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Extensive Review Of State-Of-The-Art Classification Techniques For Cuneiform Symbolimaging: Open Issues And Challenges, Belal Al Khateeb, Farah Maath, Maha Mahmood

Iraqi Journal for Computer Science and Mathematics

The cuneiform script reveals some previously unknown aspects of our past. However, reading ancientclay tablets demands a substantial investment of time and persistent practice over a long period of time. As the fourth millennium came to a close,earlier recording methods gave way to the development of writing–the visualrepresentation of spoken language. The first language to be transcribed in written form in Mesopotamiawas Sumerian. Predominantly,the earliest tablets originate from the Uruksitein southern Mesopotamia, possibly marking its birthplace. Digitizationcuneiform documents is imperativeto boost research focused on the ancient Middle East.A few initiatives embarked upon this endeavoraround the year 2000. Nonetheless, the digitizationprocess …

Sandurot Festival As Mugna : Exploring Modernity And Belonging Through The Civic Festival, Lady Flor Niñal Partosa

Lingnan Theses (MPhil & PhD)

Focusing on the Sandurot Festival organized by the City of Dumaguete in the Philippines, my study explores the process of embodying local identity as site to actualize modernity. To highlight this collaborative, creative, and often contentious process, I put forward the concept of mugna (a Cebuano word which means to create) to examine how social actors (such as festival organizers, cultural workers, and artists) configure nodes of belonging to the time and space of the city by engaging with notions of tradition, authenticity, progress, and development. As Cultural Studies stresses the significance of radical contextuality, I examine in this project …

The Turkish Role In The Eastern Mediterranean Region (2018-2020), Yousef Riad Yousef Al-Jariri

Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Research in Higher Education مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للبحوث في التعليم العالي

This study provided a detailed description to the Turkish maneuvers and interactions with the most important events in the East-Mediterranean, and the way Turkey had played a balanced role between its strategic interests and its political stand toward the most important international issues, taking into consideration its internal front and the ruling party interests. This study tried to understand and unveil the Turkish leadership mind and its ambitions to become a regional power that has the well, power, and influence to enforce its vision and ambition especially in regard to the gas and North Syria. This study came to highlight …

Characterization Of Indium Doped Tin Disulphide Thin Films Using Modified Spray Pyrolysis Technique, G. Anbazhagan, L.Amalraj, K. Vijayakumar

International Journal of Thin Film Science and Technology

Precursor solutions of tin tetrachloride monohydrate (0.1 M), n-n dimethyl thiourea (0.05 M, 0.1 M and 0.2 M) were used to prepare Tin disulphide (SnS2) thin films had been deposited onto glass substrates at different molar concentration at the substrate temperature 573 K using modified spray pyrolysis technique. At the molar concentration ratio 1:2, the physical properties were studied for undoped and Indium doped tin disulphide thin films. Using hot probe technique, the films are found to be n type electrical conduction. X ray diffraction analysis revealed single phase tin disulphide thin film with higher intensity and belongs to hexagonal …

Lead-Free Perovskite Materials For Solar Cell: An Update Of Recent Trends, S. M. Ho, I. Hassan

International Journal of Thin Film Science and Technology

Solar energy has emerged as renewable energy to support human and social development. The development of low-cost, high-efficiency perovskite solar cell has attracted intensive attention because of unique properties such as band gap tenability, stability and high absorption co-efficient value. Research indicates that the power conversion efficiency of lead perovskite solar cell has increased from 3.8% to 25.2% recently. However, the main challenges in this type of solar cell was lead element. Lead is very toxic and very hard to discharge from the body. Therefore, researchers work hard to develop non or low toxic metal ions to substitute lead in …

Structure Of The Deformed 7075 Aircraft Al - Alloy With Material Analysis Using Diffraction (Maud), Z. Sayed, M. Abdel-Rahman, M. Y. A Mostafa, M. A. Abdel-Rahman, E. A. Badawi, E. E. Assem

International Journal of Thin Film Science and Technology

This work aims to study the effect of plastic deformation on the 7075 Al - alloy using Material Analyses Using Diffraction (MAUD). Plastic deformation produces dislocation defects. Using a hydraulic press, samples were deformed up to 25%. The XRD was measured for each degree of deformation. The MAUD program was used to analyze the data, and mathematical methods were deployed to understand the various behaviors observed. The lattice parameter, crystallite size, average internal stress, micro-strain, and dislocation density of the 7075Al-alloy were calculated. As the deformation degree increased, there was a progressive decline in the crystallite size as an increase …

Study Of The Optical Properties Of Zno Nano-Structure At Different Ti Content, E. A. Badawi, H. Ibrahim, M. R. Ebied, M. Abdel-Rahman, H. Khallaf, M. A. Abdel Rahman

International Journal of Thin Film Science and Technology

Zinc oxide (ZnO) and TZO samples having different Ti content were synthesized from doping to composite by Citrate sol-gel method (dissolving and react with citric acid) characterized according to their optical properties. The UV - vis characterization exhibiting good optical properties. The results show there are one absorption edge at pure and low Ti doping but at higher Ti% another edge appeared and slightly shifted around 400 nm. The maximum absorption nearly at 350 nm, and the band gap energy of Ti-doped ZnO increase from 3.16 to 3.20 eV achieving a blue-shift. A red shift from 3.07 to 3.19 eV …

Effective And Feasible Photocatalytic Degradation Of Janus Green B Dye In Aqueous Media Using Pbs/Ctab Nanocomposites, Amanullakhan Pathan, Chetan G. Prajapati, Riddhi P. Dave, C. P. Bhasin

International Journal of Thin Film Science and Technology

In this Chapter, we demonstrated the synthesis of Lead sulphide by using low-cost chemical displacement method. We used thioacetamide for the source of sulphide ion and for the source metal salt; lead nitrate was used. The structural, morphological, metal percentage and optical properties of as synthesized nanoparticles are investigated by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Uv-Visible spectra; Field emission gun Scanning electron microscopy (FEG-SEM) with EDS, Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) and Photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL).The average particle size of the nanoparticles from the x-ray diffraction is about 20 nm and also field emission gun Scanning electron …

Effect Of Substrate Temperature On Spray Deposited Zinc Sulphide Thin Films, P. Gopalakrishnan, K. Vijayakumar, L. Amalraj

International Journal of Thin Film Science and Technology

Thin films of Zinc sulphide (ZnS) on glass substrate were prepared by chemical spray pyrolysis technique using precursor solutions of zinc chloride and n–n dimethyl thiourea at substrate temperatures of 598 K and 623 K. X ray diffraction analysis exposed the polycrystalline nature with growing crystallinity with respect to substrate temperature. The preferential orientation growth of ZnS compound increased with relatively higher substrate temperature having hexagonal structure along (019) plane. At 623 K, The size of the Zinc sulphide crystallite with nano dimension was determined using the Full Width Half Maximum value of the Bragg peak. The surface morphology had …

Ro Khanna, Dignity In A Digital Age: Making Tech Work For All Of Us (2022), James W. Gentry

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

No abstract provided.

Markets, Businesses, And Consumption In Refugees Settlements: A Review And Future Research Trajectory, Stefanie Beninger

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

The global refugee crisis is increasing, and many refugees will end up living in refugee settlements, also known as refugee camps. These settlements have dynamic economic activities, and such activities deserve attention. This paper draws upon academic and practitioner work to describe pertinent aspects of consumption, businesses, and markets in these settlements, including in relation to multiple stakeholders. These stakeholders can include, for example, governments, aid agencies, private sector, and local community groups. Based on these insights, the paper identifies key theoretical areas in need of attention related to these economic activities in refugee settlements, including market change, resilience, and …

Survey Of The Labor Market For New Ph.D. Hires In Economics 2023-2024, Kashfia Kamal, Mervin Jebaraj, Raja Kali

Labor Market Survey

This year, the survey questionnaire was sent to 358 organizations. Questionnaires were returned by 146 organizations (39.6 percent). Of this year’s responses, 86 (59 percent) were from those who responded to the last survey conducted for the 2022-23 academic year. Among the academic institutions responding, the distribution of highest degrees offered was as follows: Ph.D.—49.3 percent; Master’s—10.3 percent and Bachelor’s—39 percent.

The responses are reported for all respondents, and separately for Ph.D. Degree granting institutions and for schools whose highest degree offered is the Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree. Data for the top 30 institutions in the revised National Research Council’s …

Where Tech Meets Tort: A Survey Of Geistfeld's Approach To Autonomous Vehicles And The Civil Liability Regime, Cassandra Pankey

Colorado Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of Artificial Intelligence Algorithms With Sensor Data Assimilation In Estimating Crop Evapotranspiration And Crop Water Stress Index For Irrigation Water Management, Abia Katimbo, Daran Rudnick, Jingwen Zhang, Yufeng Ge, Kendall C. Dejonge, Trenton E. Franz, Yeyin Shi, Wei‑Zhen Liang, Xin Qiao, Derek M. Heeren, Isa Kabenge, Hope Njuki Nakabuye, Jiaming Duan

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Irrigation water management using automated irrigation decision support system (IDSS) as a smart irrigation scheduling tool can improve water use efficiency and crop production, especially under circumstances of limited water supply. The current study evaluated the performance of different artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and their ensembles in forecasting Crop Evapotranspiration (ET_c) and Crop Water Stress Index (CWSI) against calculated single crop coefficient FAO56 ET_c and Jackson’s theoretical CWSI, respectively. Soil moisture, canopy temperatures (T_c) and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) were all measured from irrigated and non-irrigated maize plots in West Central Nebraska during 2020 …

Developing Institutions And Inter-Organizational Synergies Through Digitalization And Youth Engagement In African Agriculture: The Case Of “Africa Goes Digital”, Matthew Ayamga, Abdelaziz Lawani, Selorm Akaba, Arsene Birindwa

Extension Publications

As digitalization increasingly gains attention in the agriculture sector, many African youths are seizing the opportunity provided by digital technologies to engage in agriculture. While prior studies have started examining the intricacies of digitalization in agriculture, they have paid less attention to its implications for fostering institutions and inter-organizational synergies that can support and sustain the businesses of youth enterprises engaging with Africa’s agriculture. Against this backdrop, we undertook a qualitative case study to shed light on the development of a community of practice comprising youth enterprises engaging in agriculture through digitalization. Thus, we studied Africa Goes Digital (AFGD), a …

Rethinking Food Regime As Gender Regime: Agrarian Change And The Politics Of Social Reproduction, Diana Mincyte

Publications and Research

This paper presents a synthetic reading of the food regime and gender regime concepts to consider current trends in deagrarianization. Its underlying goal is to articulate a research agenda for studying the food regime through the lens of gender and labor relations. Combining insights from feminist scholarship and early debates on family farming in agrarian studies, it underscores the role of social reproduction in shaping agro-food systems. Focusing on relations in production it reconsiders family, kinship and strong ties as a form of social organization in capitalist production, emphasizes the significance of ideology on the household level, and underscores the …

Disruption Of The Interaction Between Mutationally Activated Gαq And Gβγ Attenuates Aberrant Signaling, Jenna L Aumiller, Philip B Wedegaertner

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Faculty Papers

Heterotrimeric G protein stimulation via G protein-coupled receptors promotes downstream proliferative signaling. Mutations can occur in Gα proteins which prevent GTP hydrolysis; this allows the G proteins to signal independently of G protein-coupled receptors and can result in various cancers, such as uveal melanoma (UM). Most UM cases harbor Q209L, Q209P, or R183C mutations in Gαq/11 proteins, rendering the proteins constitutively active (CA). Although it is generally thought that active, GTP-bound Gα subunits are dissociated from and signal independently of Gβγ, accumulating evidence indicates that some CA Gα mutants, such as Gαq/11, retain binding to Gβγ, and this interaction is …

Silencing Mir-146a-5p Protects Against Injury-Induced Osteoarthritis In Mice, Haocheng Qin, Cuicui Wang, Yonghua He, Aiwu Lu, Tiandao Li, Bo Zhang, Jie Shen

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Osteoarthritis (OA), the most prevalent joint disease and the leading cause of disability, remains an incurable disease largely because the etiology and pathogenesis underlying this degenerative process are poorly understood. Low-grade inflammation within joints is a well-established factor that disturbs joint homeostasis and leads to an imbalance between anabolic and catabolic processes in articular cartilage; however, the complexity of the network between inflammatory factors that often involves positive and negative feedback loops makes current anti-cytokine therapy ineffective. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as key regulators to control inflammation, and aberrant miRNAs expression has recently been linked to OA pathophysiology. In the …

Commercialization Of Separated Human Body Parts - Unpacking Instrumentalization Approach, Arseny Shevelev, Georgy Shevelev

Pace International Law Review

The principle of non-commercialization, which prohibits trade in separated human body parts, has long been firmly embedded in many European legal orders and has become an integral part of them. However, many new uses for human biomaterials have now been discovered, and the need for them has reached a historical climax. This paper aims to explain the main tenets of non-commercialization theory, including such principles as human dignity and need to protect human’s health, and to show that these categories have so far been understood in a very one-sided and visceral way, and largely in contradiction to their true spirit. …

From Well-Side Meetings To Pelican Strategy: A Context-Based Approach To Combat Corruption, Lili Yan

Pace International Law Review

This article takes up the question of what strategy is to be used among different communities to eradicate corruption across borders. The debate between two legal scholars, Steven Salbu and Philip Nichols, over the viability of extraterritorial application of anti-bribery laws remains thought-provoking when we look at the effectiveness of the OECD Anti-bribery Convention or FCPA in curbing corruption. Empirical research shows that firms from countries with extraterritorial legal restrictions do not necessarily refrain themselves from paying bribes in foreign transactions. This article ties the Salbu-Nichols’ debate, ISCT, mediating institutions theory, and Pelican Gambits strategy together to structure a context …

Discrimination On The Basis Of Nationality Under The Convention On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination, William Thomas Worster

Pace International Law Review

Following a recent judgment by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), a divergence has opened between the Court and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD Committee) over whether the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) covers nationality-based discrimination. The ICJ held that the CERD does not, but the CERD Committee had previously held the opposite. The solution to this difference is to recognize that the CERD excludes discrimination between citizens and aliens, and, in this, the ICJ was correct. However, this discrimination is distinct from discrimination between foreign persons on the basis …

A Method For Adding Image Cluster Node Apis, Arunachalam Jayaraman, Krishna Suresh Mankuzhy, Anitha Mariajesiyan, Bharathi Sivasamy, Michael Guerin Archambeaud, Dilshad T, Chunhui Zhong, Panneer Perumal, Kothe Pawan, Bala Dengale

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure discloses a method for adding image cluster node APIs. The objective of the present disclosure is to initiate cluster add node to a Jenkins pipeline by calling the Jenkins APIs. The present disclosure focuses to automatically update the status of the job to the MongoDB. In some embodiments, the present disclosure focuses on adding one or more nodes to the image cluster by initiating Jenkins APIs. Further, the present disclosure includes configuring the cluster files and validating the input data related to new node and initiating capacity add playbook and updating status back to the image cluster.

Lychas Jakli Sp. N. (Scorpiones: Buthidae) From Indonesia, František Kovařík

Euscorpius

A new species Lychas jakli sp. n. (Scorpiones: Buthidae) is described from Indonesia, fully illustrated with color photos showing its morphology and habitus. A new synonymy is proposed: Lychas kotao Lourenço, 2020 = Lychas mucronatus (Fabricius, 1798), syn. n.

Williams V Long

Civil Matter Files

No abstract provided.

Florida Frontiers Radio Program #495, Dr. Ben Brotemarkle, Florida Historical Society

Florida Frontiers Radio Transcripts

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Full Issue: Winter 2016

DePaul Magazine

In this issue of DePaul Magazine, Professor Joe Ferrari discusses the psychology of home, we look at DePaul buildings that played interesting roles in Chicago’s history prior to university acquisition, and students and alumni of DePaul’s School of Hospitality Leadership embody the pursuit of consumer happiness.

Survival Rates Of Band‐Tailed Pigeons Estimated Using Passive Integrated Transponder Tags, Daniel P. Collins, Guthrie S. Zimmerman, Scott A. Carleton, William L. Kendall, Christopher L. Coxen

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

Obtaining survival estimates on the Interior population of band-tailed pigeons (Patagioenas fasciata) is challenging because they are trap shy, but the joint use of passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags and bands is a potential solution. We investigated the use of PIT tags to passively recapture band‐tailed pigeon at 3 locations in New Mexico, USA, to estimate survival. From 2013–2015, we captured, banded, and marked >600 individual band‐tailed pigeons with PIT tags. To estimate annual survival rates, we used a Barker multi‐state joint live and dead encounters and resighting model. Survival models excluding transience had survival estimates across site, …

Full Issue: Winter 2020

DePaul Magazine

This issue of DePaul Magazine introduces key people and processes in a democratic society. The cover story profiles Ambassador Carmen Lomellin (MBA '84). Learn more about her journey from clerical work for a steel company to U.S. ambassador and permanent representative to the Organization of American States in From Steel Mill to State Department.

Usa V. Robert Brace

2023 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Ihl's Reasonable Military Commander Standard And Culture: Applying The Lessons Of Icl And Ihrl, Jonathan Hasson, Ariel H. Slama

Tulsa Law Review

No abstract provided.