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Five Poets From Five Countries, Tom Marshall

Ontario Review

TOM MARSHALL, poetry editor of The Canadian Forum, has published books on A. M . Klein and D. H . Lawrence. His third collection of poetry, The Earth-Book, was published last fall by Oberon Press. He teaches at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.

Two Poems: Friend; Sunup, Naomi Clark

Ontario Review

NAOMI CLARK has published poems in The Antioch Review, The Beloit Poetry Journal, The Malahat Review, The Far Point, and elsewhere. She teaches at San Jose State University in California.

From The Slag Of Creation, Richard Grossinger

Ontario Review

RICHARD GROSSINGER teaches at Goddard College in Vermont. His books include The Continents (Black Sparrow Press); and with his wife, Lindy Hough, he has edited sixteen numbers of a series of journals and books entitled lo.

Is Don Juan Alive And Well?, Arnold J. Mandell M.D.

Ontario Review

ARNOLD J. MANDELL, M.D. is Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine. His innumerable publications include such items as "A Psychiatric Personality Typology Replaced by One from the NFL - The Acceptability Rather than the Perfectability of Man" in The Saturday Rev iew/ World (1974); and "Redundant Macromolecular Mechanisms in Central Synaptic Regulation" in New Concepts in Neurotransmitter Regulation (1973) . He has served or is serving on numerous state and national committees, and is on the editorial boards of seven professional journals.

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Ontario Review

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Ontario Review

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Wavelet-Based Mechanomyographic Intensity Responses To Sustained Tasks Anchored To Low Versus High Ratings Of Perceived Exertion, Dolores G. Ortega, Robert W. Smith, Jocelyn E. Arnett, Tyler J. Neltner, Trevor D. Roberts, Justin S. Pioske, Richard J. Schmidt, Terry J. Housh

Journal for Sports Neuroscience

Purpose: This study examined the effects of sustained, isometric forearm flexion tasks anchored to ratings of perceived exertion of 2 (RPE2_FT) versus 8 (RPE8_FT) on the wavelet-based mechanomyographic (MMG) intensity responses from pretest and posttest maximal voluntary isometric contractions (MVICs) as well as the time course of changes in the MMG intensity responses throughout the sustained tasks. Methods: Eleven men (mean±SD: age=20.9±2.3 yrs) performed MVICs before and after the sustained tasks. The wavelet analyses decomposed the MMG signals onto a set of 11 wavelet bands (WBs). Repeated measures ANOVAs were used to analyze the MMG intensity …

Leadership Conference Event Booklet, National Council Of Negro Women Incorporated

Josie Green Washington Papers

A booklet for acommemorative conference sponsored by the National Council of Negro Women. Various events scheduled alongisde a list of various people working in the ceremony and special guests. The whole event was dated from May 29-31, 1959.

Analysis And Assessment Of Land-Cover Changes In Bisha Governorate (1985–2025) Using Remote Sensing And Geographic Information Systems (Gis) Techniques., Samar Saud Al-Duraibi

UB Journal for Humanities

This studying aims to analyze and assess land cover changes in Bisha Governorate during the period 1985–2025 by tracking transformations in vegetation cover (natural and agricultural), urban areas, dry valleys, rocky and desert lands, and water bodies. The study employed historical and analytical approaches, utilizing remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) techniques to monitor spatial and temporal patterns of change. The results indicate that urban expansion and demographic growth contributed to a decline in vegetated areas, while vegetation cover was influenced by climatic factors, recording its highest extent of approximately 523 km² in 2005. The findings reveal that the …

The Role Of The Islamic Currency In The Commercial Movement In Bilād Al-Shām During The Umayyad Era 41-132 Ah / 661-749 Ad, Dr. Mohammed Qaed Hassan Al-Wageeh, Mr. Ayman Fahad Salem Alsugair

UB Journal for Humanities

This research aims to examine the role of Islamic currency in commercial activity in Bilād al-Shām (Greater Syria) during the Umayyad period, by tracing the origin and development of Islamic coinage and analyzing its impact on the growth of trade and the unification of the Islamic market. The study adopts a historical-analytical approach that combines descriptive and critical analysis of classical sources and modern studies to explore the relationship between monetary reform and economic policies in that era. The research finds that Caliph ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān implemented a fundamental transformation in the Islamic financial system when he issued the …

Mechanisms Of Narration In The Novel (People Of The Sun) By Najwa Al-Omari, Dr. Thanaa Al-Dhafeeri

UB Journal for Humanities

The importance of the research lies in the fact that it specializes in modern Saudi fiction literature, as it talks about the mechanisms of narration in the novel (People of the Sun) by Najwa Al-Omari. The study aims to clarify the mechanisms of narration in that novel, and then analyse and criticize these mechanisms. The study adopts the structural approach, which is concerned with the internal structures of the text of the aforementioned novel and the mechanisms of its narration, and how to employ it in the narrative space. The study reached a set of results, the most important of …

The Suspicions Of The Narrators Regarding The Falsification Of Military Reality An Analytical Study Of The Reasons Means And Intentions”A Historical Study Of Methods Means And Objectives” (11-132ah)/(632-750ad), Suzan Mohammed Hamed Al-Harthi

UB Journal for Humanities

The early Islamic era, following the death of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), witnessed a remarkable development in historical narrative writing. A group of narrators and writers, known as the early Akhbari narrators belonging to the Shi’a Akhbari school, addressed the events of that period. Their accounts revealed biases and interpretations linked to sectarian and political objectives, which influenced the framing of historical events. These biases often distorted historical truth, as seen in the events of Saqifa Bani Sa’ida, the Wars of Apostasy, and other incidents that will be discussed later in this research. Furthermore, most historical studies …

The Aesthetics Of Plants In The Poetry Of Zahir Bin Awad Al-Almai: A Descriptive And Analytical Study, Dr. Marwaie Bin Ibrahim Bin Mosa Al-Mohaile

UB Journal for Humanities

This study examines the aesthetics of plants in the poetry of Zahir bin Awad Al-Almai, focusing on how to transform plant vocabulary derived from his southern environment into a system that reflects emotional, national, and religious values. The study aims to uncover the artistic function of this vocabulary and demonstrate the poet's skill in generating profound connotations by blending the sensory and spiritual realms, while highlighting his awareness of the use of rhetorical tools. The study relied on the inductive, descriptive, and analytical approach, analyzing linguistic phenomena related to plants at the lexical, morphological, and syntactic levels, and interpreting their …

Textual Thresholds And Their Connotations In The Novel Al-Nammas: The Journey Of Departure And Staying (The Story Of Maimun Bin Harun), Haya Faheed Saad Al-Qahtani

UB Journal for Humanities

This study aims to explore the textual thresholds in the novel Al-Nammas: The Journey of Departure and Staying (The Story of Maimun bin Harun), written by the Saudi author Balqis Al-Mulhim. These thresholds act as guidelines that assist the reader in exploring the text more deeply and understanding its messages. This process reveals the meaning of the text and evaluates how it affects interpretation. This study adopts a semiotic approach and is organized into three main sections, preceded by an introduction and followed by a conclusion. The first section explores the concept of thresholds by discussing their different types …

The Islamic Methodology For Limiting Cognitive Biases, Arwa Bint Abdullah Suliman Al-Mazyad

UB Journal for Humanities

This research, titled “The Islamic Approach to Minimizing the Negative Effects of Cognitive Biases”, explores cognitive biases from an Islamic perspective, addressing their definitions, causes, and types. It examines how such biases impact perception, decision-making, and understanding of reality, and how Islamic teachings provide an integrated framework to address them through ethical, educational, and spiritual principles. The study employs a descriptive method to present the phenomenon, an analytical method to examine its implications, and an inductive approach to trace Islamic responses to cognitive distortions, drawing upon Quranic verses, Prophetic traditions, and scholarly insights. The findings indicate that Islam lays a …

Assessing The Student Awareness To Age Friendly Design: The Case Of Ain Shams University- Architecture Students, Shorouk Saleh Ali Kabel, Samah Mohamed Elsayed Atteia Elkhateb, Rowaida M. O. Mohamed Rashed, Wesam M. El-Bardisy

HBRC Journal

With Egypt’s rapid urbanization and projected demographic shift, where individuals aged 60 and above are expected to constitute more than 15% of the population by 2050, addressing the needs of older adults in urban design has become increasingly urgent. Despite global recognition of the importance of age-friendly design, its integration into Egyptian architectural education remains limited, particularly concerning accessibility, safety, and inclusivity.

This study evaluates the level of awareness of Age-Friendly Design (AFD) principles among architecture students at Ain Shams University using a mixed-methods approach. Quantitative data were collected through an online questionnaire assessing students’ familiarity with the concept, while …

Performance-Based Seismic Design And Retrofitting Via Drift And Strain Criteria, Tharwat A. Sakr, Hanaa E. Abd-El-Mottaleb, Shrouk S. Kamel

HBRC Journal

In recent decades, the demand for seismic code updates has significantly increased. Performance-based seismic design (PBSD) is a modern approach to earthquake-resistant building construction. By using this technique, the designers can establish performance targets that satisfy the owner. Most codes rely on strength design that utilizes a design response spectrum, highlighting serviceability without addressing performance levels. In this paper, an appraisal for the incorporation of PBSD into the Egyptian Code is proposed using nonlinear static and dynamic analysis. At first, response spectrum charts for 72, 475, and 2475 years return periods (RP) were developed based on the Egyptian seismicity information. …

Place Personality And User Behaviour: Insights From Cairo’S Streets, Sara Sabahy, Zeina Elzein, Doaa Abouelmagd

HBRC Journal

A place’s personality is beyond the sum of its characteristics. It’s how people perceive it on a human level, hoping for a better understanding and seeking connection. This study aims to understand how people connect with public spaces to enhance the quality of urban life.

A place’s personality extends beyond its physical attributes—it reflects how people emotionally perceive and connect with it. This study investigates the relationship between the perceived personality of urban streets and users’ behaviour to enhance the quality of urban life in Cairo. Focusing on Downtown Cairo and New Cairo, it addresses a gap in destination personality …

Copyright Statement, Cleveland State Journal Of Law And Health

Journal of Law and Health

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Table Of Contents, Cleveland State Journal Of Law And Health

Journal of Law and Health

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Prevalence Of Depression Among Doctors In General Hospitals Of Basrah City Center During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Riham Sabri Saleh, Amaleed Kadhum, Raya Habeeb Abdulimam

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Background: Depression is the most common mental disorder in community settings and a major cause of disability worldwide. In 1999, it was the fourth most common cause of disability globally, and by 2020, it is projected to become the second most common cause. Doctors, as the primary workforce in hospitals, endure significant emotional and physical stress, which may have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Aim: This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of depression among doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic and its risk factors. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from February 1 to June 1, 2021. The …

Congenital Midline Cervical Cleft, Vitorino Dos Santos, Kin Modesto Sugai, Vitor Ruas Domingues Arruda Modesto

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

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Acute Isolated Unilateral Palatal Palsy In An Adolescent Girl: Case Report, Mueen Jawad Alabdullah, Sana Barwari

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Although reported in children, acquired and acute-onset isolated unilateral palatal palsy is a clinically rare condition. It is typically caused by involvement of the pharyngeal branch of the vagus nerve, with presenting symptoms primarily including acute-onset hypernasal speech and ipsilateral nasal regurgitation of fluids. While the etiology is often considered idiopathic, several pathologies, such as infections, trauma, tumors, and brainstem lesions, must be excluded, as direct associations have been established in literatures. We report a case of a 13-year-old girl who developed acute-onset left sided isolated palatal palsy following mild rhinitis with non-conclusive neuroimaging and negative routine serology. Complete recovery …

Reflection Paper: What We Make Together: Art, Adolescence, And Collaborative Research In Action, Natepy Vann

Introduction to Public Health

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Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

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Exploitation Prioritization And Residual Risk Assessment Based On Hybrid Mcdm Model, Zibo Wang, Yaofang Zhang, Sicai Lv, Yingzhou Wang, Hongri Liu, Bailing Wang

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Exploitation is one of the most significant ways to launch attacks using vulnerabilities. The increasing number of vulnerabilities and limited allocation of security resources make it impossible to eliminate all exploitations. Because not every vulnerability can be fixed, it is necessary to rank exploitations and subsequently assess the residual risk, which is defined as the remaining threat potential after each elimination. In this paper, a structured and flexible decision support framework based on a hybrid multicriteria decision-making model is proposed for prioritizing exploitations and assessing residual risk. Metrics are treated as criteria in the model. The hybrid model is developed …

A Deep Learning-Based Real-Time No-Reference Image Decolorization Network With Perceptual Preservation, Mengjuan Zhao, Yitao Liang, Weiya Shi, Juan Xia

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Currently, grayscale images are preferred as input data for some specific vision tasks. Decolorization is the transformation of a color image into a grayscale image. Efficient decolorization algorithms can improve the overall task efficiency, while perceptual preservation in decolorization can provide more information for further processing. In recent research, traditional methods focus on preserving contrast or detail information with little attention to perceptual features. Deep-learning methods are beginning to consider perceptual preservation, but they run inefficiently. In addition, the decolorization methods lack the optimal target grayscale images for reference. Therefore, we propose a new deep learning-based real-time no-reference decolorization network …

Noninvasive Condition Monitoring For Eccentricity Fault Detection In Large Hydro Generators, Atena Tazikeh Lemeski, Di̇dem Tekgün, Ozan Keysan, Kemal Leblebi̇ci̇oğlu, Murat Göl

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Eccentricity faults in electric machines remain a critical concern, as they generate uneven magnetic forces that increase vibration and noise, ultimately raising the risk of premature motor failure. This study proposes a method for the early detection of dynamic eccentricity (DE) faults in hydropower plants through an advanced optimization-based parameter identification technique integrated with finite element analysis (FEA). Finite element modeling (FEM) is first used to analyze an existing salient-pole synchronous generator (SPSG) from a hydroelectric power plant in Türkiye. The effects of DE faults on the SPSG’s magnetic equivalent circuit parameters are then examined under various fault severities. A …

A Deep Learning Model For Accurate Tomato Leaf Disease Identification, Maheen Shahzad, Muhammad Abdullah Javed, Erum Ashraf, Hafiz Ishfaq Ahmad, Sabeen Masood

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Recent advances in machine learning and deep learning have greatly improved how we detect plant diseases, making diagnoses more accurate, faster, and easier to scale. However, many existing solutions depend on large, pretrained models that need powerful hardware, which limits their use in the field, especially in areas with limited resources. To tackle this, we designed a custom lightweight convolutional neural network (CNN) built from scratch using 20,000 carefully selected images from the PlantVillage tomato dataset. Our model uses Squeeze-and-Excitation (SE) blocks and Swish activation functions to boost performance, reaching an accuracy of 97.7% while using far fewer computing resources …

Influence Of Sinr And Noise Variance On Outage Probability For Mimo-Noma System In 5g And Beyond, Sadiq Ur Rehman, Jawwad Ahmed, Muhammad Zubair, Syed Sajjad Hussain Rizvi

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Nonorthogonal multiple access (NOMA) communication presents a promising solution to the limitations of traditional orthogonal multiple access techniques, offering potential improvements in achievable rates. Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), when combined with NOMA (MIMO-NOMA), further enhances these benefits by leveraging the diversity advantages of multiple antennas. Looking ahead, the future of wireless communication hinges on deploying heterogeneous networks (HetNets), facilitating the coexistence of various wireless access networks in a hierarchical fashion. However, the advent of 5G and 6G communications brings shorter channel coherence times, rendering channel reciprocity unreliable. Consequently, conventional channel estimation methods relying on uplink (UL) pilots for downlink (DL) transmission …