12,677 research outputs found
Grid-based semantic integration of heterogeneous data resources: Implementation on a HealthGrid
No full textThis thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel University.The semantic integration of geographically distributed and heterogeneous data
resources still remains a key challenge in Grid infrastructures. Today's
mainstream Grid technologies hold the promise to meet this challenge in a
systematic manner, making data applications more scalable and manageable. The
thesis conducts a thorough investigation of the problem, the state of the art, and
the related technologies, and proposes an Architecture for Semantic Integration of
Data Sources (ASIDS) addressing the semantic heterogeneity issue. It defines a
simple mechanism for the interoperability of heterogeneous data sources in order
to extract or discover information regardless of their different semantics. The
constituent technologies of this architecture include Globus Toolkit (GT4) and
OGSA-DAI (Open Grid Service Architecture Data Integration and Access)
alongside other web services technologies such as XML (Extensive Markup
Language). To show this, the ASIDS architecture was implemented and tested in a
realistic setting by building an exemplar application prototype on a HealthGrid
(pilot implementation).
The study followed an empirical research methodology and was informed by
extensive literature surveys and a critical analysis of the relevant technologies and
their synergies. The two literature reviews, together with the analysis of the
technology background, have provided a good overview of the current Grid and
HealthGrid landscape, produced some valuable taxonomies, explored new paths
by integrating technologies, and more importantly illuminated the problem and
guided the research process towards a promising solution. Yet the primary
contribution of this research is an approach that uses contemporary Grid
technologies for integrating heterogeneous data resources that have semantically
different. data fields (attributes). It has been practically demonstrated (using a
prototype HealthGrid) that discovery in semantically integrated distributed data
sources can be feasible by using mainstream Grid technologies, which have been
shown to have some Significant advantages over non-Grid based approaches
sj-docx-1-cpc-10.1177_10556656231209823 - Supplemental material for Cultural Beliefs on Cleft lip and/or Cleft Palate and Their Implications on Management: A Systematic Review
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-cpc-10.1177_10556656231209823 for Cultural Beliefs on Cleft lip and/or Cleft Palate and Their Implications on Management: A Systematic Review by H. Hasanuddin, Aisha AH. Al-Jamaei, Ellen M. Van Cann, Muhammad Ruslin, Marco N. Helder, Prasannasrinivas Deshpande and Tymour Forouzanfar in The Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal</p
Online Interactive Module for Teaching a Computer Programming Course
No full textAbstract: Teaching computing courses is a major challenge for the majority of lecturers in Libyan Higher Education institutions. These courses contain numerous abstract concepts that cannot be easily explained using traditional educational methods. The main aim of this article is to present a conceptual framework for laboratory-based learning designed to teach a computer programming module with the help of an e-learning package. The framework could be used for a single module or one of several modules with a specific aim. The framework should be useful for designers of online learning modules and teachers who are interested in the design of online courses on the Internet. The proposed framework will enable the current generation of students to be better prepared for a workplace where computers, the Internet and related technologies are becoming increasingly ubiquitous
Mesophilic-hydrothermal-thermophilic (M-H-T) digestion of green corn straw
No full textMesophilic-hydrothermal (80-160 degrees C, 30 min)-thermophilic (M-H-T) digestion and control tests of mesophilic (M), thermophilic (T), hydrothermal-mesophilic (H-M), and mesophilic-thermophilic digestion (M-T) of green corn straw were conducted for a 20-day fermentation period. The results indicate that M-H-T is an efficient method to improve methane production. A maximum methane yield of 371.74 mL/g volatile solid was obtained by the M (3 days)-H (140 degrees C)-T (17 days) process, which was 20.44%, 16.55%, 31.44%, and 14.31% higher than the yields of the M, T, 140-M, and M-T processes. The enhanced methane production was attributed to (1) the improved hemicellulose degradation and lignin disorganization; (2) prevention of the degradation of soluble sugar, easily hydrolyzed hemicellulose and cellulose into furfural and methylfurfural; and (3) lack of formation of Maillard reaction products during initial hydrothermal treatment. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
Characteristics of Women in the Qur'an (Analytical Study in Tafsir Al-Azhar and Tafsir Al-Misbah)
No full textIn the view of Islam, women are people who are highly respected. Al-Qur'an proves the nobility of women in a special sura named Al-Nisa>’ which means woman or woman. Rasulullah SAW also explained that heaven lies in the soles of women's feet, because in women there is a soft heart that causes women's characters to be different from men's. Based on the Al-Qur'an and Hadits, women have a big role in the life of the Al-Qur'an and are never separated from matters relating to women. This is evidenced by the many words used to describe women. Apart from the background above, the author examines the characteristics of women in surah al- al-Tahri<m verses 10,11 and 12 according to Buya Hamka in Tafsir Al-Azhar and M. Quraish Shihab in Tafsir Al-Misba>h as the main source of interpretation. In this study the authors used a qualitative approach which was classified into library research using descriptive data analysis methods. From the results of the research, the authors conclude that: Characteristics are formed not because of who one lives with, not because the family is respectable, so one's good or bad depends on one's piety to Allah swt. Indeed, guidance only comes from Allah SWT, even if he is the wife or husband of a believer. A person who is disobedient and treacherous will still receive punishment from Allah SWT, as well as a believer will not reduce his faith even though he lives with an unjust person. And a person who holds fast to religion and believes in what Allah SWT has decreed for him will be safe. In the analysis I did in the book Tafsir Al-Azhar and Tafsir Al-Misba>h both commented like this
PERLAWANAN MASYARAKAT IRAK TERHADAP BARAT DALAM PERSPEKTIF NOVEL ASYBĀH AL-JAHĪM (TINJAUAN STRUKTURALISME GENETIK LUCIEN GOLDMANN)
No full textThis study aims to look at the form of Iraqi society's resistance to the West from the perspective of Yasmina Khadra's novel Asyba>h Al-Jah}i>m. Asybah al-Jahim's novel is considered a form of literary reaction from the author to voice justice for the oppressed Iraqi people. This study uses a review of Lucien Goldmann's theory of genetic structuralism. There are several main ideas to find out how the approach works: human facts, collective/trans-individual subjects, and world views. The method used is dielectric. Then the material object in this study is the novel Asybah al-Jahim m which is also used as primary data. The secondary source of data is required to accommodate preliminary data. Secondary data supports data obtained from searches through books, journals, and internet media related to research. The results of this study indicate that the Iraqi people's resistance to the West in the perspective of the novel Asyba>h Al-Jah}i>m is reflected through the author's world view. From this world view, it can be classified in two forms: natural resistance; both indirect matches. Keywords: Resistance, Iraq, Asyba>h Al-Jah}i>m, Genetic-Structuralism
Hyperfine splitting of [Al VI] 3.66 mu m and the Al isotopic ratio in NGC 6302
No full textThe core of planetary nebula NGC 6302 is filled with high-excitation photoionized gas at low expansion velocities. It represents a unique astrophysical situation in which to search for hyperfine structure (HFS) in coronal emission lines from highly ionized species. HFS is otherwise blended by thermal or velocity broadening. Spectra containing [Al vr] 3.66 mu m P-3(2) <- P-3(1), obtained with Phoenix on Gemini South at resolving powers of up to 75000, resolve the line into five hyperfine components separated by 20-60 km s(-1) as a result of the coupling of the I = 5/2 nuclear spin of Al-27 with the total electronic angular momentum J. The isotope Al-26 has a different nuclear spin of I = 5, and a different HFS, which allows us to place a 3 sigma upper limit on the Al-26/Al-27 abundance ratio of 1/33. We measure the HFS magnetic dipole coupling constants for [Al vr], and provide the first estimates of the electric quadrupole HFS coupling constants obtained through astronomical observations of an atomic transition
Salix diazii M. Idrees & J. M. H. Shaw 1015, nom. nov.
No full textSalix × diazii M. Idrees & J.M.H. Shaw, nom. nov. Replaced name:— Salix × longissima T.E.Díaz & J.Andrés (1987: 132), nom. illeg., non S. longissima P.Wessel (1855: 140). Type:— SPAIN. Léon Province: La Martina, 490 m, 29TPH91, 16 June 1985, T.E. Díaz et al. s.n. (holotype, LEB29538!, isotypes LEB29539!, LEB30605!). Etymology:— The specific epithet honours Prof. Dr. Tomás Emilio Díaz González (University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain), author of the replaced name, for his tremendous contributions to the taxonomy of the genus Salix. Distribution:— Spain, Léon Province (La Martina).Published as part of Idrees, Muhammad & Shaw, Julian M. H., 2022, A new name for extant Salix × longissima T. E. Díaz & J. Andrés (Salicaceae), pp. 213-214 in Phytotaxa 550 (2) on page 213, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.550.2.11, http://zenodo.org/record/664103
Measuring industry-science links through inventor-author relations: A profiling method
No full textIn this pilot study we examine the performance of text-based profiling in recovering a set of validated inventor-author links. In a first step we match patents and publications solely based on their similarity in content. Next, we compare inventor and author names on the highest ranked matches for the occurrence of name matches. Finally, we compare these candidate matches with the names listed in a validated set of inventor-author names. Our text-based profile methodology performs significantly better than a random matching of patents and publications, suggesting that text-based profiling is a valuable complementary tool to the name searches used in previous studies.innovation; industry-science links; text-based profiling;
IBR?H?M Al-K?R?N? AND HIS WORK ENTITLED “INB?H Al-ANB?H ‘AL? TAHQ?Q I‘R?B L? IL?HA ILLALL?H”
No full textİbrahim bin Hasan el-Kûrani, İslam aleminin ünlü alimlerindendir. Fıkıh, hadis, dil ve edebiyat gibi birçok alanda eser kaleme almıştır. Medine'de Mescid-i Nebevi'de yıllarca ders veren, çeşitli tarikatların şeyhliğini de yapan el-Kûrani, birçok öğrenciye ders vermiş ve günümüzde bile tartışmalara konu olan görüşleri dünyaya yayılmıştır. el-Kûrani, "la ilahe illallah/Allah'tan başka ilah yoktur"ın irabı/sözdizim/syntax üzerine üç eser kaleme almıştır. "İnbahü'l-enbah 'ala Tahqiqi İ'rabı La İlahe İllallah" adlı eseri bu eserlerin en kapsamlısıdır. el-Kûrani, bu eserinde aynı konuyu ihtiva eden diğer eserlerinde olduğu gibi kelime-i tevhidin Arap dili açısından sözdizim/sentaks ve tasrif/morfolojik olarak tahlilini yapmakta ve bu konuda yapılan tartışmaları ele alıp çözümlemesini yapmaktadırIbr?h?m bin Hasan al-K?r?n? is one of the famous scholars of Islam world. He was an author in many areas such as Islamic law, hadith (the Prophet Mohammad’s sayings), language and literature. al-K?r?n? who gave lessons in al-Masj?d alNabaw? in Medina over the years and was the sheikh of several cults gave lessons to many students and then his views which have been still discussed have been disseminated by the students across the world. al-K?r?n? wrote three books on syntax and morphology sentence “l? il?ha ill?ll?h/There is no god but Allah”. His work called “Inb?h al-Anb?h ‘al? Tahq?q I‘r?b L? Il?ha Ill?ll?h” is the most extensive one of them. As in the other books he wrote on this subject, al-K?r?n? analyzes kalimah al-tawh?d as syntax and conjugation/morphological in terms of Arabic language and considers the discussions on this subject in this wor
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