303 research outputs found
2026: Ruth Awad
No full textRuth Awad is a Lebanese-American disabled poet, a 2021 NEA Poetry fellow, and the author of Outside the Joy (Third Man Books, 2024) and Set to Music a Wildfire (Southern Indiana Review Press, 2017), winner of the 2016 Michael Waters Poetry Prize and the 2018 Ohioana Book Award for Poetry. Her work can be found in The Atlantic, AGNI, Poetry, Poem-a-Day, The Believer, The New Republic, and elsewhere. She has an MGA in poetry from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and she lives and writes in Columbus, Ohio.https://thekeep.eiu.edu/lionsinwinter_writers/1055/thumbnail.jp
Multicomponent image segmentation using a genetic algorithm and artificial neural network
No full textImage segmentation is an essential process for image analysis. Several methods were developed to segment multicomponent images, and the success of these methods depends on several factors including 1) the characteristics of the acquired image and 2) the percentage of imperfections in the process of image acquisition. The majority of these methods require a priori knowledge, which is difficult to obtain. Furthermore, they assume the existence of models that can estimate its parameters and fit to the given data. However, such a parametric approach is not robust, and its performance is severely affected by the correctness of the utilized parametric model. In this letter, a new multicomponent image segmentation method is developed using a nonparametric unsupervised artificial neural network called Kohonen's self-organizing map (SOM) and hybrid genetic algorithm (HGA). SOM is used to detect the main features that are present in the image; then, HGA is used to cluster the image into homogeneous regions without any a priori knowledge. Experiments that are performed on different satellite images confirm the efficiency and robustness of the SOM-HGA method compared to the Iterative Self-Organizing DATA analysis technique (ISODATA). © 2007 IEEE.ARIA EH, 2004, P 20 ISPRS C IST TUR, P117; AWAD M, IN PRESS INT J REMOT; BACAO F, 2005, P ICCS 2005 C, P476; Baker J. E., 1987, P 2 INT C GEN ALG, P14; CHEN Q, 2004, LECT NOTES COMPUT SC, V33, P621; Chun DN, 1996, PATTERN RECOGN, V29, P1195, DOI 10.1016-0031-3203(95)00148-4; Fauzi M., 2003, P BRIT MACH VIS C, P519; HOLLLAND J, 1975, ADAPT NATURAL ARTIFI; HUAPT R, 2004, PRACTICAL GENETIC AL; Jensen J. R., 1996, INTRO DIGITAL IMAGE; Kohavi R., 1998, APPL MACHINE LEARNIN, V30, P271; Levine M. D., 1985, VISION MAN MACHINE; NEVATIA R, 1980, COMPUT VISION GRAPH, V13, P257, DOI 10.1016-0146-664X(80)90049-0; Ng SC, 1996, IEEE SIGNAL PROC MAG, V13, P38, DOI 10.1109-79.543974; PARZEN E, 1962, ANN MATH STAT, V33, P1065, DOI 10.1214-aoms-1177704472; PERKINS S, 2000, FUZZY SYST EVOL COMP, V3, P52; Pina P, 2003, INT GEOSCI REMOTE SE, P3516; PRATT W, 1991, DIGITA IMAGE PROCESS; Tou J.T., 1974, PATTERN RECOGNITION; Wang X., 2004, P IEEE C ROB AUT MEC, P991; Xiaoying Jin, 2003, Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (Cat. No.03CH37442); Xu BG, 2002, AATCC REV, V2, P42; Yao KC, 2000, PATTERN RECOGN, V33, P1575, DOI 10.1016-S0031-3203(99)00135-1; YIN HJ, 1995, NEURAL COMPUT, V7, P1178, DOI 10.1162-neco.1995.7.6.117834232
The sorption of ammonia on brown coal
No full text© 1978 Dr. Awad Rizk OussaThis thesis is a report of an investigation carried out by the author between 1st April 1969 to 31st October 1973 on a full time basis and from 1st December 1975 to 31st July 1978 on a part time basis. The research project was conducted by the author in the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne, and on the premises of Australian Char Pty. Ltd., Morwell.
The project was based on the premise that useful information on the brown coal-ammonia system can be obtained from sorption isotherms. The author designed and assembled the apparatus with this in mind, and developed a method of obtaining a self-consistent and meaningful interpretation of the sorption isotherms. Thermodynamic data for the ammonia sorption process was derived and used to develop a preliminary model for the ammonia-brown coal system.
No separate literature review has been presented in the thesis, though frequent reference to the literature has been made in the discussions in each chapter.
Finally, the experimental details have been included in the appendices at the end of the thesis
The Use of 5-ALA in Glioblastoma Resection: Two Cases with Long-Term Progression-Free Survival
No full textSuperconducting properties of zinc substitution in Tl-2223 phase
No full textThe effect of partial replacement of copper by zinc in Tl2Ba2Ca2Cu3O10-δ superconductor phase is studied. Superconducting samples of the nominal composition Tl2Ba2Ca2Cu3-xZnx O10-δ with x ranging from 0 to 0.6 are prepared under normal pressure by a one step of solid-state reaction technique. The samples are characterized by using X-ray powder diffraction, scanning electron microscope (SEM) and EDX. The X-ray data indicate that the partial replacement of Cu2+ions by Zn2+ions does not influence the tetragonal structure of the samples, and the lattice parameters a and c vary according to the difference in the ionic radii of Cu and Zn. The superconducting parameters, such as superconducting transition temperature Tc, critical current density Jc and irreversibility field Bir are calculated from electrical resistivity and AC-magnetic susceptibility measurements. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Abou-Aly A.I., 2002, INT C RES TRENDS SCI, V91; ADACHI S, 1990, PHYSICA C, V111, P543; Awad R, 2000, PHYSICA C, V341, P685, DOI 10.1016-S0921-4534(00)00650-X; Awad R, 2007, SUPERCOND SCI TECH, V20, P401, DOI 10.1088-0953-2048-20-4-017; Awad R, 2001, PHYSICA B, V307, P72, DOI 10.1016-S0921-4526(01)00971-1; Batista-Leyva AJ, 2003, SUPERCOND SCI TECH, V16, P857, DOI 10.1088-0953-2048-16-8-305; BEAN CP, 1964, REV MOD PHYS, V36, P31, DOI 10.1103-RevModPhys.36.31; BERKLEY DD, 1993, PHYS REV B, V47, P5524, DOI 10.1103-PhysRevB.47.5524; CHEN DX, 1990, PHYSICA C, V167, P317, DOI 10.1016-0921-4534(90)90349-J; Chu SY, 2000, PHYSICA C, V337, P229, DOI 10.1016-S0921-4534(00)00107-6; Fradina IA, 1999, PHYSICA C, V311, P81, DOI 10.1016-S0921-4534(98)00563-2; Glowacki BA, 1997, CRYOGENICS, V37, P609, DOI 10.1016-S0011-2275(97)00053-2; HAZEN RM, 1988, PHYS REV LETT, V60, P1657, DOI 10.1103-PhysRevLett.60.1657; Isber S, 2005, SUPERCOND SCI TECH, V18, P311, DOI 10.1088-0953-2048-18-3-018; Isber S, 2006, J PHYS CONF SER, V43, P450, DOI 10.1088-1742-6596-43-1-112; Kayed TS, 2003, CRYST RES TECHNOL, V38, P946, DOI 10.1002-crat.200310118; Kuhberger M, 2003, PHYSICA C, V390, P263, DOI 10.1016-S0921-4534(03)00706-8; LEE MW, 1995, PHYSICA C, V245, P6, DOI 10.1016-0921-4534(95)00100-X; Mezzetti E, 2000, PHYSICA C, V332, P115, DOI 10.1016-S0921-4534(00)00008-3; MOHAMMED NH, 2005, ARAB INT C REC ADV P, P9; Nishida A, 2003, PHYSICA C, V392, P349, DOI 10.1016-S0921-4534(03)00848-7; Pavard S, 1999, PHYSICA C, V316, P198, DOI 10.1016-S0921-4534(99)00259-2; Ravi S, 2000, PHYSICA C, V330, P58, DOI 10.1016-S0921-4534(99)00611-5; REN ZF, 1991, PHYSICA C, V184, P24, DOI 10.1016-0921-4534(91)91496-Q; RUCKENSTEIN E, 1989, MATER LETT, V8, P421, DOI 10.1016-0167-577X(89)90065-7; Tang H, 1997, PHYSICA C, V282, P2111, DOI 10.1016-S0921-4534(97)01171-4; Triscone G, 1996, PHYSICA C, V264, P233, DOI 10.1016-0921-4534(96)00262-6; VANDERAH TA, 1992, CHEM SUPERCONDUCTOR, P90; WANG YB, 1993, J LOW TEMP PHYS, V15, P169; WESTERHOLT K, 1989, PHYS REV B, V39, P11680, DOI 10.1103-PhysRevB.39.11680; Wisniewski A, 2000, PHYS REV B, V61, P791, DOI 10.1103-PhysRevB.61.791; XU YW, 1990, PHYSICA C, V169, P205, DOI 10.1016-0921-4534(90)90177-G; Yamauchi H, 1998, SUPERCOND SCI TECH, V11, P1006, DOI 10.1088-0953-2048-11-10-022; Yang Li, 1994, Physics Letters A, V18543
قواعد الحالة النحوية في القصة القصيرة "الصبر والتوكل على الله" لسامية عوض: دراسة نحوية عند تشارليز ج فيلمور
No full textمستخلص البحث
قواعد الحالة النحوية هي قواعد لغوية تشرح الدلالة والنحو مثل شكل الأسم و الفعل في الجملة التي لها وظيفة خاصة في علم الدلالة. وهي تبحث عن أنواع التراكيب الصيغة والقضايا وهذه التراكيب أمر لازم يوجد كثيرا في القصة القصيرة لسامية عوض بالموضوع "الصبر والتوكل على الله". ووجدت الباحثة فيها كثيرا من صورة الصيغة والقضايا. وهدف هذا البحث لمعرفة: 1) صورة الصيغة في القصة القصيرة "الصبر والتوكل على الله" لسامية عوض عند تشارلز ج فيلمور. 2) صورة القضايا في القصة القصيرة "الصبر والتوكل على الله" لسامية عوض عند تشارلز ج فيلمور. وأما حدود البحث تأخد ثلاثة عناوين وهي السيل الهائج، والدين والإمتحان. نوع هذا البحث بحث كيفي ووصفي. مصدر البيانات الأساسية هو القصة القصيرة "الصبر والتوكل على الله" لسامية عوض.أما طريقة جمع البيانات في هذا البحث:التي تحتوى على طريقة السماعيّة بالتقنيّة الأساسيّة هي تقنيّة سماعيّة وتقنيّتها التابعيّة هي تقنيّة الكتابة. وأما طريقة تحليل البيانات باستخدام طريقة توزيعيّة تكون تقنيّتها الأساسيّة هي تقنيّة توزيع العناصر المباشرة وتكون تقنيّتها التابعيّة هي تقنيّة قراءة العلامة. أمّاالطريقة تقديم نتيجة تحليل البيانات فهي طريقة رسميّة. ونتائج هذا البحث هي: صيغة الماضي وصيغة الزمان الحالى والمستقبلي. وصيغة الظرف وصيغة النفى 2) قضية حالة الفاعل، وحالة التجربة، وحالة الأداة، وحالة الموضوع، وحالة المصدر، حالة الهدف، وحالة المكان، وحالة الوقت، وحالة المعية.
ABSTRACT
Case Grammar is a grammar that explains semantics and syntax in the form of phrases such as nouns and verb phrases in sentences. Which discusses the various arrangements of modalities and propositions. This arrangement is often found in the short story by Samia 'awad entitled As-shobru Wa At-tawakkalu 'ala Allah. And researchers found a lot of forms of modalities and propositions. This study aims to determine 1) the form of modality in the short story As-Shobru Wa At-Tawakkalu 'Ala Allah by Samia 'Awad based on the theory of Case Grammar from Charles J. Fillmore's perspective. 2) the form of the proposition in the short story As-Shobru Wa At-Tawakkalu 'Ala Allah by Samia 'Awad based on the theory of Grammar Case Perspective Charles J. Fillmore. The limitation of this research is in the form of three short stories, namely "ad-dinun, imtihan and sailun haijun". This type of research is qualitative and descriptive. the primary data source in this research is the short story As-Shobru Wa At-Tawakkalu 'Ala Allah by Samia 'Awad. The data collection technique used is the listening method with the basic tapping technique and the advanced note-taking technique. Meanwhile, for data analysis, the researcher used the agih method with basic techniques for direct elements and advanced reading mark-up techniques. The data presentation stage uses the informal presentation method. The result of this study is the form of modality in the short story As-Shobru Wa At-Tawakkalu 'Ala Allah by Samia Awad which consists of (1) tense modality, adverbial modality, and negation. (2) propositions consisting of agentive cases, experimental cases, instrument cases, objective cases, source cases, destination cases, locative cases, time cases, and accompanying cases.
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Tata Bahasa Kasus adalah tata Bahasa yang menjelaskan tentang semantik dan sintaksis berupa frasa seperti nomina dan frasa verba dalam kalimat. Yang membahas macam-macam susunan modalitas dan proposisi. Susunan ini banyak ditemukan dalam cerita pendek karya samia ‘awad yang berjudul As-shobru Wa At-tawakkalu ‘ala Allah. Dan peneliti menemukan banyak sekali bentuk modalitas dan proposisi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui 1) bentuk modalitas dalam cerpen As-Shobru Wa At-Tawakkalu ‘Ala Allah karya Samia ‘Awad berdasarkan teori Tata Bahasa Kasus Perspektif Charles J. Fillmore. 2) bentuk proposisi dalam cerpen As-Shobru Wa At-Tawakkalu ‘Ala Allah karya Samia ‘Awad berdasarkan teori Tata Bahasa Kasus Perspektif Charles J. Fillmore. Batasan penelitian ini berupa tiga judul cerpen yaitu “ad-dinun, imtihan dan sailun haijun”. Jenis penelitaian ini adalah kualitatif dan deskriftif. sumber data primer dalam penelitian ini Cerpen As-Shobru Wa At-Tawakkalu ‘Ala Allah karya Samia ‘Awad. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah metode simak dengan Teknik dasar sadap dan Teknik lanjutan catat. Sedangkan untuk analisis data, peneliti menggunakan metode agih dengan Teknik dasar bagi unsur langsung dan Teknik lanjutan baca markah. Adapun tahap penyajian data menggunakan metode penyajian informal. Hasil penelitian ini adalah bentuk modalitas dalam Cerpen As-Shobru Wa At-Tawakkalu ‘Ala Allah karya Samia Awad yang terdiri dari (1) modalitas kala, modalitas adverbial, dan Negasi. (2) proposisi yang terdiri dari kasus agentif, kasus eksperimen, kasus instrument, kasus objektif, kasus sumber, kasus tujuan, kasus lokatif, kasus waktu, dan kasus penyerta
Progressive image transmission using edge detection
No full textIn this paper, a progressive image compression and transmission using edge detection scheme is adopted. The image is decomposed into two (primary and secondary) components. Canny method is adopted to detect the edges of the encoded image. These edges are replaced with a pre-designed nine basis nameplates. Then, the Macro edge detection technique is used to reduce the number of these nameplates and keep only the edges that are necessary for visual quality.
Eight directional predictions and interpolation technique will be performed on the encoded edges to reconstruct the first layer of the primary component at both receiver and transmitter sides. This is called the 1st stage reconstructed image, which is subtracted from the original to have the 1st stage smooth component. Then, this process will be repeated for the 2nd and the 3rd stage components.
The 3rd stage smooth component is filtered using an optimal decomposition filter and then decimated by a factor of 2. The decimated component is encoded using VQ. The decoded result of the smooth image is added to the three layers that form the primary component to have the reconstructed image. An excellent reconstructed images are found at an average of 0.179 bpp (compression ratio 45:1) and with an average PSNR of 39.45 dB. This algorithm is found to be of lower bit rate than existing image compression techniques.Corresponding Author:
Prof. Awad Kh. Al-Asmari
Electrical Engineering Department
College of Engineering in Al-Kharj, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia
E-mail: [email protected]
TERNIMET FARIS THE BIOGRAPHY NOVEL FOR AWAD ALAAQMI STUDY IN NARRATIVE ELEMENTS AND CONSTITUENTS
No full textتعد الرواية السيرذاتية من أنواع الكتابة السردية الحديثة، فهي تجمع بين خصائص فنين سرديين معروفين هما السيرة والرواية. تنتمي رواية (ترنيمة فارس) لعوض العلقمي إلى هذا النوع من الكتابة، حيث يسرد فيها مؤلفُها الأحداثَ التي مر بها هو وأفراد عائلته ومنطقته منذ عهد حكم السلطنات في خمسينات القرن الماضي وصولًا إلى عام 2018م زمن كتابة هذه الرواية التي قسَّمها مؤلفُها على أربع بنيات حكائية جاءت خيوطها السردية متناسقة ومتماسكة؛ وهي: حكاية مولد الصبار، وحكاية المهجَّرين، وحكاية رجولة قبل الأوان، وحكاية العودة المرتقبة. ونستعرضها نقديًا من ناحية العناصر الشكلية كالعنوان واسم المؤلف والنص الملحق، وكذلك بنية الشخصيات الرئيسة والثانوية، والبنية المكانية والزمنية، سالكين في دراستنا هذه المنهج الوصفي التحليلي. ثم خلصنا إلى إيراد ما توصلنا إليه من نتائج.The biography novel is a modern narrative writing genre, combining between two well-known narrative artists characteristics, the biography and the novel. The novel of “Hymn of Persia” (ternimet Faris) by Awad Al-Alqami is belongs to this type of writing, in which the author recounts the events that he and his family and region have experienced since the rule of the Sultanates in the 1950s till 2018s the time of writing this novel, which divided it by the Author into four tales’ structure whose narrative threads were consistent and coherent. It is: Cactus's born tale, Displaced people tale, manhood prematurely tale, and an expected return story. We have reviewed it critically, in terms of formal elements such as title, author's name and supplementary text, as well as the structure of the main and secondary characters, spatial and temporal structure. In our study, we took this descriptive and analytical curriculum. Then we concluded to these results
Prediction of sand production from a Saudi sandstone reservoir
No full textSand production is encountered in some Saudi oil fields. Six sand samples produced from different wells in a Saudi oil reservoir were obtained. Sandstone samples obtained from the same reservoir were subjected to uniaxial and triaxial failure tests. The debris produced from the sandstone samples and the six sand samples were characterized for their mineralogy using X-ray diffractometer and grain size distribution using standard sieves. Statistical analyses were employed to check whether a statistical difference between the sand samples produced from oil wells and debris collected from the failed sandstone specimens is significant or not. The critical oil rates of the Saudi oil reservoir were also calculated for different well inclination angles. Results show that, no significant statistical difference between the sand samples and debris exists at a confidence level of 95%. Two obvious failure mechanisms, splitting and shear failure, are responsible for sand production from the studied Saudi oil reservoir. The maximum sand-free production for the studied oil reservoir range from 960 to 4080 barrels per day.Corresponding Author:
Professor Musaed N. J. Al-Awad, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, PO Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.
Email: [email protected]
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