaj si arkitektë ne duhet të jemi gjithmonë një hapë përpara sferave të tjera në mënyrë që zhvillimi ynë të jetë sa më human. Zhvillimi i ndërtesave hibride të parafabrikuara padyshim se është një zhvillim i cili në vendet e tjera të botës është zhvilluar vite më parë, mirëpo këto terme në arkitekturën e vendit tonë mungojnë në një masë të madhe, dhe kjo gjithsesi ndodhë edhe për …

Visual Rhetoric And Cinemas Of The Non-Western World: Mapping Cultural Identity In Gendered Images From Egyptian And Emirati Popular Film, Montiana Bahgat Ashour

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This qualitative paper explores the gendered concept of cultural identity in non-Western popular film, through a synthesized lens of visual rhetoric and cultural studies. The term non-Western is of limited presence in film scholarship, and existing literature on popular film from non-Western geographies, is primarily interested in reading a national definition of identity through the non-Western cinematic lens. Building towards an inductive process of theory building, qualitative features of interest and intensity determine the paper's purposive selection of its two film cases, which become cinematic grounds for the exploration of a cultural dimension of identity: Molasses (Êswid, 2010); Egypt, and …

Al-Ghazālī'S Conception Of The Purification Of The Self: Reflections From Iḥyā’ ‘Ulūm Al-Dīn (Revival Of The Religious Knowledge), Soha Ahmad Helwa

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Al-Ghazālī's name and his book Iḥyā’ ‘Ulūm al-Dīn are attached to self-purification, which is an essential part in the religion of Islam. This study does not seek to analyze all the details of Al-Ghazālī's program to purify the self. Rather, it focuses on delineating a framework - from Iḥyā’ ‘Ulūm al-Dīn - concerning his understanding of self-purification. This framework mainly includes his method of purifying the self. In the midst of this, many of Al-Ghazālī's psychological insights are extracted, under the umbrella of the Islamic perspective of psychology. Among these insights are some related to his perception of the human …

Towards Context Aware Opportunistic Forwarding In Social Pervasive Systems, Soumaia Al Ayyat

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Recent advances in mobile device sensor technology, coupled with a wealth of structured and accessible data from social networks, have together formed a data-rich ecosystem. Such an ecosystem is very wealthy in a bi-directional context that can flow between the mobile and social worlds in order to promote the creation of an elitist breed of pervasive services and applications. We label the breed resulting from the merger as Social Pervasive Systems (SPS). We review literature of the domains of social networks and mobile pervasive systems to study prior research attempts to merge both domains as detailed in Chapter 2. We …

Adherence Of Nurse Practitioners To Jnc 8 Guidelines, Stephanie E. Averette

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The purposes of the evidence based project were to implement a best practice algorithm for treatment of hypertension (HTN) based on JNC 8 guidelines; compare nurse practitioners HTN pharmacotherapy prescribing practices before and after implementation of a HTN algorithm; and compare hypertensive adult patients’ systolic blood pressure (SBP) readings before and after the implementation of a HTN algorithm. A quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test design was used to collect and analyze data from 61 patient charts to compare nurse practitioner adherence to JNC 8 guidelines for NPs’ prescribing practices and subjects’ blood pressure (BP) outcome before and after the implementation of …

Shkollë Fillore - Rurale, Arbër Kryeziu

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Implementimi I Sistemit Per Menaxhim Te Auditimit, Armin Bushati

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Per te qene ne gjendje per t’u fokusuar ne proces te auditimit, auditoret ne pergjithesi duhet te kene njohuri relativisht te mira ne fushen e teknologjise informative. Ky punim ngerthen ne vete ndikimin e sistemeve dhe praktikat e auditimit ne Kosove, perkatesisht te sistemit per menaxhim te auditimit lidhur me ate se si po ndryshon metoda e auditimit, si mund te permiresohet dhe cili eshte ndikimi i sistemeve ne karrieren e nje auditori.

Te dhenat ne mase te madhe jane mbledhur permes vezhgimit te auditoreve ne mjedisin e tyre te punes, perfshire edhe diskutimet personale me ta.

Ky punim tregon …

Projektimi I Shkollës Fillore, Imran Haziri

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Qëllimi i këtij punimi të diplomës është projektimi i një Shkolle Fillore e cila ka për qëllim kryesor promovimin e Arsimimit, kulturës dhe artit.I tërë projekti ështe i bazuar në udhëzuesin e përpiluar nga ministria e arsimit,shkencës dhe teknologjise për shkollat në Kosovë. - Si fillim janë analizuar strukturat e ngjajshme në qytet në mënyrë që të përcaktohet në mënyrë më të qartë se cilave funksione duhet të i’u jepet rëndësi më së shumti. Në qytetin e Gjilanit aktualisht ekzistojn numër i konsiderueshem i shkollave fillore, mirepo të cilat operojnë me kapacitete jashtë normave standarde. Duke marrë parasysh se në …

Horizontal Formwork Design Optimization & Selection System Using Genetic Algorithms, Ramy Mohamed Ghowiba

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Concrete works in most of the construction projects can be broken down into three main items; Formwork, Steel work, and concreting, No doubt, concrete works account for a large portion of construction projects budgets. As stated by Awad S. Hanna (1999), formwork material and labor can account for 40 to 60 percent of the cost of concrete works; however this percentage can vary slightly from country to another. That is why it is important to select an appropriate formwork system for a project; otherwise the project cost will be affected negatively. Formwork systems can be classified by their function into …

A Novel Versatile Cmos Operational Floating Current Conveyor Amplifier, Nermine Maher Edward

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Nowadays, current mode devices are used as active elements at the circuits that work at high frequencies. A novel integrated CMOS based the operational floating current conveyor (OFCC) is proposed. OFCC is a five port general purpose analog building block which combines all the features of different current mode devices such as the second generation current conveyor (CCII), the current feedback operational amplifier (CFA), and the operational floating conveyor (OFC). The OFFC is modeled and simulated using UMC 130nm technology kit in Cadence and the supply voltage of the proposed OFCC is 1.2V. Non-inverting voltage amplifier, current mode instrumentation amplifier …

A Comparative Analysis Of Middle Level Teacher Preparation And Certification In California, Rodas Paula Hart

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The young adolescent learner is in a unique and distinctive phase of development, and as such requires a developmentally responsive educational program delivered by specially prepared middle level educators. The purpose of this qualitative mixed methods study was to compare current California policies for middle school teacher licensure and preparation programs with the most recent research on young adolescent development. A second purpose of this study was to investigate the design and implementation of middle school specific teacher preparation programs in California in relation to the most recent research on young adolescent development. The findings of this study indicate that …

A Comparative Analysis Of Middle Level Teacher Preparation And Certification In California, Rodas Paula Hart

Theses and Dissertations

The young adolescent learner is in a unique and distinctive phase of development, and as such requires a developmentally responsive educational program delivered by specially prepared middle level educators. The purpose of this qualitative mixed methods study was to compare current California policies for middle school teacher licensure and preparation programs with the most recent research on young adolescent development. A second purpose of this study was to investigate the design and implementation of middle school specific teacher preparation programs in California in relation to the most recent research on young adolescent development. The findings of this study indicate that …

A Comparative Analysis Of Middle Level Teacher Preparation And Certification In California, Rodas Paula Hart

Theses and Dissertations

The young adolescent learner is in a unique and distinctive phase of development, and as such requires a developmentally responsive educational program delivered by specially prepared middle level educators. The purpose of this qualitative mixed methods study was to compare current California policies for middle school teacher licensure and preparation programs with the most recent research on young adolescent development. A second purpose of this study was to investigate the design and implementation of middle school specific teacher preparation programs in California in relation to the most recent research on young adolescent development. The findings of this study indicate that …

Trajtimi I Të Drejtave Sendore Sipas Ligjit Në Kosovë, Faton Hyseni

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Në këtë punim diplome trajtohen të drejtat sendore sipas Ligjit në Kosovë si dhe e drejta e pronësisë dhe të drejtat tjera sendore, për posedimin,llojet e posedimit në këtë menyrë do të paraqiten mënyrat e përfitimit të pronës, e drejta mbi servitutin etj.

Në kapitullin e parë fokusohemi në një hyrje të shkurtë të drejtës sendore lidhur me nocionin mbi tëdrejtat sendore,po kështu do ti paraqes parimet e drejtës sendore të cilat më mirë do te qartësojnë burimet e së drejtës sendore.

Në kapitullin e dytë , do të trajtohen një term shumë i rendesishem që është Posedimi, do të …

The Servant Leadership Of Nelson Mandela: A Case Study, Tobi Renee Falzon

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A relatively new construct of leadership, known as servant leadership, has begun to appear with greater frequency within the body of leadership literature and is based on the idea of leader as first and foremost a servant. Greenleaf (2003) describes the servant leader as one who possesses a natural desire to serve and the ability to create positive change in a transformational manner. Although there has been a considerable amount of research presented in support of servant leadership over the past 4 decades, many consider this approach to be unrealistic and lacking in empirical validity. The purpose of this study …

The Efficacy Of Repeated Reading For Building Reading Fluency Of Fourth-Grade Students At A Rural Elementary School In South Carolina, Clarice B'Yonca Norman

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The Efficacy of Repeated Reading for Building Reading Fluency of Fourth-Grade Students at a Rural Elementary School in South Carolina. Clarice B. Norman, 2010: Applied Dissertation, Nova Southeastern University, Fischler School of Education and Human Services. ERIC Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Curriculum Based Measurement, Rural Schools.

This applied dissertation study was designed to examine the effects of a repeated reading strategy on the oral reading fluency and reading comprehension of fourth-grade students in a rural South Carolina school. In addition, it examined the hypothesis that repeated reading of connected text would build reading fluency and increase comprehension. …