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The Economic And Social Integration Of The Syrian Migrants And Refugees In El-Rehab City In Egypt., Miranda Mahmoud
The Economic And Social Integration Of The Syrian Migrants And Refugees In El-Rehab City In Egypt., Miranda Mahmoud
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The current Syrian refugee crises have captured the world's attention. Much of the existing research have focused on the humanitarian and security impacts of Syrians' displacement in hosting countries. This research, explores how Syrian refugees in el-Rehab city are unique through focusing on their economic and social impacts on the city since the beginning of their arrival in 2011. The study also sheds light on the relation of Syrian refugees and the Egyptian state. Moreover, it states the distinct reasons that dejects them from registering as asylum seekers with UNHCR. Syrians' and Egyptians' integration in el-Rehab city existed through shared …
Pervasive Computing Reference Architecture From A Software Engineering Perspective (Pervcompra-Se), Osama Mabrouk Khaled
Pervasive Computing Reference Architecture From A Software Engineering Perspective (Pervcompra-Se), Osama Mabrouk Khaled
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Pervasive computing (PervComp) is one of the most challenging research topics nowadays. Its complexity exceeds the outdated main frame and client-server computation models. Its systems are highly volatile, mobile, and resource-limited ones that stream a lot of data from different sensors. In spite of these challenges, it entails, by default, a lengthy list of desired quality features like context sensitivity, adaptable behavior, concurrency, service omnipresence, and invisibility. Fortunately, the device manufacturers improved the enabling technology, such as sensors, network bandwidth, and batteries to pave the road for pervasive systems with high capabilities. On the other hand, this domain area has …
Social Media References In Egyptian Newspapers: The Use Of Facebook, Twitter, Youtube And Whatsapp In El-Ahram, El-Masry El-Youm And El-Wafd Newspapers, Nashwa Mohamed Mamdouh Mostafa El-Degheidy
Social Media References In Egyptian Newspapers: The Use Of Facebook, Twitter, Youtube And Whatsapp In El-Ahram, El-Masry El-Youm And El-Wafd Newspapers, Nashwa Mohamed Mamdouh Mostafa El-Degheidy
Theses and Dissertations
The world is now witnessing successive developments in both technology and democracy in the field of digital media. The situation has now changed, with the audiences no longer receivers but rather effective and active participants in the process of news production. The Internet provides interactive features through social media networks like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and WhatsApp. Moreover, traditional media now depend on social media for acquiring news and information, in spite of the fact that these platforms may not always be subject to professional and institutional control which the traditional media require in order to invoke professional standards and well-known …
Working Class Disempowerment: A Dialectical Analysis, Lama Tawakkol
Working Class Disempowerment: A Dialectical Analysis, Lama Tawakkol
Theses and Dissertations
Much like all processes, empowerment is dialectical. Rather than being a one-sided attempt, the (dis)empowerment of capital or the working class is governed by the perpetual struggle between them. Building on this, this thesis investigates the relation between both parties to the struggle, examining how workers have been disempowered by capital in our contemporary moment. By specifically focusing on production processes, social relations and mental conceptions, it analyzes workers’ position in the class struggle and outlines opportunities for their organization, stronger resistance and alternatives. The thesis conducts a universal analysis, while drawing on particular examples, to emphasize the similarity in …
Could Stocks Hedge Against Inflation In The Mena Region?, Laila El Adly
Could Stocks Hedge Against Inflation In The Mena Region?, Laila El Adly
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The dissertation examines the effect of unexpected inflation on stock returns in the MENA region (Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Tunisia, and Saudi Arabia). Our sample covers the MENA region over the period 2005 – 2016. We examine the long run relation between unexpected inflation and stock returns using the Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) and we model for the unexpected inflation using Autoregressive Moving Average (ARMA). Also, we capture the joint volatility dynamics between unexpected inflation and stock returns using the multivariate VECH-GARCH. The results reveal that there are variations depending on the country examined. …
Analysis Of The Thermal Stability Of Mercuric Reductase From The Hot Brine Environment Of Atlantis Ii In The Red Sea By Site-Directed Mutagenesis: Structural Interpretation Of Thermolabile And Enhanced Thermostable Mutants, Mohamad Maged Galal
Theses and Dissertations
The lower convective layer (LCL) of the Atlantis II (ATII) deep brine is a unique environment located in the central Red Sea at a depth of 2000-2200 meters. It is characterized by high salinity, temperature of 68οC and high concentrations of toxic heavy metals. Microbial community residing in the LCL of the Atlantis II deep brine have their cellular constituents evolutionarily adapted to their functions under these multiple environmental stressors. To cope with toxic heavy metals, such as mercury, and high temperature, microorganisms need a thermostable mercuric detoxification system. In this work, we analyze the properties of a mercuric reductase …
Redeploying Semiology: Contrapuntalism In Coetzee, Friel, And Darwish, Sarah Mahmoud Esmael
Redeploying Semiology: Contrapuntalism In Coetzee, Friel, And Darwish, Sarah Mahmoud Esmael
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The aim of this thesis is to approach the role of the self as it emerges in three texts that are differently impacted by the end of colonialism. This is done by redeploying Roland Barthes' theory of semiology as a way of looking at the spaces between signs as the clue to what the text suggests as a historical document. The spaces between signs will open up the contrapuntal readings of texts that are sometimes called postcolonial. This thesis examines how identity is unmade in Coetzee's Foe, Brian Friel's Translations, and Mahmoud Darwish's Tibaq (A Contrapuntal Reading: On Edward Said). …
Versions Of The Alter Ego: A Study Of Joyce, Kushner, And Ellis, Sherif Mahmoud El Newehy
Versions Of The Alter Ego: A Study Of Joyce, Kushner, And Ellis, Sherif Mahmoud El Newehy
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis aims to illustrate the value of reading modern literary fiction through the theme of the alter ego. In this thesis, I demonstrate how the writer explores the various meanings of the alter ego in composing intensely imaginative works of fiction that negotiate the creative process in conscious terms. The thesis is indebted to the psychocriticism of Charles Maurron, which enables the domain of the alter ego to be examined in formal and aesthetic terms. In connecting a given work's themes to the alter ego motif, this thesis evaluates the impact of the writer's psychology on his work and …
High Frequency Analysis Of The Ewz Etf, Nada Ragab
High Frequency Analysis Of The Ewz Etf, Nada Ragab
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The purpose of this thesis is to conduct a high frequency study of the pricing behavior and performance of an emerging market exchange traded fund relative to its benchmark index1. The thesis uses a high frequency intraday data2 set of the international EWZ ETF and its benchmark the MSCI Brazil making this high frequency analysis the first on an emerging market ETF. In testing the pricing behavior, the thesis first examines the price deviation of the ETF from its benchmark index. Second pricing behavior is analyzed using cointergration analysis and a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) between the ETF and …
Second-Language Learners' Writing Anxiety: Types, Causes, And Teachers' Perceptions, Ehab El Shimi
Second-Language Learners' Writing Anxiety: Types, Causes, And Teachers' Perceptions, Ehab El Shimi
Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the causes and most common types of second-language writing anxiety among students taking an intensive English course in the English Language Institute (ELI) at the American University in Cairo (AUC). Towards this end, the study examined the problem from both the learners' and teachers' perspective in order to provide the teachers with the issues they could consider to help their learners feel less anxious about their writing. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods were used in this exploratory study. A convenience sample of 51 Egyptian ESL learners enrolled in the Intensive …
Positioning Of The Other And Identity Of The Self Revealed In Richard Wright’S Black Power: A Critical Discourse Analysis, Nicholas Francesco
Positioning Of The Other And Identity Of The Self Revealed In Richard Wright’S Black Power: A Critical Discourse Analysis, Nicholas Francesco
Theses and Dissertations
This study was conducted in order to examine the language choices made in Richard Wright's Black Power and process how language was used to identify Africans/Africa as the Other and identify Richard Wright himself in the midst of such otherness. In the field of travel writing, this account, detailing time the travel and time spent in The Gold Coast in 1953 resides as one of the most significant works in the genre by one of the best known African-American writers of the 20th century. For this memoir, the overwhelming strength of some of the lexical choices made by Wright lends …
Characterization Of Aggresome Formation In Choroid Plexus Carcinoma., Marwa Mohamed Ali Nassar
Characterization Of Aggresome Formation In Choroid Plexus Carcinoma., Marwa Mohamed Ali Nassar
Theses and Dissertations
Protein misfolding is inevitable, 30% of newly synthesized polypeptides can end up misfolded, and such proteins are either refolded or eliminated by cellular quality control pathways. These pathways include the ubiquitin proteosome system and autophagy. In recent years, protein misfolding has been implicated in the pathophysiology of many diseases such as diabetes, neurological disorders and cancer. Studies from our laboratory have shown that choroid plexus carcinoma tumors are characterized by the formation of aggresomes at the microtubules organizing centers (MTOC) in formalin fixed and paraffin embedded (FFPE) tumor tissues. This was further confirmed by the development of choroid plexus carcinoma …
Plasmonic Waveguides And Nano-Antennas For Optical Communications, Mai Osama Sallam
Plasmonic Waveguides And Nano-Antennas For Optical Communications, Mai Osama Sallam
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The field of plasmonics has received great attention during the past years. Plasmonic devices are characterized by their small electrical size which enabled researchers to overcome the challenge of the size mismatch between the bulky photonic devices and the small electronic circuits. Plasmonic metals are characterized by their lossy dielectric nature which is different from the highly conductive classical metals. Consequently, the design of plasmonic devices necessitates upgrading the existing solvers to take into consideration their material properties at the optical frequency range. In this thesis, a plasmonic transmission line mode solver is developed in which the propagation characteristics of …
Translational Profiling Of Adipocytes Within Adipose Depots And Intermuscular Adipose Tissues, Sara Serag Hassan
Translational Profiling Of Adipocytes Within Adipose Depots And Intermuscular Adipose Tissues, Sara Serag Hassan
Theses and Dissertations
The imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure elicited a worldwide problem, which is obesity. Obesity is associated with wide array of medical disorders not only limited to cardiovascular diseases, but also extended to include immune disorders, as well as some types of cancer. Hence, there is an indispensible need for identifying new therapies for tackling this serious health burden. The pathophysiological aspects of obesity include the storage of excess energy as fat droplets in adipocytes within adipose depots. Another less studied aspect of obesity is the increased fat storage ectopically in other organs such as skeletal muscle, liver, pancreas, …
Patterns In Spiritual Awakening: A Study Of Augustine, Coleridge And Eliot, Lucy Shafik
Patterns In Spiritual Awakening: A Study Of Augustine, Coleridge And Eliot, Lucy Shafik
Theses and Dissertations
My thesis explores the role of the self in spiritual narratives, adopting the philosophical perspectives of Plato, Aristotle, and Kierkegaard as modes of apprehending the reader's inward response to literature. I examine patterns of spiritual awakening in St. Augustine's Confessions, Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", and T. S. Eliot's The Family Reunion, tracing and retracing phases in the protagonist's life, which lead to a crucial moment of conversion. I attempt to show how each character's experience acquires spiritual meaning on the basis of transformative insights and demonstrates its potential to shape the self. The purpose of the thesis …
A Cognitive Linguistic Study Of Cultural Models Of Age In American English And Egyptian Arabic: A Corpus-Based Approach, Hebatallah Said
A Cognitive Linguistic Study Of Cultural Models Of Age In American English And Egyptian Arabic: A Corpus-Based Approach, Hebatallah Said
Theses and Dissertations
The role of cultural models in sharing social knowledge, shaping social practices and organizing the perceptions, motivations and actions of community members is widely discussed in the literature (Holland & Quinn, 1987; Watson-Gegeo & Gegeo, 1999; Fryberg & Markus, 2007; Curwood, 2014). In each culture, there are perceptions that indicate what is appropriate or inappropriate according to a person's age (Jensen, 2014). This descriptive and exploratory study examines the Egyptian and American force dynamic cultural models of age from a cognitive linguistics approach. As cognitive linguistics applies a usage-based approach to language, this study relies on naturally occurring data derived …
Al-Ghazali's Integral Epistemology: A Critical Analysis Of The Jewels Of The Quran, Amani Elshimi
Al-Ghazali's Integral Epistemology: A Critical Analysis Of The Jewels Of The Quran, Amani Elshimi
Theses and Dissertations
The Jewels of the Quran by renowned Islamic scholar Abu Hamid al-Ghazali has usually been published as a two-volume publication, consisting of al-Ghazali’s hierarchy of sciences, followed by a thematic classification of verses from the Quran. A recent edition of the book includes a third chapter which is often published alone as The Book of Forty Religious Principles, but which al-Ghazali makes reference to in his introduction. A thorough, contextualized, critical analysis of the 3-chapter publication reveals al-Ghazali’s more comprehensive integral framework of knowledge – one which stems from and is held by a core experience of the Divine, and …
Solving The Confusion Of Body Sides Problem In Two-Dimensional Human Pose Estimation, Mohammad Hamdy Oreaba
Solving The Confusion Of Body Sides Problem In Two-Dimensional Human Pose Estimation, Mohammad Hamdy Oreaba
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In this thesis, we address the problem of two-dimensional human pose estimation (HPE) from a single viewpoint. While many approaches to estimate the 2D human pose from a single viewpoint exist, the estimated joints' locations with respect to the viewpoint are often disregarded. This limits the overall accuracy of localizing the human body parts. To address this limitation, we define a novel problem in 2D HPE: the Confusion of Body Sides (CBS). We show the CBS problem in many 2D HPE approaches as well as in the state-of-the-art methods. In order to overcome the CBS problem, we introduce SHAPE: Smart …
Three Spiritual Narratives: A Reading Of Hermann Hesse, Ibn Tufayl And Naguib Mahfouz, Muna Moataz Khattab
Three Spiritual Narratives: A Reading Of Hermann Hesse, Ibn Tufayl And Naguib Mahfouz, Muna Moataz Khattab
Theses and Dissertations
The current thesis examines how narrative form harmoniously coordinates the motif and the physical nature of the fabula to present three levels of the journey, the physical, the metaphorical and the narratological. This study offers a reading of three novels, Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha, Ibn Tufayl’s Hayy Ibn Yaqzan and Naguib Mahfouz’s The Journey of Ibn Fattouma. These novels are spiritual journeys that suggest how literature can be read as narrative. My use of narratology throughout this thesis engages the role of the fabula and the function of metaphor in the overall development of each novel. My analysis relies on the …
Efficient Redundancy In Wired And Wireless S2a Architectures For Ncs, Medhat Medhat Toubar
Efficient Redundancy In Wired And Wireless S2a Architectures For Ncs, Medhat Medhat Toubar
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis focuses on the integration of wired and wireless nodes running on top of Gigabit Ethernet and WiFi respectively in Networked Control Systems. Such a networked control system investigated in this work consists of two wireless sensors, two wireless actuators, 14 wired sensors, two wired actuators and one wired supervisor. The architecture is based on Sensor-To-Actuator model. It is revealed through OMNeT++ simulations that the wired and wireless packet end-to-end delays in the developed model satisfy system requirements with no packet loss. Moreover, wired, wireless and mixed interferences are studied and quantified. The amount of interference that the model …
Education Quality And Readability Improvement Efforts In Primary Public Schools In Egypt: A Process Analysis, Mays Abou Hegab
Education Quality And Readability Improvement Efforts In Primary Public Schools In Egypt: A Process Analysis, Mays Abou Hegab
Theses and Dissertations
This research aims at investigating the challenges of achieving education quality in public primary schools in Egypt, with a specific focus on readability issues. The researcher employed a qualitative approach to research, using semi-structured face-to-face interviews. The main findings of the research suggested that the main reasons affecting the efficiency of the education quality efforts and thus reading and writing proficiency in public primary schools include: (1) poor school resources including oversized classes and poor quality of teachers; (2) enhanced readability curricula and assessments are not in use, especially for restorative programs; (3) contradicting laws and regulations, such as the …
The Pendulum Of Development: From "The End Of History" To "Make Poverty History", Abby El-Shafei
The Pendulum Of Development: From "The End Of History" To "Make Poverty History", Abby El-Shafei
Theses and Dissertations
Poverty has been a central focus of development since the 1960s. Despite a marked decrease in poverty worldwide, the incidence of poverty remains high; where one in ten people live under the international poverty line of $1.90 a day. In light of the persistence of poverty, international efforts to “make poverty history” have been pursued. Neoliberalism is an economic policy characterized by state retrenchment, free trade, market liberalization, deregulation, privatization, commercialized social programs, and foreign investment. Since its triumph over communism, neoliberalism marked “the end of history.” This thesis examines poverty reduction and neoliberalism in the context of international development …
Livelihood Coping Strategies Of Women Heads Of Households In Cairo's Informal Settlements: The Case Of Izbet El Haggana, Nora Rafea
Theses and Dissertations
This study investigates the livelihood coping strategies of women heads of households in Cairo’s informal settlements. Its research problem centers on the premise that urban poverty is underestimated in Egypt, in addition, the growing rate of ‘urbanization’ is increasing the vulnerability of women heads of households. The study is focused on Cairo’s informal areas as they represent a shelter for millions of rural migrants to the city. Informal areas in Cairo generally called “ashwa’eyat” in Arabic are either stigmatized or rationalized, yet, the nature of their informality and proximity to the urban center, and sometimes, even government establishments make them …
The Challenges And The Policies Of Media Literacy Programs In Egyptian Schools, Salma Sherif El Ghetany
The Challenges And The Policies Of Media Literacy Programs In Egyptian Schools, Salma Sherif El Ghetany
Theses and Dissertations
Current limitations in Egypt hinder citizens from obtaining an acceptable understanding of the effects of current affairs on their daily lives; these limitations include a rigid state control on news media, an absence of journalistic ethical standards that result in wide spreading of rumors, polarity and political bias, and a lack of adequate media awareness. Citizens need to be equipped to overcome these obstacles in media systems by developing a good understanding of the media landscape, challenge defective media practices, and acquire needed skills to filter information for reliability and accuracy. Citizens should learn the value of the media around …
From The Young Turks To Kemalists: Links And Discontinuities, Erica Dunham
From The Young Turks To Kemalists: Links And Discontinuities, Erica Dunham
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While current scholarship often points to a direct link between the ideology of Young Turks and the Kemalists, a closer analysis indicates there are many breaks in this link. This thesis analyzes the main influences on the Young Turk movement and the emergence and rise to power of the Kemalist movement, highlighting points of difference in the two movements' ideologies and practices. Although the Young Turk movement influenced the Kemalist movement in the early years of the Turkish Republic, this thesis seeks to highlight the differences and discontinuities that existed between them. While many ideas from the Young Turk movement …
Owner Time And Cost Contingency Estimation For Building Construction Projects In Egypt, Seif El-Din Nawar
Owner Time And Cost Contingency Estimation For Building Construction Projects In Egypt, Seif El-Din Nawar
Theses and Dissertations
Time and cost overruns are an integral part of the construction projects. Both have several associated negative consequences to the project owners. Setting the right time and cost contingency is a major contributing factor to the success of the project as it should minimize/prevent budget and time overruns. Project managers usually tend to allocate project time and cost contingency subjectively based on their previous experience and may not capture all projects specific factors that impact the contingency estimation. The competency of the project manager plays an important role in this case in determining the contingency percentage. The contingency estimation for …
The Role Of The United Nations In Implementing A Gender Mainstreaming Approach Post 2011 In Egypt: The Women's Citizenship Initiative As A Case Study, Mai Ibrahim Abdel Rahman
The Role Of The United Nations In Implementing A Gender Mainstreaming Approach Post 2011 In Egypt: The Women's Citizenship Initiative As A Case Study, Mai Ibrahim Abdel Rahman
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This study investigates to what extent the UN contributed to effective gender mainstreaming in Egypt with a special focus on political participation as voters post 2011. This study assesses the "Women's Citizenship Initiative" through presenting achievements, challenges, the way forward and recommendations. In the past six years, Egypt went through two parliamentary elections, two presidential elections in addition to 3 Constitutional referendums which witnessed high level of women participation as voters.In the last Presidential Elections, 44 % of the voters were women. In Egypt, the UN attempted to provide support to strengthen the democratic process which was mainly focused on …
Because We Cannot Walk On Water, Meriam Rizkallah
Because We Cannot Walk On Water, Meriam Rizkallah
Theses and Dissertations
Climate induced migration became a recognized phenomenon. Due to the adverse effects of climate change, populations in certain affected areas will start to move either as a form of adaptation or because of failure to adapt thereof. The main questions raised are concerned with the rights of the people displaced. On the other hand, what obligations do states and the international community have to provide protection for these populations. This paper argues that climate migrants are not protected from both the causes and effects of climate change. The international environment governance system does not seem to have regulated the process …
Legitimation Strategies In Egyptian Political Discourse: The Case Of Presidential Speeches, Hala Mohammed Said
Legitimation Strategies In Egyptian Political Discourse: The Case Of Presidential Speeches, Hala Mohammed Said
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The aim of this thesis was to explore the use of language in one of the ways in which it manifests symbolic power (Bourdieu, 2001) in discourse and society. This study investigated the semantic-functional (van Leeuwen, 1995, 2007, 2008; van Leeuwen & Wodak, 1999) strategies used by Egyptian political actors to legitimize controversial events within their public discourse. By adopting a critical discourse analysis (CDA) perspective and utilizing van Leeuwen's legitimation framework (van Leeuwen, 2007, 2008), the analysis was performed on two Egyptian political speeches delivered by President Al Sisi. The first speech addressed the Egyptian government's decision to sign …
Context Aware Advertising, Youssef Youssef
Context Aware Advertising, Youssef Youssef
Theses and Dissertations
IP Television (IPTV) has created a new arena for digital advertising that has not been explored to its full potential yet. IPTV allows users to retrieve on demand content and recommended content; however, very limited research has been applied in the domain of advertising in IPTV systems. The diversity of the field led to a lot of mature efforts in the fields of content recommendation and mobile advertising. The introduction of IPTV and smart devices led to the ability to gather more context information that was not subject of study before. This research attempts at studying the different contextual parameters, …